Burnaby municipal election 2022: live updates

October 15, 2022

Election night is here in Burnaby! Follow along here for regular live updates as results for Burnaby’s 2022 municipal election roll in. You can also follow Burnaby Beacon on Twitter and our managing editor Simran Singh and reporter Srushti Gangdev for more.

Update #8: 11:14 pm

We’re wrapping up for the night at the Beacon desk. At the time of reporting, 56/58 tabulators in the city have been reported. Read our election wrap-up story from Srushti Gangdev here and thanks for joining along!

Update #7: 9:47pm

We’re close to the finish line, Burnaby.

With 56/58 tabulators reporting results Burnaby’s eight councillors are looking to be Alison Gu (BCA), James Wang (BCA), Pietro Calendino (BCA), Sav Dhaliwal (BCA), Joe Keithly (Burnaby Greens), Maita Santiago (BCA), Richard T. Lee (One Burnaby), and Daniel Tetrault (BCA).

Gu has a solid lead, as she currently holds 8.09% of the vote.

The seven leading school trustees are all BCA candidates: Gary Wong , Jen Mezei, Kristen Schnider, Bill Brassington, Peter Chech, Mikelle Sasakamoose, and Larry Hayes.

Update #6: 9:21pm

Burnaby Beacon is predicting that BCA candidates Alison Gu, Pietro Calendino, James Wang, and Sav Dhaliwal will be elected to council, along with Burnaby Greens’ candidate Joe Keithley. Those candidates would comprise five of the eight available council seats. Gu is currently in the lead with 7.95% of the vote with 48.58 polls in and 19,143 votes counted.

Update #5: 9:15pm

With 48/58 polls in and 19,143 votes counted, the Greens’ Joe Keithley has moved ahead of the BCA’s James Wang to take a fourth place lead. The BCA’s Alison Gu is still firmly in the lead, however, followed by her colleagues Pietro Calendino and Sav Dhaliwal.

One Burnaby’s Mike Hillman has yet to crack the top eight candidates, but former Burnaby North MLA Richard T Lee is seventh on the list currently with 4,754 votes.

In the race for the school board, all seven BCA candidates are currently in the lead for the seven positions available. Incumbent Jen Mezei is currently the frontrunner with 8,606 votes counted in her name.

Update #4: 8:51pm

We’re now almost an hour into votes being counted. So far 16/58 tabulators are reporting results and 10,238 ballots have been counted. The BCA’s Alison Gu is keeping her lead followed, by fellow-BCA incumbent Pietro Calendino, Joe Keithley of the Burnaby Greens.

While it’s still too early to tell who Burnaby’s eight councillors will be, it’s worth noting that incumbent Mike Hillman is trailing behind his One Burnaby colleague Richart T. Lee at the moment.

As for school board, the BCA’s Jen Mezei is currently in the lead with 10.8% of the vote, followed by her BCA colleagues, Gary Wong, and Kristin Schnider. The Burnaby Greens’ school board candidates, Harinder Parmar and Jeff Courson, are currently trailing in eight and ninth place, respectively.

Update #3: 8:25pm

Results are slowly starting to trickle in. With 3/58 tabulators reporting results and just over 1,600 ballots counted, BCA incumbent Alison Gu is showing an early lead. Closely behind are fellow BCA incumbents and longtime council members Pietro Calendino and James Wang.

The Greens’ Joe Keithley is currently sixth in the lead—the first non-BCA member in the polls.

At this point, however, results are extremely preliminary and can change in a matter of minutes, so we should exercise caution in interpreting these early numbers.

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Update #2: 8:00pm

Polls have now closed in Burnaby. Results will soon begin rolling in through the City of Burnaby’s website, from the city’s 58 tabulators.

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Update #1: 7:30pm

Polls close in half an hour, at 8pm. As a reminder, Burnaby residents are voting for eight city council members and seven school trustees. Mike Hurley has been acclaimed for his second term as the city’s mayor. Will the Burnaby Citizens’ Association be able to hold on to its longstanding majority in the city? Or will One Burnaby, the Burnaby Greens, and a large slate of independent candidates break through that stronghold?

Ok, #Burnaby, there are only 20 mins left to vote so let's break down what we're looking out for in this municipal election @bbybeacon :

— Simran Singh (@SimranRoohi) October 16, 2022

Another question at hand is how many residents have turned out to cast their votes. In 2018, the scene of a contentious mayoral campaign between BCA incumbent Derek Corrigan and the ultimately victorious Mike Hurley, 32% of registered voters in Burnaby turned out to cast their ballots—a relatively high percentage for the city. How many will show up now that there is no opposition to the mayoralty? Some have suggested the number may be lower than in previous years.

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