Two candidates seek Langley City mayor’s office, with 16 running for council

Langley City residents will go to the polls on Oct. 17 to elect a mayor, council and two school board trustees. The deadline for candidates to file nomination papers was Friday, Sept. 11.

Two candidates are running for mayor: current councillor Delaney Mack of the Achieving for Langley City slate, and incumbent mayor Nathan Pachal of the Langley City First slate.

Sixteen candidates are seeking council seats: Paul Albrecht, Shawn Caldera, Jennifer Denman, Gurjit Dhillon, Bruce Downing, Andrew Flitton, Michael Hylands, Jeff Jacobs, Heather Jenkins, Rick Orlando, Samuel Otim, Simi Rajput, Mike Solyom, Scott Thompson, Val van den Broek and Rosemary Wallace. Albrecht, Caldera, Jacobs, Jenkins, Solyom and Wallace listed Langley City First affiliations; Flitton, Hylands, Orlando, Rajput and Thompson listed Achieving for Langley City affiliations.

Five candidates are running for the two Langley City seats on the Langley School Board: Marshall Austin, Jennifer Elderkin, Celene Hoag, Tony Ward and Laura Wierenga. Langley Township voters select five trustees.