Port Coquitlam releases unofficial 2026 election results

Port Coquitlam’s chief election officer has unofficially declared the winners of the city’s 2026 general local election: one mayor, six councillors and two school trustees, all to serve four-year terms. The results remain unofficial until the final count is complete and the chief election officer declares the official results on Oct. 19, 2026.

Mayor-elect Brad West received 12,907 votes. The six councillors-elect are Steve Darling, with 8,817 votes; Nancy McCurrach, 8,573; Glenn Pollock, 7,997; Darrell Penner, 7,162; Paige Petriw, 7,027; and Dean Washington, 6,719. School trustees-elect Blaire West and Christine Pollock received 7,108 and 6,328 votes, respectively.

The new council’s inauguration and first meeting will take place Monday, Nov. 9, 2026, at 6 p.m. in Mabbett Hall at the Port Coquitlam Community Centre, 2150 Wilson Avenue. The event is open to the public.

A total of 14,403 Port Coquitlam voters took part, voting on Oct. 17, at advance polls on Oct. 7 and 10, and by mail ballot. They cast 108,481 votes to elect a mayor, six councillors and two school trustees for four-year terms. The number of voters was 6,274 higher than the 8,129 who voted in 2022, an increase of 77 per cent. The total number of votes cast rose from 42,322 in 2022, when the mayor and school trustee races were acclaimed.

Unofficial turnout was 32.5 per cent, up 14 percentage points from 18.34 per cent in 2022. The city’s website has the complete vote breakdown by polling station at portcoquitlam.ca/electionresults.