Armstrong — council, mayor and 2026 candidates

1

Mayor

Name	Office	Party / slate	Source
Chris Pieper	Mayor Running (served prior to 2022)	Independent	CivicInfo BC
Garhen Avalokiteshvara	Mayor Running	Independent	CivicInfo BC
Joe Cramer	Mayor Running (incumbent)	Independent	CivicInfo BC
John Trainor	Mayor Running (served prior to 2022)	Independent	CivicInfo BC

2

Councillor

Name	Office	Party / slate	Seat	Source
Andy Werner f	Councillor Running	Independent	at large	CivicInfo BC
Bradly Bourgeois	Councillor Running	Independent	at large	CivicInfo BC
Dale Bradley	Councillor Running	Independent	at large	CivicInfo BC
Jessie Valstar f ig	Councillor Running (incumbent)	Independent	at large	CivicInfo BC
Kim Sinclair f	Councillor Running (served other)	Independent	at large	CivicInfo BC
Kristy McLennan ig	Councillor Running	Independent	at large	CivicInfo BC
Lyle Williamson	Councillor Running	Independent	at large	CivicInfo BC
Mark Casson	Councillor Running	Independent	at large	CivicInfo BC
Mark Wehner	Councillor Running (incumbent)	Independent	at large	CivicInfo BC
Mike Babott	Councillor Running	Independent	at large	CivicInfo BC
Neil Todd	Councillor Running (incumbent)	Independent	at large	CivicInfo BC
Paul Britton	Councillor Running (served prior to 2022)	Independent	at large	CivicInfo BC
Ray Baylis f ig	Councillor Running	Independent	at large	CivicInfo BC
Shirley Fowler f	Councillor Running (incumbent)	Independent	at large	CivicInfo BC
Stephen Zopf	Councillor Running	Independent	at large	CivicInfo BC
Steven Drapala	Councillor Running (incumbent)	Independent	at large	CivicInfo BC

3

Member of Parliament

Name	Office	Party / slate	Seat	Source
Mel Arnold ✉️ Elected	Member of Parliament	Conservative	Kamloops—Shuswap—Central Rockies	House of Commons

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Notes on this record

How the lists were read, and what could not be.

Candidates from CivicInfo BC's candidate site (https://bc.localelections.ca/election_candidates/4_2026_candidates.html), which labels itself unofficial; the municipality's Declaration of Candidates is the official list. Phone numbers and the personal emails listed there are not copied, by the public-role rule.
Sitting council not yet captured from the municipality's own page; CivicInfo's "Previous Office: Incumbent" flag is the only incumbency signal here.
Candidates from CivicInfo BC's candidate site (https://bc.localelections.ca/election_candidates/4_2026_candidates.html), which labels itself unofficial; the municipality's Declaration of Candidates is the official list. Phone numbers and the personal emails listed there are not copied, by the public-role rule.
Sitting council not yet captured from the municipality's own page; CivicInfo's "Previous Office: Incumbent" flag is the only incumbency signal here.
Candidates from CivicInfo BC's candidate site (https://bc.localelections.ca/election_candidates/?ca-armstrong), which labels itself unofficial; the municipality's Declaration of Candidates is the official list. Phone numbers and the personal emails listed there are not copied, by the public-role rule.
Sitting council not yet captured from the municipality's own page; CivicInfo's "Previous Office: Incumbent" flag is the only incumbency signal here.
Candidates from CivicInfo BC's candidate site (https://bc.localelections.ca/election_candidates/?ca-armstrong), which labels itself unofficial; the municipality's Declaration of Candidates is the official list. Phone numbers and the personal emails listed there are not copied, by the public-role rule.
Sitting council not yet captured from the municipality's own page; CivicInfo's "Previous Office: Incumbent" flag is the only incumbency signal here.
Candidates from CivicInfo BC's candidate site (https://bc.localelections.ca/election_candidates/?ca-armstrong), which labels itself unofficial; the municipality's Declaration of Candidates is the official list. Phone numbers and the personal emails listed there are not copied, by the public-role rule.
Sitting council not yet captured from the municipality's own page; CivicInfo's "Previous Office: Incumbent" flag is the only incumbency signal here.
Candidates from CivicInfo BC's candidate site (https://bc.localelections.ca/election_candidates/4_2026_candidates.html), which labels itself unofficial; the municipality's Declaration of Candidates is the official list. Phone numbers and the personal emails listed there are not copied, by the public-role rule.
Sitting council not yet captured from the municipality's own page; CivicInfo's "Previous Office: Incumbent" flag is the only incumbency signal here.
Candidates from CivicInfo BC's candidate site (https://bc.localelections.ca/election_candidates/4_2026_candidates.html), which labels itself unofficial; the municipality's Declaration of Candidates is the official list. Phone numbers and the personal emails listed there are not copied, by the public-role rule.
Sitting council not yet captured from the municipality's own page; CivicInfo's "Previous Office: Incumbent" flag is the only incumbency signal here.

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Sources

Prepared 2026-10-10. Nomination papers are never opened: they carry home addresses. After voting day a candidate list becomes a result; these rows are reconciled, not deleted.