Hope — council, mayor and 2026 candidates

1

Mayor

Name	Office	Party / slate	Seat	Source
Victor Smith acclaimed	Mayor Running (incumbent)	Independent		CivicInfo BC

2

Councillor

Name	Office	Party / slate	Seat	Source
Bonny Graham f	Councillor Running (incumbent)	Independent	at large	CivicInfo BC
Carol Bacon f	Councillor Running	Independent	at large	CivicInfo BC
Christine Tomlinson	Councillor Running	Independent	at large	CivicInfo BC
Crystal Sedore	Councillor Running (served prior to 2022)	Independent	at large	CivicInfo BC
Darryl Dyck	Councillor Running	Independent	at large	CivicInfo BC
Dusty Smith	Councillor Running (incumbent)	Independent	at large	CivicInfo BC
Heather Stewin	Councillor Running (incumbent)	Independent	at large	CivicInfo BC
Magnus DuBeau	Councillor Running	Independent	at large	CivicInfo BC
Michael Bowcott	Councillor Running	Independent	at large	CivicInfo BC
Pauline Newbigging	Councillor Running (incumbent)	Independent	at large	CivicInfo BC
Scott Medlock	Councillor Running (incumbent)	Independent	at large	CivicInfo BC

3

Member of the Legislative Assembly

Name	Office	Party / slate	Seat	Source
Tony Luck Elected	Member of the Legislative Assembly	BC Conservative	Fraser-Nicola	Provincial legislature

4

Member of Parliament

Name	Office	Party / slate	Seat	Source
Mark Strahl ✉️ Elected	Member of Parliament	Conservative	Chilliwack—Hope	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/46_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/46_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-hope), 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-hope), 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-hope), 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/46_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/46_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.