Saanich — council, mayor and 2026 candidates

1

Mayor

Name	Office	Party / slate	Source
Karen Harper	Mayor Running (served different)	Independent	CivicInfo BC
Rishi Sharma f 𝕏 ig	Mayor Running	SAVE OUR SAANICH	CivicInfo BC
Robin Morton Stanbridge f	Mayor Running	Independent	CivicInfo BC
Zac de Vries f 𝕏 ig	Mayor Running (served different)	Independent	CivicInfo BC

2

Councillor

Name	Office	Party / slate	Seat	Source
Alli Deelstra f ig	Councillor Running (served other)	Independent	at large	CivicInfo BC
Brendan Ralfs	Councillor Running	Independent	at large	CivicInfo BC
Colette Baty f ig	Councillor Running	Independent	at large	CivicInfo BC
Colin Plant f 𝕏 ig	Councillor Running (incumbent)	Independent	at large	CivicInfo BC
Don Cameron	Councillor Running (served other)	Independent	at large	CivicInfo BC
Erin Elizabeth Booth	Councillor Running	Independent	at large	CivicInfo BC
Finn Fairbairn f ig	Councillor Running	Independent	at large	CivicInfo BC
Garnett Humenick f	Councillor Running	Independent	at large	CivicInfo BC
Graham Wright f ig	Councillor Running	SAVE OUR SAANICH	at large	CivicInfo BC
Harjas Singh Popli f	Councillor Running	Independent	at large	CivicInfo BC
Hollis Hodson f ig	Councillor Running (served other)	Independent	at large	CivicInfo BC
Jordan Weaver	Councillor Running (unknown/undisclosed)	Independent	at large	CivicInfo BC
Judy Brownoff	Councillor Running (incumbent)	Independent	at large	CivicInfo BC
Kathleen Burton f 𝕏 ig	Councillor Running	Independent	at large	CivicInfo BC
Laurie Lidstone f	Councillor Running	SAVE OUR SAANICH	at large	CivicInfo BC
Lorne DeLarge f	Councillor Running	SAVE OUR SAANICH	at large	CivicInfo BC
Matt McGeachie	Councillor Running	SAVE OUR SAANICH	at large	CivicInfo BC
Mauricio Curbelo f ig	Councillor Running	Independent	at large	CivicInfo BC
Nancy Di Castri f	Councillor Running	SAVE OUR SAANICH	at large	CivicInfo BC
Nathalie Chambers f 𝕏 ig	Councillor Running (incumbent)	Independent	at large	CivicInfo BC
Nic Renaud ig	Councillor Running	Independent	at large	CivicInfo BC
Noah Fruttarol f 𝕏 ig	Councillor Running	Independent	at large	CivicInfo BC
Sasha Izard	Councillor Running	Independent	at large	CivicInfo BC
Sierra Wicks-Irving	Councillor Running	Independent	at large	CivicInfo BC
Susan Brice	Councillor Running (incumbent)	Independent	at large	CivicInfo BC
Teale Phelps Bondaroff f ig	Councillor Running (incumbent)	Independent	at large	CivicInfo BC
Tia Sibbald f ig	Councillor Running	Independent	at large	CivicInfo BC

3

Member of the Legislative Assembly

Name	Office	Party / slate	Seat	Source
Lana Popham Elected	Member of the Legislative Assembly	BC NDP	Saanich South	Provincial legislature

4

Member of Parliament

Name	Office	Party / slate	Seat	Source
Elizabeth May ✉️ Elected	Member of Parliament	Green Party	Saanich—Gulf Islands	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/114_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/114_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-saanich), 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-saanich), 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-saanich), 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/114_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/114_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.