Victoria — council, mayor and 2026 candidates

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Mayor

Name	Office	Party / slate	Source
Bruce McGuigan f	Mayor Running	Independent	CivicInfo BC
Christopher Hanna	Mayor Running	Independent	CivicInfo BC
David Johnston f 𝕏	Mayor Running	Independent	CivicInfo BC
Gregoor Miller	Mayor Running	Independent	CivicInfo BC
Lyall G Atkinson	Mayor Running	Independent	CivicInfo BC
Mike Harris 𝕏 ig	Mayor Running	Independent	CivicInfo BC

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Councillor

Name	Office	Party / slate	Seat	Source
Arthur McInnis f ig	Councillor Running	Independent	at large	CivicInfo BC
Bella Lee f ig	Councillor Running	Independent	at large	CivicInfo BC
Dave Thompson f ig	Councillor Running (incumbent)	Independent	at large	CivicInfo BC
Herb Collins f	Councillor Running	Independent	at large	CivicInfo BC
Jack Sandor f ig	Councillor Running	Independent	at large	CivicInfo BC
James Harasymow f	Councillor Running	Independent	at large	CivicInfo BC
Jason Heit f ig	Councillor Running	Independent	at large	CivicInfo BC
Jeremy Caradonna ig	Councillor Running (incumbent)	Independent	at large	CivicInfo BC
Jerry Garcia f ig	Councillor Running	Independent	at large	CivicInfo BC
Karen Rothe	Councillor Running	Independent	at large	CivicInfo BC
Krista Loughton f ig	Councillor Running (incumbent)	Independent	at large	CivicInfo BC
Marg N Gardiner f ig	Councillor Running (incumbent)	Independent	at large	CivicInfo BC
Martin Girard f ig	Councillor Running	Independent	at large	CivicInfo BC
Matt Dell f 𝕏 ig	Councillor Running (incumbent)	Independent	at large	CivicInfo BC
Melissa K Cseszko	Councillor Running	Independent	at large	CivicInfo BC
Peter R Gibbs f 𝕏 ig	Councillor Running	Victoria For All	at large	CivicInfo BC
Shona Dion ig	Councillor Running	Independent	at large	CivicInfo BC
Stephen Hammond f	Councillor Running (incumbent)	Independent	at large	CivicInfo BC
Steve Filipovic f 𝕏	Councillor Running	Independent	at large	CivicInfo BC
Susan Kim f 𝕏 ig	Councillor Running (incumbent)	Victoria For All	at large	CivicInfo BC
Wendy Bowkett f 𝕏	Councillor Running	Independent	at large	CivicInfo BC

3

Member of the Legislative Assembly

Name	Office	Party / slate	Seat	Source
Nina Krieger Elected	Member of the Legislative Assembly	BC NDP	Victoria-Swan Lake	Provincial legislature

4

Member of Parliament

Name	Office	Party / slate	Seat	Source
Stephanie McLean ✉️ Elected	Member of Parliament	Liberal	Esquimalt—Saanich—Sooke	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/142_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/142_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-victoria), 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-victoria), 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-victoria), 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/142_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/142_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.