Patrick Johnstone

Loyalties and unresolved municipal disputes remain, you know, pretty powerful forces, but it does not necessarily demonstrate a provincial-wide ideological shift.

Elsewhere, New Westminster has elected Daniel Fontaine, defeating Patrick Johnstone.

Langley City has elected Delaney Mack, replacing Nathan Paschal, and in Kelowna, incumbent Tom Dias was returned to office.

So, there's some mixed patterns, but substantial turnover, and it tells you that there's some challenges with incumbencies.

The progressives held two council seats in the last election.

They now hold five, with Daniel Fontaine beating out incumbent mayor Patrick Johnstone.

So many people talked about the issue of affordability and the 30% property tax increase we've experienced over the last four years.

And the fact that many people just said City Hall wasn't listening.

I can say that for sure.

In some sadder news, Daniel Fontaine has won in New Westminster, defeating Patrick Johnstone, and all but one council seat have gone to the right-wing progressives party.

It was a blowout almost.

Yeah, one community first New West held on on council, and I think even got third.

This one is a very clear distinction between the progressives.

And Patrick Johnstone's Community First.

He's incumbent.

This is probably the easiest endorsement we have today.

Vote for Community First and Patrick Johnstone.

Yeah, Fontaine is an incumbent councillor.

He's sat the last four years with... a second member of the new westminster progressives and what made the difference in this past term versus two terms ago is when now that there are two of them they can second each other's motions and use up a lot more council time with asinine shit so don't vote for daniel fontaine unless you think new west is a hellhole that needs to be raised to the ground Coquitlam.

Okay.

Patrick Johnstone, yeah.

Um, friends of mine think probably Patrick Johnstone will pull it out, but I'm not sure.

It's quite a challenge from Daniel Fontaine this time.

The Castle Fall, uh, referendum on Eric Woodward in Langley Township.

Alyssa Tebow reports.

reports.It's the second-densest city in Canada, only behind Vancouver, and two rivals are vying for the top job at City Hall, incumbent Patrick Johnstone against high-profile councilor Daniel Fontaine.

We have done great work in New Westminster, but the work is not over, and we certainly can't afford to turn backwards and undo that great work with the austerity and the cuts that the NWP are offering to the voters.

I'm asking for four years to take our city in a different direction, and our commitment is clear: practical local government.