Richard Stewart
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Oct 18, 2026
Ian BushfieldHOST
He mentioned that he's going to have to update his municipality song with the incorporation of Okanagan Falls and its first election ever.
Ian BushfieldHOST
This cycle, they had a panel with former mayor of Coquitlam, Richard Stewart, Haselem, and a former Surrey city councilor whose name escapes me at the moment.
Ian BushfieldHOST
But it was a chaotic night, right? McElroy pointed out that their analysis suggests as many as 80% of incumbents tend to get re-elected but that did not happen last night it might have happened at council levels we'll have to eventually crunch all the numbers i did a quick ask and it's somewhere in the 40s of mayors across the 160 municipalities across the province that were defeated last night and quite a few in metro van only five were re-elected and so many were defeated so we're starting here in vancouver pete fry the first Green party mayor in Canada, second person of color, second non-Scottish mayor.
Matthew NaylorHOST
Yes.
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Ian BushfieldHOST
He's a big advocate for West Coast Express expansion and really wants to see more housing options in the city, so he might be the real hope here.
Ian BushfieldHOST
But otherwise, not as exciting of a night.
Ian BushfieldHOST
It was very funny watching Richard Stewart, outgoing mayor on CBC last night, especially because I hadn't seen a lot of him talk.
Ian BushfieldHOST
He was so low energy.
Ian BushfieldHOST
There's a lot of council candidates not running for re-election and the mayor is not running for re-election.
Ian BushfieldHOST
Richard Stewart, one time long ago, BC Liberal MLA, has been the mayor here for a generation.
Ian BushfieldHOST
And Coquitlam's done fairly well under him, honestly.
Ian BushfieldHOST
The Leger poll includes Coquitlam.
Ian BushfieldHOST
So my vote went to Hodge and a mix of council candidates.
Ian BushfieldHOST
You can see that on my blue sky and elsewhere.
Ian BushfieldHOST
What makes this really interesting in the past week is Richard Stewart has really tried to push a lot of weight behind Mandu.
Ian BushfieldHOST
He had initially endorsed Hodge when Hodge announced months ago, and then Mandu announced at the start of September, which kind of came out of nowhere.
Mike McDonaldHOST
Mm.
Geoff MeggsHOST
Uh, Trish Mandel coming in to challenge for the seat vacated by Richard Stewart.
Geoff MeggsHOST
And, uh, she was an NDP-
Mike McDonaldHOST
With an endorsement by Richard Stewart, too.
Mike McDonaldHOST
Um-
Geoff MeggsHOST
Mm-hmm
Justin McElroyHOST
For, Stephen, for a big city in Metro Vancouver, Coquitlam politics have often been seen as maybe a little bit, well, boring.
Justin McElroyHOST
Since Richard Stewart became mayor in 2008, there have been no political parties, no giant scandals, and no particularly close mayoral elections.
Justin McElroyHOST
But Richard Stewart is not running for re-election.
Justin McElroyHOST
And with that, the race is wide open.
Justin McElroyHOST
And as BC's sixth-largest city by population, there are no shortage of policy issues to talk about in Coquitlam.
Stephen QuinnHOST
And then, uh, Craig, you'll get thirty seconds to wrap things up after that.
Stephen QuinnHOST
So Craig, as we mentioned, you are a former four-term city councilor.
Stephen QuinnHOST
You lost the endorsement of outgoing Mayor Richard Stewart.