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Bencher election results

Results of the 2024 Vancouver County By-Election – November 15, 2024
  

District No. 1 Vancouver (one to elect)

Eligible voters: 11046 | Valid ballots: 2182 (19.8%) | 30 abstentions

Candidates

Votes

 

First count

Second count

Katrina Harry, KC

1564

Elected

Paul Doroshenko, KC

380


Adam Soliman

208

 


Certified Results

*This by-election was conducted by alternative vote ballot in accordance with Rule 1-30.


Results of the 2023 Bencher Election– November 15, 2023

 

District No. 1 Vancouver (11 to elect)

 

Eligible voters: 10803 | Valid ballots: 2764 (25.6%) | 2 abstentions

 

Cheryl D'Sa

1602

Re-elected

Jennifer Chow, KC

1417

Re-elected

Kevin Westell

1374

Re-elected

Gaynor C. Yeung

1366

Re-elected

Aleem Bharmal, KC

1274 

Elected

Christina J. Cook

1267 

Re-elected

Tanya Chamberlain

1144 

Re-elected

Tim Delaney

1138

Re-elected

Nikki Charlton

1124 

Elected

Ravi Hira, KC

982 

Elected

James Struthers

852

Elected

Marc Kazimirski

785

 

Roger S. Watts

750

 

John Turner

579

 

Certified results

 

District No. 2 Victoria (1 to elect) 


  

Eligible voters: 1753 | Valid ballots:673 (38.4%) | 9 abstentions

  

 

First Count

 

James A.S. Legh

376

Elected

Peter D. Ameerali

145

 

Aron Bookman

143

 

  

Certified results

The election in the County of Victoria was conducted by alternative vote ballot, in accordance with Rule 1-30; however, James A. S. Legh received enough votes in the first count to be elected outright.

 

District No. 3 Nanaimo (1 to elect)

 

Brian Dybwad

Re-elected by acclamation

 

District No. 4 Westminster (3 to elect) 

  

Eligible voters: 2549 | Valid ballots: 862 (33.8%) | 7 abstentions

  

Gurminder Sandhu

637

Re-elected

Tom Spraggs

450

Re-elected

Jaspreet Singh Malik

347

Elected

Narindar Singh Kang, KC

327

 

Chris Carta

197

 

  Certified results

 

District No. 5 Kootenay (1 to elect) 


Barbara Stanley, KC

Re-elected by acclamation

 

District No. 6 Okanagan (1 to elect) 

Eligible voters: 691 | Valid ballots: 261 (37.8%) | 2 abstentions

 

First Count

 

Michael F. Welsh, KC

130

Re-elected

Thomas Eaves

56

 

Jessica Saris

36

 

Tina-Marie Bradford

19

 

Leonard H. Marriott

18

 

  

Certified results

The election in the District of Okanagan was conducted by alternative vote ballot, in accordance with Rule 1-30; however, Michael F. Welsh, KC received enough votes in the first count to be elected outright.

 

District No. 7 Cariboo (2 to elect) 

  

Eligible voters: 242 | Valid ballots: 148 (61.2%) | 1 abstention

  

Benjamin Levine

92

Elected

Georges Rivard

91

Re-elected

Geoffrey McDonald

81

 

 
Certified results

 

District No. 8 Prince Rupert (1 to elect) 

  

Eligible voters: 92 | Valid ballots: 56 (60.9%) | 0 abstentions

  

Jonathan Yuen

40

Elected

Claire Ducluzeau

16

 

  Certified results

 

District No. 9 Kamloops (1 to elect) 

  

Eligible voters: 345 | Valid ballots: 210 (60.9%) | 0 abstentions

Jay Michi

131

Elected

Kathy Kendall, KC

79

 

  Certified results

 

Results of the 2023 Vancouver county by-election – July 12, 2023

District No. 1 Vancouver (one to elect)*

Eligible voters: 10647 | Valid ballots: 1788 (16.8%) | 21 abstentions

Candidate Information

Votes

 

First count

Second count

Third count

Fourth count

 

Christina Joelle Cook

582

624

683

886

Elected

Roger Stewart Watts

377

386

478

628

 

Joyce Johner

377

397

476 

 

Timothy Jacob Lack

322

334 

 

 

Adam Soliman109    
Certified results     

*This by-election was conducted by alternative vote ballot in accordance with Rule 1-30.

 

Results of the 2022 Vancouver county by-election – November 15, 2022

District No. 1 Vancouver (one to elect)*

Eligible voters: 10,457 / Valid ballots: 1,870 (17.9%) – 16 voters abstained

Candidates

Votes

 

1st count

2nd count

3rd count

4th count

 

Tim Delaney

647

692

811

1,376

Elected

Joyce Johner

548

669

795

 

 

Nikki L. Charlton

356

422

  

 

Nazanin Aram

303

  

 

 

Certified results     

*This by-election was conducted by alternative vote ballot in accordance with Rule 1-30

Results of the 2021 general election – November 16, 2021

District No. 1 Vancouver (11 to elect)

Eligible voters: 10,082 | Valid ballots: 2,858 (28.3%) | 2 abstentions

Cheryl D’Sa

1504

Re-elected

Brook Greenberg, QC

1491

Re-elected

Jennifer Chow, QC

1425

Re-elected

Kevin B. Westell

1417

Re-elected

Gaynor C. Yeung

1403

Re-elected

Lisa Dumbrell

1359

Re-elected

Jacqueline G. McQueen, QC

1314

Re-elected

Steven McKoen, QC

1299

Re-elected

Katrina Harry

1202

Elected

Kelly Harvey Russ

1089

Elected

Tanya Chamberlain

1023

Elected

Nazanin Aram

737

 

Julian R. Porritt

631

 

Tara Callan

579

 

Kyla Lee

539

 

Chase Blair

493

 
Certified results  

 

District No. 2 Victoria (2 to elect) 

Eligible voters: 1662 | Valid ballots:677 (40.7%) | 1 abstention

Lindsay R. LeBlanc

348

Elected

Paul Pearson

330

Elected

Michael Mulligan

251

 

Peter Ameerali

180

 

James A. S. Legh

133

 

Certified results  

 

District No. 3 Nanaimo (1 to elect) 

Eligible voters: 534 | Valid ballots: 215 (40.3%) | 1 abstention

Brian Dybwad

120

Elected

Chelsea D. Wilson

94

 

Certified results  

 

District No. 4 Westminster (2 to elect) 

 

Eligible voters: 2388 | Valid ballots: 766 (32.1%) | 2 abstentions

Gurminder Sandhu

370

Elected

 

Tom Spraggs

311

Re-elected

 

Lynett Jung

247

 

 

Paul Janzen

207

 

 

Doug Lester, QC

161

 

 

Certified results   

 

District No. 5  Kootenay (1 to elect) 

Barbara Cromarty

Re-elected by acclamation

 

District No. 6 Okanagan (1 to elect) 

Michael F. Welsh, QC

Re-elected by acclamation

 

District No. 7 Cariboo (2 to elect) 

Eligible voters: 246 | Valid ballots: 144 (58.5%) | 0 abstentions

Georges Rivard

117

Elected

Geoffrey McDonald

107

Re-elected

Jon M. Duncan

50

 

Certified results  

 

District No. 8 Prince Rupert (1 to elect) 

Sarah Westwood

Elected by acclamation

 

District No. 9 Kamloops (1 to elect) 

Eligible voters: 334 | Valid ballots: 205 (61.4%) | 0 abstentions

 

First Count

Second Count

Third Count

 

Kim Carter

87

99

148

Re-elected

David A. Paul, QC

89

98

 

 

Camille Cook

29

 

 

 

Certified results    

*The election in District No. 9 was conducted by alternative vote ballot in accordance with Rule 1-30.

 

Results of the 2021 Vancouver county by-election – July 16, 2021
 

District No. 1 Vancouver (one to elect)
Eligible voters: 9,942 / Valid ballots: 1,908 (19.2%) – 7 voters abstained
CandidatesVotes
 1st count2nd count3rd count4th count5th count 
Gaynor C. Yeung6726967648111,021Elected
Julian R. Porritt433446472502585 
Tanya Chamberlain342358385437  
Kyla Lee201207220   
Nazanin Aram143167    
Douglas Chiu110     
Needed to elect951937921875803 

 

Results of the 2021 Kamloops district by-election – June 16, 2021
 

District No. 9 Kamloops (one to elect)

Eligible voters: 330 / Valid ballots: 186 (56.4%)

Candidates

Votes

 

1st count

2nd count

3rd count

4th count

 

Kim Carter

50

53

58

91

Elected

Michael Sutherland

66

66

68

78

 

Camille J. Cook

44

49

54

 

 

Daniel McNamee

16

16

 

 

 

Cameron E. Johnson

10

 

 

 

 

Needed to elect

94

92

90

85

 

 

Results of the 2020 Vancouver county by-election – November 16, 2020
 

District No. 1 Vancouver (two to elect)

Candidates

Votes

 

Kevin B. Westell

665

Elected

Lisa Dumbrell

661

Elected

Emily L. Clough

641

 

William L. Roberts

440

 

K. Michael Stephens

362

 

Steve M. Winder

362

 

Bahar Hafizi

356

 

Jasmeet K. Wahid

350

 

Kyla Lee

289

 

James D. Kondopulos

277

 

Sandra Mandanici

276

 

Thomas Arbogast

229

 

Ivona-Elena Zegrean

124

 

Saravan J. Veylan

122

 

Hermann Luitingh

23

 

 

Results of the 2020 Vancouver county by-election – May 20, 2020
 

District No. 1 Vancouver county (one to elect)

Eligible voters: 9,446 / Valid Ballots: 2,560 (27.1%)

Candidates

Votes

 

1st count

2nd count

3rd count

4th count

5th count

6th count

7th count

 

Cheryl D'Sa

535

571

608

635

699

788

990

Elected

Kevin Westell

588

595

621

646

699

782

950

 

Lisa Dumbrell

350

366

391

421

469

599

 

 

Sandra Mandanici

299

325

355

372

401

 

 

 

Roger Watts

246

255

266

320

 

 

 

 

Michael Thomas

215

221

239

 

 

 

 

 

Kyla Lee

172

192

 

 

 

 

 

 

Laxmy R. Nambiar

146

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Needed to elect

1,276

1,263

1,241

1,198

1,135

1,085

971

 

 

Results of the 2019 general election – November 15, 2019
 

District No. 1 Vancouver (11 to elect)
Eligible voters: 9,580 / Valid ballots: 2,925 (30.5%)
Jamie Maclaren, QC1,496Re-elected
Jennifer Chow, QC1,372Re-elected
Jasmin Z. Ahmad1,304Re-elected
Jeevyn Dhaliwal1,283Re-elected
Julie K. Lamb, QC1,276Elected
Brook Greenberg1,217Re-elected
Elizabeth J. Rowbotham1,208Re-elected
Jeff Campbell, QC1,199Re-elected
Steven McKoen, QC1,185Re-elected
Jacqueline G. McQueen1,130Re-elected
Karen L. Snowshoe1,102Re-elected
Ashley Syer907 
Jon Festinger, QC820 
Anthony Leoni658 
Michael Thomas595 
John Turner561 
Kyla Lee529 

 

District No. 2 Victoria (one to elect) 
Pinder K. Cheema, QCRe-elected by acclamation

 

District No. 3 Nanaimo (one to elect) 
Chelsea Dawn WilsonElected by acclamation

 

District No. 4 Westminster (three to elect) 
Eligible voters: 2,228 / Valid ballots: 801 (36%)
W. Martin Finch, QC454Re-elected
Christopher A. McPherson, QC394Re-elected
Tom Spraggs344Elected
Chandan K. Sabharwal253 
Aniz Alani176 
Scott Johnston142 
Daniel Henderson96 
Todd Brayer88 

 

District No. 5  Kootenay (one to elect) 
Barbara Cromarty     Re-elected by acclamation

 

District No. 6 Okanagan (one to elect) 
Michael F. Welsh, QCRe-elected by acclamation

 

District No. 7 Cariboo (two to elect) 
Eligible voters: 254 / Valid ballots: 128 (50.4%)
Geoffrey McDonald95Re-elect
Heidi Zetzsche84Re-elect
Jacqueline R. Reed43 

 

District No. 8 Prince Rupert (one to elect) 
Eligible voters: 93 / Valid ballots: 71 (76.3%)
Lisa Feinberg38Elected
Sarah Westwood33 

 

District No. 9 Kamloops (one to elect) 
Michelle D. Stanford, QCRe-elected by acclamation

Pursuant to Law Society Rule 1-5(4) Craig Ferris, QC (District No. 1), Dean P.J. Lawton, QC (District No. 2) and Lisa J. Hamilton, QC (District No. 1) will continue to hold office as Benchers until they complete their respective terms as President.


Results of the 2018 Vancouver county by-election – November 15, 2018

District No. 1 Vancouver (one to elect)
Eligible voters: 9,534 / Valid ballots: 1,425 (15%)
CandidatesVotes
 1st count2nd count3rd count4th count5th count 
Jacqueline McQueen320371392488554Elected
Jon Festinger, QC278294375420510 
Michael Thomas254270300337  
Kyla Lee243254268   
Raymond Young, QC185199    
Maria T. Holman145     
Needed to elect714695669624533 

 

Results of the 2018 Vancouver county by-election – May 15, 2018

District No. 1 Vancouver (one to elect)
Eligible voters: 9,008 / Valid ballots: 1,625 (18%)
CandidatesVotes 
 1st count2nd count3rd count4th count5th count6th count7th count 
Karen L. Snowshoe333334366387434530580Elected
Jon Festinger, QC325326333356387443543 
Michael Thomas251252263278310348  
Ashley Syer241245271284304   
Gurminder Sandhu191192197208    
John Turner158159166     
Kyla Lee106109      
Graham Lee Zilm14       
Needed to elect810809799757718661562 

 

Results of the 2017 general election – November 15, 2017 

District No. 1 Vancouver (11 to elect)*
Eligible voters: 9,080 / Valid ballots: 2,574 (28%)
CandidatesVotes 
Jeevyn Dhaliwal1,238Re-elected
Jamie Maclaren1,208Re-elected
Jasmin Ahmad1,172Re-elected
Jennifer Chow, QC
1,155
Elected
Sharon Matthews, QC1,048
Re-elected
Elizabeth Rowbotham963Re-elected
Lisa Hamilton924
Re-elected
Brook Greenberg899Re-elected
Tony Wilson, QC895Re-elected
Jeff Campbell, QC837Re-elected
Steven McKoen751Re-elected
Ashley Syer742 
Vivienne Stewart650 
Arthur Grant590 
Rain Henderson589 
Edward Wang524 
Michael Thomas458 
John Turner354 
Chilwin Cheng346 

*At the request of an unelected candidate, a review of the Vancouver election was conducted in accordance with Rule 1-36. Written reasons for the decision to uphold the Vancouver election results may be found here.

 
District No. 2 Victoria (two to elect) 
Pinder K. Cheema, QC
Re-elected by acclamation
Dean P.J. Lawton, QCRe-elected by acclamation
 
District No. 3 Nanaimo (one to elect) 
Nancy G. Merrill, QC
2018 First Vice-President
 
District No. 4 Westminster (three to elect) 
Eligible voters: 2,123 / Valid ballots: 475 (22%)
CandidatesVotes 
Phil Riddell345Re-elected
Martin Finch, QC295Re-elected
Christopher McPherson279Re-elected
Laura Holland225 
 
District No. 5  Kootenay (one to elect) 
Barbara CromartyRe-elected by acclamation
 
District No. 6 Okanagan (one to elect) 
Michael WelshElected by acclamation
 
District No. 7 Cariboo (two to elect) 
Geoffrey McDonaldElected by acclamation
Heidi ZetzscheElected by acclamation
 
District No. 8 Prince Rupert (one to elect) 
Sarah WestwoodRe-elected by acclamation
 
District No. 9 Kamloops (one to elect) 
Michelle StanfordRe-elected by acclamation
 

Results of the 2017 Kootenay County by-election – March 15, 2017

District No. 5 Kootenay (one to elect, by alternate vote ballot) 
Candidates1st count 
Ahna Fernandez18 
Ralph Gregory Stacey16 
Barbara Cromarty45Elected
Total eligible voters145 
Total valid votes79 
Total ballots79 
Votes needed to win (50%+1)40 
 

Results of the 2016 Vancouver County by-election – November 15, 2016

District No. 1 Vancouver (two to elect)
CandidatesVotes 
Jeevyn Dhaliwal865Elected
Jasmin Z. Ahmad762Elected
Jean Whittow, QC582 
Robert C. Brun, QC566 
Ward K. Branch, QC440 
Richard B. Lindsay, QC434 
Mark R. Slay402 
Michael McDonald378 
J. Najeeb Hassan377 
George Kondor, QC318 
Andrea Raso230 


Results of the 2015 general election – November 16, 2015 

District No. 1 Vancouver (10 to elect)
Eligible voters: 8,691 / Valid ballots: 2,933 (34%)
CandidatesVotes 
Sharon D. Matthews, QC1,580Re-elected
Jamie F. Maclaren 1,365Re-elected
Elizabeth Rowbotham
1,360Re-elected
Maria Morellato, QC
1,170
Re-elected
Tony Wilson
1,161
Re-elected
Craig A.B. Ferris, QC1,157Re-elected
Lisa Hamilton
1,115
Elected
Brook Greenberg
1,048Elected
Steven McKoen1,017Elected
Jeff Campbell1,000Elected
Jeevyn Dhaliwal
965 
James Hickling
828 
Randy J. Kaardel, QC819 
Shelley A. Braun818 
Rishi T. Gill583 
 
District No. 2 Victoria (two to elect)
Eligible voters: 1,442 / Valid ballots: 676 (47%)
CandidatesVotes 
Pinder K. Cheema, QC
514Re-elected
Dean Lawton415Re-elected
Michael T. Mulligan 313 
 
District No. 3 Nanaimo (one to elect) 
Nancy G. Merrill
Re-elected by acclamation
 
District No. 4 Westminster (three to elect) 
Eligible voters: 1,959 / Valid ballots: 592 (30%)
CandidatesVotes 
Phil Riddell388Re-elected
Martin Finch, QC370Re-elected
Christopher A. McPherson292Elected 
Howard Smith231 
 
District No. 5  Kootenay (one to elect) 
Lynal E. DoerksenRe-elected by acclamation
 
District No. 6 Okanagan (one to elect) 
Tom Fellhauer Re-elected by acclamation
 
District No. 7 Cariboo (two to elect) 
Eligible voters: 256 / Valid ballots: 128 (50%)
CandidatesVotes 
Lee Ongman98Re-elected
Gregory Petrisor77
Re-elected
Julian T.W. Kenney51 
 
District No. 8 Prince Rupert (one to elect) 
Eligible voters: 91 / Valid ballots: 49 (54%)
CandidatesVotes 
Sarah Westwood33
Re-elected
Cynthia Marie Joseph16 
 
District No. 9 Kamloops (one to elect) 
Eligible voters: 301 / Valid ballots: 172 (57%)
CandidatesVotes 
 1st count 
Michelle D. Stanford98Elected
Jeffrey W. Locke64 
R. Dale Janowsky, QC10 
Needed to elect87 
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