[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":1384},["ShallowReactive",2],{"news-list":3,"candidate-bill-brassington":4,"parties-all":178,"party-burnaby-citizens-association":930,"candidate-neighbours-bill-brassington":1117,"tracker-bill-brassington":1227,"votes-bill-brassington":1383},[],{"id":5,"acclamation":6,"ballotNumber":6,"biography":7,"campaignVideo":6,"colour":12,"contentOrigin":13,"currentRole":14,"district":6,"dossier":6,"experience":15,"extension":29,"headline":30,"languages":31,"links":32,"meta":44,"name":45,"neighbourhood":6,"nomination":6,"number":46,"office":47,"palette":6,"party":48,"photos":6,"polled":6,"portrait":51,"priorities":60,"questionnaire":79,"questions":82,"sample":83,"scoreChanges":6,"searched":84,"sections":119,"slug":139,"sources":140,"stem":174,"summary":175,"unaffiliated":83,"updatedAt":88,"updates":176,"withdrawal":6,"__hash__":177},"candidates\u002Felections\u002Fbc-burnaby-2026\u002Fcandidates\u002Fbill-brassington.json",null,[8,9,10,11],"Bill Brassington was re-elected to the Burnaby Board of Education on October 17, 2026. The City of Burnaby's count gives him 21,341 votes, the second-highest total of the 16 candidates for the seven trustee seats, and the City's chief election officer declared him elected on October 21, 2026. He ran with the Burnaby Citizens Association. Its seven trustee candidates took all seven seats, and Freshet News listed him in September 2026 as one of three BCA trustees seeking re-election.","He was first elected in 2018: the Burnaby Schools post on the board sworn in that November lists him as vice-chair of a board with five new members, and the board's minutes show him re-elected vice-chair in November 2021. Burnaby Now reported in November 2022 that he had won a second term that October, as one of five BCA incumbents re-elected. The board's minutes show it chose him as chair by acclamation on November 22, 2022 and again on November 28, 2023, and in November 2024 it elected him as the alternate to its provincial councillor at the BC School Trustees Association.","By his own account, in the statement he gave the City and on the BCA's page, he has sat on the District Community School Advisory Committee and on the City of Burnaby's Parks, Recreation and Culture Commission and Transportation Committee, chaired the district's audit sub-committee, and has volunteered in Burnaby for more than 30 years as a parent advisory council chair and a youth baseball and softball coach. voche.me has not checked these.","In the Freshet News questionnaire he named fully funded classrooms, safer and larger school buildings, and child care on school sites as his top issues. He wrote that the BCA will continue to protect classrooms from cuts and will urge the Province to fix the funding formula for public education. His promise tracker holds his own promises from that questionnaire and the BCA platform's school commitments.","rose","editorial","School Trustee, Burnaby Board of Education",[16,22],{"period":17,"title":14,"description":18,"source":19},"2018 to now","Sworn in with the new board in November 2018, by the Burnaby Schools post on that board. Burnaby Now reported that he won a second term in October 2022, and he was re-elected on October 17, 2026 with the second-highest vote total.",{"label":20,"url":21},"Burnaby Schools · Board of Education, newly elected trustees sworn in, November 2018","https:\u002F\u002Fburnabyschools.ca\u002Fnewly-elected-board-of-education\u002F",{"period":23,"title":24,"description":25,"source":26},"November 2022 to November 2024","Chair, Burnaby Board of Education","Chosen as chair by acclamation on November 22, 2022 and again on November 28, 2023, by the board's minutes.",{"label":27,"url":28},"Burnaby Board of Education · minutes of the public board meeting, November 28, 2023","https:\u002F\u002Fburnabyschools.ca\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2023\u002F12\u002FMinutes-Public-Board-Meeting-November-28-2023.pdf","json","Re-elected to the Burnaby Board of Education on October 17, 2026, with the second-highest vote total of the 16 trustee candidates. He ran with the Burnaby Citizens Association and chaired the board from November 2022 to November 2024.",[],[33,37,41],{"label":34,"url":35,"kind":36},"BCA: Bill Brassington","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.burnaby-citizens.ca\u002Fcandidates\u002Fbillbrassington","website",{"label":38,"url":39,"kind":40},"BCA platform","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.burnaby-citizens.ca\u002Fplatform","document",{"label":42,"url":43,"kind":36},"Burnaby Schools: the Board of Education","https:\u002F\u002Fburnabyschools.ca\u002Fboard\u002Ftrustees\u002F",{},"Bill Brassington","","School Trustee",{"name":49,"url":50},"BCA - Burnaby Citizens Association","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.burnaby-citizens.ca",{"src":52,"smallSrc":53,"width":54,"height":55,"alt":56,"credit":57,"sourceUrl":58,"position":59},"\u002Fimages\u002Fcandidates\u002Fbill-brassington-640.webp","\u002Fimages\u002Fcandidates\u002Fbill-brassington-320.webp",640,800,"Bill Brassington, from City of Burnaby.","City of Burnaby","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.burnaby.ca\u002Four-city\u002Fmayor-and-council\u002Felections\u002Fcandidates\u002Foffice-of-school-trustees-candidate-profiles","50% 30%",[61,68,73],{"title":62,"summary":63,"details":64,"source":65},"Fully funded classrooms","In the Freshet News questionnaire he named fully funded classrooms as a top issue and wrote that the BCA will continue to protect classrooms from cuts and urge the Province to fix the funding formula.",[],{"label":66,"url":67},"Freshet News · Bill Brassington, Burnaby school trustee candidate, September 30, 2026","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.freshetnews.ca\u002Fbill-brassington\u002F",{"title":69,"summary":70,"details":71,"source":72},"New schools and child care on school sites","In the same questionnaire he named safer and expanded school buildings and child care on school sites as top issues, and said he will keep working to deliver new and replacement schools and more before- and after-school care.",[],{"label":66,"url":67},{"title":74,"summary":75,"details":76,"source":77},"The BCA platform: new schools, stable funding and school meals","The BCA's 2026 platform promises to press the Province to build schools for the enrolment Burnaby expects, to ask for stable funding for the learning supports students need, and to grow the school meals program.",[],{"label":78,"url":39},"Burnaby Citizens Association · 2026 platform",{"status":80,"answers":81},"not-contacted",[],[],false,[85,91,96,100,104,109,114],{"step":86,"label":87,"date":88,"result":89,"note":90,"url":35},1,"His campaign pages and the BCA platform","2026-10-29","found","His City profile gives the BCA's site as his website. Read the BCA's page about him and the platform page. No campaign site of his own was found.",{"step":92,"label":93,"date":88,"result":94,"note":95},2,"His public social media accounts","unreachable","His City profile lists an Instagram account (burnabybill). It showed only a page header to scripts, so no post was read.",{"step":97,"label":98,"date":88,"result":89,"note":99,"url":58},3,"The City's candidate profile and official results","The City's profile page gives his ballot name, the organization line BCA - Burnaby Citizens Association and a statement he wrote. The City's results give him 21,341 votes, and the declaration of October 21, 2026 names him as a school trustee.",{"step":101,"label":102,"date":88,"result":89,"note":103,"url":67},4,"Candidate questionnaires and all-candidates meetings","Freshet News published his answers to its candidate questionnaire on September 30, 2026. His VoteMate page holds no promises and repeats the statement he gave the City. No school or advocacy group questionnaire with his answers, and no report of an all-candidates meeting quoting him, was found.",{"step":105,"label":106,"date":88,"result":89,"note":107,"url":108},5,"A name search with Burnaby and 2026","Found the Freshet News report of September 13, 2026 on the trustee race and Burnaby Now's report of the 2022 swearing-in (read from the Internet Archive). No 2026 news report quoting him was found.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.freshetnews.ca\u002F16-candidates-vying-for-seven-seats-on-burnaby-board-of-education\u002F",{"step":110,"label":111,"date":88,"result":112,"note":113},6,"News reports of the result and his first statements","nothing-found","The City's count and declaration give his result. No news report quoting him after the vote was found.",{"step":115,"label":116,"date":88,"result":89,"note":117,"url":118},7,"The public record of his board terms","Read the Burnaby Schools trustee page, its 2018 post on the new board, and the board minutes of November 23, 2021, November 22, 2022, November 28, 2023 and November 26, 2024, which record his elections as vice-chair, chair and provincial councillor. His votes at other meetings were not read.","https:\u002F\u002Fburnabyschools.ca\u002Fboard\u002Fagenda-minutes\u002F",[120,131],{"id":121,"kicker":122,"title":123,"paragraphs":124,"links":127},"party-platform","Elector organization","What the BCA promised for schools",[125,126],"The Burnaby Citizens Association's 2026 platform has a section on public schools. It lists what the BCA says its trustees delivered and what they plan next. The BCA ran seven trustee candidates, and the City's count shows all seven elected.","Its plans for schools include pressing the Province to build schools for the number of students Burnaby expects, making the case for new schools at Brentwood West, Bainbridge Village and Brentwood East, asking for stable funding for learning supports, keeping the district's SOGI policy strong, setting rules for AI in schools, and growing the school meals program. The promise tracker lists each school commitment on the platform.",[128,129],{"label":78,"url":39},{"label":130,"url":108},"Freshet News · 16 candidates vying for seven seats on Burnaby board of education, by Theresa McManus, September 13, 2026",{"id":132,"kicker":133,"title":134,"paragraphs":135,"links":138},"research-status","Research status","What voche.me has checked",[136,137],"Researched on 2026-10-29 through the seven search steps listed below: the City's candidate profile, results and declaration, the BCA's page about him and its platform, his Freshet News questionnaire and VoteMate page, the Burnaby Schools trustee page and its 2018 post on the new board, the board minutes of November 2021, November 2022, November 2023 and November 2024, and Burnaby Now's report of the 2022 swearing-in.","His committee posts, his volunteer work and the award named on the BCA's page are his own account and have not been checked. No campaign social media account is listed on his City profile apart from an Instagram account that showed only a page header to scripts. His votes on the board were not read one by one. No news report of a statement from him after the 2026 vote was found.",[],"bill-brassington",[141,144,147,150,152,153,154,155,158,160,161,164,167,170,171],{"label":142,"url":143,"checkedAt":88},"City of Burnaby · official election results, October 17, 2026","https:\u002F\u002Felections.burnaby.ca\u002F",{"label":145,"url":146,"checkedAt":88},"City of Burnaby · Declaration of official election results, October 21, 2026","https:\u002F\u002Fburnaby.widen.net\u002Fs\u002Fjzvsfrfktg\u002F2026-elections-declaration-of-results",{"label":148,"url":58,"checkedAt":88,"listOnly":149},"City of Burnaby · candidate profiles, School Trustee",true,{"label":151,"url":35,"checkedAt":88},"Burnaby Citizens Association · Bill Brassington, School Board candidate",{"label":78,"url":39,"checkedAt":88},{"label":66,"url":67,"checkedAt":88},{"label":130,"url":108,"checkedAt":88,"listOnly":149},{"label":156,"url":157,"checkedAt":88},"VoteMate · Bill Brassington, BCA for Burnaby School Trustee, 2026 BC Local Elections","https:\u002F\u002Fvotemate.org\u002Fbc2026\u002Fcandidates\u002F13192?riding=796",{"label":159,"url":43,"checkedAt":88},"Burnaby Schools · Burnaby Board of Education trustees",{"label":20,"url":21,"checkedAt":88},{"label":162,"url":163,"checkedAt":88},"Burnaby Board of Education · minutes of the public board meeting, November 23, 2021","https:\u002F\u002Fburnabyschools.ca\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F12\u002FMinutes-Public-Board-Meeting-November-23-2021.pdf",{"label":165,"url":166,"checkedAt":88},"Burnaby Now · 'A profound responsibility': Burnaby's new school board sworn in, by Cornelia Naylor, November 24, 2022 (read from the Internet Archive copy)","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.burnabynow.com\u002Flocal-news\u002Fa-profound-responsibility-burnabys-new-school-board-sworn-in-6153971",{"label":168,"url":169,"checkedAt":88},"Burnaby Board of Education · minutes of the public board meeting, November 22, 2022","https:\u002F\u002Fburnabyschools.ca\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F12\u002FMinutes-Public-Board-Meeting-November-22-2022.pdf",{"label":27,"url":28,"checkedAt":88},{"label":172,"url":173,"checkedAt":88},"Burnaby Board of Education · minutes of the public board meeting, November 26, 2024","https:\u002F\u002Fburnabyschools.ca\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2024\u002F12\u002FMinutes-Public-Board-Meeting-November-26-2024.pdf","elections\u002Fbc-burnaby-2026\u002Fcandidates\u002Fbill-brassington","Bill Brassington was re-elected as a Burnaby school trustee on October 17, 2026, with 21,341 votes in the City of Burnaby's count, the second-highest total of the 16 trustee candidates. He ran with the Burnaby Citizens Association (BCA), whose seven trustee candidates all won. Burnaby Now reported that he won his second term in 2022, and board minutes show he was the board's chair from November 2022 to November 2024. In a Freshet News questionnaire he said he would keep pressing for fair provincial funding, new and replacement schools, and more before- and after-school care.",[],"ZCmp08FFdPiCZvbE9dT_lrNGbSzQlYB-3iE8oea8RSw",[179,665],{"id":180,"aliases":181,"checkedAt":88,"declaredColour":6,"extension":29,"founded":184,"headline":189,"history":190,"leadership":248,"logo":6,"meta":249,"money":250,"name":49,"news":286,"overview":317,"palette":323,"platform":328,"questions":520,"record":568,"registeredName":49,"rosterLabel":49,"slug":582,"sources":583,"stem":662,"summary":663,"website":50,"wordmark":6,"__hash__":664},"parties\u002Felections\u002Fbc-burnaby-2026\u002Fparties\u002Fburnaby-citizens-association.json",[182,183],"BCA","Burnaby Citizens Association",{"year":185,"note":186,"cites":187},1955,"By the BCA's own account: its About page says Alan Emmott and Eileen Dailly formed it in 1955. voche.me found no independent record of the founding.",[188],"bca-about","The organization that holds 7 of Burnaby's 8 councillor seats and all 7 school trustee seats",{"entries":191,"state":238,"indexable":149,"checkedAt":88,"searched":239,"gaps":245},[192,196,203,208,217,225,230],{"title":193,"body":194,"cites":195},"Formed in 1955, by the BCA's own account","The BCA's About page says Alan Emmott and Eileen Dailly formed the BCA in 1955 \"to act on issues that mattered to Burnaby residents\". voche.me found no independent record of the founding.",[188],{"title":197,"body":198,"cites":199},"2018 election: the BCA loses the mayor's office","Mike Hurley, running as an independent, was elected mayor in 2018 with 26,260 votes to 20,333 for the long-serving mayor Derek Corrigan, Daily Hive reported. The Burnaby Beacon described Corrigan as the BCA's mayor. Joe Keithley of the Burnaby Green Party won the eighth council seat that year, and Burnaby Now wrote that his election was the first break in the BCA's hold on Burnaby politics.",[200,201,202],"dh-2026-08","beacon-2022-06","bn-2022-council",{"title":204,"body":205,"cites":206},"2021 by-election","Burnaby Now reported that independent Mike Hillman won a council seat in a 2021 by-election by 124 votes over a BCA candidate. Freshet News reports that BCA councillor Alison Gu was first elected in a 2021 by-election.",[202,207],"freshet-2026-03",{"date":209,"title":210,"body":211,"cites":212},"2022-10-15","2022 election: six of eight council seats and all seven trustee seats","The City's official results of October 19, 2022 list the councillors and trustees elected. Burnaby Now reported that BCA candidates won six council seats (Alison Gu, James Wang, Pietro Calendino, Sav Dhaliwal, Maita Santiago and Daniel Tetrault) and all seven school trustee seats. The other two council seats went to Joe Keithley of the Burnaby Green Party and Richard T. Lee of One Burnaby. Mike Hurley was acclaimed as mayor.",[213,202,214,215,216],"city-results-2022","bn-2022-school","ebc-ds-2022","ebc-ds-2022-sd41",{"date":218,"title":219,"body":220,"cites":221},"2025-02-18","Elections BC penalty over a 2022 contribution","Elections BC issued the BCA a $600 penalty for accepting a $1,250 contribution in 2022 other than through its financial agent or a person the agent had authorized in writing. Its letter says the BCA had not been penalized under the Act before.",[222,223,224],"ebc-amp","ebc-amp-letter","ebc-investigations",{"title":226,"body":227,"cites":228},"Joe Keithley joins the BCA","Freshet News reported in March 2026 that Councillor Joe Keithley, first elected in 2018 with the Burnaby Green Party, joined the BCA in December 2025. That gave the BCA seven of the eight council seats.",[207,229],"freshet-2026-10",{"date":231,"title":232,"body":233,"cites":234},"2026-10-17","2026 election: 14 of 15 candidates elected","The City's results list 15 BCA candidates and 14 elected: seven of the eight councillors and all seven school trustees. Its one candidate not elected was Rea Park, for council, with 11,812 votes. The BCA ran no candidate for mayor. The Chief Election Officer declared the official results on October 21, 2026.",[235,236,207,229,237],"city-results-2026","city-declaration-2026","freshet-2026-09","researched",[240,241,242,243,244],"The BCA's About, History and Achievements pages","The City of Burnaby's official results for 2022 and its results and declaration for 2026","Burnaby Now's reports of the 2022 council and school board results","The Burnaby Beacon's report of June 30, 2022","Elections BC's list of filings, penalties and investigations",[246,247],"The City's official results for 2018 and for the 2021 by-election were not read. Those results are as Daily Hive and Burnaby Now reported them.","The BCA's Achievements page lists work by decade since 1955. Those are the party's own claims and are left out here.",[],{},{"searchUrl":251,"filings":252,"notes":273,"state":238,"indexable":149,"checkedAt":88,"searched":278,"gaps":283},"https:\u002F\u002Fcontributions.electionsbc.gov.bc.ca\u002Fpcs\u002FLESearch.aspx",[253,260,266],{"period":254,"kind":255,"url":256,"note":257,"cites":258},"2022 general local election, City of Burnaby","Disclosure statement, second amended version filed December 12, 2023","https:\u002F\u002Fcontributions.electionsbc.gov.bc.ca\u002Fpcs\u002Flepublished\u002F100147584.pdf","The summary page gives campaign contributions of $296,907.61, total income of $461,496.96 and total expenses of $423,440.59. The expenses include $88,509.79 for the election period and $308,280.56 for the campaign period. Elections BC lists the original statement, filed January 13, 2023, and amendments filed June 5 and December 12, 2023.",[215,259],"ebc-filings",{"period":261,"kind":262,"url":263,"note":264,"cites":265},"2022 general local election, Burnaby School District","Disclosure statement, second amended version filed December 18, 2023","https:\u002F\u002Fcontributions.electionsbc.gov.bc.ca\u002Fpcs\u002Flepublished\u002F100147583.pdf","The summary page gives campaign contributions of $125,230.28, a loan of $25,000.00, total income of $237,374.23 and total expenses of $323,252.49. The expenses include $61,554.04 for the election period and $251,818.07 for the campaign period.",[216,259],{"period":267,"kind":268,"url":269,"note":270,"cites":271},"2025","Annual financial report, amended version filed May 24, 2026","https:\u002F\u002Fcontributions.electionsbc.gov.bc.ca\u002Fpcs\u002Flepublished\u002F100150450.pdf","Contributions of $90,385.60: $60,843.70 for City Council and $29,541.90 for the School District. Total income of $90,622.66 and total expenses of $10,404.39, among them a $600 penalty paid to Elections BC.",[272,259],"ebc-afr-2025",[274,275,276,277],"Elections BC regulates campaign financing in local elections. Its Register of Elector Organizations, dated October 29, 2026, lists the BCA for Burnaby and the Burnaby School District.","Elections BC's search also lists the BCA's annual reports for 2022, 2023 and 2024, and its disclosure statements for the 2014 and 2018 elections and the 2021 by-election.","On February 18, 2025, Elections BC issued the BCA a $600 penalty under section 27 (1) of the Local Elections Campaign Financing Act. Its letter says a $1,250 contribution in August 2022 came with no residential address and was taken in by a BCA candidate who had no written authority from the financial agent to accept contributions. The letter says the BCA returned the contribution and cooperated with the investigation. The BCA's 2025 annual report lists the $600 penalty as an expense.","No report on the 2026 election is published yet. Elections BC says an elector organization must file a financial report within 90 days after general voting day for each election it takes part in, and by March 31 for each calendar year.",[279,280,281,282],"Elections BC's Register of Elector Organizations, dated October 29, 2026","Elections BC's Financial Reports and Political Contributions System, scanned reports search for \"Burnaby Citizens\"","The BCA's 2022 disclosure statements for the City and the School District, and its 2025 annual report","Elections BC's pages on monetary penalties and on its investigations of elector organizations after the 2022 elections",[284,285],"The disclosure statements and the annual report are scanned images. voche.me read the summary pages and did not read every page of contributions.","The 2026 election report is due within 90 days after general voting day and is not published yet.",{"entries":287,"state":238,"indexable":83,"checkedAt":88,"searched":310,"gaps":314},[288,294,299,305],{"date":289,"publisher":290,"title":291,"url":292,"summary":293},"2026-10-18","Freshet News","Mike Hurley wins third term as Burnaby mayor","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.freshetnews.ca\u002Fmike-hurley-wins-third-term-as-burnaby-mayor\u002F","The report on election night says the BCA kept its majority on City Council with seven of the eight seats. It names the three new BCA councillors, Cindy Lee, Ryan Erwin and Kiran Singh, and says Joe Keithley, who joined the BCA in December, had the most council votes.",{"date":295,"publisher":290,"title":296,"url":297,"summary":298},"2026-09-11","Burnaby mayor’s seat challenged, 42 vying for eight council spots","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.freshetnews.ca\u002Fburnaby-mayors-seat-challenged-42-vying-for-eight-council-spots\u002F","After nominations closed, Freshet News reported that the BCA was the only organization running a full slate of eight council candidates. Four of them were sitting councillors: Daniel Tetrault, Maita Santiago, James Wang and Joe Keithley.",{"date":300,"publisher":301,"title":302,"url":303,"summary":304},"2026-08-06","Daily Hive","Mike Hurley confirms he will seek a third term as Burnaby mayor","https:\u002F\u002Fdailyhive.com\u002Fvancouver\u002Fburnaby-mayor-mike-hurley-re-election-campaign-2026","The report says BCA councillors Pietro Calendino, Sav Dhaliwal and Alison Gu would not run again, and that councillors Joe Keithley, Maita Santiago, Daniel Tetrault and James Wang were running again with the BCA.",{"date":306,"publisher":290,"title":307,"url":308,"summary":309},"2026-03-23","Burnaby’s ruling party announces council candidates for October election","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.freshetnews.ca\u002Fburnabys-ruling-party-announces-council-candidates-for-october-election\u002F","Freshet News reported that the BCA named Ryan Erwin, Cindy Lee, Rea Park and Kiran Singh as new council candidates, and that it had seven sitting councillors after Joe Keithley joined in December. Councillor Sav Dhaliwal said the BCA would run no candidate for mayor.",[311,312,313],"Freshet News reports of March 23, September 11 and October 18, 2026","Daily Hive reports on the Burnaby election, August to October 2026","Web searches for the BCA with the 2026 election in the Burnaby Beacon, Burnaby Now and other outlets",[315,316],"The Burnaby Beacon and Burnaby Now answer 403 to scripts, and their 2026 reports were not read for this record.","voche.me found no independent news report on the BCA's platform itself.",[318,319,320,321,322],"Elections BC's Register of Elector Organizations, dated October 29, 2026, lists BCA - Burnaby Citizens Association as both its full name and its ballot name, for the jurisdictions Burnaby and Burnaby School District.","The City of Burnaby's results list 15 BCA candidates in 2026, and 14 were elected. On City Council: Joe Keithley, Cindy Lee, Ryan Erwin, Maita Santiago, Daniel Tetrault, James Wang and Kiran Singh. On the Board of Education: Kristin Schnider, Bill Brassington, Hillary Bergshoeff, Jen Mezei, Paul Kwon, Stephen Andrada and Colin Zuo. Rea Park, a council candidate, was the one BCA candidate the voters did not elect.","The BCA ran no candidate for mayor. Mayor Mike Hurley ran with no elector organization on the City's list.","The BCA's own site calls it \"a civic political party that believes in social democracy\". Burnaby Now has described it as NDP-affiliated.","Its 2026 platform, \"Much accomplished, more to do\", was released on September 18, 2026. It is one web page with three commitments: services and parks, affordability, and public schools. Each part lists what the party says it delivered and what it plans next. The page gives no costs.",{"accent":324,"onAccent":325,"tint":326,"ink":327},"#012138","#FFFFFF","#EAF0F5","#1F2933",[329,378,411,436],{"issue":330,"headline":331,"summary":332,"paragraphs":333,"proposals":336,"questions":366,"state":238,"indexable":149,"checkedAt":88,"searched":371,"gaps":375},"housing","At least 1,000 new rental homes through the Burnaby Housing Authority by 2030","The BCA's 2026 platform promises to start at least 1,000 new rental homes through the Burnaby Housing Authority by 2030, to build more affordable homes with non-profits and co-ops, to use City land for family homes, and to zone town centres for shops and cafés at street level. It gives no costs.",[334,335],"The housing points are in the platform's second commitment, under the heading \"Building homes people can afford\". The two zoning points are under \"Supporting small businesses and local jobs\". The platform gives no costs and no list of sites.","The platform says the BCA created the Burnaby Housing Authority, which it calls the first of its kind in Metro Vancouver, to build, own and manage non-market rental and ownership homes. That is the party's own account. Burnaby Now reported that Council voted 6 to 3 in April 2024 to incorporate the authority, and that two BCA councillors, Pietro Calendino and Sav Dhaliwal, were among the three who wanted to delay it.",[337,346,350,354,358,362],{"title":338,"detail":339,"authority":340,"deadline":341,"cites":342},"Start at least 1,000 new rental homes through the Housing Authority by 2030","The platform promises to start at least 1,000 new rental homes through the Burnaby Housing Authority by 2030. It gives no cost and no list of sites.","The Burnaby Housing Authority, a separate corporation the City set up to build affordable homes, as Burnaby Now describes it.","2030",[343,344,345],"bca-platform","bca-release-platform","bn-2024-bha",{"title":347,"detail":348,"cites":349},"Build more affordable homes with non-profits and co-ops","The platform promises to partner with non-profits and co-ops to build more affordable housing. It names no number of homes and no sites.",[343],{"title":351,"detail":352,"cites":353},"Use City land to build homes for families faster","The platform promises to use land the City owns to speed up the delivery of homes for families. It names no sites.",[343],{"title":355,"detail":356,"cites":357},"Make it faster to build homes in every part of Burnaby","The platform promises to keep making it quicker and more efficient to build homes people can afford, in every part of Burnaby. It names no specific change to the City's rules or approval times.",[343],{"title":359,"detail":360,"cites":361},"Zoning for shops and cafés at street level in town centres","Under its small business section, the platform promises \"active-use zoning\" in town centres: shops, cafés and restaurants at street level, with offices and services above.",[343,344],{"title":363,"detail":364,"cites":365},"Zoning for smaller shops and industrial buildings with more than one level","The platform promises to zone for smaller retail spaces and for industrial buildings with more than one level, so more businesses can locate in Burnaby.",[343],[367],{"question":368,"answer":369,"cites":370},"Does the BCA say what the 1,000 rental homes will cost?","Its platform promises to start at least 1,000 new rental homes through the Burnaby Housing Authority by 2030 and gives no cost and no list of sites.",[343],[372,373,374],"The BCA's 2026 platform page, every section","The BCA's release of September 18, 2026 on its platform","Burnaby Now's report on the Council vote to incorporate the Burnaby Housing Authority, May 2024",[376,377],"The platform gives no costs, no list of sites and no yearly targets for the housing points.","The platform takes no position on the Province's laws on multiplex homes.",{"issue":379,"headline":380,"summary":381,"paragraphs":382,"proposals":385,"questions":402,"state":238,"indexable":149,"checkedAt":88,"searched":407,"gaps":408},"taxes-and-budget","Zero City debt and low, predictable property taxes","The BCA's platform promises to keep the City free of debt and to keep property taxes low and predictable, with lower fees for seniors and credits for families in need. It names no tax rate and no limit on yearly increases.",[383,384],"The platform's second commitment says the BCA keeps property taxes down and the City's debt at zero, and will keep taxes \"consistent, predictable, and affordable\". It gives no tax rate for any year and no limit on increases.","The platform says the City's outstanding debt is $0 and that Burnaby's property taxes are among the lowest in Metro Vancouver. It also says new community centres and pools were built from City reserves without tax increases. Those are the party's own statements. voche.me has not checked them against the City's financial statements or against other cities' tax rates.",[386,390,394,398],{"title":387,"detail":388,"cites":389},"Keep the City free of debt","The platform promises to maintain the City's record of zero debt. It says the City's outstanding debt is $0.",[343,344],{"title":391,"detail":392,"cites":393},"Low and predictable property taxes","The platform promises low, predictable taxes and to keep Burnaby's property taxes among the lowest in Metro Vancouver. It names no rate and no limit on yearly increases.",[343],{"title":395,"detail":396,"cites":397},"New sources of City income to keep taxes low","The platform promises to generate diverse revenue to keep taxes low and services affordable. It names no source of income.",[343],{"title":399,"detail":400,"cites":401},"Lower fees for seniors and credits for families in need","The platform promises to keep City services affordable, with reduced fees for seniors and credits for families in need. It says both exist now and gives no new amounts.",[343],[403],{"question":404,"answer":405,"cites":406},"Does the BCA promise a limit on property tax increases?","Its platform promises low, predictable taxes and zero City debt. It names no tax rate and no limit on yearly increases.",[343],[372,373],[409,410],"The platform gives no tax rate, no limit on increases and no figure for City reserves.","voche.me has not checked the platform's statements on debt and tax rates against the City's financial statements.",{"issue":412,"headline":413,"summary":414,"paragraphs":415,"proposals":419,"questions":424,"state":238,"indexable":149,"checkedAt":88,"searched":429,"gaps":433},"governance","Simpler City permits and business licences with published service standards","The BCA's platform has one promise about how City Hall works: simpler permits and business licences, with published service standards. Its section \"How we work\" describes the party's approach to other governments and holds no other promise.",[416,417,418],"Under \"Supporting small businesses and local jobs\", the platform promises to streamline permitting and licensing: simplify requirements, publish clear service standards, and redesign approvals so businesses can plan, invest and open faster. It sets no target for approval times.","The section \"How we work\" says the BCA has worked \"under every kind of government in Victoria and Ottawa\" and that it works \"with whoever is in power\". It says the BCA kept pressing until the Province covered a $9.4 million bill for a pay mistake that Burnaby schools did not make. That is the party's own account, and voche.me has not checked it.","The BCA ran no candidate for mayor. Its councillor Sav Dhaliwal told Freshet News in March 2026 that the BCA would run none, and said the council had worked well with independent Mayor Mike Hurley.",[420],{"title":421,"detail":422,"cites":423},"Simpler permits and business licences with published service standards","The platform promises to simplify the requirements for permits and business licences, publish clear service standards, and redesign approvals so businesses can plan, invest and open faster. It sets no target for approval times.",[343,344],[425],{"question":426,"answer":427,"cites":428},"Did the BCA run a candidate for mayor?","It ran none. Freshet News reported in March 2026 that the BCA would run no candidate for mayor, and the City's results list Mayor Mike Hurley with no elector organization.",[207,235],[430,431,432],"The BCA's 2026 platform page, every section, including \"How we work\"","The BCA's About and Guiding Principles pages","Freshet News report of March 23, 2026 on the BCA's council candidates",[434,435],"The platform holds no commitment on the size of Council, the rules for Council meetings or the conduct of members.","The statement about the $9.4 million bill is the party's own and was not checked.",{"issue":437,"headline":438,"summary":439,"paragraphs":440,"proposals":445,"questions":510,"state":238,"indexable":149,"checkedAt":88,"searched":515,"gaps":517},"schools","Press the Province for new schools, keep the SOGI policy, and grow school meals","The BCA's platform asks the Ministry of Education to build schools for the number of students expected, names five school projects, and promises to ask for stable funding, keep the district's SOGI policy, set rules for artificial intelligence (AI) in schools and grow the school meals program. It gives no costs.",[441,442,443,444],"The school points are the platform's third commitment, \"Fighting for the world-class public schools our students deserve\". The BCA ran seven candidates for the Board of Education, and all seven were elected.","Many of the points are requests to other governments: the platform says the BCA will press the Ministry of Education to build for projected enrolment and to fund learning supports, and will press Ottawa to keep funding Settlement Workers in Schools.","SOGI stands for sexual orientation and gender identity. The platform calls the district's SOGI policy an anti-bullying policy and promises to keep it strong.","The platform lists past work it says BCA trustees delivered, among them new schools at Burnaby North Secondary and Stride Avenue and more than 700 new childcare spaces in eight years. That is the party's own account.",[446,450,454,458,462,466,470,474,478,482,486,490,494,498,502,506],{"title":447,"detail":448,"cites":449},"Press the Ministry to build for expected enrolment","The platform promises to press the Ministry of Education to build schools for the number of students expected in future years, beyond the number enrolled today.",[343,344],{"title":451,"detail":452,"cites":453},"Make the case for five school projects","The platform names new schools at Brentwood West, Bainbridge Village and Brentwood East, and replacements for Cameron and Maywood, as the schools Burnaby needs. It gives no dates and no costs.",[343,344],{"title":455,"detail":456,"cites":457},"Push for inclusive childcare in every new school","The platform promises to push for inclusive childcare to be built into every new school. It names no number of spaces.",[343],{"title":459,"detail":460,"cites":461},"Press the Ministry for funding for learning supports","The platform promises to press the Ministry for the funding to provide the learning supports Burnaby students need. It names no amount.",[343],{"title":463,"detail":464,"cites":465},"Early help with reading and math","The platform promises to invest in early intervention in literacy and numeracy. It names no program and no amount.",[343],{"title":467,"detail":468,"cites":469},"Ask for stable funding that grows with the city","The platform promises to advocate for predictable, stable funding that the district can plan around and that grows with the city.",[343],{"title":471,"detail":472,"cites":473},"More community input in district planning","The platform promises to expand community input in the district's planning. It names no specific change.",[343],{"title":475,"detail":476,"cites":477},"Keep the SOGI policy strong","The platform promises to keep the district's policy on sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) strong, so every student, staff member and family is respected and safe.",[343,344],{"title":479,"detail":480,"cites":481},"Recommit to reconciliation","The platform promises to recommit to meaningful reconciliation. It names no specific step.",[343],{"title":483,"detail":484,"cites":485},"Advance equity and accessibility in the district","The platform promises to advance the district's work on equity and accessibility. It names no specific step.",[343],{"title":487,"detail":488,"cites":489},"Ask Ottawa to keep funding Settlement Workers in Schools","The platform promises to press the federal government to keep funding Settlement Workers in Schools, so newcomer students and families get the supports they need.",[343],{"title":491,"detail":492,"cites":493},"Clear rules for AI in schools","The platform promises to work with teachers, support staff, their unions and experts to set clear rules for artificial intelligence in schools, to protect student data and mental health.",[343],{"title":495,"detail":496,"cites":497},"Community input on the district's AI policy","The platform promises to bring community input into the district's governance and policy on artificial intelligence.",[343],{"title":499,"detail":500,"cites":501},"More after-school programs at schools","The platform promises to expand after-school programs at schools, with access for all families.",[343],{"title":503,"detail":504,"cites":505},"Swimming and lifeguard lessons for every student","The platform promises to expand the swimming and lifeguard programs to every student. It says the City pays for the Grade 5 swimming program now.",[343],{"title":507,"detail":508,"cites":509},"Grow the school meals program","The platform promises to grow the school meals program, so no Burnaby student is trying to learn while hungry.",[343,344],[511],{"question":512,"answer":513,"cites":514},"Which new schools does the BCA ask for?","Its platform names new schools at Brentwood West, Bainbridge Village and Brentwood East, and replacements for Cameron and Maywood. It says the BCA will press the Ministry of Education to build them, and gives no dates or costs.",[343],[372,373,516],"The BCA's candidates page",[518,519],"The platform gives no costs, no dates and no number of spaces or staff for any school point.","Several points name no specific step, among them reconciliation, equity and community input.",[521,526,531,535,539,542,547,551,555,559,563],{"question":522,"answer":523,"cites":524},"What is the BCA's registered name?","Elections BC's register lists it as BCA - Burnaby Citizens Association. That is both its full name and the name printed on the ballot. It is registered for the City of Burnaby and the Burnaby School District.",[525],"ebc-register",{"question":527,"answer":528,"cites":529},"How many seats did the BCA win in 2026?","Fourteen of the fifteen council and school board seats: seven of the eight councillors and all seven school trustees. It ran 15 candidates and ran no one for mayor.",[235,236,530],"bca-candidates",{"question":532,"answer":533,"cites":534},"Who did the BCA elect to City Council in 2026?","Joe Keithley, Cindy Lee, Ryan Erwin, Maita Santiago, Daniel Tetrault, James Wang and Kiran Singh. Its eighth council candidate, Rea Park, was not elected.",[235,236],{"question":536,"answer":537,"cites":538},"Who did the BCA elect to the Board of Education in 2026?","Kristin Schnider, Bill Brassington, Hillary Bergshoeff, Jen Mezei, Paul Kwon, Stephen Andrada and Colin Zuo. Those are all seven seats on the board.",[235,236],{"question":426,"answer":540,"cites":541},"It ran none. Freshet News reported in March 2026 that the BCA would run no candidate for mayor. Mayor Mike Hurley ran with no elector organization and won a third term.",[207,235],{"question":543,"answer":544,"cites":545},"What does the BCA say it stands for?","Its Guiding Principles page calls the BCA \"a civic political party that believes in social democracy and economic, social, and environmental justice\", and says it believes in public services owned and delivered by the City. Those are the party's own words.",[546],"bca-principles",{"question":548,"answer":549,"cites":550},"What does the BCA promise on housing?","Its 2026 platform promises to start at least 1,000 new rental homes through the Burnaby Housing Authority by 2030, to build more affordable homes with non-profits and co-ops, and to use City land for family homes. It gives no costs.",[343],{"question":552,"answer":553,"cites":554},"What does the BCA promise on property taxes?","Its platform promises to keep the City free of debt and to keep property taxes low and predictable. It names no tax rate and no limit on yearly increases.",[343],{"question":556,"answer":557,"cites":558},"What does the BCA promise for schools?","Its platform promises to press the Ministry of Education to build for expected enrolment, names five school projects, and promises to keep the district's SOGI policy strong, set rules for AI in schools and grow the school meals program.",[343],{"question":560,"answer":561,"cites":562},"Has Elections BC penalized the BCA?","Once. On February 18, 2025, Elections BC issued a $600 penalty because a $1,250 contribution in 2022 was accepted by a person without written authority from the BCA's financial agent. The BCA returned the contribution.",[222,223],{"question":564,"answer":565,"cites":566},"Where can I see the BCA's finances?","Elections BC publishes its disclosure statements and annual reports. For the 2022 election it reported $296,907.61 in contributions for the City race and $125,230.28 for the School District. The report on the 2026 election is due within 90 days after voting day.",[259,215,216,567],"ebc-org",{"entries":569,"state":238,"indexable":83,"checkedAt":88,"searched":575,"gaps":579},[570],{"date":571,"title":572,"body":573,"cites":574},"2024-05-21","Council votes 6 to 3 to incorporate the Burnaby Housing Authority","Burnaby Now reported that Council voted 6 to 3 in late April 2024 to incorporate the Burnaby Housing Authority, a corporation the City set up to build affordable homes. The report names the three councillors who wanted a delay: Pietro Calendino and Sav Dhaliwal of the BCA, and Richard T. Lee of One Burnaby. BCA councillor Alison Gu spoke against a delay. The BCA's 2026 platform lists the authority as work the party delivered.",[345,343],[576,577,578],"The BCA's 2026 platform page, the lists of what it says it delivered","Burnaby Now's report on the Housing Authority vote, May 2024","Web searches for Burnaby Council votes on the Housing Authority",[580,581],"Council minutes and recorded votes for the 2022 to 2026 term were not read for this record. The one entry here is from a news report.","The platform lists many City decisions it says the BCA delivered, such as new community centres paid for from reserves. voche.me has not checked each one against Council minutes. A decision of Council belongs to Council, and each member's votes are on that member's own page.","burnaby-citizens-association",[584,588,591,595,599,602,605,608,611,615,618,620,624,627,630,634,637,641,643,644,645,646,650,653,657],{"id":235,"label":585,"url":586,"publisher":57,"kind":587,"publishedAt":231,"checkedAt":88},"City of Burnaby 2026 General Local Election: results data","https:\u002F\u002Felections.burnaby.ca\u002Fdata\u002Farearesults.json","government",{"id":236,"label":589,"url":146,"publisher":57,"kind":587,"publishedAt":590,"checkedAt":88},"Declaration of Official Election Results, 2026 General Local Election","2026-10-21",{"id":213,"label":592,"url":593,"publisher":57,"kind":587,"publishedAt":594,"checkedAt":88},"City of Burnaby Official Election results are in","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.burnaby.ca\u002Four-city\u002Fnews\u002F2022-10-19\u002Fcity-burnaby-official-election-results-are","2022-10-19",{"id":343,"label":596,"url":39,"publisher":183,"kind":597,"publishedAt":598,"checkedAt":88},"BCA 2026 platform: Much accomplished, more to do","subject","2026-09-18",{"id":344,"label":600,"url":601,"publisher":183,"kind":597,"publishedAt":598,"checkedAt":88},"Much accomplished, more to do: Burnaby Citizens Association releases its 2026 platform","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.burnaby-citizens.ca\u002Fmedia-releases\u002Fbca-releases-2026-platform",{"id":188,"label":603,"url":604,"publisher":183,"kind":597,"checkedAt":88},"About the BCA","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.burnaby-citizens.ca\u002Fabout",{"id":546,"label":606,"url":607,"publisher":183,"kind":597,"checkedAt":88},"Our Guiding Principles","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.burnaby-citizens.ca\u002Fguiding-principles",{"id":530,"label":609,"url":610,"publisher":183,"kind":597,"checkedAt":88},"The BCA Team","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.burnaby-citizens.ca\u002Fcandidates",{"id":525,"label":612,"url":613,"publisher":614,"kind":587,"publishedAt":88,"checkedAt":88},"Register of Elector Organizations, as of October 29, 2026","https:\u002F\u002Felections.bc.ca\u002Fdocs\u002Ffin\u002FList-of-elector-organizations.pdf","Elections BC",{"id":567,"label":616,"url":617,"publisher":614,"kind":587,"checkedAt":88},"Elector organizations: registration and financial reporting","https:\u002F\u002Felections.bc.ca\u002Flocal-elections\u002Felector-organizations\u002F",{"id":259,"label":619,"url":251,"publisher":614,"kind":587,"checkedAt":88},"Financial Reports and Political Contributions System: local elections scanned reports search",{"id":215,"label":621,"url":256,"publisher":614,"kind":622,"publishedAt":623,"checkedAt":88},"BCA disclosure statement, 2022 general local election, City of Burnaby (Amendment 2)","filing","2023-12-12",{"id":216,"label":625,"url":263,"publisher":614,"kind":622,"publishedAt":626,"checkedAt":88},"BCA disclosure statement, 2022 general local election, Burnaby School District (Amendment 2)","2023-12-18",{"id":272,"label":628,"url":269,"publisher":614,"kind":622,"publishedAt":629,"checkedAt":88},"BCA annual financial report, 2025 (Amendment 1)","2026-05-24",{"id":222,"label":631,"url":632,"publisher":614,"kind":587,"publishedAt":633,"checkedAt":88},"Administrative Monetary Penalties","https:\u002F\u002Felections.bc.ca\u002Fevents-services\u002Finvestigations\u002Fadministrative-monetary-penalties\u002F","2026-09-09",{"id":223,"label":635,"url":636,"publisher":614,"kind":587,"publishedAt":218,"checkedAt":88},"Enforcement notice to BCA - Burnaby Citizens Association","https:\u002F\u002Felections.bc.ca\u002Fdocs\u002Famp\u002FAMP-BCA-2025-02-18.pdf",{"id":224,"label":638,"url":639,"publisher":614,"kind":587,"publishedAt":640,"checkedAt":88},"Local Elector Organization Investigations, 2022 General Local Elections","https:\u002F\u002Felections.bc.ca\u002Fevents-services\u002Finvestigations\u002Flocal-elector-organization-investigations\u002F","2025-06-25",{"id":207,"label":307,"url":308,"publisher":290,"kind":642,"publishedAt":306,"checkedAt":88},"news",{"id":237,"label":296,"url":297,"publisher":290,"kind":642,"publishedAt":295,"checkedAt":88},{"id":229,"label":291,"url":292,"publisher":290,"kind":642,"publishedAt":289,"checkedAt":88},{"id":200,"label":302,"url":303,"publisher":301,"kind":642,"publishedAt":300,"checkedAt":88},{"id":345,"label":647,"url":648,"publisher":649,"kind":642,"publishedAt":571,"checkedAt":88},"Burnaby Now report on the Council vote to incorporate the Burnaby Housing Authority","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.burnabynow.com\u002Flocal-news\u002Fred-flags-councillor-says-burnaby-housing-authority-no-longer-needed-with-new-bc-legislation-8671181","Burnaby Now",{"id":202,"label":651,"url":652,"publisher":649,"kind":642,"publishedAt":209,"checkedAt":88},"Burnaby Now report on the 2022 council results","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.burnabynow.com\u002F2022-civic-election\u002Fburnaby-citizen-association-powers-back-to-win-council-majority-5961112",{"id":214,"label":654,"url":655,"publisher":649,"kind":642,"publishedAt":656,"checkedAt":88},"Burnaby Now report on the 2022 school board results","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.burnabynow.com\u002Flocal-news\u002Fburnaby-citizens-association-sweeps-school-board-5962470","2022-10-16",{"id":201,"label":658,"url":659,"publisher":660,"kind":642,"publishedAt":661,"checkedAt":88},"BCA announces two new candidates for council, school board","https:\u002F\u002Fburnabybeacon.com\u002Fp\u002Fbca-candidates-council-school-board","Burnaby Beacon","2022-06-30","elections\u002Fbc-burnaby-2026\u002Fparties\u002Fburnaby-citizens-association","The Burnaby Citizens Association (BCA) is an elector organization registered for the City of Burnaby and the Burnaby School District. In 2026 it elected 7 of the 8 councillors and all 7 school trustees, and it ran no candidate for mayor. Its 2026 platform promises to start at least 1,000 new rental homes through the Burnaby Housing Authority by 2030, to keep the City free of debt with low taxes, and to press the Province for new schools.","HCeIPufXVCqUW-zZVafclVmjVHGULVwq3OGQxrh7lK4",{"id":666,"aliases":667,"checkedAt":88,"declaredColour":6,"extension":29,"founded":6,"headline":670,"history":671,"leadership":698,"logo":6,"meta":704,"money":705,"name":720,"news":721,"overview":737,"palette":743,"platform":746,"questions":851,"record":890,"registeredName":669,"rosterLabel":720,"slug":898,"sources":899,"stem":926,"summary":927,"website":928,"wordmark":6,"__hash__":929},"parties\u002Felections\u002Fbc-burnaby-2026\u002Fparties\u002Fnew-burnaby-party.json",[668,669],"NBP","New Burnaby Party","Councillor Richard T. Lee's organization, which promised a property tax freeze in its first budget",{"entries":672,"state":238,"indexable":149,"checkedAt":88,"searched":691,"gaps":695},[673,677,681,687],{"date":209,"title":674,"body":675,"cites":676},"2022 election: Richard T. Lee elected with One Burnaby","The City's official results of October 19, 2022 list Richard T. Lee among the eight councillors elected, with 11,231 votes. Burnaby Now reported that he ran with One Burnaby, a centre-right organization launched that year, and took the seat of his One Burnaby running mate Mike Hillman.",[213,202,201],{"date":295,"title":678,"body":679,"cites":680},"Lee runs with the New Burnaby Party","Freshet News reported that Councillor Richard T. Lee was running with the New Burnaby Party, and that One Burnaby, renamed Our Burnaby, ran no candidates. Elections BC's register lists OUR Burnaby, formerly ONE Burnaby, as a separate organization.",[237,525],{"date":682,"title":683,"body":684,"cites":685},"2026-10-01","David Xie stops campaigning for Council","David Xie told Daily Hive he was no longer seeking a council seat after becoming the BC Conservative candidate in Burnaby South-Metrotown. His name stayed on the ballot, and the City's results give him 5,598 votes.",[686,235],"dh-2026-10-xie",{"date":231,"title":688,"body":689,"cites":690},"2026 election: one of seven candidates elected","The City's results list seven NEW Burnaby candidates and one elected: Richard T. Lee, with 13,257 votes. Haini Xiao, its candidate for School Trustee, had 11,591 votes and was not elected. NEW Burnaby ran no candidate for mayor. The Chief Election Officer declared the official results on October 21, 2026.",[235,236,229],[279,241,692,693,694],"Burnaby Now's report of the 2022 council results and the Burnaby Beacon's report of June 30, 2022","Freshet News and Daily Hive reports from September and October 2026","NEW Burnaby's About and home pages",[696,697],"voche.me found no dated account of when the New Burnaby Party was formed. Elections BC's register gives no date of registration.","voche.me found no account of why Richard T. Lee moved from One Burnaby to a new organization.",[699],{"role":700,"name":701,"cites":702},"Authorized principal official, as registered with Elections BC","Richard T. Lee",[525,703],"city-profile-lee",{},{"searchUrl":251,"filings":706,"notes":707,"state":712,"indexable":83,"checkedAt":88,"searched":713,"gaps":717},[],[708,709,710,711],"Elections BC regulates campaign financing in local elections. Its Register of Elector Organizations, dated October 29, 2026, lists the New Burnaby Party for Burnaby and the Burnaby School District, with the ballot name NEW Burnaby.","A search of Elections BC's Financial Reports and Political Contributions System on October 29, 2026, for filers named New Burnaby, returned no reports.","Elections BC says an elector organization must file a financial report within 90 days after general voting day for each election it takes part in, and by March 31 for each calendar year. General voting day was October 17, 2026, so no report on this election is published yet.","NEW Burnaby's site asks for donations.","none-published",[279,714,715,716],"Elections BC's Financial Reports and Political Contributions System, scanned reports search for \"New Burnaby\" and \"One Burnaby\"","Elections BC's page on elector organizations","NEW Burnaby's Donate page",[718,719],"Elections BC has published no financial report from NEW Burnaby. The report on the 2026 election is due within 90 days after general voting day.","The register gives no date of registration, so voche.me does not know whether an annual report for 2025 was due.","NEW Burnaby",{"entries":722,"state":238,"indexable":83,"checkedAt":88,"searched":731,"gaps":735},[723,725,729],{"date":289,"publisher":290,"title":291,"url":292,"summary":724},"The report on election night says New Burnaby Party councillor Richard Lee won a second term with 13,257 votes and will be the only council member from outside the BCA. Freshet News says it could not reach Lee for comment that night.",{"date":682,"publisher":301,"title":726,"url":727,"summary":728},"B.C. Conservative MLA candidate's name to also appear on Burnaby civic election ballot","https:\u002F\u002Fdailyhive.com\u002Fvancouver\u002Fdavid-xie-bc-conservative-burnaby-south-metrotown","David Xie, who entered the council race with New Burnaby, told Daily Hive he was no longer seeking a council seat after becoming the BC Conservative candidate in Burnaby South-Metrotown, and that it was too late to take his name off the ballot. The report says New Burnaby then had five council candidates and one school board candidate.",{"date":295,"publisher":290,"title":296,"url":297,"summary":730},"After nominations closed, Freshet News reported that Councillor Richard T. Lee was running with the New Burnaby Party. It says One Burnaby, the organization he ran with in 2022, was registered for this election under the new name Our Burnaby and ran no candidates.",[732,733,734],"Freshet News reports of September 11 and October 18, 2026","Daily Hive report of October 1, 2026","Web searches for New Burnaby, the New Burnaby Party and its candidates with the 2026 election",[736,315],"voche.me found no independent news report on NEW Burnaby's platform or on when it was formed.",[738,739,740,741,742],"Elections BC's Register of Elector Organizations, dated October 29, 2026, lists the New Burnaby Party, with the other name NBP and the ballot name NEW Burnaby, for the jurisdictions Burnaby and Burnaby School District. It names Richard T Lee as the authorized principal official.","The City of Burnaby's results list seven NEW Burnaby candidates: Avtar Dhinsa, Richard T. Lee, Morgan Nicholsfigueiredo, Neha Unadkat, David Xie and Sabrina Yang for Council, and Haini Xiao for School Trustee. Only Lee was elected, with 13,257 votes, the seventh-highest total in the council race. The City's profile page prints his organization as \"New Burnaby Party\".","Richard T. Lee was first elected to Council in 2022 with One Burnaby. Burnaby Now described him then as a former four-term MLA for Burnaby North.","David Xie told Daily Hive on October 1, 2026 that he was no longer seeking a council seat. He had become the BC Conservative candidate in Burnaby South-Metrotown, and his name stayed on the municipal ballot.","The platform page lists eight areas: public safety, affordability and taxes, opportunity, transportation and transit, parks, clean streets, political independence, and Burnaby Hospital Phase 2. Each list begins with the words \"Only an NBP majority will\". 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That is the organization's own view.","The About page promises \"housing that fits the scale and character of the neighbourhood, infrastructure funded before density is added, real consultation before rezoning\", and a City Hall that plans growth with its residents.","Under \"Opportunity\", the platform promises to increase flexibility in zoning for more local businesses.",[755,760,764,768],{"title":756,"detail":757,"cites":758},"Housing that fits the scale of each neighbourhood","The About page promises housing that fits the scale and character of the neighbourhood. It names no change to the City's zoning rules.",[759],"nb-about",{"title":761,"detail":762,"cites":763},"Pay for sewer and water work before adding more homes","The About page promises infrastructure funded before density is added. It names no projects and no amounts.",[759],{"title":765,"detail":766,"cites":767},"Consultation before rezoning","The About page promises real consultation before rezoning. 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The list begins with \"Only an NBP majority will\", and the organization won one of eight council seats.",[772,759,235],[775,694],[822,823],"The platform gives no figure for the savings it expects from the audit, from new technology or from new businesses.","The platform compares its plan with the City's financial plan. voche.me has not checked that comparison and leaves it out.",{"issue":412,"headline":825,"summary":826,"paragraphs":827,"proposals":830,"questions":839,"state":238,"indexable":149,"checkedAt":88,"searched":840,"gaps":841},"A council that keeps its independence from the Province, and faster permits","NEW Burnaby's platform promises a council that works with the Province while staying independent of it and works with the elected mayor, and faster City permits.",[828,829],"The platform's seventh area, \"Political Independence\", says the council \"must never be beholden to outside political interests contrary to the interests of residents of Burnaby\". It holds one promise: a council that works with the Province while staying independent of it, and works with the elected mayor.","Under \"Opportunity\", the platform promises to fast-track City permits, and says no daycare, renovation or small business should wait months for an answer from the City.",[831,835],{"title":832,"detail":833,"cites":834},"A council independent of the Province","The platform promises a council that works with the Province while staying independent of it, and that works with the elected mayor. It names no specific change to how Council works.",[772,759],{"title":836,"detail":837,"cites":838},"Faster City permits","The platform promises to fast-track City permits so no daycare, renovation or small business waits months for an answer. 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