--- title: "Burnaby's new city council meets for the first time on November 10" description: "Mayor Mike Hurley and eight newly elected councillors will hold the inaugural meeting of the new Burnaby City Council on November 10, 2026 at 5:00 pm, with the Board of Education following on November 24." canonical_url: "https://voche.me/bc/burnaby-2026/news/burnaby-new-council-takes-office-november-2026" last_updated: "2026-11-06T17:10:30.969Z" --- Burnaby's newly elected city council will hold its inaugural meeting on November 10, 2026 at 5:00 pm, according to the City's official meetings calendar. [Mayor Mike Hurley](/bc/burnaby-2026/candidates/mike-hurley) and eight newly elected councillors sit for the first time since voters chose them on October 17. The Burnaby Board of Education holds its own inaugural session on November 24. ## Who takes office The City of Burnaby's official results at elections.burnaby.ca show Mike Hurley re-elected as mayor with 28,946 votes, 58.43 percent of votes cast. He ran with no elector organization and is now entering his third term. Eight councillors join him. Seven ran with BCA, the Burnaby Citizens Association: [Joe Keithley](/bc/burnaby-2026/candidates/joe-keithley) (18,073 votes), [Cindy Lee](/bc/burnaby-2026/candidates/cindy-lee) (17,429), [Ryan Erwin](/bc/burnaby-2026/candidates/ryan-erwin) (16,476), [Maita Santiago](/bc/burnaby-2026/candidates/maita-santiago) (16,292), [Daniel Tetrault](/bc/burnaby-2026/candidates/daniel-tetrault) (15,288), [James Wang](/bc/burnaby-2026/candidates/james-wang) (15,058) and [Kiran Singh](/bc/burnaby-2026/candidates/kiran-singh) (13,209). [Richard T. Lee](/bc/burnaby-2026/candidates/richard-t-lee), running with NEW Burnaby, received 13,257 votes and holds the eighth council seat. A total of 50,326 ballots were cast out of 172,156 eligible voters, a turnout rate of 29.2 percent. The Chief Election Officer declared the official results on October 21, 2026. These counts are from the City of Burnaby's official results at elections.burnaby.ca. ## The November 10 meeting The City's eSCRIBE published meetings calendar at pub-burnaby.escribemeetings.com lists the Inaugural Meeting of Council on November 10, 2026 at 5:00 pm. No agenda has been posted yet as of this writing. Members of the public can attend; the full agenda will appear on the calendar in the days before the meeting. The November 10 date places the meeting at the end of the first full week of November, three weeks and two days after voting day on October 17. The official meetings calendar shows no other council meeting before it. The agenda has not been posted yet as of this writing. Residents who have a matter before council can raise it at a regular meeting once the new council sets its schedule after the inauguration. The City's regular council meetings calendar will be listed on the same eSCRIBE page at pub-burnaby.escribemeetings.com once it is confirmed. ## What council has promised voche.me's promise tracker at [/bc/burnaby-2026/tracker](/bc/burnaby-2026/tracker) records every commitment each elected person made during the campaign. All are currently listed as not yet started, because the term begins with the inaugural meeting. Mayor Hurley's platform commits to building 1,000 affordable rental homes through the Burnaby Housing Authority, including townhomes for families. He also committed to speeding up permit approvals for new home construction and keeping the fees the City charges developers low, so that homes cost less and more projects move forward. On community infrastructure, his platform calls for finishing three community centres: Burnaby Lake Recreation Centre, Cameron Community Centre and Library, and Brentwood Community Centre. The seven BCA councillors share the party's platform promises for Burnaby, covering transit, parks and city services alongside housing. Richard T. Lee's promises through NEW Burnaby are tracked at [his page](/bc/burnaby-2026/candidates/richard-t-lee). NEW Burnaby's platform notes its commitments require a NEW Burnaby majority on council, which it does not hold: BCA holds seven of the eight councillor seats. ## The school board Seven trustees were elected to the Burnaby Board of Education (School District 41) on October 17. All seven ran with BCA: [Kristin Schnider](/bc/burnaby-2026/candidates/kristin-schnider) (21,994 votes), [Bill Brassington](/bc/burnaby-2026/candidates/bill-brassington) (21,341), [Hillary Bergshoeff](/bc/burnaby-2026/candidates/hillary-bergshoeff) (20,678), [Jen Mezei](/bc/burnaby-2026/candidates/jen-mezei) (19,876), [Paul Kwon](/bc/burnaby-2026/candidates/paul-kwon) (19,772), [Stephen Andrada](/bc/burnaby-2026/candidates/stephen-andrada) (19,624) and [Colin Zuo](/bc/burnaby-2026/candidates/colin-zuo) (18,497). Vote counts are from elections.burnaby.ca. The Burnaby Schools events page lists the Board of Education's inaugural session on Tuesday, November 24, 2026 at 7:00 pm. The meeting will be held at the District Administration Office, 4054 Norfolk Street in Burnaby. The incoming board trustees share BCA platform commitments on school funding, facilities and programs for students with diverse needs, as well as board governance and inclusion. Each trustee's individual promises are tracked at voche.me. The school district is also dealing with a cyberattack that was discovered on September 21, 2026. The district's official update page at burnabyschools.ca says an unauthorized party gained access to district systems and may have copied files containing student and staff personal information, including names, contact information, dates of birth, Personal Education Numbers, and in some cases documents submitted to establish residency. The investigation is ongoing, the district has reported the matter to Burnaby RCMP and the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner for BC, and it is offering affected students registration with TransUnion's Fraud Alert Database. The incoming trustees will face this matter in their first weeks in office. ## What residents can do Residents can attend the November 10 inaugural council meeting. The agenda will be posted at pub-burnaby.escribemeetings.com in the days before the meeting. The Board of Education inaugural session is on November 24 at 7:00 pm at 4054 Norfolk Street and is open to the public. voche.me will record each council vote and promise update at [/bc/burnaby-2026/tracker](/bc/burnaby-2026/tracker) as the term proceeds. Residents who want to follow a specific person's commitments can visit that person's page at any time. ## Sitemap See the full [sitemap](/bc/burnaby-2026/sitemap.md) for all pages.