--- title: "Burnaby 2026: the elector organizations of the people elected | voche.me" canonical_url: "https://voche.me/bc/burnaby-2026/parties" last_updated: "2026-10-30T23:51:31.786Z" meta: description: "The elector organizations whose candidates won seats in Burnaby on October 17, 2026, the people elected for each, and what voche.me has checked." "og:description": "The elector organizations whose candidates won seats in Burnaby on October 17, 2026, the people elected for each, and what voche.me has checked." "og:title": "Burnaby 2026: the elector organizations of the people elected" "twitter:description": "The elector organizations whose candidates won seats in Burnaby on October 17, 2026, the people elected for each, and what voche.me has checked." "twitter:title": "Burnaby 2026: the elector organizations of the people elected" --- BURNABY MUNICIPAL ELECTION 2026 # Two parties.
One ballot. On October 17, 2026 Burnaby votes for Mayor (1 seat), Councillor (8 seats) and School Trustee (7 seats). Two parties have candidates on the official list, along with 1 candidate with no party. Every party here is covered on the same four issues. [Compare all parties ](https://voche.me/bc/burnaby-2026/parties/compare) [All 16 candidates](https://voche.me/bc/burnaby-2026/candidates) **2**Parties [**1**With no party](https://voche.me/bc/burnaby-2026/parties/independents) [**4**Issues compared](https://voche.me/bc/burnaby-2026/parties/compare) **16**Seats being filled EVERY PARTY, LARGEST SLATE FIRST ## The parties running in 2026 Order here follows how many candidates each party is running, taken from the official City of Burnaby candidate list. It is not a ranking of anything else. [

BCA - Burnaby Citizens Association

The organization that holds 7 of Burnaby's 8 councillor seats and all 7 school trustee seats7 Councillor7 School Trustee14 candidates](https://voche.me/bc/burnaby-2026/parties/burnaby-citizens-association) [

NEW Burnaby

Councillor Richard T. Lee's organization, which promised a property tax freeze in its first budget1 Councillor1 candidate](https://voche.me/bc/burnaby-2026/parties/new-burnaby-party) BY RACE ## Who is contesting each race Not every party runs for every office. Four parties are not running a mayoral candidate at all, and two are contesting a single race. [

Mayor

One seat, chosen by every voter in the City.See the parties running](https://voche.me/bc/burnaby-2026/parties/mayor) [

Councillor

Councillor seats, elected across the whole City.See the parties running](https://voche.me/bc/burnaby-2026/parties/councillor) [

School Trustee

Trustee seats on the Burnaby Board of Education, School District 41.See the parties running](https://voche.me/bc/burnaby-2026/parties/school-trustee) SIDE BY SIDE ## Compare every party on one issue These pages put all two parties next to each other on a single subject, with the source beside each position. They are the fastest way to see where the real disagreements are. [

Housing

Section 479 of the Local Government Act lets a local government, by bylaw, divide the municipality into zones and regulate the use and density of land, buildings and other structures within each zone. In Burnaby, Council adopts those bylaws.CouncillorCompare all parties](https://voche.me/bc/burnaby-2026/parties/issues/housing) [

Budget

Under the Community Charter a municipality adopts a five-year financial plan by bylaw each year (section 165), and Council then sets the year’s property tax rates by bylaw before May 15 (section 197).CouncillorCompare all parties](https://voche.me/bc/burnaby-2026/parties/issues/taxes-and-budget) [

Governance

Section 116 of the Community Charter makes the mayor the head and chief executive officer of the municipality. Section 115 sets the duties every council member shares.CouncillorCompare all parties](https://voche.me/bc/burnaby-2026/parties/issues/governance) [

Schools

The City of Burnaby’s election page says the Burnaby Board of Education sets procedures and guidelines for the operation of Burnaby’s public schools.School TrusteeCompare all parties](https://voche.me/bc/burnaby-2026/parties/issues/schools) ### How these pages are built Every party gets the same pages, so the shape of a page never suggests that one party matters more than another. What differs is how much each party has published. Where a party has published nothing on a subject, the page says so and gives the date we looked, rather than leaving a blank. Pages with nothing sourced on them are kept out of search results until they have something. A party's own website proves what the party claims, not that the claim is true. Those sources are marked. Candidate affiliations come only from the official City of Burnaby candidate list. ## Sitemap See the full [sitemap](/bc/burnaby-2026/sitemap.md) for all pages.