[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":558},["ShallowReactive",2],{"news-list":3,"candidate-candace-knoll":21,"parties-all":244,"candidate-neighbours-candace-knoll":245,"tracker-candace-knoll":351,"votes-candace-knoll":557},[4],{"path":5,"title":6,"description":7,"date":8,"publishedAt":9,"author":10,"category":11,"tags":12,"image":16,"imageAlt":17,"imageCredit":18,"updated":19,"linkedinPostUrl":19,"pinned":20},"\u002Fnews\u002Frichard-stewart-farewell-coquitlam-council-2026-10-29","Outgoing Mayor Richard Stewart hands the gavel to Craig Hodge at Coquitlam's final council meeting","Stewart wrapped up 18 years in office at the last meeting of the term, warning his successors against zero-percent tax freezes and calling mental health a priority for the new council.","2026-10-29","2026-10-31T09:29:00-07:00","voche.me editors","Election news",[13,14,15],"Mayor","Coquitlam City Council","transition","https:\u002F\u002Fd30791g68t1h2.cloudfront.net\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2026\u002F10\u002F29195514\u002F0utgoing.jpg","Outgoing Coquitlam Mayor Richard Stewart at his final council meeting","Tri-Cities Dispatch",null,false,{"id":22,"acclamation":19,"ballotNumber":19,"biography":23,"campaignVideo":19,"colour":31,"contentOrigin":32,"currentRole":19,"district":19,"dossier":19,"experience":33,"extension":54,"headline":55,"languages":56,"links":57,"meta":66,"name":67,"neighbourhood":19,"nomination":19,"number":68,"office":69,"palette":19,"party":19,"photos":19,"polled":19,"portrait":70,"priorities":78,"questionnaire":114,"questions":117,"sample":20,"scoreChanges":19,"searched":118,"sections":154,"slug":163,"sources":164,"stem":240,"summary":241,"unaffiliated":20,"updatedAt":122,"updates":242,"withdrawal":19,"__hash__":243},"candidates\u002Felections\u002Fbc-coquitlam-2026\u002Fcandidates\u002Fcandace-knoll.json",[24,25,26,27,28,29,30],"Candace Knoll was elected to the Board of Education of School District No. 43 (Coquitlam) on October 17, 2026. The City of Coquitlam's official count gives her 10,599 votes, third of the nine candidates for Coquitlam's four trustee seats, and the City's Chief Election Officer declared her elected on October 21, 2026. Rosey Manhas, second, had 12,684 votes, and Chuck Denison, fourth, 9,446. The City's results print no elector organization for any candidate, and VoteMate lists her as an independent. The Dispatch reported that she was one of four new trustees on the nine-member board, with Blaire West, Jessica Morrison and Tracy Green, and quoted her social media post after the vote: \"Youth are our future, and we have a collective obligation to prepare the next generation to be just, fair, and socially responsible citizens.\"","The City's results of the February 22, 2025 by-election for the seat left by Jennifer Blatherwick give her 137 of 1,169 valid votes, fourth of five candidates; Rosey Manhas won with 696. The Dispatch reported before that vote that she was a United Steelworkers member and longtime TELUS employee, a past board member of the New Westminster and District Labour Council and a director of the Hogan's Alley Society, and that her 2025 priorities included student mental health, student hunger and the rebuild of Hazel Trembath Elementary. Freshet News's 2026 candidate profile prints her occupation as retired after 27 years at TELUS and her years in Coquitlam as 27. By her own account, on her campaign site and VoteMate, she founded and leads the Junior Black Achievement Awards Society, serves a third term on the Hogan's Alley Society board, and received the King Charles III Coronation Medal in November 2024; voche.me has not checked these with those bodies.","Freshet News reported on July 4, 2026 that she was making a second bid as a labour candidate, endorsed by the New Westminster and District Labour Council, CUPE 386, the United Steelworkers, Port Coquitlam Mayor Brad West, Port Coquitlam Councillor Nancy McCurrach and Port Moody Councillor Samantha Agtarap, with three planks: accelerating school construction to stop overcrowding, equitable funding to stabilize learning environments and support staff, and mental health, well-being and safety for students and staff. On September 16 the paper listed her among the labour council's endorsed candidates. Her campaign site's endorsements page carries the statements of West, McCurrach and Agtarap.","Her campaign site sets out the three pillars in detail. Under The Circle and Infrastructure she promises to keep the Hazel Trembath replacement and the Burke Mountain Secondary project on track, advocate for approval of Burke Mountain Middle\u002FSecondary and Marigold Elementary, and champion a funding model that secures land for schools before high-rises go up. Under Complexity and Continuity she promises to work on special education waitlists, competitive pay to recruit and keep specialists, and investment in staff. Under Community Care and Accountability she promises staffing for custodians and support staff, stable full-day positions for education assistants, sensory rooms and calm-down spaces, safer routes to school with the City, and stronger ties with municipal recreation and library services.","Her 2026 blog posts add more. She writes that she will lobby the Province for an intensity-of-need funding structure for complex learning needs, mental health and language supports; push for funding to modernize heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems; fight for sensory-friendly zones in capital planning and budget lines for social-emotional learning programs; advocate for funding and training for restorative justice programs in all SD43 schools; champion a digital responsibility framework covering student data privacy and AI; expand resources for settlement workers in schools; and co-fund outdoor learning spaces with the Kwikwetlem First Nation.","In Freshet News's candidate profile of September 30, 2026 she named student and staff safety on the way to, in and leaving school as her top issue, said she had attended board meetings for two years, and promised to push for agendas published early with reports in plain words, public consultations and a public budget information session before the board votes on the final budget. She said AI can help students with learning disabilities but must not do their critical thinking, and that the district's executive recruitment process, with an outside search firm, works well. Freshet News reported that she had run against Manhas in the 2025 by-election and that the new trustees join the board with the three returning Coquitlam incumbents.","The Dispatch's roundup of September 24, 2026 reported that her campaign emphasizes modernizing and expanding schools to address overcrowding and reduce reliance on portables, and quoted her site's pledge to ask the Province to reform funding formulas so mental health resources and language supports are consistent.","blue","editorial",[34,41,48],{"period":35,"title":36,"description":37,"source":38},"2025","Candidate, Coquitlam school trustee by-election","The City's results of the February 22, 2025 by-election give her 137 of 1,169 valid votes, fourth of five candidates.",{"label":39,"url":40},"City of Coquitlam · 2025 School Trustee By-Election, Determination of Official Results, February 2025","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.coquitlam.ca\u002FDocumentCenter\u002FView\u002F14414\u002FFebruary-22-2025-By-Election-for-School-Trustee--Determination-of-Official-Results-PDF",{"period":42,"title":43,"description":44,"source":45},"By her own account","Retired after 27 years at TELUS; United Steelworkers Local 1944 member","Freshet News's candidate profile prints her occupation in her own words. The Dispatch reported in February 2025 that she was a United Steelworkers member and longtime TELUS employee. voche.me has not checked this with the company or the union.",{"label":46,"url":47},"Freshet News · Candace Knoll, Coquitlam school board candidate, September 30, 2026","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.freshetnews.ca\u002Fcandace-knoll\u002F",{"period":42,"title":49,"description":50,"source":51},"Founder and president, Junior Black Achievement Awards Society; director, Hogan's Alley Society","Her campaign site and her VoteMate biography describe both roles, and the Dispatch reported the Hogan's Alley directorship in February 2025. voche.me has not checked them with the societies.",{"label":52,"url":53},"Candace Knoll campaign · Why Vote for Candace Knoll","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.candaceknoll.com\u002Four-vision","json","Elected school trustee of Coquitlam on October 17, 2026, with 10,599 votes, third of nine trustee candidates, after finishing fourth in the February 2025 by-election. A retired TELUS worker and United Steelworkers member, she ran with no elector organization on three pillars: new schools and less overcrowding, special education funding and staff retention, and mental health, safety and restorative justice in schools.",[],[58,62],{"label":59,"url":60,"kind":61},"Candace Knoll campaign site","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.candaceknoll.com\u002F","website",{"label":63,"url":64,"kind":65},"Candace Knoll campaign blog, 2026","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.candaceknoll.com\u002F2026-blogs","document",{},"Candace Knoll","","School Trustee",{"src":71,"smallSrc":72,"width":73,"height":74,"alt":75,"credit":76,"sourceUrl":47,"position":77},"\u002Fimages\u002Fcandidates\u002Fcandace-knoll-640.webp","\u002Fimages\u002Fcandidates\u002Fcandace-knoll-320.webp",640,800,"Candace Knoll, from Freshet News.","Freshet News","50% 30%",[79,87,94,102,107],{"title":80,"summary":81,"details":82,"source":84},"New schools, less overcrowding and land secured before high-rises","Her first pillar promises to keep the Hazel Trembath replacement and Burke Mountain Secondary on track, advocate for approval of Burke Mountain Middle\u002FSecondary and Marigold Elementary, and champion a funding model that secures land for schools before high-rises go up, with school planning integrated into City planning.",[83],"Freshet News reported the plank as accelerating school construction and enhancements to stop overcrowding.",{"label":85,"url":86},"Candace Knoll campaign · Pillar 1: The Circle and Infrastructure","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.candaceknoll.com\u002Fcircle-infrastructure",{"title":88,"summary":89,"details":90,"source":91},"Special education waitlists, specialist pay and needs-based funding","Her second pillar promises timely assessments to end special education waitlists, competitive pay to recruit and keep specialists, and investment in staff. Her blog adds a lobby to the Province for an intensity-of-need funding structure.",[],{"label":92,"url":93},"Candace Knoll campaign · Pillar 2: Complexity and Continuity","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.candaceknoll.com\u002Fcomplexity-continuity",{"title":95,"summary":96,"details":97,"source":99},"Mental health, safety and restorative justice","Her third pillar promises staffing for custodians and support staff, stable full-day education assistant positions, sensory rooms and calm-down spaces, safer routes to school with the City, and ties with municipal recreation and libraries. Her blog promises restorative justice programs in all SD43 schools and a digital responsibility framework.",[98],"She told Freshet News her top issue is student and staff safety on the way to, in and leaving school.",{"label":100,"url":101},"Candace Knoll campaign · Pillar 3: Community Care and Accountability","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.candaceknoll.com\u002Fcommunity-care-accountability",{"title":103,"summary":104,"details":105,"source":106},"A board that explains itself before it votes","She told Freshet News she would push for agendas published early with reports in plain words, consultations open to the public, standing consultation committees and a public budget information session before the board votes on the final budget.",[],{"label":46,"url":47},{"title":108,"summary":109,"details":110,"source":111},"Belonging, reconciliation and settlement supports","Her blog promises to expand resources for settlement workers in schools, fund student-led cultural celebrations and heritage months, protect funding for cultural spaces, and co-fund outdoor learning spaces with the Kwikwetlem First Nation.",[],{"label":112,"url":113},"Candace Knoll campaign · Blog: Building a Culture of True Belonging and Identity in SD43, October 2026","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.candaceknoll.com\u002F2026-blogs\u002Fbuilding-a-culture-of-true-belonging-and-identity-in-sd43",{"status":115,"answers":116},"not-contacted",[],[],[119,125,130,135,139,144,149],{"step":120,"label":121,"date":122,"result":123,"note":124,"url":60},1,"Her own campaign website","2026-10-30","found","Read every page in the menu of candaceknoll.com: home, the three pillar pages, Why Vote for Candace Knoll, Contact, Join Me, Lawn Signs, Endorsements, 2026 Blogs and its 14 posts, 2025 Blogs and Donate. She ran with no elector organization, so there is no party platform.",{"step":126,"label":127,"date":122,"result":128,"note":129},2,"Her public social media accounts","unreachable","Her VoteMate page links a Facebook page, which showed a login page to scripts, so no post was read. The Dispatch quoted one post of hers after the vote.",{"step":131,"label":132,"date":122,"result":123,"note":133,"url":134},3,"The City's candidate list and official results","The City's declaration of October 21, 2026 and its results per tabulator give her 10,599 votes, third of nine trustee candidates, and print no elector organization. The City's results of the 2025 by-election give her 137 votes. The City took its candidate pages down after the vote; the biography she gave is shown on VoteMate.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.coquitlam.ca\u002FDocumentCenter\u002FView\u002F20767\u002FDeclaration-of-Official-Election-Results",{"step":136,"label":137,"date":122,"result":123,"note":138,"url":47},4,"Candidate questionnaires and all-candidates meetings","Read Freshet News's candidate profile (September 30, 2026) and the Tri-Cities Dispatch's roundup of the nine trustee candidates (September 24, 2026). Her VoteMate page holds her biography and pillars but no promise list. No report of a 2026 all-candidates meeting quoting her was found.",{"step":140,"label":141,"date":122,"result":123,"note":142,"url":143},5,"A name search with Coquitlam and 2026, then with the office and a topic","Found Freshet News's report of her launch on July 4, 2026, its report of September 16, 2026 on the labour council's endorsements, and the Dispatch's report of February 19, 2025 on the by-election candidates. The Tri-City News archive (403) was not used.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.freshetnews.ca\u002Fsecond-run-for-knoll-as-a-coquitlam-trustee-candidate\u002F",{"step":145,"label":146,"date":122,"result":123,"note":147,"url":148},6,"News reports of the result and her first statements","Read the Dispatch's report on the trustee results, which quotes her post after the vote, Freshet News's report of election night and the Dispatch's report on the Coquitlam results.","https:\u002F\u002Ftricitiesdispatch.com\u002Ftrustees-four-new-chair-out\u002F",{"step":150,"label":151,"date":122,"result":152,"note":153},7,"The public record of any public role","nothing-found","She has held no public office, so there are no minutes or recorded votes.",[155],{"id":156,"kicker":157,"title":158,"paragraphs":159,"links":162},"research-status","Research status","What voche.me has checked",[160,161],"Researched on 2026-10-30 through the seven search steps listed below: the City's declaration, results per tabulator and voting-night release, the City's results of the February 2025 by-election, every page in the menu of her campaign site (home, the three pillar pages, Why Vote, Contact, Join Me, Lawn Signs, Endorsements, 2026 Blogs with its 14 posts, 2025 Blogs), her VoteMate page, and reporting by Freshet News and the Tri-Cities Dispatch, including the Dispatch's roundup of the nine trustee candidates of September 24, 2026.","Her account of her career at TELUS, her union roles, the Junior Black Achievement Awards Society, the Hogan's Alley Society and her awards is her own and was not checked with those bodies; the Dispatch reported the TELUS, union and Hogan's Alley roles in 2025. Her campaign site's Why Vote page names her husband and son; they are not public figures and are left out. Her Facebook page shows only a login page to scripts. Her 2025 blog posts were written for the by-election and were not used for 2026 promises. The Tri-City News archive on vancouverisawesome.com answers 403 to scripts, so its 2025 reports were not read. She has held no public office, so there is no board record to read.",[],"candace-knoll",[165,167,170,174,176,177,178,179,180,183,185,188,191,192,195,198,201,204,207,210,213,216,219,220,222,223,226,229,232,234,237],{"label":166,"url":134,"checkedAt":122},"City of Coquitlam · Declaration of Official Election Results, October 21, 2026",{"label":168,"url":169,"checkedAt":122},"City of Coquitlam · Results per Tabulator, 2026 General Local Election, October 21, 2026","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.coquitlam.ca\u002FDocumentCenter\u002FView\u002F20771",{"label":171,"url":172,"checkedAt":122,"listOnly":173},"City of Coquitlam · Unofficial Election Results: Coquitlam Mayor, City Councillors and School Trustees, October 17, 2026","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.coquitlam.ca\u002FCivicAlerts.aspx?aid=2066",true,{"label":175,"url":60,"checkedAt":122},"Candace Knoll campaign · Elect Candace Knoll to School District 43 (home)",{"label":85,"url":86,"checkedAt":122},{"label":92,"url":93,"checkedAt":122},{"label":100,"url":101,"checkedAt":122},{"label":52,"url":53,"checkedAt":122},{"label":181,"url":182,"checkedAt":122},"Candace Knoll campaign · Endorsements","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.candaceknoll.com\u002Fendorsements",{"label":184,"url":64,"checkedAt":122},"Candace Knoll campaign · 2026 Blogs",{"label":186,"url":187,"checkedAt":122},"Candace Knoll campaign · Blog: Action-Oriented Reconciliation and Indigenous Excellence in SD43, October 2026","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.candaceknoll.com\u002F2026-blogs\u002Faction-oriented-reconciliation-and-indigenous-excellence-in-sd43",{"label":189,"url":190,"checkedAt":122},"Candace Knoll campaign · Blog: Active Advocacy, Pushing for New School Approvals, 2026","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.candaceknoll.com\u002F2026-blogs\u002Factive-advocacy-pushing-for-new-schoolapprovals",{"label":112,"url":113,"checkedAt":122},{"label":193,"url":194,"checkedAt":122},"Candace Knoll campaign · Blog: Expanding Capacity for Our Growing Population, July 2026","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.candaceknoll.com\u002F2026-blogs\u002Fexpanding-capacity-for-our-growing-population",{"label":196,"url":197,"checkedAt":122},"Candace Knoll campaign · Blog: Infrastructure Capacity, Building and Sustaining Our Schools, 2026","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.candaceknoll.com\u002F2026-blogs\u002Finfrastructure-capacity-building-and-sustaining-our-schools",{"label":199,"url":200,"checkedAt":122},"Candace Knoll campaign · Blog: Prioritizing Mental Health and Well-being and Safety for all Staff and Students, September 2026","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.candaceknoll.com\u002F2026-blogs\u002Fprioritizing-mental-health-amp-well-being-and-safety-for-all-staff-and-students",{"label":202,"url":203,"checkedAt":122},"Candace Knoll campaign · Blog: Shifting to Restorative Justice and Deep Accountability, 2026","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.candaceknoll.com\u002F2026-blogs\u002Fshifting-to-restorative-justice-and-deep-accountability",{"label":205,"url":206,"checkedAt":122},"Candace Knoll campaign · Blog: Supporting Special Education and Implementing a Needs-Based Funding, September 2026","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.candaceknoll.com\u002F2026-blogs\u002Fsupporting-special-education-and-implementing-a-needs-based-funding",{"label":208,"url":209,"checkedAt":122},"Candace Knoll campaign · Blog: Overcrowding, The Emotional Toll and The SEL Solution, 2026","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.candaceknoll.com\u002F2026-blogs\u002Fthe-emotional-toll-of-overcrowding-amp-the-sel-solution",{"label":211,"url":212,"checkedAt":122},"Candace Knoll campaign · Blog: The School Ecosystem and the People in the District, 2026","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.candaceknoll.com\u002F2026-blogs\u002Fthe-school-ecosystem-and-the-people-in-the-district",{"label":214,"url":215,"checkedAt":122},"Candace Knoll campaign · Blog: Whole Child Safety, Designing Safe Routes and Inclusive Spaces, August 2026","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.candaceknoll.com\u002F2026-blogs\u002Fwhole-child-safety-designing-safe-routes-and-inclusive-spaces",{"label":217,"url":218,"checkedAt":122},"VoteMate · Candace Knoll, independent for SD43 Board of Education, 2026 BC Local Elections (the biography she gave)","https:\u002F\u002Fvotemate.org\u002Fbc2026\u002Fcandidates\u002F13419?riding=799",{"label":39,"url":40,"checkedAt":122},{"label":221,"url":143,"checkedAt":122},"Freshet News · Second run for Knoll as a Coquitlam trustee candidate, by Janis Cleugh, July 4, 2026",{"label":46,"url":47,"checkedAt":122},{"label":224,"url":225,"checkedAt":122},"Freshet News · New West labour council out with election list, by Janis Cleugh, September 16, 2026","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.freshetnews.ca\u002Fnew-west-labour-council-out-with-election-list\u002F",{"label":227,"url":228,"checkedAt":122},"Freshet News · Hodge clinches mayor's chair, incumbents re-elected, by Janis Cleugh, October 18, 2026","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.freshetnews.ca\u002Fhodge-clinches-mayors-seat-incumbents-re-elected\u002F",{"label":230,"url":231,"checkedAt":122},"Tri-Cities Dispatch · A quick look at the five candidates vying for the school board seat in Saturday's byelection, by Jeremy Shepherd, February 19, 2025","https:\u002F\u002Ftricitiesdispatch.com\u002Fa-quick-look-at-the-five-candidates-vying-for-the-school-board-seat-in-saturdays-byelection\u002F",{"label":233,"url":148,"checkedAt":122},"Tri-Cities Dispatch · Four new school trustees elected; board chair falls short in re-election bid, by Jeremy Shepherd, October 18, 2026",{"label":235,"url":236,"checkedAt":122},"Tri-Cities Dispatch · Hodge, Lurbiecki and West win, by Jeremy Shepherd, October 18, 2026","https:\u002F\u002Ftricitiesdispatch.com\u002Fhodge-lurbiecki-west-win\u002F",{"label":238,"url":239,"checkedAt":122},"Tri-Cities Dispatch · Meet the school trustee candidates in Coquitlam, by Jeremy Shepherd, September 24, 2026","https:\u002F\u002Ftricitiesdispatch.com\u002Fmeet-the-school-trustee-candidates-in-coquitlam\u002F","elections\u002Fbc-coquitlam-2026\u002Fcandidates\u002Fcandace-knoll","Candace Knoll was elected to the Board of Education of School District No. 43 on October 17, 2026, with 10,599 votes in the City's official count, declared by the Chief Election Officer on October 21, third of nine candidates for Coquitlam's four seats and the one new Coquitlam trustee. The City's results print no elector organization for any candidate, and VoteMate lists her as an independent. The City's results of the February 22, 2025 by-election give her 137 of 1,169 valid votes, fourth of five. Freshet News reported that she announced her second run on July 4, 2026, as a labour candidate endorsed by the New Westminster and District Labour Council, CUPE 386, the United Steelworkers and Port Coquitlam Mayor Brad West, with three pillars: The Circle and Infrastructure, Complexity and Continuity, and Community Care and Accountability. Her campaign site and its 14 blog posts promise to push for Burke Mountain Middle\u002FSecondary and Marigold Elementary, a funding model that secures school land before high-rises are built, an end to special education waitlists, a province-wide intensity-of-need funding formula, sensory rooms in capital plans, restorative justice programs in every school and a digital responsibility framework. The Dispatch quoted her on election night: \"I am proud to be a force for good; a leader, mentor and advocate that won't stop pushing for change.\"",[],"4Bplaohjd7sB-Y4knDyHe06ZgvPR7uVkbvFlDkXRk7g",[],[246,257,260,269,277,286,296,306,315,324,332,342],{"slug":247,"name":248,"office":249,"number":68,"ballotNumber":19,"colour":250,"palette":19,"sample":20,"portrait":251},"benjamin-perry","Benjamin Perry","Councillor","rose",{"src":252,"smallSrc":253,"width":73,"height":74,"alt":254,"credit":255,"sourceUrl":256,"position":77},"\u002Fimages\u002Fcandidates\u002Fbenjamin-perry-640.webp","\u002Fimages\u002Fcandidates\u002Fbenjamin-perry-320.webp","Benjamin Perry, from Benjamin Perry for Coquitlam 2026.","Benjamin Perry for Coquitlam 2026","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.benjaminperry.ca\u002Fabout-benjamin-perry\u002F",{"slug":258,"name":259,"office":69,"number":68,"ballotNumber":19,"colour":250,"palette":19,"sample":20,"portrait":19},"chuck-denison","Chuck 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News.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.freshetnews.ca\u002Fcraig-woods\u002F",{"slug":278,"name":279,"office":249,"number":68,"ballotNumber":19,"colour":31,"palette":19,"sample":20,"portrait":280},"harvey-su","Harvey Su",{"src":281,"smallSrc":282,"width":73,"height":74,"alt":283,"credit":284,"sourceUrl":285,"position":77},"\u002Fimages\u002Fcandidates\u002Fharvey-su-640.webp","\u002Fimages\u002Fcandidates\u002Fharvey-su-320.webp","Harvey Su, from Elect Harvey Su for Coquitlam City Council.","Elect Harvey Su for Coquitlam City Council","https:\u002F\u002Fharveysu.com\u002F",{"slug":287,"name":288,"office":249,"number":68,"ballotNumber":19,"colour":289,"palette":19,"sample":20,"portrait":290},"matt-djonlic","Matt Djonlic","teal",{"src":291,"smallSrc":292,"width":73,"height":74,"alt":293,"credit":294,"sourceUrl":295,"position":77},"\u002Fimages\u002Fcandidates\u002Fmatt-djonlic-640.webp","\u002Fimages\u002Fcandidates\u002Fmatt-djonlic-320.webp","Matt Djonlic, from Re-Elect Matt Djonlic for Coquitlam City Council.","Re-Elect Matt Djonlic for Coquitlam City Council","https:\u002F\u002Fmattdjonlic.ca\u002F",{"slug":297,"name":298,"office":249,"number":68,"ballotNumber":19,"colour":299,"palette":19,"sample":20,"portrait":300},"matthew-sebastiani","Matthew Sebastiani","fern",{"src":301,"smallSrc":302,"width":73,"height":74,"alt":303,"credit":304,"sourceUrl":305,"position":77},"\u002Fimages\u002Fcandidates\u002Fmatthew-sebastiani-640.webp","\u002Fimages\u002Fcandidates\u002Fmatthew-sebastiani-320.webp","Matthew Sebastiani, from Matthew Sebastiani for Coquitlam City Council.","Matthew Sebastiani for Coquitlam City Council","https:\u002F\u002Fmatthewsebastiani.ca\u002F",{"slug":307,"name":308,"office":249,"number":68,"ballotNumber":19,"colour":289,"palette":19,"sample":20,"portrait":309},"robert-mazzarolo","Robert 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Council","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.stevekim4council.ca\u002F",{"slug":343,"name":344,"office":249,"number":68,"ballotNumber":19,"colour":299,"palette":19,"sample":20,"portrait":345},"teri-towner","Teri Towner",{"src":346,"smallSrc":347,"width":73,"height":74,"alt":348,"credit":349,"sourceUrl":350,"position":77},"\u002Fimages\u002Fcandidates\u002Fteri-towner-640.webp","\u002Fimages\u002Fcandidates\u002Fteri-towner-320.webp","Teri Towner, from Teri Towner, Coquitlam City Council 2026.","Teri Towner, Coquitlam City Council 2026","https:\u002F\u002Fteritowner.ca\u002F",{"id":352,"checkedAt":122,"extension":54,"meta":353,"promises":354,"race":554,"slug":163,"stem":555,"__hash__":556},"trackers\u002Felections\u002Fbc-coquitlam-2026\u002Ftracker\u002Fcandace-knoll.json",{},[355,365,375,384,392,400,409,418,427,435,442,451,460,469,478,486,493,501,509,517,524,531,539,547],{"id":356,"title":357,"pledge":358,"topic":359,"scope":360,"sources":361,"status":363,"evidence":364},"keep-hazel-trembath-burke-mountain-on-track","Keep the Hazel Trembath replacement and the Burke Mountain Secondary project on track","Her first pillar page says she is dedicated to keeping current projects, like the Hazel Trembath Elementary replacement and the Burke Mountain Secondary project, on track to minimize disruption for families.","Facilities","own",[362],{"label":85,"url":86},"not-started",[],{"id":366,"title":367,"pledge":368,"topic":359,"scope":360,"quote":369,"sources":370,"status":363,"evidence":374},"advocate-burke-mountain-middle-marigold","Advocate for approval of Burke Mountain Middle\u002FSecondary and Marigold Elementary","Her first pillar page says she will advocate for new school approvals, including Burke Mountain Middle\u002FSecondary School and Marigold Elementary, and keep them on schedule for Burke Mountain families. Freshet News reported the plank as accelerating school construction to stop overcrowding. The Dispatch's roundup of September 24, 2026 reported the same pledge.","I will advocate for new school approvals.",[371,372,373],{"label":85,"url":86},{"label":221,"url":143},{"label":238,"url":239},[],{"id":376,"title":377,"pledge":378,"topic":359,"scope":360,"sources":379,"status":363,"evidence":383},"secure-school-land-before-high-rises","A funding model that secures land for schools before high-rises are built, integrated with City planning","Her first pillar page says she will champion a funding model that secures land for schools before high-rises go up and work with municipal partners to integrate school infrastructure with city planning. Her blog adds advocacy for school budgets planned alongside roads, parks and utilities and for more joint use and capital agreements with the cities.",[380,381,382],{"label":85,"url":86},{"label":193,"url":194},{"label":196,"url":197},[],{"id":385,"title":386,"pledge":387,"topic":359,"scope":360,"sources":388,"status":363,"evidence":391},"modernize-hvac-systems","Push for funding to modernize heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems","In her blog post on pushing for new school approvals she writes that she will push to prioritize funding for modernizing heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems, after the model of the Moody Elementary modernization with solar and heat pumps.",[389,390],{"label":189,"url":190},{"label":85,"url":86},[],{"id":393,"title":394,"pledge":395,"topic":396,"scope":360,"sources":397,"status":363,"evidence":399},"end-special-education-waitlists","Timely assessments to end special education waitlists","Her second pillar page says she is committed to addressing the waitlists that keep students from the support they deserve, through timely assessments and inclusive programming.","Inclusion",[398],{"label":92,"url":93},[],{"id":401,"title":402,"pledge":403,"topic":396,"scope":360,"sources":404,"status":363,"evidence":408},"competitive-pay-recruit-specialists","Competitive pay and workplace supports to recruit and keep specialists and support staff","Her second pillar page says she will advocate for competitive compensation to recruit and retain specialists and support staff. Her blog adds advocacy for compensation and supports to hire more psychologists, speech-language pathologists and occupational therapists. She told Freshet News she would push for competitive wages and stipends to recruit and retain specialized workers.",[405,406,407],{"label":92,"url":93},{"label":205,"url":206},{"label":46,"url":47},[],{"id":410,"title":411,"pledge":412,"topic":413,"scope":360,"sources":414,"status":363,"evidence":417},"intensity-of-need-funding","Lobby the Province for an intensity-of-need funding structure for complex needs, mental health and language supports","In her blog post on special education she writes that she will lobby the provincial government to move to a true intensity-of-need funding structure that gives SD43 dedicated money for complex learning needs, mental health resources and language supports. Her VoteMate biography promises funding reforms for the same.","School funding",[415,416],{"label":205,"url":206},{"label":217,"url":218},[],{"id":419,"title":420,"pledge":421,"topic":413,"scope":360,"sources":422,"status":363,"evidence":426},"invest-in-staff-tools-training","Invest in staff with tools, professional learning and classroom resources","Her second pillar page says investing in staff is a direct investment in the quality of education. Her blog on mental health says she will champion access to the classroom resources, professional learning and tools educators need. She told Freshet News teachers and support workers need tools, education, mental health and administrative support.",[423,424,425],{"label":92,"url":93},{"label":199,"url":200},{"label":46,"url":47},[],{"id":428,"title":429,"pledge":430,"topic":431,"scope":360,"sources":432,"status":363,"evidence":434},"staffing-custodians-support-staff","Maintain staffing for custodians, maintenance, IT and administrative staff","Her third pillar page says she will work to ensure safe building operations by maintaining full staffing levels for custodians, maintenance, IT and administrative staff.","Safe schools",[433],{"label":100,"url":101},[],{"id":436,"title":437,"pledge":438,"topic":396,"scope":360,"sources":439,"status":363,"evidence":441},"stable-full-day-ea-positions","Stable, full-day positions for education assistants","Her third pillar page says she will push for stable, full-day positions for education assistants to prevent a turnover of support, with mental health resources and competitive pay to cut assessment waitlists.",[440],{"label":100,"url":101},[],{"id":443,"title":444,"pledge":445,"topic":446,"scope":360,"sources":447,"status":363,"evidence":450},"sensory-rooms-calm-spaces","Sensory rooms and calm-down spaces in capital plans and renovations","Her third pillar page says she will prioritize neurodiverse-friendly learning environments with sensory rooms and calm-down spaces, and her blog on overcrowding says she will fight to have capital planning and renovations include sensory-friendly zones and quiet spaces.","Student well-being",[448,449],{"label":100,"url":101},{"label":208,"url":209},[],{"id":452,"title":453,"pledge":454,"topic":446,"scope":360,"sources":455,"status":363,"evidence":459},"seamless-care-hubs","Integrate Seamless Care hubs in schools","Her third pillar page says she will champion the integration of Seamless Care hubs. She told Freshet News she would look to partners such as Foundry Tri-Cities, the Firefighters Charitable Society, S.U.C.C.E.S.S. and Kinsight to expand services, and her blog promises partnerships with municipalities, community organizations, food banks and child care providers.",[456,457,458],{"label":100,"url":101},{"label":46,"url":47},{"label":199,"url":200},[],{"id":461,"title":462,"pledge":463,"topic":431,"scope":360,"sources":464,"status":363,"evidence":468},"safe-routes-traffic-calming","Work with the City on traffic calming, walkways and bus route safety around schools","Her third pillar page says she will work with the city to improve traffic calming, pedestrian walkways and bus route safety in high-risk zones, and her blog on whole child safety says she will champion integrated planning with municipal traffic engineers to improve school perimeters. She told Freshet News safety on the way to and from school is her top issue.",[465,466,467],{"label":100,"url":101},{"label":214,"url":215},{"label":46,"url":47},[],{"id":470,"title":471,"pledge":472,"topic":431,"scope":360,"sources":473,"status":363,"evidence":477},"digital-responsibility-framework","A digital responsibility framework covering data privacy, digital literacy and AI","Her blog on mental health says she will champion a modernized digital responsibility framework for SD43 that includes student data privacy, digital literacy and clear guidance on the responsible use of technology and AI. Her third pillar page promises clear guidelines for digital safety, and she told Freshet News students must be taught to use AI responsibly with safety education.",[474,475,476],{"label":199,"url":200},{"label":100,"url":101},{"label":46,"url":47},[],{"id":479,"title":480,"pledge":481,"topic":446,"scope":360,"sources":482,"status":363,"evidence":485},"sel-programs-funding","Budget lines for evidence-based social-emotional learning programs at every grade","Her blog on overcrowding says she will push for targeted budget allocations toward proven, age-appropriate social-emotional learning programs across all grade levels, and her third pillar page promises guidelines for social-emotional learning.",[483,484],{"label":208,"url":209},{"label":100,"url":101},[],{"id":487,"title":488,"pledge":489,"topic":446,"scope":360,"sources":490,"status":363,"evidence":492},"class-sizes-fit-physical-space","Advocate for class sizes that fit the physical space","Her blog on overcrowding says she would advocate for adherence to class sizes that fit the physical spaces, allowing movement, creativity and focused attention.",[491],{"label":208,"url":209},[],{"id":494,"title":495,"pledge":496,"topic":431,"scope":360,"sources":497,"status":363,"evidence":500},"restorative-justice-all-schools","Funding and training for restorative justice programs in all SD43 schools","Her blog on restorative justice says she will advocate for the funding and professional development to implement structured, evidence-based restorative justice programs across all SD43 schools. She told Freshet News she would promote a restorative justice philosophy in classrooms.",[498,499],{"label":202,"url":203},{"label":46,"url":47},[],{"id":502,"title":503,"pledge":504,"topic":446,"scope":360,"sources":505,"status":363,"evidence":508},"municipal-recreation-library-ties","Stronger ties between schools and municipal recreation and library services","Her third pillar page says she will bridge the gap between schools and the community by strengthening ties with municipal recreation and library services and aligning school needs with municipal planning. Her blog on the school ecosystem promises advocacy for joint city initiatives.",[506,507],{"label":100,"url":101},{"label":211,"url":212},[],{"id":510,"title":511,"pledge":512,"topic":413,"scope":360,"sources":513,"status":363,"evidence":516},"fair-wages-district-workers","Fair wages, benefits and job security for district workers","Her third pillar page says she will champion fair wages so workers can afford to live in the cities they serve, and her blog on the school ecosystem says she would fight for fair wages, benefits and job security.",[514,515],{"label":100,"url":101},{"label":211,"url":212},[],{"id":518,"title":519,"pledge":520,"topic":396,"scope":360,"sources":521,"status":363,"evidence":523},"settlement-workers-resources","Expand resources for settlement workers in schools","Her blog on belonging says she will push to expand resources for the settlement workers in schools frontline staff, so families receive language, housing and social supports when they register.",[522],{"label":112,"url":113},[],{"id":525,"title":526,"pledge":527,"topic":396,"scope":360,"sources":528,"status":363,"evidence":530},"student-led-cultural-celebrations","School-level funding and support for student-led cultural celebrations and heritage months","Her blog on belonging says she will advocate for dedicated school-level funding and administrative support so heritage months and cultural celebrations are planned with families and student groups, and will advocate to protect funding for cultural spaces.",[529],{"label":112,"url":113},[],{"id":532,"title":533,"pledge":534,"topic":535,"scope":360,"sources":536,"status":363,"evidence":538},"outdoor-learning-kwikwetlem","Co-fund outdoor learning spaces designed with the Kwikwetlem First Nation","Her blog on reconciliation says she will push to co-fund and design outdoor learning spaces alongside the Kwikwetlem Nation, building on the Earth Spirit Healing Forest and Medicine Garden, with Indigenous protocols built into the infrastructure.","Programs",[537],{"label":186,"url":187},[],{"id":540,"title":541,"pledge":542,"topic":543,"scope":360,"sources":544,"status":363,"evidence":546},"early-agendas-plain-language-reports","Agendas published early with reports in plain words, and public consultations","She told Freshet News she would advocate for clear agendas published early with supporting reports in plain words, lobby for public-facing consultations, and have an item that cannot be addressed at a meeting considered at the next one.","Board governance",[545],{"label":46,"url":47},[],{"id":548,"title":549,"pledge":550,"topic":543,"scope":360,"sources":551,"status":363,"evidence":553},"public-budget-session-before-vote","Standing consultation committees and a public budget information session before the final budget vote","She told Freshet News she would push for the budget and financial statements to stay transparent, advocate for standing consultation committees, and host a public budget consultation information session before the board votes on the final budget.",[552],{"label":46,"url":47},[],"school-trustee","elections\u002Fbc-coquitlam-2026\u002Ftracker\u002Fcandace-knoll","pWXx3aFc8ivFVI1WMyh4flhfe0dEdZ_kxzORy0y6be4",[],1793466029595]