Re-elected school trustee of Coquitlam on October 17, 2026, with 9,446 votes, fourth of nine trustee candidates and the last of the four seats. A trustee from 2014 to 2018 and again since 2022, and a former teacher and project manager, he ran with no elector organization; the Tri-Cities Dispatch reported his priorities as student mental health, responsible financial stewardship and collaboration with families.
Chuck Denison was re-elected to the Board of Education of School District No. 43 on October 17, 2026, with 9,446 votes in the City's official count, declared by the Chief Election Officer on October 21, fourth of nine candidates for Coquitlam's four seats and 1,153 votes ahead of the fifth. The City's results print no elector organization for any candidate, and VoteMate lists him as an independent. The School District's trustee page says he was first elected for the 2014 to 2018 term and re-elected in 2022; the City's declarations give him 7,796 votes in 2014 and 9,762 in 2022. The Board's minutes of 2026 record him moving first reading of the amended annual budget bylaw in February and of the capital bylaw amendment in April, and seconding the adoption of the 2026/27 budget bylaw of $523,792,819. The Dispatch's roundup of the trustee candidates reported that his priorities are student mental health, responsible financial stewardship and collaboration with families, and that he cited his years of experience in education, finance and community service. No campaign website, questionnaire answers or VoteMate promises of his were found, so this page records no promise for the term.
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Coquitlam municipal electionChuck Denison was re-elected to the Board of Education of School District No. 43 (Coquitlam) on October 17, 2026. The City of Coquitlam's official count gives him 9,446 votes, fourth of the nine candidates for Coquitlam's four trustee seats, and the City's Chief Election Officer declared him elected on October 21, 2026. Candace Knoll, third, had 10,599 votes, and Natalie Wang, fifth, 8,950, by the City's results per tabulator. The City's results print no elector organization for any candidate, and VoteMate lists him as an independent, with no profile or promises added. The Dispatch reported that Coquitlam voters returned the incumbents Rosey Manhas and Denison, and Freshet News that the three Coquitlam incumbents retained their positions.
The School District's trustee page says he was first elected to the Board for the 2014 to 2018 term and re-elected in 2022, holds a degree in engineering physics and an education degree, owns a business, and earlier was a corporate project manager and a high school teacher. The City's declaration of official results of the 2014 election gives him 7,796 votes, and its declaration of 2022 gives him 9,762 votes, the fourth of the four elected trustee candidates. The District's page lists, in his own words, roles as DPAC and PAC president, a director of the Coquitlam Foundation and a Distinguished Toastmaster; voche.me has not checked these with those bodies.
The Board's minutes record his motions in 2026. On February 10, 2026 he moved first reading of the Amended Annual Budget Bylaw and second reading of the Burke Mountain Crown land bylaw. On April 28, 2026 he moved first reading of Capital Bylaw No. 3, Amendment Bylaw No. 2.5-2026, which sets school site acquisition charge rates, and seconded the third reading and adoption of the 2026/27 Annual Budget Bylaw, in the amount of $523,792,819, and of the capital bylaw amendment. Every motion passed unanimously.
The Dispatch's roundup of the nine trustee candidates, printed on September 24, 2026, reported that he was running for re-election as an advocate able to work with the Province and partner groups "to get results for students," that his priorities include student mental health, responsible financial stewardship and collaboration with families, and that, according to his campaign literature, he is running so every student has a safe, supportive and inspiring place to learn. The Dispatch printed his surname as Dennison.
No campaign website for him was found, Freshet News published no candidate profile or launch report for him, and his VoteMate page holds no profile. His pledges for the term are therefore unknown to this site, and the promise list on this page is empty for that reason. The Dispatch reported that four new trustees joined the nine-member board and that the board chair, Michael Thomas of Port Coquitlam, lost his seat.
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The Dispatch's roundup of September 24, 2026 reported these three as his priorities, and that he presented himself as an advocate able to work with the Province and partner groups to get results for students.
Tri-Cities Dispatch · Meet the school trustee candidates in Coquitlam, by Jeremy Shepherd, September 24, 2026Researched 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 declarations of 2014 and 2022, the School District's trustee page, the Board's minutes of February 10, April 28 and June 16, 2026, his VoteMate page, and reporting by the Tri-Cities Dispatch and Freshet News.
No campaign website was found by search or in the Dispatch's and Freshet News's coverage; Freshet News's Candidates section has no profile of him, and his VoteMate page holds no profile or promises. The Dispatch's roundup of September 24, 2026 is the one report of his 2026 campaign, and it quotes his campaign literature, which was not found online. His degrees, business and volunteer roles come from the School District's page, which prints his own account, and were not checked with those bodies. The Tri-City News archive on vancouverisawesome.com answers 403 to scripts, so its reports on his 2014 and 2022 campaigns were not read. Because no pledge of his for this term was found, the promise list is empty; that records a gap in the sources.
The City's 2022 declaration gives him 9,762 votes, and the School District's page says he was re-elected in 2022. The Board's minutes of February 10, 2026 record him moving first reading of the amended annual budget bylaw, and its minutes of April 28, 2026 record him moving first reading of the capital bylaw amendment on school site acquisition charges.
City of Coquitlam · 2022 General Local Election, Declaration of Official ResultsThe School District's page says he was first elected for the 2014 to 2018 term, and the City's 2014 declaration gives him 7,796 votes.
City of Coquitlam · 2014 General Local Election, Declaration of Official ResultsThe School District's trustee page says he is a business owner, was a corporate project manager and earlier a high school teacher, and holds a degree in engineering physics and an education degree. voche.me has not checked this with the universities or employers.
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Chuck Denison was elected School Trustee with 9,446 votes, 4th of 9 in the official count. The City of Coquitlam published the count, and every candidate's total is on the results page.
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Yes. Chuck Denison currently serves as Trustee, Board of Education of School District No. 43 (Coquitlam).
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