[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":277},["ShallowReactive",2],{"news-list":3,"candidate-chuck-denison":21,"parties-all":154,"candidate-neighbours-chuck-denison":155,"tracker-chuck-denison":270},[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":29,"contentOrigin":30,"currentRole":31,"district":19,"dossier":19,"experience":32,"extension":52,"headline":53,"languages":54,"links":55,"meta":59,"name":60,"neighbourhood":19,"nomination":19,"number":61,"office":62,"palette":19,"party":19,"photos":19,"polled":19,"portrait":19,"priorities":63,"questionnaire":71,"questions":74,"sample":20,"scoreChanges":19,"searched":75,"sections":110,"slug":119,"sources":120,"stem":150,"summary":151,"unaffiliated":20,"updatedAt":79,"updates":152,"withdrawal":19,"__hash__":153},"candidates\u002Felections\u002Fbc-coquitlam-2026\u002Fcandidates\u002Fchuck-denison.json",[24,25,26,27,28],"Chuck 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\u002F27 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.","rose","editorial","Trustee, Board of Education of School District No. 43 (Coquitlam)",[33,39,45],{"period":34,"title":31,"description":35,"source":36},"2022 to now","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.",{"label":37,"url":38},"City of Coquitlam · 2022 General Local Election, Declaration of Official Results","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.coquitlam.ca\u002FDocumentCenter\u002FView\u002F8835\u002F2022-General-Local-Election-Declaration-of-Official-Results-PDF",{"period":40,"title":31,"description":41,"source":42},"2014 to 2018","The 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.",{"label":43,"url":44},"City of Coquitlam · 2014 General Local Election, Declaration of Official Results","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.coquitlam.ca\u002FDocumentCenter\u002FView\u002F1866",{"period":46,"title":47,"description":48,"source":49},"By his own account","Business owner; former project manager and high school teacher","The 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.",{"label":50,"url":51},"School District No. 43 (Coquitlam) · Trustees","https:\u002F\u002Fsd43.bc.ca\u002Fboard-members-trustee-information","json","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.",[],[56],{"label":57,"url":51,"kind":58},"School District No. 43: Trustees","website",{},"Chuck Denison","","School Trustee",[64],{"title":65,"summary":66,"details":67,"source":68},"Student mental health, responsible financial stewardship and collaboration with families","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.",[],{"label":69,"url":70},"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",{"status":72,"answers":73},"not-contacted",[],[],[76,82,86,92,96,100,105],{"step":77,"label":78,"date":79,"result":80,"note":81},1,"His own campaign website","2026-10-30","nothing-found","No campaign website was found by search, and neither the Dispatch's roundup nor Freshet News's election coverage links one. His VoteMate page holds no profile. He ran with no elector organization, so there is no party platform.",{"step":83,"label":84,"date":79,"result":80,"note":85},2,"His public social media accounts","No campaign account was found by search or linked from VoteMate.",{"step":87,"label":88,"date":79,"result":89,"note":90,"url":91},3,"The City's candidate list and official results","found","The City's declaration of October 21, 2026 and its results per tabulator give him 9,446 votes, fourth of nine trustee candidates, and print no elector organization. The City's declarations of 2014 and 2022 give his earlier counts. The City took its candidate pages down after the vote.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.coquitlam.ca\u002FDocumentCenter\u002FView\u002F20767\u002FDeclaration-of-Official-Election-Results",{"step":93,"label":94,"date":79,"result":89,"note":95,"url":70},4,"Candidate questionnaires and all-candidates meetings","Read the Tri-Cities Dispatch's roundup of the nine trustee candidates (September 24, 2026), which quotes his campaign literature. Freshet News's Candidates section has no profile of him, and his VoteMate page has no promises. No report of a 2026 all-candidates meeting quoting him was found.",{"step":97,"label":98,"date":79,"result":80,"note":99},5,"A name search with Coquitlam and 2026, then with the office and a topic","The search found only the Tri-City News archive (403), which was not used, and 2022 VoteMate pages. No 2026 report of a launch or a statement of his was found.",{"step":101,"label":102,"date":79,"result":89,"note":103,"url":104},6,"News reports of the result and his first statements","Read the Dispatch's report on the trustee results, Freshet News's report of election night and the Dispatch's report on the Coquitlam results. None quotes him.","https:\u002F\u002Ftricitiesdispatch.com\u002Ftrustees-four-new-chair-out\u002F",{"step":106,"label":107,"date":79,"result":89,"note":108,"url":109},7,"The public record of his terms on the board","Read the School District's trustee page and the Board's minutes of February 10, April 28 and June 16, 2026 (his motions on the amended budget bylaw, the Burke Mountain Crown land bylaw and the capital bylaw amendment). The minutes record no divided vote on his motions.","https:\u002F\u002Fmedia.sd43.bc.ca\u002Fmedia\u002FDefault\u002Fmedialib\u002F2026-04-28-public-board-meeting-minutes.80454a11772.pdf",[111],{"id":112,"kicker":113,"title":114,"paragraphs":115,"links":118},"research-status","Research status","What voche.me has checked",[116,117],"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 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.",[],"chuck-denison",[121,123,126,130,131,134,136,139,140,141,142,144,147],{"label":122,"url":91,"checkedAt":79},"City of Coquitlam · Declaration of Official Election Results, October 21, 2026",{"label":124,"url":125,"checkedAt":79},"City of Coquitlam · Results per Tabulator, 2026 General Local Election, October 21, 2026","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.coquitlam.ca\u002FDocumentCenter\u002FView\u002F20771",{"label":127,"url":128,"checkedAt":79,"listOnly":129},"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":50,"url":51,"checkedAt":79},{"label":132,"url":133,"checkedAt":79},"School District No. 43 (Coquitlam) · Minutes, Regular Public Board Meeting, February 10, 2026","https:\u002F\u002Fmedia.sd43.bc.ca\u002Fmedia\u002FDefault\u002Fmedialib\u002F2026-02-10-regular-public-board-meeting-minutes.8c41f211767.pdf",{"label":135,"url":109,"checkedAt":79},"School District No. 43 (Coquitlam) · Minutes, Public Board Meeting, April 28, 2026",{"label":137,"url":138,"checkedAt":79},"School District No. 43 (Coquitlam) · Minutes, Regular Board Meeting, June 16, 2026","https:\u002F\u002Fmedia.sd43.bc.ca\u002Fmedia\u002FDefault\u002Fmedialib\u002F2026-06-16-regular-board-meeting-minutes.82d02119584.pdf",{"label":37,"url":38,"checkedAt":79},{"label":43,"url":44,"checkedAt":79},{"label":69,"url":70,"checkedAt":79},{"label":143,"url":104,"checkedAt":79},"Tri-Cities Dispatch · Four new school trustees elected; board chair falls short in re-election bid, by Jeremy Shepherd, October 18, 2026",{"label":145,"url":146,"checkedAt":79},"Tri-Cities Dispatch · Hodge, Lurbiecki and West win, by Jeremy Shepherd, October 18, 2026","https:\u002F\u002Ftricitiesdispatch.com\u002Fhodge-lurbiecki-west-win\u002F",{"label":148,"url":149,"checkedAt":79},"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","elections\u002Fbc-coquitlam-2026\u002Fcandidates\u002Fchuck-denison","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\u002F27 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.",[],"bXKnSnxKkMLqX4N0HgzIudaeuAme2gH6E4BmfyKSs00",[],[156,169,179,188,196,205,215,225,234,243,251,261],{"slug":157,"name":158,"office":159,"number":61,"ballotNumber":19,"colour":29,"palette":19,"sample":20,"portrait":160},"benjamin-perry","Benjamin Perry","Councillor",{"src":161,"smallSrc":162,"width":163,"height":164,"alt":165,"credit":166,"sourceUrl":167,"position":168},"\u002Fimages\u002Fcandidates\u002Fbenjamin-perry-640.webp","\u002Fimages\u002Fcandidates\u002Fbenjamin-perry-320.webp",640,800,"Benjamin Perry, from Benjamin Perry for Coquitlam 2026.","Benjamin Perry for Coquitlam 2026","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.benjaminperry.ca\u002Fabout-benjamin-perry\u002F","50% 30%",{"slug":170,"name":171,"office":62,"number":61,"ballotNumber":19,"colour":172,"palette":19,"sample":20,"portrait":173},"candace-knoll","Candace 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Coquitlam","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.craighodge.ca\u002Fachievements",{"slug":189,"name":190,"office":62,"number":61,"ballotNumber":19,"colour":29,"palette":19,"sample":20,"portrait":191},"craig-woods","Craig Woods",{"src":192,"smallSrc":193,"width":163,"height":164,"alt":194,"credit":177,"sourceUrl":195,"position":168},"\u002Fimages\u002Fcandidates\u002Fcraig-woods-640.webp","\u002Fimages\u002Fcandidates\u002Fcraig-woods-320.webp","Craig Woods, from Freshet News.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.freshetnews.ca\u002Fcraig-woods\u002F",{"slug":197,"name":198,"office":159,"number":61,"ballotNumber":19,"colour":172,"palette":19,"sample":20,"portrait":199},"harvey-su","Harvey Su",{"src":200,"smallSrc":201,"width":163,"height":164,"alt":202,"credit":203,"sourceUrl":204,"position":168},"\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":206,"name":207,"office":159,"number":61,"ballotNumber":19,"colour":208,"palette":19,"sample":20,"portrait":209},"matt-djonlic","Matt Djonlic","teal",{"src":210,"smallSrc":211,"width":163,"height":164,"alt":212,"credit":213,"sourceUrl":214,"position":168},"\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":216,"name":217,"office":159,"number":61,"ballotNumber":19,"colour":218,"palette":19,"sample":20,"portrait":219},"matthew-sebastiani","Matthew 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Council","https:\u002F\u002Frobertmazzarolo.com\u002F",{"slug":235,"name":236,"office":159,"number":61,"ballotNumber":19,"colour":29,"palette":19,"sample":20,"portrait":237},"rosalinda-thorleifson","Rosalinda Thorleifson",{"src":238,"smallSrc":239,"width":163,"height":164,"alt":240,"credit":241,"sourceUrl":242,"position":168},"\u002Fimages\u002Fcandidates\u002Frosalinda-thorleifson-640.webp","\u002Fimages\u002Fcandidates\u002Frosalinda-thorleifson-320.webp","Rosalinda Thorleifson, from Rosalinda for Coquitlam City Council.","Rosalinda for Coquitlam City Council","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.rosalindaforcouncil.ca\u002F",{"slug":244,"name":245,"office":62,"number":61,"ballotNumber":19,"colour":29,"palette":19,"sample":20,"portrait":246},"rosey-manhas","Rosey Manhas",{"src":247,"smallSrc":248,"width":163,"height":164,"alt":249,"credit":177,"sourceUrl":250,"position":168},"\u002Fimages\u002Fcandidates\u002Frosey-manhas-640.webp","\u002Fimages\u002Fcandidates\u002Frosey-manhas-320.webp","Rosey Manhas, from Freshet News.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.freshetnews.ca\u002Frosey-manhas\u002F",{"slug":252,"name":253,"office":159,"number":61,"ballotNumber":19,"colour":254,"palette":19,"sample":20,"portrait":255},"steve-kim","Steve Kim","plum",{"src":256,"smallSrc":257,"width":163,"height":164,"alt":258,"credit":259,"sourceUrl":260,"position":168},"\u002Fimages\u002Fcandidates\u002Fsteve-kim-640.webp","\u002Fimages\u002Fcandidates\u002Fsteve-kim-320.webp","Steve Kim, from Re-Elect Steve Kim for Coquitlam Council.","Re-Elect Steve Kim for Coquitlam Council","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.stevekim4council.ca\u002F",{"slug":262,"name":263,"office":159,"number":61,"ballotNumber":19,"colour":218,"palette":19,"sample":20,"portrait":264},"teri-towner","Teri Towner",{"src":265,"smallSrc":266,"width":163,"height":164,"alt":267,"credit":268,"sourceUrl":269,"position":168},"\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":271,"checkedAt":79,"extension":52,"meta":272,"promises":273,"race":274,"slug":119,"stem":275,"__hash__":276},"trackers\u002Felections\u002Fbc-coquitlam-2026\u002Ftracker\u002Fchuck-denison.json",{},[],"school-trustee","elections\u002Fbc-coquitlam-2026\u002Ftracker\u002Fchuck-denison","uP1Wl7fD2Ur0tnt_j6VHx8ReNIajDlMxG9v8mWY2ar0",1793466029595]