[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":646},["ShallowReactive",2],{"news-list":3,"candidate-craig-hodge":21,"parties-all":244,"candidate-neighbours-craig-hodge":245,"tracker-craig-hodge":352,"votes-craig-hodge":645},[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":30,"contentOrigin":31,"currentRole":32,"district":19,"dossier":19,"experience":33,"extension":52,"headline":53,"languages":54,"links":55,"meta":66,"name":67,"neighbourhood":19,"nomination":19,"number":68,"office":13,"palette":19,"party":19,"photos":19,"polled":19,"portrait":69,"priorities":78,"questionnaire":121,"questions":124,"sample":20,"scoreChanges":19,"searched":125,"sections":161,"slug":170,"sources":171,"stem":240,"summary":241,"unaffiliated":20,"updatedAt":129,"updates":242,"withdrawal":19,"__hash__":243},"candidates\u002Felections\u002Fbc-coquitlam-2026\u002Fcandidates\u002Fcraig-hodge.json",[24,25,26,27,28,29],"Craig Hodge was elected mayor of Coquitlam on October 17, 2026. The City of Coquitlam's official count gives him 15,654 votes, and the City's Chief Election Officer declared him elected on October 21, 2026. The Tri-Cities Dispatch reported that Councillor Trish Mandewo finished with 7,309 votes and Madhavee Inamdar with 2,895, and that 26,180 people voted, a turnout of 24.42 per cent. Freshet News reported that Councillor Matt Djonlic, with 15,905 votes, had 251 votes more than Hodge. The City's results print no elector organization for any candidate, and VoteMate lists him as an independent.","Daily Hive reported on October 16, 2025 that he was first elected to Coquitlam City Council in 2011, that he won the most votes of any council candidate in 2014, 2018 and 2022, and that Mayor Richard Stewart announced at Hodge's campaign launch that he would not run again and endorsed him. Freshet News and the Tri-Cities Dispatch both covered the launch at the Evergreen Cultural Centre on October 15, 2025. The Dispatch quoted him: \"I want to continue the good work of this council to deliver new facilities, maintain services and manage costs, and maintain our residents' quality of life as our city grows.\" Freshet News reported that he pledged to manage growth responsibly, keep Coquitlam affordable and keep the community safe.","The City's council page says he began his career as a photojournalist in 1974 at the Columbian Daily Newspaper in Coquitlam, helped start The Tri-City News when the Columbian closed in 1984, and worked there until he retired in June 2011. The page lists him as chair of the City's Community Safety Advisory Committee, a director on the Metro Vancouver board, chair of the National Zero Waste Council, a member of the Union of BC Municipalities executive and co-chair of BC's Local Government RCMP Contract Management Committee. Metro Vancouver's own list of board members names him as one of Coquitlam's two directors. The City's minutes of February 12, 2025 record him as chair of the Sports and Recreation Advisory Committee. By his own account, on his campaign site, he was a past president of the Tri-Cities Chamber of Commerce and of the Coquitlam Heritage Society and a Scouts Canada leader; voche.me has not checked these with those bodies.","The City's council minutes of February 13, 2023 record that he moved the first three readings of the 2023 Five-Year Financial Plan Bylaw and of the loan authorization bylaw for the Northeast Community Centre, Park and Plaza; Councillor Dennis Marsden registered opposition to the financial plan. The Tri-Cities Dispatch reported in October 2024 that, when council discussed energy and carbon rules for new buildings that would reach their strictest level in 2028, he said: \"We could have a major heat dome next summer.\" The Dispatch reported in February 2025 that he favoured corporate sponsorship of events over selling the names of City facilities. In December 2025, as acting mayor, he opened council's budget debate; the Dispatch reported that the 2026 budget, with a 3.37 per cent property tax increase, passed 7 to 1 with Marsden opposed, and quoted Hodge: \"I wish it was lower.\"","His platform has eight sections: quality of life, affordability, safety, mental health and Riverview, parks and recreation, transportation, local business and the environment. In answers printed by the Tri-Cities Dispatch on October 13, 2026 he said he would lobby TransLink for more transit, press the Province to fix the Brunette Interchange and the federal government and the Port Authority to build a rail underpass on Westwood Street, and that he would not support Flock or Axon surveillance cameras without strong privacy protections. Asked by the Dispatch whether he accepts contributions from developers, he said his contributors include people who work in the construction industry and that all contributions must follow BC's financing laws. In Freshet News's candidate profile of September 30, 2026 he said the City would need another fire hall on its south side, that he would like a new theatre to replace the Evergreen Cultural Centre with an entertainment zone near SkyTrain, and that there is a place for involuntary care.","On election night at Glen Pine Pavilion he told supporters, the Dispatch reported: \"The work ahead will require collaboration, honest conversations, and a willingness to find common ground.\" Freshet News reported that at the last council meeting of the term, on October 19, 2026, Stewart passed the mayor's gavel to him, and that the inaugural meeting of the new council is set for November 9, 2026.","blue","editorial","Councillor, City of Coquitlam",[34,40,47],{"period":35,"title":32,"description":36,"source":37},"2011 to 2026","Daily Hive reported that he was first elected in 2011 and won the most votes of any council candidate in 2014, 2018 and 2022. The City's council page lists him as chair of the Community Safety Advisory Committee, and its minutes of February 12, 2025 record him as chair of the Sports and Recreation Advisory Committee.",{"label":38,"url":39},"City of Coquitlam · Councillor Craig Hodge","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.coquitlam.ca\u002F864\u002FCouncillor-Craig-Hodge",{"period":41,"title":42,"description":43,"source":44},"Now","Director, Metro Vancouver board","Metro Vancouver's list of board members names him as one of Coquitlam's two directors, with Teri Towner. The City's page also lists him as chair of the National Zero Waste Council and vice chair of Metro Vancouver's Zero Waste Committee.",{"label":45,"url":46},"Metro Vancouver · Board members","https:\u002F\u002Fmetrovancouver.org\u002Fboards\u002Fboard-members",{"period":48,"title":49,"description":50,"source":51},"1974 to 2011","Photojournalist, the Columbian and The Tri-City News","The City's council page says he started at the Columbian Daily Newspaper in 1974, helped start The Tri-City News after the Columbian closed in 1984, and retired in June 2011. The Dispatch describes him as a longtime photojournalist for both papers.",{"label":38,"url":39},"json","Elected mayor of Coquitlam on October 17, 2026, with 15,654 votes, after 15 years as a city councillor. A photojournalist before politics, he ran with no elector organization and with the endorsement of the retiring mayor, Richard Stewart, on managing growth, keeping the city affordable and a safer Coquitlam: more police officers, foot patrols, a wildfire detection system and expanded care on the Riverview lands.",[],[56,60,64],{"label":57,"url":58,"kind":59},"Craig Hodge campaign site","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.craighodge.ca\u002F","website",{"label":61,"url":62,"kind":63},"Craig Hodge campaign platform","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.craighodge.ca\u002Fplatform","document",{"label":65,"url":39,"kind":59},"City of Coquitlam: Councillor Craig Hodge",{},"Craig Hodge","",{"src":70,"smallSrc":71,"width":72,"height":73,"alt":74,"credit":75,"sourceUrl":76,"position":77},"\u002Fimages\u002Fcandidates\u002Fcraig-hodge-640.webp","\u002Fimages\u002Fcandidates\u002Fcraig-hodge-320.webp",640,800,"Craig Hodge, from Elect Craig Hodge for Mayor of Coquitlam.","Elect Craig Hodge for Mayor of Coquitlam","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.craighodge.ca\u002Fachievements","50% 30%",[79,86,92,98,104,109,116],{"title":80,"summary":81,"details":82,"source":84},"Manage growth with infrastructure, parks and services in place","His platform's first section promises to protect parks, trees and green spaces, make infrastructure keep pace with growth, improve roads, transit and pedestrian connections, and plan for schools, child care and medical services.",[83],"At his campaign launch he pledged to manage growth responsibly, Freshet News reported, with housing options for students, seniors and families, the Dispatch added.",{"label":85,"url":62},"Craig Hodge campaign · Platform",{"title":87,"summary":88,"details":89,"source":91},"More housing choices and lower City spending","His platform promises more housing choices for families, seniors and young people, more two- and three-bedroom homes, support for rental and below-market housing, City spending under control and property taxes as low as possible.",[90],"At his launch he said 900 below-market homes had been built in Coquitlam without property tax money and 1,300 more were planned, and that as mayor he would look for ways to build more, the Dispatch reported.",{"label":85,"url":62},{"title":93,"summary":94,"details":95,"source":97},"A safer Coquitlam: more police, foot patrols and wildfire detection","His platform promises to hire more police officers, increase visible neighbourhood and foot patrols, strengthen gang prevention, improve traffic enforcement, expand Community Safety Officers, improve 911 response and set up a wildfire detection system.",[96],"In the biography he gave the City's elections office, shown on VoteMate, he wrote that he supports more RCMP foot patrols, stronger traffic enforcement and community safety officers.",{"label":85,"url":62},{"title":99,"summary":100,"details":101,"source":103},"Mental health care and the Riverview lands","His platform says he will advocate for expanded mental health and addiction services and support expanded treatment and care at səmiq̓ʷəʔelə \u002F Riverview, working with the Province and the federal government.",[102],"He told the Dispatch he supports reopening Riverview, and told Freshet News that there is a place for involuntary care.",{"label":85,"url":62},{"title":105,"summary":106,"details":107,"source":108},"Burke Mountain Community Centre, renewed parks and more pickleball","His platform promises to deliver the Burke Mountain Community Centre, plan recreation at Fraser Mills, renew older parks and sports facilities, expand pickleball and tennis, improve the Coquitlam Crunch and advance a trail to Crystal Falls.",[],{"label":85,"url":62},{"title":110,"summary":111,"details":112,"source":113},"Transit, the Brunette Interchange and a Westwood Street underpass","He told the Dispatch he would lobby TransLink and senior governments for more transit, press the Province to fix the Brunette Interchange, and press the federal government and the Port Authority to build a railway underpass on Westwood Street.",[],{"label":114,"url":115},"Tri-Cities Dispatch · Coquitlam mayoral candidates answer your questions, October 13, 2026","https:\u002F\u002Ftricitiesdispatch.com\u002Fcoquitlam-mayoral-candidates-answer-your-questions\u002F",{"title":117,"summary":118,"details":119,"source":120},"Local business and the environment","His platform promises to cut unnecessary red tape for small businesses, attract new employers, protect streams and sensitive areas, expand the tree canopy and support practical measures to reduce emissions and waste.",[],{"label":85,"url":62},{"status":122,"answers":123},"not-contacted",[],[],[126,132,137,142,146,151,156],{"step":127,"label":128,"date":129,"result":130,"note":131,"url":62},1,"His own campaign website","2026-10-30","found","Read every page in the menu of craighodge.ca: home (Meet Craig), Platform, Achievements, Endorsements and News (empty). The platform has eight sections of promises. He ran with no elector organization, so there is no party platform.",{"step":133,"label":134,"date":129,"result":135,"note":136},2,"His public social media accounts","unreachable","His campaign site links a Facebook page and an Instagram account. Both showed a login page to scripts, so no post was read.",{"step":138,"label":139,"date":129,"result":130,"note":140,"url":141},3,"The City's candidate list and official results","The City's declaration of October 21, 2026 and its results per tabulator give him 15,654 votes for mayor and print no elector organization. The City took its candidate pages down after the vote; the biography he gave the City's elections office is shown on VoteMate.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.coquitlam.ca\u002FDocumentCenter\u002FView\u002F20767\u002FDeclaration-of-Official-Election-Results",{"step":143,"label":144,"date":129,"result":130,"note":145,"url":115},4,"Candidate questionnaires and all-candidates meetings","Read his answers to the Tri-Cities Dispatch's questions (October 13, 2026) and Freshet News's candidate profile (September 30, 2026). His VoteMate page says he added no promises there. No report of a 2026 all-candidates meeting quoting him was found.",{"step":147,"label":148,"date":129,"result":130,"note":149,"url":150},5,"A name search with Coquitlam and 2026, then with the office and a topic","Found Daily Hive's report of October 16, 2025, Freshet News's and the Dispatch's reports of his launch on October 15, 2025, the Dispatch's report of September 13, 2026 on the three mayoral candidates, and its reports on the building standards (October 2024), corporate sponsorships (February 2025) and the 2026 budget (December 2025). Wikipedia and the Tri-City News archive (403) were not used.","https:\u002F\u002Fdailyhive.com\u002Fvancouver\u002Frichard-stewart-craig-hodge-coquitlam-mayor-re-election",{"step":152,"label":153,"date":129,"result":130,"note":154,"url":155},6,"News reports of the result and his first statements","Read Daily Hive's, Freshet News's and the Dispatch's reports of election night, Global News's election-day page, Freshet News's report of the last council meeting of October 19, 2026 and the Dispatch's report of October 29, 2026.","https:\u002F\u002Ftricitiesdispatch.com\u002Fhodge-lurbiecki-west-win\u002F",{"step":157,"label":158,"date":129,"result":130,"note":159,"url":160},7,"The public record of his terms on council","Read the City's council page for him, Metro Vancouver's board list, the City's council minutes of February 13, 2023 (his motions on the 2023 financial plan and the Northeast Community Centre loan bylaw) and the committee minutes of February 12, 2025 (chair). Other council decisions come from the Dispatch's reports.","https:\u002F\u002Fcoquitlam.ca\u002FAgendaCenter\u002FViewFile\u002FMinutes\u002F_02132023-775",[162],{"id":163,"kicker":164,"title":165,"paragraphs":166,"links":169},"research-status","Research status","What voche.me has checked",[167,168],"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 council page for him, the City's council minutes of February 13, 2023 and committee minutes of February 12, 2025, every page in the menu of his campaign site (home, Platform, Achievements, Endorsements; the News page is empty), his VoteMate page, Metro Vancouver's list of board members, and reporting by Daily Hive, Freshet News, the Tri-Cities Dispatch and Global News.","His campaign's account of his community roles (the Tri-Cities Chamber of Commerce, the Coquitlam Heritage Society, Scouts Canada) and of the projects it says he proposed on council is the campaign's own and was not checked with those bodies or against the minutes. The City's council page gives his career in journalism; voche.me has not checked it with the newspapers. His Facebook and Instagram accounts were not read, because both show only a login page to scripts. The Tri-City News archive on vancouverisawesome.com answers 403 to scripts, so its 2022 profile of him was not read.",[],"craig-hodge",[172,174,177,181,183,184,186,189,190,192,195,196,199,201,204,207,210,213,216,219,222,223,225,228,231,234,237],{"label":173,"url":141,"checkedAt":129},"City of Coquitlam · Declaration of Official Election Results, October 21, 2026",{"label":175,"url":176,"checkedAt":129},"City of Coquitlam · Results per Tabulator, 2026 General Local Election, October 21, 2026","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.coquitlam.ca\u002FDocumentCenter\u002FView\u002F20771",{"label":178,"url":179,"checkedAt":129,"listOnly":180},"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":182,"url":58,"checkedAt":129},"Craig Hodge campaign · Elect Craig Hodge for Mayor of Coquitlam (home)",{"label":85,"url":62,"checkedAt":129},{"label":185,"url":76,"checkedAt":129},"Craig Hodge campaign · Achievements",{"label":187,"url":188,"checkedAt":129},"Craig Hodge campaign · Endorsements","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.craighodge.ca\u002Fendorsements",{"label":38,"url":39,"checkedAt":129},{"label":191,"url":160,"checkedAt":129},"City of Coquitlam · Minutes, Regular Council Meeting, February 13, 2023",{"label":193,"url":194,"checkedAt":129},"City of Coquitlam · Minutes, Sports and Recreation Advisory Committee, February 12, 2025","https:\u002F\u002Fcoquitlam.ca\u002FAgendaCenter\u002FViewFile\u002FMinutes\u002F_02122025-868",{"label":45,"url":46,"checkedAt":129},{"label":197,"url":198,"checkedAt":129},"VoteMate · Craig Hodge, independent for Coquitlam Mayor, 2026 BC Local Elections","https:\u002F\u002Fvotemate.org\u002Fbc2026\u002Fcandidates\u002F13421?riding=799",{"label":200,"url":150,"checkedAt":129},"Daily Hive · Coquitlam mayor Richard Stewart will not seek re-election after 18 years, by Kenneth Chan, October 16, 2025",{"label":202,"url":203,"checkedAt":129},"Daily Hive · Coquitlam elects its first new mayor in 18 years, by Hanna Hett, October 18, 2026","https:\u002F\u002Fdailyhive.com\u002Fvancouver\u002Fcoquitlam-mayor-2026-election-craig-hodge",{"label":205,"url":206,"checkedAt":129},"Freshet News · Coquitlam mayor passes torch to Hodge, by Janis Cleugh, October 15, 2025","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.freshetnews.ca\u002Fcoquitlam-mayor-passes-torch-to-hodge\u002F",{"label":208,"url":209,"checkedAt":129},"Freshet News · Craig Hodge, Coquitlam mayoral candidate, September 30, 2026","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.freshetnews.ca\u002Fcraig-hodge\u002F",{"label":211,"url":212,"checkedAt":129},"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":214,"url":215,"checkedAt":129},"Freshet News · 'The amount of hatred I got for running for mayor is not OK': Coquitlam councillor, by Janis Cleugh, October 20, 2026","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.freshetnews.ca\u002Fthe-amount-of-hatred-i-got-for-running-for-mayor-is-not-ok-coquitlam-councillor\u002F",{"label":217,"url":218,"checkedAt":129},"Tri-Cities Dispatch · Hodge announces Coquitlam mayoral bid as Stewart talks 'handing over the reins', by Jeremy Shepherd, October 15, 2025","https:\u002F\u002Ftricitiesdispatch.com\u002Fhodge-coquitlam-mayoral-stewart-reins\u002F",{"label":220,"url":221,"checkedAt":129},"Tri-Cities Dispatch · Three candidates vying to be Coquitlam's next mayor, by Jeremy Shepherd, September 13, 2026","https:\u002F\u002Ftricitiesdispatch.com\u002Fthree-candidates-vying-to-be-coquitlams-next-mayor\u002F",{"label":114,"url":115,"checkedAt":129},{"label":224,"url":155,"checkedAt":129},"Tri-Cities Dispatch · Hodge, Lurbiecki and West win, by Jeremy Shepherd, October 18, 2026",{"label":226,"url":227,"checkedAt":129},"Tri-Cities Dispatch · Coquitlam council settles on 3.37 percent property tax hike in 7-1 vote, by Jeremy Shepherd, December 8, 2025","https:\u002F\u002Ftricitiesdispatch.com\u002Fcoquitlam-council-settles-on-3-37-property-tax-hike-in-7-1-vote\u002F",{"label":229,"url":230,"checkedAt":129},"Tri-Cities Dispatch · Coquitlam looks to cut carbon in new buildings by 2028, by Jeremy Shepherd, October 31, 2024","https:\u002F\u002Ftricitiesdispatch.com\u002Fcoquitlam-looks-to-cut-carbon-in-new-buildings-by-2028\u002F",{"label":232,"url":233,"checkedAt":129},"Tri-Cities Dispatch · Coquitlam weighs corporate sponsors and naming rights, by Jeremy Shepherd, February 5, 2025","https:\u002F\u002Ftricitiesdispatch.com\u002Fcoquitlam-corporate-sponsors-naming\u002F",{"label":235,"url":236,"checkedAt":129},"Tri-Cities Dispatch · 'Thank you, Richard': Coquitlam mayor departs amid praise from colleagues, by Jeremy Shepherd, October 29, 2026","https:\u002F\u002Ftricitiesdispatch.com\u002Fmayor-stewart-goodbye\u002F",{"label":238,"url":239,"checkedAt":129},"Global News · B.C. municipal election day 2026: Many incumbent mayors lose their seat, October 17, 2026","https:\u002F\u002Fglobalnews.ca\u002Fnews\u002F12104110\u002Fbc-municipal-election-2026-latest-update-polls-results\u002F","elections\u002Fbc-coquitlam-2026\u002Fcandidates\u002Fcraig-hodge","Craig Hodge was elected mayor of Coquitlam on October 17, 2026, with 15,654 votes in the City's official count, declared by the Chief Election Officer on October 21. The Tri-Cities Dispatch reported that Councillor Trish Mandewo had 7,309 votes and Madhavee Inamdar 2,895. He ran with no elector organization. Daily Hive reported that he was first elected to council in 2011 and that Mayor Richard Stewart, who did not run again, endorsed him at his campaign launch on October 15, 2025. The City's council page says he began as a photojournalist in 1974 at the Columbian and helped start The Tri-City News. His platform promised more housing choices, City spending under control, more police officers and foot patrols, a wildfire detection system, the Burke Mountain Community Centre, and expanded mental health care on the Riverview lands.",[],"gds9roloDN9vk02wLY7ljjhmK6a1dFKmXGbm-tDPZ3k",[],[246,257,267,270,278,287,297,307,316,325,333,343],{"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":72,"height":73,"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":260,"number":68,"ballotNumber":19,"colour":30,"palette":19,"sample":20,"portrait":261},"candace-knoll","Candace Knoll","School Trustee",{"src":262,"smallSrc":263,"width":72,"height":73,"alt":264,"credit":265,"sourceUrl":266,"position":77},"\u002Fimages\u002Fcandidates\u002Fcandace-knoll-640.webp","\u002Fimages\u002Fcandidates\u002Fcandace-knoll-320.webp","Candace Knoll, from Freshet News.","Freshet News","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.freshetnews.ca\u002Fcandace-knoll\u002F",{"slug":268,"name":269,"office":260,"number":68,"ballotNumber":19,"colour":250,"palette":19,"sample":20,"portrait":19},"chuck-denison","Chuck Denison",{"slug":271,"name":272,"office":260,"number":68,"ballotNumber":19,"colour":250,"palette":19,"sample":20,"portrait":273},"craig-woods","Craig 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Djonlic","teal",{"src":292,"smallSrc":293,"width":72,"height":73,"alt":294,"credit":295,"sourceUrl":296,"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":298,"name":299,"office":249,"number":68,"ballotNumber":19,"colour":300,"palette":19,"sample":20,"portrait":301},"matthew-sebastiani","Matthew Sebastiani","fern",{"src":302,"smallSrc":303,"width":72,"height":73,"alt":304,"credit":305,"sourceUrl":306,"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":308,"name":309,"office":249,"number":68,"ballotNumber":19,"colour":290,"palette":19,"sample":20,"portrait":310},"robert-mazzarolo","Robert Mazzarolo",{"src":311,"smallSrc":312,"width":72,"height":73,"alt":313,"credit":314,"sourceUrl":315,"position":77},"\u002Fimages\u002Fcandidates\u002Frobert-mazzarolo-640.webp","\u002Fimages\u002Fcandidates\u002Frobert-mazzarolo-320.webp","Robert Mazzarolo, from Mazzarolo for City Council.","Mazzarolo for City Council","https:\u002F\u002Frobertmazzarolo.com\u002F",{"slug":317,"name":318,"office":249,"number":68,"ballotNumber":19,"colour":250,"palette":19,"sample":20,"portrait":319},"rosalinda-thorleifson","Rosalinda Thorleifson",{"src":320,"smallSrc":321,"width":72,"height":73,"alt":322,"credit":323,"sourceUrl":324,"position":77},"\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":326,"name":327,"office":260,"number":68,"ballotNumber":19,"colour":250,"palette":19,"sample":20,"portrait":328},"rosey-manhas","Rosey Manhas",{"src":329,"smallSrc":330,"width":72,"height":73,"alt":331,"credit":265,"sourceUrl":332,"position":77},"\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":334,"name":335,"office":249,"number":68,"ballotNumber":19,"colour":336,"palette":19,"sample":20,"portrait":337},"steve-kim","Steve Kim","plum",{"src":338,"smallSrc":339,"width":72,"height":73,"alt":340,"credit":341,"sourceUrl":342,"position":77},"\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":344,"name":345,"office":249,"number":68,"ballotNumber":19,"colour":300,"palette":19,"sample":20,"portrait":346},"teri-towner","Teri Towner",{"src":347,"smallSrc":348,"width":72,"height":73,"alt":349,"credit":350,"sourceUrl":351,"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":353,"checkedAt":129,"extension":52,"meta":354,"promises":355,"race":642,"slug":170,"stem":643,"__hash__":644},"trackers\u002Felections\u002Fbc-coquitlam-2026\u002Ftracker\u002Fcraig-hodge.json",{},[356,369,378,387,396,404,413,422,432,441,450,458,466,474,483,490,498,507,516,523,531,538,545,552,559,567,574,581,590,597,604,612,619,627,634],{"id":357,"title":358,"pledge":359,"topic":360,"scope":361,"quote":362,"sources":363,"status":367,"evidence":368},"protect-parks-trees-natural-areas","Protect parks, forests and trees, and expand the urban tree canopy","His platform, under Quality of Life and under Environment, says he will protect parks, trees, forests, green spaces and natural areas, and preserve and expand Coquitlam's urban tree canopy. The biography he gave the City repeats the pledge to protect parks, trees and green spaces.","Environment","own","Preserve and expand Coquitlam's urban tree canopy",[364,365],{"label":85,"url":62},{"label":366,"url":198},"VoteMate · Craig Hodge, independent for Coquitlam Mayor (the biography he gave the City)","not-started",[],{"id":370,"title":371,"pledge":372,"topic":373,"scope":361,"sources":374,"status":367,"evidence":377},"infrastructure-keeps-pace-with-growth","Make infrastructure keep pace with growth, with new development paying its share","His platform, under Quality of Life and Transportation, says he will ensure infrastructure keeps pace with growth, invest in roads, utilities and neighbourhood infrastructure, and ensure new development contributes to the infrastructure it requires. At his launch he said a top responsibility as mayor would be to provide the infrastructure growth needs, the Dispatch reported.","City services",[375,376],{"label":85,"url":62},{"label":217,"url":218},[],{"id":379,"title":380,"pledge":381,"topic":382,"scope":361,"sources":383,"status":367,"evidence":386},"improve-traffic-walking-cycling","Improve traffic flow on major routes and walking and cycling connections","His platform, under Transportation, says he will improve traffic flow on major routes and improve walking and cycling connections. He told the Dispatch that congestion must not spill into residential neighbourhoods.","Transportation",[384,385],{"label":85,"url":62},{"label":114,"url":115},[],{"id":388,"title":389,"pledge":390,"topic":391,"scope":361,"sources":392,"status":367,"evidence":395},"plan-schools-childcare-medical","Plan for schools, child care and medical services as the city grows","His platform, under Quality of Life, says he will plan for schools, childcare and medical services. In the biography he gave the City he wrote that schools, childcare and medical services must keep pace with growth.","Community facilities",[393,394],{"label":85,"url":62},{"label":366,"url":198},[],{"id":397,"title":398,"pledge":399,"topic":400,"scope":361,"sources":401,"status":367,"evidence":403},"renew-established-neighbourhoods","Renew and improve established neighbourhoods","His platform, under Quality of Life, says he will renew and improve established neighbourhoods.","Housing",[402],{"label":85,"url":62},[],{"id":405,"title":406,"pledge":407,"topic":400,"scope":361,"quote":408,"sources":409,"status":367,"evidence":412},"more-housing-choices-family-homes","More housing choices, including family-sized two- and three-bedroom homes","His platform, under Affordability, says he will bring more housing choices for families, seniors and young people and more family-sized two- and three-bedroom homes. He told the Dispatch that means townhomes for families, rental housing for young people, accessible homes for seniors and chances for first-time buyers.","More family-sized 2- and 3-bedroom homes",[410,411],{"label":85,"url":62},{"label":114,"url":115},[],{"id":414,"title":415,"pledge":416,"topic":400,"scope":361,"quote":417,"sources":418,"status":367,"evidence":421},"support-rental-below-market-housing","Support rental and below-market housing","His platform, under Affordability, says he will support rental and below-market housing. At his launch he said 900 below-market homes had been built and 1,300 more were planned, and that as mayor he would keep looking for chances to build more, the Dispatch reported.","But the need is great, so as your mayor I will continue to look for opportunities to build even more.",[419,420],{"label":85,"url":62},{"label":217,"url":218},[],{"id":423,"title":424,"pledge":425,"topic":426,"scope":361,"sources":427,"status":367,"evidence":431},"spending-under-control-low-taxes","Keep City spending under control and property taxes as low as possible","His platform, under Affordability, says he will keep City spending under control and work to keep property tax as low as possible. He told the Dispatch his focus is keeping property taxes affordable while protecting services, and the biography he gave the City says he will keep taxes as low as possible.","Taxes and spending",[428,429,430],{"label":85,"url":62},{"label":114,"url":115},{"label":366,"url":198},[],{"id":433,"title":434,"pledge":435,"topic":436,"scope":361,"quote":434,"sources":437,"status":367,"evidence":440},"hire-more-police-officers","Hire more police officers","His platform, under A Safer Coquitlam, says he will hire more police officers. Daily Hive reported the pledge on election night.","Public safety",[438,439],{"label":85,"url":62},{"label":202,"url":203},[],{"id":442,"title":443,"pledge":444,"topic":436,"scope":361,"sources":445,"status":367,"evidence":449},"more-foot-patrols","Increase visible neighbourhood and foot patrols","His platform, under A Safer Coquitlam, says he will increase visible neighbourhood and foot patrols. In the biography he gave the City he wrote that he supports more RCMP foot patrols.",[446,447,448],{"label":85,"url":62},{"label":366,"url":198},{"label":220,"url":221},[],{"id":451,"title":452,"pledge":453,"topic":436,"scope":361,"sources":454,"status":367,"evidence":457},"gang-prevention-enforcement","Strengthen gang prevention and enforcement","His platform, under A Safer Coquitlam, says he will strengthen gang prevention and enforcement. The biography he gave the City names dedicated resources to address gang activity.",[455,456],{"label":85,"url":62},{"label":366,"url":198},[],{"id":459,"title":460,"pledge":461,"topic":436,"scope":361,"sources":462,"status":367,"evidence":465},"improve-traffic-enforcement","Improve traffic enforcement","His platform, under A Safer Coquitlam, says he will improve traffic enforcement, and the biography he gave the City says stronger traffic enforcement.",[463,464],{"label":85,"url":62},{"label":366,"url":198},[],{"id":467,"title":468,"pledge":469,"topic":436,"scope":361,"sources":470,"status":367,"evidence":473},"expand-community-safety-officers","Expand Community Safety Officers","His platform, under A Safer Coquitlam, says he will expand Community Safety Officers, and the biography he gave the City names community safety officers among the measures he supports.",[471,472],{"label":85,"url":62},{"label":366,"url":198},[],{"id":475,"title":476,"pledge":477,"topic":436,"scope":361,"quote":478,"sources":479,"status":367,"evidence":482},"improve-911-response","Improve 911 call response, with mental health calls answered directly","His platform, under A Safer Coquitlam, says he will improve 911 call response, including answering mental health calls directly. In the biography he gave the City he wrote that he will keep advocating for improvements to 911 service.","Improve 911 call response, including answering mental health calls directly",[480,481],{"label":85,"url":62},{"label":366,"url":198},[],{"id":484,"title":485,"pledge":486,"topic":436,"scope":361,"quote":485,"sources":487,"status":367,"evidence":489},"wildfire-detection-system","Set up a wildfire detection system","His platform, under A Safer Coquitlam, says he will set up a wildfire detection system.",[488],{"label":85,"url":62},[],{"id":491,"title":492,"pledge":493,"topic":436,"scope":361,"quote":494,"sources":495,"status":367,"evidence":497},"fire-medic-unit-south-fire-hall","Expand the fire medic unit and add a fire hall on the south side of the city","Asked by Freshet News how he would support the fire department, he said he would like to see the two-person medic unit expanded and that the City will have to put another fire hall on the southern side of the city.","And we're going to have to put another fire hall on the southern side of the city.",[496],{"label":208,"url":209},[],{"id":499,"title":500,"pledge":501,"topic":502,"scope":361,"sources":503,"status":367,"evidence":506},"advocate-mental-health-addiction-services","Advocate for expanded mental health and addiction services","His platform, under Mental Health and Riverview, says he will advocate for expanded mental health and addiction services, work with the Province and the federal government on long-term solutions, support early intervention and community-based care, and invest in better mental health supports.","Health",[504,505],{"label":85,"url":62},{"label":202,"url":203},[],{"id":508,"title":509,"pledge":510,"topic":502,"scope":361,"sources":511,"status":367,"evidence":515},"riverview-treatment-and-care","Support expanded treatment and care on the Riverview lands","His platform, under Mental Health and Riverview, says he will support expanded treatment and care at səmiq̓ʷəʔelə \u002F Riverview and explore restoring more comprehensive mental health care on the Riverview lands. He told the Dispatch he supports reopening Riverview, and told Freshet News that the Province could use the lands for wrap-around services.",[512,513,514],{"label":85,"url":62},{"label":114,"url":115},{"label":208,"url":209},[],{"id":517,"title":518,"pledge":519,"topic":391,"scope":361,"quote":518,"sources":520,"status":367,"evidence":522},"burke-mountain-community-centre","Deliver the Burke Mountain Community Centre","His platform, under Parks and Recreation, says he will deliver the Burke Mountain Community Centre.",[521],{"label":85,"url":62},[],{"id":524,"title":525,"pledge":526,"topic":527,"scope":361,"sources":528,"status":367,"evidence":530},"fraser-mills-recreation","Plan recreation amenities at Fraser Mills","His platform, under Parks and Recreation, says he will plan for recreation amenities at Fraser Mills.","Parks and recreation",[529],{"label":85,"url":62},[],{"id":532,"title":533,"pledge":534,"topic":527,"scope":361,"sources":535,"status":367,"evidence":537},"renew-older-parks-facilities","Renew older parks, playgrounds and sports facilities","His platform, under Parks and Recreation, says he will renew older parks, playgrounds and sports facilities.",[536],{"label":85,"url":62},[],{"id":539,"title":540,"pledge":541,"topic":527,"scope":361,"sources":542,"status":367,"evidence":544},"expand-pickleball-tennis","Expand pickleball and tennis facilities","His platform, under Parks and Recreation, says he will expand pickleball and tennis facilities.",[543],{"label":85,"url":62},[],{"id":546,"title":547,"pledge":548,"topic":527,"scope":361,"sources":549,"status":367,"evidence":551},"crunch-trails-crystal-falls","Improve the Coquitlam Crunch and expand trails, including a link to Crystal Falls","His platform, under Parks and Recreation and under Environment, says he will improve and expand the Coquitlam Crunch, advance a trail connection to Crystal Falls and expand trails and connections to nature.",[550],{"label":85,"url":62},[],{"id":553,"title":554,"pledge":555,"topic":391,"scope":361,"sources":556,"status":367,"evidence":558},"seniors-programs-spaces","Expand programs and spaces for seniors","His platform, under Parks and Recreation, says he will expand programs and spaces for seniors.",[557],{"label":85,"url":62},[],{"id":560,"title":561,"pledge":562,"topic":563,"scope":361,"sources":564,"status":367,"evidence":566},"support-arts-culture-events","Support arts, culture, festivals and community events","His platform, under Parks and Recreation, says he will support arts, culture, festivals and community events, and under Local Business, community events that bring people to local businesses.","Arts and culture",[565],{"label":85,"url":62},[],{"id":568,"title":569,"pledge":570,"topic":563,"scope":361,"sources":571,"status":367,"evidence":573},"entertainment-zone-new-theatre","Pursue an entertainment zone near SkyTrain with a new theatre","Asked by Freshet News how he would add nightlife, he said he has long advocated for an entertainment zone near the SkyTrain stations, with a new theatre to replace the Evergreen Cultural Centre as its anchor, a row of restaurants and an outdoor skating rink.",[572],{"label":208,"url":209},[],{"id":575,"title":576,"pledge":577,"topic":563,"scope":361,"sources":578,"status":367,"evidence":580},"heritage-management-strategy","Press for a heritage management strategy","Asked by Freshet News whether a heritage management strategy would come in his term, he said he raises it every time council sets its priorities and that council had discussed how to save houses now that provincial small-scale housing rules limit the City's heritage revitalization agreements.",[579],{"label":208,"url":209},[],{"id":582,"title":583,"pledge":584,"topic":382,"scope":361,"quote":585,"sources":586,"status":367,"evidence":589},"advocate-better-transit","Lobby TransLink and senior governments for better transit service","His platform, under Transportation, says he will advocate for better transit service. He told the Dispatch he will lobby TransLink and senior governments to improve transit service and expand connections to underserved areas.","I will lobby TransLink and senior governments to recognize Coquitlam's growth and improve transit service, expand connections to underserved areas and invest in road improvements.",[587,588],{"label":85,"url":62},{"label":114,"url":115},[],{"id":591,"title":592,"pledge":593,"topic":382,"scope":361,"sources":594,"status":367,"evidence":596},"brunette-interchange-westwood-underpass","Press for the Brunette Interchange fix and a Westwood Street rail underpass","He told the Dispatch he will advocate that the provincial government fix the Brunette Interchange and that the federal government and the Port Authority build a railway underpass on Westwood Street.",[595],{"label":114,"url":115},[],{"id":598,"title":599,"pledge":600,"topic":426,"scope":361,"sources":601,"status":367,"evidence":603},"fair-share-infrastructure-funding","Seek Coquitlam's fair share of senior government infrastructure money","His platform, under Transportation, says he will work with senior governments to secure Coquitlam's fair share of infrastructure funding.",[602],{"label":85,"url":62},[],{"id":605,"title":606,"pledge":607,"topic":360,"scope":361,"sources":608,"status":367,"evidence":611},"protect-streams-sensitive-areas","Protect streams and environmentally sensitive areas","His platform, under Environment, says he will protect streams and environmentally sensitive areas. He told the Dispatch he has supported stronger water discharge rules and worked with the kʷikʷəƛ̓əm First Nation on the salmon hatchery near Coquitlam Dam.",[609,610],{"label":85,"url":62},{"label":114,"url":115},[],{"id":613,"title":614,"pledge":615,"topic":360,"scope":361,"sources":616,"status":367,"evidence":618},"reduce-emissions-waste","Support practical measures to reduce emissions and waste","His platform, under Environment, says he will support practical measures to reduce emissions and waste.",[617],{"label":85,"url":62},[],{"id":620,"title":621,"pledge":622,"topic":623,"scope":361,"sources":624,"status":367,"evidence":626},"attract-employers-competitive","Attract new employers and keep the city competitive for investment","His platform, under Local Business, says he will keep Coquitlam competitive for businesses and investment, attract new employers and services, and create more chances to work close to home.","Business",[625],{"label":85,"url":62},[],{"id":628,"title":629,"pledge":630,"topic":623,"scope":361,"sources":631,"status":367,"evidence":633},"cut-red-tape-small-business","Cut unnecessary red tape for small and independent businesses","His platform, under Local Business, says he will support small and independent businesses and reduce unnecessary red tape.",[632],{"label":85,"url":62},[],{"id":635,"title":636,"pledge":637,"topic":373,"scope":361,"quote":638,"sources":639,"status":367,"evidence":641},"partnerships-neighbours-school-board","Build partnerships with neighbouring cities, the school board and senior governments","At his campaign launch he said that as mayor he would look for chances to build strong partnerships with neighbouring cities, the school board and senior levels of government, the Dispatch reported.","As your mayor, I will look for opportunities to build strong partnerships with our neighbours, our school board, and senior levels of government.",[640],{"label":217,"url":218},[],"mayor","elections\u002Fbc-coquitlam-2026\u002Ftracker\u002Fcraig-hodge","rxYYhUUCMHxHVZXQMCrHwEht8KwW-6qxrpvGW0GB6wA",[],1793466029595]