[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":541},["ShallowReactive",2],{"news-list":3,"candidate-matt-djonlic":21,"parties-all":227,"candidate-neighbours-matt-djonlic":228,"tracker-matt-djonlic":334,"votes-matt-djonlic":540},[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":28,"contentOrigin":29,"currentRole":30,"district":19,"dossier":19,"experience":31,"extension":43,"headline":44,"languages":45,"links":46,"meta":53,"name":54,"neighbourhood":19,"nomination":19,"number":55,"office":56,"palette":19,"party":19,"photos":19,"polled":19,"portrait":57,"priorities":65,"questionnaire":108,"questions":111,"sample":20,"scoreChanges":19,"searched":112,"sections":148,"slug":157,"sources":158,"stem":223,"summary":224,"unaffiliated":20,"updatedAt":116,"updates":225,"withdrawal":19,"__hash__":226},"candidates\u002Felections\u002Fbc-coquitlam-2026\u002Fcandidates\u002Fmatt-djonlic.json",[24,25,26,27],"Matt Djonlic was re-elected to Coquitlam City Council on October 17, 2026. The City of Coquitlam's official count gives him 15,905 votes, the most of the 20 council candidates, and the Chief Election Officer declared him elected on October 21, 2026. Freshet News reported that he had 251 votes more than Craig Hodge, elected mayor the same night, and quoted him at Hodge's victory party: \"I have been waiting weeks to say that.\" The City's results print no elector organization for any candidate, and VoteMate lists him as an independent.","Freshet News reported on March 19, 2026 that he was first elected in 2022 with 8,925 votes, that he has served on the Coquitlam Public Library board, chaired the Accessibility and Inclusion, Sports and Recreation and Multiculturalism advisory committees, and represented council on the Tri-Cities Homelessness and Housing Task Group. The City's council page adds the Parcel Tax committee and Metro Vancouver's Flood Resiliency Committee. By his own account, on the City's page and his campaign site, he worked in the provincial government on housing, finance, mental health and municipal affairs before council and was a library board trustee for ten years; in his Freshet News profile he lists SHARE, the Coquitlam Legion and the library as places he has volunteered. voche.me has not checked these with those bodies.","The City's council minutes of February 6, 2023 record that he moved the final reading of a zoning amendment bylaw for a development at 3423 Victoria Drive, carried unanimously. The Tri-Cities Dispatch reported several of his council positions. In October 2024, on energy and carbon rules for new buildings, he suggested the City could move its final deadline from 2028 to 2027. In February 2025, on corporate sponsorships, he said: \"Generally speaking, I like public space being for the public.\" In December 2025 he said council's budget talks had focused on what the City could stop doing, and the 2026 budget with its 3.37 per cent tax increase passed 7 to 1. In June 2026 he voted for a 404-unit townhouse project in the Partington Creek neighbourhood of Burke Mountain, which passed 5 to 3. In July 2026 he voted for new rules capping studio units at 25 per cent of a development and setting minimum bedroom sizes, which passed 7 to 2; the Dispatch quoted him saying the market had been catering to the \"investor class\". The same month he told council the planned Fraser Mills Community Centre would take pressure off the Poirier pool.","He announced his campaign on March 19, 2026, Freshet News reported, saying he would lobby TransLink for more bus service, the Province for an urgent and primary care centre and non-profits to build subsidized housing on surplus City land. In the Dispatch's questionnaire of October 13, 2026 he said council had passed requirements for two- and three-bedroom condos and minimum bedroom sizes, that the City still needs to approve more townhouses and purpose-built rental, and that his campaign's donations all came from individuals living in BC. Asked about Flock or Axon cameras, he said the federal government has contracted Axon for RCMP body-worn cameras across Canada. He endorsed Craig Hodge for mayor; his statement is on Hodge's campaign site, and he spoke at Hodge's launch on October 15, 2025.","teal","editorial","Councillor, City of Coquitlam",[32,38],{"period":33,"title":30,"description":34,"source":35},"2022 to now","Freshet News reported that he was elected in 2022 with 8,925 votes. The City's council page lists him as council's liaison to the Library and the Homelessness and Housing Task Force and chair of the Sports, Accessibility, Parcel Tax and Multiculturalism committees.",{"label":36,"url":37},"City of Coquitlam · Councillor Matt Djonlic","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.coquitlam.ca\u002F1217\u002FCouncillor-Matt-Djonlic",{"period":39,"title":40,"description":41,"source":42},"Before 2022","Provincial government employee (his own account)","The City's page and his campaign site say he worked in the provincial government in housing, finance, mental health and municipal affairs before council. voche.me has not checked this with the Province.",{"label":36,"url":37},"json","Re-elected to Coquitlam council on October 17, 2026, with 15,905 votes, the most of any candidate in the city. A first-term councillor elected in 2022, he ran with no elector organization on new pools and library branches, more bus service, taxes below the Metro Vancouver average, more townhouses and purpose-built rental, and more firefighters.",[],[47,51],{"label":48,"url":49,"kind":50},"Matt Djonlic campaign site","https:\u002F\u002Fmattdjonlic.ca\u002F","website",{"label":52,"url":37,"kind":50},"City of Coquitlam: Councillor Matt Djonlic",{},"Matt Djonlic","","Councillor",{"src":58,"smallSrc":59,"width":60,"height":61,"alt":62,"credit":63,"sourceUrl":49,"position":64},"\u002Fimages\u002Fcandidates\u002Fmatt-djonlic-640.webp","\u002Fimages\u002Fcandidates\u002Fmatt-djonlic-320.webp",640,800,"Matt Djonlic, from Re-Elect Matt Djonlic for Coquitlam City Council.","Re-Elect Matt Djonlic for Coquitlam City Council","50% 30%",[66,73,79,84,89,96,103],{"title":67,"summary":68,"details":69,"source":71},"Press the Province for a hospital expansion, schools, the Brunette Interchange and urgent care","His platform says he will keep pushing the provincial and federal governments to expand Eagle Ridge Hospital, build and expand schools, fix the Brunette Interchange and bring urgent and primary care centres to Coquitlam.",[70],"Freshet News reported in March 2026 that he would lobby the Province for an urgent and primary care centre.",{"label":72,"url":49},"Matt Djonlic campaign · Re-Elect Matt Djonlic for Coquitlam City Council (home and platform)",{"title":74,"summary":75,"details":76,"source":78},"New pools, a community centre and library branches","His platform promises the Burke Mountain Community Centre with a 25-metre lap pool, a Fraser Mills pool to take pressure off Poirier, a third library branch on Burke Mountain and a fourth in Burquitlam.",[77],"He told the Dispatch in July 2026 that the Fraser Mills centre \"is going to take a lot of pressure off the Poirier pool.\"",{"label":72,"url":49},{"title":80,"summary":81,"details":82,"source":83},"The basics, and taxes below the Metro Vancouver average","His platform promises timely garbage pickup, consistent road work and new sidewalks, reliable snow removal and property taxes below the Metro Vancouver average. He told Freshet News his top issue is sound management of the capital plan while keeping taxes in check.",[],{"label":72,"url":49},{"title":85,"summary":86,"details":87,"source":88},"More frequent buses, more bus stops and new roads","His platform promises to plan and advocate for more frequent buses connecting to SkyTrain, more bus stops, road expansions like Pipeline Road, and future roads and pedestrian overpasses in the City Centre core.",[],{"label":72,"url":49},{"title":90,"summary":91,"details":92,"source":93},"More townhouses, purpose-built rental and subsidized housing on City land","He told the Dispatch the City still needs to approve more townhouses and keep building purpose-built rental. Freshet News reported that he would lobby non-profits to build subsidized housing on surplus City land.",[],{"label":94,"url":95},"Tri-Cities Dispatch · Coquitlam council candidates answer your questions, October 13, 2026","https:\u002F\u002Ftricitiesdispatch.com\u002Fcoquitlam-council-candidates-answer-your-questions\u002F",{"title":97,"summary":98,"details":99,"source":100},"More firefighters and police paired with mental health nurses","In the reason for running he gave VoteMate and on his campaign site, he says he will keep delivering more firefighters and police officers paired with mental health nurses.",[],{"label":101,"url":102},"VoteMate · Matt Djonlic, independent for Coquitlam Council, 2026 BC Local Elections","https:\u002F\u002Fvotemate.org\u002Fbc2026\u002Fcandidates\u002F13422?riding=799",{"title":104,"summary":105,"details":106,"source":107},"Sports, parks and trees","His platform promises a new deal with Planet Ice, a turf field on Burke Mountain, more pickleball, bigger Cottonwood and Guilby parks, new playgrounds and spray parks, and thousands of new trees a year.",[],{"label":72,"url":49},{"status":109,"answers":110},"not-contacted",[],[],[113,119,124,129,133,138,143],{"step":114,"label":115,"date":116,"result":117,"note":118,"url":49},1,"His own campaign website","2026-10-30","found","Read mattdjonlic.ca: the home page holds About, the platform (14 headings) and Endorsements; the In the Community page holds photo captions; Get Involved and Contact hold forms. He ran with no elector organization, so there is no party platform.",{"step":120,"label":121,"date":116,"result":122,"note":123},2,"His public social media accounts","unreachable","His VoteMate page lists Facebook, Instagram and Bluesky accounts. Each showed a login page or no posts to scripts, so no post was read.",{"step":125,"label":126,"date":116,"result":117,"note":127,"url":128},3,"The City's candidate list and official results","The City's declaration of October 21, 2026 and its results per tabulator give him 15,905 votes and print no elector organization. The City took its candidate pages down after the vote.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.coquitlam.ca\u002FDocumentCenter\u002FView\u002F20767\u002FDeclaration-of-Official-Election-Results",{"step":130,"label":131,"date":116,"result":117,"note":132,"url":95},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 holds his biography and reason for running and no promises. No report of a 2026 all-candidates meeting quoting him was found.",{"step":134,"label":135,"date":116,"result":117,"note":136,"url":137},5,"A name search with Coquitlam and 2026, then with the office and a topic","Found Freshet News's report of March 19, 2026, the Dispatch's report of September 13, 2026 on the candidates, and the Dispatch's reports of council decisions in 2024, 2025 and 2026. Wikipedia and the Tri-City News archive (403) were not used.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.freshetnews.ca\u002Fdjonlic-seeks-four-more-years-on-coquitlam-council\u002F",{"step":139,"label":140,"date":116,"result":117,"note":141,"url":142},6,"News reports of the result and his first statements","Read Freshet News's and the Dispatch's reports of election night; Freshet News quotes him at the mayor's victory party.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.freshetnews.ca\u002Fhodge-clinches-mayors-seat-incumbents-re-elected\u002F",{"step":144,"label":145,"date":116,"result":117,"note":146,"url":147},7,"The public record of his term on council","Read the City's council page for him and the City's council minutes of February 6, 2023 (his motion on a zoning bylaw). His votes and words on the unit mix rules, the Partington Creek townhouses, the Fraser Mills centre, the 2026 budget, water restrictions and building standards come from the Dispatch's reports.","https:\u002F\u002Fcoquitlam.ca\u002FAgendaCenter\u002FViewFile\u002FMinutes\u002F_02062023-773",[149],{"id":150,"kicker":151,"title":152,"paragraphs":153,"links":156},"research-status","Research status","What voche.me has checked",[154,155],"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 6, 2023, his campaign site (the home page holds his platform; the In the Community page holds photo captions), his VoteMate page, and reporting by Freshet News and the Tri-Cities Dispatch.","His campaign's account of his work in the provincial government and his ten years as a library board trustee is the campaign's own and was not checked with those bodies. The campaign site's lists of things council has built or approved are the campaign's; the council decisions on this page come from the City's minutes and from the Dispatch's reports. His Facebook, Instagram and Bluesky accounts were not read, because each showed only a login page or no posts to scripts. The Tri-City News archive on vancouverisawesome.com answers 403 to scripts, so its 2022 reports on him were not read.",[],"matt-djonlic",[159,161,164,168,169,172,173,175,176,178,181,183,186,189,190,193,196,199,202,205,208,211,214,217,220],{"label":160,"url":128,"checkedAt":116},"City of Coquitlam · Declaration of Official Election Results, October 21, 2026",{"label":162,"url":163,"checkedAt":116},"City of Coquitlam · Results per Tabulator, 2026 General Local Election, October 21, 2026","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.coquitlam.ca\u002FDocumentCenter\u002FView\u002F20771",{"label":165,"url":166,"checkedAt":116,"listOnly":167},"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":72,"url":49,"checkedAt":116},{"label":170,"url":171,"checkedAt":116},"Matt Djonlic campaign · In the Community","https:\u002F\u002Fmattdjonlic.ca\u002Fcommunity",{"label":36,"url":37,"checkedAt":116},{"label":174,"url":147,"checkedAt":116},"City of Coquitlam · Minutes, Regular Council Meeting, February 6, 2023",{"label":101,"url":102,"checkedAt":116},{"label":177,"url":137,"checkedAt":116},"Freshet News · Djonlic seeks four more years on Coquitlam council, by Janis Cleugh, March 19, 2026",{"label":179,"url":180,"checkedAt":116},"Freshet News · Matt Djonlic, Coquitlam city council candidate, September 30, 2026","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.freshetnews.ca\u002Fmatt-djonlic\u002F",{"label":182,"url":142,"checkedAt":116},"Freshet News · Hodge clinches mayor's chair, incumbents re-elected, by Janis Cleugh, October 18, 2026",{"label":184,"url":185,"checkedAt":116},"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":187,"url":188,"checkedAt":116},"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":94,"url":95,"checkedAt":116},{"label":191,"url":192,"checkedAt":116},"Tri-Cities Dispatch · Hodge, Lurbiecki and West win, by Jeremy Shepherd, October 18, 2026","https:\u002F\u002Ftricitiesdispatch.com\u002Fhodge-lurbiecki-west-win\u002F",{"label":194,"url":195,"checkedAt":116},"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":197,"url":198,"checkedAt":116},"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":200,"url":201,"checkedAt":116},"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":203,"url":204,"checkedAt":116},"Tri-Cities Dispatch · Coquitlam caps studio units, sets minimum bedroom sizes, by Jeremy Shepherd, July 28, 2026","https:\u002F\u002Ftricitiesdispatch.com\u002Fcoquitlam-caps-studios-units-sets-minimum-bedroom-sizes\u002F",{"label":206,"url":207,"checkedAt":116},"Tri-Cities Dispatch · Burke Mountain townhouse project near bear hotspot splits council, by Jeremy Shepherd, June 23, 2026","https:\u002F\u002Ftricitiesdispatch.com\u002Fburke-bear-alley-townhouse-council-split\u002F",{"label":209,"url":210,"checkedAt":116},"Tri-Cities Dispatch · Fraser Mills Community Centre plan, by Jeremy Shepherd, July 13, 2026","https:\u002F\u002Ftricitiesdispatch.com\u002Ffraser-mills-rec-centre-plan\u002F",{"label":212,"url":213,"checkedAt":116},"Tri-Cities Dispatch · Coquitlam council blasts Surrey over water restrictions, by Jeremy Shepherd, July 1, 2026","https:\u002F\u002Ftricitiesdispatch.com\u002Fcoquitlam-blasts-surrey-water-restrictions\u002F",{"label":215,"url":216,"checkedAt":116},"Tri-Cities Dispatch · Flood coalition asks Coquitlam to press senior governments, by Jeremy Shepherd, July 6, 2026","https:\u002F\u002Ftricitiesdispatch.com\u002Fflood-risk-cost-coalition\u002F",{"label":218,"url":219,"checkedAt":116},"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":221,"url":222,"checkedAt":116},"Craig Hodge campaign · Endorsements","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.craighodge.ca\u002Fendorsements","elections\u002Fbc-coquitlam-2026\u002Fcandidates\u002Fmatt-djonlic","Matt Djonlic was re-elected to Coquitlam City Council on October 17, 2026, with 15,905 votes in the City's official count, declared on October 21. Freshet News reported that this was 251 votes more than the new mayor, Craig Hodge, received. He ran with no elector organization. Freshet News reported that he was first elected in 2022 with 8,925 votes and that he has sat on the Coquitlam Public Library board and chaired three advisory committees. His campaign site promises to press the Province for an expanded Eagle Ridge Hospital, new schools, the Brunette Interchange and an urgent and primary care centre; to build the Burke Mountain Community Centre and plan a Fraser Mills pool; to keep property taxes below the Metro Vancouver average; and to lobby TransLink for more frequent buses.",[],"yaLDpfByODxr3R_3izeT-J2MwW6ovYSS31d4iKqBLgs",[],[229,239,250,253,262,270,279,289,298,307,315,325],{"slug":230,"name":231,"office":56,"number":55,"ballotNumber":19,"colour":232,"palette":19,"sample":20,"portrait":233},"benjamin-perry","Benjamin Perry","rose",{"src":234,"smallSrc":235,"width":60,"height":61,"alt":236,"credit":237,"sourceUrl":238,"position":64},"\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":240,"name":241,"office":242,"number":55,"ballotNumber":19,"colour":243,"palette":19,"sample":20,"portrait":244},"candace-knoll","Candace Knoll","School Trustee","blue",{"src":245,"smallSrc":246,"width":60,"height":61,"alt":247,"credit":248,"sourceUrl":249,"position":64},"\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":251,"name":252,"office":242,"number":55,"ballotNumber":19,"colour":232,"palette":19,"sample":20,"portrait":19},"chuck-denison","Chuck Denison",{"slug":254,"name":255,"office":13,"number":55,"ballotNumber":19,"colour":243,"palette":19,"sample":20,"portrait":256},"craig-hodge","Craig Hodge",{"src":257,"smallSrc":258,"width":60,"height":61,"alt":259,"credit":260,"sourceUrl":261,"position":64},"\u002Fimages\u002Fcandidates\u002Fcraig-hodge-640.webp","\u002Fimages\u002Fcandidates\u002Fcraig-hodge-320.webp","Craig Hodge, from Elect Craig Hodge for Mayor of Coquitlam.","Elect Craig Hodge for Mayor of Coquitlam","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.craighodge.ca\u002Fachievements",{"slug":263,"name":264,"office":242,"number":55,"ballotNumber":19,"colour":232,"palette":19,"sample":20,"portrait":265},"craig-woods","Craig Woods",{"src":266,"smallSrc":267,"width":60,"height":61,"alt":268,"credit":248,"sourceUrl":269,"position":64},"\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":271,"name":272,"office":56,"number":55,"ballotNumber":19,"colour":243,"palette":19,"sample":20,"portrait":273},"harvey-su","Harvey Su",{"src":274,"smallSrc":275,"width":60,"height":61,"alt":276,"credit":277,"sourceUrl":278,"position":64},"\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":280,"name":281,"office":56,"number":55,"ballotNumber":19,"colour":282,"palette":19,"sample":20,"portrait":283},"matthew-sebastiani","Matthew Sebastiani","fern",{"src":284,"smallSrc":285,"width":60,"height":61,"alt":286,"credit":287,"sourceUrl":288,"position":64},"\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":290,"name":291,"office":56,"number":55,"ballotNumber":19,"colour":28,"palette":19,"sample":20,"portrait":292},"robert-mazzarolo","Robert Mazzarolo",{"src":293,"smallSrc":294,"width":60,"height":61,"alt":295,"credit":296,"sourceUrl":297,"position":64},"\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":299,"name":300,"office":56,"number":55,"ballotNumber":19,"colour":232,"palette":19,"sample":20,"portrait":301},"rosalinda-thorleifson","Rosalinda Thorleifson",{"src":302,"smallSrc":303,"width":60,"height":61,"alt":304,"credit":305,"sourceUrl":306,"position":64},"\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":308,"name":309,"office":242,"number":55,"ballotNumber":19,"colour":232,"palette":19,"sample":20,"portrait":310},"rosey-manhas","Rosey Manhas",{"src":311,"smallSrc":312,"width":60,"height":61,"alt":313,"credit":248,"sourceUrl":314,"position":64},"\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":316,"name":317,"office":56,"number":55,"ballotNumber":19,"colour":318,"palette":19,"sample":20,"portrait":319},"steve-kim","Steve Kim","plum",{"src":320,"smallSrc":321,"width":60,"height":61,"alt":322,"credit":323,"sourceUrl":324,"position":64},"\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":326,"name":327,"office":56,"number":55,"ballotNumber":19,"colour":282,"palette":19,"sample":20,"portrait":328},"teri-towner","Teri Towner",{"src":329,"smallSrc":330,"width":60,"height":61,"alt":331,"credit":332,"sourceUrl":333,"position":64},"\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":335,"checkedAt":116,"extension":43,"meta":336,"promises":337,"race":537,"slug":157,"stem":538,"__hash__":539},"trackers\u002Felections\u002Fbc-coquitlam-2026\u002Ftracker\u002Fmatt-djonlic.json",{},[338,349,358,366,375,384,391,399,407,417,426,433,441,450,459,467,474,482,490,497,506,514,522,530],{"id":339,"title":340,"pledge":341,"topic":342,"scope":343,"sources":344,"status":347,"evidence":348},"eagle-ridge-hospital-expansion","Press the Province to expand Eagle Ridge Hospital","His platform, under Building the Infrastructure We Need, says he will keep pushing the provincial and federal governments on expanding Eagle Ridge Hospital.","Health","own",[345],{"label":346,"url":49},"Matt Djonlic campaign · Re-Elect Matt Djonlic for Coquitlam City Council (platform)","not-started",[],{"id":350,"title":351,"pledge":352,"topic":342,"scope":343,"sources":353,"status":347,"evidence":357},"urgent-primary-care-centre","Lobby the Province for an urgent and primary care centre in Coquitlam","His platform says he will keep pushing for urgent and primary care centres in Coquitlam. Freshet News reported in March 2026 that, if re-elected, he would lobby the provincial government for one, and the Dispatch reported the same in September 2026.",[354,355,356],{"label":346,"url":49},{"label":177,"url":137},{"label":187,"url":188},[],{"id":359,"title":360,"pledge":361,"topic":362,"scope":343,"sources":363,"status":347,"evidence":365},"push-for-new-schools","Press the Province to build and expand schools","His platform, under Building the Infrastructure We Need, says he will keep pushing the Province on building and expanding schools.","Community facilities",[364],{"label":346,"url":49},[],{"id":367,"title":368,"pledge":369,"topic":370,"scope":343,"quote":371,"sources":372,"status":347,"evidence":374},"brunette-interchange","Press the Province to fix the Brunette Interchange","His platform, under Building the Infrastructure We Need, says he will keep pushing senior governments on finally fixing the Brunette Interchange.","Transportation","Finally fixing the Brunette Interchange",[373],{"label":346,"url":49},[],{"id":376,"title":377,"pledge":378,"topic":362,"scope":343,"sources":379,"status":347,"evidence":383},"burke-mountain-community-centre-pool","Build the Burke Mountain Community Centre with a 25-metre pool","His platform, under New Pools and Rec Centres, says the City is breaking ground on the Burke Mountain Community Centre, with a six-lane 25-metre lap pool and a recreation pool, and plans to build more pools. His reason for running on VoteMate names building recreation centres and libraries.",[380,381],{"label":346,"url":49},{"label":382,"url":102},"VoteMate · Matt Djonlic, independent for Coquitlam Council (reason for running)",[],{"id":385,"title":386,"pledge":387,"topic":362,"scope":343,"sources":388,"status":347,"evidence":390},"fraser-mills-pool","Plan a new pool at Fraser Mills","His platform, under New Pools and Rec Centres, says the City is planning a new Fraser Mills pool to take pressure off Poirier. He told the Dispatch in July 2026 that the Fraser Mills centre would take pressure off the Poirier pool.",[389],{"label":346,"url":49},[],{"id":392,"title":393,"pledge":394,"topic":362,"scope":343,"sources":395,"status":347,"evidence":398},"library-branches-burke-burquitlam","Open a third library branch on Burke Mountain and a fourth in Burquitlam","His platform, under More Library Branches, says council has approved a third branch on Burke Mountain, plans for a fourth in Burquitlam and a bigger Library Link bus. The Dispatch listed a new library branch at Burquitlam among his priorities in September 2026.",[396,397],{"label":346,"url":49},{"label":187,"url":188},[],{"id":400,"title":401,"pledge":402,"topic":403,"scope":343,"sources":404,"status":347,"evidence":406},"basics-garbage-roads-sidewalks-snow","Focus on timely garbage pickup, road work, new sidewalks and snow removal","His platform, under Valuing the Basics, says that as councillor he will focus on timely garbage pickup, consistent road work and new sidewalks, and reliable snow removal.","City services",[405],{"label":346,"url":49},[],{"id":408,"title":409,"pledge":410,"topic":411,"scope":343,"quote":412,"sources":413,"status":347,"evidence":416},"taxes-below-metro-average","Keep property taxes below the Metro Vancouver average","His platform, under Valuing the Basics, says he will focus on keeping taxes below the Metro Vancouver average. He told the Dispatch that council's top priority next term should be managing property tax increases while still investing in services.","Taxes and spending","Managing property tax increases while still investing in services.",[414,415],{"label":346,"url":49},{"label":94,"url":95},[],{"id":418,"title":419,"pledge":420,"topic":370,"scope":343,"sources":421,"status":347,"evidence":425},"more-frequent-buses-more-stops","Advocate for more frequent buses to SkyTrain and more bus stops","His platform, under Roads and Buses, says he is committed to planning and advocating for more frequent buses connecting people to SkyTrain and more bus stops. Freshet News reported that he would lobby TransLink for more bus service.",[422,423,424],{"label":346,"url":49},{"label":177,"url":137},{"label":94,"url":95},[],{"id":427,"title":428,"pledge":429,"topic":370,"scope":343,"sources":430,"status":347,"evidence":432},"expand-roads-pedestrian-overpasses","Expand roads and add pedestrian overpasses in the City Centre core","His platform, under Roads and Buses, says he will plan and advocate for road expansions like the one on Pipeline Road, future roads and more pedestrian overpasses in the City Centre core.",[431],{"label":346,"url":49},[],{"id":434,"title":435,"pledge":436,"topic":437,"scope":343,"sources":438,"status":347,"evidence":440},"more-townhouses-purpose-built-rental","Approve more townhouses and keep building purpose-built rental","He told the Dispatch that the City still needs to approve more townhouses so families and seniors have more affordable options, and must keep building purpose-built rental.","Housing",[439],{"label":94,"url":95},[],{"id":442,"title":443,"pledge":444,"topic":437,"scope":343,"sources":445,"status":347,"evidence":449},"subsidized-housing-surplus-city-land","Work with non-profits to build subsidized housing on surplus City land","Freshet News reported in March 2026 that, if re-elected, he would lobby non-profits to build more subsidized housing on surplus City land. His platform says he will keep advocating so seniors can stay in Coquitlam, after the City gave two parcels to SUCCESS for seniors' housing.",[446,447,448],{"label":177,"url":137},{"label":346,"url":49},{"label":187,"url":188},[],{"id":451,"title":452,"pledge":453,"topic":454,"scope":343,"sources":455,"status":347,"evidence":458},"hire-more-firefighters","Hire more firefighters","In the reason for running he gave VoteMate, repeated on his campaign site, he says he is running to keep delivering hiring more firefighters.","Public safety",[456,457],{"label":382,"url":102},{"label":346,"url":49},[],{"id":460,"title":461,"pledge":462,"topic":454,"scope":343,"sources":463,"status":347,"evidence":466},"police-paired-mental-health-nurses","Keep pairing police officers with mental health nurses","In the reason for running he gave VoteMate, repeated on his campaign site, he names pairing police with mental health nurses among the services he will keep delivering.",[464,465],{"label":382,"url":102},{"label":346,"url":49},[],{"id":468,"title":469,"pledge":470,"topic":362,"scope":343,"sources":471,"status":347,"evidence":473},"glen-pine-dogwood-seniors","Keep supporting the Glen Pine and Dogwood pavilions for seniors","His platform, under Supporting Seniors, says the City will continue to support Glen Pine and Dogwood Pavilion as community centres for seniors.",[472],{"label":346,"url":49},[],{"id":475,"title":476,"pledge":477,"topic":478,"scope":343,"sources":479,"status":347,"evidence":481},"planet-ice-new-deal","A new deal with Planet Ice with more public access","His platform, under Investing in Sports, says he is committed to a new deal with Planet Ice that refreshes the facility and gives residents more access.","Parks and recreation",[480],{"label":346,"url":49},[],{"id":483,"title":484,"pledge":485,"topic":478,"scope":343,"sources":486,"status":347,"evidence":489},"turf-fields-pickleball","Open a turf field on Burke Mountain, plan more turf fields and add pickleball","His platform, under Investing in Sports, says he is committed to opening a new turf field on Burke Mountain, planning future turf fields and more outdoor and indoor pickleball. The Dispatch listed investing in sports fields and ice rinks among his priorities.",[487,488],{"label":346,"url":49},{"label":187,"url":188},[],{"id":491,"title":492,"pledge":493,"topic":478,"scope":343,"sources":494,"status":347,"evidence":496},"expand-cottonwood-guilby-parks-playgrounds","Expand Cottonwood and Guilby parks and refresh playgrounds and spray parks","His platform, under Expanding Our Parks, says council has planned to expand Cottonwood and Guilby Park and to refresh more parks with new playground equipment and spray parks.",[495],{"label":346,"url":49},[],{"id":498,"title":499,"pledge":500,"topic":501,"scope":343,"quote":502,"sources":503,"status":347,"evidence":505},"plant-thousands-of-trees","Plant thousands of new trees a year, with replanting required of every development","His platform, under Planting More Trees, says he is committed to planting thousands of new trees a year, requiring replanting for all new developments and ensuring a diversity of tree species.","Environment","Plant thousands of new trees a year",[504],{"label":346,"url":49},[],{"id":507,"title":508,"pledge":509,"topic":510,"scope":343,"sources":511,"status":347,"evidence":513},"free-concerts-murals-festivals","Keep supporting free concerts, street murals, Lights at Lafarge and festivals","His platform, under A Fun City, says he will continue supporting free summer concerts, the street mural program, the lights at Lafarge Lake, World Cup watch parties and the Canada Day celebration.","Arts and culture",[512],{"label":346,"url":49},[],{"id":515,"title":516,"pledge":517,"topic":518,"scope":343,"sources":519,"status":347,"evidence":521},"street-activation-restaurants","Advocate for street activation and more restaurants and businesses","In his Freshet News profile he said he wants to continue to advocate for more street activation and for attracting more restaurants and businesses to Coquitlam.","Business",[520],{"label":179,"url":180},[],{"id":523,"title":524,"pledge":525,"topic":342,"scope":343,"sources":526,"status":347,"evidence":529},"gordon-avenue-health-services-treatment","Press the Province for health services at 3030 Gordon and new treatment facilities","His platform, under Addressing Homelessness, says he will keep pushing the Province to add more health services at 3030 Gordon Avenue and open new treatment facilities. He told the Dispatch he will keep pushing to expand investment on the Riverview lands.",[527,528],{"label":346,"url":49},{"label":94,"url":95},[],{"id":531,"title":532,"pledge":533,"topic":454,"scope":343,"sources":534,"status":347,"evidence":536},"enforce-bylaws-gordon-encampments","Enforce bylaws at encampments along Gordon Avenue","He told the Dispatch that council will ensure bylaws are enforced along Gordon Avenue to manage the situation and avoid hoarding or fire hazards at encampments.",[535],{"label":94,"url":95},[],"councillor","elections\u002Fbc-coquitlam-2026\u002Ftracker\u002Fmatt-djonlic","BaNmBCYimHOzW38dYAWO5cIJUW3aBiIGRmGFVt6rJHU",[],1793466029595]