Re-elected to Coquitlam council on October 17, 2026, with 15,104 votes, second among the 20 council candidates. A lawyer first elected in 2022, he ran with no elector organization on a family-sized housing policy, value for tax dollars, economic development and more transit and medical services. On council he voted against projects and rules he said held too many studio units.
Robert Mazzarolo was re-elected to Coquitlam City Council on October 17, 2026, with 15,104 votes in the City's official count, declared on October 21. He ran with no elector organization. The City's council page says he is a lawyer called to the BC bar in 2017, and Freshet News reported that he announced his second-term campaign on September 10, 2026 with a focus on a family-size housing policy, economic development, more transit and medical services, community infrastructure and value for tax dollars. The Tri-Cities Dispatch and Freshet News reported that in 2026 he voted against the City's new unit mix rules as too weak, and against four developments or extensions because of their share of studio and one-bedroom units.
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Tracked since October 18, 2026. Every change of status links to the vote, motion or report behind it.
Freshet News reported on September 10, 2026 that, if re-elected, his focus would include advocating for a family-size housing policy; his VoteMate reason for running says the same. The Dispatch reported that he contended two- and three-bedroom units should be 60 per cent of each new development and studios under 10 per cent.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Freshet News · Mazzarolo back in Coquitlam council race, by Janis Cleugh, September 10, 2026 (opens in a new tab), VoteMate · Robert Mazzarolo, independent for Coquitlam Council (reason for running) (opens in a new tab), Tri-Cities Dispatch · Three candidates vying to be Coquitlam's next mayor, by Jeremy Shepherd, September 13, 2026 (opens in a new tab).
He told the Dispatch that Coquitlam requires more townhouses and rowhouses with three or more bedrooms, and that condo developments should consist mostly of homes with two or more bedrooms.
“Coquitlam requires more townhouses and rowhouses that are 3-plus bedroom homes.”
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Tri-Cities Dispatch · Coquitlam council candidates answer your questions, October 13, 2026 (opens in a new tab).
He told the Dispatch that council must keep pressing the Province to restore the Community Housing Fund Program, because truly non-market homes need steady provincial and federal money.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Tri-Cities Dispatch · Coquitlam council candidates answer your questions, October 13, 2026 (opens in a new tab).
He told the Dispatch that, where practical, the City can provide surplus land and partner with not-for-profits to build non-market seniors' and family housing.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Tri-Cities Dispatch · Coquitlam council candidates answer your questions, October 13, 2026 (opens in a new tab).
Freshet News reported that his focus includes fair budgeting so residents receive value for their tax dollars. He told the Dispatch that council's top priority next term is delivering the same level of services at tax rates residents can afford, and said tax increases of seven per cent in the coming years were not sustainable.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Freshet News · Mazzarolo back in Coquitlam council race, by Janis Cleugh, September 10, 2026 (opens in a new tab), Tri-Cities Dispatch · Coquitlam council candidates answer your questions, October 13, 2026 (opens in a new tab), VoteMate · Robert Mazzarolo, independent for Coquitlam Council (reason for running) (opens in a new tab).
Freshet News reported that he will advocate for more transit services, and his VoteMate reason for running says he will advocate for increased transit.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Freshet News · Mazzarolo back in Coquitlam council race, by Janis Cleugh, September 10, 2026 (opens in a new tab), VoteMate · Robert Mazzarolo, independent for Coquitlam Council (reason for running) (opens in a new tab).
Freshet News reported that he will advocate for more medical services, and his VoteMate reason for running says the same.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Freshet News · Mazzarolo back in Coquitlam council race, by Janis Cleugh, September 10, 2026 (opens in a new tab), VoteMate · Robert Mazzarolo, independent for Coquitlam Council (reason for running) (opens in a new tab).
He told the Dispatch that the short to medium term fix for City Centre traffic is an analysis of each intersection to coordinate and synchronize the lights, expanding a 2026 pilot at Pinetree, Barnet and Lougheed that improved traffic flow by 14 per cent.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Tri-Cities Dispatch · Coquitlam council candidates answer your questions, October 13, 2026 (opens in a new tab).
He told the Dispatch that provincial leadership is required on the Brunette overpass so the burden is shared equally between Coquitlam and New Westminster, and that Coquitlam is ready to do its part.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Tri-Cities Dispatch · Coquitlam council candidates answer your questions, October 13, 2026 (opens in a new tab).
Freshet News reported that his focus includes economic development, and his VoteMate reason for running says he will enhance the local economy.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Freshet News · Mazzarolo back in Coquitlam council race, by Janis Cleugh, September 10, 2026 (opens in a new tab), VoteMate · Robert Mazzarolo, independent for Coquitlam Council (reason for running) (opens in a new tab).
Freshet News reported that his focus includes community infrastructure, and his VoteMate reason for running says he will invest in community infrastructure.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Freshet News · Mazzarolo back in Coquitlam council race, by Janis Cleugh, September 10, 2026 (opens in a new tab), VoteMate · Robert Mazzarolo, independent for Coquitlam Council (reason for running) (opens in a new tab).
He told the Dispatch that, after the City required real-time water quality monitoring near large construction sites, the next step is advocacy at the provincial level to allow higher fines.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Tri-Cities Dispatch · Coquitlam council candidates answer your questions, October 13, 2026 (opens in a new tab).
Robert Mazzarolo was re-elected to Coquitlam City Council on October 17, 2026. The City of Coquitlam's official count gives him 15,104 votes, second of the 20 council candidates, and the Chief Election Officer declared him elected on October 21, 2026. The City's results print no elector organization for any candidate, and VoteMate lists him as an independent. The Tri-Cities Dispatch reported that the four incumbents on the ballot were the top four vote-getters.
The City's council page says he grew up in Coquitlam, earned a Bachelor of Arts in economics at Simon Fraser University and a law degree at Thompson Rivers University, and was called to the British Columbia bar in 2017, with a practice in contract and property law. The page lists him as a past co-vice chair of the SHARE Family and Community Services Society and 43 Housing Society boards, a director of The People's Pantry Food Recovery Society and a coach with Coquitlam Metro-Ford Soccer Club. The biography he gave VoteMate repeats the degrees and says he has been a lawyer for 10 years. voche.me has not checked these with the Law Society or the societies. The Dispatch reported that he was first elected in 2022, and the City's minutes of March 27, 2023 list him present at a Council-in-Committee meeting. The home page of his campaign site, as the Internet Archive saved it on October 23, 2026, lists eight platform headings: housing, transportation, parks and recreation, public safety, environment, economy and business, property taxes and community infrastructure.
Housing unit mix is the issue the record shows him raising most often. The Dispatch reported that on July 6, 2026, when council first considered a policy capping studios and one-bedroom units at 60 per cent of a project, he said it "misses the mark by a wide margin", argued that two- and three-bedroom units should be 60 per cent and studios under 10 per cent, and voted against advancing it, 8 to 1. On July 27 the final rules, with studios capped at 25 per cent, passed 7 to 2 with him and Mayor Richard Stewart opposed. He opposed a one-year extension for a 118-unit Thompson Avenue townhouse project in July 2026 because of its studio and one-bedroom units, a one-year extension for a 156-unit Harrison and Kemsley project in September 2026, and the rezoning of the same 156-unit Oakdale project on September 28, 2026, which passed 8 to 1, Freshet News reported. In April 2026 he and Councillor Teri Towner voted against a 27-storey tower and rental block at 727 North Road, Freshet News reported; he said 22 per cent studios "is just too high." In June 2026 he voted for a 404-unit townhouse project on Burke Mountain, calling three-bedroom townhouses "the new single detached home" for younger generations. In 2023 he cast the one vote against a Burke Mountain subdivision of 19 single-family lots, the Dispatch reported in September 2026.
In December 2025 he voted for the 2026 budget and its 3.37 per cent tax increase and said the tax increases planned for the following years, near seven per cent, were not sustainable for any household, the Dispatch reported. In July 2026 he said Surrey's refusal to follow Metro Vancouver's water restrictions was frustrating "in an election year". In the Dispatch's questionnaire of October 13, 2026 he said Coquitlam needs more townhouses and rowhouses with three or more bedrooms, that he accepts no contributions from developers, that the 3.37 per cent increase was reasonable, and that council's top priority should be delivering the same services at tax rates residents can afford. In his Freshet News profile he listed the Mundy Park Pool at $2 a person and the doubled commercial and office space rule near Burquitlam station among council's work.
Summarized from the campaign’s published profile. These are stated positions, not an assessment of results or a complete platform.
Freshet News reported that his second-term focus includes a family-size housing policy. He told the Dispatch Coquitlam needs more townhouses and rowhouses with three or more bedrooms, and that condo developments should be mostly two or more bedrooms.
In July 2026 he voted against the City's unit mix rules, saying two- and three-bedroom units should be 60 per cent of a project and studios under 10 per cent, the Dispatch reported.
He told the Dispatch council's top priority should be delivering the same level of services at tax rates residents can afford, with discipline, planning and honest conversations. Freshet News reported his focus on fair budgeting so residents receive value for their tax dollars.
Tri-Cities Dispatch · Coquitlam council candidates answer your questions, October 13, 2026Freshet News reported that he will advocate for more transit and medical services. He told the Dispatch the City Centre needs each intersection's signals coordinated, after a pilot that improved traffic flow by 14 per cent, and that the Province must lead on the Brunette overpass.
Freshet News · Mazzarolo back in Coquitlam council race, by Janis Cleugh, September 10, 2026Freshet News reported his focus on economic development and community infrastructure. His Freshet News profile names the doubled commercial and office space rule near Burquitlam station and the protection of industrial land as council's work.
Freshet News · Mazzarolo back in Coquitlam council race, by Janis Cleugh, September 10, 2026He told the Dispatch that truly non-market homes need steady provincial and federal money, that council must press the Province to restore the Community Housing Fund, and that the City can offer surplus land to non-profits for seniors' and family housing.
Tri-Cities Dispatch · Coquitlam council candidates answer your questions, October 13, 2026Researched on 2026-10-30 through the seven search steps listed below: the City's declaration, results per tabulator and voting-night release, the City's council page for him, the City's Council-in-Committee minutes of March 27, 2023, the home page of his campaign site (read from the Internet Archive's copy of October 23, 2026), his VoteMate page, and reporting by Freshet News and the Tri-Cities Dispatch.
His campaign site, robertmazzarolo.com, answered every request with a server error (500) on 2026-10-30. The Internet Archive holds its home page as of October 23, 2026, which lists eight platform headings (housing, transportation, parks and recreation, public safety, environment, economy and business, property taxes, community infrastructure) and no detail; the archive's copies of the Platform and About pages are from his 2022 campaign and are not used. His promises therefore come from Freshet News's report of his launch, his VoteMate reason for running, his Freshet News profile and the Dispatch's questionnaire. His portrait is a photo from the archived home page. His Facebook and Instagram accounts showed only a login page to scripts. The City's page account of his education, his bar call and his society roles was not checked with the Law Society or the societies. The Tri-City News archive on vancouverisawesome.com answers 403 to scripts.
The Dispatch reported that he was first elected in 2022. The City's Council-in-Committee minutes of March 27, 2023 list him present as Councillor Rob Mazzarolo.
City of Coquitlam · Minutes, Council-in-Committee Meeting, March 27, 2023The City's council page says he was called to the BC bar in 2017 and practises contract and property law. His VoteMate biography says he has been a lawyer for 10 years. voche.me has not checked this with the Law Society of BC.
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Robert Mazzarolo was elected Councillor with 15,104 votes, 2nd of 20 in the official count. The City of Coquitlam published the count, and every candidate's total is on the results page.
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