Elected to Delta Council on October 17, 2026, with 11,756 votes, fifth of the 20 council candidates. A North Delta resident who, by his own account, has worked 21 years at Vancouver International Airport on emergency policy, terminal construction and budgets, he ran with Delta First on infrastructure impact assessments for major housing proposals, protection of the tree canopy and a Council code of conduct.
Jat Puri was elected to Delta Council on October 17, 2026, with 11,756 votes in the City of Delta's official count, fifth of the 20 council candidates. The Chief Election Officer declared the result on October 21, 2026. The City's candidates page prints Delta First as his elector organization. The North Delta Reporter reported on March 11, 2026 that he was one of the organization's first three council candidates and described him as an operations specialist with the Vancouver Airport Authority, and its election night report says the Delta First team had never held public office before. By his own account he has worked 21 years at Vancouver International Airport on emergency policy, terminal construction and budgets, and moved to North Delta with his wife three and a half years before the vote. In the Reporter's questionnaire he promised to champion mandatory infrastructure impact assessments for major housing proposals, and in his statement to the Delta Optimist he promised to protect the tree canopy, bring in a strict Council code of conduct and bring back public question and answer sessions.
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In the North Delta Reporter's questionnaire he wrote that he would champion mandatory infrastructure impact assessments for major housing proposals and tie housing approvals to clear, objective upgrade plans for roads, utilities, parks and emergency services. The Delta First platform carries the same promise.
“I will champion mandatory infrastructure impact assessments for major housing proposals.”
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: North Delta Reporter · Meet Delta councillor candidate Jat Puri (questionnaire), by James Smith, October 5, 2026 (opens in a new tab), Delta First · The Delta First platform (opens in a new tab).
In the statement he gave the Delta Optimist he wrote that, if elected, he would protect Delta's mature urban tree canopy, and in the Reporter's questionnaire he named it among his priorities. The platform promises stronger tree protection for new developments.
“If elected, I will apply my operational experience to protect our unique neighbourhood character, protect our mature urban tree canopy, and implement a strict Council Code of Conduct.”
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Delta Optimist · Meet Jat Puri, Delta First candidate for Council (his statement), October 2026 (read from the Internet Archive copy) (opens in a new tab), North Delta Reporter · Meet Delta councillor candidate Jat Puri (questionnaire), by James Smith, October 5, 2026 (opens in a new tab), Delta First · The Delta First platform (opens in a new tab).
In his Optimist statement he promised to implement a strict Council code of conduct, and his VoteMate page repeats it. The platform promises an enforceable code with independent oversight, and the First 90 Days plan lists developing it among the first steps.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Delta Optimist · Meet Jat Puri, Delta First candidate for Council (his statement), October 2026 (read from the Internet Archive copy) (opens in a new tab), VoteMate · Jat Puri, Delta First for Delta Councillor, 2026 BC Local Elections (opens in a new tab), Delta First · The Delta First platform (opens in a new tab), Delta First · The First 90 Days plan (opens in a new tab).
In his Optimist statement he wrote that he would work to bring back open public question and answer sessions and bring people's voices back to City Hall. On election night he told the Reporter the same. The platform promises the return of public question period at regular Council meetings.
“I will work tirelessly to bring back open public Q&A sessions and bring the people's voice back to city hall.”
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Delta Optimist · Meet Jat Puri, Delta First candidate for Council (his statement), October 2026 (read from the Internet Archive copy) (opens in a new tab), North Delta Reporter · Melissa Granum is Delta's new mayor, by James Smith, October 18, 2026 (opens in a new tab), Delta First · The Delta First platform (opens in a new tab), Delta First · The First 90 Days plan (opens in a new tab).
His candidate page on the Delta First site, repeated on VoteMate, says he will promote fiscally responsible budgeting that protects residents from unnecessary tax increases. He names no rate or cap.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Delta First · We are Delta First, the candidates (opens in a new tab), VoteMate · Jat Puri, Delta First for Delta Councillor, 2026 BC Local Elections (opens in a new tab), Delta First · The Delta First platform (opens in a new tab).
His candidate page says he will see that each neighbourhood receives balanced attention and solutions tailored to its needs, and engage residents so that community voices shape decisions in their neighbourhood.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Delta First · We are Delta First, the candidates (opens in a new tab), VoteMate · Jat Puri, Delta First for Delta Councillor, 2026 BC Local Elections (opens in a new tab).
The platform promises to re-establish citizen advisory committees in key policy areas, naming traffic safety and transportation, art, history and culture, sports, recreation and parks, environment and urban planning, and agriculture and food security.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Delta First · The Delta First platform (opens in a new tab), Delta First · The First 90 Days plan (opens in a new tab).
The First 90 Days plan promises to end block voting on Council motions and to encourage independence by councillors. It names no rule or bylaw.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Delta First · The First 90 Days plan (opens in a new tab).
The platform promises easy-to-read financial dashboards and project updates so that residents can see how and where tax dollars are spent, and clearer, more detailed explanations of utility and tax rates, including Metro Vancouver cost drivers. The First 90 Days plan promises clear and accessible public reporting on City budgets.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Delta First · The Delta First platform (opens in a new tab), Delta First · The First 90 Days plan (opens in a new tab).
The platform promises to work with the provincial government to modernize the legislation behind Metro Vancouver, make structural changes and protect taxpayers. The Province would have to act.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Delta First · The Delta First platform (opens in a new tab), North Delta Reporter · Delta First announce election platform, by James Smith, September 8, 2026 (opens in a new tab).
The platform promises a zero-based budget review to find savings and move funding to where it is needed. The First 90 Days plan starts the review of City departments and of Council's own budget in the first three months.
“Complete a Zero-Based budget review to identify savings and reallocate funding where it is needed.”
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Delta First · The Delta First platform (opens in a new tab), Delta First · The First 90 Days plan (opens in a new tab), North Delta Reporter · Melissa Granum is Delta's new mayor, by James Smith, October 18, 2026 (opens in a new tab).
The platform promises to improve long-term infrastructure planning, major capital project planning and asset management so that they keep pace with growth.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Delta First · The Delta First platform (opens in a new tab).
The platform promises a long-term economic development vision for Delta that increases the industrial land base, protects farmland, attracts business and improves transportation and infrastructure.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Delta First · The Delta First platform (opens in a new tab).
The platform promises to prioritize improvements to the Tilbury Industrial Park, including transit services, green space and walkable areas, to draw business to Delta.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Delta First · The Delta First platform (opens in a new tab).
The platform promises to work with North Delta businesses to re-establish a Business Improvement Association, to support small business, revitalize business properties and create jobs for youth.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Delta First · The Delta First platform (opens in a new tab).
The First 90 Days plan promises a review of the City's funding of external lobby organizations, giving the Urban Development Institute as an example.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Delta First · The First 90 Days plan (opens in a new tab), North Delta Reporter · Melissa Granum is Delta's new mayor, by James Smith, October 18, 2026 (opens in a new tab).
The platform promises an immediate review of the Official Community Plan with public engagement, area-specific engagement sessions in Ladner, Tsawwassen and North Delta, and a feedback process it calls transparent and accountable. The First 90 Days plan lists the review among the first steps.
“Immediate review and public engagement of the Official Community Plan to ensure development is supported by residents and rules are clear for developers/builders.”
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Delta First · The Delta First platform (opens in a new tab), Delta First · The First 90 Days plan (opens in a new tab), North Delta Reporter · Melissa Granum is Delta's new mayor, by James Smith, October 18, 2026 (opens in a new tab).
The platform promises to challenge the provincial housing mandates under Bill 44 so that added density is planned and fits Delta's geography. The First 90 Days plan adds a legal review of the provincial legislation controlling development.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Delta First · The Delta First platform (opens in a new tab), Delta First · The First 90 Days plan (opens in a new tab), North Delta Reporter · Granum vows to challenge Bill 44 if elected Delta mayor, by James Smith, September 22, 2026 (opens in a new tab).
The platform and the First 90 Days plan promise a review of the Ladner Village Revitalization Plan so that it honours the village's history.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Delta First · The Delta First platform (opens in a new tab), Delta First · The First 90 Days plan (opens in a new tab).
The platform promises a North Delta revitalization plan that honours the community's history, improves green space and neighbourhood character, and brings people together through social events.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Delta First · The Delta First platform (opens in a new tab).
The platform promises to update and enforce design guidelines for new developments, with required setbacks, height limits, parking requirements and consideration for neighbours. The First 90 Days plan promises better design standards.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Delta First · The Delta First platform (opens in a new tab), Delta First · The First 90 Days plan (opens in a new tab).
The First 90 Days plan promises to repeal the delegation of development permits and variances to management, so those decisions return to Council.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Delta First · The First 90 Days plan (opens in a new tab).
The First 90 Days plan promises a strategy to increase the supply of non-market and affordable housing. It names no number of homes, no sites and no money.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Delta First · The First 90 Days plan (opens in a new tab), North Delta Reporter · Melissa Granum is Delta's new mayor, by James Smith, October 18, 2026 (opens in a new tab).
The platform promises better traffic management and pedestrian safety through technology, education, road design and enforcement, with residential streets, school zones and park zones first.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Delta First · The Delta First platform (opens in a new tab), North Delta Reporter · Delta First announce election platform, by James Smith, September 8, 2026 (opens in a new tab).
The platform promises that the seniors' centres in Ladner, Tsawwassen and North Delta have equal and sustainable financial support for present and future needs.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Delta First · The Delta First platform (opens in a new tab).
The platform promises that police, fire and bylaw staffing and emergency planning resources keep pace with population and industrial growth. The First 90 Days plan promises a review of police and fire resources.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Delta First · The Delta First platform (opens in a new tab), Delta First · The First 90 Days plan (opens in a new tab), North Delta Reporter · Delta First announce election platform, by James Smith, September 8, 2026 (opens in a new tab).
The platform promises to improve pedestrian and cycling infrastructure between North and South Delta and to work with regional cycling organizations on safety.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Delta First · The Delta First platform (opens in a new tab).
The platform promises to work with the provincial government and local not-for-profits to establish Delta Centres for Healthcare in all three communities, to provide and run office space for walk-in clinics, and to recruit doctors, nurse practitioners and mental health clinicians to work in city-managed facilities. The platform release of September 8, 2026 repeated it.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Delta First · The Delta First platform (opens in a new tab), North Delta Reporter · Delta First announce election platform, by James Smith, September 8, 2026 (opens in a new tab).
The platform promises to advocate for Delta's interests in regional transportation planning, including better transit between North and South Delta and to Delta's business and industrial parks. TransLink would have to act.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Delta First · The Delta First platform (opens in a new tab).
The platform promises to demand meaningful consultation with senior governments on port expansion and pipeline operations so that Delta gets economic benefits from projects of national interest.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Delta First · The Delta First platform (opens in a new tab), North Delta Reporter · Delta First announce election platform, by James Smith, September 8, 2026 (opens in a new tab).
Jat Puri was elected to Delta Council on October 17, 2026. The City of Delta's official count gives him 11,756 votes, fifth among the 20 council candidates, and the Chief Election Officer declared him elected on October 21, 2026. The North Delta Reporter reported that this was 7.06 per cent of the ballots cast for councillor. On election night he told the Reporter that what the team heard most across Delta was the wish to bring people's voices back to Council, through question and answer sessions at meetings and advisory committees, and that residents in both North and South Delta spoke of the Official Community Plan and its effects.
The Reporter reported on March 11, 2026 that he was one of the three council candidates announced with Delta First, a new organization led by mayoral candidate Melissa Granum, and described him as an operations specialist, terminal programs, with the Vancouver Airport Authority. The Reporter's election night report says the Delta First team had never held public office before.
By his own account, on the Delta First site, in the statement he gave the Delta Optimist and in the Reporter's questionnaire, he has worked for 21 years at Vancouver International Airport, writing emergency policies, managing budgets and coordinating terminal construction, with planning for the 2026 FIFA World Cup among his work; he speaks Punjabi and Hindi; his parents came to Canada more than 45 years ago; he has chaired non-profit boards and worked with councils, mayors, MLAs and MPs as a volunteer; and he received a Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee pin for volunteer service. He and his wife chose North Delta as their home three and a half years before the vote. voche.me has not checked the airport role, the board roles or the award with the bodies named.
In the Reporter's questionnaire he named three priorities: infrastructure impact assessments that keep pace with housing growth, responsible growth that protects neighbourhoods and the mature tree canopy, and accountable, transparent local government with strong fiscal policy. He wrote that he would champion mandatory infrastructure impact assessments for major housing proposals and tie approvals to upgrade plans for roads, utilities, parks and emergency services. In his Optimist statement he promised to protect neighbourhood character and the tree canopy, bring in a strict Council code of conduct, and bring back open public question and answer sessions.
Delta First's platform, released on September 8, 2026, and its First 90 Days plan of June 22, 2026 carry the team's promises: an enforceable Council code of conduct, the return of public question period, citizen advisory committees, a zero-based review of the City budget, a public review of the Official Community Plan and a challenge to the Province's Bill 44 housing rules. Those are the organization's promises, and this page lists them as such.
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In the Reporter's questionnaire he named infrastructure impact assessments that keep pace with housing growth as his first priority, and wrote that he would champion mandatory assessments for major housing proposals and tie approvals to clear upgrade plans for roads, utilities, parks and emergency services.
North Delta Reporter · Meet Delta councillor candidate Jat Puri (questionnaire), by James Smith, October 5, 2026His second priority is responsible growth that protects neighbourhoods and the mature tree canopy. In his Optimist statement he wrote that he would use his operational experience to protect neighbourhood character and the tree canopy.
Delta Optimist · Meet Jat Puri, Delta First candidate for Council (his statement), October 2026 (read from the Internet Archive copy)His third priority is accountable, transparent local government with strong fiscal policy. In his Optimist statement he promised a strict Council code of conduct and the return of open public question and answer sessions, and on election night he told the Reporter that bringing people's voices back to Council was the common thread of what the team heard.
Delta Optimist · Meet Jat Puri, Delta First candidate for Council (his statement), October 2026 (read from the Internet Archive copy)His candidate page on the Delta First site says he will promote fiscally responsible budgeting that protects residents from unnecessary tax increases, with attention to youth, young families and seniors on a fixed income.
Delta First · We are Delta First, the candidatesResearched on 2026-10-30 through the seven search steps listed below: the City's declaration of results, results by polling location, declaration of candidates and candidates page; the Delta First site's candidates page, platform and First 90 Days plan; his VoteMate page; the North Delta Reporter's questionnaire and its reports of March 11, June 22, September 8 and October 18, 2026; and the statement he gave the Delta Optimist, read from an Internet Archive copy because the Optimist's article pages refuse scripts.
His airport career, his languages, his board roles and his award are his own account; the Reporter's description of his job in March 2026 came from the campaign's release. His posts on Instagram and Facebook and the Delta First YouTube channel were not read, because those sites show a login page or a script check to scripts. No report of a 2026 all-candidates meeting quoting him was found. He held no public office before the vote, so no minutes were searched.
By his own account, in the Reporter's questionnaire and his Optimist statement. The Reporter's March 2026 report, from the campaign's release, called him an operations specialist, terminal programs, with the Vancouver Airport Authority. voche.me has not checked this with the airport authority.
North Delta Reporter · Meet Delta councillor candidate Jat Puri (questionnaire), by James Smith, October 5, 2026Proposed questions for a future interview. They have not been sent to the candidate, and no answers have been supplied.
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Jat Puri was elected Councillor with 11,756 votes, 5th of 20 in the official count. The City of Delta published the count, and every candidate's total is on the results page.
No. This page is researched by voche.me from public sources, listed below, and is separate from Jat Puri's own campaign.
Jat Puri ran for Councillor with Delta First.
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