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Mayor · Delta 2026
# Melissa Granum
- Elected, Mayor16,197 votes, 1st of 3. Official count, City of Delta. [All results](https://voche.me/bc/delta-2026/results#mayor)
Elected mayor of Delta on October 17, 2026, with 16,197 votes in a three-way race against Mayor George Harvie and Councillor Dylan Kruger. The North Delta Reporter called her a first-time candidate. She led the Delta First team, which won every seat it ran for, and promised a public review of the Official Community Plan, the return of public question period, citizen advisory committees, a Council code of conduct and a zero-based review of the City budget.
Melissa Granum was elected mayor of Delta on October 17, 2026, with 16,197 votes in the City of Delta's official count, declared by the Chief Election Officer on October 21, 2026. Dylan Kruger of One Delta had 9,460 and Mayor George Harvie of Achieving for Delta 7,782. The City's candidates page prints Delta First as her elector organization, and the North Delta Reporter describes her as the organization's leader. The Reporter wrote in 2020 that she was the executive director of the Surrey Police Board and had been the Delta Police Department's corporate planning manager for 12 years, and a Surrey Police Board release of December 2021 names her in that title. By her own account she is now director of board governance at the BC Lottery Corporation. In the statement she gave the Delta Optimist she promised a public review of the Official Community Plan, the return of public question period, citizen advisory committees, an enforceable Council code of conduct and a review of City spending with clearer public reporting.
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Delta First2026
*Melissa GranumMayorv.*
[Image: Delta First](https://www.deltafirst.ca/candidates)
Promise tracker
## 32 promises. What Melissa has done since.
Tracked since October 18, 2026. Every change of status links to the vote, motion or report behind it.
- No action yet**Open a public review of the Official Community Plan, with sessions in all three communities**Housing · Own promise
In the statement she gave the Delta Optimist she wrote that one of her first priorities would be a public review of Delta's Official Community Plan, listening in Ladner, Tsawwassen and North Delta. In her September 22, 2026 release she said the review would start immediately if she was elected, and on election night she told the Optimist it would start as soon as possible.
> “One of my first priorities would be a public review of Delta’s Official Community Plan.”
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Delta Optimist · Meet Melissa Granum, Delta First candidate for Mayor (her statement), October 1, 2026 (read from the Internet Archive copy) (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), North Delta Reporter · Meet Delta mayoral candidate Melissa Granum (questionnaire), by James Smith, October 5, 2026 (opens in a new tab), Delta Optimist · Election night shocker in Delta as Melissa Granum is the new mayor, by Ian Jacques, October 17, 2026 (read from the Internet Archive copy) (opens in a new tab), Delta First · The Delta First platform (opens in a new tab).No action yet**Restore public question period at Council meetings**City services · Own promise
In her Optimist statement she wrote that Delta First will restore public question period. On election night she named it among the most important commitments her team made.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Delta Optimist · Meet Melissa Granum, Delta First candidate for Mayor (her statement), October 1, 2026 (read from the Internet Archive copy) (opens in a new tab), Delta Optimist · Election night shocker in Delta as Melissa Granum is the new mayor, by Ian Jacques, October 17, 2026 (read from the Internet Archive copy) (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).No action yet**Re-establish citizen advisory committees**City services · Own promise
In her Optimist statement she wrote that Delta First will re-establish citizen advisory committees, and on election night she repeated it to the Optimist. The platform names five policy areas: 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 Optimist · Meet Melissa Granum, Delta First candidate for Mayor (her statement), October 1, 2026 (read from the Internet Archive copy) (opens in a new tab), Delta Optimist · Election night shocker in Delta as Melissa Granum is the new mayor, by Ian Jacques, October 17, 2026 (read from the Internet Archive copy) (opens in a new tab), Delta First · The Delta First platform (opens in a new tab).No action yet**Adopt an enforceable code of conduct for Council**City services · Own promise
In her Optimist statement she wrote that Delta First will adopt an enforceable code of conduct for Council, and on election night she listed it among her team's main commitments. The platform adds independent oversight.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Delta Optimist · Meet Melissa Granum, Delta First candidate for Mayor (her statement), October 1, 2026 (read from the Internet Archive copy) (opens in a new tab), Delta Optimist · Election night shocker in Delta as Melissa Granum is the new mayor, by Ian Jacques, October 17, 2026 (read from the Internet Archive copy) (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).No action yet**Review City spending from zero and publish clearer reports on where the money goes**Taxes and spending · Own promise
In her Optimist statement she promised a thorough review of City spending and clearer public reporting. The platform calls it a zero-based budget review of City departments and of Council's own budget, started in the first 90 days, and on election night she told the Reporter her team is still committed to that plan.
> “I will undertake a thorough review of City spending and establish clearer public reporting so people can see where their money goes and what it delivers.”
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Delta Optimist · Meet Melissa Granum, Delta First candidate for Mayor (her statement), October 1, 2026 (read from the Internet Archive copy) (opens in a new tab), Delta First · The First 90 Days plan (opens in a new tab), Delta First · The Delta First platform (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).No action yet**Ask Ottawa and the RCMP for assurances of police resources for the expanding port**Public safety · Own promise
In a release of September 2, 2026, reported by the North Delta Reporter, she called on the government of Canada and the RCMP to work with the City on RCMP staffing for port expansion, an assessment of the added policing pressures, and a commitment that Delta taxpayers will not pay for policing a national port. She said that as mayor she would ask those questions and seek concrete answers.
> “As mayor, I will be asking the tough questions and seeking concrete answers.”
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: North Delta Reporter · Granum calls on Ottawa to guarantee RCMP capacity for expanded Delta port, by James Smith, September 2, 2026 (opens in a new tab).No action yet**Secure local benefits from port and pipeline projects and keep their costs off Delta taxpayers**Business · Own promise
In the Reporter's questionnaire she named making sure Delta benefits financially from national projects as one of her three priorities. In her Optimist statement she wrote that she would work with senior governments to get local benefits from port expansion and protect Delta taxpayers from costs that belong elsewhere. The platform promises to demand consultation on port expansion and pipeline operations.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: North Delta Reporter · Meet Delta mayoral candidate Melissa Granum (questionnaire), by James Smith, October 5, 2026 (opens in a new tab), Delta Optimist · Meet Melissa Granum, Delta First candidate for Mayor (her statement), October 1, 2026 (read from the Internet Archive copy) (opens in a new tab), Delta First · The Delta First platform (opens in a new tab).No action yet**Meet business associations and hold business roundtables in the first 90 days**Business · Own promise
In her open letter to Delta's business community of September 11, 2026 she wrote that within her first 90 days she would meet local business associations and hold roundtables with businesses in Ladner, Tsawwassen, North Delta and the industrial parks. The Reporter reported the letter on September 15.
> “Within my first 90 days, I will meet with local business associations and establish roundtable discussions with businesses in Ladner, Tsawwassen, North Delta and our industrial parks.”
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Delta First · An open letter to Delta's business community from Melissa Granum, September 11, 2026 (opens in a new tab), North Delta Reporter · Granum calls for business-led economic plan for Delta, by James Smith, September 15, 2026 (opens in a new tab).No action yet**Create an Economic Development Advisory Committee to guide a five-year plan**Business · Own promise
Her open letter promises an Economic Development Advisory Committee of business, industry, agriculture, government and community representatives to develop and oversee a five-year Economic Development Plan, including an assessment of the port, Roberts Bank Terminal 2 and pipeline projects that affect Delta.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Delta First · An open letter to Delta's business community from Melissa Granum, September 11, 2026 (opens in a new tab), North Delta Reporter · Granum calls for business-led economic plan for Delta, by James Smith, September 15, 2026 (opens in a new tab).No action yet**Challenge Bill 44 and use the City's own powers over height, setbacks, parking, trees and design**Housing · Own promise
In a release of September 22, 2026, reported by the Reporter, she said she would challenge Bill 44 and press the Province to restore public input and give Delta more flexibility, and that her first duty as mayor would be to use the authority the City already has over height, setbacks, parking, trees and building design.
> “Delta still has important authority over height, setbacks, parking, trees and building design.”
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: North Delta Reporter · Granum vows to challenge Bill 44 if elected Delta mayor, by James Smith, September 22, 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).No action yet**Hold to fiscal restraint and low taxes**Taxes and spending · Own promise
Her candidate page on the Delta First site, repeated on VoteMate, says that as mayor she will champion fiscal restraint and low taxes, citing the cost of living for youth, young families and seniors on a fixed income. It 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 · Melissa Granum, Delta First for Delta Mayor, 2026 BC Local Elections (opens in a new tab), Delta First · The Delta First platform (opens in a new tab).No action yet**End block voting on Council motions**City services · Party platform
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).No action yet**Publish easy-to-read financial dashboards and project updates**Taxes and spending · Party platform
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).No action yet**Press the Province to change how Metro Vancouver is governed**Taxes and spending · Party platform
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).No action yet**Improve long-term infrastructure and capital project planning**City services · Party platform
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).No action yet**A long-term economic development vision for industrial land, farmland and business**Business · Party platform
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).No action yet**Improve Tilbury Industrial Park with transit, green space and walkable areas**Business · Party platform
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).No action yet**Re-establish a North Delta Business Improvement Association**Business · Party platform
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).No action yet**Review City funding of outside lobby organizations**Taxes and spending · Party platform
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).No action yet**Require infrastructure impact assessments for major housing proposals**Housing · Party platform
The platform promises to require infrastructure impact assessments for major housing proposals and to tie approvals to plans for roads, utilities, parks, schools and emergency services. It names no threshold for a major proposal.
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).No action yet**Review the Ladner Village Revitalization Plan**Housing · Party platform
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).No action yet**Create a North Delta revitalization plan**Housing · Party platform
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).No action yet**Update and enforce design guidelines for new developments**Housing · Party platform
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).No action yet**Strengthen tree protection for new developments**Environment · Party platform
The platform promises to protect the urban tree canopy by strengthening tree protections for new developments and by writing management and replacement policies and bylaws for existing properties. The First 90 Days plan promises tree protection bylaws.
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).No action yet**Repeal the delegation of development permits and variances to staff**Housing · Party platform
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).No action yet**A strategy to increase non-market and affordable housing**Housing · Party platform
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).No action yet**Improve traffic management and pedestrian safety on residential streets**Transportation · Party platform
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).No action yet**Equal, sustainable funding for the seniors' centres in all three communities**Community facilities · Party platform
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).No action yet**Match police, fire and bylaw staffing to population and industrial growth**Public safety · Party platform
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).No action yet**Better walking and cycling links between North and South Delta**Transportation · Party platform
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).No action yet**Set up Delta health-care centres with the Province and not-for-profits**Health · Party platform
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).No action yet**Press for better transit between North and South Delta and to the industrial parks**Transportation · Party platform
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).
Read the full position
In the Reporter's questionnaire she wrote that the current Council had two years to make a new plan and approved it in a few months, with most residents against it. That is her own account of the 2024 decision.
[Delta Optimist · Meet Melissa Granum, Delta First candidate for Mayor (her statement), October 1, 2026 (read from the Internet Archive copy) ](https://www.delta-optimist.com/2026-civic-election/meet-melissa-granum-12824357)
02
### Question period, advisory committees and a code of conduct
She wrote in her Optimist statement that Delta First would restore public question period at Council meetings, re-establish citizen advisory committees and adopt an enforceable code of conduct for Council. On election night she called these the most important commitment her team made.
[Delta Optimist · Election night shocker in Delta as Melissa Granum is the new mayor, by Ian Jacques, October 17, 2026 (read from the Internet Archive copy) ](https://www.delta-optimist.com/2026-civic-election/melissa-granum-elected-new-mayor-of-delta-12907028)
03
### A review of City spending and clearer public reporting
Her Optimist statement promises a thorough review of City spending and clearer public reporting so that people can see where their money goes. The Delta First platform calls the review a zero-based budget review and starts it in the first 90 days.
[Delta First · The First 90 Days plan ](https://www.deltafirst.ca/first90days)
04
### Local benefits and police resources from port expansion
In the Reporter's questionnaire she listed making sure Delta benefits financially from national projects among her three priorities. On September 2, 2026 she called on the federal government and the RCMP to give the City assurances of police staffing and resources for the expanding Roberts Bank port, and to keep those costs off Delta taxpayers.
[North Delta Reporter · Granum calls on Ottawa to guarantee RCMP capacity for expanded Delta port, by James Smith, September 2, 2026 ](https://northdeltareporter.com/2026/09/02/granum-calls-on-ottawa-to-guarantee-rcmp-capacity-for-expanded-delta-port/)
05
### A business-led economic plan
In an open letter of September 11, 2026 she promised to meet business associations and hold roundtables in Ladner, Tsawwassen, North Delta and the industrial parks in her first 90 days, and then to set up an Economic Development Advisory Committee to guide a five-year economic development plan.
[North Delta Reporter · Granum calls for business-led economic plan for Delta, by James Smith, September 15, 2026 ](https://northdeltareporter.com/2026/09/15/granum-calls-for-business-led-economic-plan-for-delta/)
06
### Challenge Bill 44 and use the City's own powers
In a release of September 22, 2026 she said she would challenge the Province's Bill 44 housing rules and press for more local flexibility, and that her first duty as mayor would be to use the authority over height, setbacks, parking, trees and building design the City already has.
[North Delta Reporter · Granum vows to challenge Bill 44 if elected Delta mayor, by James Smith, September 22, 2026 ](https://northdeltareporter.com/2026/09/22/granum-vows-to-challenge-bill-44-if-elected-delta-mayor/)
07
### Delta health-care centres
The Delta First platform promises city-supported health-care centres set up with the Province and local not-for-profits, with office space for walk-in clinics. In the platform release of September 8, 2026 she said Ladner had lost all its walk-in clinics in her years there and that residents need help now.
[North Delta Reporter · Delta First announce election platform, by James Smith, September 8, 2026 ](https://northdeltareporter.com/2026/09/08/delta-first-announce-election-platform/)
[Delta First platform](https://www.deltafirst.ca/platform) [Her open letter to Delta's business community](https://www.deltafirst.ca/openletter)
Research status
## What voche.me has checked
Researched 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; every page of the Delta First site that concerns the 2026 campaign, with her open letter to businesses; her VoteMate page; the North Delta Reporter's questionnaire and its reports of March 11, May 25, August 20, September 2, 8, 15 and 22 and October 18, 2026; the Delta Optimist's statement page of October 1 and its reports of March 11 and October 17, 2026, read from Internet Archive copies because the Optimist's article pages refuse scripts; Daily Hive's report of October 18, 2026; the Reporter's interview of August 2020; and a Surrey Police Board release of December 2021.
Her years at the Delta Police Department and the Surrey Police Board come from the Reporter's 2020 interview and the Board's own release. Her current job at the BC Lottery Corporation, her MBA, her 28 years in Delta and the campaign's description of her police work are her own account. Her posts on Instagram, Facebook and YouTube 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 her was found. She held no public office before the vote, so no minutes were searched.
03 / Background
## Experience & community
2020 to 2025
### Executive director, Surrey Police Board
The North Delta Reporter interviewed her as the Board's executive director in August 2020, and the Board's release of December 10, 2021 names her in that title. The years 2020 to 2025 are from the Reporter's March 2026 report of the campaign's release.
[North Delta Reporter · Transparency is the lens Granum vows to apply to new Surrey Police Board, by Tom Zytaruk, August 16, 2020](https://northdeltareporter.com/2020/08/16/transparency-is-the-lens-granum-vows-to-apply-to-new-surrey-police-board/)
2008 to 2020
### Corporate planning manager, Delta Police Department
The Reporter wrote in 2020 that she had held the role for 12 years, with the administration of the Delta Police Board, intergovernmental relations, strategic planning and annual reporting among its duties. The years are from the Reporter's March 2026 report.
[North Delta Reporter · Transparency is the lens Granum vows to apply to new Surrey Police Board, by Tom Zytaruk, August 16, 2020](https://northdeltareporter.com/2020/08/16/transparency-is-the-lens-granum-vows-to-apply-to-new-surrey-police-board/)
Now
### Director of board governance, BC Lottery Corporation
By her own account, in the Reporter's questionnaire and on the Delta First site. voche.me has not checked this with the corporation.
[North Delta Reporter · Meet Delta mayoral candidate Melissa Granum (questionnaire), by James Smith, October 5, 2026](https://northdeltareporter.com/2026/10/05/meet-delta-councillor-candidate-melissa-granum/)
04 / Questions & answers
## Questions for the candidate
Proposed questions for a future interview. They have not been sent to the candidate, and no answers have been supplied.
No questions and answers have been supplied.
### Have your own question?
Ask Melissa Granum directly. We send it to the campaign, and publish the reply here if we get one.
05 / About this page
## Questions about this page
Facts voche.me can state about Melissa Granum's page itself, answered directly rather than left blank.
How did Melissa Granum do in the 2026 Delta municipal election?
Melissa Granum was elected Mayor with 16,197 votes, 1st of 3 in the official count. The City of Delta published the count, and every candidate's total is on the results page.
Is this an official page for Melissa Granum?
No. This page is researched by voche.me from public sources, listed below, and is separate from Melissa Granum's own campaign.
What party did Melissa Granum run with?
Melissa Granum ran for Mayor with Delta First.
Does Melissa Granum currently hold public office?
Not according to this profile. voche.me has not listed a current public office for Melissa Granum.
How many sources does this Melissa Granum profile cite?
This profile lists 26 sourced references, each with the date voche.me checked it, in the Sources section below.
Why do some questions on Melissa Granum's page show no answer?
The "Questions & answers" section on this page lists questions voche.me would put to Melissa Granum in a future interview. They have not been sent yet, so the page says plainly that no answer has been supplied instead of leaving the section blank.
When was the election Melissa Granum ran in?
The 2026 Delta municipal election, including the Mayor race, was decided on October 17, 2026.
06 / Candidate contributions
## Space for campaign updates
### No campaign updates yet
Announcements, event details and messages can be added here, with their source and publication date. No campaign submission has been added.
## Sources & transparency
- [City of Delta · Declaration of Official Election Results, October 21, 2026 ](https://www.delta.ca/sites/default/files/2026-10/Declaration%20of%20Official%20Election%20Results%20for%202026%20General%20Local%20%26%20School%20Elections.pdf)Checked October 30, 2026
- [City of Delta · 2026 General Local and School Elections, Results by Polling Locations ](https://www.delta.ca/sites/default/files/2026-10/Results%20by%20Polling%20Location_0.pdf)Checked October 30, 2026
- [City of Delta · Declaration of Candidates, September 11, 2026 ](https://www.delta.ca/sites/default/files/2026-09/2026%20Declaration%20of%20Candidates_September%2011%2C%202026%20%40%20401%20pm.pdf)Checked October 30, 2026
- [City of Delta · Candidates, 2026 General Local Election ](https://www.delta.ca/elections/candidates)Checked October 30, 2026
- [Delta First · home page, a message from Melissa Granum ](https://www.deltafirst.ca/)Checked October 30, 2026
- [Delta First · We are Delta First, the candidates ](https://www.deltafirst.ca/candidates)Checked October 30, 2026
- [Delta First · The Delta First platform ](https://www.deltafirst.ca/platform)Checked October 30, 2026
- [Delta First · The First 90 Days plan ](https://www.deltafirst.ca/first90days)Checked October 30, 2026
- [Delta First · Our four-year vision ](https://www.deltafirst.ca/four-year-vision)Checked October 30, 2026
- [Delta First · An open letter to Delta's business community from Melissa Granum, September 11, 2026 ](https://www.deltafirst.ca/openletter)Checked October 30, 2026
- [VoteMate · Melissa Granum, Delta First for Delta Mayor, 2026 BC Local Elections ](https://votemate.org/bc2026/candidates/13199)Checked October 30, 2026
- [North Delta Reporter · Meet Delta mayoral candidate Melissa Granum (questionnaire), by James Smith, October 5, 2026 ](https://northdeltareporter.com/2026/10/05/meet-delta-councillor-candidate-melissa-granum/)Checked October 30, 2026
- [Delta Optimist · Meet Melissa Granum, Delta First candidate for Mayor (her statement), October 1, 2026 (read from the Internet Archive copy) ](https://www.delta-optimist.com/2026-civic-election/meet-melissa-granum-12824357)Checked October 30, 2026
- [North Delta Reporter · Delta First announces mayor, council candidates ahead of fall election, by James Smith, March 11, 2026 ](https://northdeltareporter.com/2026/03/11/delta-first-announces-mayor-council-candidates-ahead-of-fall-election/)Checked October 30, 2026
- [Delta Optimist · New municipal election slate announced in Delta, March 11, 2026 (read from the Internet Archive copy) ](https://www.delta-optimist.com/local-news/delta-first-announces-candidates-for-municipal-election-11977921)Checked October 30, 2026
- [North Delta Reporter · Delta First calls for pre-election review of over-budget Metro Vancouver project, May 25, 2026 ](https://northdeltareporter.com/2026/05/25/delta-first-calls-for-pre-election-review-of-over-budget-metro-vancouver-project/)Checked October 30, 2026
- [North Delta Reporter · Former mayors, police chief, MLA and firefighter endorse Granum for Delta mayor, by James Smith, August 20, 2026 ](https://northdeltareporter.com/2026/08/20/former-mayors-police-chief-mla-and-firefighter-endorse-granum-for-delta-mayor/)Checked October 30, 2026
- [North Delta Reporter · Granum calls on Ottawa to guarantee RCMP capacity for expanded Delta port, by James Smith, September 2, 2026 ](https://northdeltareporter.com/2026/09/02/granum-calls-on-ottawa-to-guarantee-rcmp-capacity-for-expanded-delta-port/)Checked October 30, 2026
- [North Delta Reporter · Delta First announce election platform, by James Smith, September 8, 2026 ](https://northdeltareporter.com/2026/09/08/delta-first-announce-election-platform/)Checked October 30, 2026
- [North Delta Reporter · Granum calls for business-led economic plan for Delta, by James Smith, September 15, 2026 ](https://northdeltareporter.com/2026/09/15/granum-calls-for-business-led-economic-plan-for-delta/)Checked October 30, 2026
- [North Delta Reporter · Granum vows to challenge Bill 44 if elected Delta mayor, by James Smith, September 22, 2026 ](https://northdeltareporter.com/2026/09/22/granum-vows-to-challenge-bill-44-if-elected-delta-mayor/)Checked October 30, 2026
- [North Delta Reporter · Melissa Granum is Delta's new mayor, by James Smith, October 18, 2026 ](https://northdeltareporter.com/2026/10/18/melissa-granum-deltas-new-mayor/)Checked October 30, 2026
- [Delta Optimist · Election night shocker in Delta as Melissa Granum is the new mayor, by Ian Jacques, October 17, 2026 (read from the Internet Archive copy) ](https://www.delta-optimist.com/2026-civic-election/melissa-granum-elected-new-mayor-of-delta-12907028)Checked October 30, 2026
- [Daily Hive · Melissa Granum elected new mayor of City of Delta, by Amir Ali, October 18, 2026 ](https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/melissa-granum-mayor-of-delta)Checked October 30, 2026
- [North Delta Reporter · Transparency is the lens Granum vows to apply to new Surrey Police Board, by Tom Zytaruk, August 16, 2020 ](https://northdeltareporter.com/2020/08/16/transparency-is-the-lens-granum-vows-to-apply-to-new-surrey-police-board/)Checked October 30, 2026
- [Surrey Police Board · Surrey Police Board Statement, December 10, 2021 ](https://www.surreypolice.ca/news-events/news/surrey-police-board-statement)Checked October 30, 2026
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