Elected school trustee of Delta on October 17, 2026, with 12,744 votes, third of the 18 trustee candidates. A national representative with the Canadian Union of Public Employees by her own account, she ran with One Delta on recruiting and keeping school staff, workplace safety and wellbeing, and protecting student learning and classroom resources.
Tamara Bissett-Laza was elected to the Delta Board of Education on October 17, 2026, with 12,744 votes in the City of Delta's official count, third of the 18 candidates for seven seats. The Chief Election Officer declared the result on October 21, 2026. The City's candidates page prints One Delta as her elector organization. The North Delta Reporter reported her as one of the two newcomers elected with One Delta, and described her at the slate's launch in May 2026 as a labour representative and public education advocate. By her own account she has lived in Delta all her life and is a national representative with the Canadian Union of Public Employees. In the Reporter's questionnaire she named recruiting and retaining school staff, workplace safety and wellbeing, and protecting student learning and classroom resources as her priorities.
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In the North Delta Reporter's questionnaire she wrote that she will listen to frontline staff, work with education partners and advocate for the sustainable provincial funding needed to support the people who support students, so that staff positions can be filled and kept.
“I will listen to frontline staff, work collaboratively with education partners and advocate for the sustainable provincial funding needed to support the people who support our students.”
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: North Delta Reporter · Meet Delta school trustee candidate Tamara Bissett-Laza (questionnaire), by James Smith, October 5, 2026 (opens in a new tab).
One Delta's school board platform promises to strengthen reading and math instruction with research-informed approaches, to identify struggling students early and give them timely support, and to expand support for older students who struggle with the reading and math they need in high school.
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Where the promise was made: One Delta · Our Plan for Delta Schools (School Board platform) (opens in a new tab), North Delta Reporter · One Delta unveils full council, school board platforms, by James Smith, September 29, 2026 (opens in a new tab).
The platform promises a process with the City of Delta, Delta Police, parents and students to identify and fix school-zone safety concerns, safer walking and cycling routes, safe drop-off locations, support for Walk Zones and walking school buses, and road safety education on e-bikes and e-scooters. The slate's release of September 1, 2026 set out the same plan.
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Where the promise was made: One Delta · Our Plan for Delta Schools (School Board platform) (opens in a new tab), One Delta · One Delta School Board Team Outlines Plan for Safe Routes to School, September 1, 2026 (opens in a new tab).
The platform promises to maintain and strengthen Delta's School Liaison Officer program, which pairs police with schools, families and students.
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Where the promise was made: One Delta · Our Plan for Delta Schools (School Board platform) (opens in a new tab).
The platform promises to expand prevention and early intervention so students get help before problems become crises, to build on increased counselling and wrap-around supports, and to strengthen parent education and partnerships with community agencies.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: One Delta · Our Plan for Delta Schools (School Board platform) (opens in a new tab).
The platform promises to connect students with work through local employers, co-ops, apprenticeships and real-world experience, to expand pathways to post-secondary education including credits earned in high school, and to modernize Tech-Ed programs and school workshops with robotics, digital fabrication and sustainable energy systems.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: One Delta · Our Plan for Delta Schools (School Board platform) (opens in a new tab), North Delta Reporter · One Delta unveils full council, school board platforms, by James Smith, September 29, 2026 (opens in a new tab).
The platform promises to strengthen academic rigour and critical thinking, to expand enrichment in STEM, the arts, writing and other areas, to build digital literacy including responsible use of AI, and to create clearer pathways after graduation through ties with universities, colleges and employers.
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Where the promise was made: One Delta · Our Plan for Delta Schools (School Board platform) (opens in a new tab).
The platform promises to support age-appropriate cellphone restrictions during instructional time, to build digital citizenship and healthy technology habits into learning, to help parents support healthy technology use at home, and to create more face-to-face connection through outdoor learning, athletics, arts and clubs.
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Where the promise was made: One Delta · Our Plan for Delta Schools (School Board platform) (opens in a new tab).
The platform promises to work with Delta Parks and Recreation, community sport, schools and families so young people stay active, to connect schools with the City's Youth and Kids passes, and to make recreation easier to reach for older students and recent graduates.
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Where the promise was made: One Delta · Our Plan for Delta Schools (School Board platform) (opens in a new tab).
The platform promises that a One Delta School Board and Council team will commit staff time, resources and partnerships to strengthen the North Delta Youth Hub and the South Delta pop-up, bring counselling, mental health, employment and life skills services together in one place, and build a lasting Delta model.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: One Delta · Our Plan for Delta Schools (School Board platform) (opens in a new tab), North Delta Reporter · One Delta unveils full council, school board platforms, by James Smith, September 29, 2026 (opens in a new tab).
The platform promises to strengthen recruitment and retention of support staff, to support mentorship and targeted training, to improve workload planning and scheduling, and to strengthen workplace safety through clear reporting, prevention and timely action.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: One Delta · Our Plan for Delta Schools (School Board platform) (opens in a new tab), North Delta Reporter · One Delta unveils full council, school board platforms, by James Smith, September 29, 2026 (opens in a new tab).
The platform promises to protect classroom funding by advocating for full provincial funding of negotiated wages and benefits, so increases do not come at the expense of teaching, and for sustainable provincial funding to address staffing pressures.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: One Delta · Our Plan for Delta Schools (School Board platform) (opens in a new tab), North Delta Reporter · One Delta unveils full council, school board platforms, by James Smith, September 29, 2026 (opens in a new tab).
The platform promises to invest in classroom-focused training, mentoring, coaching and leadership development, to strengthen induction and peer mentoring for new educators, to reduce unnecessary administrative work, to support staff mental health and workload, and to make sure classrooms have current learning materials and technology.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: One Delta · Our Plan for Delta Schools (School Board platform) (opens in a new tab), North Delta Reporter · One Delta unveils full council, school board platforms, by James Smith, September 29, 2026 (opens in a new tab).
The platform promises to put student learning first when setting budget priorities, in line with Vision 2030, to provide plain-language information about budgets, major projects and results, and to hold two-way conversations with families, staff, students and community partners throughout the year.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: One Delta · Our Plan for Delta Schools (School Board platform) (opens in a new tab), North Delta Reporter · One Delta unveils full council, school board platforms, by James Smith, September 29, 2026 (opens in a new tab).
The platform promises to plan ahead with a long-range facilities strategy focused on safe, accessible, energy-efficient and modern learning spaces.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: One Delta · Our Plan for Delta Schools (School Board platform) (opens in a new tab).
The platform promises to make belonging, equity and inclusion a district priority and continue the Justice and Equity Action Plan, to strengthen mental health, disability and language supports, to support student-led equity and anti-racism initiatives, and to equip staff through professional learning.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: One Delta · Our Plan for Delta Schools (School Board platform) (opens in a new tab), North Delta Reporter · One Delta unveils full council, school board platforms, by James Smith, September 29, 2026 (opens in a new tab).
Tamara Bissett-Laza was elected to the Delta Board of Education on October 17, 2026. The City of Delta's official count gives her 12,744 votes, third of the 18 candidates for seven seats, and the Chief Election Officer declared her elected on October 21, 2026. The North Delta Reporter reported that this was 7.79 per cent of the ballots cast for trustee and called her and Jesse Bierman the newcomers elected with One Delta, alongside three sitting trustees on the slate.
The Reporter reported on May 27, 2026 that One Delta announced its full school board slate at its campaign launch that day, describing her as a labour representative and public education advocate, and Daily Hive reported the same slate on May 30, 2026. The Delta School District's trustee page still showed the Board elected in 2022 on October 30, 2026.
By her own account, in the Reporter's questionnaire, on the One Delta team page and on her VoteMate page, she was born and raised in Delta, attended Ladner Elementary and Delta Secondary, grew up on Westham Island on her family's farm, is a national representative with the Canadian Union of Public Employees working on advocacy, bargaining and organizational leadership, founded the Delta Community Animal Expo, and volunteers with Ladner Minor Baseball, Delta Fastpitch, the Hawthorne Elementary parent advisory council and the Delta Hospital and Community Health Foundation gala. voche.me has not checked these with the union or the organizations named.
In the Reporter's questionnaire she named three priorities: recruiting and retaining great school staff, strengthening workplace safety and wellbeing, and protecting student learning and classroom resources. She wrote that a position on a staffing chart does not help a student if it cannot be filled, and that she will listen to frontline staff, work with education partners and advocate for the sustainable provincial funding needed to support the people who support students. The One Delta school platform carries the slate's promises, listed on this page as the organization's.
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In the Reporter's questionnaire she named this first. She wrote that staff need effective onboarding, mentorship, training, manageable workloads and safe workplaces, and that a position on a staffing chart does not help a student if it cannot be filled or the person cannot be kept.
North Delta Reporter · Meet Delta school trustee candidate Tamara Bissett-Laza (questionnaire), by James Smith, October 5, 2026Her second priority. The One Delta platform promises to strengthen workplace safety for support staff through clear reporting, prevention and timely action, and to support staff health and wellbeing.
North Delta Reporter · Meet Delta school trustee candidate Tamara Bissett-Laza (questionnaire), by James Smith, October 5, 2026Her third priority. She wrote that she wants to keep student success at the centre of decisions about staffing, safety, resources and finances.
North Delta Reporter · Meet Delta school trustee candidate Tamara Bissett-Laza (questionnaire), by James Smith, October 5, 2026Researched 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 School District's trustee page; the One Delta team page, school board platform and Safe Routes release of September 1, 2026; her VoteMate page; the North Delta Reporter's questionnaire and its reports of May 27, September 29 and October 18, 2026; and Daily Hive's report of May 30, 2026.
Her union job and her volunteer roles are her own account; no independent source for them was found. Her Facebook and Instagram accounts, named on her VoteMate page, were not read, because both sites show a login page to scripts. No Delta Optimist statement for 2026 and no report of a 2026 all-candidates meeting quoting her was found. She held no public office before the vote, so there is no Board record to read.
Elected on October 17, 2026, with 12,744 votes, third of 18. The North Delta Reporter described her as a newcomer to the Board.
North Delta Reporter · Melissa Granum is Delta's new mayor, by James Smith, October 18, 2026By her own account, in the Reporter's questionnaire and on the One Delta team page; the Reporter described her as a labour representative at the slate's launch. voche.me has not checked this with the union.
North Delta Reporter · Meet Delta school trustee candidate Tamara Bissett-Laza (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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Tamara Bissett-Laza was elected School Trustee with 12,744 votes, 3rd of 18 in the official count. The City of Delta published the count, and every candidate's total is on the results page.
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