[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":1425},["ShallowReactive",2],{"news-list":3,"party-one-delta":65,"parties-all":495,"party-roster-One Delta":1349},[4,22,33,43,53],{"path":5,"title":6,"description":7,"date":8,"publishedAt":9,"author":10,"category":11,"tags":12,"image":17,"imageAlt":18,"imageCredit":19,"updated":20,"linkedinPostUrl":20,"pinned":21},"\u002Fnews\u002Fdelta-hospital-endoscopy-unit-funded-2026-10-31","Delta Hospital endoscopy unit fundraising complete after $500,000 Beedie gift","The Delta Hospital and Community Health Foundation reached its $8 million goal for a new endoscopy unit after Ryan and Cindy Beedie donated $500,000, completing the campaign.","2026-10-31","2026-10-31T09:18:00-07:00","voche.me editors","Election news",[13,14,15,16],"Delta Hospital","Healthcare","Community","Delta BC","\u002Fimages\u002Fnews\u002Fbc-delta-2026\u002Fai\u002Fdelta-hospital-endoscopy-unit-funded-2026-10-31.webp","Illustration of a clean modern medical examination room with equipment in a hospital.","Illustration made with AI for voche.me",null,false,{"path":23,"title":24,"description":25,"date":8,"publishedAt":26,"author":10,"category":11,"tags":27,"image":20,"imageAlt":32,"imageCredit":20,"updated":20,"linkedinPostUrl":20,"pinned":21},"\u002Fnews\u002Fdelta-housing-target-progress-2026-10-31","Delta barely cleared its last housing target and faces a harder one ahead","Delta surpassed its provincial housing target by one unit in the year to September 2025, but the number required for the next year is 18 percent higher and construction has slowed.","2026-10-31T09:05:00-07:00",[28,16,29,30,31],"Housing","City of Delta","Housing Target","Province of BC","Illustration of new townhouses under construction on a suburban street on a sunny day.",{"path":34,"title":35,"description":36,"date":8,"publishedAt":37,"author":10,"category":11,"tags":38,"image":20,"imageAlt":42,"imageCredit":20,"updated":20,"linkedinPostUrl":20,"pinned":21},"\u002Fnews\u002Fdelta-police-distracted-driving-enforcement-2026-10-31","Delta police issued 80 tickets in two days during distracted driving campaign","Delta police issued 80 violation tickets and warnings during the Thanksgiving weekend as part of a province-wide distracted driving campaign. The fine for phone use while driving is $368.","2026-10-31T09:45:00-07:00",[39,40,41,16],"Safety","Delta Police","Traffic","Illustration of a police officer standing beside a road holding a device on a clear day.",{"path":44,"title":45,"description":46,"date":8,"publishedAt":47,"author":10,"category":11,"tags":48,"image":20,"imageAlt":52,"imageCredit":20,"updated":20,"linkedinPostUrl":20,"pinned":21},"\u002Fnews\u002Fdelta-snap-school-travel-pilot-2026-10-31","Delta launches school travel safety pilot at five elementary schools","The City of Delta, Fraser Health and the Delta School District are running a pilot program at five elementary schools to find ways to make the trip to school safer for students.","2026-10-31T09:32:00-07:00",[49,39,50,16,51],"Schools","Transport","Delta School District","Illustration of children walking on a sidewalk toward a school on a sunny morning.",{"path":54,"title":55,"description":56,"date":8,"publishedAt":57,"author":10,"category":11,"tags":58,"image":20,"imageAlt":64,"imageCredit":20,"updated":20,"linkedinPostUrl":20,"pinned":21},"\u002Fnews\u002Froberts-bank-terminal-2-project-of-national-interest-2026-10-31","Federal government designates Roberts Bank Terminal 2 as a Project of National Interest","The federal government gave Roberts Bank Terminal 2 in Delta a new designation on Friday that clears the remaining permits for the $5.9 billion port expansion to proceed.","2026-10-31T08:51:00-07:00",[59,60,61,62,63],"Port","Infrastructure","Deltaport","Roberts Bank","Melissa Granum","Illustration of a container port facility at the water's edge under a clear blue sky.",{"id":66,"aliases":67,"checkedAt":68,"declaredColour":20,"extension":69,"founded":70,"headline":76,"history":77,"leadership":134,"logo":20,"meta":147,"money":148,"name":163,"news":164,"overview":216,"palette":222,"platform":227,"questions":394,"record":421,"registeredName":163,"rosterLabel":163,"slug":431,"sources":432,"stem":491,"summary":492,"website":493,"wordmark":20,"__hash__":494},"parties\u002Felections\u002Fbc-delta-2026\u002Fparties\u002Fone-delta.json",[],"2026-10-30","json",{"year":71,"note":72,"cites":73},2026,"The four councillors announced their slate on February 12, 2026 under the name Delta First, then registered the name One Delta with Elections BC and announced it on April 7, 2026, by the North Delta Reporter's account. The register gives no date of registration.",[74,75],"ndr-2026-04-07","ebc-register","The organization formed by four councillors removed from Achieving for Delta, with seven of its 14 candidates elected",{"entries":78,"state":124,"indexable":125,"checkedAt":68,"searched":126,"gaps":131},[79,86,92,98,103,110,117],{"date":80,"title":81,"body":82,"cites":83},"2022-10-15","2022 election: the founders elected with Achieving for Delta","The City's declaration of October 19, 2022 names Rod Binder, Daniel Boisvert, Jennifer Johal and Dylan Kruger among the six councillors elected, and Ammen Dhillon, Masako Gooch and Val Windsor among the seven trustees. All seven ran with Achieving for Delta, by the North Delta Reporter's account.",[84,74,85],"city-results-2022","ndr-2026-04-28",{"date":87,"title":88,"body":89,"cites":90},"2025-12-02","Achieving for Delta drops the four councillors","A letter dated December 2, 2025 on Achieving for Delta letterhead told Kruger, Boisvert, Johal and Binder the organization would not endorse them in 2026, by the Delta Optimist's account. The four said in a statement that the decision was aimed at silencing them.",[91],"optimist-2025-12-03",{"date":93,"title":94,"body":95,"cites":96},"2026-02-12","A slate announced as Delta First","The four councillors announced a new slate under the name Delta First. The North Delta Reporter reported that another group had applied to register that name with Elections BC days earlier, so the councillors registered the name One Delta instead.",[74,97],"ndr-2026-03-11",{"date":99,"title":100,"body":101,"cites":102},"2026-04-07","One Delta announced, with Bruce McDonald as president","The four councillors announced the name One Delta and named former nine-term councillor Bruce McDonald as president. The Reporter said the organization was registered to run candidates for Council and the school board.",[74],{"date":104,"title":105,"body":106,"cites":107},"2026-05-27","Kruger runs for mayor; full slate announced","Dylan Kruger launched his campaign for mayor at Cascades Casino Delta with six council candidates and seven school board candidates. Sylvia Bishop had joined on May 21 and trustees Windsor, Dhillon and Gooch on April 28.",[108,109,85],"ndr-2026-05-27","ndr-2026-05-21",{"date":111,"title":112,"body":113,"cites":114},"2026-09-04","Surj Uppal withdraws from the school board race","School board candidate Surj Uppal withdrew in a statement that gave no reason. One Delta said it would find a new candidate before nominations closed, and the City's candidates page prints Amar Hundal with One Delta.",[115,116],"ndr-2026-09-08","city-candidates-page",{"date":118,"title":119,"body":120,"cites":121},"2026-10-17","2026 election: seven of 14 candidates elected","The City's official results give Kruger 9,460 votes for mayor, second to Melissa Granum's 16,197. Sylvia Bishop (11,811) and Daniel Boisvert (9,946) were elected to Council; Val Windsor (15,019), Tamara Bissett-Laza (12,744), Ammen Dhillon (12,163), Masako Gooch (11,823) and Jesse Bierman (10,468) to the Board of Education. The Chief Election Officer declared the official results on October 21, 2026.",[122,123],"city-declaration-results","ndr-2026-10-18","researched",true,[127,128,129,130],"Elections BC's Register of Elector Organizations by Jurisdiction, dated October 30, 2026","The City of Delta's declarations of official results for 2022 and 2026 and its candidates page","The Delta Optimist's report of December 3, 2025, read from the Internet Archive","The North Delta Reporter's reports from March to October 2026",[132,133],"The register gives no date of registration.","voche.me found no account of why Surj Uppal withdrew beyond his own statement, which gave no reason.",[135,139,143],{"role":136,"name":137,"cites":138},"Mayoral candidate, 2026; a founder of the organization","Dylan Kruger",[108,74],{"role":140,"name":141,"cites":142},"President, by the North Delta Reporter's account","Bruce McDonald",[74],{"role":144,"name":145,"cites":146},"Authorized principal official, as registered with Elections BC","Colin Weeres",[75],{},{"searchUrl":149,"filings":150,"notes":151,"state":156,"indexable":21,"checkedAt":68,"searched":157,"gaps":161},"https:\u002F\u002Fcontributions.electionsbc.gov.bc.ca\u002Fpcs\u002FLESearch.aspx",[],[152,153,154,155],"Elections BC regulates campaign financing in local elections. Its Register of Elector Organizations by Jurisdiction, dated October 30, 2026, lists One Delta for Delta and the Delta School District.","A search of Elections BC's Financial Reports and Political Contributions System on October 30, 2026, for filers named One Delta, returned no reports.","Elections BC says an elector organization must file a financial report within 90 days after general voting day for each election it takes part in, and by March 31 for each calendar year. General voting day was October 17, 2026, and the City's candidates page gives January 15, 2027 as the deadline for campaign disclosure statements. No report on this election is published yet.","One Delta's site asks for donations to the organization and to individual candidates.","none-published",[127,158,159,160],"Elections BC's Financial Reports and Political Contributions System, scanned reports search for \"One Delta\"","Elections BC's page on elector organizations","One Delta's home and team pages",[162,132],"Elections BC has published no financial report from One Delta. The report on the 2026 election is due within 90 days after general voting day.","One Delta",{"entries":165,"state":124,"indexable":21,"checkedAt":68,"searched":210,"gaps":213},[166,172,177,182,186,190,195,200,204],{"date":167,"publisher":168,"title":169,"url":170,"summary":171},"2026-10-18","North Delta Reporter","Melissa Granum is Delta’s new mayor","https:\u002F\u002Fnorthdeltareporter.com\u002F2026\u002F10\u002F18\u002Fmelissa-granum-deltas-new-mayor\u002F","The election night report says Dylan Kruger came second for mayor with 9,460 votes, that Sylvia Bishop and Daniel Boisvert were elected to Council with One Delta, and that five One Delta candidates were elected to the school board. Councillors Rod Binder and Jennifer Johal were not re-elected.",{"date":173,"publisher":168,"title":174,"url":175,"summary":176},"2026-09-29","One Delta unveils full council, school board platforms","https:\u002F\u002Fnorthdeltareporter.com\u002F2026\u002F09\u002F29\u002Fone-delta-unveils-full-council-school-board-platforms\u002F","The report lists the council platform's main points, among them no new taxes, levies or fees, a North Delta recreation centre, an economic development office, 30 km\u002Fh limits on residential streets and published voting records, and the five parts of the school board platform.",{"date":178,"publisher":168,"title":179,"url":180,"summary":181},"2026-09-08","One Delta candidate Surj Uppal drops out of school board race","https:\u002F\u002Fnorthdeltareporter.com\u002F2026\u002F09\u002F08\u002Fone-delta-candidate-surj-uppal-drops-out-of-school-board-race\u002F","The report says school board candidate Surj Uppal withdrew on September 4 in a statement that gave no reason, and that One Delta said it would find a new candidate before nominations closed. The City's candidates page later printed Amar Hundal with One Delta.",{"date":111,"publisher":168,"title":183,"url":184,"summary":185},"Kruger, One Delta promise no new taxes, levies or fees if elected","https:\u002F\u002Fnorthdeltareporter.com\u002F2026\u002F09\u002F04\u002Fkruger-one-delta-promise-no-new-taxes-levies-or-fees-if-elected\u002F","The report says One Delta's release claimed Harvie had pledged a levy for a North Delta recreation centre; the Reporter could not find that pledge on Achieving for Delta's site and traced the claim to a December 2024 Council motion and a September 1 social media post. One Delta's campaign said property tax increases would stay in line with inflation.",{"date":104,"publisher":168,"title":187,"url":188,"summary":189},"Kruger running for Delta mayor, announces full slate for council, school board","https:\u002F\u002Fnorthdeltareporter.com\u002F2026\u002F05\u002F27\u002Fkruger-running-for-delta-mayor-announces-full-slate-for-council-school-board\u002F","The report on the campaign launch at Cascades Casino Delta names Kruger as the candidate for mayor and lists the six council and seven school board candidates, and endorsements from Scott Hamilton, Laura Dixon and Bruce McDonald.",{"date":191,"publisher":168,"title":192,"url":193,"summary":194},"2026-05-21","Former councillor Sylvia Bishop running with One Delta slate","https:\u002F\u002Fnorthdeltareporter.com\u002F2026\u002F05\u002F21\u002Fformer-councillor-sylvia-bishop-running-with-one-delta-slate\u002F","The report says Sylvia Bishop, a councillor from 2011 to 2018 who ran for mayor in 2018, joined One Delta, and quotes her saying public voices had been limited and committees dissolved under the current leadership.",{"date":196,"publisher":168,"title":197,"url":198,"summary":199},"2026-04-28","Three incumbent school trustees join One Delta slate","https:\u002F\u002Fnorthdeltareporter.com\u002F2026\u002F04\u002F28\u002Fthree-incumbent-school-trustees-join-one-delta-slate\u002F","The report says trustees Val Windsor, Ammen Dhillon and Masako Gooch, all elected in 2022 with Achieving for Delta, would run again with One Delta.",{"date":99,"publisher":168,"title":201,"url":202,"summary":203},"Councillors unite as One Delta to run in next civic election","https:\u002F\u002Fnorthdeltareporter.com\u002F2026\u002F04\u002F07\u002Fcouncillors-unite-as-one-delta-to-run-in-next-civic-election\u002F","The report says the four councillors announced the name One Delta and former councillor Bruce McDonald as president, after their first choice of name, Delta First, had been applied for by another group days earlier.",{"date":205,"publisher":206,"title":207,"url":208,"summary":209},"2025-12-03","Delta Optimist","Nasty fight between Delta mayor and several councillors gets more heated","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.delta-optimist.com\u002Flocal-news\u002Fnasty-fight-between-delta-mayor-and-several-councillors-gets-more-heated-11576309","The Optimist reports that a December 2 letter on Achieving for Delta letterhead told councillors Kruger, Boisvert, Johal and Binder the organization would not endorse them in 2026. The four answered that the decision was aimed at silencing voices that had raised concerns about the mayor's spending. The report recalls the May 2024 Council votes that removed Harvie from the Metro Vancouver board.",[211,129,212],"The North Delta Reporter's reports from April to October 2026","Web searches for One Delta and its candidates with the 2026 election",[214,215],"The Delta Optimist answers 403 to scripts. Its 2026 reports on One Delta were not read for this record.","voche.me found no report of any complaint or investigation about One Delta.",[217,218,219,220,221],"Elections BC's Register of Elector Organizations by Jurisdiction, dated October 30, 2026, lists One Delta for the jurisdictions Delta and Delta School District, with no other name and the ballot name One Delta. It names Colin Weeres as the authorized principal official.","The City of Delta's candidates page prints One Delta as the organization of 14 candidates: Dylan Kruger for mayor; Rod Binder, Sylvia Bishop, Daniel Boisvert, Sarah Gallop, Jennifer Johal and Pawan Joshi for Council; and Jesse Bierman, Tamara Bissett-Laza, Ammen Dhillon, Masako Gooch, Amar Hundal, Gurinder Kahlon and Val Windsor for school trustee. The Chief Election Officer's declaration of October 21, 2026 names seven of them among the people elected: Bishop and Boisvert on Council, and Windsor, Bissett-Laza, Dhillon, Gooch and Bierman on the Board of Education. Kruger had 9,460 votes for mayor, second of three.","The North Delta Reporter reported on April 7, 2026 that councillors Boisvert, Binder, Johal and Kruger, all elected in 2022 with Achieving for Delta, had registered the name One Delta after being told in December 2025 that Achieving for Delta would not endorse them. The four had first announced their slate on February 12, 2026 under the name Delta First, before learning that another group had applied to register that name days earlier. The Reporter named former councillor Bruce McDonald as the organization's president.","The Delta Optimist reported on December 3, 2025 that a letter on Achieving for Delta letterhead, dated December 2, told the four councillors the organization would not endorse them in 2026. The four answered in a statement that the mayor's decision was aimed at silencing voices that had raised concerns about his spending and decisions. That was their own statement.","The council platform on the organization's site has three parts: getting back to basics, delivering infrastructure, and accountability and transparency. Its school board platform has five parts. Both were released on September 28, 2026, by the Reporter's account. The site says its 14 candidates come from Ladner, North Delta and Tsawwassen.",{"accent":223,"onAccent":224,"tint":225,"ink":226},"#15803D","#FFFFFF","#E6F4EA","#1F2933",[228,270,316,356],{"issue":229,"headline":230,"summary":231,"paragraphs":232,"proposals":236,"questions":262,"state":124,"indexable":125,"checkedAt":68,"searched":263,"gaps":267},"housing","Responsible development, two stairwells in new condominiums and a new heritage inventory","One Delta's platform promises development focused on families, first-time buyers and seniors, an Official Community Plan update in the next term through the Province's five-year rule, a requirement for two stairwells in new multi-storey buildings, an update of the heritage inventory, the return of the Heritage Advisory Commission and Advisory Design Panel, stronger design guidelines, and protection of farmland and the tree canopy. It gives no number of homes and no costs.",[233,234,235],"The platform promises to prioritize responsible development and housing with a focus on families, first-time home buyers and seniors. It says One Delta supports the Province's requirement to update the Official Community Plan every five years and looks forward to that consultation in the next term.","On building safety, the platform promises to fight provincial changes that weaken the requirement for two independent exits in multi-storey residential buildings and to keep that requirement in Delta's own bylaws.","On neighbourhood character, the platform promises to update Delta's heritage inventory, which it says has not been updated in over 25 years, to bring back the Heritage Advisory Commission and Advisory Design Panel, and to strengthen design guidelines, possibly for each town core in North Delta, Ladner and Tsawwassen. On farmland, it promises to keep farmland for farming, to stop illegal farm buildings and to enforce the City's land use powers against development. On trees, it promises neighbourhood-led tree protection built on a pilot program in Sunshine Hills and more enforcement.",[237,242,246,250,254,258],{"title":238,"detail":239,"cites":240},"Development focused on families, first-time buyers and seniors","The platform promises to prioritize responsible development and housing with a strict focus on families, first-time home buyers and seniors. It names no number of homes and no change to zoning.",[241],"od-platform",{"title":243,"detail":244,"cites":245},"Update the Official Community Plan in the next term","The platform says One Delta supports the Province's requirement to update the Official Community Plan every five years and will enter that consultation with the community in the next term.",[241],{"title":247,"detail":248,"cites":249},"Keep two stairwells in new multi-storey buildings","The platform promises to fight provincial changes that weaken the requirement for two independent means of exit in multi-storey residential buildings, and to keep clear, enforceable requirements in Delta's own bylaws.",[241],{"title":251,"detail":252,"cites":253},"Update the heritage inventory and bring back two advisory bodies","The platform promises to update Delta's heritage inventory, including mid-century buildings, and to reinstate the Heritage Advisory Commission and the Advisory Design Panel.",[241],{"title":255,"detail":256,"cites":257},"Stronger design guidelines for development","The platform promises to work with residents to strengthen design guidelines and to consider extending them to each town core in North Delta, Ladner and Tsawwassen.",[241],{"title":259,"detail":260,"cites":261},"Protect farmland and the tree canopy","The platform promises to enforce the City's land use jurisdiction to protect farmland from development, to stop illegal farm structures by working with the Agricultural Land Commission, and to apply neighbourhood-led tree protection across the city, building on a pilot in Sunshine Hills.",[241],[],[264,265,266],"One Delta's council platform page, all three parts","One Delta's home and Why We're Running pages","The North Delta Reporter's report of September 29, 2026",[268,269],"The platform gives no number of homes, no cost and no specific change to zoning bylaws.","The platform's statement that the heritage inventory has not been updated in over 25 years is the organization's own claim.",{"issue":271,"headline":272,"summary":273,"paragraphs":274,"proposals":278,"questions":309,"state":124,"indexable":125,"checkedAt":68,"searched":310,"gaps":313},"taxes-and-budget","No new taxes, levies or fees, and an economic development office","One Delta's platform promises no new taxes, levies or fees for residents, a cap on property tax increases at the rate of inflation, a dedicated economic development office, a ban on business class travel for elected officials and staff, a new procurement strategy favouring local businesses, and a new recreation centre in North Delta paid for without new taxes.",[275,276,277],"The platform's first promise is no new taxes, levies or fees for residents. It says community investments would be paid for by growing Delta's economy, attracting businesses and workers, and getting a fair share of senior government funding. A September 28, 2026 release on the site adds a cap on future property tax increases at the rate of inflation. The North Delta Reporter reported on September 4, 2026 that One Delta's deputy campaign manager said the no-new-taxes promise means keeping property tax increases in line with inflation.","The platform promises to open Delta's own economic development office to attract businesses to its industrial areas near Deltaport, a new procurement strategy that prioritizes local businesses, and a ban on business class travel for elected officials and staff.","The platform promises a new full-service recreation centre in North Delta without any new taxes, levies or fees. The Reporter reported that City staff estimated in June 2026 that such a facility could cost $150 million to $300 million, and that One Delta's plan to pay for major projects rests on senior government funding and a larger commercial and industrial tax base. The Reporter also reported that in December 2024, Council defeated Mayor Harvie's motion to fund a North Delta recreation centre with a two per cent levy and borrowing, with Kruger and his allies voting no.",[279,285,289,293,297,301,305],{"title":280,"detail":281,"cites":282},"No new taxes, levies or fees","The platform commits to no new taxes, levies or fees for residents. One Delta's campaign told the North Delta Reporter that property tax increases would be kept in line with inflation.",[241,283,284],"od-news-taxes","ndr-2026-09-04",{"title":286,"detail":287,"cites":288},"Cap property tax increases at the rate of inflation","A September 28, 2026 release on the site lists capping future property tax increases to the rate of inflation. The platform page itself does not state the cap.",[283],{"title":290,"detail":291,"cites":292},"Open a dedicated economic development office","The platform promises Delta's own economic development office to attract businesses to the industrial areas near Deltaport. It names no budget for the office.",[241,108],{"title":294,"detail":295,"cites":296},"Ban business class travel for elected officials and staff","The platform promises to ban business class travel for elected officials and staff.",[241],{"title":298,"detail":299,"cites":300},"A new procurement strategy that favours local businesses","The platform promises a procurement strategy, developed with businesses, that prioritizes local businesses while delivering best value.",[241],{"title":302,"detail":303,"cites":304},"A North Delta recreation centre without new taxes","The platform promises a new full-service recreation centre in North Delta without adding any new taxes, levies or fees. City staff's June 2026 estimate for such a facility, reported by the North Delta Reporter, was $150 million to $300 million.",[241,284],{"title":306,"detail":307,"cites":308},"Lower the Seniors Activity Pass age from 75 to 70","The September 28, 2026 release on the site lists lowering the eligibility age for the Seniors Activity Pass from 75 to 70.",[283],[],[264,311,312],"One Delta's release of September 28, 2026 on the mayoral debate","The North Delta Reporter's reports of September 4 and September 29, 2026",[314,315],"The platform names no cost for the recreation centre, the economic development office or the park expansion.","One Delta's statement that the other mayoral candidates refused to rule out tax increases at the September 28 debate is its own account.",{"issue":317,"headline":318,"summary":319,"paragraphs":320,"proposals":324,"questions":349,"state":124,"indexable":125,"checkedAt":68,"searched":350,"gaps":353},"governance","Citizen committees, recorded votes and a ban on patronage hiring","One Delta's platform promises to restore citizen-led committees, to publish how each councillor votes on each item, public timelines for development applications, competitive hiring with no patronage appointments, no extra pay for regional board seats, and the mayor's return to the Delta Police Board. It also asks the Province for an auditor general for local government and a smaller elected council over Metro Vancouver, TransLink and E-Comm.",[321,322,323],"The accountability part of the platform promises to restore citizen-led committees, naming the Delta Heritage Commission, the Parks and Recreation Commission and the Design Advisory Panel. It promises to record each councillor's vote on each agenda item in the published minutes, and transparent tracking and timelines for development and planning applications.","The platform promises public, competitive hiring with no patronage appointments, and that One Delta elected officials appointed to Metro Vancouver would take no stipend or honorarium beyond their municipal salary. It says the mayor would sit on the Delta Police Board; it says Mayor Harvie stepped down from that board, which is the organization's own account.","On the region, the platform supports an auditor general for local government or a wider mandate for BC's Auditor General, an independent core services review of Metro Vancouver within 90 days, a full independent review of the North Shore Wastewater Treatment Plant, and a smaller, directly elected regional council of mayors with a Tsawwassen First Nation representative to oversee Metro Vancouver, TransLink and E-Comm. Those changes would need the Province.",[325,329,333,337,341,345],{"title":326,"detail":327,"cites":328},"Restore citizen-led committees","The platform promises to restore citizen-led committees, including the Delta Heritage Commission, the Parks and Recreation Commission and the Design Advisory Panel.",[241,108],{"title":330,"detail":331,"cites":332},"Record each councillor's vote in the minutes","The platform promises that each councillor's vote on each agenda item is recorded and attached to the published minutes of Council meetings.",[241],{"title":334,"detail":335,"cites":336},"Public timelines for development applications","The platform promises transparent tracking and concrete timelines for development and planning applications.",[241],{"title":338,"detail":339,"cites":340},"No patronage appointments and no extra pay for regional seats","The platform promises public, competitive hiring processes, and that One Delta officials appointed to Metro Vancouver would take only their base municipal salary.",[241],{"title":342,"detail":343,"cites":344},"The mayor sits on the Delta Police Board","The platform says Dylan Kruger, as mayor, would sit on the Delta Police Board. Kruger was not elected mayor.",[241,122],{"title":346,"detail":347,"cites":348},"An auditor general and a core services review for Metro Vancouver","The platform supports an Auditor General for Local Government or a wider mandate for BC's Auditor General, and an independent core services review of Metro Vancouver within 90 days of the election. Both need the Province or the regional district to act.",[241],[],[264,351,352],"One Delta's Why We're Running page","The North Delta Reporter's reports of April 7, May 27 and September 29, 2026",[354,355],"Several regional promises need action by the Province or Metro Vancouver, and the platform does not say what One Delta would do if they refuse.","The platform's statements about the mayor's office and about travel spending are the organization's own view.",{"issue":357,"headline":358,"summary":359,"paragraphs":360,"proposals":364,"questions":387,"state":124,"indexable":125,"checkedAt":68,"searched":388,"gaps":391},"schools","Reading and math first, safe routes to school and the School Liaison Officer program","One Delta's school board platform has five parts: strong foundations in reading and math, safe schools, every student's success, healthy students, and support for the people who work in schools. It promises early help for students who struggle, a safe routes to school plan with the City and Delta Police, support for the School Liaison Officer program, more trades and career pathways, and phone limits during class time.",[361,362,363],"The school board platform's first part promises to make literacy and numeracy a priority in every classroom, to identify struggling students early, to expand support for older students, and to give teachers training and resources. The North Delta Reporter reported that trustee Ammen Dhillon described the plan as supporting the whole student, with mental health and relational skills alongside academics.","On safety, the platform promises a Safe Routes to School plan worked out with the City of Delta, Delta Police, parents and students, and support for walk zones and walking school buses. It promises to maintain and strengthen Delta's School Liaison Officer program, which puts police in partnership with schools, and to expand prevention and counselling.","The platform promises to prepare students for work through technology, co-ops, apprenticeships, dual credits and modern Tech-Ed workshops, and to keep Delta's graduation standards high with more enrichment. On wellbeing, it supports age-appropriate cellphone restrictions during class, digital citizenship lessons and more physical activity with Delta Parks and Recreation. The Reporter reported that the platform also supports the district's Justice and Equity Action Plan and Accessibility Plan, and says staffing is the largest part of education spending and needs sustainable provincial funding.",[365,371,375,379,383],{"title":366,"detail":367,"cites":368},"Reading and math first, with early help","The platform promises to strengthen reading and math instruction with research-informed approaches, to identify struggling students early and to expand support, including for older students.",[369,370],"od-school","ndr-2026-09-29",{"title":372,"detail":373,"cites":374},"A Safe Routes to School plan","The platform promises a process with the City of Delta, Delta Police, parents and students to fix school-zone safety concerns, safer walking and cycling routes, and support for walk zones and walking school buses.",[369],{"title":376,"detail":377,"cites":378},"Keep and strengthen the School Liaison Officer program","The platform promises to maintain and strengthen Delta's School Liaison Officer program and to expand prevention, early intervention and counselling.",[369],{"title":380,"detail":381,"cites":382},"More pathways to work and post-secondary","The platform promises co-ops, apprenticeships, dual credits, internships, modern Tech-Ed workshops and stronger ties with employers and post-secondary institutions.",[369,370],{"title":384,"detail":385,"cites":386},"Cellphone limits during class and more physical activity","The platform supports age-appropriate cellphone restrictions during instructional time, digital citizenship lessons, and work with Delta Parks and Recreation to keep young people active.",[369],[],[389,390],"One Delta's school board platform page, all five parts","The North Delta Reporter's reports of April 28 and September 29, 2026",[392,393],"The platform names no cost and no timeline for its school promises.","The platform's statements about Delta's graduation rates are the organization's own account.",[395,399,403,407,411,415],{"question":396,"answer":397,"cites":398},"How many seats did One Delta win in 2026?","Seven of the 14 it ran for: Sylvia Bishop and Daniel Boisvert on Council, and Val Windsor, Tamara Bissett-Laza, Ammen Dhillon, Masako Gooch and Jesse Bierman on the Board of Education. Dylan Kruger came second for mayor.",[122,116],{"question":400,"answer":401,"cites":402},"Who leads One Delta?","Dylan Kruger was its candidate for mayor and one of its four founders. The North Delta Reporter names Bruce McDonald as president. Elections BC's register names Colin Weeres as the authorized principal official.",[108,74,75],{"question":404,"answer":405,"cites":406},"Why did the four councillors leave Achieving for Delta?","They did not leave on their own. The Delta Optimist reported a letter of December 2, 2025 saying Achieving for Delta would not endorse them. The four said the decision aimed to silence their concerns about the mayor's spending. Each side's account is its own.",[91,74],{"question":408,"answer":409,"cites":410},"What does One Delta promise on taxes?","No new taxes, levies or fees for residents, with property tax increases kept in line with inflation. It says it would pay for new projects through economic growth and senior government funding.",[241,283,284],{"question":412,"answer":413,"cites":414},"Does One Delta have a plan for schools?","Yes. Its school board platform has five parts: reading and math foundations, safe schools, every student's success, healthy students and support for staff. Five of its seven trustee candidates were elected.",[369,122],{"question":416,"answer":417,"cites":418},"Has One Delta filed a financial report?","No report was published as of October 30, 2026. Elections BC requires one within 90 days after voting day, and the City's page gives January 15, 2027 as the deadline.",[419,420,116],"ebc-filings","ebc-org",{"entries":422,"state":156,"indexable":21,"checkedAt":68,"searched":423,"gaps":427},[],[424,425,211,426],"The City of Delta's candidates page and declarations of official results for 2022 and 2026","The Delta Optimist's report of December 3, 2025","One Delta's platform, team and news pages",[428,429,430],"One Delta was formed in 2026. Its four founding councillors and three of its trustees were elected in 2022 with Achieving for Delta, and their votes in the 2022 to 2026 term are on their own pages.","The Delta Optimist reported that in May 2024 most of Council voted for motions by Boisvert and Johal, including one removing Mayor Harvie from the Metro Vancouver board. That vote came before One Delta existed.","voche.me found no decision made in Council or on the Board of Education under the One Delta name. The City's candidates page gives November 2, 2026 as the inaugural Council meeting.","one-delta",[433,438,441,443,446,450,454,459,462,465,469,473,477,479,483,484,485,486,487,488,489,490],{"id":75,"label":434,"url":435,"publisher":436,"kind":437,"publishedAt":68,"checkedAt":68},"Register of Elector Organizations by Jurisdiction, as of October 30, 2026","https:\u002F\u002Felections.bc.ca\u002Fdocs\u002Ffin\u002FList-of-elector-organizations-by-jurisdiction.pdf","Elections BC","government",{"id":420,"label":439,"url":440,"publisher":436,"kind":437,"checkedAt":68},"Elector organizations: registration and financial reporting","https:\u002F\u002Felections.bc.ca\u002Flocal-elections\u002Felector-organizations\u002F",{"id":419,"label":442,"url":149,"publisher":436,"kind":437,"checkedAt":68},"Financial Reports and Political Contributions System: local elections scanned reports search",{"id":116,"label":444,"url":445,"publisher":29,"kind":437,"checkedAt":68},"Candidates, 2026 General Local and School Elections","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.delta.ca\u002Felections\u002Fcandidates",{"id":122,"label":447,"url":448,"publisher":29,"kind":437,"publishedAt":449,"checkedAt":68},"Declaration of Official Election Results, October 21, 2026","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.delta.ca\u002Fsites\u002Fdefault\u002Ffiles\u002F2026-10\u002FDeclaration%20of%20Official%20Election%20Results%20for%202026%20General%20Local%20%26%20School%20Elections.pdf","2026-10-21",{"id":84,"label":451,"url":452,"publisher":29,"kind":437,"publishedAt":453,"checkedAt":68},"2022 General Local Elections: Declaration of Official Results, October 19, 2022","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.delta.ca\u002Fsites\u002Fdefault\u002Ffiles\u002F2022-10\u002F2022%20Election%20Results%20-%20Declaration%20of%20Official%20Results.pdf","2022-10-19",{"id":455,"label":456,"url":457,"publisher":163,"kind":458,"checkedAt":68},"od-home","One Delta: home page","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.onedelta.ca\u002F","subject",{"id":241,"label":460,"url":461,"publisher":163,"kind":458,"checkedAt":68},"One Delta: Our Platform (Mayor and Council)","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.onedelta.ca\u002Fplatform",{"id":369,"label":463,"url":464,"publisher":163,"kind":458,"checkedAt":68},"One Delta: Our Plan for Delta Schools","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.onedelta.ca\u002Fplatform\u002Fschool-board",{"id":466,"label":467,"url":468,"publisher":163,"kind":458,"checkedAt":68},"od-why","One Delta: Why We're Running","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.onedelta.ca\u002Fwhy-were-running",{"id":470,"label":471,"url":472,"publisher":163,"kind":458,"checkedAt":68},"od-team","One Delta: Meet Your Team","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.onedelta.ca\u002Fmeet-our-team",{"id":283,"label":474,"url":475,"publisher":163,"kind":458,"publishedAt":476,"checkedAt":68},"One Delta: Debate Shows Kruger as Only Candidate Committed to No New Taxes","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.onedelta.ca\u002Fnews\u002Fkruger-committed-to-no-new-taxes","2026-09-28",{"id":91,"label":207,"url":208,"publisher":206,"kind":478,"publishedAt":205,"checkedAt":68},"news",{"id":97,"label":480,"url":481,"publisher":168,"kind":478,"publishedAt":482,"checkedAt":68},"Delta First announces mayor, council candidates ahead of fall election","https:\u002F\u002Fnorthdeltareporter.com\u002F2026\u002F03\u002F11\u002Fdelta-first-announces-mayor-council-candidates-ahead-of-fall-election\u002F","2026-03-11",{"id":74,"label":201,"url":202,"publisher":168,"kind":478,"publishedAt":99,"checkedAt":68},{"id":85,"label":197,"url":198,"publisher":168,"kind":478,"publishedAt":196,"checkedAt":68},{"id":109,"label":192,"url":193,"publisher":168,"kind":478,"publishedAt":191,"checkedAt":68},{"id":108,"label":187,"url":188,"publisher":168,"kind":478,"publishedAt":104,"checkedAt":68},{"id":284,"label":183,"url":184,"publisher":168,"kind":478,"publishedAt":111,"checkedAt":68},{"id":115,"label":179,"url":180,"publisher":168,"kind":478,"publishedAt":178,"checkedAt":68},{"id":370,"label":174,"url":175,"publisher":168,"kind":478,"publishedAt":173,"checkedAt":68},{"id":123,"label":169,"url":170,"publisher":168,"kind":478,"publishedAt":167,"checkedAt":68},"elections\u002Fbc-delta-2026\u002Fparties\u002Fone-delta","One Delta is an elector organization registered with Elections BC for Delta and the Delta School District. It was formed in 2026 by councillors Dylan Kruger, Daniel Boisvert, Rod Binder and Jennifer Johal after Achieving for Delta told them in December 2025 it would not endorse them again. It ran 14 candidates. Councillors Sylvia Bishop and Daniel Boisvert and trustees Jesse Bierman, Tamara Bissett-Laza, Ammen Dhillon, Masako Gooch and Val Windsor were elected on October 17, 2026. Kruger came second for mayor. Its platform promises no new taxes, levies or fees.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.onedelta.ca","XhQTAqznUkrM6HsjUbmM6H_sBaowRRuPvCRlMUvcFE0",[496,889,1186],{"id":497,"aliases":498,"checkedAt":68,"declaredColour":20,"extension":69,"founded":501,"headline":506,"history":507,"leadership":548,"logo":20,"meta":556,"money":557,"name":590,"news":591,"overview":634,"palette":640,"platform":643,"questions":775,"record":804,"registeredName":590,"rosterLabel":590,"slug":835,"sources":836,"stem":885,"summary":886,"website":887,"wordmark":20,"__hash__":888},"parties\u002Felections\u002Fbc-delta-2026\u002Fparties\u002Fachieving-for-delta.json",[499,500],"A4D","AFD",{"year":502,"note":503,"cites":504},2018,"Achieving for Delta first ran in the October 20, 2018 election, by the North Delta Reporter's account, and Elections BC's search lists its disclosure statements for that election. The register gives no date of registration.",[505,419],"ndr-2018-10-21","George Harvie's organization since 2018, which held every council seat and lost all but one in 2026",{"entries":508,"state":124,"indexable":125,"checkedAt":68,"searched":540,"gaps":545},[509,515,520,526,530,536],{"date":510,"title":511,"body":512,"cites":513},"2018-10-20","2018 election: Harvie elected mayor","George Harvie, Delta's city manager for nearly 20 years by the North Delta Reporter's account, won the mayor's race against former police chief Jim Cessford. Four of the organization's council candidates and three of its trustee candidates were elected.",[505,514],"ndr-2022-05-25",{"date":516,"title":517,"body":518,"cites":519},"2022-05-24","A full slate for 2022","Harvie announced a slate of six council candidates and seven trustee candidates. Board chair Val Windsor said it was the first time she had run with a team.",[514],{"date":80,"title":521,"body":522,"cites":523},"2022 election: a sweep of Council","Harvie was re-elected and all six council seats went to the organization's candidates. Six of its seven trustee candidates were elected; Nick Kanakos, who ran on his own, took the seventh seat.",[84,524,525],"ebc-ds-2022-delta","ndr-2026-04-15",{"date":87,"title":527,"body":528,"cites":529},"Four councillors told they will not be endorsed","A letter dated December 2, 2025 told councillors Kruger, Boisvert, Johal and Binder that the organization would not endorse them in 2026, by the Delta Optimist's account. The four formed One Delta in 2026.",[91,525],{"date":531,"title":532,"body":533,"cites":534},"2026-04-15","Harvie launches a campaign for a third term","Harvie announced his candidacy at Tsawwassen Springs with an initial slate. Nick Kanakos, the one trustee elected outside the slate in 2022, joined as a council candidate. The slate was completed on June 7, 2026.",[525,535],"optimist-2026-06-09",{"date":118,"title":537,"body":538,"cites":539},"2026 election: three of 14 candidates elected","The City's official results give Harvie 7,782 votes for mayor, third behind Melissa Granum (16,197) and Dylan Kruger (9,460). Alicia Guichon was elected to Council with 15,149 votes, the most of any council candidate, and Erica Beard (13,052) and Joe Muego (11,444) to the Board of Education. The Chief Election Officer declared the official results on October 21, 2026.",[122,123],[541,128,542,543,544],"Elections BC's Register of Elector Organizations by Jurisdiction, dated October 30, 2026, and its filings search","The North Delta Reporter's reports of October 21, 2018, May 25, 2022 and April 15 to October 18, 2026","The Delta Optimist's reports of December 3, 2025 and June 9, 2026, read from the Internet Archive","Achieving for Delta's home, team and George Harvie pages",[546,547],"The register gives no date of registration, and voche.me found no account of who founded the organization beyond its link to Harvie.","The 2018 vote counts were not read for this record.",[549,553],{"role":550,"name":551,"cites":552},"Leader and candidate for mayor in 2018, 2022 and 2026; mayor of Delta from 2018 to 2026","George Harvie",[505,525,122],{"role":144,"name":554,"cites":555},"Donald Sangster",[75],{},{"searchUrl":149,"filings":558,"notes":579,"state":124,"indexable":125,"checkedAt":68,"searched":584,"gaps":587},[559,565,572],{"period":560,"kind":561,"url":562,"note":563,"cites":564},"2022 general local election, City of Delta","Disclosure statement, second amended version filed August 18, 2023","https:\u002F\u002Fcontributions.electionsbc.gov.bc.ca\u002Fpcs\u002Flepublished\u002F100147347.pdf","The summary page gives campaign contributions of $347,876.91, total income of $347,876.91 and total expenses of $322,851.22. The expenses include $101,280.11 for the election period and $181,296.69 for the campaign period. The statement endorses Harvie for mayor and six candidates for Council. Elections BC lists the original statement, filed January 11, 2023, and amendments filed January 30 and August 18, 2023.",[524,419],{"period":566,"kind":567,"url":568,"note":569,"cites":570},"2022 general local election, Delta School District","Disclosure statement, filed January 4, 2023","https:\u002F\u002Fcontributions.electionsbc.gov.bc.ca\u002Fpcs\u002Flepublished\u002F100144929.pdf","The summary page gives campaign contributions of $144,416.00, total income of $144,416.00 and total expenses of $143,734.17. The expenses include $33,737.39 for the election period and $98,403.49 for the campaign period. The statement endorses seven candidates for the Board of Education.",[571,419],"ebc-ds-2022-sd37",{"period":573,"kind":574,"url":575,"note":576,"cites":577},"2025","Annual financial report, amended version filed March 18, 2026","https:\u002F\u002Fcontributions.electionsbc.gov.bc.ca\u002Fpcs\u002Flepublished\u002F100150322.pdf","Campaign contributions of $10,150.00 and total income of $10,150.00. Total expenses of $13,183.21: advertising $3,978.45, professional services $5,151.63, telecommunications and information technology $3,685.97 and bank charges $367.16. A deficit of $3,033.21 for the year.",[578,419],"ebc-afr-2025",[580,581,582,583],"Elections BC regulates campaign financing in local elections. Its Register of Elector Organizations by Jurisdiction, dated October 30, 2026, lists Achieving for Delta for Delta and the Delta School District.","Elections BC's search also lists the organization's disclosure statements for the 2018 election in both jurisdictions, and its annual financial reports for 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024.","No report on the 2026 election is published yet. Elections BC says an elector organization must file a financial report within 90 days after general voting day for each election it takes part in, and by March 31 for each calendar year. The City's candidates page gives January 15, 2027 as the deadline.","The organization's site asks for contributions to its council and school trustee campaigns.",[127,585,586,159],"Elections BC's Financial Reports and Political Contributions System, scanned reports search for \"Achieving\"","The organization's 2022 disclosure statements for Delta and the Delta School District, and its 2025 annual financial report",[588,589],"The disclosure statements are scanned forms. voche.me read the cover, endorsement and summary pages and did not read every page of contributions.","The 2026 election report is due within 90 days after general voting day and is not published yet.","Achieving for Delta",{"entries":592,"state":124,"indexable":21,"checkedAt":68,"searched":628,"gaps":631},[593,595,600,602,607,612,616,618,623],{"date":167,"publisher":168,"title":169,"url":170,"summary":594},"The election night report says Harvie came third for mayor with 7,782 votes, that Alicia Guichon was the only Achieving for Delta council candidate elected, with the most votes of any, and that trustees Erica Beard and Joe Muego were re-elected while Nimmi Daula was not. Jessie Dosanjh lost his council seat.",{"date":596,"publisher":168,"title":597,"url":598,"summary":599},"2026-09-22","Achieving for Delta releases school trustee platform","https:\u002F\u002Fnorthdeltareporter.com\u002F2026\u002F09\u002F22\u002Fachieving-for-delta-releases-school-trustee-platform\u002F","The report says the school board platform has three parts, the budget, the classroom and the community, with four items each, among them zero-based budgeting once per term, a freeze on district rental and facility fees for 2026\u002F27, literacy screening for all elementary students and safe walking routes to school.",{"date":111,"publisher":168,"title":183,"url":184,"summary":601},"The report says One Delta claimed Harvie had pledged a levy for a North Delta recreation centre, that the Reporter could not find such a pledge on the organization's site, and that the claim rested on a December 2024 Council motion and a September 1 social media post by the organization.",{"date":603,"publisher":206,"title":604,"url":605,"summary":606},"2026-06-09","Achieving for Delta announces full election team","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.delta-optimist.com\u002Flocal-news\u002Fachieving-for-delta-announces-full-election-team-12391799","The Optimist reports that Harvie introduced his last three school board candidates on June 7, 2026, completing a team of six council and seven school board candidates, and lists the platform priorities he outlined, among them a permanent fix for Delta Hospital's emergency room, the River Road overpass and the return of public question period.",{"date":608,"publisher":168,"title":609,"url":610,"summary":611},"2026-05-28","Achieving For Delta adds entrepreneur Jennyfer Cassar to council slate","https:\u002F\u002Fnorthdeltareporter.com\u002F2026\u002F05\u002F28\u002Fachieving-for-delta-adds-entrepreneur-jennyfer-cassar-to-council-slate\u002F","The report says Jennyfer Cassar completed the organization's council slate, and lists the priorities she named: fiscal discipline and low property tax increases, a balanced 2027 capital plan, resident consultation on land use, and advocacy on health care, transit and flood protection.",{"date":531,"publisher":168,"title":613,"url":614,"summary":615},"Harvie seeking third term as Delta’s mayor","https:\u002F\u002Fnorthdeltareporter.com\u002F2026\u002F04\u002F15\u002Fharvie-seeking-third-term-as-deltas-mayor\u002F","The report on the campaign launch at Tsawwassen Springs says Harvie announced his candidacy with councillors Jessie Dosanjh and Alicia Guichon, trustees Joe Muego, Erica Beard and Nimmi Daula, and new candidates Ikjot Sandhu, Sonya Sangster, Nick Kanakos and Sagar Sanghera, and pledged to restore public question period.",{"date":205,"publisher":206,"title":207,"url":208,"summary":617},"The Optimist reports that a December 2 letter on the organization's letterhead told councillors Kruger, Boisvert, Johal and Binder it would not endorse them in 2026, and that the four called the decision an attempt to silence their concerns about the mayor's spending. The report recalls the May 2024 votes that removed Harvie from the Metro Vancouver board.",{"date":619,"publisher":168,"title":620,"url":621,"summary":622},"2022-05-25","Harvie announces full slate of Achieving for Delta candidates","https:\u002F\u002Fnorthdeltareporter.com\u002F2022\u002F05\u002F25\u002Fharvie-announces-full-slate-of-achieving-for-delta-candidates\u002F","The report lists the 2022 slate: Harvie for mayor, six council candidates including Guichon, Kruger, Boisvert, Dosanjh, Binder and Johal, and seven trustee candidates led by board chair Val Windsor.",{"date":624,"publisher":168,"title":625,"url":626,"summary":627},"2018-10-21","Achieving for Delta could implement big changes after council majority, school board votes","https:\u002F\u002Fnorthdeltareporter.com\u002F2018\u002F10\u002F21\u002Fachieving-for-delta-could-implement-big-changes-after-council-majority-school-board-votes\u002F","The report on the 2018 result says Harvie won the mayor's race, that four of the organization's council candidates were elected, and that three of its four trustee candidates were elected.",[629,543,630],"The North Delta Reporter's reports from 2018, 2022 and 2026","Web searches for Achieving for Delta and its candidates with the 2026 election",[632,633],"The Delta Optimist answers 403 to scripts. Only two of its reports were read, from Internet Archive copies.","voche.me found no report of any complaint or investigation about Achieving for Delta.",[635,636,637,638,639],"Elections BC's Register of Elector Organizations by Jurisdiction, dated October 30, 2026, lists Achieving for Delta, with the other names A4D and AFD and the ballot name Achieving for Delta, for the jurisdictions Delta and Delta School District. It names Donald Sangster as the authorized principal official.","The City of Delta's candidates page prints Achieving for Delta as the organization of 14 candidates: George V. Harvie for mayor; Jennyfer Cassar, Jessie Dosanjh, Alicia Guichon, Nick Kanakos, Ikjot Sandhu-Sahota and Sonya Sangster for Council; and Erica Beard, Nimmi Daula, Joe Muego, Rick Ocean, Nenah Sandy, Sagar Sanghera and Umendra Singh for school trustee. The Chief Election Officer's declaration of October 21, 2026 names three of them among the people elected: Guichon, with the most votes of any council candidate (15,149), and trustees Beard (13,052) and Muego (11,444). Harvie had 7,782 votes for mayor, third of three.","The organization first ran in 2018. The North Delta Reporter reported that Harvie, a former city manager, won the mayor's chair that year, that four of its council candidates were elected, and that three of its four school trustee candidates were elected. The City's declaration of October 19, 2022 names Harvie, all six councillors and seven trustees elected in 2022; the Reporter says six of those trustees ran with Achieving for Delta, and the seventh, Nick Kanakos, ran on his own.","In December 2025 the organization told four of its councillors, Dylan Kruger, Daniel Boisvert, Jennifer Johal and Rod Binder, that it would not endorse them in 2026, by the Delta Optimist's account of a letter dated December 2. The four then formed One Delta. The Optimist reported that in May 2024 most of Council had voted to remove Harvie from the Metro Vancouver board, where he was chair.","The 2026 council platform on the organization's site has three themes, Safe, Sound and Secure, and its school trustee platform has three parts: the classroom, the budget and the community. The site's page on Harvie says the City kept taxes among the lowest in Metro Vancouver under his leadership. That is the organization's own account.",{"accent":641,"onAccent":224,"tint":642,"ink":226},"#B45309","#FBEEDC",[644,676,708,738],{"issue":229,"headline":645,"summary":646,"paragraphs":647,"proposals":651,"questions":669,"state":124,"indexable":125,"checkedAt":68,"searched":670,"gaps":674},"Gentle, community-led growth and a new look at the Official Community Plan","Achieving for Delta's 2026 platform promises gentle, community-led growth, a review of the Official Community Plan with stronger public input, a meaningful voice for residents in how their neighbourhoods change, and faster, clearer building permit decisions. It gives no number of homes and no costs.",[648,649,650],"Under its Secure theme, the platform promises to support gentle, community-led growth, to review Delta's Official Community Plan with stronger public input, to make sure residents have a meaningful voice in how their neighbourhoods change, and to streamline building permits so applicants get clearer and faster decisions.","At the campaign launch on April 15, 2026, Harvie said the organization believes in gentle, community-led growth and that the feedback on the current Official Community Plan was that it was not meeting the mark, by the North Delta Reporter's account. The Reporter noted that the current Council, all elected under the organization's banner, had approved that plan on July 8, 2024 under provincial legislation that required a new plan by the end of 2025.","The platform also promises more opportunities for public input on major development proposals before a final decision. It names no change to zoning bylaws.",[652,657,661,665],{"title":653,"detail":654,"cites":655},"Review the Official Community Plan with stronger public input","The platform promises to review Delta's Official Community Plan with stronger public input. The current Council, elected under the organization's banner, approved the plan in July 2024.",[656,525],"afd-council",{"title":658,"detail":659,"cites":660},"Gentle, community-led growth","The platform promises to support gentle, community-led growth and to give residents a meaningful voice in how their neighbourhoods change. It names no number of homes.",[656],{"title":662,"detail":663,"cites":664},"Faster, clearer building permit decisions","The platform promises to streamline building permits so applicants receive clearer, faster decisions.",[656],{"title":666,"detail":667,"cites":668},"More public input before decisions on major developments","The platform promises more opportunities for public input on major development proposals before a final decision.",[656],[],[671,672,673],"Achieving for Delta's 2026 Mayor and Council platform page, all three themes","Achieving for Delta's home page and its page on George Harvie","The North Delta Reporter's reports of April 15 and May 28, 2026",[268,675],"The organization's statements about the Official Community Plan are its own view.",{"issue":271,"headline":677,"summary":678,"paragraphs":679,"proposals":683,"questions":700,"state":124,"indexable":125,"checkedAt":68,"searched":701,"gaps":705},"A freeze on scheduled City fee increases in 2027 and low property tax increases","Achieving for Delta's 2026 platform promises to freeze scheduled City fee increases in 2027, to keep property tax increases among the lowest in Metro Vancouver, to protect police, fire and core services, and to grow the commercial and industrial tax base. It names no tax rate.",[680,681,682],"Under its Sound theme, the platform promises to freeze scheduled City fee increases in 2027, to work to keep property tax increases among the lowest in Metro Vancouver, and to protect police, fire, emergency response and core services. It promises to work with local businesses, attract new investment and grow Delta's commercial and industrial tax base to reduce pressure on residential taxpayers.","The North Delta Reporter reported on September 4, 2026 that One Delta claimed Harvie had pledged a levy for a North Delta recreation centre, that the Reporter could not find such a pledge on the organization's site, and that a September 1 post on the organization's social media accounts referred to a December 2024 Council motion by Harvie to fund the centre with a two per cent levy and borrowing, which Council defeated. The post said the centre would already be funded if the motion had passed.","The platform's Secure theme promises improvements to McAdam Road, more bus shelters on 112 Street, 116 Street and Scott Road in North Delta, continued investment in parks and the YAK Pass, which gives free recreation access to youth under 18 and residents 75 and older, by the organization's account.",[684,688,692,696],{"title":685,"detail":686,"cites":687},"Freeze scheduled City fee increases in 2027","The platform promises to freeze the City fee increases scheduled for 2027. It names no list of fees.",[656],{"title":689,"detail":690,"cites":691},"Keep property tax increases among the lowest in Metro Vancouver","The platform promises to work to keep property tax increases among the lowest in Metro Vancouver while protecting police, fire and core services. It names no rate.",[656],{"title":693,"detail":694,"cites":695},"Grow the commercial and industrial tax base","The platform promises to work with local businesses, attract new investment and grow Delta's commercial and industrial tax base to reduce pressure on residential taxpayers.",[656],{"title":697,"detail":698,"cites":699},"Continue the YAK Pass and invest in parks","The platform promises to continue the YAK Pass, free recreation access for youth 18 and under and residents 75 and older, and to invest in parks, sports fields and amenities in North Delta, Ladner and Tsawwassen.",[656,525],[],[671,702,703,704],"Achieving for Delta's page on George Harvie","The North Delta Reporter's reports of April 15, September 4 and October 18, 2026","The Delta Optimist's report of June 9, 2026, read from the Internet Archive",[706,707],"The platform names no tax rate and no dollar amounts.","The site's statements about Delta's finances under Harvie are the organization's own account.",{"issue":317,"headline":709,"summary":710,"paragraphs":711,"proposals":715,"questions":732,"state":124,"indexable":125,"checkedAt":68,"searched":733,"gaps":735},"The return of public question period and standing community committees","Achieving for Delta's 2026 platform promises to restore the public question period at regular Council meetings, to bring back standing community committees, and to keep pressing the Province on the River Road overpass, Delta Hospital's emergency room and the Beedie long-term care facility. It also opposes replacing the Delta Police with a regional police board.",[712,713,714],"Under its Secure theme, the platform promises to restore the public question period at regular Council meetings, to bring back standing community committees, and to give the public more chances to speak on major development proposals before a decision. Harvie said at the launch on April 15, 2026 that transparency was a central theme of his campaign, by the North Delta Reporter's account.","Under its Safe theme, the platform promises to keep supporting the Delta Police and Delta Fire and the No Call Too Small approach, and to oppose replacing Delta's own police service with a regional Metro Vancouver police board. Under Stand Up for Delta, it promises to keep pressing senior governments for a permanent fix to Delta Hospital's emergency room, a restart of the Beedie long-term care facility, and the River Road overpass.","The organization's own announcements page lists statements by Harvie in 2026 on the George Massey Tunnel replacement and a pledge to put Delta at the table on major projects.",[716,720,724,728],{"title":717,"detail":718,"cites":719},"Restore public question period at Council meetings","The platform promises to restore the public question period at regular Council meetings.",[656,525],{"title":721,"detail":722,"cites":723},"Bring back standing community committees","The platform promises to bring back standing community committees. It names no committee.",[656],{"title":725,"detail":726,"cites":727},"Keep a Delta police service","The platform promises to oppose replacing Delta's local police service with a regional Metro Vancouver police board.",[656],{"title":729,"detail":730,"cites":731},"Press the Province on the hospital, long-term care and the River Road overpass","The platform promises to keep pressing senior governments for a permanent fix to Delta Hospital's emergency room, a restart of the Beedie long-term care facility, and the River Road overpass.",[656,535],[],[671,734,673,543],"Achieving for Delta's announcements page",[736,737],"The platform does not say when question period or the committees were ended, or by whom.","The promises about the hospital, long-term care and the overpass depend on the Province.",{"issue":357,"headline":739,"summary":740,"paragraphs":741,"proposals":745,"questions":768,"state":124,"indexable":125,"checkedAt":68,"searched":769,"gaps":772},"Protect the classroom, plan three years ahead and make the trip to school safer","Achieving for Delta's school trustee platform has three parts: the classroom, the budget and the community. It promises early help for reading, writing and math, support for diverse learners, protection of classroom spending when budgets are tight, three-year financial planning, cost sharing with the City, and safer routes to school. The North Delta Reporter reported added commitments to literacy screening for all elementary students and a freeze on district rental and facility fees for 2026\u002F27.",[742,743,744],"In the Classroom, the platform promises to identify learning gaps early, to get students the right support at the right time, and to strengthen accessibility and support for diverse learners. The North Delta Reporter reported on September 22, 2026 that the organization's release added literacy screening for all elementary students, expansion of the Math Minds program to all elementary schools, an annual review of staff ratios for diverse learners, and funding of the district's Justice and Equity Action Plan and Accessibility Plan.","In the Budget, the platform promises to look for efficiencies across the district while protecting teachers, education assistants, student services and classroom resources, to manage reserves carefully, to strengthen three-year financial planning, and to share costs with the City of Delta and other governments. The Reporter reported added commitments to zero-based budgeting at least once per term and a freeze on school district rental and facility fees for 2026\u002F27.","In the Community, the platform promises to work with the City and other partners on crossings and sidewalks near schools, and open budget discussions and clear reporting. The Reporter reported a commitment to seek a trustee seat on Council's Transportation Advisory Committee. Two of its seven trustee candidates, Erica Beard and Joe Muego, were elected.",[746,752,756,760,764],{"title":747,"detail":748,"cites":749},"Early help with reading, writing and math","The platform promises to identify learning gaps early and get students support at the right time. The organization's release, by the Reporter's account, adds literacy screening for all elementary students and Math Minds in every elementary school.",[750,751],"afd-trustees","ndr-2026-09-22",{"title":753,"detail":754,"cites":755},"Protect classroom spending when budgets are tight","The platform promises to look for efficiencies across the district while protecting teachers, education assistants, student services and classroom resources, and to manage reserves carefully.",[750],{"title":757,"detail":758,"cites":759},"Three-year financial planning and cost sharing with the City","The platform promises stronger three-year financial planning and work with the City of Delta and other governments to share costs, naming the Seaquam Secondary track as an example.",[750],{"title":761,"detail":762,"cites":763},"Freeze district rental and facility fees for 2026\u002F27","The North Delta Reporter reported that the organization's release of September 21, 2026 commits to freezing school district rental fees and facility fees for 2026\u002F27.",[751],{"title":765,"detail":766,"cites":767},"Safer routes to school","The platform promises to work with the City of Delta and other partners on crossings and sidewalks and to address traffic and safety concerns near schools.",[750,751],[],[770,771],"Achieving for Delta's 2026 School Trustee platform page, all three parts","The North Delta Reporter's report of September 22, 2026",[773,774],"The platform names no cost and no timeline.","The Reporter's report carries several commitments that are not on the platform page; the organization's release was not read directly.",[776,780,784,788,792,796,800],{"question":777,"answer":778,"cites":779},"How many seats did Achieving for Delta win in 2026?","Three of the 14 it ran for: Alicia Guichon on Council, and Erica Beard and Joe Muego on the Board of Education. George Harvie came third for mayor.",[122,116],{"question":781,"answer":782,"cites":783},"Who leads Achieving for Delta?","George Harvie led it as its candidate for mayor in 2018, 2022 and 2026. Elections BC's register names Donald Sangster as the authorized principal official.",[525,75],{"question":785,"answer":786,"cites":787},"What happened between the organization and the four councillors who formed One Delta?","The Delta Optimist reported a letter of December 2, 2025 telling Dylan Kruger, Daniel Boisvert, Jennifer Johal and Rod Binder that the organization would not endorse them in 2026. The four said the decision aimed to silence their concerns about the mayor's spending. Each side's account is its own.",[91],{"question":789,"answer":790,"cites":791},"What did Achieving for Delta promise on taxes in 2026?","A freeze on scheduled City fee increases in 2027 and property tax increases kept among the lowest in Metro Vancouver. It named no rate.",[656],{"question":793,"answer":794,"cites":795},"How much did Achieving for Delta raise in 2022?","Its disclosure statements give campaign contributions of $347,876.91 for the City of Delta race and $144,416.00 for the school district race.",[524,571],{"question":797,"answer":798,"cites":799},"Did Achieving for Delta win everything in 2022?","It won the mayor's chair, all six council seats and six of the seven school board seats. Nick Kanakos, who ran on his own, took the seventh.",[84,525],{"question":801,"answer":802,"cites":803},"Has Achieving for Delta filed a financial report for 2026?","No report on the 2026 election was published as of October 30, 2026. Elections BC requires one within 90 days after voting day, and the City's page gives January 15, 2027 as the deadline.",[419,420,116],{"entries":805,"state":124,"indexable":125,"checkedAt":68,"searched":827,"gaps":832},[806,810,814,818,823],{"date":510,"title":807,"body":808,"cites":809},"2018 election: the mayor's chair, four council seats and three trustee seats","The North Delta Reporter reported that George Harvie won the mayor's race, that Lois Jackson, Alicia Guichon, Dan Copeland and Dylan Kruger were elected to Council with Achieving for Delta, and that three of its four school trustee candidates, Erica Beard, Daniel Boisvert and Jessie Dosanjh, were elected.",[505],{"date":80,"title":811,"body":812,"cites":813},"2022 election: every council seat and six of seven trustee seats","The City's declaration of October 19, 2022 names Harvie as mayor and Rod Binder, Daniel Boisvert, Jessie Dosanjh, Alicia Guichon, Jennifer Johal and Dylan Kruger as councillors, all endorsed by Achieving for Delta in its disclosure statement. Six of the seven trustees elected ran with the organization; Nick Kanakos ran on his own.",[84,524,751,525],{"title":815,"body":816,"cites":817},"May 2024: Council removes Harvie from the Metro Vancouver board","The Delta Optimist reported that at a May 2024 Council meeting, Boisvert and Johal introduced motions that included removing Harvie as Delta's representative on the Metro Vancouver board, where he was chair, and that the rest of Council voted in favour, with Guichon absent on leave. Harvie said afterwards that he had been sidelined and that he planned to run again. The exact day in May is not in the report.",[91],{"date":819,"title":820,"body":821,"cites":822},"2024-07-08","Council adopts a new Official Community Plan","The North Delta Reporter reported that the Council elected under the organization's banner gave final approval to the City's new Official Community Plan on July 8, 2024, under provincial legislation requiring a new plan by the end of 2025. In 2026 the organization promised to review the plan with stronger public input.",[525,656],{"title":824,"body":825,"cites":826},"December 2024: Harvie's levy motion for a North Delta recreation centre is defeated","The North Delta Reporter reported that in December 2024 Council defeated Harvie's attempt to amend a motion by Kruger to add a two per cent levy and $60 million in borrowing in 2026 and 2027 to pay for a North Delta recreation centre. The organization's September 1, 2026 social media post said the centre would already be funded if the motion had passed. The exact day in December is not in the report.",[284],[828,829,830,129,831],"The City of Delta's declarations of official results for 2022 and 2026","Achieving for Delta's 2022 disclosure statements for Delta and the Delta School District","The North Delta Reporter's reports of October 21, 2018, May 25, 2022, and April 15, September 4 and September 22, 2026","Achieving for Delta's page on George Harvie and its announcements page",[833,834],"The votes of each councillor and trustee in the 2022 to 2026 term are on their own pages. voche.me did not read the City's minutes for this record.","The site's list of projects completed under Harvie is the organization's own account.","achieving-for-delta",[837,838,839,840,844,847,850,851,852,853,857,860,863,867,871,875,876,877,878,879,881,882,883,884],{"id":75,"label":434,"url":435,"publisher":436,"kind":437,"publishedAt":68,"checkedAt":68},{"id":420,"label":439,"url":440,"publisher":436,"kind":437,"checkedAt":68},{"id":419,"label":442,"url":149,"publisher":436,"kind":437,"checkedAt":68},{"id":524,"label":841,"url":562,"publisher":436,"kind":842,"publishedAt":843,"checkedAt":68},"Achieving for Delta disclosure statement, 2022 general local election, City of Delta (Amendment 2)","filing","2023-08-18",{"id":571,"label":845,"url":568,"publisher":436,"kind":842,"publishedAt":846,"checkedAt":68},"Achieving for Delta disclosure statement, 2022 general local election, Delta School District","2023-01-04",{"id":578,"label":848,"url":575,"publisher":436,"kind":842,"publishedAt":849,"checkedAt":68},"Achieving for Delta annual financial report, 2025 (Amendment 1)","2026-03-18",{"id":116,"label":444,"url":445,"publisher":29,"kind":437,"checkedAt":68},{"id":122,"label":447,"url":448,"publisher":29,"kind":437,"publishedAt":449,"checkedAt":68},{"id":84,"label":451,"url":452,"publisher":29,"kind":437,"publishedAt":453,"checkedAt":68},{"id":854,"label":855,"url":856,"publisher":590,"kind":458,"checkedAt":68},"afd-home","Achieving for Delta: home page, George Harvie for Mayor","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.afdelta.com\u002F",{"id":656,"label":858,"url":859,"publisher":590,"kind":458,"checkedAt":68},"Achieving for Delta: 2026 Mayor and Council Platform","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.afdelta.com\u002Fplatform\u002Fmayor-council\u002F",{"id":750,"label":861,"url":862,"publisher":590,"kind":458,"checkedAt":68},"Achieving for Delta: 2026 School Trustee Platform","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.afdelta.com\u002Fplatform\u002Fschool-trustees\u002F",{"id":864,"label":865,"url":866,"publisher":590,"kind":458,"checkedAt":68},"afd-team","Achieving for Delta: Meet the Team","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.afdelta.com\u002Fmeetus\u002F",{"id":868,"label":869,"url":870,"publisher":590,"kind":458,"checkedAt":68},"afd-harvie","Achieving for Delta: George Harvie, Re-elect for Mayor","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.afdelta.com\u002Fgeorge-harvie\u002F",{"id":872,"label":873,"url":874,"publisher":590,"kind":458,"checkedAt":68},"afd-announcements","Achieving for Delta: Announcements and Statements","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.afdelta.com\u002Fannouncements\u002F",{"id":505,"label":625,"url":626,"publisher":168,"kind":478,"publishedAt":624,"checkedAt":68},{"id":514,"label":620,"url":621,"publisher":168,"kind":478,"publishedAt":619,"checkedAt":68},{"id":91,"label":207,"url":208,"publisher":206,"kind":478,"publishedAt":205,"checkedAt":68},{"id":525,"label":613,"url":614,"publisher":168,"kind":478,"publishedAt":531,"checkedAt":68},{"id":880,"label":609,"url":610,"publisher":168,"kind":478,"publishedAt":608,"checkedAt":68},"ndr-2026-05-28",{"id":535,"label":604,"url":605,"publisher":206,"kind":478,"publishedAt":603,"checkedAt":68},{"id":284,"label":183,"url":184,"publisher":168,"kind":478,"publishedAt":111,"checkedAt":68},{"id":751,"label":597,"url":598,"publisher":168,"kind":478,"publishedAt":596,"checkedAt":68},{"id":123,"label":169,"url":170,"publisher":168,"kind":478,"publishedAt":167,"checkedAt":68},"elections\u002Fbc-delta-2026\u002Fparties\u002Fachieving-for-delta","Achieving for Delta is an elector organization registered with Elections BC for Delta and the Delta School District. Mayor George Harvie led it in three elections. In 2022 it won the mayor's chair, all six council seats and six of seven school board seats. In 2026 it ran 14 candidates and three were elected: Councillor Alicia Guichon and trustees Erica Beard and Joe Muego. Harvie came third for mayor. Its 2026 platform promised a freeze on scheduled City fee increases in 2027 and the return of public question period.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.afdelta.com","OY-tNZz6MNysmaafb5h8BsKSXBMGiC-EUt3Jo3-dcaA",{"id":890,"aliases":891,"checkedAt":68,"declaredColour":20,"extension":69,"founded":892,"headline":895,"history":896,"leadership":926,"logo":20,"meta":933,"money":934,"name":944,"news":945,"overview":984,"palette":990,"platform":993,"questions":1111,"record":1139,"registeredName":944,"rosterLabel":944,"slug":1145,"sources":1146,"stem":1182,"summary":1183,"website":1184,"wordmark":20,"__hash__":1185},"parties\u002Felections\u002Fbc-delta-2026\u002Fparties\u002Fdelta-first.json",[],{"year":71,"note":893,"cites":894},"Delta First announced its candidates on March 11, 2026. The North Delta Reporter reported that its application to register the name with Elections BC reached Elections BC days before February 12, 2026, when four sitting councillors announced a slate under the same name. The register gives no date of registration.",[97,74,75],"Mayor Melissa Granum's organization, which won every seat it ran for in 2026",{"entries":897,"state":124,"indexable":125,"checkedAt":68,"searched":921,"gaps":924},[898,902,906,912,917],{"date":93,"title":899,"body":900,"cites":901},"A name registered before another slate could take it","The North Delta Reporter reported that four sitting councillors announced a slate named Delta First on February 12, 2026, and then learned that another group had applied to register that name with Elections BC days before them. Those councillors became One Delta.",[97,74],{"date":482,"title":903,"body":904,"cites":905},"Launch with a candidate for mayor and three for Council","Delta First announced Melissa Granum for mayor and Leah Bach, Tammy Hansen and Jat Puri for Council. The Reporter said Granum was the first officially announced candidate for mayor in the election.",[97],{"date":907,"title":908,"body":909,"cites":910},"2026-05-11","Alex Fischer joins, Leah Bach steps back","Alex Fischer, founder of Delta Voices for Responsible Development, joined the slate as its third council candidate. Granum told the Reporter that Bach had decided to step back for this election.",[911],"ndr-2026-05-11",{"date":178,"title":913,"body":914,"cites":915},"Platform launch","Delta First released its platform in four parts. The North Delta Reporter reported it the same day. The First 90 Days plan had been released in June, by the Reporter's account.",[115,123,916],"df-platform",{"date":118,"title":918,"body":919,"cites":920},"2026 election: all four candidates elected","The City's official results give Granum 16,197 votes for mayor, against 9,460 for Dylan Kruger and 7,782 for George V. Harvie. Hansen (14,413), Fischer (12,947) and Puri (11,756) were elected to Council. The Chief Election Officer declared the official results on October 21, 2026.",[122,123],[127,922,130,923],"The City of Delta's candidates page and declaration of official results","Delta First's home, platform and candidates pages",[925],"The register gives no date of registration, and voche.me found no account of who founded the organization beyond the Reporter's description of Granum as its leader.",[927,930],{"role":928,"name":63,"cites":929},"Mayoral candidate and leader of the team, by the North Delta Reporter's account",[97,123],{"role":144,"name":931,"cites":932},"Tammy Hansen",[75],{},{"searchUrl":149,"filings":935,"notes":936,"state":156,"indexable":21,"checkedAt":68,"searched":939,"gaps":942},[],[937,938,154],"Elections BC regulates campaign financing in local elections. Its Register of Elector Organizations by Jurisdiction, dated October 30, 2026, lists Delta First for Delta.","A search of Elections BC's Financial Reports and Political Contributions System on October 30, 2026, for filers named Delta First, returned no reports.",[127,940,159,941],"Elections BC's Financial Reports and Political Contributions System, scanned reports search for \"Delta First\"","The City of Delta's candidates page",[943,132],"Elections BC has published no financial report from Delta First. The report on the 2026 election is due within 90 days after general voting day.","Delta First",{"entries":946,"state":124,"indexable":21,"checkedAt":68,"searched":978,"gaps":981},[947,949,954,958,962,967,972,976],{"date":167,"publisher":168,"title":169,"url":170,"summary":948},"The election night report says Granum won the three-way race for mayor with 16,197 votes, and that her three council running mates were all elected. It quotes Granum saying the slate is still committed to its First 90 Days plan, and lists the plan's priorities.",{"date":167,"publisher":950,"title":951,"url":952,"summary":953},"Daily Hive","Melissa Granum elected new mayor of City of Delta","https:\u002F\u002Fdailyhive.com\u002Fvancouver\u002Fmelissa-granum-mayor-of-delta","Daily Hive reports that Granum, running under the Delta First banner, defeated the mayor of eight years, George Harvie, and Councillor Dylan Kruger, and quotes the campaign site's promises on restoring trust in Council.",{"date":596,"publisher":168,"title":955,"url":956,"summary":957},"Granum vows to challenge Bill 44 if elected Delta mayor","https:\u002F\u002Fnorthdeltareporter.com\u002F2026\u002F09\u002F22\u002Fgranum-vows-to-challenge-bill-44-if-elected-delta-mayor\u002F","The report carries a Delta First release in which Granum says the Province's Bill 44 does not remove Council's authority over height, setbacks, parking, trees and design, and promises an immediate review of the Official Community Plan.",{"date":178,"publisher":168,"title":959,"url":960,"summary":961},"Delta First announce election platform","https:\u002F\u002Fnorthdeltareporter.com\u002F2026\u002F09\u002F08\u002Fdelta-first-announce-election-platform\u002F","The report on the platform launch lists its promises: a code of conduct, public question period, citizen advisory committees, a zero-based budget review, an Official Community Plan review, a challenge to Bill 44, and City-supported health care centres.",{"date":963,"publisher":168,"title":964,"url":965,"summary":966},"2026-08-20","Former mayors, police chief, MLA and firefighter endorse Granum for Delta mayor","https:\u002F\u002Fnorthdeltareporter.com\u002F2026\u002F08\u002F20\u002Fformer-mayors-police-chief-mla-and-firefighter-endorse-granum-for-delta-mayor\u002F","The report says former mayors Lois Jackson and Beth Johnson, former police chief Jim Cessford, former MLA Vicki Huntington and retired firefighter John Burr endorsed Granum and the Delta First slate, by a campaign release of August 12.",{"date":968,"publisher":168,"title":969,"url":970,"summary":971},"2026-05-25","Delta First calls for pre-election review of over-budget Metro Vancouver project","https:\u002F\u002Fnorthdeltareporter.com\u002F2026\u002F05\u002F25\u002Fdelta-first-calls-for-pre-election-review-of-over-budget-metro-vancouver-project\u002F","The report says Delta First asked Metro Vancouver's board to finish an independent public review of the North Shore Wastewater Treatment Plant cost overruns before the election, naming Harvie and Kruger as Delta's representatives on the board.",{"date":907,"publisher":168,"title":973,"url":974,"summary":975},"Community advocate Alex Fischer added to Delta First ticket","https:\u002F\u002Fnorthdeltareporter.com\u002F2026\u002F05\u002F11\u002Fcommunity-advocate-alex-fischer-added-to-delta-first-ticket\u002F","The report says Alex Fischer, founder of Delta Voices for Responsible Development, joined the slate, and that council candidate Leah Bach had decided to step back for this election.",{"date":482,"publisher":168,"title":480,"url":481,"summary":977},"The report on the launch names Granum as the group's leader and candidate for mayor, with council candidates Leah Bach, Tammy Hansen and Jat Puri, and says the slate launched with endorsements from Wally Oppal and Jim Cessford.",[130,979,980],"Daily Hive's report of October 18, 2026","Web searches for Delta First and its candidates with the 2026 election",[982,983],"The Delta Optimist answers 403 to scripts. Its 2026 reports on Delta First were not read for this record.","voche.me found no report of any complaint or investigation about Delta First.",[985,986,987,988,989],"Elections BC's Register of Elector Organizations by Jurisdiction, dated October 30, 2026, lists Delta First for the jurisdiction Delta only, with no other name and the ballot name Delta First. It names Tammy Hansen as the authorized principal official. The register has no row for Delta First under the Delta School District, and the organization ran no candidate for school trustee.","The City of Delta's candidates page prints Delta First as the organization of four candidates: Melissa Granum for mayor and Alexander Fischer, Tammy Hansen and Jat Puri for Council. The Chief Election Officer's declaration of October 21, 2026 names all four among the people elected. Granum had 16,197 votes in the three-way race for mayor; Hansen had 14,413, Fischer 12,947 and Puri 11,756 in the race for six council seats.","The North Delta Reporter reported on March 11, 2026 that Delta First was a new organization led by Granum, a former corporate planning manager of the Delta Police Department, with three council candidates: Leah Bach, Tammy Hansen and Jat Puri. The Reporter said four sitting councillors had announced a slate under the same name on February 12, 2026, and then learned that Delta First had applied to register that name with Elections BC days before them. On May 11, 2026, the Reporter reported that Bach had stepped back and that Alex Fischer, founder of Delta Voices for Responsible Development, had joined.","Daily Hive reported on October 18, 2026 that Granum had been elected mayor, defeating the mayor of eight years, George Harvie, and Councillor Dylan Kruger. The North Delta Reporter reported the same night that all four Delta First candidates were elected and that four of the six sitting councillors would not return.","The platform on the organization's site has four parts: accountable government, affordability and financial responsibility, livable neighbourhoods, and a safe and connected community. A separate First 90 Days plan, released in June 2026 by the Reporter's account, lists what the team would do first. The site's four-year vision page describes the aims in general words and names no project.",{"accent":991,"onAccent":224,"tint":992,"ink":226},"#1D4ED8","#E8EEFC",[994,1035,1070,1103],{"issue":229,"headline":995,"summary":996,"paragraphs":997,"proposals":1001,"questions":1027,"state":124,"indexable":125,"checkedAt":68,"searched":1028,"gaps":1032},"A public review of the Official Community Plan, and a challenge to Bill 44","Delta First's platform promises an immediate public review of the Official Community Plan, engagement sessions in Ladner, Tsawwassen and North Delta, infrastructure impact assessments for major housing proposals, a challenge to the Province's Bill 44 housing rules, stronger design guidelines and tree protection, and a strategy for more non-market and affordable housing. It gives no number of homes and no costs.",[998,999,1000],"The Livable Neighbourhoods part of the platform promises an immediate review of the Official Community Plan with public engagement, area-specific engagement sessions for Ladner, Tsawwassen and North Delta, and a feedback process the organization calls transparent and accountable. It promises to require infrastructure impact assessments for major housing proposals and to tie approvals to plans for roads, utilities, parks, schools and emergency services.","The platform promises to challenge the Province's housing mandates under Bill 44. In a September 22, 2026 release reported by the North Delta Reporter, Granum said the Bill does not remove Council's authority over height, setbacks, parking, trees and building design, and that she would press the Province for more flexibility while using the powers the City already has. That is the organization's own position.","The platform also promises to review the Ladner Village Revitalization Plan, to create a North Delta revitalization plan, to update and enforce design guidelines for new developments (setbacks, height limits, parking), and to strengthen tree protection for new developments. The First 90 Days plan adds a legal review of the provincial legislation controlling development and a strategy to increase the supply of non-market and affordable housing.",[1002,1007,1011,1015,1019,1023],{"title":1003,"detail":1004,"cites":1005},"Immediate public review of the Official Community Plan","The platform promises an immediate review of the Official Community Plan with public engagement, and area-specific sessions in Ladner, Tsawwassen and North Delta. The First 90 Days plan lists the review among the first steps. 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A municipal planner, recreation leader and youth coach by his own account, he ran with One Delta on physical activity for students, student wellbeing and connection, and partnerships between schools and the community.",{"name":163},{"slug":1391,"name":1392,"office":1365,"ballotNumber":20,"currentRole":1393,"headline":1394,"sample":21,"party":1395,"withdrawal":20},"joe-muego","Joe Muego","Trustee and chair, Delta Board of Education","Re-elected school trustee of Delta on October 17, 2026, with 11,444 votes, sixth of the 18 trustee candidates. A trustee since 2022, the Board's vice-chair in 2023 and its chair since November 2024, an architect by his own account, he ran with Achieving for Delta on early literacy and numeracy, financial planning and oversight, including a zero-based budget once a term, and a healthy workforce.",{"name":590},{"slug":1397,"name":1398,"office":1365,"ballotNumber":20,"currentRole":1377,"headline":1399,"sample":21,"party":1400,"withdrawal":20},"masako-gooch","Masako Gooch","Re-elected school trustee of Delta on October 17, 2026, with 11,823 votes, fifth of the 18 trustee candidates. A trustee since 2022 with a background in veterinary and health care by her own account, she ran with One Delta on belonging for every student, mental health and wellness supports, and strong relationships between trustees, families and education partners.",{"name":163},{"slug":1402,"name":63,"office":1403,"ballotNumber":20,"currentRole":20,"headline":1404,"sample":21,"party":1405,"withdrawal":20},"melissa-granum","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.",{"name":944},{"slug":1407,"name":1408,"office":1353,"ballotNumber":20,"currentRole":20,"headline":1409,"sample":21,"party":1410,"withdrawal":20},"sylvia-bishop","Sylvia Bishop","Elected to Delta Council on October 17, 2026, with 11,811 votes, fourth of the 20 council candidates. A Delta councillor from 2011 to 2018 who ran for mayor in 2018 and lost, she returned with One Delta on an urgent primary care centre for North Delta, no new taxes, levies or fees, citizen-led advisory committees and a public record of every Council vote.",{"name":163},{"slug":1412,"name":1413,"office":1365,"ballotNumber":20,"currentRole":20,"headline":1414,"sample":21,"party":1415,"withdrawal":20},"tamara-bissett-laza","Tamara Bissett-Laza","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.",{"name":163},{"slug":1417,"name":931,"office":1353,"ballotNumber":20,"currentRole":20,"headline":1418,"sample":21,"party":1419,"withdrawal":20},"tammy-hansen","Elected to Delta Council on October 17, 2026, with 14,413 votes, second of the 20 council candidates. A chartered professional accountant in Ladner and the registered principal official of Delta First, she ran on open and disciplined management of the City's money, growth backed by infrastructure, and the return of question period, advisory committees and a Council code of conduct.",{"name":944},{"slug":1421,"name":1422,"office":1365,"ballotNumber":20,"currentRole":1377,"headline":1423,"sample":21,"party":1424,"withdrawal":20},"val-windsor","Val Windsor","Re-elected school trustee of Delta on October 17, 2026, with 15,019 votes, the most of the 18 trustee candidates. A trustee since 2011, the Board's chair from 2019 to 2024 and its vice-chair before and after that, she ran with One Delta on reading and math, support for educators and staff, and career and graduation pathways.",{"name":163},1793466061408]