Re-elected to City of North Vancouver Council on October 17, 2026, with 4,452 votes, sixth of the 18 candidates for six seats. A councillor since 2014, she ran on easing congestion at the Ironworkers Memorial Bridge, below-market units in new buildings, more shelter space, three minutes for public input, and a careful look at the cost of the Lonsdale Great Street project.
Holly Back was re-elected to the Council of the City of North Vancouver on October 17, 2026, with 4,452 votes, sixth of the 18 council candidates in the City's official count, taking the last of the six seats 33 votes ahead of the seventh candidate. She ran on easing congestion at the Ironworkers Memorial Bridge, below-market units in new developments and more rental housing, pre-zoning for smaller lots, more emergency shelter space and warming centres, three minutes instead of two for public input at Council, and understanding the costs of the Lonsdale Great Street project before moving it forward.
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Tracked since October 18, 2026. Every change of status links to the vote, motion or report behind it.
Her site says reducing congestion at the Ironworkers Memorial Bridge must be a priority, with the three North Shore municipalities working with provincial and federal partners on more lanes, better transit or a new bridge.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Holly Back campaign · My Priorities (opens in a new tab), North Shore News · Civic election 2026: Q&A with City of North Vancouver candidates, October 5, 2026 (opens in a new tab).
She wrote that she would advocate for senior government funding for major transportation projects instead of placing the full cost on local taxpayers.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: North Shore News · Civic election 2026: Q&A with City of North Vancouver candidates, October 5, 2026 (opens in a new tab).
Her site says she will advocate for below-market units in new developments.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Holly Back campaign · My Priorities (opens in a new tab), North Shore News · Civic election 2026: Q&A with City of North Vancouver candidates, October 5, 2026 (opens in a new tab).
Her site says she will protect and expand the rental stock.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Holly Back campaign · My Priorities (opens in a new tab), North Shore News · Civic election 2026: Q&A with City of North Vancouver candidates, October 5, 2026 (opens in a new tab).
Her site says she will encourage rent-to-own homes, basement suites, coach houses and coach house stratification, lock-off suites and workforce housing.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Holly Back campaign · My Priorities (opens in a new tab), North Shore News · Civic election 2026: Q&A with City of North Vancouver candidates, October 5, 2026 (opens in a new tab).
Her site says she supports pre-zoning areas to allow smaller lots and more attainable housing.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Holly Back campaign · My Priorities (opens in a new tab), North Shore News · Civic election 2026: Q&A with City of North Vancouver candidates, October 5, 2026 (opens in a new tab).
Her site says the North Shore needs more emergency shelter space and regular access to warming centres outside extreme weather, and more services in shelters.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Holly Back campaign · My Priorities (opens in a new tab).
Her site says she will keep working with municipal partners and local MLAs on the drug crisis, with more focus on substance use education in schools.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Holly Back campaign · My Priorities (opens in a new tab), North Shore News · Civic election 2026: Q&A with City of North Vancouver candidates, October 5, 2026 (opens in a new tab).
Her site says public input at Council meetings needs to be increased from two to three minutes, with better chances to give input at public meetings.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Holly Back campaign · My Priorities (opens in a new tab).
She wrote that she wants to move the Lonsdale Great Street project and the health innovation hub forward, after the City fully understands the costs, benefits and effects on residents.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: North Shore News · Civic election 2026: Q&A with City of North Vancouver candidates, October 5, 2026 (opens in a new tab), Holly Back campaign · My Priorities (opens in a new tab).
Her site says she is part of a roundtable exploring a medical hub around Lions Gate Hospital and the Paul Myers Tower.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Holly Back campaign · My Priorities (opens in a new tab).
Her site says the City must work with the developer so the Capilano Mall redevelopment is supported by the infrastructure and amenities it needs.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Holly Back campaign · My Priorities (opens in a new tab).
Her site says the business roundtables begun in the pandemic should continue, and she will work with the Central Lonsdale Business Improvement Association.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Holly Back campaign · My Priorities (opens in a new tab).
She wrote that the City should reduce red tape, streamline permits and approvals, and keep taxes and fees reasonable for small businesses.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: North Shore News · Civic election 2026: Q&A with City of North Vancouver candidates, October 5, 2026 (opens in a new tab).
Her site says she will keep working with all levels of government and local businesses so seniors have affordable housing, services and social programs and can age in place.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Holly Back campaign · My Priorities (opens in a new tab), North Shore News · Civic election 2026: Q&A with City of North Vancouver candidates, October 5, 2026 (opens in a new tab).
Her site says she will keep working with younger residents on their priorities and encourage more young adults to get involved in municipal politics.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Holly Back campaign · My Priorities (opens in a new tab).
Her site says Council should continue its regular meetings with School District 44 and the Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh Nations, and include the District of North Vancouver and West Vancouver.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Holly Back campaign · My Priorities (opens in a new tab).
She wrote that she would require all new buildings to meet the BC Energy Step Code, as part of the goal of net-zero community-wide emissions by 2050.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: North Shore News · Civic election 2026: Q&A with City of North Vancouver candidates, October 5, 2026 (opens in a new tab).
She answered yes when Vote4Tomorrow asked whether the tree bylaw should apply to all sites, even those not being redeveloped.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Vote4Tomorrow · Holly Back, North Vancouver (City of), 2026 climate questionnaire (their own answers) (opens in a new tab).
She told Vote4Tomorrow that Council is working with the Province to reduce the payments, and that Metro Vancouver has to be held accountable for the overruns.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Vote4Tomorrow · Holly Back, North Vancouver (City of), 2026 climate questionnaire (their own answers) (opens in a new tab), Holly Back campaign · Why I'm Running (opens in a new tab).
In Vote4Tomorrow's 2026 climate questionnaire, Back marked as supportive the policy: "Support electrification of new buildings."
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Vote4Tomorrow · Holly Back, North Vancouver (City of), 2026 climate questionnaire (their own answers) (opens in a new tab).
In Vote4Tomorrow's 2026 climate questionnaire, Back marked as supportive the policy: "Implement a 'right to cool' bylaw to protect tenants during extreme heat events."
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Vote4Tomorrow · Holly Back, North Vancouver (City of), 2026 climate questionnaire (their own answers) (opens in a new tab).
In Vote4Tomorrow's 2026 climate questionnaire, Back marked as supportive the policy: "Expand and protect tree canopy, parks, and green infrastructure to cool neighbourhoods, clean air, and manage stormwater."
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Vote4Tomorrow · Holly Back, North Vancouver (City of), 2026 climate questionnaire (their own answers) (opens in a new tab).
In Vote4Tomorrow's 2026 climate questionnaire, Back marked as supportive the policy: "Create connected urban greenways for people and wildlife."
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Vote4Tomorrow · Holly Back, North Vancouver (City of), 2026 climate questionnaire (their own answers) (opens in a new tab).
In Vote4Tomorrow's 2026 climate questionnaire, Back marked as supportive the policy: "Build affordable homes near jobs, schools, shops, and transit."
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Vote4Tomorrow · Holly Back, North Vancouver (City of), 2026 climate questionnaire (their own answers) (opens in a new tab).
In Vote4Tomorrow's 2026 climate questionnaire, Back marked as supportive the policy: "Upgrade critical infrastructure for heat, fire, flood, and storm resilience."
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Vote4Tomorrow · Holly Back, North Vancouver (City of), 2026 climate questionnaire (their own answers) (opens in a new tab).
In Vote4Tomorrow's 2026 climate questionnaire, Back marked as supportive the policy: "Deliver reliable, frequent, affordable local transit."
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Vote4Tomorrow · Holly Back, North Vancouver (City of), 2026 climate questionnaire (their own answers) (opens in a new tab).
In Vote4Tomorrow's 2026 climate questionnaire, Back marked as supportive the policy: "Advocate to improve regional public transit between communities."
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Vote4Tomorrow · Holly Back, North Vancouver (City of), 2026 climate questionnaire (their own answers) (opens in a new tab).
In Vote4Tomorrow's 2026 climate questionnaire, Back marked as supportive the policy: "Expand EV charging infrastructure."
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Vote4Tomorrow · Holly Back, North Vancouver (City of), 2026 climate questionnaire (their own answers) (opens in a new tab).
In Vote4Tomorrow's 2026 climate questionnaire, Back marked as supportive the policy: "Implement bylaws to eliminate waste from new buildings, renovation, and demolition projects and to use existing buildings as efficiently as possible."
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Vote4Tomorrow · Holly Back, North Vancouver (City of), 2026 climate questionnaire (their own answers) (opens in a new tab).
Holly Back was re-elected to City of North Vancouver Council on October 17, 2026. The City's official results give her 4,452 votes, sixth of the 18 candidates for six seats, 33 votes ahead of Guy Heywood in seventh place. The Chief Election Officer certified the results on October 21, 2026, and she took the oath of office at the inaugural Council meeting on November 2, 2026.
Her campaign site says she was first elected to Council in 2014, was a trustee on the North Vancouver School Board from 2008 to 2011, taught at Carson Graham Secondary School, and owned and ran Holly's Salon and School on Central Lonsdale for 20 years. Those are her own account.
For the new term her site lists reducing congestion at the Ironworkers Memorial Bridge, below-market units in new developments, pre-zoning for smaller lots, more emergency shelter space and warming centres, longer public input at Council meetings, support for seniors and youth, the responsible redevelopment of Capilano Mall, and continued roundtables with small businesses.
In her North Shore News answers she wrote that she wants to move the Lonsdale Great Street project and the health innovation hub forward, after the City fully understands their costs, benefits and effects on residents. On the North Shore Wastewater Treatment Plant she told Vote4Tomorrow that Metro Vancouver has to be held accountable.
Summarized from the campaign’s published profile. These are stated positions, not an assessment of results or a complete platform.
She wrote that reducing congestion at the Ironworkers Memorial Bridge must be a priority, with the North Shore municipalities working with the Province and Ottawa on more lanes, better transit or a new bridge.
Holly Back campaign · My PrioritiesShe wrote that she would advocate for below-market units in new developments, protect and expand the rental stock, and support rent-to-own homes, suites, coach houses and pre-zoning for smaller lots.
Holly Back campaign · My PrioritiesShe wrote that the North Shore needs more emergency shelter space and regular warming centres, and that she would work with partners and local MLAs on the drug crisis.
Holly Back campaign · My PrioritiesShe wrote that she wants to move the Lonsdale Great Street project and the health innovation hub forward, after fully understanding their costs, benefits and effects on residents.
North Shore News · Civic election 2026: Q&A with City of North Vancouver candidates, October 5, 2026Researched on 2026-11-07 through the seven search steps listed below: the City's official results, news release and candidate profiles; her campaign site's About, My Priorities and Why I'm Running pages; the North Shore News questionnaire of October 5, 2026 and its election night report, both read through Internet Archive copies; her answers to Vote4Tomorrow; and the minutes of the inaugural Council meeting.
Her career, awards and past offices are her own account; they were not checked against other records. The North Vancouver Chamber's page of 2026 candidate answers links none from her. Her social media accounts were not read.
First elected in 2014; re-elected in 2026 with 4,452 votes, sixth of 18.
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Holly Back was elected Councillor with 4,452 votes, 6th of 18 in the official count. The City of North Vancouver published the count, and every candidate's total is on the results page.
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