Re-elected to North Vancouver District Council on October 17, 2026, with 10,433 votes, first of the 15 candidates for six seats. A councillor since 2022 and a former Global TV investigative reporter by her own account, she ran on the wastewater plant's cost, a new SkyTrain crossing and affordable housing.
Catherine Pope was re-elected to the Council of the District of North Vancouver on October 17, 2026, with 10,433 votes, first of the 15 council candidates in the District's official count. She was first elected in 2022. In her answers to the North Shore News she named accountability for the North Shore Wastewater Treatment Plant, less traffic congestion and more affordable and varied housing as her priorities.
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Tracked since October 18, 2026. Every change of status links to the vote, motion or report behind it.
In her North Shore News questionnaire answers, Pope wrote that she has demanded answers on the North Shore Wastewater Treatment Plant since 2024 and will keep fighting for lower utility bills.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: North Shore News · Civic election 2026: Q&A with District of North Vancouver candidates, October 5, 2026 (opens in a new tab), VoteMate · Catherine Pope, District of North Vancouver Council, 2026 BC Local Elections (their own answers) (opens in a new tab).
She wrote in the North Shore News questionnaire that she will keep fighting for an independent review of Metro Vancouver.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: North Shore News · Civic election 2026: Q&A with District of North Vancouver candidates, October 5, 2026 (opens in a new tab).
Her campaign site quotes her saying the $235 million settlement over the wastewater plant must be used to reduce the financial burden on North Shore taxpayers.
“The $235 million settlement must be used to reduce the financial burden on North Shore taxpayers impacted by these massive cost overruns.”
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Catherine Pope campaign · home page, priorities and track record (opens in a new tab).
She wrote that she will keep pushing the Province and TransLink for a new crossing with SkyTrain and major infrastructure investments.
“I'll keep pushing the Province and TransLink for a new crossing with SkyTrain and major infrastructure investments.”
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: North Shore News · Civic election 2026: Q&A with District of North Vancouver candidates, October 5, 2026 (opens in a new tab), Catherine Pope campaign · home page, priorities and track record (opens in a new tab), North Vancouver Chamber · Catherine Pope, candidate responses, 2026 municipal election (published October 8, 2026) (opens in a new tab).
She named fixing east-west gridlock among her priorities, and her campaign site calls for immediate improvements to east-west connections.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: North Shore News · Civic election 2026: Q&A with District of North Vancouver candidates, October 5, 2026 (opens in a new tab), Catherine Pope campaign · home page, priorities and track record (opens in a new tab), North Vancouver Chamber · Catherine Pope, candidate responses, 2026 municipal election (published October 8, 2026) (opens in a new tab).
She named better transit and safe, connected active transportation routes among her priorities, and wrote that cutting emissions needs more frequent transit and safe walking and riding routes.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: North Shore News · Civic election 2026: Q&A with District of North Vancouver candidates, October 5, 2026 (opens in a new tab), North Vancouver Chamber · Catherine Pope, candidate responses, 2026 municipal election (published October 8, 2026) (opens in a new tab), Vote4Tomorrow · Catherine Pope, North Vancouver (District of), 2026 climate questionnaire (their own answers) (opens in a new tab).
She wrote that she wants affordable housing for seniors, multi-generational families and students, and more housing diversity so seniors can stay in their community and workers and students can live here.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: North Shore News · Civic election 2026: Q&A with District of North Vancouver candidates, October 5, 2026 (opens in a new tab), Vote4Tomorrow · Catherine Pope, North Vancouver (District of), 2026 climate questionnaire (their own answers) (opens in a new tab).
She wrote that the District should build where infrastructure exists and invest as it grows.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: North Shore News · Civic election 2026: Q&A with District of North Vancouver candidates, October 5, 2026 (opens in a new tab).
She wrote that she wants to explore allowing single-family stratification.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: North Shore News · Civic election 2026: Q&A with District of North Vancouver candidates, October 5, 2026 (opens in a new tab).
She wrote that she wants to advocate for federal funding for housing co-ops.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: North Shore News · Civic election 2026: Q&A with District of North Vancouver candidates, October 5, 2026 (opens in a new tab).
On small business, she wrote that the District should streamline more of its services, speed up permits and cut red tape.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: North Shore News · Civic election 2026: Q&A with District of North Vancouver candidates, October 5, 2026 (opens in a new tab), North Vancouver Chamber · Catherine Pope, candidate responses, 2026 municipal election (published October 8, 2026) (opens in a new tab).
She wrote that the town centres need more events, markets and fun to attract customers.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: North Shore News · Civic election 2026: Q&A with District of North Vancouver candidates, October 5, 2026 (opens in a new tab), North Vancouver Chamber · Catherine Pope, candidate responses, 2026 municipal election (published October 8, 2026) (opens in a new tab).
She wrote that the District needs to plan for catastrophic events with dedicated funding for remediation.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: North Shore News · Civic election 2026: Q&A with District of North Vancouver candidates, October 5, 2026 (opens in a new tab).
She wrote that the District should explore whether some of the costs of extreme weather can be recovered from the fossil fuel industry.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: North Shore News · Civic election 2026: Q&A with District of North Vancouver candidates, October 5, 2026 (opens in a new tab), Vote4Tomorrow · Catherine Pope, North Vancouver (District of), 2026 climate questionnaire (their own answers) (opens in a new tab).
She wrote that she will keep pushing to protect large trees that cool neighbourhoods and absorb stormwater.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: North Shore News · Civic election 2026: Q&A with District of North Vancouver candidates, October 5, 2026 (opens in a new tab), Catherine Pope campaign · home page, priorities and track record (opens in a new tab), Vote4Tomorrow · Catherine Pope, North Vancouver (District of), 2026 climate questionnaire (their own answers) (opens in a new tab).
She wrote that cutting emissions needs deep energy retrofits of older buildings.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: North Shore News · Civic election 2026: Q&A with District of North Vancouver candidates, October 5, 2026 (opens in a new tab), Vote4Tomorrow · Catherine Pope, North Vancouver (District of), 2026 climate questionnaire (their own answers) (opens in a new tab).
In her answers to the North Vancouver Chamber, Pope wrote that while a new crossing is years away, she will explore an east-west connector for local trips that bypasses Highway 1.
“I will explore an east-west connector for local trips that bypasses Highway 1, push for more frequent and reliable transit, and safe, protected routes for walking, cycling, and scooters.”
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: North Vancouver Chamber · Catherine Pope, candidate responses, 2026 municipal election (published October 8, 2026) (opens in a new tab).
She wrote that she would work with local businesses to explore employee transportation solutions, including east-west shuttles and incentives for employees who use transit or active transportation.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: North Vancouver Chamber · Catherine Pope, candidate responses, 2026 municipal election (published October 8, 2026) (opens in a new tab).
She wrote that protecting employment land is critical, and that she would explore pre-zoning appropriate areas for high-tech, clean-tech and green businesses.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: North Vancouver Chamber · Catherine Pope, candidate responses, 2026 municipal election (published October 8, 2026) (opens in a new tab).
She wrote that the District needs faster, more predictable permitting and flexible zoning, giving the examples of a restaurant patio that operated during COVID and a therapy clinic in light-industrial space.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: North Vancouver Chamber · Catherine Pope, candidate responses, 2026 municipal election (published October 8, 2026) (opens in a new tab).
In Vote4Tomorrow's 2026 climate questionnaire, Pope 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 · Catherine Pope, North Vancouver (District of), 2026 climate questionnaire (their own answers) (opens in a new tab).
In Vote4Tomorrow's 2026 climate questionnaire, Pope marked as supportive the policy: "Implement zero waste bylaws to divert organic waste and recyclables from disposal."
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Vote4Tomorrow · Catherine Pope, North Vancouver (District of), 2026 climate questionnaire (their own answers) (opens in a new tab).
In her written answer to Vote4Tomorrow, Pope wrote that if re-elected she would pursue cost recovery options and continue pressing the Province and the federal government for funding to deal with climate risks.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Vote4Tomorrow · Catherine Pope, North Vancouver (District of), 2026 climate questionnaire (their own answers) (opens in a new tab).
Catherine Pope was re-elected to District of North Vancouver Council on October 17, 2026. The District's official count gives her 10,433 votes, the most of the 15 candidates for six council seats. The Chief Election Officer declared the result on October 19, 2026.
She was first elected to Council in 2022, when The North Shore Local listed her among the six councillors elected. By her own account on her campaign site and in the biography she gave the District's elections office, she worked for two decades as an investigative journalist at Global TV, then in communications for the BC Nurses' Union, and started her own media relations business in 2016. She also says she served 20 years on the Victoria Foundation's adoption committee and on the board of the Disability Foundation.
In her North Shore News answers she wrote that she had demanded answers on the cost of the North Shore Wastewater Treatment Plant since 2024 and would keep fighting for lower utility bills and an independent review of Metro Vancouver. Her campaign site lists a 2024 motion for a public inquiry into the plant's cost overruns among the motions she led, and her VoteMate biography says Council endorsed that motion unanimously. That is her own account.
In July 2023 The North Shore Local reported that she brought a motion asking District staff to look at replacing the aging Lynn Valley firehall with a new one that has social housing above it.
On transportation she wrote that she would keep pressing the Province and TransLink for a new crossing with SkyTrain and for major infrastructure investment, and on housing that she wants to explore allowing single-family stratification and to press for federal funding for housing co-ops.
Summarized from the campaign’s published profile. These are stated positions, not an assessment of results or a complete platform.
She wrote that she would keep fighting for lower utility bills and an independent review of Metro Vancouver, after the cost overruns at the North Shore Wastewater Treatment Plant.
Her campaign site says the $235 million settlement must be used to reduce the cost to North Shore taxpayers.
She wrote that she would keep pushing the Province and TransLink for a new crossing with SkyTrain and major infrastructure investments, and for fixes to east-west gridlock in the District.
North Shore News · Civic election 2026: Q&A with District of North Vancouver candidates, October 5, 2026She wrote that she wants affordable housing for seniors, multi-generational families and students, built where infrastructure exists, so that more workers can afford to live in the District.
She wrote that she wants to explore allowing single-family stratification and to press for federal funding for housing co-ops.
She wrote that the District must plan for catastrophic events with dedicated funding for remediation, explore whether some costs can be recovered from the fossil fuel industry, and protect large trees.
North Shore News · Civic election 2026: Q&A with District of North Vancouver candidates, October 5, 2026Researched on 2026-11-05 through the seven search steps listed below: the District's declarations and results report; her campaign site; her VoteMate page; the North Shore News questionnaire of October 5, 2026 and its election night report, both read through Internet Archive copies; and The North Shore Local's reports of October 2022 and July 2023.
Her career and volunteer roles are her own account; no independent source for them was found. Her social media accounts were not read. Two North Shore News stories linked from her site, on the 2024 inquiry motion and a Lynnmour housing vote, could not be read.
Elected in 2022 and re-elected in 2026 with 10,433 votes, first of 15.
The North Shore Local · Little, Buchanan, Sager elected mayors in North Shore, by Gagandeep Ghuman, October 15, 2022By her own account on her campaign site and VoteMate page.
Catherine Pope campaign · home page, priorities and track recordBy her own account, after working in communications for the BC Nurses' Union.
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Catherine Pope was elected Councillor with 10,433 votes, 1st of 15 in the official count. The District of North Vancouver published the count, and every candidate's total is on the results page.
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