--- title: "Jennifer Branston: elected School Trustee, North Vancouver District 2026 | voche.me" canonical_url: "https://voche.me/bc/north-vancouver-district-2026/candidates/jennifer-branston" last_updated: "2026-11-06T17:13:33.092Z" meta: description: "Elected School Trustee in the North Vancouver District 2026 election with 6,290 votes, 4th of 11 (official count). Jennifer Branston was elected as one of..." "og:description": "Elected School Trustee in the North Vancouver District 2026 election with 6,290 votes, 4th of 11 (official count). Jennifer Branston was elected as one of..." "og:title": "Jennifer Branston: elected School Trustee, North Vancouver District 2026" "twitter:description": "Elected School Trustee in the North Vancouver District 2026 election with 6,290 votes, 4th of 11 (official count). Jennifer Branston was elected as one of..." "twitter:title": "Jennifer Branston: elected School Trustee, North Vancouver District 2026" --- School Trustee · North Vancouver District 2026 # Jennifer Branston - Elected, School Trustee6,290 votes, 4th of 11. Official count, District of North Vancouver. [All results](https://voche.me/bc/north-vancouver-district-2026/results#school-trustee) Elected school trustee for North Vancouver District on October 17, 2026, with 6,290 votes, fourth of the 11 candidates for four seats. A former chair of the North Vancouver Parent Advisory Council by her own account, she ran on mental health, support for diverse learners and skilled trades programs. Jennifer Branston was elected as one of the District of North Vancouver's four trustees on the North Vancouver Board of Education on October 17, 2026, with 6,290 votes, fourth of the 11 trustee candidates and the last of those elected in the District's official count. A former chair of the North Vancouver Parent Advisory Council by her own account, she ran on student and staff well-being, strong support for students with diverse learning needs, career and skilled trades programs, and more open decision-making. Explore priorities Campaign links Researched by voche.me · Not a campaign-authored page Candidate space2026 ![Jennifer Branston, from Jennifer Branston campaign.](https://voche.me/bc/north-vancouver-district-2026/images/candidates/jennifer-branston-640.webp) *Jennifer BranstonSchool Trusteev.* [Image: Jennifer Branston campaign](https://jenniferbranston.ca/) Promise tracker ## 5 promises. What Jennifer has done since. Tracked since October 18, 2026. Every change of status links to the vote, motion or report behind it. -
No action yet**Champion mental health, well-being and safe, inclusive schools**Student well-being · Own promise Her campaign site says that if elected she will champion mental health, student and staff well-being and safe, inclusive schools. Her VoteMate page says the same. No vote or decision on this promise yet. Where the promise was made: Jennifer Branston campaign · Priorities (opens in a new tab), VoteMate · Jennifer Branston, District of North Vancouver Board of Education, 2026 BC Local Elections (their own answers) (opens in a new tab).
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No action yet**Strong support for students with diverse learning needs**Programs · Own promise Her site says she is committed to providing strong support for students with diverse learning and support needs. No vote or decision on this promise yet. Where the promise was made: Jennifer Branston campaign · Priorities (opens in a new tab).
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No action yet**Greater transparency in Board decision-making**Board governance · Own promise Her site says she will promote greater transparency in decision-making. No vote or decision on this promise yet. Where the promise was made: Jennifer Branston campaign · Priorities (opens in a new tab).
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No action yet**Expand career and skilled trades opportunities**Programs · Own promise Her site says she will support expanding career and skilled trades opportunities. No vote or decision on this promise yet. Where the promise was made: Jennifer Branston campaign · Priorities (opens in a new tab).
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No action yet**Support technology and future-ready learning**Programs · Own promise Her site says she will support technology and future-ready learning. No vote or decision on this promise yet. Where the promise was made: Jennifer Branston campaign · Priorities (opens in a new tab).
01 / Introduction ## About Jennifer Branston Jennifer Branston was elected to the North Vancouver Board of Education on October 17, 2026, as one of the four trustees the District of North Vancouver elects. The District's official count gives her 6,290 votes, fourth of the 11 candidates, the last of those elected. The Chief Election Officer declared the result on October 19, 2026. She also ran for the District's school board in 2022, her VoteMate page from that election shows. On VoteMate in 2026 she wrote that she chaired the North Vancouver Parent Advisory Council for eight years, has served on school district committees on policy review, inclusion, accessibility and emergency preparedness, and works as Operations and Governance Coordinator for Canada's National Autism Network. Those are her own accounts. Her campaign site lists three priorities: mental health, well-being and safe, inclusive schools; strong support for students with diverse learning and support needs, with greater transparency in decision-making; and technology, future-ready learning and more career and skilled trades opportunities. In the statement she filed with the District, reproduced by North Van Votes, she wrote that in 2024 she received the George Matthews Award for Excellence in Parent Leadership from the British Columbia Confederation of Parent Advisory Councils. That is her own account. [What North Vancouver District's mayor, council and school trustees promised ](https://voche.me/bc/north-vancouver-district-2026/news/north-vancouver-district-mayor-council-school-trustees-promises-2026) Read the sources 02 / The issues ## Priorities & positions Campaign-source summary Summarized from the campaign’s published profile. These are stated positions, not an assessment of results or a complete platform. 01 ### Mental health and safe, inclusive schools Her site says she will champion mental health, student and staff well-being and safe, inclusive schools. [Jennifer Branston campaign · Priorities ](https://jenniferbranston.ca/priorities/) 02 ### Support for diverse learners Her site says she is committed to strong support for students with diverse learning and support needs, and to greater transparency in decision-making. [Jennifer Branston campaign · Priorities ](https://jenniferbranston.ca/priorities/) 03 ### Career and skilled trades opportunities Her site says she will support technology and future-ready learning and expanding career and skilled trades opportunities. [Jennifer Branston campaign · Priorities ](https://jenniferbranston.ca/priorities/) Research status ## What voche.me has checked Researched on 2026-11-05 through the seven search steps listed below: the District's declarations and results report; her campaign site; her 2026 and 2022 VoteMate pages; and the North Shore News election night report, read through an Internet Archive copy. Her parent council role and work are her own account; no independent source for them was found. The North Shore News trustee questionnaire could not be read. 03 / Background ## Experience & community Eight years ### Chair, North Vancouver Parent Advisory Council By her own account on VoteMate. [VoteMate · Jennifer Branston, District of North Vancouver Board of Education, 2026 BC Local Elections (their own answers)](https://votemate.org/c/13921?riding=806) To now ### Operations and Governance Coordinator, Canada's National Autism Network By her own account on VoteMate. [VoteMate · Jennifer Branston, District of North Vancouver Board of Education, 2026 BC Local Elections (their own answers)](https://votemate.org/c/13921?riding=806) 04 / Questions & answers ## Questions for the candidate Proposed questions for a future interview. They have not been sent to the candidate, and no answers have been supplied. No questions and answers have been supplied. ### Have your own question? Ask Jennifer Branston directly. We send it to the campaign, and publish the reply here if we get one. 05 / About this page ## Questions about this page Facts voche.me can state about Jennifer Branston's page itself, answered directly rather than left blank.
How did Jennifer Branston do in the 2026 North Vancouver District municipal election? Jennifer Branston was elected School Trustee with 6,290 votes, 4th of 11 in the official count. The District of North Vancouver published the count, and every candidate's total is on the results page.
Is this an official page for Jennifer Branston? No. This page is researched by voche.me from public sources, listed below, and is separate from Jennifer Branston's own campaign.
Does Jennifer Branston currently hold public office? Not according to this profile. voche.me has not listed a current public office for Jennifer Branston.
How many sources does this Jennifer Branston profile cite? This profile lists 8 sourced references, each with the date voche.me checked it, in the Sources section below.
Why do some questions on Jennifer Branston's page show no answer? The "Questions & answers" section on this page lists questions voche.me would put to Jennifer Branston in a future interview. They have not been sent yet, so the page says plainly that no answer has been supplied instead of leaving the section blank.
When was the election Jennifer Branston ran in? The 2026 North Vancouver District municipal election, including the School Trustee race, was decided on October 17, 2026.
06 / Candidate contributions ## Space for campaign updates ### No campaign updates yet Announcements, event details and messages can be added here, with their source and publication date. No campaign submission has been added. ## Sources & transparency - [District of North Vancouver · Results of Election by Voting, 2026 General Local Election, report of the Chief Election Officer, October 20, 2026 ](https://docs.dnv.org/documents/6-1-election-results.pdf)Checked November 5, 2026 - [District of North Vancouver · Declaration of Official Election Results, October 19, 2026 ](https://docs.dnv.org/documents/declaration-of-official-results.pdf)Checked November 5, 2026 - [District of North Vancouver · Declaration of Election by Voting, September 21, 2026 ](https://docs.dnv.org/documents/declaration-of-election.pdf)Checked November 5, 2026 - [North Shore News · Mike Little re-elected as North Vancouver District mayor, by Abby Luciano, October 17, 2026 ](https://www.nsnews.com/local-news/mike-little-re-elected-as-north-vancouver-district-mayor-12906871)Checked November 5, 2026 - [VoteMate · Jennifer Branston, District of North Vancouver Board of Education, 2026 BC Local Elections (their own answers) ](https://votemate.org/c/13921?riding=806)Checked November 5, 2026 - [VoteMate · Jennifer Branston, District of North Vancouver School Board, 2022 BC Local Elections (her own answers) ](https://votemate.org/c/7699?riding=36)Checked November 5, 2026 - [Jennifer Branston campaign · Priorities ](https://jenniferbranston.ca/priorities/)Checked November 5, 2026 - [North Van Votes · Jennifer Branston, candidate page with the statement filed with the District, by Bahareh Ghadimi (retrieved October 8, 2026) ](https://northvanvotes.ca/candidates/dnv-trustee-branston-jennifer/)Checked November 5, 2026 Missing information does not imply a candidate’s position. [Read our editorial standards.](https://voche.me/bc/north-vancouver-district-2026/about) Campaign contact ## Campaign links & contact. Verified website, social and contact links will appear here when supplied. No campaign links supplied yet. ## View more candidates. [All candidate spaces ](https://voche.me/bc/north-vancouver-district-2026/candidates) [School Trustee**Cyndi Gerlach**](https://voche.me/bc/north-vancouver-district-2026/candidates/cyndi-gerlach) [School Trustee**George Tsiakos**](https://voche.me/bc/north-vancouver-district-2026/candidates/george-tsiakos) Candidate Q&A ## Ask Jennifer Branston a question. Give your name, email and question. We send it to the campaign, and publish their answer here if we get one. ## Sitemap See the full [sitemap](/bc/north-vancouver-district-2026/sitemap.md) for all pages.