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The name and number are fake.","2026-11-05T20:40:00-07:00",[13,14,56,57],"scam","North Vancouver RCMP","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.thenorthshorelocal.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F04\u002FNorth-Van-police-car-1.png","A North Vancouver RCMP police car",{"id":61,"acclamation":21,"ballotNumber":21,"biography":62,"campaignVideo":21,"colour":67,"contentOrigin":68,"currentRole":21,"district":21,"dossier":21,"experience":69,"extension":81,"headline":82,"languages":83,"links":84,"meta":85,"name":86,"neighbourhood":21,"nomination":21,"number":87,"office":42,"palette":21,"party":21,"photos":21,"polled":21,"portrait":88,"priorities":97,"questionnaire":115,"questions":118,"sample":22,"scoreChanges":21,"searched":119,"sections":155,"slug":164,"sources":165,"stem":185,"summary":186,"unaffiliated":22,"updatedAt":8,"updates":187,"withdrawal":21,"__hash__":188},"candidates\u002Felections\u002Fbc-north-vancouver-district-2026\u002Fcandidates\u002Fjennifer-branston.json",[63,64,65,66],"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. 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Their VoteMate page was read.",{"step":142,"label":143,"date":8,"result":123,"note":144},5,"A name search with North Vancouver and 2026","Found her 2022 VoteMate page. No 2026 news report about her other than the result was found. North Van Votes, an independent guide, reproduces the statement filed with the District, which dnv.org shows only to a browser.",{"step":146,"label":147,"url":148,"date":8,"result":123,"note":149},6,"News reports of the result","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nsnews.com\u002Flocal-news\u002Fmike-little-re-elected-as-north-vancouver-district-mayor-12906871","The North Shore News election night report, read through an Internet Archive copy, names the four trustees elected.",{"step":151,"label":152,"date":8,"result":153,"note":154},7,"The public record of a public role","nothing-found","She held no public office before this term. 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The North Shore News trustee questionnaire could not be read.",[],"jennifer-branston",[166,168,171,175,177,178,181,182],{"label":167,"url":133,"checkedAt":8},"District of North Vancouver · Results of Election by Voting, 2026 General Local Election, report of the Chief Election Officer, October 20, 2026",{"label":169,"url":170,"checkedAt":8},"District of North Vancouver · Declaration of Official Election Results, October 19, 2026","https:\u002F\u002Fdocs.dnv.org\u002Fdocuments\u002Fdeclaration-of-official-results.pdf",{"label":172,"url":173,"checkedAt":8,"listOnly":174},"District of North Vancouver · Declaration of Election by Voting, September 21, 2026","https:\u002F\u002Fdocs.dnv.org\u002Fdocuments\u002Fdeclaration-of-election.pdf",true,{"label":176,"url":148,"checkedAt":8},"North Shore News · Mike Little re-elected as North Vancouver District mayor, by Abby Luciano, October 17, 2026",{"label":75,"url":76,"checkedAt":8},{"label":179,"url":180,"checkedAt":8},"VoteMate · Jennifer Branston, District of North Vancouver School Board, 2022 BC Local Elections (her own answers)","https:\u002F\u002Fvotemate.org\u002Fc\u002F7699?riding=36",{"label":103,"url":104,"checkedAt":8},{"label":183,"url":184,"checkedAt":8},"North Van Votes · Jennifer Branston, candidate page with the statement filed with the District, by Bahareh Ghadimi (retrieved October 8, 2026)","https:\u002F\u002Fnorthvanvotes.ca\u002Fcandidates\u002Fdnv-trustee-branston-jennifer\u002F","elections\u002Fbc-north-vancouver-district-2026\u002Fcandidates\u002Fjennifer-branston","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. 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