We now know exactly who will be running for office in this fall’s municipal election.
The deadline for nominations closing at 4 p.m. Friday, with 18 declared candidates competing for eight council seats, six vying for the mayor’s chair, and 17 running to be one of seven school trustees.
Find the full lists below with links to any stories we have done. Voters head to the polls Oct. 20.
You can find all our municipal election coverage here.
Mayor:
Council:
- Jas Anand
- Bruce Banman
- Les Barkman
- Sandy Blue (Abbotsford First)
- Kelly Chahal (Abbotsford First)
- Vince Dimanno
- Brenda Falk (Abbotsford First)
- Aird Flavelle
- Harvey Jongsma
- Dave Loewen
- Harry Manocha
- Paul Redekopp
- Josh Reynolds
- Patricia Ross
- Dave Sidhu (Abbotsford First)
- Ross Siemens (Abbotsford First)
- Lawrence G. Tilley
- Dao Tran
School trustee
- Phil Anderson
- Mike Battel
- Krista Cardinal
- Shelley Godwin
- Freddy Latham
- Graham Evan MacDonell
- Korky Neufeld
- Raj Patara
- Rhonda Pauls
- Stan Petersen
- Preet S. Rai
- Kuldeep Singh
- Heidi Smit-Vinois
- Kathryn Sobko
- Earl Storey
- Jared White
- Shirley Wilson