Here are the candidates for mayor, council and school trustees in the Central Okanagan
Residents of four municipalities in the Central Okanagan will head to the polls on Oct. 15 to elect their mayor, councillors and school trustees.
Three mayors will be elected in total, along with 24 councillors and six school trustees.
Kelowna, along with surrounding communities West Kelowna, Lake Country and Peachland, have a population of more than 222,000. It is one of the fastest growing metropolitan areas in Canada, according to the latest census data from Statistics Canada.
Unlike candidates in Vancouver, Surrey and other municipalities in the Lower Mainland, candidates running in the Okanagan region mostly run independently.
The District of Lake Country has announced that the following incumbents have won by acclamation after running unchallenged:
Mayor Blair Ireland.
Coun. Cara Reed, representing Carr's Landing neighbourhood.
Coun. Todd McKenzie, representing the Oyama neighbourhood.
School trustee Amy Geistlinger, representing Lake Country in School District 23.
Here is the list of the candidates for mayor, council and school district trustees.
Kelowna
Mayor candidates:
Colin Basran (incumbent)
Tom Dyas
David Habib
Glendon Charles Smedley
Silverado Socrates
Councillor candidates (8 posts):
Maxine DeHart (incumbent)
Gail Given (incumbent)
Charlie Hodge (incumbent)
Mohini Singh (incumbent)
Luke Stack (incumbent)
Loyal Wooldridge (incumbent)
Susan Ames
Chris Becenko
Christopher Bocskei
Amarit Brar
Ron Cannan
Sacheen Collecutt
Greg Dahms
Indy Dhial
Darrin Fiddler
Bal Grewal
Daniel Joseph
James Kay
Davis Kyle
Amarjit Lalli
Gord Lovegrove
Tom Macauley
Elaine McMurray
Ben Norman
Brian Rogers
Zach Sawatzky
Dan Schlossser
Anthony Shephard
Peter Truch
Rick Webber
Noel Wentworth
Chris Williams
School District 23 candidates (7 posts in total for Central Okanagan School District):
Wayne Broughton (incumbent)
Julia Fraser (incumbent)
Lee-Ann Tiede (incumbent)
Chris Becenko
Tovey Demman
Teresa Docksteader
Chris Fieber
Val Johnson
Erika Shepard
West Kelowna
Mayor candidates:
Gord Milsom (incumbent)
Andrew Kwaczynski
Councillor candidates (6 posts):
Rick de Jong (incumbent)
Jason Friesen (incumbent)
Stephen Johnston (incumbent)
Carol Zanon (incumbent)
Anthony Bastiaanssen
Tasha Da Silva
Sylvia Dawn
Rusty Ensign
Tom Groat
John Martin
Garrett Millsap
Jasmine Jane Naaykens
Bryden Winsby
School District 23 candidates (7 posts in total for Central Okanagan School District):
Chantelle Desrosiers
Laurie Bowen
Lake Country
Mayor candidate:
Blair Ireland (incumbent, acclaimed)
Councillor candidates (6 posts):
Cara Reed (incumbent, Carr's Landing, acclaimed)
Todd McKenzie (incumbent, Oyama, acclaimed)
Bill Scarrow (incumbent, at-large)
Jerremy Kozub (incumbent, Winfield)
Michael Lewis (at-large)
Bib Patel (at-large)
Tricia Brett (Okanagan Centre)
Riley Hastings (Okanagan Centre)
Heather Irvine (Winfield)
School District 23 candidates (7 posts in total for Central Okanagan School District):
Amy Geistlinger (incumbent, acclaimed)
Peachland
Mayor candidates:
Cindy Fortin (incumbent)
Keith Fielding
Patrick Van Minsel
Councillor candidates (6 posts):
Terry Condon (incumbent)
Pam Cunningham (incumbent)
Mike Kent (incumbent)
Kevin Bennett
Randey Brophy
David Collins
Alena Glasman
Moira Goodman
Rick Ingram
Keith Thom
Rainer Udala
Nick Walsh
School District 23 candidates (7 posts in total for Central Okanagan School District):
Karrie Fehr
Lisa Guderyan
Gordon Wiebe