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Election 2026

Mayoral races going in every North Okanagan community

Sep 14, 2026 | 10:57 AM

Voters across the North Okanagan will have choices for who will lead their municipality over the next four years.

There will be mayoral races in Spallumcheen, Armstrong, Lumby and Enderby for the fall municipal election, as well as in Vernon and Coldstream.

There will also be council races for all the communities with the exception of Lumby, where there are only four candidates in the running.

  • Armstrong
    • Mayor
      • Garhen Avalokiteshvara
      • Joe Cramer, incumbent
      • Chris Pieper
      • John Trainor
    • Council (six seats)
      • Mike Babott
      • Ray Baylis
      • Bradly Bourgeois
      • Dale Bradley
      • Paul Britton
      • Mark Casson
      • Steven Drapala, incumbent
      • Shirley Fowler, incumbent
      • Kristy McLennan
      • Kim Sinclair
      • Neil Todd, incumbent
      • Jessie Valstar, incumbent
      • Mark Wehner, incumbent
      • Andy Werner
      • Lyle Williamson
      • Stephen Zopf
  • Spallumcheen
    • Mayor
    • Council (six seats)
      • John (Jan) Bakker, incumbent
      • Andrew Casson, incumbent
      • Will Hansma
      • Steve Lang
      • Christine LeMaire, incumbent
      • Gerry Popoff, incumbent
      • Beverly Torrens
      • Mark Van Deursen
      • Joe Van Tienhoven, incumbent
      • Todd York, incumbent
  • Enderby
    • Mayor
      • Roxanne Davyduke
      • Huck Galbraith, incumbent
      • Dave Ramey
    • Council (six seats)
      • Tundra Baird, incumbent
      • David Lancaster
      • Greg McCune
      • Jill (Gillian) Meyer
      • Lynn Serhan
      • Ryan Sheepwash
      • Shawn Shishido, incumbent
      • Sarah Yerhoff, incumbent
  • Lumby
    • Mayor
    • Council (four seats)
      • Geoff Bevan, incumbent
      • Sherry Kineshanko, incumbent
      • Lori Mindnich
      • Randal Ostafichuk

Candidates that do not have individual stories did not provide details of their campaign and goals for the future of their municipality to Vernon Matters as of time of publication.

Votes will be cast in the local general election October 17.

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