The Declaration of Candidates running for Mayor, Councillor, and School Trustee for School District No. 73 (Kamloops-Thompson) Trustee Electoral Area - 1 is now available at Kamloops.ca/Election.
All together, 51 individuals have submitted their nominations for the City of Kamloops’ 2026 general local election (listed alphabetically by last name):
Candidates for Mayor (one to be elected):
- Nelly Dever
- Ray Dhaliwal
- Reid Hamer-Jackson
- Kris Lloyd-Middleton
- Mike O’Reilly
- Ivory Winston
Candidates for Councillor (eight to be elected):
- Brian Andrews
- Dave Baker
- Dale Bass
- Nancy Bepple
- Rob Bertrand
- Kathrine Blair-Wunderlich
- Steve Bucher
- Bonnie Cleland
- Alberto De Marni
- Bryce Eberle
- Dennis Giesbrecht
- Mac B. Gordon
- Kelly Hall
- Ian Head
- Stephen Karpuk
- Lyndsay McDonald
- Margot Middleton
- Christopher Mitra
- Barbara Morin
- Katie Neustaeter
- Kadin Rainville
- Robin Reeb
- Jesse Ritcey
- Doug Ronnquist
- Bill Sarai
- Cindy Sonne
- Randy Sunderman
- Greg Unger
- Nevin Webster
Candidates for School Trustee for School District No. 73 (Kamloops-Thompson) Trustee Electoral Area - 1 (five to be elected):
- Tyler Aviss
- Shahriar Behmanesh
- Alexandra Bercea
- James Blenkhorn
- Sean Campbell
- Katherine Gulley
- Heather Grieve
- Cole Hickson
- Jimmy Johal
- Jo Kang
- Kathleen Karpuk
- Aaron Krausert
- Bonnie McBride
- Troylana Manson
- John O’Fee
- Deb Piggin
Ahead of general voting day on October 17, voters can find contact information and links to candidates’ websites and social media on CivicInfoBC:
The period for a candidate to withdraw their nomination ends at 4:00 pm on September 18, 2026, following which, the Chief Election Officer will issue the official list of candidates via the Statutory Notice of Election. Residents can visit Kamloops.ca/Subscribe to subscribe to receive all statutory notices.
More information regarding the 2026 general local election is available at Kamloops.ca/Election and LetsTalk.Kamloops.ca/Vote.
