Ken Popove was elected Chilliwack’s mayor, taking 35.1 per cent of the vote to defeat incumbent Sharon Gaetz with 30.9 per cent.
Sue Attrill, Chris Kloot, Jason Lum, Bud Mercer, Jeff Shields and Harv Westeringh were elected councillors.
Candidates
Mayor
Brigida Crosbie
Sharon Gaetz (incumbent)
Ken Popove (elected)
Dave Rowan
Sam Waddington
Council
Sue J Attrill (incumbent and elected)
Terry A Cross
Louis M De Jaeger
Cameron Hull
Chris C Kloot (incumbent and elected)
Jason P Lum (incumbent and elected)
Patti D MacAhonic
Sandy A Mathies
Bud R Mercer (elected)
Lisa A Morry
Jeff E Shields (elected)
Ken N Smith
Debora L Soutar
Harv H Westeringh (elected)
Boundary
You’ll find Chilliwack on the south side of the Fraser River, with Abbotsford to the west.
Population (2016)
83,788
History
The Sto:lo people were first to inhabit the Chilliwack region, having arrived anywhere between 5,000 and 10,000 years ago.
The Indigenous population of the region could have been as large as 60,000 at one point.
European settlement came with the advent of the 18th century, and more settlers followed as miners looked to strike gold along the Fraser River in the 1850s.
Chilliwack became a township in 1873 and was incorporated as a city in 1908.
The BC Electric Railway connected Chilliwack to New Westminster in 1910, and the city added a hospital, post office, high school and city hall before the First World War broke out in 1914.
Chilliwack would play a role in the Second World War as it hosted a military base in 1942, which would employ more people in Chilliwack than anything else until 1996.
Median total income of couple economic families with children (2015)/B.C. median
$105,768/$111,736
Crime Severity Index (CSI) — 2016/B.C.
RCMP – municipal
140.12 (+14.52)/93.63 (-0.71)
RCMP – rural
186.29 (+17.06)/93.63 (-0.71)
Violent Crime Severity Index (CSI) — 2016/B.C.
RCMP – municipal
114.21 (+8.77)/74.86 (-9.81)
RCMP – rural
106.92 (-4.49)/74.86 (-9.81)
Political representation
Federal
Mark Strahl (Conservative)
Provincial
John Martin (BC Liberal) — Chilliwack
Laurie Throness (BC Liberal) — Chilliwack-Kent