B.C. municipal election 2022: Bowen Island results

Global News is projecting Andrew Leonard has been elected as Bowen Island’s new mayor in the 2022 B.C. municipal election.

Leonard won the election, securing just over 45 per cent of the vote, more than mayoral candidates Maureen Nicholson (38.16 per cent) and John Turner (16.77 per cent).

Global News also projects Judith Gedye, Tim Wake, Sue Ellen Fast, John Saunders, Alex Jurgensen and Alison Morse (incumbent) have all won election to council.

The Squamish name for Bowen Island is “Xwlíl’xhwm,” which means, “fast drumming ground.” Some have said the name was inspired by the sound that the water makes as flows through the pass between Finisterre Island and Bowen Island’s northern point.

Candidates

Mayor

Andrew Leonard

Maureen Nicholson

John Turner

Council 

Robin Burger

Sue Ellen Fast (incumbent)

Judith Gedye

Alex Jurgensen

Gale Lyttle

Craig MacDonald

Alison Morse (incumbent)

Nichole Thomas Zyczynski

Wake Tim

Richard Wiefelspuett

Population of municipality

4,256 (2021)

Boundary of the municipality

Bowen Island is located in Howe Sound, a short ferry ride away from Horseshoe Bay in West Vancouver. It lies south of Gambier Island and east of Keats Island.

This profile will continually be updated to reflect the latest information, interviews and events in the campaign.