Ballot withdraw window closes for 2026 municipal elections

The candidate lists are officially locked, as the withdraw period for the upcoming municipal election has closed.

Prince George City Councillor Susan Scott, who was first elected in 2014, backed out from this year’s race on Wednesday.

The updated candidate list is as follows:

Mayoral candidates:

  • Ernesto Caranto
  • Marc Carrier
  • Randy Danchuk
  • Garth Frizzell
  • Keenan Murphy
  • Zachariah Olson
  • Kyle Sampson
  • Roy Stewart
  • Simon Yu

City Council candidates:

  • Tim Bennett
  • Shawn Bortolon
  • Nicole Fraser
  • Jesi Janjua
  • Trudy Klassen
  • Tucker Krause
  • Trenten Laarz
  • Dan McLaren
  • Anthony Okechukwu
  • Rajendar Parmar
  • Dan Pears
  • Ron Polillo
  • Bob Radloff
  • Cori Ramsay
  • Brian Skakun
  • James Steidle
  • Bruce Wayne
  • John Zukowski

School District 57 Trustee candidates:

(Prince George Trustee Electoral Area 1)

  • Antrim, Cory
  • Brennan, Craig
  • Dillman, Laurie
  • Hermanson, Samantha
  • Holland, Sarah
  • Low, David
  • McCrory, Shar
  • McLean, Erica
  • McNab, Barb
  • Mitchell, Lisa
  • Patterson, Sara
  • Peacock, Monica
  • Sabo, Don
  • Skakun, Jake

(Mackenzie Trustee Electoral Area 2)

  • Klein, Tianna

(Robson Valley Trustee Electoral Area 3)

  • Abbott, Lianne
  • Thompson, Bob

Advanced voting will be at the Prince George Conference and Civic Centre from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. on October 7th, 8th, 14th, and 15th, with general voting from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. on October 17th.

More voter information can be found on either the City of Prince George website or SD57’s website, which includes advance voting locations for Mackenzie and Robson Valley.

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Zachary Barrowcliff
Zachary Barrowcliff
Zachary is a news reporter for 94.3 The GOAT and Country 97 FM in Prince George. He began his reporting career in Williams Lake, B.C., where he spent roughly two years with Vista Radio stations before moving to Prince George in October 2024.

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