Updated at 12:45 a.m. Sunday, October 18th
Prince George residents voted for change in the 2026 Municipal Election Saturday night.
According to CivicInfoBC, 19,057 ballots were cast in the election for an estimated 29.6 per cent voter turnout.
Longtime City Councillor Garth Frizzell was elected the new Mayor of Prince George, leading the way with 5,310 votes.
Incumbent Simon Yu finished second in the Mayor’s race with 4,569, which was 741 votes behind Frizzell.
Fellow Councillor Kyle Sampson ended up third out of nine with 4,432.
Prince George also elected eight City Councillors, five of whom are taking a seat around the Council table for the first time.
Brian Skakun, an incumbent, received the most votes with 11,537 followed by Nicole Fraser who finished second with 10,505.
Trudy Klassen (8,498 votes) and Cori Ramsay (6,682) will join Skakun as incumbents, while Dan Pears (8,386), Dan McLaren (7,218), James Steidle (6,663) and Bob Radloff (6,661) will sit as first-time Councillors.
There were 18 people that ran for a council seat.
Incumbent Council candidate Tim Bennett missed re-election with 6,401 votes, (260 votes behind Radloff) while fellow incumbent Ron Polillo finished with 6,147.
Official results will be published by Wednesday (October 21).
The inauguration ceremony for the newly elected Mayor and Council will take place on November 2 at City Hall.
–With files from Darin Bain, My Prince George Now
Prince George Mayor: (Full results)
Garth Frizzell – 5310
Simon Yu – 4569
Kyle Sampson – 4432
Roy Stewart – 3091
Marc Carrier – 625
Randy Danchuk – 479
Ernesto Caranto – 200
Zachariah Olson – 170
Keenan Murphy – 57
Prince George City Council (eight seats; full results):
Brian Skakun – 11537
Nicole Fraser – 10505
Trudy Klassen – 8498
Dan Pears – 8386
Dan McLaren – 7218
Cori Ramsay – 6682
James Steidle – 6663
Bob Radloff – 6661
Tim Bennett – 6401
Jesi Janjua – 6352
Ron Polillo – 6147
Bruce Wayne – 5988
John Zukowski – 5173
Tucker Krause – 4426
Shawn Bortolon – 3458
Anthony Okechukwu – 3282
Trenten Laarz – 1888
Rajendar Parmar – 1743
School District 57:
Area 1 (five seats):
Sarah Holland – 6,593
Jake Skakun – 6,427
Shar McCrory – 4,534
Don Sabo – 4,310
Erica McLean – 4,308
Craig Brennan – 4,004
Samantha Hermanson – 3,821
Cory Antrim – 3,498
David Low – 3,407
Monica Peacock – 3,396
Laurie Dillman – 3,382
Sara Patterson – 2,839
Lisa Mitchell – 2,820
Barb McNab – 2,269
Area 2 (one seat):
Tianna Klein – Acclaimed
Area 3 (one seat):
Lianne Abbout –
Bob Thompson –
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