Municipal Election
The following links are provided for your learning purpose with regards to the municipal election. CES is not associated with these sites and is not responsible for the content therein.
This section provides resources to information related to the municipal elections.
- Voter Basics
- Municipal Government Election Websites
- Local Parties
- Community Newspapers
- Local / Government Politics
- Media Coverage
- Previous Municipal Election Results
Also check our General Info page for other political resources.
Voter Basics
Ministry of Community & Rural Development – Local Government Elections
http://www.cd.gov.bc.ca/lgd/gov_structure/Elections/
Find out what you need to know as a voter in the local government elections. Make sure you are registered before the election to be able to exercise your voting right.
BC Municipal Elections 2005 on Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Columbia_municipal_elections%2C_2005
Here you can find useful backgrounder information on BC municipalities. Reference to city politics on each entry, though brief, is helpful.
Municipal Government Election Websites
City of Vancouver
City of Richmond
City of Burnaby
City of Coquitlam
City of New Westminster
City of North Vancouver
City of Port Coquitlam
City of Port Moody
City of Surrey
Corporation of Delta
District of North Vancouver
District of West Vancouver
Local Parties
NPA Vancouver
COPE
Vision Vancouver
Vancouver Green Party
Richmond First Voters Society
RITE (Richmond Independent Team of Electors)
Burnaby Citizens Association
Community Newspapers
Vancouver Courier
Richmond Review
Richmond News
Burnaby Now
Burnaby News Leader
Coquitlam Now
Tri-City News
Royal City Record (New Westminster)
Surrey Now
Local Government / Politics
Metro Vancouver
Metro Vancouver is a partnership of 22 municipalities, one electoral area, and one treaty First Nation, that make up the metropolitan area of Greater Vancouver.
Translink
The Greater Vancouver transit authority, covering buses, skytrain, seabus, trains, and ferries..
Union of British Columbia Municipalties (UBCM)
CivicNet is the official website of the Union of British Columbia Municipalities (UBCM) – an organization that has served and represented the interests of local governments in BC since 1905.
CivicInfo BC
CivicInfo BC is an award-winning, co-operative information service for those who work, or have an interest in British Columbia’s local government sector.
Local Government Insitute (UVic) Publications
Created in 1995, the Local Government Institute (LGI) is a group of University of Victoria faculty members in the School of Public Administration who are dedicated to improving the efficiency and effectiveness of local governments.
Vancouver Government (UBC Library)
Links to various local government resources.
