The Declaration of Candidates running for Mayor, Councillor, and School Trustee for School District No. 73 (Kamloops-Thompson) Trustee Electoral Area – 1 is now available at Kamloops.ca/Election.

All together, 51 individuals have submitted their nominations for the City of Kamloops’ 2026 general local election (listed alphabetically by last name):

Candidates for Mayor (one to be elected): 

• Nelly Dever
• Ray Dhaliwal
• Reid Hamer-Jackson
• Kris Lloyd-Middleton
• Mike O’Reilly
• Ivory Winston

Candidates for Councillor (eight to be elected): 

• Brian Andrews
• Dave Baker
• Dale Bass
• Nancy Bepple
• Rob Bertrand
• Kathrine Blair-Wunderlich
• Steve Bucher
• Bonnie Cleland
• Alberto De Marni
• Bryce Eberle
• Dennis Giesbrecht
• Mac B. Gordon
• Kelly Hall
• Ian Head
• Stephen Karpuk
• Lyndsay McDonald
• Margot Middleton
• Christopher Mitra
• Barbara Morin
• Katie Neustaeter
• Kadin Rainville
• Robin Reeb
• Jesse Ritcey
• Doug Ronnquist
• Bill Sarai
• Cindy Sonne
• Randy Sunderman
• Greg Unger
• Nevin Webster

Candidates for School Trustee for School District No. 73 (Kamloops-Thompson) Trustee Electoral Area – 1 (five to be elected): 

• Tyler Aviss
• Shahriar Behmanesh
• Alexandra Bercea
• James Blenkhorn
• Sean Campbell
• Katherine Gulley
• Heather Grieve
• Cole Hickson
• Jimmy Johal
• Jo Kang
• Kathleen Karpuk
• Aaron Krausert
• Bonnie McBride
• Troylana Manson
• John O’Fee
• Deb Piggin

Ahead of general voting day on October 17, voters can find contact information and links to candidates’ websites and social media on CivicInfoBC: 

The period for a candidate to withdraw their nomination ends at 4:00 pm on September 18, 2026, following which, the Chief Election Officer will issue the official list of candidates via the Statutory Notice of Election. Residents can visit Kamloops.ca/Subscribe to subscribe to receive all statutory notices.

More information regarding the 2026 general local election is available at Kamloops.ca/Election and LetsTalk.Kamloops.ca/Vote.