Sechelt town hall. Photo credit: Keith VanBrabant, VistaRadio
2026 Municipal Election
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Sechelt elects Paul Dhillon as mayor, Gibsons re-elects Silas White

Tyler Hay
By Tyler Hay

Preliminary results from the 2026 Municipal Election have been released.

Sechelt has elected Paul Dhillon as mayor. He will be joined around the council table by Ken Whitaker, Anna McNeil, Desmond Das, Tom Lamb, Craig Moore and Darren Inkster.

Gibsons has re-elected Silas White as mayor. The following will make up council: Annemarie De Andrade, Sara El Rayess, Neil MacEachern and David Croal. 

Final official election results will be released on Oct. 21. 

Tyler Hay
Tyler Hay
Tyler has been back and forth between Vancouver Island and Alberta during his career in journalism. He first joined Vista Radio in Lethbridge, Alberta after working as an editor in Ladysmith and Parksville. Now he is back on the Island to settle and is based out of Nanaimo writing about local politics. When not writing, he is busy sailing, riding motorcycles and fixing things in his shop.

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