The City of Burnaby has received 64 candidate nominations for the 2026 General Local Election. Nomination packages for the upcoming election were accepted at the City of Burnaby Election Office from September 1 at 9 am until September 11 at 4 pm.
The full list of candidates includes:
OFFICE OF MAYOR
The candidates for the office of Mayor are:
- MichaelAngelo ABCROBINHOOD
- Sabina HSU
- Mike HURLEY
- Bill PETROVAS
- Hanzhi WANG
- Heymann YIP
OFFICE OF COUNCILLOR
The candidates for the office of Councillor are:
- Akmal BAZAROV
- Natalia BEMBER
- Jessica CAI
- Neil CHAPMAN
- Allen CHEN
- Daniel CHEN
- Daniel CHEUNG
- Larry CHIN
- Avtar DHINSA
- Rocky DONG
- Ryan ERWIN
- Tina FIORDA
- Gulam FIRDOS
- Joel GIBBS
- Garnet HEIDT
- Darren INOUYE
- Joe KEITHLEY
- Martin KENDELL
- Cindy LEE
- Lynette Hyerin LEE
- Richard T. LEE
- Jason MARTIN
- Carrie MCLAREN
- Nash MILANI
- Ragina NAIDU
- Morgan NICHOLSFIGUEIREDO
- Rea PARK
- Janet POON
- Fiorella RAVELLI
- Konstantine ROCCAS
- Maita SANTIAGO
- Tara SHUSHTARIAN
- Kiran SINGH
- Philip STOJANOVSKI
- Tom TAO
- Daniel TETRAULT
- Vincent TONG
- Neha UNADKAT
- Mary B VILLA Y BATTENBERG
- James WANG
- David XIE
- Sabrina YANG
SCHOOL TRUSTEE
The candidates for the office of School Trustee are:
- Stephen ANDRADA
- Hillary BERGSHOEFF
- Bill BRASSINGTON
- Jen JANG
- Paul KWON
- Jen MEZEI
- Jasmine NICHOLSFIGUEIREDO
- Diane PEARCE
- Kristin SCHNIDER
- Benita SUN
- Daisy WEI
- John WONG
- Haini XIAO
- Jenny YAMAGATA
- Angel YEH
- Colin ZUO
In the 2026 Burnaby General Local Election, voters will elect 1 Mayor, 8 Councillors and 7 School Board Trustees. All offices will be held for a four-year term.
Given under my hand this 11th day of September, 2026
Dennis Back
CHIEF ELECTION OFFICER
For more information:
Burnaby.ca/Elections
Burnaby Election Office
604-294-7088 | [email protected]