BURNABY, B.C. - Burnaby’s 2026 municipal election results are now official. Chief Election Officer Dennis Back signed the Declaration of Official Election Results on October 21, confirming Mike Hurley as mayor, eight councillors including Kiran Singh, and seven school trustees.
The declared winners
The declaration, given under Back’s hand at Burnaby on October 21, 2026, names Hurley as the candidate who received the highest number of valid votes for the office of mayor. Hurley was re-elected; he first took the mayor’s chair in 2018.
The eight candidates declared elected as councillors are Joe Keithley, Cindy Lee, Ryan Erwin, Maita Santiago, Daniel Tetrault, James Wang, Richard T. Lee and Kiran Singh.
The seven candidates declared elected as school trustees are Kristin Schnider, Bill Brassington, Hillary Bergshoeff, Jen Mezei, Paul Kwon, Stephen Andrada and Colin Zuo.
Voters across British Columbia cast their ballots on general voting day, October 17. The Burnaby declaration lists the winners only and does not publish vote counts. A signed declaration of official results is the formal step that turns election-night counts into the certified outcome, and it starts the window for anyone seeking a judicial recount.
The declaration is the closing paperwork of Burnaby’s 2026 election. Residents with questions about the results can reach the Burnaby Election Office at 604-294-7088 or elections@burnaby.ca, the contact information printed on the declaration itself.
A South Asian name on Burnaby council
For readers in Surrey, one name on the list stands out. Kiran Singh joins Burnaby council as part of a new generation of South Asian elected officials across Metro Vancouver, a region where Punjabi and South Asian candidates have become a fixture of civic politics at every level.
Burnaby, one of Metro Vancouver’s largest cities, sits just west of Surrey along the SkyTrain corridor, and its council decisions on housing, transit and development are watched closely across the region.
Surrey’s declaration is posted too
Surrey readers who were still checking for their own city’s paperwork can stop waiting. The City of Surrey’s election results page links to its Declaration of Official Election Results, signed by Chief Election Officer Gib van Ert and done on October 21, 2026.
The Surrey document declares Doug McCallum elected mayor, along with councillors Harry Bains, Doug Elford, Meera Gill, Mandeep Singh Nagra, Suhana Gill, Allison Patton, Laurie Guerra and Cheney Cloke, and school trustees Terry Allen, Garry Thind, Laurie Larsen, Bob Holmes, Shawn Wilson and Michelle Ceniza.
Surrey’s declaration, posted as a signed PDF on the city’s election results page rather than as a news release, is the document that formally closes the books on the October 17 vote here. The same results page also posts a voter turnout breakdown by poll. It confirms what the City’s final count showed on election night: McCallum returns as mayor, and Cheney Cloke holds the eighth council seat.
With both declarations signed on October 21, the 2026 municipal results in Burnaby and Surrey are now official. The new councils can now be sworn in and get to work, and the focus in both cities shifts from counting votes to the first meetings, budgets and decisions of the new term.
Sources: Declaration of Official Election Results, City of Burnaby, October 21, 2026 (burnaby.ca); Declaration of Official Election Results, 2026 General Local Election, City of Surrey, October 21, 2026 (surrey.ca).
