Global News is projecting Patrick Johnstone has been elected as the new mayor of New Westminster in the 2022 B.C. municipal election.
Johnstone will replace two-term mayor and longtime mayors’ council chair Jonathan Cote, who did not seek re-election.
Global News also projects incumbent councillors Jaimie McEvoy and Nadine Nakagawa have been re-elected, and will be joined by newcomers Roby Campbell, Tasha Henderson, Paul Minhas and Daniel Fontaine.
Candidates
Mayor
Ken Armstrong
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Patrick Johnstone
Chuck Puchmayr
Council
Daniel Ampong
Karima Budhwani
Ruby Campbell
Chinu Das (incumbent)
Rick Folka
Daniel Fontaine
Tasha Henderson
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Jiayi Li-McCarthy
Jaimie McEvoy (incumbent)
Paul Minhas
Nadine Nakagawa (incumbent)
Population of municipality
78,916 (2021)
Boundary of the municipality
New Westminster is located on the north side of the Fraser River in B.C.’s Lower Mainland. It’s bordered by Burnaby to the north and west, and Coquitlam to the east.
This profile will continually be updated to reflect the latest information, interviews and events in the campaign.
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