Salmon Arm Mayor Secures Third Term; Toliver Wilkinson, Syme and Gray to Join Incumbents at Council Table
Preliminary results show Harrison defeating lone challenger Daniel Bardy with 4,232 votes, while three incumbents and three newcomers lead council.
- On Saturday, October 17, 2026, Salmon Arm Mayor Alan Harrison secured a third consecutive term, defeating challenger Daniel Bardy with 4,232 votes to 1,083.
- The City of Salmon Arm managed the election across three polling stations—5th Avenue Seniors Activity Centre, Little Mountain Fieldhouse, and North Canoe Elementary School—following record advance voting exceeding 2,000 ballots.
- Council results saw Scott Syme lead with 2,886 votes, while Claire Askew and Melissa Parmenter secured spots as School District 83 trustees representing the community.
- Across the region, Coldstream voters retained Mayor Ruth Hoyte with 1,825 votes, while Brian Bogle won the Castlegar mayoral race by 875 votes over Sue Heaton-Sherstobitoff.
- Official election results will be declared by 4 p.m. on Wednesday, October 21, 2026, with the newly elected Salmon Arm council's first meeting scheduled for November 2.
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Election night: Harrison set to serve third term as Salmon Arm mayor
Preliminary election results show Alan Harrison leading City of Salmon Arm council into 2030. The initial tally on the night of the general local election, Oct. 17, had Harrison with 4,232 votes (78.2 per cent), putting him ahead of candidate Daniel Bardy with 1,083 votes (20 per cent) in the race for the mayor’s chair. Candidates leading the race for the six seats on city council included Scott Syme with 2,886 votes, followed by Ian Gray with 2…
Salmon Arm Mayor secures third term; Toliver Wilkinson, Syme and Gray to join incumbents at council table
UPDATED: 9:27 p.m. Preliminary election results show Salmon Arm Mayor Alan Harrison is set to serve a third consecutive term after handily defeating his lone challenger, Daniel Bardy. Harrison received 4,232 votes, while Bardy received 1,083, according to preliminary results. In the city council rac...
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