(Update: 11:15pm) – Meet Kelowna’s new mayor Tom Dyas.
Dyas is the owner of TD Benefits, an insurance and employee benefits firm and a former president of the Kelowna Chamber of Commerce.
Four years ago, Dyas also challenged incumbent Colin Basran, but lost.
It was a totally different story this time around.
Dyas campaigned on a platform of the city needing new leadership.
The message obviously resonated with the electorate because, with all of the votes counted, Dyas garnered a convincing 21,110 votes (62% of votes cast), almost twice as many as Basran’s 10,821 (32%).Kelowna’s new mayor Tom Dyas makes his victory speech at his campaign party at the Best Western hotel.” class=”img-responsive” src=”https://www.kelownanow.com/files/files/images/Tom%20for% 20story.jpg” style=”margin: 5px;”/>
Basran, who’s served two terms as mayor and a term before that as a councillor, gave an emotional concession speech at his campaign office downtown.
Five of the incumbents for council are back in — Loyal Wooldridge, Maxine DeHart, Charlie Hodge, Mohini Singh and Luke Stack.
Gail Given was the only incumbent who didn’t make it.
That means three new members of council — top vote getter Ron Cannan, who served on council years ago and is also a former Kelowna-Lake Country MP, former Kelowna TV news anchor Rick Webber and UBCO professor and engineer Gord Lovegrove.Colin Basran, pictured here with his children, put on a brave face in defeat at his campaign office downtown.” class=”img-responsive” src=”https://www.kelownanow.com/files/files/images/colin %20defeat.jpg” style=”margin: 5px;”/>
(UPDATE: 10:10pm) – Kelowna city council will have a new mayor with Tom Dyas, six returning councillors and two new councillors with Ron Cannan and Rick Webber.
With almost all the votes counted, Dyas has a commanding lead with 16,168 votes, almost twice that of incumbent Colin Basran’s 8,521.
See the lists below for the latest vote count beside each candidates name.
An * beside the name denotes an incumbent.
For major:
| Tom Dyas | 21.110 | 62.17% | 61.17% |
| Colin Basran | 10,821 | 31.87% | 31.35% |
| David Habib | 1,518 | 4.47% | 4.40% |
| Glendon Charles Smedley | 278 | 0.82% | 0.81% |
| Silverado Socrates | 226 | 0.67% | 0.65% |
Tom Dyas’ reception as Kelowna’s new mayor. pic.twitter.com/VN0GNc6ixm
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For council (eight elected)
| votes | % by votes | % by ballots | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Cannan | 16,995 | 7.98% | 49.24% |
| Loyal Wooldridge | 14,579 | 6.84% | 42.24% |
| Rick Webber | 11,656 | 5.47% | 33.77% |
| Gord Lovegrove | 11,493 | 5.39% | 33.30% |
| Mohini Singh | 11,439 | 5.37% | 33.14% |
| Luke Stack | 11,307 | 5.31% | 32.76% |
| Charlie Hodges | 11,238 | 5.27% | 32.56% |
| Maxine DeHart | 11.115 | 5.22% | 32.21% |
| Davis Kyle | 10.017 | 4.70% | 29.02% |
| Gail Given | 9,408 | 4.42% | 27.26% |
| Peter Truch | 7,873 | 3.70% | 22.81% |
| Suzanne Ames | 7,455 | 3.50% | 21.60% |
| Noel Wentworth | 7,431 | 3.49% | 21.53% |
| Bal Grewal | 6,790 | 3.19% | 19.67% |
| Elaine McMurray | 6,259 | 2.94% | 18.14% |
| Tom Macauley | 5,542 | 2.60% | 16.06% |
| James Kay | 5,434 | 2.55% | 15.75% |
| Indy dhial | 4,989 | 2.34% | 14.46% |
| Amarit Brar | 4,922 | 2.31% | 14.26% |
| Chris Williams (Spirit Alliance) | 4,693 | 2.20% | 13.60% |
| Amarjit Singh Lalli | 4,130 | 1.94% | 11.97% |
| Dan Schlosser | 4.124 | 1.94% | 11.95% |
| Anthony Shepherd | 3,675 | 1.72% | 10.65% |
| Sacheen Collecutt (Spirit Alliance) | 3,037 | 1.43% | 8.80% |
| Chris Bocskei | 2,902 | 1.36% | 8.41% |
| Brian Rogers | 2,871 | 1.35% | 8.32% |
| Daniel Joseph | 2,699 | 1.27% | 7.82% |
| Zach Sawatzky | 2,416 | 1.13% | 7:00% |
| D. Ben Norman | 2.013 | 0.94% | 5.83% |
| Greg Dahms | 1,898 | 0.89% | 5.50% |
| Chris Becenko | 1,448 | 0.68% | 4.20% |
| Darrin Fiddler | 1,200 | 0.56% | 3.48% |
For school trustee (four elected)
Julia Fraser: 10,410
Wayne Broughton: 10,198
Lee-Ann Tiede: 9,357
Val Johnson: 9,099
Teresa Docksteader (Parents Voice BC): 5,797
Chris Fieber (ParentsVoice BC): 4,603
Tovey Demman (Parents Voice BC): 4,577
Erika Shepherd: 3,769
Chris Becenko: 3,503
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