At the first General Membership Meeting of the Fall semester on September 19th, a packed house of TSSU members voted to endorse candidates for municipal offices in Burnaby, Surrey, and Vancouver. Local elections across BC will be held on Saturday, October 20th. You can find a complete list of candidates for all jurisdictions here.

In Burnaby, TSSU endorses independent candidate Mike Hurley for Mayor.

In Surrey, TSSU endorses Proudly Surrey candidate Stuart Parker for City Council.

In Vancouver, TSSU endorses the entire Coalition of Progressive Electors (COPE) slate of candidates: Derrick O'Keefe, Anne Roberts, and Jean Swanson for City Council; Diana Day and Barb Parrott for School Board; and Gwen Giesbrecht and John Irwin for Parks Board.

To vote in Burnaby, you must be 18 years of age or older on election day; be a Canadian citizen; have lived in BC for at least 6 months immediately before registering to vote or on the voting day; have lived in Vancouver for at least 30 days before registering to vote or on the voting day; and not be disqualified by law from voting. Voting locations and advanced voting days can be found here. You can find out how to register to vote here; and what identification to bring with you if you are or are not registered, what accessible voting options are available, or what to do if you have only one acceptable identifying document here.

To vote in Surrey, you must be registered as a resident elector of Surrey; 18 years of age or older on election day; be a Canadian citizen; have lived in BC for at least 6 months immediately before registering to vote; have lived in Surrey for at least 30 days immediately before registering to vote; and not be disqualified by law from voting. Voting locations can be found here and advanced voting days here. You can find out how to register to vote here, what identification to bring with you if you are or are not registered here, and what accessible voting options are available here.

To vote in Vancouver, you must be 18 years of age or older on election day; be a Canadian citizen; have lived in BC for at least 6 months immediately before registering to vote; have lived in Vancouver or own property registered in your name in Vancouver for at least 30 days immediately before registering to vote; and not be disqualified by law from voting. Voting locations and advanced voting days can be found here. You can find out how to register to vote here; and what identification to bring with you if you are or are not registered, what to do if you have only one acceptable identifying document, or how to vote if you have no fixed address here. Information about accessible voting options are available here.

You can also find information about local elections and how to vote in Abbotsford, Coquitlam, Delta, Langley (City & Township), Maple Ridge, New Westminster, North Vancouver, Pitt Meadows, Port Coquitlam, Port Moody, Richmond, and West Vancouver at the links provided.