Mike Hurley beat Derek Corrigan at all 34 voting places in a commanding victory over the longtime incumbent, final results show.
Hurley, who will be sworn in as Burnaby’s mayor Nov. 5, finished with 26,260 votes to Corrigan’s 20,333. Helen H. S. Chang and Sylvia Gung fell far behind with 2,178 and 549 votes respectively.
Click the map below to see vote totals for every polling station.
Corrigan was leading at two polling stations after advance voting. He was ahead by seven votes at Cameron Recreation Centre and five votes Edmonds Community Centre after early voters cast ballots on Oct. 6, 10 and 13.
But Corrigan was overtaken by Hurley once the election-day ballots were cast and counted.
Hurley’s decisive victory, with 53 per cent of the vote to Corrigan’s 41 per cent, will force the Burnaby Citizens Association stalwart out of office after 31 years on council (15 as a councillor and 16 as mayor).
In 2014, Corrigan likely didn’t break a sweat as he cruised to victory with 68 per cent of the vote over his closer challenger, Daren Hancott, who garnered only 21 per cent. In 2011, Corrigan’s margin of victory was even larger – 74 per cent to 16 per cent.
Turnout was also up in Burnaby this year, with 49,972 ballots cast, 33 per cent of registered voters and 32 per cent of estimated eligible voters in the municipality.
Corrigan was leading at two polling stations after advance voting but those leads disintegrated on election day. pic.twitter.com/xyZVnFT58g
— KelvinGawley (@KelvinGawley) October 28, 2018
