2022 Civic Election
Here is a list of the candidates running for Kamloops City Council as well as candidates in the Thompson-Nicola Regional District and the Kamloops-Thompson School District.
Each mini-profile will be updated to include interviews and short biographies of the candidates as they are conducted between today and Oct. 5, 2022.
Mayoral Candidates

Ray Dhaliwal
Ray Dhaliwal is looking to regain a seat around th...
Sep 14, 2022

Dieter Dudy
Dieter was born in Germany and raised in Kitimat. ...
Sep 14, 2022

Reid Hamer-Jackson
Reid Hamer-Jackson is taking a run at becoming the...
Sep 14, 2022

Sadie Hunter
Sadie moved to Kamloops from BC's Peace River regi...
Sep 14, 2022

Arjun Singh
After four terms as a Kamloops city Councillor, Ar...
Sep 14, 2022
Council Candidates

Jamie Allen
Jamie Allen says his decision run as a councillor ...
Sep 14, 2022

Dale Bass
Dale Bass is seeking a second term on Kamloops Cou...
Sep 14, 2022

Nancy Bepple
Nancy Bepple is looking to regain a seat around th...
Sep 14, 2022

Bonnie Cleland
Bonnie Cleland believes in creating a diverse coun...
Sep 14, 2022

George Dersch
George Dersch is a retired Canadian Armed Forces s...
Sep 14, 2022

Dennis Giesbrecht
Dennis Giesbrecht is once again taking a run at a ...
Sep 14, 2022

Mac Gordon
Mac Gordon is a teacher by profession grew up in K...
Sep 14, 2022

Kelly Hall
Kelly Hall first moved to Kamloops in 1983 and fel...
Sep 14, 2022

Stephen Karpuk
Kamloops chiropractor and longtime Rotarian Stephe...
Sep 14, 2022

Caroline King
Caroline King is hoping to earn a seat at the Kaml...
Sep 14, 2022

Francois Lambert
Francois Lambert is making his first run for a sea...
Sep 14, 2022

Darrell LaRiviere
Darrell LaRiviere was born in Saskatchewan before ...
Sep 14, 2022

Margot Middleton
Margot Middleton is the President and Manager of D...
Sep 14, 2022

Daphane Nelson
Daphane Nelson graduated in Ashcroft and moved to ...
Sep 14, 2022

Katie Neustaeter
Katie Neustaeter grew up in Kamloops and is making...
Sep 14, 2022

Mike O'Reilly
Mike is seeking a second term as Kamloops councill...
Sep 14, 2022

Jordan Proctor
Jordan Proctor is looking for support in his counc...
Sep 14, 2022

Reo Rocheleau
Reo Rocheleau is a Kamloops retiree who pledged to...
Sep 14, 2022

Jesse Ritcey
Jesse Ritcey is running for city council looking a...
Sep 14, 2022

Taj Sandur
Kamloops realtor Taj Sandur is running to be a cou...
Sep 14, 2022

Bill Sarai
Bill Sarai was born in Abbotsford before moving to...
Sep 14, 2022

Darpan Sharma
Darpan Sharma is running for Kamloops city Council...
Sep 14, 2022

Randy Sunderman
Randy Sunderman is making his first run at Kamloop...
Sep 14, 2022
TNRD/Non-Kamloops

Carol Schaffer - Area A (Wells Gray Country)
Carol Schaffer was born in Lancaster, England, and...
Sep 15, 2022

Usoff Tsao - Area A (Wells Gray Country)
Usoff Tsao is a Clearwater resident, who moved to ...
Sep 15, 2022

Lee Onslow - Area B (Thompson Headwaters)
Lee Onslow and her husband Tom spent ten years vac...
Sep 15, 2022

Jim Smith - Area E (Bonaparte Plateau)
Jim Smith has called 70 Mile House home since 2013...
Sep 15, 2022

Sally Watson - Area E (Bonaparte Plateau)
Sally Watson has been serving as a TNRD Electoral ...
Sep 15, 2022

Steven Rice - Area I (Blue Sky Country)
Steven Rice has been farming fruits and vegetables...
Sep 15, 2022

Tricia Thorpe - Area I (Blue Sky Country)
Born in Rossland to a cattle rancher and a school ...
Sep 15, 2022

Michael Grenier - Area J (Copper Desert Country)
Michael Grenier is the original developer and foun...
Sep 15, 2022

Corine LeBourdais - Area J (Copper Desert Country)
Corine LeBourdais has lived in Kamloops her entire...
Sep 15, 2022

Michael McKelvey - Area J (Copper Desert Country)
Michael McKelvey has lived in Savona for over 25 y...
Sep 15, 2022

Doug Haughton - Area L (Grasslands)
With rural politics in his blood, Doug Haughton is...
Sep 15, 2022

John Taylor - Area L (Grasslands)
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Sep 15, 2022

David Laird - Area M (Beautiful Nicola Valley - North)
David Laird moved to the Nicola Valley in 1982, sp...
Sep 15, 2022

Herb Graham - Area N (Beautiful Nicola Valley - South)
Herb Graham and his wife Anjalien have lived in Me...
Sep 15, 2022

Jill Hayward - Area O (Lower North Thompson)
Jill Hayward has been with the North Thompson Star...
Sep 15, 2022

Carla Barrett - Area P (Rivers and the Peaks)
Carla Barrett has worked for the provincial govern...
Sep 15, 2022

Lee Morris - Area P (Rivers and the Peaks)
Lee Morris has been active as the Area P, Alternat...
Sep 15, 2022
School District 73

Marian Anderberg
Marian Anderberg is a born and raised Kamloopsian ...
Sep 14, 2022

Shahriar Behmanesh
Shahriar Behmanesh is a dentist by trade who has l...
Sep 14, 2022

Heather Grieve
Heather Grieve is currently serving her first term...
Sep 14, 2022

Cole Hickson
Cole Hickson is a graduate of Thompson Rivers Univ...
Sep 14, 2022

Jimmy Johal
Jimmy Johal describes himself as a parent, a volun...
Sep 14, 2022

Jo Kang
Kamloops native Jo Kang is a graduate of the Kamlo...
Sep 14, 2022

Kathleen Karpuk
Kathleen Karpuk is currently serving her fourth te...
Sep 14, 2022

John O'Fee
John O'Fee is currently serving his fourth term as...
Sep 14, 2022

Karla Pearce
Grew up in Calgary, Karla Pearce and came to Kamlo...
Sep 14, 2022

Jennifer Rowse
Jennifer Rowse is a wife, mother, and a believer i...
Sep 14, 2022

Shelley Sim - Area 2
Sep 14, 2022

Rhonda Kershaw - Area 3
Sep 14, 2022

Diane Jules - Area 4
Sep 14, 2022

Cara McKelvey - Area 5
Sep 14, 2022