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Mayor Kennedy Stewart is facing 14 challengers in the Oct. 15 Vancouver election.
The Aug. 30-Sept. 9 candidate registration window closed at 4 p.m. on Sept. 9, but Vancouver city hall’s election office did not officially declare the candidates’ list until after 11 p.m.
Ten of Stewart’s challengers are fringe candidates, due to the low-barrier for entry: a $100 deposit and signatures from a minimum 25 qualified electors. …
Next door in Delta, Mayor George Harvie of Achieving for Delta has two challengers: Joginder Randhawa and Peter Van Der Velden.
Across the Fraser River in Richmond, it’s the same. Mayor Malcolm Brodie, the longest-serving mayor across Metro Vancouver, is hoping to defeat RITE Richmond’s John Roston and independent Wei Ping Chen, who resides in Burnaby. …