City of North Vancouver Mayor Linda Buchanan has officially launched her re-election campaign, seeking a third consecutive term in the October 17 municipal election.
Buchanan, who was first elected mayor in 2018 after two terms on council, is pointing to eight years of infrastructure delivery and housing advancement as the foundation of her bid. “Over the past eight years, I’ve been focused on delivering real results for people,” she said.
According to the press release, completed and ongoing projects under her tenure include the new Harry Jerome Community Recreation Centre, the Silver Harbour Seniors’ Activity Centre — set to open this July — and the Crosscut Bridge across Highway 1. The city also delivered 89 non-market rental homes and a new respite care centre as part of Phase 1 of the North Shore Neighbourhood House redevelopment, and broke ground on a new North Shore Neighbourhood House that will add 179 rental homes, 30 per cent below market rate, along with expanded child care.
On transit, Buchanan secured bus rapid transit for the North Shore, with the R2 line extending to Metrotown in the interim. She has also championed a new Iron Workers Memorial Bridge and called for a public inquiry into cost overruns at the North Shore Wastewater Treatment Plant.
More than 350 child care spaces have been added since 2018 — the most in any previous council term — including $3.5 million in before-and-after school care at the new Cloverley School. The city also opened two new parks, with two more underway, and advanced the Harbour Swimming Deck, described as a first-of-its-kind oceanfront swimming destination offering free public access to Burrard Inlet.
According to the press release, the city delivered a 2.9 per cent tax rate — 0.9 per cent operating and 2 per cent capital — which Buchanan describes as one of the lowest in the region.
Looking ahead, Buchanan said her third-term priorities would include securing senior government funding for rapid transit to the North Shore, advancing the Lonsdale Great Street project and Health Innovation District, and planning for the ICBC site.
“I will always stand up for this community,” she said. “My commitment is simple: keep putting people first, and keep delivering the results our city needs.”
