Voters head into a polling location on Saturday, Oct. 17. (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Kamloops Votes 2026

O’Reilly topped every polling location to win mayor’s chair: chief election officer

Oct 21, 2026 | 3:44 PM

KAMLOOPS — Kamloops Mayor-elect Mike O’Reilly won all 19 polling stations to take the mayoral vote handily on Saturday (Oct. 17).

Detailed numbers published by City of Kamloops Chief Election Officer Alicia Beday show O’Reilly the top vote-getter and former councillor Nelly Dever the runner-up in each location.

O’Reilly finished with 13,235 votes, more than any other candidate for elected office in Kamloops.

Next was school trustee candidate Cole Hickson with 11,937, followed by top council vote-getter Rob Bertrand at 10,931.

Council candidates Jesse Ritcey and Katie Neustaeter were the only others to break 10,000, with 10,423 and 10,266, respectively.

Total turnout was 30,259 ballots cast out of 85,273 eligible voters, or 35.48 per cent. That’s up from 23,218 ballots cast in 2022, representing 29.01 per cent of eligible voters.

Four years ago, Neustaeter was the top finisher of all candidates with 11,583 votes.

Reid Hamer-Jackson won the mayor’s chair in 2022 with 7,298 votes. Running for re-election this year, he received 3,548 votes to finish fourth out of six contenders.

Full results can be found here.