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2018 Municipal Elections “Record number of Muslim Candidates”
9-19-2018
The general local elections in British Columbia will be held on Saturday October 20, 2018.
By September 14th, the closing day of Nominations about Fourteen candidates have registered for municipal elections from the Muslim Community in BC.
Penticton was the first City to elect a Muslim as a City Councillor and Surrey Was the First City to elect Ijaz Chatta as a School Trustee.
Tarik Sayeed originally from Bangladesh an entrepreneur is currently serving as a Penticton City Councillor and has decided not to run this time.
As the community hopes to have some of our candidates elected it is not that easy. Elections Campaigns require finance, time, volunteers and lots of endurance to get the word out.
Reach out to the candidates and be part of the Change.
Tarik Sayeed -Current City Councillor Penticton
Profiles of the Candidates
Abubakar Khan: Candidate for Vancouver City Council
Adel Gamar: Candidate for Coquitlam Mayor
Adil Awan: Candidate for City of Richmond Council
Afshan Kamran: Candidate for Surrey City Council
Ahmed Yousef: Candidate for Maple Ridge City Council
Asad Syed: Candidate for City Councilor Surrey
Imtiaz Popat: Candidate for Mayor of Surrey
Mehreen Chaudhry: Candidate for Burnaby City Council
Nasima Nastoh: Candidate for Surrey City Council
Rahim Othman: Candidate for School Trustee in Richmond
Raza Mirza: Candidate for Vancouver City Council
Shakeel Gaya: Candidate for Port Coquitlam City Council
Shamim Shivji: Candidate for Vancouver Park Board
Sikandar Hayat: Candidate for Surrey School Board
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