VIDEO: Langley City elects new mayor, council

VIDEO: Langley City elects new mayor, council

Published 11:11 pm Saturday, October 17, 2026

A disappointed Langley City Mayor Nathan Pachal delivered the news to supporters and fellow councillors Saturday night, less than an hour after the polls closed.

“It’s not the outcome we wanted,” Pachal said.

Delaney Mack and the Achieving for Langley City slate had won, defeating Pachal and the Langley City First slate.

At her election night headquarters, a jubilant Mack had to raise her voice to be heard over celebrating supporters.

“I nearly started crying, it was so lovely,” Mack said of the moment when the results came in.

Langley City has elected a new mayor and council with Delaney Mack taking over from Nathan Pachal https://t.co/HI8IicjGbH

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Mack won the mayoralty and all five members of Achieving for Langley City candidates who ran won seats on the six-person council: Andrew Flitton, Michael Hylands, Scott Thompson, Rick Orlando, and Simi Rajput.

Heather Jenkins, running for Langley City First, took the sixth spot.

Preliminary results show Mack received 3,753 votes for mayor. Pachal had 2,411.

Pachal congratulated Mack and the rival slate, saying “I wish them all the best in the City, and obviously congratulations to Heather, who was elected.”

Mack said it was an honour to have the entire slate chosen by voters.

“Everybody who voted for me, thank you so much, and for those who didn’t, I will work really hard, as will my entire team, to earn your trust and to work our butts off for Langley City,” the mayor-elect told the Langley Advance Times.

“We’re going to start reviewing the budget, making sure we have reasonable taxation moving forward, focused on the basics, focused on public safety.”

Former Langley City mayor Val van den Broek was seeking a councillor seat, but did not make it. She finished 12th.

City school trustee seats went to incumbent Tony Ward of Langley Strong, and independent Celene Hoag.

A poll of voters found more support for proposed upgrades to the Al Anderson pool than for a new performing arts centre.

Described as voluntary and non-binding, the Community Opinion Vote showed 59.2 per cent who responded voted yes to the question “Do you want Langley City to move forward with the Al Anderson Memorial Pool Expansion?” while 40.8 per cent voted no.

To Question 2: “Do you want Langley City to move forward with the Timms Community Centre Expansion combined with a new Performing Arts and Cultural Centre?” 57.1 per cent voted no, while 42.9 per cent said yes.

And on Question 3: “Do you want Langley City to move forward with expanding both facilities?” 64.6 per cent voted no, while 35.4 per cent voted yes.

Langley City reported 5,782 of 21,756 eligible voters voted, representing 26.6 per cent of the eligible electorate, an increase from the 2022 section, when 3,778 of 22,166 eligible voters or 17.04 per cent cast ballots according to the civicinfo.bc website.