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The Comox Valley Regional District (CVRD) regularly conducts elections, alternative approval processes (AAPs) and other referenda. For information on these processes please review links and information below.
General local elections for regional districts and municipalities occur every four years. The next election is scheduled for Saturday, October 17, 2026.
While the CVRD administers the election process for Electoral Area Directors, each Municipal Director on the Board of Directors is appointed by their respective Council.
Past election results are available and updated after each general local election and by-election.
Under provincial legislation, local governments can use an alternative approval process as a method to directly engage citizens about certain bylaws or other initiatives requiring elector approval. The AAP is an alternative to a referendum, which is more expensive to taxpayers.
The Comox Valley Regional District also occasionally conducts public assent processes such as referendums and petitions for various initiatives, including new services and borrowing funds for capital projects. For these and other specific matters, local governments are required to obtain elector approval before the project or service can proceed. Voting processes of this kind may be held at any time and may be restricted to a particular geographical area of the CVRD.
