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| Surinderpal Rathor(L) and Walt Cobb (R) |
In a repeat of the 2018 Williams Lake Mayoral Election -- it will be -- subject to a candidate withdrawing by Friday, September 18th, 2026 -- Surinderpal Rathor vs Walt Cobb for the top political job (Mayor) in Williams Lake during the October 2026 City of Williams Lake Local General Election
In the 2018 Local General Election -- Walt Cobb beat Surinderpal Rathor by a vote count of 1,843 (Cobb) to 1,177 (Rathor) however in the subsequent Local General Election in 2022: Surinderpal Rathor came out on top with 1,091 votes with Cobb finishing in 3rd with 773 votes...
While this is Surinderpal Rathor's first term as Williams Lake Mayor -- Walt Cobb has previously served as Mayor of Williams Lake from 1990-1996 and 2014-2022 (14 years in total as Williams Lake Mayor vs 4 years for Rathor)
Walt Cobb talks with the Williams Lake Tribune about his reasons why he wants to become Mayor of Williams Lake again --
https://shrlnk.ca/s/105Wxy5C
While current Williams Lake Mayor Surinderpal Rathor explains to "My Cariboo Now" why he is looking for a 2nd consecutive term as Mayor of Williams Lake --
https://shrlnk.ca/s/dzBld90z
Advanced Voting for 1 Williams Lake Mayor/6 Williams Lake City Councillors' will occur on October 7/14, 2026 with General Voting Day set for Saturday, October 17th, 2026
More details are available on the City of Williams Lake website at https://www.williamslake.ca/562/Election-2026
Meanwhile in other Mayor Races in the Cariboo-Chilcotin:
Wells - Rocky Nenka vs Jillian Merrick
Quesnel - Ron Paull (Incumbent) vs Coralee Oakes vs Brian Waters
100 Mile House - Maureen Pinkney (incumbent) vs David Jurek
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