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Using the updated IOTA Field Civic Candidate Matrix v0.2, we have completed our current assessment of the four candidates for Mayor of West Vancouver.
The assessment uses the same nine weighted dimensions published earlier, including governance and integrity, fiscal and organizational stewardship, housing, infrastructure, community partnership, and the newly strengthened Leadership, Execution & Mobilization dimension.
West Vancouver’s 2026 municipal election is shaping up to be an unusually competitive one.
At IOTA Field, we’re taking this opportunity to continue and evolve a civic governance experiment we began during previous elections:
Can we evaluate candidates through a transparent, evidence-based and continuously improving process — rather than relying primarily on campaign messaging, endorsements or personal impressions?
We are beginning an independent assessment of the candidates for Mayor and Council across nine dimensions:
Following our updated methodology and Mayoral assessment, we’ve now applied the same 9-dimension, 100-point model to the candidates for West Vancouver Council.
Our current assessment:
🥇 Peter Lambur — 84/100 | Confidence A 🥈 Linda Watt — 82/100 | Confidence A 🥉 Mahsoo Naderi — 81/100 | Confidence A− 4. Scott Snider — 79/100 | Confidence A 5. Jaime Webbe — 76/100 | Confidence B+ 6. Jay Sidhu — 75/100 | Confidence B+
7. H. Lee Lau — 73/100 | Confidence B 8. Melinda Slater — 72/100 | Confidence B+ 9. Tim Webb — 70/100 | Confidence B 10. Alexis Chicoine — 69/100 | Confidence B 11. Christine Cassidy — 68/100 |…
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Every generation also chooses whether to leave that world a little clearer, a little kinder, and a little wiser than it found it.
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