# Kari Gares leads Vernon preliminary mayoral count with 4,284 votes > Vernon’s unofficial results for the October 17 local election, posted as of 9:45 p.m., placed Kari Gares first in the mayoral contest with 4,284 votes. Wayne Lippert received 3,200 and Victor Cumming 2,903. - Canonical URL: https://newsverum.com/en/news/vernon-local-election-preliminary-mayoral-count-2026 - Publisher: Newsverum - Section: Politics - Country: Canada - Published: 2026-10-18T23:00:20+00:00 - Updated: 2026-10-18T23:00:20+00:00 - Event / data period: 2026-10-17 - Other editions: [Türkçe](https://newsverum.com/tr/news/vernon-local-election-preliminary-mayoral-count-2026.md), [العربية](https://newsverum.com/ar/news/vernon-local-election-preliminary-mayoral-count-2026.md), [Français](https://newsverum.com/fr/news/vernon-local-election-preliminary-mayoral-count-2026.md), [Español](https://newsverum.com/es/news/vernon-local-election-preliminary-mayoral-count-2026.md), [Deutsch](https://newsverum.com/de/news/vernon-local-election-preliminary-mayoral-count-2026.md), [Português](https://newsverum.com/pt/news/vernon-local-election-preliminary-mayoral-count-2026.md) The City posted the figures in order of votes received and said official results would be declared by 4 p.m. on October 21. At the time of this release, the contest had not been certified. The City also posted totals for 15 council candidates. The source did not provide turnout or an overall ballot count, so this account reports only the stated mayoral candidate totals. ## Data ### Figures reported by the source The table presents local results or allocations published in the official announcement. Methodology: Values are transcribed from the primary source; where the source calls them preliminary, they are not treated as certified. | Candidate | Votes (count) | |---|---| | Kari Gares | 4284 | | Wayne Lippert | 3200 | | Victor Cumming | 2903 | Sources: · Download data: [JSON](https://newsverum.com/api/v1/articles/vernon-local-election-preliminary-mayoral-count-2026/data/vernon-mayoral-vote-count?lang=en&format=json) · [CSV](https://newsverum.com/api/v1/articles/vernon-local-election-preliminary-mayoral-count-2026/data/vernon-mayoral-vote-count?lang=en&format=csv) ## Sources - [City of Vernon]() (Source checked: 2026-10-19; Published: 2026-10-17) --- Cite the canonical URL above. [Editorial standards and corrections](https://newsverum.com/en/editorial)