CANDIDATE FOR CITY COUNCIL
Teresa May
Small-business and community candidate focused on housing, safety, seniors and local jobs.
Nomination checked September 28, 2026. Earlier platform and record research: September 8, 2026. Recent statements show their own review dates.
Experience & background
Campaign describes small-business, construction, teaching and writing experience, plus volunteering with local charitable organizations. [58]
Her campaign describes earlier teaching and published writing, work with a mental-health fundraiser, and leadership of a children’s festival from 2015 to 2020. [58]
Issue positions
Campaign proposals are attributed positions. A blank area is an information gap, never an assumed vote against an issue.
Housing & growth
Would accelerate approvals and expand housing choices through responsible growth. [58]
Safety & homelessness
Advocates cleaner, safer public spaces with accountability, recovery and mental-health support alongside enforcement. [58]
Transportation
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Taxes & spending
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Business & jobs
Supports fewer business barriers, local jobs and a healthy downtown economy. [58]
Accountability
Uses community conversations to inform priorities; discussion-tour observations are not all treated as adopted promises. [58]
Climate, land & water
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Community & services
Emphasizes aging in place, accessibility, recreation and stronger connections for seniors and families. [58]
Recent public statements
What the candidate has said publicly, with links to the original sources.
Housing and accessible neighbourhoods · Campaign website
Supports faster housing approvals with good planning and neighbourhood fit. Prioritizes accessible housing and public spaces, options for seniors to downsize locally, and attainable homes, parks and recreation for families.
Stated priorities, without detailed costs or delivery targets; prior dated campaign positions retained.
Read the original source ↗Safety and local business · Campaign website
Supports stronger City, RCMP, health, housing and community partnerships, clearer reporting of safety results, and advocacy for recovery treatment and mental-health services. Would reduce unnecessary business delays and help smaller local firms compete for City contracts.
Treatment resources require other governments; procurement details are not specified.
Read the original source ↗Arts, public input & transitional housing · Campaign website
Supports taking time to choose the Performing Arts Centre site and involving residents before commitments. Suggests exploring whether vacant buildings could provide transitional housing and recovery pathways, with different responses for people needing temporary help and long-term managed recovery.
Explicit candidate suggestions in a dated campaign recap, not approved sites, funding or programmes. Claims about building vacancies, land transactions and conversation totals are not independently verified.
Read the original source ↗Farming & neighbourhood noise · Campaign website
Suggests considering a Kelowna bird-scaring-device bylaw with registration, management plans and timing and placement guidance to balance crop protection with nearby homes and schools.
A proposed area for municipal review. Her explanation of provincial law and model bylaws has not been independently reviewed; no authority to ban farm devices or an adopted City bylaw is asserted.
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Voting record
Selected decisions, not a complete voting history. Follow each record for the full motion. Historical votes do not automatically establish current views.
No elected public-office tenure was identified in the reviewed sources. No voting record is attributed. Campaigns, employment and community-board service are not legislative votes.
No individual voting records have been verified for this section. Submit information or a correction ↗
Business & finances
Public business & professional interests
Publicly identifies small-business and construction-related work. Specific current ownership stakes and company values were not verified. [58]
Lists past ownership or management across custom-home construction, a talent agency, a dental practice, furniture refinishing and a specialty food business. The page also describes continuing residential-construction work. It does not establish that she currently owns each former business. [58]
Personal net worth
No reliable, dated net-worth disclosure was verified in the reviewed sources. Business roles, real-estate interests, public remuneration and campaign donations cannot establish personal net worth. Submit information or a correction ↗
Campaign finances
Campaign receipts and expenses are separate from personal wealth. Historical Kelowna campaign filings can be searched at Elections BC. The City lists January 15, 2027 as the 2026 campaign disclosure deadline. [8][2]
Politics & broader policy
Political alignment & party history
Political alignment unknown
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Broader public & foreign policy
Dated personal statements, historical campaigns and organizational positions are distinguished below.
The campaign links public safety to mental-health care and recovery, with a focus on community wellbeing. [58]
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This collection is selective. It does not claim to capture every interview, speech, social post or position held over a lifetime.
Contact & follow
Public links from the candidate’s campaign or an official directory.
Not yet verified: email, phone. This does not mean the candidate has no account or contact channel.
Contact sources · checked September 13, 2026 (City directory base); later checks noted individually; older campaign contacts retain their original source
Campaign-linked accounts are listed as supplied by the campaign or election directory. Links and contact details can change; availability or a reply is not guaranteed.
Research gaps & questions
What still needs an answer
- No quantified tax proposal, detailed transport plan or distinct climate target verified in the reviewed material.
- Business descriptions are not a full disclosure of interests.
- Recently reviewed statements appear separately; individual social-post, biography and voting research remains incomplete.
Questions worth asking
Editorial questions, not statements attributed to the candidate.
- Which housing approvals would change first?
- What funded actions would improve aging in place and access to local services?
Sources & references
6 relevant sources · original publication and review dates appear below. Nomination checked September 28, 2026. Campaign pages describe what a candidate says; official records establish recorded actions.
Photo: City of Kelowna candidate listing
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- 1City of Kelowna — officially declared 2026 candidates
Official record · Declared September 18, 2026; declaration reviewed October 1, 2026. Campaign-directory links were separately captured September 28, 2026.
kelowna.ca - 259Reviewed public statement — Housing and accessible neighbourhoods
Campaign · 2026 campaign; page undated; reviewed October 7, 2026
teresamay.ca - 260Reviewed public statement — Safety and local business
Campaign · 2026 campaign; page undated; reviewed October 7, 2026
teresamay.ca - 306Reviewed public statement — Arts, public input & transitional housing
Campaign · September 29, 2026; reviewed October 3, 2026
teresamay.ca - 307Reviewed public statement — Farming & neighbourhood noise
Campaign · September 29, 2026; reviewed October 3, 2026
teresamay.ca - 58Teresa May — biography and priorities
Campaign · 2026 campaign; page undated
teresamay.ca