CANDIDATE FOR CITY COUNCIL
Tim Down
Associate broker and property-tax advisor whose campaign emphasizes spending scrutiny, attainable housing and community resilience.
Nomination checked September 28, 2026. Earlier platform and record research: September 8, 2026. Recent statements show their own review dates.
Experience & background
His campaign biography describes nearly four decades in valuation, property assessment, taxation, commercial real estate and business advice, including more than a decade at BC Assessment and advisory roles at Colliers and PricewaterhouseCoopers. It says his family has lived and worked in Kelowna for close to two decades, and that he attended Okanagan College in the 1980s. His election to Terrace council in 1996 is earlier municipal experience. [67]
Issue positions
Campaign proposals are attributed positions. A blank area is an information gap, never an assumed vote against an issue.
Housing & growth
Favours targeted four-to-six-storey corridors, infrastructure readiness and transparent tracking of housing incentives. Would evaluate City land for nonprofit, co-op and middle-income housing. [68]
Proposes an incentive ledger with review and expiry provisions. Would evaluate suitable surplus City land for long leases to co-operative or nonprofit housing before an unrestricted sale. [68]
Safety & homelessness
Proposes a public-space bylaw review within 180 days, proportionate conduct-based enforcement and a safety scorecard. [68]
His first-180-days agenda includes legal review of a conduct-based public-space bylaw, with proportional enforcement, privacy and appeal protections. He distinguishes regulating conduct from criminalizing homelessness. [68]
Transportation
Wants infrastructure and service capacity assessed before major growth commitments. [68]
Taxes & spending
Calls for a Community Value Statement and a spending test covering five-year costs, staffing, risks and reviewable outcomes. [68]
Would publish an annual statement distinguishing property taxes, utility charges and fees, alongside service and lifecycle-cost information. [68]
Business & jobs
Proposes a four-year jobs and investment strategy with measurable results. [68]
Accountability
Would make housing incentives, financial trade-offs and programme performance more visible. [68]
Climate, land & water
Lists wildfire protection and water security as campaign priorities. [66]
Community & services
Supports regional treatment and complex-care capacity alongside public-space enforcement. [68]
Recent public statements
What the candidate has said publicly, with links to the original sources.
Conflicts and development cost allocation · Campaign website
Would use a written conflict-review process, seek legal advice when needed, and leave discussions and votes when required. Supports publishing development-cost splits according to who benefits.
Candidate commitments; his explanation of legal and fee rules is not independently established here.
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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.
Former Terrace council service confirmed through campaign and archival reporting. One named historical vote located; an original-minutes archive and a comprehensive term record were not retrieved.
Support for photo radar
Terrace council
The Terrace Standard named Down and David Hull as voting in favour, with other councillors opposed. This is an archival newspaper account; original council minutes were not retrieved.
Outcome: Proposal defeated, according to the report
[69]Business & finances
Public business & professional interests
His biography identifies him as an associate broker at NAI Commercial Okanagan and owner of PacWest Commercial Real Estate Advisors. It lists CCIM and RI, marks CAE as retired, and describes AACI, P.App. as former credentials following his 2026 membership resignation. These are campaign disclosures; company valuations and a complete holdings inventory were not verified. [67]
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
Review status not recorded for this section. Missing information does not establish a position. Submit information or a correction ↗
Broader public & foreign policy
Dated personal statements, historical campaigns and organizational positions are distinguished below.
Advocates provincial treatment, court and Crown capacity, with lawful clinical oversight. These elements require other governments and are not municipal powers established by his platform. [68]
Review status not recorded for this section. Missing information does not establish a position. Submit information or a correction ↗
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: 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
- Detailed implementation costs and a verified full Terrace roll-call history remain unavailable in this edition.
- 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 spending reviews would begin in the first 180 days?
- How would municipal decisions involving property-tax consulting clients be handled?
Sources & references
7 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: Sean Carrie Photography / Tim Down campaign
View original image · Checked September 6, 2026. Campaign footer: © 2026 by Tim Down. All rights reserved. No photo-specific reuse permission found.
- 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 - 66Tim Down — biography and campaign
Campaign · 2026 campaign; page undated
timdown.ca - 5KelownaNow — DeHart and additional council candidates
Reporting · August 27, 2026
kelownanow.com - 261Reviewed public statement — Conflicts and development cost allocation
Campaign · 2026 campaign; page undated; reviewed October 7, 2026
timdown.ca - 67Tim Down — current biography and professional qualifications
Campaign · 2026 campaign; page undated; reviewed September 18, 2026
timdown.ca - 68Tim Down — community priorities
Campaign · 2026 campaign; page undated
timdown.ca - 69Terrace Standard — photo radar vote, archival issue
Historical reporting · July 30, 1997
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