Gambier Island

Howe Sound · Islands Trust Local Trust Area

Gambier Island has its own site

Visit gambiertown.org → for public records and the petition to make Gambier Island a town.

A largely roadless Howe Sound island with summer camps and recreation properties under its own Local Trust Committee.

Current trustees

  • Laura Patrick — Chair
  • Joe Bernardo — Trustee
  • Kate Louise Stamford — Trustee

Past trustee elections

2022: Gambier Islands Trust councillor election

2 seats available

CandidateVotesResult
Kate-Louise Stamford—Acclaimed
Joe Bernardo—Acclaimed

Source: CivicInfo BC 2022 Local Election Results

CivicInfo elected-official report verifies elected trustees and vote totals. Non-elected/opponent rows are pending a separate official results source before publication.

The archive

260 Islands Trust meeting documents on record. Each links to its exact source.

Documented examples

  • All Veto, No Toolbox: Gambier's Duplicate Government — Gambier Island, a Howe Sound community of roughly 150 year-round residents with no central road network, carries a full second layer of government — two elected trustees, Islands Trust planning staff, an Advisory Planning Commission, and provision for a Board of Variance — that holds veto power over land use but could only write letters when the island needed a dock repaired or internet delivered. Its flagship "targeted" bylaw review has run since September 2022 and was still in public consultation in mid-2026, with no adopted bylaw and a survey deadline of August 31, 2026.