Lasqueti Island

Northern Gulf Islands · Islands Trust Local Trust Area

Lasqueti Island has its own site

Visit lasquetitown.org → for public records and the petition to make Lasqueti Island a town.

An off-grid, foot-passenger-ferry island known for its independent, self-reliant community.

2026 trustee election

Official winners declared. Timothy Peterson: 142 votes (declared elected); JS McIntosh-Fash: 131 votes (declared elected); Noel Taylor: 115 votes; Pachiel Smith: 87 votes; Dave Olsen: 76 votes; Torban Klebe: 24 votes. The chief election officer declares Timothy Peterson and JS McIntosh-Fash elected. The Trust abbreviates Torban Klebe as Tor Klebe and lists Noel Dawn Taylor and Pachiel Loren Smith with their middle names. Vote totals are from qathet’s official determination of results, which corrects Tor Klebe’s preliminary count from 23 to 24. Results checked on 1 November 2026 against the Trust’s October 22 confirmation release. The twelve local trust areas have confirmed elected or acclaimed trustees. Bowen’s municipal appointments remain pending until November 9. Candidate vote totals and confirmation of the winners are separate records. Trustees are scheduled to be sworn in on November 12.

qathet Regional District, official declaration of election results

Public-record check · 1 November 2026

Bylaw 107 stopped; 108 requested for a later agenda

The July 6 draft minutes record a decision to proceed no further with Bylaw 107 (LA-2026-015). They request that draft Bylaw 108 and its project charter return at the earliest available meeting (LA-2026-014). That request is not first reading or adoption of 108. No later decision was found in the recent document listings checked on November 1.

Lasqueti draft minutes, July 6, page 5

The incoming Trust Council

The Trust’s October 22 release confirms the elected or acclaimed trustees for the twelve local trust areas. Bowen’s municipal appointments remain pending until November 9. Trustees are scheduled to be sworn in on November 12, with inaugural Council meetings on November 13 and 14. The current term and the incoming term are distinct.

Trustee confirmation release, October 22

Ferry funding: the federal response

In an October 27 letter to the Trust, the federal Transport Minister describes the existing coastal ferry subsidy agreement. The letter puts the 2026–27 grant to British Columbia at approximately $38.6 million and says the Province determines which ferry services receive assistance. It directs questions about fares and service costs to the Province. This is a response about existing arrangements, rather than an announcement of a new local ferry service or fare reduction.

Federal Transport Minister’s response, October 27, pages 1–2

Other local votes · checked 21 October

qathet’s signed September 18 acclamation notice declares Shelley Elizabeth Garside elected as Electoral Area E director. That regional-district office is separate from Lasqueti’s Trust seats.

qathet, signed acclamation declaration, September 18

This is a dated status check, not a full re-audit of every bylaw.

Current trustees

  • Tobi Elliott — Chair
  • Mikaila Lironi — Trustee
  • Timothy Peterson — Trustee

Past trustee elections

2022: Lasqueti Islands Trust councillor election

2 seats available

CandidateVotesResult
Mikaila Lironi185Elected
Timothy James Peterson134Elected

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

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

Documented examples

  • A Reverse Dunkirk in Scottie Bay — The Islands Trust spent five years and a lawsuit trying to remove a private dock in Scottie Bay, defeating a second rezoning attempt in May 2025 — two months before a floatplane crash closed Lasqueti's only ferry dock and that same private dock became how marooned islanders got home. Paired with an enforcement system whose only escalation is court and land-use rules that leave guest cabins empty amid a housing shortage, the saga shows a process that is slow, discretionary, and disconnected from the island's ferry-dependent reality.