Excellence Awards Library
The results of the annual Community Excellence Awards are available below:
Long Service Award Recipients
UBCM Long Service Awards are given in recognition of 25 years of service in local government office. In 2012, the Executive added an additional level of recognition for elected officials having served 35+ years.
| Year | Name | Community |
| 2024 | Director Al Richmond Mayor Alan Harrison Councillor Darrell Grant Penner Councillor John Tidbury Councillor Mario Feldhoff Mayor Sylvia Pranger | Regional District of Cariboo City of Salmon Arm City of Port Coquitlam District of Port Hardy District of Kitimat District of Kent |
| 2023 | Councillor Leo Facio Councillor Chris Hambruch Councillor Lisa Muri | Village of Harrison Hot Springs Town of Golden District of North Vancouver |
| Special Recognition of Long Service (35+ Years): | ||
| 2023 | Councillor Don Bell Director Hans Cunningham | City of North Vancouver Regional District of Central Kootenay's Area G |
| 2022 | Councillor Patricia Ross Councillor Ron Mattson Director Jerry Petersen Councillor Lanny Seaton Councillor Garry Youd Mayor Mitch Campsall Councillor John Rogers | City of Abbotsford Town of View Royal Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako City of Langford District of Logan Lake 100 Mile House Town of View Royal |
| Special Recognition of Long Service (35+years): | ||
| 2022 | Director Jim Abram Councillor Duck Paterson | Strathcona Regional District Town of Ladysmith |
| 2019 | Director Brenda Leigh | Strathcona Regional District |
| 2018 | Mayor Darrell R. Mussatto Councillor Judy Brownoff Councillor Barry Pages Director Rhona Martin Director Loni Parker Mayor John Ewing Ranns Mayor Ted Schaffer Mayor Chris Pieper Director Al Richmond Councillor Dan Johnston Mayor Marguerite Rotvold | City of North Vancouver District of Saanich Village of Masset Columbia Shuswap RD Columbia Shuswap RD District of Metchosin City of Langley City of Armstrong Cariboo Regional District City of Burnaby Village of Midway |
| 2017 | Councillor Denise Blackwell Director Dave Brocklebank Director Colin Palmer Councillor Winnie Sifert Councillor Allan Smith Mayor Stewart Young | City of Langford RD of Kitimat-Stikine Powell River RD City of Langford District of Logan Lake City of Langford |
| 2016 | Mayor Gail Lowry Councillor Mae Reid Director Joe Stanhope | District of New Hazelton City of Coquitlam Nanaimo RD |
| 2015 | Councillor Jack Arnold Mayor Leslie Baird Mayor James Baker Mayor Lawrence Chernoff Councillor Gayle Martin Mayor John Ranta | City of Langley Village of Cumberland District of Lake Country City of Castlegar City of Langley Village of Cache Creek |
| Special Recognition of Long Service (35+years): | ||
| 2015 | Mayor Lois E. Jackson | Corporation of Delta |
| 2014 | Councillor Donald Hunter Bell Mayor Carman Graf Councillor Robert Hobson Councillor Albert Conrad Hoglund Mayor Bill (William) Irving Director Art Kaehn Councillor Marguerite Rotvold Councillor Jack French Councillor Judy Villeneuve | Dist. of North Vancouver Village of Telkwa City of Kelowna City of Kimberley District of Ucluelet Fraser Fort George RD Village of Midway District of Vanderhoof City of Surrey |
| Special Recognition of Long Service (35+ Years): | ||
| 2014 | Mayor Ralph E. Drew Mayor Frederick David Jarvis Director Michael Kokura Councillor Earl Shipmaker | Village of Belcarra District of Taylor Alberni-Clayoquot RD City of Enderby |
| 2013 | Director Jim Abram Councillor Gordon DeRosa Councillor Robert (Bob) Nicholson Director Harry Nyce Director Stanley Gisborne | Strathcona RD City of Trail District of Chetwynd Kitimat-Stikine RD Powell River RD |
| Special Recognition of Long Service (35+ Years): | ||
| 2013 | Director Ted Armstrong | Cariboo RD |
| 2012 | Mayor Dieter Bogs Councillor Wyatt McMurray Director Ralph Roy Councillor Patricia Wallace | City of Trail Village of Cache Creek Bulkley-Nechako RD City of Kamloops |
| 2011 | Mayor Frank Leonard Mayor Derek R. Corrigan Director Hans Cunningham Councillor Corinne Lonsdale Councillor Sharon Fraser Director George Holme | District of Saanich City of Burnaby Central Kootenay RD District of Squamish District of Sparwood Nanaimo RD |
| Special Recognition of Long Service - 35 + Years: | ||
| 2011 | Councillor Merl Olaf Hanson Councillor William Moncrief Mayor Gerry Furney Councillor Harold Steves Mayor Jim Ogilvie | Village of Salmo Village of Cumberland Town of Port McNeill City of Richmond City of Kimberley |
| 2010 | Councillor Bob Bose Councillor Larry McNabb Special Recognition of Long Service - 35 + Years: Mayor Alice Maitland | City of Surrey City of Nanaimo Village of Hazelton |
| 2009 | Councillor Alan Gordon Councillor Bruce Drake | City of Cranbrook Village of Belcarra |
| 2008 | Director Harvey Clark Mayor Hal Weinberg Councillor Lou Sekora Councillor Michael Wright Councillor Lawrence Kosolowsky Councillor Judith E. Higginbotham | Fraser-Fort George RD Village of Anmore City of Coquitlam City of Port Coquitlam District of Hudson's Hope City of Surrey |
| 2007 | Councillor Ray Brady Councillor Simon Gibson Director Bob Headrick Director Lloyd McKimmon Mayor Cliff Pederson Councillor John Clemens Ratcliffe Director Les Watmough Councillor James Buchanan Woodruff | District of Kitimat City of Abbotsford Fraser-Fort George RD Fraser Valley RD Village of Zeballos City of Kimberley Kitimat-Stikine RD District of Vanderhoof |
| 2006 | Mayor Pieter Weeber Councillor Ernie Crist Councillor Loyd Sherry | District of New Hazelton District of North Vancouver City of Nanaimo |
| 2005 | Mayor Lois E. Jackson Councillor Anton Kruyt Councillor Joanne Monaghan Mayor Jacob Talstra Director John N. Voykin | Corporation of Delta Town of Qualicum Beach District of Kitimat City of Terrace Central Kootenay RD |
| 2004 | Councillor Muriel Arnason Mayor Ralph Drew Mayor Frederick Jarvis Councillor Erik Larsen Councillor Earl Shipmaker | Township of Langley Village of Belcarra District of Taylor District of Ucluelet City of Enderby |
| 2003 | Chair Ted Armstrong Director Michael Kokura | Cariboo Regional District Alberni-Clayoquot RD |
| 2002 | Mayor Michael Coleman Mayor Douglas Drummond Mayor Tom Euverman Councillor Dorothy Kostrzewa | Duncan Burnaby Houston Chilliwack |
| 2001 | Councillor George Puil Councillor Kiichi Kumagai | Vancouver Richmond |
| 2000 | Councillor Steve Kolida Councillor Danny Sulentich | McBride Princeton |
| 1999 | Councillor Michael Caljouw Councillor Wesley Demchuk Councillor John Keryluk Mayor Jack Loucks | Duncan Midway Port Coquitlam North Vancouver City |
| 1998 | Director James Walch Councillor Eric Janze Councillor Edward Gatzke | Thompson-Nicola RD Hazelton Creston |
| 1997 | Councillor Stella Jo Dean Mayor Ron Webber Mayor Len Traboulay | North Vancouver Courtenay Port Coquitlam |
| 1996 | Mayor Wesley Johnson Mayor Alice Maitland Mayor Gilbert Popovich Councillor Harold Steves | Kitimat Hazelton Alert Bay Richmond |
| 1995 | Mayor George Ferguson Mayor Clarence Keith (Bud) Gardner Director Ella Pretty | Abbotsford Hope Fraser-Cheam RD |
| 1993 | Mayor Gerry Furney | Port McNeill |
| 1992 | Mayor Bob Trail Councillor Martin Lukaitis Mayor James Gordon McMynn Mayor James H. Stuart | Dawson Creek Duncan Midway Kelowna |
| 1991 | Mayor Charles Lasser Mayor William Moncrief Jr. | Chetwynd Cumberland |
| 1990 | Mayor Merle Hanson Mayor Jim Ogilvie | Salmo Kimberley |
| 1989 | Mayor Randolph Harding | Silverton |
| 1986 | Alderman Alan Emmott Alderman Bill Fomich Alderman Charles Whittaker (Deceased, August 1986) | Burnaby Surrey Spallumcheen |
| 1985 | Mayor Douglas Watts Alderman Reginald Franklin | Oak Bay Maple Ridge |
| 1984 | Mayor Jule V. Lewis Alderman Robert A. McMath | Fruitvale Richmond |
| 1981 | Mayor P. Lester | Prince Rupert |
| 1980 | Alderman P.S. Cameron Alderman V. Tessaro | Cumberland Abbotsford |
| 1978 | Mayor N.R.P. Duke Mayor James Court Mayor Walter Hardman Alderman L.A. Elsdon Mayor H.S. Elmes Mayor Wilfred A. Hearn | Lumby Powell River Revelstoke Port Moody Rossland Salmo |
| 1970 | Alderman W. Scott Mayor D.W. Poppy Reeve H.A. Sutton Reeve A.B. Ritchie | Matsqui Langley Township Pitt Meadows Salmon Arm |
| 1969 | Mayor J.L. Christmas Mayor V. Nancollas Mayor R.F. Parkinson Alderman H.D. Wilson Alderman A.J. Allison Alderman L.H. Passmore Reeve A.I. Hougan Reeve W.T. Richardson Alderman J. Kilmer Mayor A.J. Balment Mayor W. Henderson | Coquitlam Salmon Arm Kelowna Vancouver New Westminster Saanich Sumas Chilliwack Township Port Coquitlam Cranbrook Cumberland |