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Councillor

Nanaimo, BC · 2026

Steven Johns

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Downtown Nanaimo business ownerWebsite

Experience meter

Established

13 of 32 per-pass points · scores scale with terms & years served.

Figures collected from public online sources · not independently verified

Elected public office
+10 per 1 term
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0 term
Municipal committee
+4 per 2 yrs
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0 yrs
Non-profit board
+3 per 3 yrs
+0
2 yrs
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Community organization
+5 per 5 yrs
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0 yrs
Professional experience
+5 per 15 yrs
+10
30 yrs
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Recognized award
+2 per 2 awards
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0 awards
Volunteer service
+3 per 1 met
+3
1
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Steven Johns is a downtown Nanaimo business owner and independent candidate for city council. His platform focuses on fiscal responsibility, accountability, public safety, accessibility, and improving Nanaimo for residents. Details collected from public sources.

Key positions

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—Increasing housing supply — more homes for people at all levels.
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—Downtown revitalization — pursuing interim uses for problem areas such as 'the pit' in downtown Nanaimo.
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—Supporting local business growth and enterprise across Nanaimo.
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Campaign Timeline

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Videos & Coverage

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CBC (via Yahoo News)

Despite setbacks, downtown Nanaimo businesses still believe in the core

Features Steven Johns, owner of Red Shelf Decor and vice-chair of the Downtown Business Association, on the future of downtown Nanaimo amid Commercial Street construction.

Recognitions & Community Engagement

awards, community involvement, and public recognitions

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Financial Transparency

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Campaign Finance

Elections BC

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Personal Financial Disclosure

Municipal disclosure statements

No personal financial disclosure on file. Not Available.

Public Questions

If the Foreign Housing Ban is Not renewed in January, what is your strategy to keep housing prices lower?

asked by Anonymous

Candidate response

Foreign buyers ban is a provincial issue. This means the city doesn’t have much control over it and therefore will be hard to stop foreign buyers from investing in BC. However, I feel fairly comfortable that the tax will continue and the Asian financial market is not that prosperous right now so there is not a lot of investing going on in Canada. It’s a difficult thing to answer because there are so many variables and we won’t know until after January how it will affect Nanaimo.