Brunie Brunie
“Dedicated to steering Nanaimo towards a clean, green, happy future!”
Experience meter
0 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+00 term
- Municipal committee+4 per 2 yrs+00 yrs
- Non-profit board+3 per 3 yrs+00 yrs
- Community organization+5 per 5 yrs+00 yrs
- Professional experience+5 per 15 yrs+00 yrs
- Recognized award+2 per 2 awards+00 awards
- Volunteer service+3 per 1 met+00
Brunie Brunie, 84, has been a Nanaimo resident for 30 years and is a fixture on local ballots — she ran for mayor in 2022 (fourth place, 3.87 per cent) and 2014 (seventh place, 3.2 per cent), and for council in 2008, 2011 and 2018. Her career included real estate as a self-described 'first home specialist,' ballroom dance instruction and fashion design. She campaigns with buttons instead of signs to spark one-on-one conversations, and calls herself an '84-year-old super-natural Energizer bunny.' Her platform centres on steering Nanaimo into 'a green era of sustainability.' Details collected from public sources.
Key positions
Collected from public online sources · not independently verified- —Rooftop gardens and high-tech greenhouses on housing developments to build food sustainability for the city and surrounding areas.Source
- —Establish dedicated campsite spaces to give people living unhoused an element of stability, alongside increased supports.Source
- —Protect Nanaimo's trees: 'Trees are the most powerful weapon against climate change... We must not kill the trees.'Source
- —More community connection — big public meetings and potlucks where residents can express opinions and ideas.Source
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22 Nanaimo council candidates address climate crisis
Brunie introduced herself at the climate forum as an '84-year-old super-natural Energizer bunny' and committed to rooftop gardens, greenhouses and a campsite for unhoused residents.
22 Nanaimo council candidates address climate crisis
Recap of the Nanaimo Climate Action Hub's all-candidates forum at Beban Park Social Centre, where three of four mayoral candidates took the stage alongside 22 council candidates ahead of the October 17 election.
Green, sustainable future the focus for Nanaimo Mayoral candidate
Sit-down interview with Brunie: rooftop gardens, food sustainability, buttons over signs, and her history of runs for mayor and council.
Green, sustainable future the focus for Nanaimo Mayoral candidate
Sit-down interview with NanaimoNewsNOW, in which Brunie Brunie — one of four mayoral candidates on the 2026 ballot — discusses her green-development vision for Nanaimo.
Environmental and social advocate running for mayor of Nanaimo
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