Delta mayor removes four councillors from party

The mayor of Delta, George Harvie, has kicked four city councillors off his party’s slate.

On Wednesday morning, councillors and members of the Achieving for Delta Party, Daniel Boisvert, Jennifer Johal, Rodney Binder, and Dylan Kruger were informed about the mayor’s executive decision to disallow them to run as members again in 2026, and cease all association.

Coun. Kruger tells 1130 NewsRadio that he and his colleagues found out through a letter from the agent for Achieving for Delta.

“Very disappointing to receive this news in this way. You would have thought after an eight-year relationship with the mayor, our members of council would have been informed via a personal conversation or a phone call, but to receive this news via letter from the official agent is extremely disappointing, but perhaps not surprising,” Kruger said.

The letter says the four councillors are no longer associated with Harvie’s party upon receiving the letter.

It is not the council’s first clash with the mayor.

Back in May this year, the Delta City Council voted to oust Harvie as its representative to the Metro Vancouver Regional District.

The councillors did so after scrutiny grew over Harvie’s spending on overseas trips while the district chair.

“We’ve tried to bring greater accountability and transparency to the council table by pushing back on some of these actions,” Kruger explained.

“Clearly, that letter we received this morning indicates that this is a mayor who’s not interested in working together.”

“The news is very fresh. We’ll certainly have more to say in the coming days and weeks about our plans for the next civic election,” Kruger added.

With files from Mike Lloyd.