Mark Bailey for School Trustee

School District 46 · Trustee Area 3Gibsons · Roberts Creek · Elphinstone · West Howe Sound

BAILEYMark

School Trustee

A Roberts Creek resident with sixteen years on a school board.

Mark Bailey, candidate for school trustee, Area 3

Our two boys recently graduated from Elphi. Our schools could be better. That takes someone new at the table who already knows the job.I was elected four times to a school board and chaired it for five years.

I’m asking for one of your three votes.

The record

I am:

  • A Roberts Creek resident, and parent of two Elphi graduates
  • Chair of the Roberts Creek Official Community Plan Committee
  • Alternate Director for Area D at the SCRD
  • Vice President of the xwesam-Roberts Creek Community Association
  • Owner of Linwood House, a Roberts Creek retreat centre
  • Owner of a small digital marketing business
  • Elected four times as a school trustee in Guelph, Ontario: sixteen years, five of them as board chair
  • A former vice-president of the Ontario Public School Boards Association

Committed to schools worth moving to, and worth staying for

Mark Bailey in 2018 as Chair of the Upper Grand District School Board
2018 · Chair, Upper Grand District School Board
Mark Bailey with his sons Julian and Jack and Julian's partner Hjördes on the summit of Mount Elphinstone

On top of Mount Elphinstone with Hjördes, Julian and Jack

How to vote

Vote for three trustees in Area 3.

Three votes for school trustee. I’m asking for one of them.

  • Wed 7 OctAdvance voting, 8 am to 8 pm
  • Wed 14 OctAdvance voting, 8 am to 8 pm
  • Sat 17 OctGeneral voting day, 8 am to 8 pm

When will you vote?

Wherever you live, in Gibsons or in Areas D, E and F, the trustee race is on your ballot.

Mail ballots are available to every eligible voter. Rural areas: scrd.ca/mail-ballots, apply by 4:30 pm on 15 October. Town of Gibsons: gibsons.ca, apply by noon on 16 October.

Get in touch

Questions, concerns or ideas about our schools?

I’d like to hear from you. I stopped knocking on doors a few elections ago, because I found it bothers as many people as it wins over. So call me or send me an email instead. Ask me anything.

Trustee Area 3 covers the Town of Gibsons and Sunshine Coast Regional District Electoral Areas D, E and F. Three trustees are elected. General voting day is Saturday, 17 October 2026.

Authorized by Mark Bailey, Financial Agent, 604-998-8039 · mark@markbailey.ca