My name is
Trevor McAleese,
I’m here to work for you on Kelowna City Council
because I believe council’s job is to prioritize people, not property developers.
For too long has the council majority acted as an easygoing rubber stamp, following along behind the mayor in support of staff’s recommendations. Deference to the mayor paired with overreliance on city employees has led to out-of-touch councillors who’ve stopped doing their homework.
It’s a culture at Kelowna City Hall that leaves little room for us to inform and be informed on the decisions made about our neighbourhoods. The city has a duty to get buy-in from the people or face backlash when controversial proposals forge ahead, their community impacts seemingly overlooked. This has to change – we need better ,communication, transparency, & ,accountability, from council to regain our confidence.
On affordability, we have councillors who demonstrate their disconnect from the costly realities of life in Kelowna on every vote. Imagine a voice on council that prioritizes your needs: of hard-working families scrambling to find childcare, of long-term renters bracing for renoviction, of all of us struggling to make ends meet in an increasingly hostile city. For most of us, the economics of Kelowna are not working.
Kelowna is growing, and growth brings big challenges. It’s high time we get ahead of them, don’t you think? From cost of living to homelessness, from unemployment to public safety, let’s talk real solutions we can take action on, .today.
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Locally Grown
I’m a lifelong resident of this community who’s lived on one side of Okanagan Lake or the other since 1990. I’ve grown along with Kelowna and understand the interests at play in this city.
Locally Experienced
I have histories in many of Kelowna’s key industries: agriculture, hospitality, and education. Orchards & packing houses, kitchens, classrooms – where we labour and learn.
Locally Educated
I hold a co-conferred degree in Business Admin from UBC Okanagan and Okanagan College, and apply it every day as an entrepreneur in the video game industry.
Locally Minded
I’m dedicated to and invested in this city. I’m a proud member of the Okanagan Transit Alliance, a progressive advocate, and former coeditor of a Central Okanagan community newsletter.
Meet Trevor
I’m a lifelong resident of this place – I’ve watched Kelowna grow from a city of 75,000 to where it is now, a population that’s more than doubled.
Today, I’m an independent video game developer who’s partnered with billion dollar companies and bedroom coders alike. I’ve worked with the BC Ministry of Finance, designing tools to bring efficiencies to municipalities across the Interior.
I’ve been an instructor at Okanagan College running arts & technology camps, paying forward to younger generations the skills I’ve made a career out of. To this day, I remain involved with OC’s Animation program.
But my roots are in kitchens, in packing houses, on orchards. I owe a lot to those years, and anyone who isn’t grounded in the honest labour that keeps this community running is too detached from life on the ground to represent you.
We can get ahead of the issues
Forward-thinking leadership is here. Make a plan to vote on October 17th 2026
This Election Matters
Imagine council’s housing priorities if more long-term renters than landlords were at the table. If determining appropriate land use was up to hard-working folks who put affordability first. If pricing & policy changes to Kelowna Regional Transit had to pass review by people who ride the bus every day. The perspectives of councillors matter, because their decisions are felt in our day-to-day lives.
And on the flipside, inaction by council is also felt. Our budgets consistently sideline essentials: the crumbling sidewalks & curb cuts in Rutland, the numerous bus stops throughout town without benches, the absence of accessible 24/7 washrooms in public spaces. Holes in infrastructure & services impair our ability to do what we need to do when we need to do it. Bad for our quality of life, bad for our economy.
Also, you know what council is missing? Vision. Council has the power to take the initiative and direct city staff. The right councillors could spearhead a community-led street tree steward program, bring in a ward system, and go big on transparency by pushing the city to make its real estate holdings & asset portfolio publicly known.
On October 17th, vote for the independent, critical thinkers who want to improve your material conditions. I’m here to show you what it looks like when a councillor has your back.
“Be excellent to each other.”
– William S. Preston, Esq. –
Media Highlights
Plan To Vote
In the lead-up to this next election, the City of Kelowna is moving to allow advance voter registration. Residents not currently on the voter list will be able to have their proof of identity & residency confirmed ahead of election day. Compared to same-day registration at the time of voting as has historically been the case, this will make for a more frictionless experience at the polls. In, out, done.
The city is also planning to adopt the province’s voter list ahead of the 2026 municipal election. Kelowna’s shift to the provincial voter list will make the critical step of registration already taken care of for many more residents. Annual filing of a tax return is often all it takes to ensure a person’s provincial voter registration is up-to-date.
Read more on these proposed local election changes by the City of Kelowna
