Running for Council (councillor 2018–2022)

Robert Filmer

Robert Filmer was a Qualicum Beach councillor from 2018 to 2022. He was the only sitting councillor who lost in 2022. He is running for Council again on October 17, 2026.

What we fact checked

• Council candidate

  Robert Filmer Questionnaire

  • Accurate × 5
  • Not verified × 1

  Filmer’s account of his 2018–2022 term holds up: the Town’s cash and reserve transfers in 2022, the land sales that paid back the St. Andrews purchase, the developer money split between parks and health care, and the 106 rental homes. He overstates one number. The St. Andrews property cost $3.4 million, not about $4 million. The Town’s records back his concern that Eaglecrest has grown and pushed other priorities back.

• Council candidate

  Robert Filmer Flyer

  • Accurate × 4

  Filmer’s record on the flyer holds up, with one correction. He chaired the Town’s Parks and Recreation committee and, until 2021, its Environment and Sustainability committee. His results repeat his questionnaire answers, which the records back: 106 rental homes, $6.9 million moved to reserves in 2022, and grants for asset management and infrastructure. His voting dates are right.

His record in office

• 2018–2022 · Council record

  Robert Filmer on Qualicum Beach Council, 2018–2022

  We read the minutes of every Council meeting in his term and found no censure or conflict of interest. He voted for the 2019 pay raise, against a 2021 motion ruling out an Eaglecrest purchase, and against the Qualicum Station rezoning, though he voted for its permit. He finished ninth of ten in 2022.

• 2019–2021 · Council workplace

  Robert Filmer’s 2020 Leave and the Council Investigation

  In December 2020 he took leave, saying he faced discrimination on Council. The Town said its investigator found no evidence of discrimination, bullying or harassment, and Council, with his vote, issued a statement encouraging him to apologize publicly. It followed his 2019 walkout over respectful discourse.