Burnaby mayor Derek Corrigan has been reelected in Burnaby, defeating his Team Burnaby challenger Andrew Chisholm by a healthy margin.

Corrigan, a lawyer, was first elected to council in 1987, and became mayor in 2002 with the Burnaby Citizens Association.

The BCA has held control over Burnaby politics for the past 21 years.

Corrigan also chairs the influential Metro Vancouver land use and transportation committee.

Team Burnaby tried to make an issue of policing and crime, arguing for the addition of 100 new RCMP officers over the next three years. Corrigan noted that the BCA-led government had already approved almost 50 new officers this year and last year.

The BCA has traditionally been seen as a municipal arm of the provincial NDP. However, before this election, Corrigan tried to create some distance between his civic party and the provincial New Democrats.

Burnaby is debt-free and enjoys some of the lowest taxation rates in the region.