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Val van den Broek: former City of Langley mayor
Val van den Broek, mayor of the City of Langley from 2018 to 2022: background as published and how her term ended.
- Role
- Mayor, City of Langley
- Years in office
- 2018 to 2022
- How the term ended
- Defeated in the 2022 election by Nathan Pachal (Global News)
- Last checked
- October 21, 2026
Val van den Broek was elected mayor of the City of Langley in October 2018 and served until 2022. She had been a City councillor for one term. This page summarizes what news outlets published.
Background
During her 2018 campaign the Langley Advance Times reported about 20 years in government work, including time as a federal public servant with the RCMP and corrections, as the Langley City RCMP community policing coordinator and as an auxiliary constable volunteer. It says she has lived in Langley since 2000, chaired the Public Safety Advisory Committee and was vice-chair of the Parks and Environment Advisory Committee.
In office
Global News reported that she won the 2018 race with 2,446 votes, just over 200 ahead of Peter Fassbender with 2,240; a third candidate, Serena Oh, received 146. We have not yet sourced specific council decisions from her term.
How the term ended
Global News reported that she lost her 2022 re-election bid, with Nathan Pachal, a councillor since a 2016 byelection, projected the winner.
Business and community affiliations
As above, the committee roles and community policing work listed in the 2018 profile.
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Last checked October 20, 2026. Spotted something out of date? Tell us.