Government and politics of Vancouver
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Vancouver, unlike other British Columbia municipalities, is incorporated under a unique provincial statute, the Vancouver Charter.[1] The legislation, passed in 1953, supersedes the Vancouver Incorporation Act, 1921 and grants the city more and different powers than other communities possess under BC's Municipalities Act.
The city is governed by the 10-member city council, a nine-member school board, and a seven-member park board, all elected for four-year terms. Unusually for a city of Vancouver's size, all municipal elections are at-large. In addition, residents of Vancouver vote for representatives in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia and the House of Commons of Canada.
Historically, in all levels of government, the more affluent west side of Vancouver has voted along
Unlike most other municipalities in Canada (aside from Montreal), Vancouver's civic politics operate under a system of locally based political parties, rather than unaligned independents.[2]
History
Campbell chose not to run for re-election, and was subsequently appointed to the
In the 2008 municipal election campaign, NPA incumbent mayor Sam Sullivan was ousted as mayoral candidate by the party in a close vote, which instated Peter Ladner as the new mayoral candidate for the NPA. Gregor Robertson, a former MLA for Vancouver-Fairview and head of Happy Planet, was the mayoral candidate for Vision Vancouver, the other main contender. Robertson defeated Ladner by a considerable margin, nearing 20,000 votes. The balance of power was significantly shifted to Vision Vancouver, which held seven of the 10 council seats. Of the remaining three, COPE received two and the NPA one. For park commissioner, four spots went to Vision Vancouver, one to the Green Party, one to COPE, and one to the NPA. For school trustee, there were four Vision Vancouver seats, three COPE seats, and two NPA seats.[8]
Municipal representation
Mayor
City council
Name | Party | Position | |
---|---|---|---|
Ken Sim | ABC Vancouver | Mayor | |
Sarah Kirby-Yung | ABC Vancouver | Councillor | |
Lisa Dominato | ABC Vancouver | Councillor | |
Brian Montague | ABC Vancouver | Councillor | |
Mike Klassen | ABC Vancouver | Councillor | |
Peter Meiszner | ABC Vancouver | Councillor | |
Rebecca Bligh | ABC Vancouver | Councillor | |
Lenny Zhou | ABC Vancouver | Councillor | |
Adriane Carr | Green | Councillor | |
Pete Fry | Green | Councillor | |
Christine Boyle | OneCity | Councillor |
School board
Trustees | Party | |
---|---|---|
Victoria Jung | ABC Vancouver | |
Alfred Chien | ABC Vancouver | |
Josh Zhang | ABC Vancouver | |
Christopher JK Richardson | Independent[a] | |
Preeti Faridkot | ABC Vancouver | |
Jennifer Reddy | OneCity | |
Suzie Mah | COPE | |
Lois Chan-Pedley | Green | |
Janet Fraser | Green |
Park board
Commissioners | Party | |
---|---|---|
Scott Jensen | ABC Vancouver | |
Angela Kate Haer | ABC Vancouver | |
Laura Christensen | ABC Vancouver | |
Marie-Claire Howard | ABC Vancouver | |
Jas Virdi | ABC Vancouver | |
Brennan Bastyovanszky | ABC Vancouver | |
Dave Demers | Green |
2018 election
2014 election
2011 election
2008 election
2004 plebiscite
A proposal to change Vancouver's council elections to run on a
2002 election
Provincial representation
Year | New Democratic | BC Liberal
|
Green | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2020 | 54% | 128,374 | 30% | 72,052 | 15% | 34,570 | |
2017 | 52% | 131,750 | 34% | 85,967 | 13% | 33,942 |
In the
Riding | MLA | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
Vancouver-Fairview | George Heyman | NDP
| |
Vancouver-False Creek | Brenda Bailey | NDP
| |
Vancouver-Fraserview | George Chow | NDP
| |
Vancouver-Hastings | Niki Sharma | NDP
| |
Vancouver-Kensington | Mable Elmore | NDP
| |
Vancouver-Kingsway
|
Adrian Dix | NDP
| |
Vancouver-Langara | Michael Lee | BC Liberal
| |
Vancouver-Mount Pleasant | Joan Phillip | NDP
| |
Vancouver-Point Grey | David Eby | NDP
| |
Vancouver-Quilchena | Kevin Falcon | BC Liberal
| |
Vancouver-West End | Spencer Chandra Herbert | NDP
|
Federal representation
Year | Liberal | Conservative | New Democratic | Green | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2021 | 36% | 96,947 | 21% | 56,617 | 36% | 98,753 | 4% | 11,396 | |
2019 | 32% | 95,580 | 22% | 64,889 | 29% | 85,578 | 10% | 28,564 |
In the
In the 2015 election, the number of ridings for Vancouver was increased to six, with the Liberals winning four and the NDP winning two.
Riding | MP | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
Vancouver Centre
|
Hedy Fry | Liberal | |
Vancouver East | Jenny Kwan | New Democrat
| |
Vancouver Granville | Taleeb Noormohamed | Liberal | |
Vancouver Kingsway | Don Davies | New Democrat
| |
Vancouver Quadra | Joyce Murray | Liberal | |
Vancouver South | Harjit Sajjan | Liberal |
Notes
- ^ Richardson was ejected from ABC Vancouver after the ballot deadline. The party has said he will not sit in their caucus.
References
- ^ "Vancouver Charter". Queen's Printer (British Columbia). Archived from the original on October 29, 2008. Retrieved June 7, 2007.
- ISBN 978-0-7748-1485-0.
- ^ "Four Pillars Drug Strategy". City of Vancouver. 2001. Retrieved January 17, 2007.
- ^ "From Grief to Action". From Grief to Action. Retrieved November 15, 2006.
- ^ Maxwell, Gillian. "Keeping the Door Open". AIDS Vancouver. Archived from the original on February 2, 2006. Retrieved November 15, 2006.
- ^ "Closing of Vancouver hospital's AIDS ward is symbolic of progress". The Globe and Mail. May 27, 2014.
- ^ "Vancouver Votes November 19, 2005". City of Vancouver. Archived from the original on June 26, 2006. Retrieved November 11, 2006.
- ^ "Vancouver Votes Municipal Election 2008". City of Vancouver. Retrieved November 29, 2009.
- ^ "Decision 2004: At-large or Wards?". City of Vancouver. Retrieved December 24, 2010.
- ^ "Official Voting Results by polling station (poll by poll results in Vancouver)". Elections BC. Retrieved March 6, 2023.
- ^ "2013 Voting Results by Voting Area". Elections BC. Retrieved February 27, 2014.
- ^ "Official Voting Results Raw Data (poll by poll results in Vancouver)". Elections Canada. April 7, 2022. Retrieved March 6, 2023.