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However, in the 2015 federal election and the 2017 provincial election, the west side of Vancouver has shifted more towards left-wing candidates. 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]
The 2022 Vancouver municipal election was held on October 15, 2022, [2] [3] the same day as the municipal elections held throughout British Columbia. Voters elected the mayor of Vancouver by first-past-the-post. Ten city councillors, 7 park board commissioners, and 9 school board trustees were elected through plurality at-large voting. [3]
1 OneCity 0 Vacant 2 Incumbent councillors Vacant [a] A by-election will be held on April 5, 2025 in Vancouver, British Columbia, to fill two vacant seats on Vancouver City Council, following the resignations of Christine Boyle and Adriane Carr. Background Christine Boyle Christine Boyle was first elected to Vancouver City Council in the 2018 Vancouver municipal election and was the first ...
Vancouver is one of two major cities in Canada to have political parties at the municipal level, the other being Montreal. [1] Municipal politics in Vancouver were historically dominated by the centre-right Non-Partisan Association, a "free enterprise coalition" originally established to oppose the influence of the democratic socialist Co-operative Commonwealth Federation. [2]
With the party forming a majority on council, ABC approved several of its key policy planks in the first few council meetings of the 2022–2026 term, including adopting the IHRA definition of antisemitism, [11] green-lighting "urgent measures to uplift Vancouver's Chinatown," [12] and directing city staff to budget $16 million to hire 100 police officers and 100 mental health nurses.
Vancouver City Council is the governing body of Vancouver, British Columbia. The council consists of a mayor and ten councillors elected to serve a four-year term. Monthly, a deputy mayor is appointed from among the councillors. The current mayor is Ken Sim, who leads the party ABC Vancouver. City council meetings are held in Vancouver City Hall.
Kevin Falcon is a Canadian provincial politician who is the leader of BC United since 2022 and was the Leader of the Opposition from 2022 to 2024. [2] He was the member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for the district of Vancouver-Quilchena, from April 2022, when he won the seat in a by-election until the 2024 provincial election, for which he suspended his party's campaign and withdrew his ...
The election saw a broad political realignment in British Columbia; [2] amid a resurgence for the Conservative Party of British Columbia, the official opposition BC United (formerly the BC Liberals) withdrew from the race a little over a month before the election to avoid splitting the vote.