2022 Vancouver municipal election

The 2022 Vancouver municipal election will be held on October 15, 2022,[1][2] on the same day as the municipal elections held throughout British Columbia. Voters are to elect the mayor of Vancouver, in addition to 10 city councillors, 7 park board commissioners, and 9 school board trustees through plurality-at-large voting.[2] In addition, voters are to vote on 3 capital plan questions.[2]

2022 Vancouver municipal election
Mayor before election

Kennedy Stewart

 Elected Mayor

TBD

Other elections

Background

Mayor Kennedy Stewart was elected to replace outgoing mayor of Vancouver Gregor Robertson in the 2018 mayoral election.[3] Stewart won by just under 1000 votes against the Non-Partisan Association's Ken Sim.[4] He was sworn in on November 5, 2018.[3] The city council election, held on the same day, had no party win an outright majority. Stewart, who was a Member of Parliament at the time, resigned his seat of Burnaby South, triggering the 2019 Burnaby South federal by-election.[3]

The election is scheduled on October 15, 2022, at the same time as all other municipal elections in British Columbia.[2] Voters over the age of 18 can vote during the election. Voters vote for the mayor, city council, park board commissioners, school board trustees, and 3 capital plan questions.[2]

The Non-Partisan Association experienced an internal conflict with 3 of its 4 city councilors leaving the caucus to sit as independents. They cited the lack of transparency in the selection of the party's mayoral candidate, John Coupar, without an open nomination process.[5][6] In addition to city councillors, 3 of the NPA's school board trustees left the party over the same conflict.[7]

Candidates and campaign

Current Mayor of Vancouver Kennedy Stewart stated his intention to run for re-election.[1][8] Stewart, a political independent as a mayor, stated his intention to run under his own political party during the 2022 election,[9] and was reportedly recruiting candidates to stand for the 2022 city council election.[10][9] Stewart said he was additionally open to cross-endorsing candidates from other parties.[9] Names that were floated included "Forward Vancouver", which will be a "core part of the branding", and "Team Kennedy Stewart".[11] Stewart would later announce that the party was named Forward Together, a successor to the Team Kennedy Stewart organization that he formerly was under.[12]

2018 mayoral candidate Ken Sim of the Non-Partisan Association (NPA), stated his intention on running again under a new municipal party A Better City (ABC).[4][13] Sim was chosen as the party's candidate in October 2021.[8] Sim proposes removing the elected park board, one of only three such elected bodies in British Columbia.[13]

The Non-Partisan Association nominated park board commissioner John Coupar as their mayoral candidate.[13][1][8] Citing a lack of transparency in his nomination process, three of the four NPA city council members left the party to sit as independents.[5] Of the three, Colleen Hardwick and Sarah Kirby-Yung were speculated to have considered running before being shortlisted in favour of Coupar.[14]

Former NPA councillor Colleen Hardwick, who sits as an independent, stated her intention to run for mayor under the TEAM for a Livable Vancouver Party.[1][15] TEAM for a Livable Vancouver's name is a reference to Hardwick's fathers' party, TEAM, The Electors' Action Movement.[11]

Political strategist Mark Marissen stated his intention to run for the position of mayor,[13][8] Marissen stated he would run under the Progress Vancouver ticket.[1] Progress Vancouver is the successor to Yes Vancouver.[11]

Jody Wilson-Raybould, former MP for Vancouver Granville declined to run despite calls to do so.[16][17] Shauna Sylvester, former third place candidate for the mayoralty declined to run again.[14] Current Green Party councilor Adriane Carr stated that she had not ruled out running for mayor.[14] Former Vision Vancouver city councilor Andrea Reimer additionally stated that she had not ruled the possibility out either.[14]

2022 Vancouver municipal election: Vancouver mayor
Party Candidate Votes%Elected
Forward TogetherKennedy Stewart (incumbent)
NPAJohn Coupar
ABC VancouverKen Sim
TEAM for a Livable Vancouver PartyColleen Hardwick
Progress VancouverMark Marissen
Vancouver Classic Liberal AssociationGölök Buday

City council

All 10 members of Vancouver city council stated their intention on running again during the 2022 municipal election, in addition to mayor Kennedy Stewart, who sits as the 11th councilor.[15] City councillor for the Coalition of Progressive Electors, Jean Swanson stated her intention as the last of the 11 members of city council to announce her intention to run again.[18] Sarah Kirby-Yung, Lisa Dominato, and Rebecca Bligh, who all resigned from the NPA following a spat with party leadership and sat as independents for the remainder of their term, were unclear about which party they would run under.[15] Dominato, Bligh, and Kirby-Yung all attended an event hosted by Marissen stating his intention to form Progress Vancouver.[19] In addition, Melissa De Genova attended the event, prompting speculation that she would additionally defect from the NPA.[7] Colleen Hardwick, who had also resigned from the NPA, stated her intention to run under TEAM for a Livable Vancouver as its mayoral candidate.[15]

OneCity announced the results of their nomination race on 7 March 2022, becoming the first existing party to nominate a slate of candidates. Incumbent OneCity councillor Christine Boyle was re-nominated, with three new nominees - president of the Urban Native Youth Association Matthew Norris, urban planner Iona Bonamis, and health economist Ian Cromwell - who will all run for city council.[20][21]

Adriane Carr of the Vancouver Greens considered running for mayor, but ultimately decided to seek re-election to council in an effort to avoid splitting the centre-left vote with Mayor Kennedy Stewart. The Greens held a special meeting to select council candidates, renominating Carr and the party's two other incumbent councillors, Pete Fry and Michael Wiebe, along with activist Stephanie Smith and climate scientist and economist Devyani Singh.[22]

On 8 April, COPE held nominations for all offices, with incumbent councillor Jean Swanson re-nominated to lead a council slate consisting of 2021 Vancouver Centre federal NDP candidate Breen Ouellette, Nancy Trigueros, and Tanya Webking.[23]

On 11 April, incumbent councillors Sarah Kirby-Yung, Lisa Dominato, and Rebecca Bligh announced they had joined former NPA mayoral candidate Ken Sim's new ABC Vancouver party and would run for re-election under that banner.[24][25]

2022 Vancouver municipal election: Vancouver City Council
Party Candidate Votes%Elected
ABC VancouverRebecca Bligh (incumbent)
OneCityIona Bonamis
OneCityChristine Boyle (incumbent)
GreenAdriane Carr (incumbent)
OneCityIan Cromwell
ABC VancouverLisa Dominato (incumbent)
GreenPete Fry (incumbent)
ABC VancouverSarah Kirby-Yung (incumbent)
OneCityMatthew Norris
COPEBreen Ouellette
GreenDevyani Singh
GreenStephanie Smith
COPEJean Swanson (incumbent)
COPENancy Trigueros
COPETanya Webking
GreenMichael Wiebe (incumbent)

School Board
2022 Vancouver municipal election: Vancouver School Board
Party Candidate Votes%Elected
OneCityRory Brown
OneCityKyla Epstein
COPESuzie Mah
OneCityJennifer Reddy (incumbent)
OneCityKrista Sigurdson
OneCityGavin Somers
COPERocco Trigueros

Parks Board
2022 Vancouver municipal election: Vancouver Park Board
Party Candidate Votes%Elected
COPEGwen Giesbrecht (incumbent)
OneCitySerena Jackson
COPEMaria Hassan
OneCityTiyaltelut Kristen Rivers
COPEChris Livingstone
OneCityCaitlin Stockwell

Political parties
Party Leader Ideology Notes
ABC Vancouver Ken Sim Fiscal responsibility
Centrism		 Formed by former NPA mayoral candidate Ken Sim, who was chosen as the party's mayoral candidate in October 2021.[8][26] On April 11, 2022 Sim announced that independent councillors Rebecca Bligh, Lisa Dominato, and Sarah Kirby-Yung would run as ABC candidates in the 2022 municipal election.[27]
Coalition of Progressive Electors Tristan Markle
Nancy Trigueros		 Democratic socialism Markle stated that the party was uncertain whether it would run a candidate for the mayor of Vancouver.[18]
Forward Together Kennedy Stewart Social democracy
Green Party of Vancouver Adriane Carr (de facto) Green politics Green Party councillor Adriane Carr stated she had not ruled out a potential run for mayor in the 2022 race.[15][14]
Non-Partisan Association David Mawhinney Conservatism Nominated parks board commissioner John Coupar as its mayoral candidate.[13] Coupar had formerly contested the 2018 party nomination, but had lost to Sim.[26]
OneCity Vancouver Cara Ng
Laura Track		 Social democracy
Progress Vancouver Scott de Lange Boom Centrism[28]
Liberalism[19]		 Formerly known as Yes Vancouver.[28] Political strategist and former husband of Premier of British Columbia Christy Clark, Mark Marissen, stated his intention to run as the party's candidate for mayor.[28]
TEAM for a Livable Vancouver Bruce MacGregor Localism[29]
Fiscal conservatism[11]		 Formed by former NPA city council member Colleen Hardwick, who will be running as its mayoral candidate.[30][1][15] The party's name references the former TEAM (The Electors' Action Movement), a party founded by Hardwick's father and Art Phillips.[28]
Vancouver Classic Liberal Association Golok Buday Libertarianism Golok Buday, former mayoral candidate and member of the Libertarian Party of Canada, stated his intention to run for mayor under the Vancouver Classic Liberal Association.[28]
Vancouver for All Democratic socialism A political platform by the Democratic Socialists of Vancouver running on a 10-point plan including defunding the VPD and reallocating its funding, and policies against gentrification. It is running to the left of the Coalition of Progressive Electors and OneCity.[31][32]
Vision Vancouver Aaron Leung
Janet Wiegand		 Green liberalism Vision Vancouver stated its intention on winning seats on the city council following its election loss during the 2018 municipal election.[15] It has not stated whether it would run a candidate for mayor in the 2022 election.[28] Former Vision Vancouver city council member Andrea Reimer stated she was considering running.[14]

Results

The results for the election are scheduled to release on October 15, 2022.[2]

Polling

An approval poll found Stewart led respondents at around 46%, Sim at 32%, Coupar at 23%, and Marissen at 21%.[33]

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