2018 Vancouver municipal election

The 2018 Vancouver municipal election was held on October 20, 2018, the same day as other municipalities and regional districts in British Columbia selected their new municipal governments. Voters elected a mayor, 10 city councillors, 7 park board commissioners, and 9 school board trustees through plurality-at-large voting.[1] Official registration for all candidates opened on September 4, 2018, and closed on September 14, 2018.[2]

2018 Vancouver municipal election
  First party Second party Third party
 
NPA
IND
Candidate Kennedy Stewart Ken Sim Shauna Sylvester
Party Independent (politician) NPA Independent (politician)
Popular vote 49,705 48,748 35,457
Percentage 28.71% 28.16% 20.48%
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
YES
Candidate Wai Young Hector Bremner
Party Coalition Vancouver Yes Vancouver
Popular vote 11,872 9,924
Percentage 6.86% 5.73%
Mayor before election

Gregor Robertson
Vision

 Elected Mayor

Kennedy Stewart
Independent

Other elections
Party % Seats +/–
City Council (10 seats)
NPA 24.89 5 +2
Green 15.60 3 +2
COPE 8.86 1 +1
OneCity 5.84 1 +1
Park Board (7 seats)
Green 23.35 3 +1
NPA 10.85 2 -2
COPE 10.43 2 +2
School Board (9 seats)
Green 16.69 3 0
NPA 13.70 3 +1
OneCity 4.84 1 0
COPE 4.42 1 +1
Vision 4.34 1 -2
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

For the first time, candidates were listed in random order instead of alphabetical order. This was done in an effort to create a more even playing field for candidates, as research has shown many voters are more likely to vote for those listed first on a ballot, giving those candidates a perceived advantage over those lower down on the list.[3]

Candidates and results

Mayor

Incumbent Gregor Robertson, who had been mayor of Vancouver since being elected in 2008, announced on January 10, 2018, that he would not be running for reelection in the 2018 election.[4]

At the close of nominations, 21 candidates had formally registered to run for mayor in the election.[5][6][7]

2018 Vancouver municipal election: Vancouver mayor
Party Candidate Votes%Elected
IndependentKennedy Stewart49,70528.71Y
NPAKen Sim48,74828.16
IndependentShauna Sylvester35,45720.48
Coalition VancouverWai Young11,8726.86
Yes VancouverHector Bremner9,9245.73
Vancouver 1stFred Harding5,6403.26
ProVancouverDavid Chen3,5732.06
IndependentSean Cassidy1,5360.89
IDEA VancouverConnie Fogal1,4350.83
IndependentMike Hansen9510.55
IndependentJason Lamarche6950.40
IndependentRollergirl6860.40
IndependentPing Chan6530.38
IndependentJohn Yano5100.29
IndependentTim Ly3490.20
IndependentSophia C. Kaiser3360.19
IndependentSatwant K. Shottha3310.19
IndependentLawrence Massey2330.13
IndependentKaty Le Rougetel1810.10
IndependentGölök Z. Buday1780.10
IndependentMaynard Aubichon1390.08

Formerly declared mayoral candidates

City councillors
Distribution of seats in the Vancouver City Council after the 2018 municipal election
Legend
Bold Denotes elected candidates
(I) Denotes incumbent city councillors
(O) Denotes incumbents of other municipal positions
2018 Vancouver municipal election: Vancouver City Council
Party Candidate Votes%Elected
Green(I) Adriane Carr69,7394.99Y
GreenPete Fry61,8064.42Y
NPA(I) Melissa De Genova53,2513.81Y
COPEJean Swanson48,8653.50Y
NPAColleen Hardwick47,7473.42Y
Green(O) Michael Wiebe45,5933.26Y
OneCityChristine Boyle45,4553.25Y
NPA(O) Lisa Dominato44,6893.20Y
NPARebecca Bligh44,0533.15Y
NPA(O) Sarah Kirby-Yung43,5813.12Y
NPADavid Grewal41,9133.00
GreenDavid H. Wong40,8872.93
Vision(I) Heather Deal39,5292.83
COPEDerrick O'Keefe38,3052.74
NPAJustin P. Goodrich37,9172.71
COPEAnne Roberts36,5312.62
OneCityBrandon O. Yan36,1672.59
NPAJojo Quimpo34,6012.48
IndependentSarah Blyth29,4562.11
VisionTanya Paz28,8362.06
VisionDiego Cardona27,3251.96
Vision(O) Catherine Evans25,1241.80
Independent(O) Erin Shum23,3311.67
Vancouver 1stKen Low21,9081.57
IndependentAdrian Crook17,3921.25
VisionWei Q. Zhang16,7341.20
Coalition VancouverKen Charko16,3661.17
Coalition VancouverJames Lin16,1911.16
IndependentWade Grant15,4221.10
IndependentTaqdir K. Bhandal15,3261.10
Vancouver 1stElizabeth Taylor15,1841.09
Coalition VancouverPenny Mussio14,8861.07
Yes VancouverBrinder Bains13,9481.00
Yes VancouverStephanie Ostler13,5300.97
Coalition VancouverJason Xie13,4240.96
Yes VancouverGlynnis C. Chan13,2180.94
Coalition VancouverGlen Chernen13,1480.94
Coalition VancouverMorning Li12,6140.90
Vancouver 1stNycki K. Basra12,1330.87
Yes VancouverJaspreet Virdi12,1240.87
Coalition VancouverFranco Peta11,1930.86
Yes VancouverPhyllis Tang11,9020.85
IndependentRob McDowell11,8280.85
IndependentPenny Noble11,4350.82
IndependentGraham Cook11,0840.79
Vancouver 1stMichelle C. Mollineaux8,8190.63
ProVancouverRaza Mirza8,7830.63
Vancouver 1stJesse Johl8,6090.62
IndependentBarbara Buchanan8,1800.59
ProVancouverBreton Crellin7,8560.56
Vancouver 1stElishia Perosa7,4890.54
IndependentAnastasia Koutalianos7,4690.53
IndependentAbubakar Khan7,2390.52
Vancouver 1stJohn Malusa6,5970.47
IndependentLisa Kristiansen6,5060.47
ProVancouverRohana D. Rezel6,3360.45
IndependentFrançoise Raunet5,8910.42
IndependentHamdy El-Rayes5,3810.39
IndependentHsin-Chen Fu5,0070.36
IndependentJustin Caudwell4,4880.32
IndependentHarry Miedzygorski4,3080.31
IndependentGordon T. Kennedy4,2970.31
IndependentAshley Hughes3,9650.28
IndependentKelly Alm3,4400.25
IndependentMarlo Franson3,3160.24
IndependentJohn Spark3,2870.24
IndependentKatherine Ramdeen3,0820.22
IndependentSpike Peachey2,8630.20
IndependentLarry J. Falls2,7680.20
IndependentElke Porter2,5150.18
IndependentTed Copeland1,9460.14

Party standings in City Council
Party Seats on City Council
NPA
5 / 10
Green
3 / 10
COPE
1 / 10
OneCity
1 / 10

Park Board commissioners

Top 7 candidates elected

2018 Vancouver municipal election: Vancouver Park Board
Party Candidate Votes%Elected
Green (I) Stuart Mackinnon 73,5498.10Y
GreenDave Demers 73,1678.06Y
GreenCamil Dumont 65,3037.19Y
NPA (I) John Coupar 49,7685.48Y
NPATricia Barker 48,7385.37Y
COPEGwen Giesbrecht 48,4045.33Y
COPEJohn Irwin 46,2875.10Y

Party standings in Park Board
Party Seats on Park Board
Green
3 / 7
NPA
2 / 7
COPE
2 / 7

School Board trustees

Top 9 candidates elected

2018 Vancouver municipal election: Vancouver School Board
Party Candidate Votes%Elected
Green (I) Janet Fraser 75,1006.89Y
Green(I) Estrellita Gonzalez 58,4095.36Y
OneCityJennifer Reddy 52,7574.84Y
NPAOliver Hanson 49,9324.58Y
NPA(I) Fraser Ballantyne 49,7934.57Y
NPACarmen Cho 49,5414.55Y
GreenLois Chan-Pedley 48,4094.44Y
COPEBarb Parrott 48,1894.42Y
Vision(I) Allan Wong 47,3014.34Y

Party standings in School Board
Party Seats on School Board
Green
3 / 9
NPA
3 / 9
OneCity
1 / 9
COPE
1 / 9
Vision
1 / 9

Opinion polls
Mayoral candidates
Polling firm Date of polling Stewart Sim Sylvester Bremner Young Chen Other(s) Ref.
Research Co. October 14, 2018 36% 23% 19% 6% 6% 2% Harding (2%); others (5%) [10]
One Persuasion Inc. October 13, 2018 33% 19% 21% 8% 16% N/A Others (3%) [11]
Research Co. October 7, 2018 34% 20% 16% 10% 7% 7% Harding (4%) [12]
Research Co. September 19, 2018 36% 25% 17% 7% 3% 4% Harding (3%); Fogal (2%) [13]
Mainstreet Research September 5, 2018 23.3% 12.4% 8.2% 13.6% 6.7% 7.6% Campbell (9%) [14]
Research Co. July 19, 2018 25% 26% 11% 5% 8% 4% Campbell (20%) [15]
Research Co. June 14, 2018 26% 23% 9% 10% 3% 4% Campbell (18%); Condon (8) [16]
Political parties
Polling firm Date of polling Coalition COPE Green NPA OneCity ProVancouver Vancouver 1st Vision Yes Ind. Ref.
Research Co. October 16, 2018 18% 34% 47% 35% 27% 16% 18% 29% 18% 53% [17]
Research Co. October 11, 2018 22% 32% 51% 34% 21% 22% 16% 27% 23% 50% [18]
Research Co. September 11, 2018 13% 32% 46% 30% 19% 9% 12% 30% 24% 39% [19]
Research Co. June 14, 2018 17% 28% 56% 30% 17% 11% – 31% – – [20]
Research Co. April 12, 2018 – 27% 48% 23% 14% – – 26% – – [21]

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