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1993 Vancouver municipal election
	Mayoral election
Mayor before election; Gordon Campbell; NPA	Elected Mayor ; Philip Owen; NPA
	Other elections
City Council (10 seats)
Park Board (7 seats)
School Board (9 seats)

The 1993 Vancouver municipal election was held on November 21, 1993, 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.

Candidates and results

Parties

Four parties fielded candidates for election in the 1993 election.

	Leader	Political position	Notes
Civic Association of Independent Reformers (CAIR)	Rod Raglin	Reform, Centre-Right	Focused on opposition to the party system, promotion of a ward-based electoral system, imposing term-limits, and supporting "independent minded" candidates.^[1]
Coalition of Progressive Electors	Libby Davies	Left	Created from a merger between the Civic NDP and Committee of Progressive Electors. Branded in this election as "COPE '93".
Green Party of Vancouver		Centre-left, green politics
Non-Partisan Association	Philip Owen	Centre-right

Mayor

Bob Seeman, a 30-year-old lawyer, was the first major candidate to announce a bid for the office of mayor, and began campaigning in August. Characterized in the media as following in the footsteps of Ross Perot, Seeman described himself as "fiscally right wing" and "environmentally left wing".^[2] Seeman noted in a Vancouver Sun op-ed that he was concerned about the merger of COPE and the Civic New Democrats, accusing politicians of being bought by "unions and big business", and praising the upstart National and Reform parties.^[3] Near the end of the campaign, Seeman "crashed" a debate held by the CBC at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre between Owen and Davies, taking the stage and demanding to be included. This was met with boos from the audience, to which Seeman responded by asking all those who wished him to leave to raise their hands. The crowd overwhelmingly supported his exclusion, to which Seeman responded with, "Thank you for treating me a second-class candidate," while being heckled by the audience.^[2]

In mid-August, the NPA board and councillors announced they had rallied around three-term councillor Philip Owen to succeed outgoing mayor Gordon Campbell.^[4] Owen had extensive political experience, running for council in 1976, 1980, 1982, and 1984, as well as standing unsuccessfully as a provincial Social Credit candidate in 1983 and serving on the Vancouver Parks Board from 1978 to 1980.^[5] Owen, a member of an evangelical congregation within the Anglican Church of Canada, came under fire for his nods to voters on the Christian right, such as indicating he drew inspiration from Chuck Colson and for lengthy profiles in right-wing Christian publications.^[6] Lauded for his transparency and commitment to accountability, Owen's campaign focused on supporting business and opposing property tax increases and excessive spending on the part of the civic government.^[5]

In the wake of the Civic NDP and Committee of Progressive Electors merger, the new Coalition of Progressive Electors nominated five-term councillor Libby Davies for the mayor's chair. Davies had ruminated on a potential run for months and announced her intentions in early September.^[7] Criticized in the media for a lack of charisma, even Davies' opponents noted her down-to-earth likeability and her knowledgeable nature. Davies' campaign focused on creating ward boundaries, a more regional focus for planning and transportation issues, and a desire to fix what she saw as Vancouver's looming housing crisis.^[8]

An independent candidate, Angus Macdonald, ran to show that anyone could participate in the electoral process and advocate for their community.

1993 Vancouver municipal election: Vancouver mayor
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	NPA	Philip Owen	46,687		Y
	COPE	Libby Davies	37,812
	Independent	Bob Seeman	4,834
	Independent	Jonathan Himsworth	683
	Independent	Stu Campbell	581
	Independent	The Captain	403
	Independent	Angus Ian Macdonald	317
	Independent	Brian G. Salmi	259
	Independent	Shane McCune	234
	Independent	Sandy Beach	207
	Independent	Helder J. Fernandes	157
	Independent	Jeremy Price	148
	Independent	Marion Drakos	148
	Independent	Terry K. Dunne	147
	Independent	Matthew A. Martin	111
	Independent	Wretched Ethyl	110
	Independent	Arne Hansen	109
	Independent	Ari Benbasat	109
	Independent	Mike Chivilo	102
	Independent	Rojer Streets	43
	Independent	Jonathan Hagey	41
	Independent	Sean Veley	35
	Independent	Evan Ozirny	33

City councillors

1993 Vancouver municipal election: Vancouver City Council
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	NPA	Lynne Kennedy (Incumbent)	44,542		Y
	NPA	Don Bellamy (Incumbent)	42,281		Y
	NPA	Gordon H. Price (Incumbent)	41,982		Y
	NPA	George J. Puil (Incumbent)	41,970		Y
	NPA	Maggie Ip	39,409		Y
	NPA	Jennifer Clarke	39,377		Y
	NPA	Sam Sullivan	35,770		Y
	NPA	Nancy Chiavario	35,214		Y
	NPA	Craig Hemer	33,954		Y
	COPE	Jenny Kwan	32,150		Y
	COPE	Merrilee Robson	30,502
	COPE	Ragini Rankin	28,409
	COPE	Ken Walker	26,708
	COPE	Mel Lehan	26,539
	COPE	Jim O'Dea	26,480
	COPE	Maita Santiago	26,018
	COPE	Frances Wasserlein	25,830
	COPE	Sadie Kuehn	25,781
	NPA	Daljit Sidhu	24,066
	COPE	Hardev S. Bal	21,302
	Independent	Anne Beer	18,559
	Independent	Graham Leslie	11,100
	Green	Andy Telfer	10,668
	Green	Jacqui Underwood	10,130
	CAIR	Rod Raglin	9,143
	Independent	Vincent Wong	8,161
	CAIR	David J. Gardiner	7,761
	Independent	Tom Tsang	6,863
	CAIR	Frank Battista	5,425
	CAIR	John H. Jeffery	5,326
	Independent	Alan Clapp	5,176
	Independent	Tim Shen	4,593
	CAIR	Richard Nantel	4,508
	Independent	John Taylor	4,373
	Independent	Richard Wood	4,090
	Independent	Elisa Lay	3,663
	Independent	Kent Lindsay	3,660
	Independent	Joan Rowntree	3,400
	Independent	Don West	3,153
	Independent	Cowboy Ellis	3,138
	Independent	Dan Doherty	3,008
	Independent	Kentish Steele	2,754
	Independent	James "Kickback" Faraday	2,176
	Independent	Kenneth S. Doughie	1,680
	Independent	Phil Dureau	1,504
	Independent	Saga D. Gounder	721

Party standings in City Council


Party	Seats on City Council
NPA	9 / 10
COPE	1 / 10

Park Board commissioners

Top 7 candidates elected

2018 Vancouver municipal election: Vancouver Park Board
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	NPA	Malcolm Ashford (Incumbent)	37,146		Y
	COPE	Tim Louis (Incumbent)	35,092		Y
	NPA	Duncan Wilson	33,615		Y
	NPA	Allan De Genova	33,314		Y
	NPA	David Chesman	33,258		Y
	NPA	Alan Fetherstonhaugh	31,705		Y
	COPE	Donna Morgan	30,130		Y
	COPE	Cindy Ladner	29,846
	NPA	Rolly Scov	29,437
	COPE	Dermot Foley (Incumbent)	28,243
	Independent	Anita Romaniuk	27,171
	Independent	Fred Jay	26,416
	NPA	Kewal Pabla	25,885
	COPE	Babu Bansal	19,913
	Independent	Susan Lee	14,609
	Green	Bob Chorush	12,029
	Independent	Nicole Kohnert	11,970
	Independent	Dick Seaton	7,298
	CAIR	Stan Bennett	7,170
	Independent	Helen Dunbar	7,019
	Independent	Wesley Jang	6,269
	Independent	David Atherton	5,892
	Independent	Doug Harris	5,560
	Independent	David Stewart	5,018
	CAIR	Harvey Pudwell	4,948
	Independent	Eleanor Hadley	4,088
	Independent	Judith Hodgins	2,678
	Independent	Robert Blackwell	2,671
	Independent	Michael Robson	2,631
	Independent	Gregg Simpson	2,566
	Independent	Gary Crane	2,560
	Independent	James Petrie	2,338
	Independent	David Moir	1,898
	Independent	Daniel Burns	1,854
	Independent	David Ferreira	1,785
	Independent	Michael Tusa	1,774
	Independent	Walter Einarson	1,516
	Independent	Larry Muscatt	1,419
	Independent	Adam Barbolet	1,399
	Independent	Jeremy Bramwell	1,356
	Independent	Doug Bjorkman	1,054

Party standings in Park Board


Party	Seats on Park Board
NPA	5 / 7
COPE	2 / 7

School Board trustees

Top 9 candidates elected

1993 Vancouver municipal election: Vancouver School Board
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	NPA	Sandy McCormick	41,802		Y
	NPA	Ken Denike (Incumbent)	41,419		Y
	NPA	Carol McRae	40,283		Y
	NPA	John Cheng (Incumbent)	38,650		Y
	NPA	Ted Hunt	37,438		Y
	NPA	Bill Brown	36,992		Y
	NPA	John Robertson	34,297		Y
	COPE	Yvonne Brown	33,307		Y
	COPE	Anne Roberts	32,202		Y
	COPE	Eileen Wong	31,543
	NPA	Laurie Throness	31,535
	COPE	Philip Yung	31,143
	COPE	Gary Onstad (Incumbent)	30,831
	COPE	Ruth Herman (Incumbent)	30,763
	NPA	Iqbal Sara	26,950
	COPE	Paul Gill	26,942
	COPE	Eduardo Aragon	26,462
	COPE	Alayne Keough	25,876
	Independent	Jean McCutcheon	14,167
	Independent	Paul Alexander	10,388
	Independent	Dawn Henderson	8,658
	Independent	Richard Kwan	8,290
	Independent	David Green	7,618
	Independent	Steve Hopkins	6,152
	Independent	Doug Ragan	6,018
	Independent	Marietta Einarson	4,755
	Independent	Aaron Edwards	4,278
	Independent	Michael Savage	4,234

Party standings in School Board


Party	Seats on School Board
NPA	7 / 9
COPE	2 / 9

References

^ Lee, Jeff (January 5, 1993). "Independent candidates' party seeks introduction of ward system". Vancouver Sun. LexisNexis.
^ ^a ^b Aird, Elizabeth (November 6, 1993). "As a mayoral candidate, Seeman lacks basics". Vancouver Sun. LexisNexis.
^ Seeman, Bob (September 8, 1993). "Independent candidates offer a new way". Vancouver Sun. LexisNexis.
^ Lee, Jeff (August 10, 1993). "NPA to give nod to Owen in bid for mayor's office". Vancouver Sun. LexisNexis.
^ ^a ^b Lee, Jeff (November 17, 1993). "One tinkerer who gives a damn for his integrity: Mr. Fixit sees city as broke, not broken". Vancouver Sun. LexisNexis.
^ "Vancouver candidate explains low-key approach to religion". Vancouver Sun. LexisNexis. November 16, 1993.
^ Lee, Jeff (September 16, 1993). "Libby Davies to run for mayor: Development will be top issue, she says". Vancouver Sun. LexisNexis.
^ Stainsby, Mia (September 18, 1993). "NEXT STOP: mayor's office?: Libby Davies is not a typical Vancouver mayoral candidate, which may be a major asset". Vancouver Sun. LexisNexis.