2005 Vancouver municipal election

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11 seats in Vancouver City Council
First party Second party Third party   Leader Sam Sullivan Jim Green David Cadman (de facto) Party NPA Vision COPE Leader since 2005 2005 2005 Leader's seat Mayor Ran for Mayor (lost) Councillor Last election 2 seats, 30.01% N/A (4 at dissolution) 9 seats (5 at dissolution), 57.79% Seats won 6 4 1 Seat change 4 4 Popular vote 61,543 57,796 N/A Percentage 47.34% 44.45% N/A Swing 17.33% 13.34% (from COPE 2002 results) N/A
Mayor before election Larry Campbell COPE Elected mayor Sam Sullivan NPA

The city of Vancouver, along with the rest of British Columbia's municipalities, held its municipal elections on November 19, 2005. Canadian citizens who were over 18 years of age at the time of the vote, and had been a resident of Vancouver for the past 30 days and a resident of BC for the past six months, were able to vote for candidates in four races that were presented on one ballot. In addition, Canadian citizen non-resident property owners were eligible to vote.

The ballot elects one mayor, 10 councillors, nine school board trustees and seven park board commissioners. Each elector may vote for as many candidates as there are open seats (e.g., an elector may vote for ten or fewer councillors).

All figures include votes cast for both mayor and councillors

One to be elected.

Ten to be elected.

Seven to be elected.

Nine to be elected.

• 2008 Vancouver municipal election

• City of Vancouver elections site
• Profiles of all candidates
• Buday, Gölök Zoltán on Our Campaigns
• Green, James C (Carl) on Our Campaigns
• Politics1 Canada (Beta) includes Some Candidate Info
• Vancouver Charter Archived 2008-10-29 at the Wayback Machine
• Vancouver School Board (School District #39) Archived 2007-03-23 at the Wayback Machine
• Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation
• UBC Media Map of entire news coverage
• Electoral Fraud Comes to Vancouver One view of the controversy surrounding the Jim/James Green Issue
• City website enlightens voter about long list of colourful candidates
• Vancouver Votes by Sean Condon ; Only Magazine; 2005^{[permanent dead link‍]}
• Sing Tao Article On 2005 Election
• CFIB, Independent Business Survey. (PDF)
• The Vancouverite: The City Is Voting In 13 Days
• Vancouver Ramblings.
• Wannabe mayors talk sports and recreation By Bob Mackin
• Man of God, flower shop owner, linebacker walk into an election... By Mike Howell-Staff writer
• Kitsilano Forum
• Ian King (TCW News Editor); Wrote The Now Broken Linked Article in the TCW "It Ain't Being Indy
• Think City Vancouver Survey Results (PDF)
• Think City
• Who will you cast your vote for? Q