2018 Vancouver municipal election

2018 Vancouver municipal election
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Turnout39.4%[1] Decrease 4.0 pp (from 2014)
  First party Second party Third party
 
NPA
IND
Candidate Kennedy Stewart Ken Sim Shauna Sylvester
Party Independent NPA Independent
Seats won 1 5 0
Seat change Increase 1 Increase 2 Steady 0
Popular vote 49,705 48,748 35,457
Percentage 28.71% 28.16% 20.48%
Swing Steady N/A Decrease 12.26 pp Steady N/A
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
YES
Candidate Wai Young Hector Bremner
Party Coalition Vancouver Yes Vancouver
Seats won 0 0
Seat change Steady 0 Decrease 1
Popular vote 11,872 9,924
Percentage 6.86% 5.73%
Swing Steady N/A Steady N/A
Mayor before election

Gregor Robertson
Vision

Elected Mayor

Kennedy Stewart
Independent

Other elections
Party Vote % 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.

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.[2] Official registration for all candidates opened on September 4, 2018, and closed on September 14, 2018.[3]

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.[4]

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.[5]

At the close of nominations, 21 candidates had formally registered to run for mayor in the election.[6][7][8]

2018 Vancouver municipal election: Vancouver mayor
Party Candidate Votes % Elected
Independent Kennedy Stewart 49,705 28.71 Green tickY
NPA Ken Sim 48,748 28.16
Independent Shauna Sylvester 35,457 20.48
Coalition Vancouver Wai Young 11,872 6.86
Yes Vancouver Hector Bremner 9,924 5.73
Vancouver 1st Fred Harding 5,640 3.26
ProVancouver David Chen 3,573 2.06
Independent Sean Cassidy 1,536 0.89
IDEA Vancouver Connie Fogal 1,435 0.83
Independent Mike Hansen 951 0.55
Independent Jason Lamarche 695 0.40
Independent Rollergirl 686 0.40
Independent Ping Chan 653 0.38
Independent John Yano 510 0.29
Independent Tim Ly 349 0.20
Independent Sophia C. Kaiser 336 0.19
Independent Satwant K. Shottha 331 0.19
Independent Lawrence Massey 233 0.13
Independent Katy Le Rougetel 181 0.10
Independent Gölök Z. Buday 178 0.10
Independent Maynard Aubichon 139 0.08

Formerly declared mayoral candidates

City councillors

Distribution of seats in the Vancouver City Council after the 2018 municipal election

176,450 ballots were cast. Voters were able to cast votes for up to 10 candidates.[11] The top 10 candidates were elected.

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 Carr 69,739 39.52 Green tickY
Green Pete Fry 61,806 35.03 Green tickY
NPA (I) Melissa De Genova 53,251 30.18 Green tickY
COPE Jean Swanson 48,865 27.69 Green tickY
NPA Colleen Hardwick 47,747 27.06 Green tickY
Green (O) Michael Wiebe 45,593 25.84 Green tickY
OneCity Christine Boyle 45,455 25.76 Green tickY
NPA (O) Lisa Dominato 44,689 25.33 Green tickY
NPA Rebecca Bligh 44,053 24.97 Green tickY
NPA (O) Sarah Kirby-Yung 43,581 24.70 Green tickY
NPA David Grewal 41,913 23.75
Green David H. Wong 40,887 23.17
Vision (I) Heather Deal 39,529 22.40
COPE Derrick O'Keefe 38,305 21.71
NPA Justin P. Goodrich 37,917 21.49
COPE Anne Roberts 36,531 20.70
OneCity Brandon O. Yan 36,167 20.50
NPA Jojo Quimpo 34,601 19.61
Independent Sarah Blyth 29,456 16.69
Vision Tanya Paz 28,836 16.34
Vision Diego Cardona 27,325 15.49
Vision (O) Catherine Evans 25,124 14.24
Independent (O) Erin Shum 23,331 13.22
Vancouver 1st Ken Low 21,908 12.42
Independent Adrian Crook 17,392 9.86
Vision Wei Q. Zhang 16,734 9.48
Coalition Vancouver Ken Charko 16,366 9.28
Coalition Vancouver James Lin 16,191 9.18
Independent Wade Grant 15,422 8.74
Independent Taqdir K. Bhandal 15,326 8.69
Vancouver 1st Elizabeth Taylor 15,184 8.61
Coalition Vancouver Penny Mussio 14,886 8.44
Yes Vancouver Brinder Bains 13,948 7.90
Yes Vancouver Stephanie Ostler 13,530 7.67
Coalition Vancouver Jason Xie 13,424 7.61
Yes Vancouver Glynnis C. Chan 13,218 7.49
Coalition Vancouver Glen Chernen 13,148 7.45
Coalition Vancouver Morning Li 12,614 7.15
Vancouver 1st Nycki K. Basra 12,133 6.88
Yes Vancouver Jaspreet Virdi 12,124 6.87
Coalition Vancouver Franco Peta 11,193 6.34
Yes Vancouver Phyllis Tang 11,902 6.75
Independent Rob McDowell 11,828 6.70
Independent Penny Noble 11,435 6.48
Independent Graham Cook 11,084 6.28
Vancouver 1st Michelle C. Mollineaux 8,819 5.00
ProVancouver Raza Mirza 8,783 4.98
Vancouver 1st Jesse Johl 8,609 4.88
Independent Barbara Buchanan 8,180 4.64
ProVancouver Breton Crellin 7,856 4.45
Vancouver 1st Elishia Perosa 7,489 4.24
Independent Anastasia Koutalianos 7,469 4.23
Independent Abubakar Khan 7,239 4.10
Vancouver 1st John Malusa 6,597 3.74
Independent Lisa Kristiansen 6,506 3.69
ProVancouver Rohana D. Rezel 6,336 3.59
Independent Françoise Raunet 5,891 3.34
Independent Hamdy El-Rayes 5,381 3.05
Independent Hsin-Chen Fu 5,007 2.84
Independent Justin Caudwell 4,488 2.54
Independent Harry Miedzygorski 4,308 2.44
Independent Gordon T. Kennedy 4,297 2.44
Independent Ashley Hughes 3,965 2.25
Independent Kelly Alm 3,440 1.95
Independent Marlo Franson 3,316 1.88
Independent John Spark 3,287 1.86
Independent Katherine Ramdeen 3,082 1.75
Independent Spike Peachey 2,863 1.62
Independent Larry J. Falls 2,768 1.57
Independent Elke Porter 2,515 1.43
Independent Ted Copeland 1,946 1.10

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 73,549 41.68 Green tickY
Green Dave Demers 73,167 41.47 Green tickY
Green Camil Dumont 65,303 37.01 Green tickY
NPA (I) John Coupar 49,768 28.21 Green tickY
NPA Tricia Barker 48,738 27.62 Green tickY
COPE Gwen Giesbrecht 48,404 27.43 Green tickY
COPE John Irwin 46,287 26.23 Green tickY

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 75,100 42.56 Green tickY
Green (I) Estrellita Gonzalez 58,409 33.10 Green tickY
OneCity Jennifer Reddy 52,757 29.90 Green tickY
NPA Oliver Hanson 49,932 28.30 Green tickY
NPA (I) Fraser Ballantyne 49,793 28.22 Green tickY
NPA Carmen Cho 49,541 28.08 Green tickY
Green Lois Chan-Pedley 48,409 27.43 Green tickY
COPE Barb Parrott 48,189 27.31 Green tickY
Vision (I) Allan Wong 47,301 26.81 Green tickY

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 Dates conducted Source Stewart Sim Sylvester Bremner Young Campbell Other Margin of error Sample size Polling method Lead
2018 election October 20, 2018 [12] 28.7% 28.2% 20.5% 5.7% 6.9% — 10.0% — 176,450 — 0.5%
Research Co. October 12–14, 2018 [13] 36% 23% 19% 6% 6% – 9% ±6.0% 265 Online 13%
One Persuasion Inc. October 11–13, 2018 [14] 33% 19% 21% 8% 16% – 3% ±5.5% 318 Online 12%
Research Co. October 4–7, 2018 [15] 34% 20% 16% 10% 7% – 4% ±4.9% 402 Online 14%
Research Co. September 15–18, 2018 [16] 36% 25% 17% 7% 3% – 9% ±4.9% 400 Online 11%
September 10, 2018 Vision mayoral candidate Ian Campbell withdraws
Mainstreet September 4–5, 2018 [17] 23.3% 12.4% 8.2% 13.6% 6.7% 9% 26.9% ±3.34% 862 IVR 9.7%
Research Co. July 13–16, 2018 [18] 25% 26% 11% 5% 8% 20% 4% ±4.9% 400 Online 1%
Research Co. June 9–11, 2018 [19] 26% 23% 9% 10% 3% 18% 13% ±4.9% 400 Online 3%
Political parties
Polling firm Dates conducted Source Coalition Vancouver COPE Green NPA OneCity ProVancouver Vancouver 1st Vision Yes Vancouver Independent
Research Co. October 12–14, 2018 [20] 18% 34% 47% 35% 27% 16% 18% 29% 18% 53%
Research Co. October 4–7, 2018 [21] 22% 32% 51% 34% 21% 22% 16% 27% 23% 50%
Research Co. September 4–7, 2018 [22] 13% 32% 46% 30% 19% 9% 12% 30% 24% 39%
Research Co. June 9–11, 2018 [23] 17% 28% 56% 30% 17% 11% – 31% – –
Research Co. April 9–10, 2018 [24] – 27% 48% 23% 14% – – 26% – –

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