Green Party of Vancouver

Green Party of Vancouver
LeaderAdriane Carr (de facto)
ChairpersonPriyan Samarakoone
Founded1984[1]
IdeologyGreen politics
National affiliationGreen Party of Canada
ColoursGreen
City council
2 / 11
Park board
1 / 7
School board
2 / 9
Website
www.vangreens.ca

The Green Party of Vancouver, founded in 1984,[1] is a municipal political party in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It is affiliated with both the provincial Green Party of British Columbia and the federal Green Party of Canada.

Roslyn Cassells was the first elected Green in Canada and was elected to the Vancouver Park Board in the 1999 Vancouver municipal election. In 2002, Andrea Reimer was elected to the Vancouver School Board as a trustee, and in 2008 Stuart Mackinnon was elected a park board commissioner.

The party nominated Green Party of Canada deputy leader Adriane Carr as their sole nominee for Vancouver City Council during the 2011 Vancouver municipal election.[2] Carr subsequently won the seat.[3][4] Carr retained her council seat during the 2014 Vancouver municipal election, winning with the highest number of votes of any council candidate.[5] School board candidate Janet Fraser and park board candidates Michael Wiebe and Stuart Mackinnon were also elected.

The Green Party of Vancouver further increased its seat count following the 2017 Vancouver municipal by-election, where all three of the party's school board candidates were elected. The party elected nine candidates in the 2018 Vancouver municipal election. In the 2022 Vancouver municipal election, the party fielded 10 candidates: five for city council, two for park board, and three for school board. Five candidates were elected.

History

Prior to 2014

Roslyn Cassels was the first elected Green in Canada and was elected to the Vancouver Park Board in the 1999 Vancouver municipal election. In 2002, Andrea Reimer was elected to the Vancouver School Board as a trustee, and in 2008 Stuart Mackinnon was elected as a park board commissioner.[6] Adriane Carr was elected in 2011 as the first Green city councillor.[3]

2014 municipal election

The Green Party of Vancouver nominated seven candidates for the 2014 Vancouver municipal election, held on 15 November 2014. Adriane Carr received the most votes of any council candidate.[7]

School board candidate Janet Fraser and park board candidates Michael Wiebe and Stuart Mackinnon were also elected.

2017 municipal by-election

The 2017 Vancouver municipal by-election was called to replace a single vacant council seat, due to Geoff Meggs' departure to take on the role of premier John Horgan's chief of staff. The by-election was also meant to elect a new board of school trustees, who had been dismissed by provincial education minister Mike Bernier after failing to pass a balanced budget and allegations of workplace harassment arose.

The Green Party of Vancouver ran Pete Fry for council and Janet Fraser, Estrellita Gonzalez and Judy Zaichkowsky for school board. All three school trustee candidates were elected, finishing in the top three spots.[8] Non-Partisan Association candidate Hector Bremner was elected to council, and Fry finished a close third behind anti-poverty activist Jean Swanson.

2018 municipal election

The Green Party of Vancouver nominated 11 candidates to run in the 2018 Vancouver municipal election on 28 June 2018.[9] School board candidate Nicholas Chernen resigned on 9 July 2018 after it was discovered that he had failed to disclose his involvement in a pending lawsuit to the party,[10] resulting in the party running four council candidates, three school board candidates, and three park board candidates. Prior to the election, both the Vancouver School Board and Park Board were chaired by Green Party incumbents.[9]

The Green Party elected nine candidates in the municipal election. Carr, Fry and Wiebe were elected to city council and all the party's school and parks board candidates were elected.[11]

2022 municipal election

Green councillors Carr and Fry were re-elected at the 2022 election, while Wiebe was not. Tom Digby was the only Green, and only non-ABC Vancouver, commissioner elected to the park board, while Green school board incumbents Janet Fraser and Lois-Chan Pedley were re-elected.

Electoral results

Mayoral
Election Candidate Votes % Position Result
1996 Paul Watson 3,117 3.20 4th Not elected
Vancouver City Council
Election Leader[a] Seats +/– Votes % Change (pp) Position
1996 Fred Bass
0 / 11
 Steady 28,339 3.39 No seats
1999 Ann Livingston
0 / 11
 Steady 77,206 9.68 Increase 6.29 No seats
2002 Connie Fogal
0 / 11
 Steady 74,414 6.50 Decrease 3.18 No seats
2005 Ann Livingston
0 / 11
 Steady 27,168 2.51 Decrease 3.99 No seats
2008 –
0 / 11
 Steady – – – No seats
2011 Adriane Carr
1 / 11
 Increase 1 48,648 4.03 Increase 1.52 Crossbench
2014 Adriane Carr
1 / 11
 Steady 168,163 11.58 Decrease 7.55 Crossbench
2017[b] Pete Fry
1 / 11
 Steady 9,759 20.31 Increase 8.73
2018 Adriane Carr
3 / 11
 Increase 2 218,025 15.61 Decrease 4.70 Crossbench
2022 Adriane Carr
2 / 11
 Decrease 2 151,141 11.23 Decrease 4.38 Opposition
  1. ^ No official party leader. Column shows highest council vote-getter.
  2. ^ By-election: voters were asked to elect one city councillor.
Vancouver Park Board
Election Seats +/– Position
1996 No data
1999
1 / 7
 – Opposition
2002
0 / 7
 Decrease 1 No seats
2005
0 / 7
 Steady No seats
2008
1 / 7
 Increase 1 Crossbench
2011
0 / 7
 Decrease 1 No seats
2014
2 / 7
 Increase 2 Opposition
2018
3 / 7
 Increase 1 Minority
2022
1 / 7
 Decrease 1 Crossbench
Majority bloc[a]
  1. ^ Formed with 3 independent commissioners that split from ABC Vancouver in 2023.

References

  1. ^ a b "About". Green Party of Vancouver. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  2. ^ Lee, Jeff (12 September 2011). "Adriane Carr hopes to run for Vancouver council as Greens go it alone". Vancouver Sun. Retrieved 18 September 2011.
  3. ^ a b Montgomery, Christina (19 November 2011). "Carr takes surprise council seat as final poll goes Green". Vancouver Observer. Archived from the original on 22 November 2011. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
  4. ^ Hui, Stephen (19 November 2011). "Greens' Adriane Carr elected to Vancouver city council". The Georgia Straight. Vancouver, British Columbia. Archived from the original on 21 November 2011. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
  5. ^ Stueck, W; Holdsworth, P (16 November 2014). "Green Party of Vancouver grows in power despite one win on council". The Globe and Mail Inc. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  6. ^ "Election Results: November 15, 2008". City of Vancouver. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
  7. ^ "Official results of the 2014 civic election". City of Vancouver. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
  8. ^ "2017 by-election results". City of Vancouver. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
  9. ^ a b "Vancouver Greens Nominate 11 Candidates for Civic Election". www.vangreens.ca. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
  10. ^ "GREEN PARTY OF VANCOUVER ACCEPTS RESIGNATION OF SCHOOL BOARD CANDIDATE NICHOLAS CHERNEN". www.vangreens.ca. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
  11. ^ O'Connor, Naoibh. "Vancouver goes Green on council, school and park board". Vancouver Courier. Retrieved 22 October 2018.