1996 Vancouver municipal election

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The city of Vancouver, Canada, held municipal elections on November 16, 1996. Canadian citizens who were over 18 years of age at the time of the vote, and had been a resident of Vancouver for the previous 30 days and a resident of British Columbia for the previous 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.

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The ballot elected one mayor, ten councillors, nine School Board trustees and seven Park Board commissioners. Each elector could vote for as many candidates as there were open seats (e.g., an elector could vote for ten or fewer councillors).

There was no fee associated with registering as a candidate at this time. Brian "Godzilla" Salmi, a freelance journalist for publications such as Terminal City, The Stranger, The National Post and The Georgia Straight, publicly offered to buy a pitcher of beer for anyone who ran for office, resulting in numerous joke-candidates appearing on the ballots that year.

Elections to Vancouver City Council

Overall council results

All figures include votes cast for both mayor and councillors

PartyParty leader
and/or mayoral
candidate
# of
candidates
Council SeatsTotal Popular Vote
1993 CurrentElectedChange#%Change
  NPA Philip Owen 1010   
  COPE Carmela Allevato 100   
  Green Paul Watson 2--     
VoiceJonathan Baker8---    
 Independent---    
Total10- 100.0-

Mayoralty election

One to be elected.

CandidatePartyVotes%
  Philip Owen NPA 50969
  Carmela Allevato COPE 26143
 Jonathan BakerVoice10703
  Paul Watson Green 3117
  Marc Emery Independent1125
 Sage AdviceIndependent340
 Dhavide Arjunan AruliahIndependent311
 Gilbert BaileyIndependent287
 Zippy the Circus ChimpIndependent264
 Jay MangIndependent168
 Ronald F. McDonaldIndependent145
 Jennifer E. DunnawayIndependent136
 Yummy GirlIndependent130
 Greg WesterlundIndependent127
 A. Red Hot PepperIndependent106
 Randy Oliver O'GradyIndependent103
 Barb E. DollIndependent101
 Sarah WhittamIndependent99
 Kellee Lynn ColeIndependent94
 Jason BenjIndependent90
 Tony MontanaIndependent78
 Michael J. FosterIndependent71
 Lupo The ButcherIndependent69
 Mr. XIndependent68
 Allison Jane MclennanIndependent59
 Samantha FoxxIndependent57
 Lorna Marie PotterIndependent57
 Eddie FernandesIndependent55
 Frank The MooseIndependent50
 John M. McgoldrickIndependent49
 Gölök Zlf BudayIndependent42
 BuzzIndependent42
 Michel LeblondIndependent42
 BuggerIndependent39
 Roger Stewart ReimerIndependent38
 Ryan S. BiggeIndependent38
 Christina Louise SharlowIndependent36
 ZaiusIndependent36
 Gaston GingrasIndependent32
 Jurgen T. SchaubIndependent28
 Pete FishburgerIndependent28
 Kenneth P. ThomasIndependent27
 Stuart MaxwellIndependent26
 L. Ron MoonbeamIndependent25
 Tho BuskervilleIndependent24
 Pete ChezankremeIndependent24
 Nicholas PodbreyIndependent24
 The Trash TerminatorIndependent24
 John A. TweedIndependent22
 Tamas R. RevocziIndependent19
 Dylan RymerIndependent18
 James OcteauIndependent15
 IngridIndependent15
 Steve WansleebenIndependent14
 Sebastian TemplerIndependent12
 Figgg FreudIndependent11
 Jeff D. NixIndependent10
 The StainerIndependent10

Councillors election

Ten to be elected.

CandidatePartyVotes%
  Jennifer Clarke NPA 46700
  Gordon Price NPA45118
  Don Bellamy NPA44051
  George Puil NPA43541
  Lynne Kennedy NPA43284
  Nancy Chiavario NPA42680
  Sam Sullivan NPA40846
  Daniel Lee NPA40405
  Don Lee NPA39319
  Alan Herbert NPA36174
  Tim Louis COPE28483
 Mel LehanCOPE26593
 Michael WalkerCOPE23666
 Jamie Lee HamiltonCOPE23510
 Sean R. McEwenCOPE23329
 Merrilee RobsonCOPE22833
  Shane Simpson COPE22761
 Frances WasserleinCOPE22202
 Blair PetrieCOPE21961
 Nina KhajuriaCOPE21402
  Frederic Bass Green14476
  Connie Fogal Voice14434
  Raymond Leung Voice14370
 Valerie JeromeGreen13863
 Stephen F.Y. ChongIndependent9531
 Bev BallantyneVoice8887
 Brian Lee BuchananVoice7996
 Wendy M. TurnerIndependent7895
 Sarah J. FarrisVoice7794
 Harkirpal S. SaraVoice6843
 Manuel A. AzevedoVoice6308
 Jenny ShawIndependent5706
 Arno D. NeumannVoice5033
 Gordon T. KennedyIndependent4071
 Mike BellIndependent3434
 Ann LivingstonLWF3159
 Lorelei HawkinsIndependent2924
 Maureen G. DawsonIndependent2560
 Heather Inglis BaronIndependent2547
 Julia Ann MarksIndependent2425
 William W. KayLWF2414
 Martha RobertsLWF2383
 Shane DelarueLWF2192
 Mike LawrenceIndependent2192
 Iqbal SaraIndependent2031
 Jeffery D. BerwickIndependent2004
 Matt McGrathLWF1961
 Cowboy EllisIndependent1927
 Joan L. RowntreeIndependent1900
 Howard DahlIndependent1881
 Mike McleanIndependent1684
 Sharai MustatiaLWF1681
 Guy WeraIndependent1476
 Robert Martin McCallumIndependent1465
 Anthony J. RyderLWF1383
 Joseph XLWF1334
 Lani RusswurmLWF1292
 Gator McCluskieIndependent827
Total100.0

Elections to the Vancouver Parks Board

Seven to be elected.

CandidatePartyVotes%
 Independent
 Independent
 Independent
Total 100.0

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