2008 Vancouver municipal election

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2008 Vancouver municipal election
←  2005 November 15, 2008 (2008-11-15) 2011  →
11 seats in Vancouver City Council
Turnout30.8% [1] Decrease2.svg 1.6 pp
 First partySecond partyThird party
  Gregor Robertson (2021).jpg David Cadman.jpg Vancouver politician Peter Ladner (2008).jpg
Leader Gregor Robertson David Cadman
(de facto)		 Peter Ladner
Party Vision COPE NPA
Alliance Vision–COPE–Green Vision–COPE–Green
Leader sinceJune 200820052008
Leader's seat Mayor Councillor Ran for Mayor (lost)
Last election4 seats, 44.45%1 seat,
N/A		6 seats, 47.34%
Seats won821
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 4Increase2.svg 1Decrease2.svg 5
Popular vote67,598N/A48,794
Percentage54.39%N/A39.26%
SwingIncrease2.svg 9.94%N/ADecrease2.svg 8.08%
Mayor before election

Sam Sullivan
NPA

Elected mayor

Gregor Robertson
Vision

The 2008 Vancouver municipal election was held on November 15, 2008, filling seats on the Vancouver School Board, the Park Board, the Vancouver City Council, and the position of Mayor of Vancouver. It was held at the same time as municipal elections throughout the province. Three major civic parties were represented: the Coalition of Progressive Electors, the Non-Partisan Association, and Vision Vancouver. The Green Party of Vancouver fielded one candidate for Park Board commissioner.

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Candidates and results

All incumbents are marked with (I) before their names.

Mayor

One mayor was elected out of 15 candidates. Of the candidates, four were affiliated with a political party, and eleven were independent. Gregor Robertson of Vision Vancouver was elected.

Candidate nameParty affiliationVotes% of votesElected
Gregor Robertson Vision Vancouver 67,59854.39%X
Peter Ladner Non-Partisan Association 48,79439.26%
Betty Krawczyk Work Less Party of British Columbia 1,3461.08%
Marc Emery Independent 1,1190.90%
Scott Yee Independent 9420.31%
Patrick Britten Nude Garden Party 6950.76%
Jeff Kuah Independent 6000.48%
Angel L. Jimenez Independent 3200.26%
Leon Kaplan Independent 2990.24%
Bill Ritchie Independent 2520.20%
Joe Hatoum Independent 2410.19%
Gölök Z. Buday Independent 1720.14%
Menard D. Caissey Independent 1370.11%
N. Bur Maxwell Independent 1250.10%

City councillors

Ten councillors were elected out of 32 candidates. Of the candidates, 24 were affiliated with a political party, and eight were independent. Eight incumbent councillors were seeking re-election: four from Vision Vancouver, three from the NPA, and one from COPE. Of the elected councillors, seven were from Vision Vancouver, two from COPE and one from the NPA.

Candidate nameParty affiliationVotes% of votesElected
(I) Raymond Louie Vision Vancouver 66,22653.29%X
(I) Heather Deal Vision Vancouver 63,11650.78%X
(I) George Chow Vision Vancouver 62,26250.10%X
Kerry Jang Vision Vancouver 60,59848.76%X
Andrea Reimer Vision Vancouver 59,14847.59%X
(I) Tim Stevenson Vision Vancouver 58,38046.97%X
(I) David Cadman Coalition of Progressive Electors 56,66545.59%X
(I) Suzanne Anton Non-Partisan Association 52,94142.60%X
Geoff Meggs Vision Vancouver 49,53839.86%X
Ellen Woodsworth Coalition of Progressive Electors 45,87736.91%X
Kashmir Dhaliwal Vision Vancouver 44,85436.09%
Michael Geller Non-Partisan Association 44,35335.69%
(I) Kim Capri Non-Partisan Association 44,27035.62%
(I) Elizabeth Ball Non-Partisan Association 42,72734.38%
David Lee Non-Partisan Association 42,19533.95%
Kanman Wong Non-Partisan Association 36,79529.61%
Korina Houghton Non-Partisan Association 34,58827.83%
Leanore Copeland Non-Partisan Association 34,56627.81%
Sean Bickerton Non-Partisan Association 33,51026.96%
Daljit S. Sidhu Non-Partisan Association 28,89423.25%
Chris Shaw Work Less Party of British Columbia 11,2379.04%
Lea Johnson Independent 10,9478.81%
Ian Gregson Work Less Party of British Columbia 10,4938.44%
Geri Tramutola Work Less Party of British Columbia 8,6196.93%
John T. Boychuk Independent 8,0936.51%
Timothy Wisdom Work Less Party of British Columbia 7,4355.98%
Marc Boyer Independent 4,3053.46%
Audrey Jane Laferriere Independent 4,1963.38%
Wendythirteen Independent 3,5082.82%
Steve Wansleeben Independent 3,2992.65%
Bud Oracle Independent 2,8602.30%
Matt Kadioglu Independent 2,4231.95%

Park Board commissioners

Seven commissioners were elected out of twenty candidates. Of the candidates, 15 were affiliated with a political party, and five were independent. Two incumbent commissioners were seeking re-election: one from COPE and one from the NPA. Of the elected commissioners, four were from Vision Vancouver, with one each from the NPA, COPE, and the Green Party of Vancouver.

Candidate nameParty affiliationVotes% of votesElected
Constance Barnes Vision Vancouver 62,97350.67%X
Aaron Jasper Vision Vancouver 58,34346.94%X
Sarah Blyth Vision Vancouver 56,77545.68%X
(I) Loretta Woodcock Coalition of Progressive Electors 49,90140.15%X
Raj Hundal Vision Vancouver 48,87139.32%X
Stuart MacKinnon Green Party of Vancouver 48,41538.95%X
(I) Ian Robertson Non-Partisan Association 44,00535.41%X
Anita Romaniuk Coalition of Progressive Electors 43,63635.11%
Marty Zlotnik Non-Partisan Association 42,63334.30%
Melissa De Genova Non-Partisan Association 42,06233.84%
Laura McDiarmid Non-Partisan Association 37,84130.45%
Christopher Richardson Non-Partisan Association 35,84928.84%
Sharon Urton Non-Partisan Association 33,12926.66%
Naresh Shukla Non-Partisan Association 27,35022.01%
Jamie Lee Hamilton Independent 15,40512.39%
Juliet Victoria Andalis Independent 11,7309.44%
Richard Mayencourt Independent 11,1528.97%
Ivan Dumenc Work Less Party of British Columbia 10,9198.79%
Thomas Lockhart Independent 6,8325.50%
Peter Raymond Haskell Independent 5,6744.57%

School Board trustees

Nine school trustees were elected out of 19 candidates. Of the candidates, 17 were affiliated with a political party, and two were independent. Five incumbent trustees were seeking re-election: three from the NPA and two from COPE. Of the elected trustees, four were from Vision Vancouver, three from COPE and two from NPA.

Candidate nameParty affiliationVotes% of votesElected
Patti Bacchus Vision Vancouver 64,45151.67%X
Mike Lombardi Vision Vancouver 62,77250.32%X
Ken Clement Vision Vancouver 62,09649.78%X
Sharon E. Gregson Vision Vancouver 61,41749.24%X
(I) Allan Wong Coalition of Progressive Electors 56,02744.92%X
(I) Al Blakey Coalition of Progressive Electors 49,04539.32%X
Jane Bouey Coalition of Progressive Electors 48,22738.66%X
(I) Ken Denike Non-Partisan Association 46,77737.50%X
(I) Carol Gibson Non-Partisan Association 46,04836.92%X
Bill Bargeman Coalition of Progressive Electors 45,98136.86%
Heather Holden Non-Partisan Association 45,92136.81%
Alvin Singh Coalition of Progressive Electors 43,75435.08%
Sophia Woo Non-Partisan Association 43,53834.90%
(I) Clarence Hansen Non-Partisan Association 40,95332.83%
Eileen Le Gallais Non-Partisan Association 37,59830.14%
Margit Nance Non-Partisan Association 35,01428.07%
Lakhbir Singh Non-Partisan Association 33,65926.98%
Robert Allan Stark Independent 10,9148.75%
Peter Raymond Haskell Independent 10,3708.31%

Capital Plan questions

The following Capital Plan questions were posed to voters: [2]

Public works

1. Are you in favour of Council having the authority, without further assent of the electors, to pass by-laws between January 1, 2009, and December 31, 2011, to borrow an aggregate $93,820,000 for the following purposes?

  • Street and Bridge Infrastructure at $66,607,000
  • Traffic and Safety Improvements at $12,553,000
  • Street Lighting, Traffic Signal, and Communications Systems at $14,660,000
OptionVotesPercentage
Yes78,50663.16%
No28,02436.84%
Total votes124,285100%

Public safety and civic facilities

2. Are you in favour of Council having the authority, without further assent of the electors, to pass by-laws between January 1, 2009, and December 31, 2011, to borrow an aggregate $68,605,000 for the following purposes?

  • Public Safety at $31,965,000
  • Civic Facilities at $32,490,000
  • Library at $4,150,000
OptionVotesPercentage
Yes79,42963.91%
No26,67936.09%
Total votes124,285100%

Parks and recreation facilities

3. Are you in favour of Council having the authority, without further assent of the electors, to pass by-laws between January 1, 2009, and December 31, 2011, to borrow an aggregate $59,575,000 for the following purposes?

  • Recreation Facilities at $52,247,000
  • Parks at $7,328,000
OptionVotesPercentage
Yes77,25962.16%
No29,36637.84%
Total votes124,285100%

Voter and party statistics

Voter turnout

Of the 403,663 registered voters, there were 124,285 recorded ballots, marking the voter turnout at 30.79%. This represented a decrease of 1.66% from the 32.45% turnout during the previous municipal election in 2005. [3]

Elected percentage by party

PartyMayorCouncillorsPark Board commissionersSchool Board trusteesTotal candidates
# Elected% Elected# Elected% Elected# Elected% Elected# Elected% Elected# Elected% Elected
Green Party of Vancouver NILN/ANILN/A1/1100.0%NILN/A1/1100.0%
Vision Vancouver 1/1100.0%7/887.5%4/4100.0%4/4100.0%16/1794.1%
Coalition of Progressive Electors NILN/A2/2100.0%1/250.0%3/560.0%6/966.7%
Non-Partisan Association 0/10.0%1/1010.0%1/714.3%2/825.0%4/2615.4%
Work Less Party of British Columbia 0/10.0%0/40.0%0/10.0%NILN/A0/60.0%
Nude Garden Party 0/10.0%NILN/ANILN/ANILN/A0/10.0%
Independent candidates 0/110.0%0/80.0%0/50.0%0/20.0%0/260.0%

Seat changes by party

PartyMayor & CouncillorsPark Board commissionersSchool Board trusteesTotal elected
20052008% Change% Seats20052008% Change% Seats20052008% Change% Seats20052008% Change% Seats
Vision Vancouver 48+100.00%72.73%04N/A57.14%04N/A44.44%416+400.00%59.26%
Coalition of Progressive Electors 12+100.00%18.18%21-50.00%14.29%33±0.00%33.33%66±0.00%22.22%
Non-Partisan Association 71-85.71%9.09%51-80.00%14.29%62-66.67%22.22%174-76.47%14.81%
Green Party of Vancouver 00±0.00%0.0%01N/A0.00%00±0.00%0.00%01N/A3.70%

References

General

Specific

  1. ↑ "Election Results: November 15, 2008". City of Vancouver. Archived from the original on December 17, 2019. Retrieved June 17, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. ↑ "Borrowing questions (Capital Plan) - Election 2008 - City of Vancouver Elections" (PDF). City of Vancouver. Retrieved July 27, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Election summary - Election 2005 - City of Vancouver Elections". City of Vancouver. Retrieved July 27, 2014.
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