2011 Vancouver municipal election

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2011 Vancouver municipal election
  2008 November 19, 2011 (2011-11-19) 2014  

11 seats in Vancouver City Council
Turnout35.0% [1] Increase2.svg 4.2 pp
 First partySecond partyThird party
  Gregor Robertson (2021).jpg Suzanne Anton.jpg Adriane Carr (cropped).jpg
Leader Gregor Robertson Suzanne Anton Adriane Carr
(de facto)
Party Vision NPA Green
Alliance Vision-COPE
Leader's seat Mayor Ran for Mayor (lost) Councillor
Last election8 seats, 54.39%1 seat, 39.26%0 seats, N/A
Seats won821
Seat changeSteady2.svgIncrease2.svg 1Increase2.svg 1
Popular vote77,00558,152N/A
Percentage53.17%40.15%N/A
SwingDecrease2.svg 1.21%Increase2.svg 0.89%N/A

 Fourth partyFifth party
  Ellen-woodsworth.jpg
Leader Ellen Woodsworth
(de facto)
Randy Helten
Party COPE NSV
Alliance Vision-COPE
Leader's seatRan for Councillor (lost)Ran for Mayor (lost)
Last election2 seats, N/AN/A
Seats won00
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 2Steady2.svg
Popular voteN/A4,077
PercentageN/A2.77%
SwingN/AN/A

Mayor before election

Gregor Robertson
Vision

Elected mayor

Gregor Robertson
Vision

The City of Vancouver held a municipal election on November 19, 2011, along with other municipalities and regional districts in British Columbia. All local government elections were for a three-year period. The ballot elected one mayor, 10 councillors, nine school board trustees and seven park board commissioners. A $180 million capital borrowing plan [2] was also put to a vote.

Contents

Incumbent mayor Gregor Robertson and the Vision Vancouver Party sought and won their second term in office following their victory in the 2008 election. All Vision Vancouver candidates won seats in their respective categories. [3]

Suzanne Anton lost her bid as mayor but the NPA team gained seats in council, park board and school board. COPE was nearly wiped out this election, losing both seats in city council. Its only elected official was school board trustee incumbent Allan Wong. [4] On December 8, 2013, Wong resigned from the Coalition of Progressive Electors (COPE) and joined Vision as a sitting trustee.

The Green Party of Vancouver had its first elected city councillor with Adriane Carr, but lost its incumbent seat on the park board. [5] New party Neighbourhoods for a Sustainable Vancouver (NSV) did not win any seats in council. NSV leader Randy Helten placed a distant third in the mayoral race.

Candidates and results

The nomination period officially opened on October 4, 2011, and closed on October 14, 2011. This was the second election where Vision Vancouver and COPE signed an electoral agreement to support each other's candidates for election. [6] [7]

(I) denotes incumbents.

Mayor

Poster from the 2011 Vancouver municipal elections Vancouver municipal elections 2011.JPG
Poster from the 2011 Vancouver municipal elections

Twelve candidates sought election to the position of mayor. Four were affiliated with a political party and eight were independents. Incumbent mayor Gregor Robertson of Vision Vancouver was re-elected. [8]

Candidate nameParty affiliationVotes% of votesElected
(I) Gregor Robertson Vision Vancouver 77,00553.17X
Suzanne Anton Non-Partisan Association 58,15240.15
Randy Helten Neighbourhoods for a Sustainable Vancouver 4,0072.77
Gerry McGuire Vancouver Citizen's Voice 1,1950.83
Sam Pelletier Independent 4430.31
Darrell Zimmerman Independent 4260.29
Dubgee Independent 4190.29
Robin Lawrance Independent 3530.24
Victor B. Paquette Independent 3330.23
Lloyd Alan Cooke Independent 3100.21
Menard Caissy Independent 2880.20
Gölök Zoltán Buday Independent 2680.19

City councillors

Ten councillors were elected out of 41 candidates. Of the candidates, 28 were affiliated with a political party, and 13 were independent. Seven incumbent councillors sought re-election: six from Vision Vancouver and one from COPE. Of those subsequently elected, Vision Vancouver held seven seats, the NPA two and the Green Party of Vancouver one. [8]

Candidate nameParty affiliationVotes% of votesElected
(I) Raymond Louie Vision Vancouver 63,27343.69X
(I) Kerry Jang Vision Vancouver 61,93142.76X
(I) Heather Deal Vision Vancouver 61,36842.37X
(I) Andrea Reimer Vision Vancouver 60,59341.84X
(I) Tim Stevenson Vision Vancouver 56,63839.11X
(I) Geoff Meggs Vision Vancouver 56,18438.79X
Tony Tang Vision Vancouver 53,87337.20X
Elizabeth Ball Non-Partisan Association 51,60735.63X
George Affleck Non-Partisan Association 51,14535.32X
Adriane Carr Green Party of Vancouver 48,64833.59X
(I) Ellen Woodsworth Coalition of Progressive Electors 48,55733.53
Bill Yuen Non-Partisan Association 48,40733.42
Mike Klassen Non-Partisan Association 47,86833.05
Ken Charko Non-Partisan Association 45,37331.33
Bill McCreery Non-Partisan Association 45,11431.15
Francis Wong Non-Partisan Association 44,70730.87
Tim Louis Coalition of Progressive Electors 43,92630.33
Sean Bickerton Non-Partisan Association 43,28929.89
Joe Carangi Non-Partisan Association 41,46028.63
RJ Aquino Coalition of Progressive Electors 39,05426.97
Jason Lamarche Non-Partisan Association 37,28625.75
Sandy Garossino Independent 20,86614.41
Elizabeth Murphy Neighbourhoods for a Sustainable Vancouver 19,64413.56
Nicole Benson Neighbourhoods for a Sustainable Vancouver 17,98312.42
Terry Martin Neighbourhoods for a Sustainable Vancouver 13,0258.99
Marie Kerchum Neighbourhoods for a Sustainable Vancouver 12,6148.71
Chris Shaw De-Growth Vancouver 8,2195.68
Ian Gregson De-Growth Vancouver 7,8725.44
Amy Fox Independent 6,4994.49
Kelly Alm Independent 5,5253.82
Grant Fraser Independent 4,7583.29
Chris Masson De-Growth Vancouver 4,6903.24
Lauren R.I.C.H. Gill Independent 4,6823.23
Michael Singh Dharni Independent 4,1672.88
Marc Tan Nguyen Independent 4,1182.84
Rick Orser Independent 3,9962.76
Wendythirteen Independent 3,9262.71
Bang Nguyen Independent 3,8262.64
Cord (Ted) Copeland Independent 3,5872.48
Aaron R.I.C.H. Spires Independent 2,2001.52
R H Maxwell N Bur Independent 1,9551.35

Park board commissioners

Seven commissioners were elected out of 21 candidates. Of the candidates, 15 were affiliated with a political party, and six were independent. Four incumbent commissioners sought re-election: three from Vision Vancouver and one from the Green Party of Vancouver. Of the elected commissioners, Vision held five seats and the NPA two. [8]

Candidate nameParty affiliationVotes% of votesElected
(I) Constance Barnes Vision Vancouver 63,95244.16X
(I) Sarah Blyth Vision Vancouver 62,19842.95X
(I) Aaron Jasper Vision Vancouver 58,34340.29X
Niki Sharma Vision Vancouver 58,33040.28X
Melissa De Genova Non-Partisan Association 56,50139.01X
John Coupar Non-Partisan Association 50,37534.78X
Trevor Loke Vision Vancouver 49,87834.44X
Casey Crawford Non-Partisan Association 49,02033.85
Gabby Kalaw Non-Partisan Association 48,60033.56
Jason Upton Non-Partisan Association 46,26131.94
Dave Pasin Non-Partisan Association 46,00531.77
(I) Stuart Mackinnon Green Party of Vancouver 44,76130.91
Brent Granby Coalition of Progressive Electors 42,76929.53
Donalda Greenwell-Baker Coalition of Progressive Electors 39,03326.95
Jamie Lee Hamilton Independent Democratic Electoral Alliance 19,49513.46
Juliet Victoria Andalis Independent 12,6938.76
Eleanor Hadley Independent 10,7549.37
Andrew Murray Independent 9,8196.78
Tammy Truong Independent 8,9176.16
Peter Raymond Haskell Independent 5,5403.83
Freyja Pri Toor Independent 5,0623.50

School board trustees

Nine school board trustees were elected out of 20 candidates. Of the candidates, 15 were affiliated with a political party, and five were independent. Seven incumbent trustees were seeking re-election: three from Vision Vancouver, three from COPE, and one from the NPA. Of the elected trustees, five were from Vision Vancouver, three from the NPA and one from COPE. [8]

Candidate nameParty affiliationVotes% of votesElected
(I) Patti Bacchus Vision Vancouver 72,02549.73X
(I) Mike Lombardi Vision Vancouver 65,41145.17X
(I) Ken Clement Vision Vancouver 61,99442.81X
Cherie Payne Vision Vancouver 61,87442.72X
(I) Ken Denike Non-Partisan Association 59,31040.95X
(I) Allan Wong Coalition of Progressive Electors 57,90239.98X
Rob Wynen Vision Vancouver 56,76339.19X
Sophia Woo Non-Partisan Association 55,89038.59X
Fraser Ballantyne Non-Partisan Association 55,71338.47X
Stacy Robertson Non-Partisan Association 54,27537.48
Gwen Giesbrecht Coalition of Progressive Electors 52,47036.23
(I) Jane Bouey Coalition of Progressive Electors 52,02635.92
(I) Al Blakey Coalition of Progressive Electors 51,96335.88
Sandy Sharma Non-Partisan Association 49,84334.42
Louise Boutin Green Party of Vancouver 34,47723.81
Lily Harvey Independent 20,31414.03
Misha Lauenstein Independent 14,2979.87
Robert Allan Stark Independent 13,3919.25
Bang Nguyen Independent 12,9038.91
Peter Raymond Haskell Independent 11,9158.23

Capital Plan questions

1. Are you in favour of council having the authority, without further assent of the electors, to pass by-laws between January 1, 2012, and December 31, 2014, to borrow an aggregate $65,800,000 for the following purposes?

OptionVotes [8] Percentage
Yes81,60563.39
No47,12436.61
Total votes128,729100

2. Are you in favour of council having the authority, without further assent of the electors, to pass by-laws between January 1, 2012, and December 31, 2014, to borrow an aggregate $66,300,000 for the following purposes?

OptionVotes [8] Percentage
Yes88,64068.85
No40,09531.15
Total votes128,735100

3. Are you in favour of council having the authority, without further assent of the electors, to pass by-laws between January 1, 2012, and December 31, 2014, to borrow an aggregate $47,700,000 for the following purposes?

OptionVotes [8] Percentage
Yes87,51568.23
No40,74031.76
Total votes128,255100

Voter and party statistics

Voter turnout

Of the 418,878 registered voters, there were 144,823 recorded ballots, marking the voter turnout at 34.57 percent. [9] This is an increase from the 30.79-percent turnout during the previous municipal election in 2008.

Elected percentage by party

Of the parties represented, only Vision Vancouver had its entire slate of candidates elected in all fields.

PartyMayorCouncillorsPark board commissionersSchool board trusteesTotal candidates
# Elected% Elected# Elected% Elected# Elected% Elected# Elected% Elected# Elected% Elected
Vision Vancouver 1/1100.07/7100.05/5100.05/5100.018/18100.0
Green Party of Vancouver NILN/A1/1100.00/10.00/10.01/333.3
Non-Partisan Association 0/10.02/1020.02/633.33/560.07/2231.8
Coalition of Progressive Electors NILN/A0/30.00/20.01/425.01/911.1
Neighbourhoods for a Sustainable Vancouver 0/10.00/40.0NILN/ANILN/A0/50.0
De-Growth Vancouver NILN/A0/30.0NILN/ANILN/A0/30.0
Vancouver Citizen's Voice 0/10.0NILN/ANILN/ANILN/A0/10.0
Independent Democratic Electoral Alliance NILN/ANILN/A0/10.0NILN/A0/10.0
Independent candidates 0/80.00/130.00/60.00/50.00/320.0

Seat changes by party

PartyMayor & councillorsPark board commissionersSchool board trusteesTotal elected
20082011% Change% Seats20082011% Change% Seats20082011% Change% Seats20082011% Change% Seats
Vision Vancouver 880.0072.7345+25.0071.4345+25.0055.561618+12.5066.67
Non-Partisan Association 12+100.0018.1812+100.0028.5723+50.0033.3347+75.0025.93
Green Party of Vancouver 01N/A9.0910−100.000.00000.000.00110.003.70
Coalition of Progressive Electors 20−100.000.0010−100.000.0031−66.6711.1161−83.333.70

References

  1. "2014 Vancouver civic election". City of Vancouver. Archived from the original on November 29, 2014. Retrieved June 17, 2022.
  2. Capital Plan 2012-2014 at vancouver.ca
  3. Spencer, Kent; Olivier, Cassidy (November 20, 2011). "Robertson leads Vision sweep". The Province . Retrieved November 23, 2011.
  4. O'Connor, Naoibh (November 21, 2011). "COPE's last man standing speaks". Vancouver Courier . Retrieved November 23, 2011.
  5. Thomas, Sandra (November 19, 2011). "Adriane Carr makes Vancouver city council history". Vancouver Courier . Retrieved November 23, 2011.
  6. Howell, Mike (November 21, 2011). "COPE infighting follows Vancouver election disaster". Vancouver Courier . Archived from the original on December 15, 2018. Retrieved November 23, 2011.
  7. Carrigg, David (November 20, 2011). "Veteran left-wing COPE squeezed out of picture". The Province . Retrieved November 23, 2011.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Election summary - Election 2011 - City of Vancouver Elections". City of Vancouver. Archived from the original on December 16, 2019. Retrieved September 11, 2023.
  9. Percent Voter Turnout Calculations for BC Municipalities Archived April 15, 2012, at the Wayback Machine CivicInfo BC. Retrieved November 20, 2011