2018 Vancouver municipal election

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2018 Vancouver municipal election
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Turnout39.4% [1] Decrease2.svg 4.0 pp (from 2014)
Mayoral election
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NPA
IND
Candidate Kennedy Stewart Ken Sim Shauna Sylvester
Party Independent NPA Independent
Popular vote49,70548,74835,457
Percentage28.71%28.16%20.48%
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YES
Candidate Wai Young Hector Bremner
Party Coalition Vancouver Yes Vancouver
Popular vote11,8729,924
Percentage6.86%5.73%
Mayor before election

Gregor Robertson
Vision

Elected Mayor

Kennedy Stewart
Independent

Other elections
PartyVote %Seats+/–
City Council (10 seats)
NPA 24.895+2
Green 15.603+2
COPE 8.861+1
OneCity 5.841+1
Park Board (7 seats)
Green 23.353+1
NPA 10.852−2
COPE 10.432+2
School Board (9 seats)
Green 16.6930
NPA 13.703+1
OneCity 4.8410
COPE 4.421+1
Vision 4.341−2
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]

Contents

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
PartyCandidateVotes%Elected
Independent Kennedy Stewart 49,70528.71Green check.svgY
NPA Ken Sim 48,74828.16
Independent Shauna Sylvester35,45720.48
Coalition Vancouver Wai Young 11,8726.86
Yes Vancouver Hector Bremner 9,9245.73
Vancouver 1st Fred Harding5,6403.26
ProVancouver David Chen3,5732.06
Independent Sean Cassidy1,5360.89
IDEA VancouverConnie Fogal1,4350.83
Independent Mike Hansen9510.55
Independent Jason Lamarche6950.40
Independent Rollergirl6860.40
Independent Ping Chan6530.38
Independent John Yano5100.29
Independent Tim Ly3490.20
Independent Sophia C. Kaiser3360.19
Independent Satwant K. Shottha3310.19
Independent Lawrence Massey2330.13
Independent Katy Le Rougetel1810.10
Independent Gölök Z. Buday1780.10
Independent Maynard Aubichon1390.08

Formerly declared mayoral candidates

City councillors

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

2018 Vancouver municipal election : Vancouver City Council
PartyCandidateVotes%Elected
Green (I) Adriane Carr 69,73939.52Green check.svgY
Green Pete Fry 61,80635.03Green check.svgY
NPA (I) Melissa De Genova 53,25130.18Green check.svgY
COPE Jean Swanson 48,86527.69Green check.svgY
NPA Colleen Hardwick 47,74727.06Green check.svgY
Green (O) Michael Wiebe 45,59325.84Green check.svgY
OneCity Christine Boyle 45,45525.76Green check.svgY
NPA (O) Lisa Dominato 44,68925.33Green check.svgY
NPA Rebecca Bligh 44,05324.97Green check.svgY
NPA (O) Sarah Kirby-Yung43,58124.70Green check.svgY
NPA David Grewal41,91323.75
Green David H. Wong40,88723.17
Vision (I) Heather Deal 39,52922.40
COPE Derrick O'Keefe38,30521.71
NPA Justin P. Goodrich37,91721.49
COPE Anne Roberts 36,53120.70
OneCity Brandon O. Yan36,16720.50
NPA Jojo Quimpo34,60119.61
Independent Sarah Blyth29,45616.69
Vision Tanya Paz28,83616.34
Vision Diego Cardona27,32515.49
Vision (O) Catherine Evans25,12414.24
Independent (O) Erin Shum23,33113.22
Vancouver 1st Ken Low21,90812.42
Independent Adrian Crook17,3929.86
Vision Wei Q. Zhang16,7349.48
Coalition Vancouver Ken Charko16,3669.28
Coalition Vancouver James Lin16,1919.18
Independent Wade Grant15,4228.74
Independent Taqdir K. Bhandal15,3268.69
Vancouver 1st Elizabeth Taylor15,1848.61
Coalition Vancouver Penny Mussio14,8868.44
Yes Vancouver Brinder Bains13,9487.90
Yes Vancouver Stephanie Ostler13,5307.67
Coalition Vancouver Jason Xie13,4247.61
Yes Vancouver Glynnis C. Chan13,2187.49
Coalition Vancouver Glen Chernen13,1487.45
Coalition Vancouver Morning Li12,6147.15
Vancouver 1st Nycki K. Basra12,1336.88
Yes Vancouver Jaspreet Virdi12,1246.87
Coalition Vancouver Franco Peta11,1936.34
Yes Vancouver Phyllis Tang11,9026.75
Independent Rob McDowell11,8286.70
Independent Penny Noble11,4356.48
Independent Graham Cook11,0846.28
Vancouver 1st Michelle C. Mollineaux8,8195.00
ProVancouver Raza Mirza8,7834.98
Vancouver 1st Jesse Johl8,6094.88
Independent Barbara Buchanan8,1804.64
ProVancouver Breton Crellin7,8564.45
Vancouver 1st Elishia Perosa7,4894.24
Independent Anastasia Koutalianos7,4694.23
Independent Abubakar Khan7,2394.10
Vancouver 1st John Malusa6,5973.74
Independent Lisa Kristiansen6,5063.69
ProVancouver Rohana D. Rezel6,3363.59
Independent Françoise Raunet5,8913.34
Independent Hamdy El-Rayes5,3813.05
Independent Hsin-Chen Fu5,0072.84
Independent Justin Caudwell4,4882.54
Independent Harry Miedzygorski4,3082.44
Independent Gordon T. Kennedy4,2972.44
Independent Ashley Hughes3,9652.25
Independent Kelly Alm3,4401.95
Independent Marlo Franson3,3161.88
Independent John Spark3,2871.86
Independent Katherine Ramdeen3,0821.75
Independent Spike Peachey2,8631.62
Independent Larry J. Falls2,7681.57
Independent Elke Porter2,5151.43
Independent Ted Copeland1,9461.10

Party standings in Vancouver City Council

PartySeats 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
PartyCandidateVotes%Elected
Green (I) Stuart Mackinnon73,54941.68Green check.svgY
Green Dave Demers73,16741.47Green check.svgY
Green Camil Dumont65,30337.01Green check.svgY
NPA (I) John Coupar49,76828.21Green check.svgY
NPA Tricia Barker48,73827.62Green check.svgY
COPE Gwen Giesbrecht48,40427.43Green check.svgY
COPE John Irwin46,28726.23Green check.svgY

Party standings in Vancouver Park Board

PartySeats 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
PartyCandidateVotes%Elected
Green (I) Janet Fraser75,10042.56Green check.svgY
Green (I) Estrellita Gonzalez58,40933.10Green check.svgY
OneCity Jennifer Reddy52,75729.90Green check.svgY
NPA Oliver Hanson49,93228.30Green check.svgY
NPA (I) Fraser Ballantyne49,79328.22Green check.svgY
NPA Carmen Cho49,54128.08Green check.svgY
Green Lois Chan-Pedley48,40927.43Green check.svgY
COPE Barb Parrott48,18927.31Green check.svgY
Vision (I) Allan Wong47,30126.81Green check.svgY

Party standings in Vancouver School Board

PartySeats on school board
Green
3 / 9
NPA
3 / 9
OneCity
1 / 9
COPE
1 / 9
Vision
1 / 9

Opinion polls

Mayoral candidates
Polling firmDates conductedSourceStewartSimSylvesterBremnerYoungCampbellOtherMargin of errorSample sizePolling methodLead
2018 electionOctober 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%265Online13%
One Persuasion Inc.October 11–13, 2018 [14] 33%19%21%8%16%–3%±5.5%318Online12%
Research Co.October 4–7, 2018 [15] 34%20%16%10%7%–4%±4.9%402Online14%
Research Co.September 15–18, 2018 [16] 36%25%17%7%3%–9%±4.9%400Online11%
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%862IVR9.7%
Research Co.July 13–16, 2018 [18] 25%26%11%5%8%20%4%±4.9%400Online1%
Research Co.June 9–11, 2018 [19] 26%23%9%10%3%18%13%±4.9%400Online3%
Political parties
Polling firmDates conductedSourceCoalition VancouverCOPEGreenNPAOneCityProVancouverVancouver 1stVisionYes VancouverIndependent
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%––

References

  1. ↑ "Declaration of 2018 Official Election Results" (PDF). City of Vancouver. Retrieved June 17, 2022.
  2. ↑ Correia, Cory (July 4, 2018). "Candidate 101: City of Vancouver sets up info sessions for those mulling run for council". CBC News . Retrieved July 24, 2018.
  3. ↑ "Nomination period begins for 2018 B.C. elections | CBC News". CBC. Retrieved September 24, 2018.
  4. ↑ Vancouver, City of (June 7, 2018). "Candidates to be listed in random order on 2018 ballot". vancouver.ca. Retrieved September 23, 2018.
  5. ↑ Balca, Dario (January 10, 2018). "Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson won't seek re-election". British Columbia. Retrieved September 23, 2018.
  6. ↑ Ferreras, Jesse; Zussman, Richard (June 30, 2018). "B.C. municipal election 2018: Vancouver". Global News . Retrieved July 24, 2018.
  7. ↑ McElroy, Justin (August 2, 2018). "A Vancouver voter's guide to city council's crowded ballot". CBC News . Retrieved August 31, 2018.
  8. ↑ "Vancouver election: Here's who's running for mayor of Vancouver in 2018". Vancouver Sun. February 28, 2018. Retrieved September 24, 2018.
  9. ↑ "Vancouver mayoral candidate Patrick Condon steps aside after stroke | CBC News". CBC. Retrieved September 23, 2018.
  10. ↑ "Vision candidate Ian Campbell withdraws from race for mayor of Vancouver". The Province. September 11, 2018. Retrieved September 23, 2018.
  11. ↑ Vancouver, City of. "Election results - table". vancouver.ca. Retrieved June 17, 2022.
  12. ↑ "2018 election results". October 20, 2018.
  13. ↑ "Stewart Keeps Lead as Vancouver Mayoral Election Looms". October 16, 2018. Retrieved October 30, 2018.
  14. ↑ "Vancouver ready to 'throw the bums out' – The Orca". October 17, 2018. Retrieved October 30, 2018.
  15. ↑ "Stewart Remains Ahead in Vancouver Mayoral Race". October 9, 2018. Retrieved October 30, 2018.
  16. ↑ "Stewart Holds the Upper Hand in Vancouver Mayoral Race". September 19, 2018. Retrieved October 30, 2018.
  17. ↑ "Stewart, Bremner, and Sim Currently in Top Three for Mayor". mainstreetresearch.ca. September 9, 2018. Retrieved March 6, 2023.
  18. ↑ "Sim and Stewart Nearly Tied, Many Still Undecided in Vancouver". July 19, 2018. Retrieved October 30, 2018.
  19. ↑ "Stewart, Sim and Campbell Battle in Vancouver Race". Research Co. June 14, 2018. Retrieved October 30, 2018.
  20. ↑ "Stewart Keeps Lead as Vancouver Mayoral Election Looms". October 16, 2018. Retrieved October 19, 2018.
  21. ↑ "Half of Vancouverites Ponder Independents in Council Election". October 11, 2018. Retrieved October 19, 2018.
  22. ↑ "Greens, Independents Surge in Vancouver Council Election". September 11, 2018. Retrieved October 19, 2018.
  23. ↑ "Stewart, Sim and Campbell Battle in Vancouver Race". June 14, 2018. Retrieved October 19, 2018.
  24. ↑ "Vancouverites See Carr, Swanson as Good Mayoral Options". April 13, 2018. Retrieved October 19, 2018.
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