2022 Vancouver municipal election

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2022 Vancouver municipal election
  2018 October 15, 2022 (2022-10-15)2026 

Turnout36.3% [1] [ needs update ]Decrease2.svg 3.4 pp
 First partySecond partyThird party
  Mayor Ken Sim (2022).png Kennedy Stewart (cropped).jpg
TEAM
Candidate Ken Sim Kennedy Stewart Colleen Hardwick
Party ABC Vancouver Forward Together TEAM for a Livable Vancouver
Last election5 seats, 28.16% (NPA)1 seat, 28.71%New party
Seats before311
Seats won800
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 5Decrease2.svg 1Decrease2.svg 1
Popular vote85,732[ citation needed ]49,593[ citation needed ]16,769[ citation needed ]
Percentage50.96%[ citation needed ]29.48%[ citation needed ]9.97%[ citation needed ]
SwingIncrease2.svg 22.8 ppIncrease2.svg 0.8 ppSteady2.svg N/A

2022 Vancouver mayoral election - Results by polling location (voronoi diagram).svg

Mayor before election

Kennedy Stewart
Forward Together

Elected Mayor

Ken Sim
ABC Vancouver

Other elections
Party%Seats+/–
City Council (10 seats)
ABC Vancouver 34.58[ citation needed ]7+7
Green 11.24[ citation needed ]2−1
OneCity 9.79[ citation needed ]10
Park Board (7 seats)
ABC Vancouver 6+6
Green 1−2
School Board (9 seats)
ABC Vancouver 32.51[ citation needed ]4+4
Green 11.10[ citation needed ]2−1
OneCity 19.45[ citation needed ]10
COPE 7.08[ citation needed ]10
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

The 2022 Vancouver municipal election was held on October 15, 2022, [2] [3] the same day as the municipal elections held throughout British Columbia. Voters elected the mayor of Vancouver by first-past-the-post. Ten city councillors, 7 park board commissioners, and 9 school board trustees were elected through plurality at-large voting. [3] In addition, voters were presented with 3 capital plan questions. [3]

Contents

Across the city, 171,494 voters cast ballots. [4] ABC Vancouver won seven of the 11 seats on council, electing its entire slate.

Background

Kennedy Stewart was elected to replace outgoing mayor Gregor Robertson in the 2018 mayoral election. [5] Stewart won by just under 1,000 votes against runner-up Ken Sim [6] and was sworn in on November 5, 2018. [5] The city council election, held on the same day, had no party win an outright majority.

The election was scheduled on October 15, 2022, at the same time as all other municipal elections in British Columbia. [3] Canadian citizens over the age of 18 were eligible to vote. Voters voted for the mayor, city council, park board commissioners, school board trustees, and 3 capital plan questions. [3]

In the 2018-2022 term, the Non-Partisan Association (NPA) experienced an internal conflict with 4 of its 5 city councillors leaving the caucus, first sitting as independents before joining new parties. The councillors cited the lack of open nomination process and lack of transparency in the selection of the party's initial mayoral candidate, John Coupar. [7] [8] In addition to the councillors, 3 of the NPA's school board trustees left the party over the same conflict. [9]

Candidates and campaign

Mayoral campaign

Incumbent mayor Kennedy Stewart ran for re-election. [2] [10] Stewart, elected as an independent in 2018, stated his intention to run under his own political party during the 2022 election, [11] and recruited candidates to stand for the 2022 city council election. [12] [11] Stewart said he was additionally open to cross-endorsing candidates from other parties. [11] Stewart later formed a party called Forward Together. [13]

2018 NPA mayoral candidate Ken Sim ran again with the new ABC Vancouver party. [6] [14] Sim's first policy proposal was to abolish the elected park board, but he later renounced that position when his party nominated candidates to be elected to the park board. [15]

The NPA initially nominated park board commissioner John Coupar as their mayoral candidate. [14] [2] [10] Citing a lack of transparency in his nomination process, three of the four NPA remaining city councillors left the party to sit as independents. [7] Of the three, Colleen Hardwick and Sarah Kirby-Yung were speculated to have considered running for mayor before being sidelined in favour of Coupar. [16] John Coupar resigned as NPA candidate on August 5, 2022 after a meeting with the party's board about the "progress of the campaign." [17] Coupar was replaced by Fred Harding, who came sixth in the 2018 mayoral election as the Vancouver 1st candidate. [18]

Colleen Hardwick, one of the ex-NPA councillors, ran for mayor with TEAM for a Livable Vancouver. [2] [19] The party's name is a reference to Hardwick's father's party, The Electors' Action Movement. [20]

Liberal Party strategist Mark Marissen announced his mayoral campaign in 2021. [14] [10] Marissen was later nominated by Progress Vancouver, [2] the successor to Yes Vancouver. [20]

Jody Wilson-Raybould, former MP for Vancouver Granville, declined to run. [21] [22] Shauna Sylvester, 2018 third place mayoral candidate, declined to run again. [16] Green Party councillor Adriane Carr considered running for mayor before declining to run in April 2022. [16]

Results

2022 Vancouver municipal election : Vancouver mayor
PartyCandidateVotes%Elected
ABC Vancouver Ken Sim 85,73250.96Green check.svgY
Forward Together Kennedy Stewart (incumbent)49,59329.48
TEAM for a Livable Vancouver Colleen Hardwick 16,7699.97
Progress Vancouver Mark Marissen 5,8303.47
NPA Fred Harding3,9052.32
Independent Leona Brown1,5190.9
Independent Ping Chan1,1540.69
Independent Françoise Raunet1,1160.66
Independent Satwant Shottha9940.59
Independent Imtiaz Popat4110.24
Independent Lewis Villegas3630.22
Independent Mike Hansen3140.19
Independent Gölök Buday1950.12
Independent Ryan Charmley1830.11
Independent Dante Teti1420.08

City council

All 10 members of Vancouver city council stated their intention on running again during the 2022 municipal election, in addition to mayor Kennedy Stewart. [19] City councillor for the Coalition of Progressive Electors, Jean Swanson, was the last of the 11 members of city council to announce her intention to run again. [23]

OneCity announced the results of their nomination race on March 7, 2022, becoming the first party to nominate a slate of candidates. Incumbent OneCity councillor Christine Boyle was re-nominated, with three new nominees: president of the Urban Native Youth Association Matthew Norris, urban planner Iona Bonamis, and health economist Ian Cromwell. [24] [25]

Adriane Carr of the Vancouver Greens considered running for mayor, but ultimately decided to seek re-election to council in order to avoid splitting the centre-left vote with Mayor Kennedy Stewart. The Greens held a special meeting to select council candidates, renominating Carr and the party's two other incumbent councillors, Pete Fry and Michael Wiebe, along with labour activist Stephanie Smith and climate scientist and economist Devyani Singh. [26]

On April 8, COPE held nominations for all offices, with incumbent councillor Jean Swanson re-nominated to lead a council slate consisting of 2021 Vancouver Centre NDP candidate Breen Ouellette, human rights lawyer Nancy Trigueros, and Indigenous activist Tanya Webking. [27]

On April 11, incumbent councillors Sarah Kirby-Yung, Lisa Dominato, and Rebecca Bligh announced they had joined Ken Sim's new ABC Vancouver party and would run for re-election under that banner. [28] [29]

On May 2, Vision Vancouver announced a slate of four city council candidates. The candidates include Stuart Mackinnon (previously elected as a Green Party park board commissioner), Honieh Barzegari, Lesli Boldt, and Kishone Roy. [30] Roy withdrew for personal reasons on August 16. [31]

On May 25, the NPA announced six city council candidates and four park board candidates. Incumbent councillor Melissa De Genova was re-selected, alongside Elaine Allan, Cinnamon Bhayani, Ken Charko, Mauro Francis, and Arezo Zarrabian. Incumbent parks commissioner Tricia Barker was re-selected, with new candidates Ray Goldenchild, and Dave Pasin. [32] On August 9, Mauro Francis left the party for Progress Vancouver, stating the "internal dynamics of the NPA" after John Coupar's resignation were "getting in the way of the campaign." [33]

On June 11, Colleen Hardwick's TEAM for a Livable Vancouver announced six city council candidates: Cleta Brown, Sean Nardi, Param Nijjar, Grace Quan, Stephen Roberts, and Bill Tieleman. [34]

On June 26, Forward Together, Kennedy Stewart's new municipal party, announced its first three city council candidates: Russil Wvong, Dulcy Anderson, and Hilary Brown. [35]

Election was conducted using plurality block voting with each voter able to cast ten votes. More than 1.3 million votes were cast in this election by 170,000 voters. 58 candidates ran for city council seats. [36]

Results

(Percentage of votes shown is percentage of voters who voted, not votes cast.)

Legend
BoldDenotes elected candidates
(X)Denotes incumbent candidates


2022 Vancouver municipal election : Vancouver City Council
PartyCandidateVotes%Elected
ABC Vancouver Sarah Kirby-Yung (X)72,54542.30Green check.svgY
ABC Vancouver Lisa Dominato (X)70,41541.05Green check.svgY
ABC Vancouver Brian Montague 68,61840.01Green check.svgY
ABC Vancouver Mike Klassen 65,58638.24Green check.svgY
ABC Vancouver Peter Meiszner 63,27536.90Green check.svgY
ABC Vancouver Rebecca Bligh (X)62,76536.60Green check.svgY
ABC Vancouver Lenny Zhou 62,39336.39Green check.svgY
Green Adriane Carr (X)41,83124.39Green check.svgY
OneCity Christine Boyle (X)38,46522.43Green check.svgY
Green Pete Fry (X)37,27021.73Green check.svgY
Forward Together Dulcy Anderson33,98519.82
OneCity Iona Bonamis33,74519.68
Forward Together Tesicca Truong32,90019.18
COPE Jean Swanson (X)32,83319.15
Green Michael Wiebe (X)30,37717.71
OneCity Ian Cromwell29,83317.40
OneCity Matthew Norris29,66317.30
Forward Together Alvin Singh29,04916.94
NPA Melissa De Genova (X)26,57815.50
COPE Breen Ouellette24,88114.51
Forward Together Jeanette Ashe22,43213.08
Forward Together Russil Wvong22,10712.89
Green Devyani Singh21,25512.39
TEAM for a Livable Vancouver Cleta Brown20,85412.16
Green Stephanie Smith20,40811.90
Forward Together Hilary Brown19,90211.61
COPE Nancy Trigueros19,15211.17
TEAM for a Livable Vancouver Sean Nardi18,35310.70
TEAM for a Livable Vancouver Grace Quan17,95510.47
COPE Tanya Webking17,67510.31
TEAM for a Livable Vancouver Bill Tieleman 17,24010.05
TEAM for a Livable Vancouver Stephen Roberts16,2619.48
Vision Stuart Mackinnon15,8659.25
NPA Morning Lee14,0838.21
TEAM for a Livable Vancouver Param Nijjar13,9508.13
VOTE SocialistSean Orr13,7448.01
Progress Vancouver Asha Hayer13,1077.64
NPA Ken Charko12,0837.47
Vision Lesli Boldt11,0706.46
NPA Elaine Allan10,9176.37
Affordable Housing CoalitionEric Redmond10,6176.19
NPA Arezo Zarrabian10,3616.04
Progress Vancouver Marie Noelle Rosa10,1115.90
Progress Vancouver Morgane Oger10,0155.84
Progress Vancouver David Chin9,3545.45
Progress Vancouver May He8,5935.01
NPA Cinnamon Bhayani8,5865.01
Independent Lina Vargas7,7144.50
Vision Honieh Barzegari6,8313.98
Progress Vancouver Mauro Francis6,5563.82
Independent Mark Bowen5,7063.33
Independent Dominic Denofrio4,9272.87
Independent Amy "Evil Genius" Fox3,7112.16
Independent Jeremy MacKenzie3,4462.01
Independent Kyra Philbert3,3821.97
Independent Tim Lý3,3391.95
Independent Marlo Franson2,8661.67
Independent Amie Peacock2,7451.60
Independent K. R. Alm2,3011.34
PartySeats
ABC Vancouver
7 / 10
Green Party of Vancouver
2 / 10
OneCity Vancouver
1 / 10

Park board

Park Board commissioner John Irwin announced on March 17, 2022 that he was leaving COPE to join Vision Vancouver, sitting out the remainder of his term as a Vision Vancouver member. [37]

Green Party Park Board commissioner Stuart Mackinnon announced his intention to run for City Council under the Vision Vancouver party on April 25, 2022. [38]

Results

2022 Vancouver municipal election : Vancouver Park Board
PartyCandidateVotes%Elected
ABC Vancouver Scott Jensen71,17441.50Green check.svgY
ABC Vancouver Angela Kate Haer63,63537.11Green check.svgY
ABC Vancouver Laura Christensen63,61837.10Green check.svgY
ABC Vancouver Marie-Claire Howard63,40836.97Green check.svgY
ABC Vancouver Jas Virdi58,70934.23Green check.svgY
ABC Vancouver Brennan Bastyovanszky58,24733.96Green check.svgY
Green Tom Digby39,24322.88Green check.svgY
Green Tricia Riley37,77322.03
OneCity Caitlin Stockwell36,85621.49
OneCity Tiyaltelut Kristen Rivers33,71319.66
OneCity Serena Jackson33,07019.28
COPE Gwen Giesbrecht (X)32,25718.81
COPE Chris Livingstone30,53917.81
COPE Maira Hassan27,70816.16
Vision John Irwin (X)27,18615.85
TEAM for a Livable Vancouver Tricia Barker (X)25,61514.94
Vision Carla Frenkel25,41514.82
TEAM for a Livable Vancouver Kathleen Larsen21,41812.49
TEAM for a Livable Vancouver Kumi Kimura19,39411.31
TEAM for a Livable Vancouver Michelle Mollineaux15,9439.30
VOTE SocialistAndrea Pinochet-Escudero15,5269.05
TEAM for a Livable Vancouver Patrick Audley14,6818.56
NPA Jason Upton13,9218.12
TEAM for a Livable Vancouver James Buckshon13,2227.71
NPA Dave Pasin12,0067.00
NPA Dehara September9,6695.64
Independent Tracy D. Smith8,9325.21
NPA Olga Zarudina8,7125.08
Independent Liam Murphy Menard8,0144.67
Independent Steven Craig7,9074.61
Independent Nick Charrette5,5263.22
Independent RollerGirl5,4533.18
PartySeats
ABC Vancouver
6 / 7
Green Party of Vancouver
1 / 7

School board

Results

2022 Vancouver municipal election : Vancouver School Board
PartyCandidateVotes%Elected
ABC Vancouver Victoria Jung69,02740.25Green check.svgY
ABC Vancouver Alfred Chien67,32639.26Green check.svgY
ABC Vancouver Josh Zhang64,37037.53Green check.svgY
ABC Vancouver Christopher JK Richardson [lower-alpha 1] 64,04837.35Green check.svgY
ABC Vancouver Preeti Faridkot63,80737.21Green check.svgY
OneCity Jennifer Reddy (X)44,53425.97Green check.svgY
COPE Suzie Mah42,37924.71Green check.svgY
Green Lois Chan-Pedley (X)41,35624.12Green check.svgY
Green Janet Fraser (X)41,17924.01Green check.svgY
OneCity Krista Sigurdson40,79223.79
OneCity Kyla Epstein38,89022.68
OneCity Rory Brown38,38122.38
Vision Allan Wong (X)35,76120.85
OneCity Gavin Somers33,93319.79
Vision Steve Cardwell31,04518.10
Vision Aaron Leung30,00717.50
Green Nick Poppell29,72917.34
COPE Rocco Trigueros29,16717.01
Vision Hilary Thompson28,32416.52
Vision Kera McArthur23,90213.94
TEAM for a Livable Vancouver Matiul Alam20,77212.11
NPA Rahul Aggarwal18,48810.78
VOTE SocialistKarina Zeidler17,71010.33
NPA Ashley Vaughan17,20610.03
NPA Aaron Fedora15,7339.17
NPA Nadine C. Goodine15,0518.78
NPA Milan Kljajic13,5227.88
Independent Amanda Tengco9,6685.64
Independent Zelda Levine8,8755.18
Independent Karin Litzcke8,5705.00
Independent Heming Hopkins7,4164.32
PartySeats
ABC Vancouver
4 / 9
Green Party of Vancouver
2 / 9
Independent
1 / 9
OneCity Vancouver
1 / 9
COPE
1 / 9

Referendums

Voters were presented with three ballot questions on capital plan borrowing. All borrowing was assented to.

Transportation and core operating technology

The first question was on borrowing $173,450,000 for bridge and street infrastructure, traffic signals and street lighting, electrical services in public places, and core operating technology. [39]

Transportation and core operating technology
ChoiceVotes %
Check-71-128-204-brightblue.svg Yes116,59177.96
No32,96422.04
Total votes149,555100.00
Registered voters/turnout472,66531.64
Source: [40]

Community facilities

The second question was on borrowing $162,075,000 to be spent on renewal of the Vancouver Aquatic Centre and renewal and upgrades of various other community facilities, including childcare. [39]

Community facilities
ChoiceVotes %
Check-71-128-204-brightblue.svg Yes101,71568.32
No47,16331.68
Total votes148,878100.00
Registered voters/turnout472,66531.49
Source: [40]

Parks, public safety and other civic facilities, climate adaptation and other priorities emerging priorities

The third question was on borrowing $159,475,000 for renewal and upgrading of parks, renewal or rehabilitation of public safety and other civic facilities, including a fire hall, animal shelter and/or other civic facility projects. Climate adaptation projects such as seawall reconstruction, urban canopy, and other projects, and additional funding for "transportation, community facilities, parks, civic facilities and technology, and/or other emerging priorities". [39]

Parks, public safety and other civic facilities, climate adaptation and other priorities emerging priorities
ChoiceVotes %
Check-71-128-204-brightblue.svg Yes114,25476.25
No35,58223.75
Total votes149,836100.00
Registered voters/turnout472,66531.70
Source: [40]

Political parties

PartyLeaderIdeologyPositionNotesCouncil candidates nominated
ABC VancouverKen Sim Liberal conservatism Centre [41] to centre-right [42] Formed by former NPA mayoral candidate Ken Sim, who was chosen as the party's mayoral candidate in October 2021. [10] [43] Rebecca Bligh, Lisa Dominato, and Sarah Kirby-Yung, all elected under the NPA banner in 2018, ran as ABC candidates in the 2022 municipal election. [44]
8 / 11
Affordable Housing CoalitionEric Redmond Centrism Centre Party platform included creating affordable housing through progressive property tax, rent control, streamlined permitting, land appreciation taxes, and increased density.
1 / 11
Coalition of Progressive Electors Tristan Markle
Nancy Trigueros
Democratic socialism Left-wing
4 / 11
Forward Together Kennedy Stewart Social democracy Centre-left
7 / 11
Green Party of Vancouver Adriane Carr (de facto) Green politics Centre to centre-left Green Party councillor Adriane Carr considered running for mayor but ultimately chose to run for re-election as councillor. [45]
5 / 11
Non-Partisan Association David Mawhinney Conservatism Centre-right to right-wing Initially nominated parks commissioner John Coupar as its mayoral candidate, [14] who previously contested the 2018 party nomination, but lost to Ken Sim. [43] Coupar resigned in August and was replaced by Fred Harding. [18]
7 / 11
OneCity Vancouver Cara Ng
Laura Track
Social democracy Centre-left to
left-wing
4 / 11
Progress Vancouver Scott de Lange Boom Social liberalism [46]
Pro-development [47]
Centre [48] to centre-right [49] Formerly known as YES Vancouver. [48] Mark Marissen, political strategist and former husband of Premier of British Columbia Christy Clark, was nominated to run for mayor. [48]
7 / 11
TEAM for a Livable VancouverElizabeth Murphy Localism [50]
Conservatism [20]
Centre-right Formed by councillor Colleen Hardwick, formerly a member of the NPA, who ran as its mayoral candidate. [51] [2] [19]
7 / 11
VOTE SocialistCollective leadership Democratic socialism Left-wing A political platform by the Democratic Socialists of Vancouver running on a 10-point plan including defunding the VPD and reallocating its funding, and policies against gentrification. [52] [53]
1 / 11
Vision Vancouver Aaron Leung
Janet Wiegand
Green liberalism Centre to centre-left Vision Vancouver stated it would focus on winning seats on the city council following its loss in the 2018 municipal election. [19]
3 / 11

Opinion polls

Mayoral candidates
Polling firmClientDates conductedSourceStewartSimHardwickNPAMarissenOtherMargin of errorSample sizePolling methodLead
2022 electionOctober 15, 2022 [54] 29.5%51.0%10.0%2.3%3.5%3.7%171,49421.5%
Research Co.October 13–14, 2022 [55] 33%33%16%8%8%2%±5.3%400Online0%
Mainstreet [lower-alpha 2] iPoliticsOctober 2–6, 2022 [56] 27.6%33.9%17.2%6.4%9.5%5.3%±2.6%1,377IVR6.3%
Leger [lower-alpha 2] PostmediaSeptember 29 – October 5, 2022 [57] 21%50%21%2%2%6%±4.0%601Online29%
Forum ResearchTEAMOctober 4, 2022 [58] 24.4%34.3%21.2%7.7%8.1%4.5%±4.9%408IVR9.9%
Research Co.VDLCSeptember 22–26, 2022 [59] 36%34%14%5%8%3%±4.9%422Online2%
Research Co.September 3–5, 2022 [60] 35%30%17%4%13%2%±4.9%400Online5%
August 30, 2022Fred Harding is appointed as the NPA's mayoral nominee
August 5, 2022John Coupar resigns as the NPA's mayoral nominee
Forum Research [lower-alpha 2] TEAM Late July 2022 [61] 23.7%28.4%22.9%11.4%5.2%8.5%±5.2%358IVR4.7%
Mainstreet [lower-alpha 2] iPolitics July 25–27, 2022 [62] 28.6%18.2%22.1%10.2%18.9%2.2%±4.2%552IVR6.5%
Research Co.VDLCApril 2022 [63] 41%26%19%8%8%419Online15%
Abacus [lower-alpha 2] Ken Sim June 4–16, 2021 [64] 31%33.3%4.8%2.4%2.4%23.8%±3.1%1,000Online/IVR2.3%
Research Co. VDLC May 3–5, 2021 [65] 38%16%5%5%36%±4.9%400Online22%
Sutherland [lower-alpha 2] April 20–22, 2021 [66] 30.8%20.7%6.1%4.9%42.7%±4.1%1,308IVR10.1%

Endorsements

Members of Parliament

Provincial and territorial politicians

Former members of Parliament

Former provincial and territorial politicians

Former municipal politicians

  • Sarah Blyth (executive director of Vancouver Overdose Prevention Society, former Park Board commissioner) [78]

Organizations

Other prominent individuals

Ken Sim (ABC Vancouver)

Former municipal politicians

  • Tung Chan (former Vancouver city councillor) [86]

Organizations

Other prominent individuals

Former provincial and territorial politicians

Former municipal politicians

  • Marguerite Ford (former Vancouver city councillor) [91]

Other prominent individuals

  • Patrick Condon (professor at UBC School of Architecture) [92]
  • David Ley (professor emeritus at UBC Department of Geography) [93]

Former members of Parliament

Former provincial and territorial politicians

Notes

  1. Richardson was ejected from ABC Vancouver after the ballot deadline. The party said he would not sit in their caucus.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Poll of all voters, including undecided voters. Data was updated for consistency to reflect only decided voters.

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Forward Together is a municipal political party in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The party was led by then-Vancouver mayor Kennedy Stewart through the 2022 municipal election, which he lost to Ken Sim.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ken Sim</span> Mayor of Vancouver since 2022

Kenneth Sim is a Canadian politician and businessman who has served as the 41st mayor of Vancouver since 2022.

Rebecca Bligh is a Canadian politician, who was elected to Vancouver City Council in the 2018 Vancouver municipal election.

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  77. @ShaneLSimpson (October 11, 2022). "Voted today to re-elect @kennedystewart, Mayor of Vancouver. Only progressive, & most thoughtful candidate, in the race. Voted for his Forward team & other progressive candidates too. Van's issues are complex and not new. Kennedy offers the best choice to address then" (Tweet) via Twitter.
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  83. @Tzeporah (October 4, 2022). "The choice is clear for Mayor of #Vancouver. @kennedystewart has the experience and commitment to protect our communities and our climate. His new policies to get polluting gas out of buildings is a major step forward for cities in the fight against climate emergency" (Tweet) via Twitter.
  84. @TomDavidoff (October 9, 2022). "I feel thankful today. @DulcyAnderson gets to run on https://forwardvancouver.ca/housing, a reason to support the whole party for Council and Mayor. * Ambitious targets * Multifamily housing allowed everywhere, with benefits going to fund more affordable housing * Strong tenant protection" (Tweet) via Twitter.
  85. @CAThomas7 (October 12, 2022). "I appreciate all that Mayor @kennedystewart has done to meaningfully further reconciliation and build a more equitable city. It will be great to continue to work with him supporting arts & culture, and I know he's the best choice for more affordable housing and childcare" (Tweet) via Twitter.
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  88. @KenSimCity (October 6, 2022). "ABC has promised to make Vancouver the most accessible city in the world. I'm proud we have received the endorsement of Paralympian Donovan Tildesley. We have a lot of work ahead of us, but I know that by working together, we can get it done. #vanpoli" (Tweet) via Twitter.
  89. @JJ_McCullough (October 14, 2022). "I endorse Ken Sim. Everyone in Vancouver should vote for him on Saturday. Is he perfect? No, but enough is enough. We need change in leadership in this city before things get any worse. Any change is a start" (Tweet) via Twitter.
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  91. @CllrHardwick (October 12, 2022). "Thank you, Marguerite! #vanpoli @vote4team" (Tweet) via Twitter.
  92. @pmcondon2 (October 3, 2022). "I am voting for this Vancouver Election. Voting starts today so for my friends who might be interested, I am voting for the TEAM and COPE slates with TEAM Mayoral candidate Hardwick included" (Tweet) via Twitter.
  93. @CllrHardwick (October 13, 2022). "Thanks, Dr. Ley: "From many years of studying housing questions in Vancouver, I'm supporting a candidate who understands the needs to balance new development with preserving older affordable housing and respecting existing plans for gradual neighbourhood densification. #vanpoli" (Tweet) via Twitter.
  94. @marissenmark (October 13, 2022). "Today I'm proud to announce that I have been officially endorsed by former Prime Minister Jean Chrétien. #vanpoli #ChooseProgress" (Tweet) via Twitter.
  95. @marissenmark (October 9, 2022). "Today I'm proud to announce that I have been officially endorsed by former Prime Minister Paul Martin. #vanpoli #ChooseProgress" (Tweet) via Twitter.
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