2026 Vancouver municipal election

2022 Vancouver municipal election

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10 seats on Vancouver City Council + 1 mayor 9 seats on Vancouver School Board 7 seats on Vancouver Park Board
Mayoral election
First party Second party Third party   RB KA Candidate Ken Sim Rebecca Bligh Kareem Allam Party ABC Vancouver Vote Vancouver Liberal
mayor before election Ken Sim ABC Vancouver Elected mayor TBD
City council election
Party Leader Current seats ABC Vancouver Ken Sim 6 Green vacant 1 COPE N/A 1 OneCity N/A 1 Independent N/A 1
Park board election
Party Leader Current seats ABC Vancouver Ken Sim 3 Independent N/A 3 Green vacant 1
School board election
Party Leader Current seats ABC Vancouver Ken Sim 3 Green vacant 2 Independent N/A 2 COPE N/A 1 OneCity N/A 1

The 2026 Vancouver municipal election will be held on October 17, 2026, on the same day as the municipal elections held throughout British Columbia. ^[1] Voters will elect the mayor of Vancouver, in addition to 10 city councillors, 7 park board commissioners, and 9 school board trustees through plurality-at-large voting. ^[1] In addition, voters will vote on 3 capital plan questions. ^[1]

Background

Ken Sim defeated incumbent mayor Kennedy Stewart in the 2022 mayoral election. ^[2] Sim was elected mayor with 51% of votes cast ^[3] and was sworn in on November 7, 2022. ^[2] The city council, park board, and school board elections, held on the same day, had Sim's ABC Vancouver winning outright majorities on all three. ^[3]

Candidates and campaign

Mayoral campaign

Declared

• Kareem Allam, Vancouver Liberals, former chief of staff to mayor Ken Sim ^[4]
• Rebecca Bligh, Vote Vancouver, Vancouver City Councillor (2018–present) ^[5]
• Ken Sim, ABC Vancouver, incumbent mayor (2022–present) ^[6]

Publicly expressed interest

• Pete Fry, Green Party, Vancouver City Councillor (2018–present) ^[7]

References

1. "2026 municipal election". City of Vancouver . Retrieved October 1, 2025.
2. "Ken Sim sworn in as mayor of Vancouver". CBC News . November 7, 2022. Retrieved October 2, 2025.
3. Fumano, Dan (October 17, 2022). "Vancouver Election Results: Ken Sim rolls over Kennedy Stewart, vows to act fast to add police officers". Vancouver Sun . Postmedia . Retrieved October 2, 2025.
4. Chan, Cheryl (July 3, 2025). "Vancouver mayor's former chief of staff starts new political party". Vancouver Sun . Postmedia . Retrieved October 2, 2025.
5. Pawson, Chad (September 22, 2025). "Vancouver city councillor kicked out of ruling party announces mayoral bid". CBC News . Retrieved October 2, 2025.
6. Howell, Mike (November 8, 2023). "Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim will seek re-election in 2026". Vancouver Is Awesome. Retrieved October 2, 2025.
7. McElroy, Justin (September 25, 2025). "Pete Fry considering a run for mayor of Vancouver — and he could be the candidate to unite the left". CBC News . Retrieved October 2, 2025.