The Coalition of Progressive Electors (COPE) is a municipal political party in the Canadian city of Vancouver,British Columbia. It has traditionally been associated with tenants,environmentalists,and the labour movement. COPE is generally guided by democratic socialist principles following the split of its social democratic wing in 2014 to form OneCity Vancouver,and has a long history of advocating for issues such as improving public transit and investing in affordable housing. It last held a majority government on city council from 2002 to 2005. COPE describes itself as being committed to renter protections,ending homelessness,taxing the rich to build social housing,safe supply,free transit,Indigenous reconciliation,climate action,and other social and environmental reforms.
The Non-Partisan Association (NPA) is a municipal political party in Vancouver,British Columbia,Canada. It was established by the city's business leaders in 1937 to challenge the democratic socialist Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) in that year's municipal election. The party has historically been described as centre-right and drawn its strongest support from Vancouver's business community.
Pietro Attilio Calendino is a Canadian provincial and municipal politician currently serving as a city councillor for Burnaby City Council.
Vision Vancouver is a green liberal municipal political party in Vancouver,British Columbia,Canada. Vision was formed in the months leading up to the 2005 municipal election.
Doug McCallum is a Canadian politician who was mayor of Surrey,British Columbia,from 1996 to 2005 and from 2018 to 2022. McCallum was first elected to a seat on Surrey City Council in 1993. During this term he served as Chair of the Finance Committee and sat as a member of the Parks and Recreation Commission and the Library Board. He was re-elected in the October 20,2018 local elections in British Columbia. He was defeated in the 2022 election.
Penny Priddy is a politician from British Columbia (BC),Canada. She served as member of Parliament (MP) from 2006 to 2008,representing the electoral district of Surrey North in the House of Commons of Canada. Prior to that,she was a Surrey city councillor (2002–2005),a member of the BC legislature representing Surrey-Newton (1991–2001),and a trustee with the Surrey School District (1986–1991). She is the only woman in Canadian history to be elected to school board,city council,a provincial legislature and the House of Commons.
The Coalition of Progressive Electors (COPE) swept the 2002 Vancouver municipal election,winning 8 of 10 Council seats,7 of 9 School Board seats and 5 of 7 Park Board seats. The Non-Partisan Association (NPA) was reduced to 2 Council seats,1 School Board seat and 2 Park Board seats. The Green Party of Vancouver won 1 School Board seat.
Josh Matlow is a Canadian politician who has served on the Toronto City Council representing Ward 12 Toronto—St. Paul's since 2010.
Kerry Jang (鄭文宇) is a Canadian politician. He previously served as councillor on Vancouver,British Columbia's City Council between 2008 and 2018. From 2013,he also represented the city of Vancouver on the Greater Vancouver Regional District Board as a director.
Andrea Reimer is a Canadian politician,who served on Vancouver,British Columbia's City Council from 2008 to 2018. She was first elected in 2002 to the Vancouver School Board as a Green Party candidate. She was defeated as a Green Party candidate in her re-election campaign in 2005 and then joined the Vision Vancouver party to support Gregor Robertson's mayoral campaign. She subsequently ran for and won a council seat in the 2008 municipal election. After serving four terms on council,she chose not to run for re-election in the 2018 municipal election. She is currently an adjunct professor at the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs at the University of British Columbia and Simon Fraser University,and served on the UBC Board of Governors as a provincial appointee from December 2019 to October 2020.
Lois E. Jackson is a Canadian politician,formerly the mayor of Delta,British Columbia.
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 was also put to a vote.
Surrey First is a civic political organization in Surrey,British Columbia,Canada. It is a non-partisan civic organization,members of which were elected to a majority on Surrey City Council in 2008.
The city of Vancouver,Canada,held municipal elections on November 20,1999. Canadian citizens who were over 18 years of age at the time of the vote,and had been a resident of Vancouver for the previous 30 days and a resident of B.C. for the previous six months,were able to vote for candidates in four races that were presented on one ballot.
The 2014 Vancouver municipal election took place on November 15,2014,the same day as other municipalities and regional districts in British Columbia selected their new municipal governments. As with previous elections,voters elected one mayor,10 councillors,nine school board trustees,and seven park board commissioners through plurality-at-large voting. Voters also voted on whether to approve a capital budget.
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. Official registration for all candidates opened on September 4,2018,and closed on September 14,2018.
OneCity Vancouver is a municipal political party in Vancouver,British Columbia,Canada. It was founded in 2014 by independent activists and former members of the left-wing Coalition of Progressive Electors (COPE),including David Chudnovsky and Rafael Joseph Aquino;Aquino was OneCity's first candidate to run for public office.
The 2022 British Columbia municipal elections were held on 15 October 2022. Municipal elections took place in all municipalities and regional district electoral areas in the Canadian province of British Columbia to elect mayors,school board trustees,rural directors and city councillors. Elections BC administered campaign financing,disclosure and advertisement of candidates;however,voting,ballots and candidate nominations were administered by each jurisdiction's local electoral officer.
The 2022 Vancouver municipal election was held on October 15,2022,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. In addition,voters were presented with 3 capital plan questions.
