Vancouver is a major city in western Canada,located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. As the most populous city in the province,the 2021 Canadian census recorded 662,248 people in the city,up from 631,486 in 2016. The Metro Vancouver area had a population of 2.6 million in 2021,making it the third-largest metropolitan area in Canada. Greater Vancouver,along with the Fraser Valley,comprises the Lower Mainland with a regional population of over 3 million. Vancouver has the highest population density in Canada,with over 5,700 inhabitants per square kilometre (15,000/sq mi),and the fourth highest in North America.
Peter Ladner is a former Vancouver city councillor,Metro Vancouver vice-chair and business owner.
Suzanne Anton,is a Canadian politician and the former Minister of Justice and Attorney General of British Columbia. Elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2013 provincial election,Anton represented the riding of Vancouver-Fraserview as a member of the British Columbia Liberal Party,following a career at the municipal level. She was appointed British Columbia's Attorney General and Minister of Justice on June 10,2013.
Bing Wing Thom,was a Canadian architect and urban designer. Born in Hong Kong,he immigrated to Vancouver,British Columbia,Canada with his family in 1950. His paternal grandfather originally immigrated to Vancouver in the 1890s and his father was born in New Westminster before moving to Hong Kong after being unable to practice as a pharmacist in Canada.
Richard Stewart is the mayor for the city of Coquitlam,British Columbia. He was elected to Coquitlam City Council in 2005,and became mayor in 2008.
Gregor Angus Bethune Robertson is a Canadian businessman and a progressive politician,who served as the 39th mayor of Vancouver,British Columbia,from 2008 to 2018. As the longest consecutive serving Mayor in Vancouver's history,Robertson and his team led the creation and implementation of the Greenest City 2020 Action Plan and spearheaded the city's first comprehensive Economic Action Strategy.
Joyce C. Murray is a Canadian politician who has represented the riding of Vancouver Quadra in the House of Commons as a member of the Liberal Party since 2008. She was re-elected in the 41st,42nd,43rd,and 44th federal elections. Murray was appointed as President of the Treasury Board and Minister of Digital Government on March 18,2019. She was re-appointed as Minister of Digital Government following the 2019 election. In 2021,she was appointed Minister of Fisheries,Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard,a position she held until July 2023.
Linda Reid is a Canadian politician who served as a member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) of British Columbia,representing Richmond East from 1991 to 2017,and Richmond South Centre from 2017 to 2020. A caucus member of the British Columbia Liberal Party,she served in the cabinets of premiers Gordon Campbell and Christy Clark as Minister of State for Early Childhood Development from 2001 to 2005,Minister of State for Childcare from 2005 to 2009,and Minister of Advanced Education in 2017. She was also the 37th Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 2013 to 2017.
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.
John Furlong,OC,OBC is a Canadian sports administrator who oversaw the 2010 Winter Olympics and 2010 Winter Paralympics and was President and CEO of the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Organizing Committee (VANOC).
Launi Skinner is a Canadian business woman,with 20 years of experience leading several high-profile companies within Canada and internationally,including Starbucks US,1-800-GOT-JUNK?,and First West Credit Union. Skinner is currently chief executive officer of First West Credit Union,one of Canada's largest credit unions.
Elizabeth Ball is a Canadian politician,actress,and founder of several theatre companies. She served on Vancouver city council 2005 to 2018.
This is a list of elections in Canada scheduled to be held in 2017. Included are provincial,municipal and federal elections,by-elections on any level,referendums and party leadership races at any level.
Debra Sparrow,or θəliχʷəlʷət (Thelliawhatlwit),is a Musqueam weaver,artist and knowledge keeper. She is self-taught in Salish design,weaving,and jewellery making.
Anne Kang is a Canadian politician who has represented the electoral district of Burnaby-Deer Lake in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia since 2017. A member of the British Columbia New Democratic Party caucus,she has served in the cabinet of British Columbia since 2020,currently as Minister of Municipal Affairs. Prior to her election as Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA),Kang served as a city councillor in Burnaby for three terms.
Michael Lee is a Canadian politician who has represented the electoral district of Vancouver-Langara in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia since 2017. A member of the BC United caucus,he serves as its Critic for Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation. He ran for the party's leadership in 2018 and 2022.
Pete Fry is a Canadian politician and business owner in Vancouver,British Columbia,who has served as councillor on the Vancouver City Council since 2018. He is a member of the Green Party of Vancouver.
Josie Osborne is a Canadian politician who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2020 provincial election. She represents the electoral district of Mid Island-Pacific Rim as a member of the British Columbia New Democratic Party. She has served in the cabinet of British Columbia since 2020,currently as Minister of Energy,Mines and Low Carbon Innovation.
The Surrey Police Service (SPS) is a municipal police force in the city of Surrey,British Columbia,Canada. It is one of several police departments within the Metro Vancouver Regional District,and as of December 2022,the second largest municipal police service in British Columbia. Prior to the SPS's establishment,Surrey was Canada's largest city without a municipal police service. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police,Canada's federal police force,currently has policing jurisdiction in Surrey,and SPS has had difficulty with the transition from the RCMP due to opposition from Surrey mayor Brenda Locke and the municipal government. In April of 2024 the provincial government of British Columbia set a deadline for the transfer of jurisdiction. The Surrey Police Service will transition into the role of municipal policing in Surrey on November 29,2024.
Taleeb Farouk Noormohamed is a Canadian politician and technology executive who has been the member of Parliament (MP) for Vancouver Granville since 2021,sitting as a Liberal. He was named Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Canadian Heritage in September,2023.
