Rebecca Bligh

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Rebecca Bligh
Vancouver City Councillor
Residence Vancouver

Rebecca Bligh is a Canadian politician, who was elected to Vancouver City Council in the 2018 Vancouver municipal election. [1] [2]

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Political career

First elected as a member of the Non-Partisan Association, she left the party in 2019 claiming its ideology was driving towards the "far-right" following the election of its new executive. [3] Her concerns were echoed by 2018 NPA mayoral candidate Ken Sim, [4] while Bligh's fellow NPA councillors Melissa De Genova, Lisa Dominato, Colleen Hardwick and Sarah Kirby-Yung did not leave the party, but took steps to distance themselves from its board. [5] By 2022, all except De Genova had quit the NPA, with Bligh, Dominato and Kirby-Yung re-affiliating with ABC Vancouver, and Hardwick joining TEAM for a Livable Vancouver. [6]

As a candidate of ABC Vancouver, Bligh was re-elected to a second term in the 2022 Vancouver municipal election. [7] She was removed from the ABC Vancouver caucus on February 14, 2025. [8] [9]

Personal life

Bligh identifies as queer. [10]

Electoral record

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
'(X)' indicates incumbent city councillor.
Percentage of votes shown is percentage of voters who voted, not votes cast.
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
'(I)' denotes incumbent city councillors.
'(O)' denotes incumbents of other municipal positions.

References

  1. ↑ "Vancouver's new mayor and council to be sworn in Monday afternoon". Vancouver Sun , November 5, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Vancouver's new mayor and council to be sworn in Monday afternoon". Vancouver Sun . November 5, 2018.
  3. ↑ Fumano, Dan (December 9, 2019). "Councillor quits NPA over shift to 'far right". The Province .
  4. ↑ Bula, Francis (December 10, 2019). "Former Vancouver mayoral candidate Ken Sim alarmed at NPA swing to the right: Sim is one of many people from the NPA, the city's oldest and once-dominant civic party, who say it seems to have gone off track". The Globe and Mail .
  5. ↑ Fumano, Dan (January 27, 2021). "NPA leadership opts not to publicly face serious questions". The Globe and Mail .
  6. ↑ Bula, Francis (April 12, 2022). "Three Vancouver city councillors join new ABC party, back Ken Sim for mayor". The Globe and Mail .
  7. ↑ Fumano, Dan (October 17, 2022). "Vancouver Election Results: Ken Sim rolls over Kennedy Stewart, vows to act fast to add police officers". Vancouver Sun . Archived from the original on June 21, 2024. Retrieved February 24, 2025.
  8. ↑ Fumano, Dan (February 14, 2025). "Vancouver city councillor Rebecca Bligh is out of ABC". Vancouver Sun . Retrieved February 14, 2025.
  9. ↑ Little, Simon (February 14, 2025). "ABC Vancouver boots Rebecca Bligh from council caucus". Global News . Retrieved February 14, 2025.
  10. ↑ Tanner, Adrienne (August 4, 2020). "Vancouver's Non-Partisan Association left adrift after four resignations". The Globe and Mail .


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