Vancouver municipal election, 2011

Vancouver municipal election, 2011
11 seats in Vancouver City Council
Mayor before election; Gregor Robertson ; Vision	Elected Mayor; Gregor Robertson ; Vision

Last updated April 08, 2019

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^[1] was also put to a vote.

Vancouver is a coastal seaport city in western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. As the most populous city in the province, the 2016 census recorded 631,486 people in the city, up from 603,502 in 2011. The Greater Vancouver area had a population of 2,463,431 in 2016, making it the third-largest metropolitan area in Canada. Vancouver has the highest population density in Canada with over 5,400 people per square kilometre, which makes it the fifth-most densely populated city with over 250,000 residents in North America behind New York City, Guadalajara, San Francisco, and Mexico City according to the 2011 census. Vancouver is one of the most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities in Canada according to that census; 52% of its residents have a first language other than English. Roughly 30% of the city's inhabitants are of Chinese heritage. Vancouver is classed as a Beta global city.

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Suzanne Anton lost her bid as mayor but the NPA team gained seats in council, Park Board and School Board. COPE was nearly wiped out this election, losing both seats in city council. Its only elected official was School Board trustee incumbent Allan Wong.^[3] On December 8, 2013, Wong resigned from COPE and joined Vision as a sitting trustee.

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Candidates and results

The nomination period officially opened on October 4, 2011 and closed on October 14, 2011. This was the second election where Vision Vancouver and the Coalition of Progressive Electors (COPE) signed an electoral agreement to support each other's candidates for election.^[5]^[6] (I) denotes incumbents.

The incumbent is the current holder of an office. This term is usually used in reference to elections, in which races can often be defined as being between an incumbent and non-incumbent(s). For example, in the Hungarian presidential election, 2017, János Áder was the incumbent, because he had been the president in the term before the term for which the election sought to determine the president. A race without an incumbent is referred to as an open seat.

Mayor

Twelve candidates sought election to the position of mayor. Four were affiliated with a political party and eight were independents. Incumbent mayor Gregor Robertson of Vision Vancouver was re-elected.

Candidate Name	Party affiliation	Votes	% of votes	Elected
(I) Gregor Robertson	Vision Vancouver	77,005	53.17%	X
Suzanne Anton	Non-Partisan Association	58,152	40.15%
Randy Helten	Neighbourhoods for a Sustainable Vancouver	4,007	2.77%
Gerry McGuire	Vancouver Citizen's Voice	1,195	0.83%
Sam Pelletier	Independent	443	0.31%
Darrell Zimmerman	Independent	426	0.29%
Dubgee	Independent	419	0.29%
Robin Lawrance	Independent	353	0.24%
Victor B. Paquette	Independent	333	0.23%
Lloyd Alan Cooke	Independent	310	0.21%
Menard Caissy	Independent	288	0.20%
Gölök Zoltán Buday	Independent	268	0.19%

City Councillors

Ten councillors were elected out of 41 candidates. Of the candidates, 28 were affiliated with a political party, and 13 were independent. Seven incumbent councillors sought re-election: six from Vision Vancouver and one from COPE. Of those subsequently elected, Vision Vancouver held seven seats, the NPA two and the Green Party of Vancouver one.

Candidate Name	Party Affiliation	Votes	% of Votes	Elected
(I) Raymond Louie	Vision Vancouver	63,273	43.69%	X
(I) Kerry Jang	Vision Vancouver	61,931	42.76%	X
(I) Heather Deal	Vision Vancouver	61,368	42.37%	X
(I) Andrea Reimer	Vision Vancouver	60,593	41.84%	X
(I) Tim Stevenson	Vision Vancouver	56,638	39.11%	X
(I) Geoff Meggs	Vision Vancouver	56,184	38.79%	X
Tony Tang	Vision Vancouver	53,873	37.20%	X
Elizabeth Ball	Non-Partisan Association	51,607	35.63%	X
George Affleck	Non-Partisan Association	51,145	35.32%	X
Adriane Carr	Green Party of Vancouver	48,648	33.59%	X
(I) Ellen Woodsworth	Coalition of Progressive Electors	48,557	33.53%
Bill Yuen	Non-Partisan Association	48,407	33.42%
Mike Klassen	Non-Partisan Association	47,868	33.05%
Ken Charko	Non-Partisan Association	45,373	31.33%
Bill McCreery	Non-Partisan Association	45,114	31.15%
Francis Wong	Non-Partisan Association	44,707	30.87%
Tim Louis	Coalition of Progressive Electors	43,926	30.33%
Sean Bickerton	Non-Partisan Association	43,289	29.89%
Joe Carangi	Non-Partisan Association	41,460	28.63%
RJ Aquino	Coalition of Progressive Electors	39,054	26.97%
Jason Lamarche	Non-Partisan Association	37,286	25.75%
Sandy Garossino	Independent	20,866	14.41%
Elizabeth Murphy	Neighbourhoods for a Sustainable Vancouver	19,644	13.56%
Nicole Benson	Neighbourhoods for a Sustainable Vancouver	17,983	12.42%
Terry Martin	Neighbourhoods for a Sustainable Vancouver	13,025	8.99%
Marie Kerchum	Neighbourhoods for a Sustainable Vancouver	12,614	8.71%
Chris Shaw	De-Growth Vancouver	8,219	5.68%
Ian Gregson	De-Growth Vancouver	7,872	5.44%
Amy Fox	Independent	6,499	4.49%
Kelly Alm	Independent	5,525	3.82%
Grant Fraser	Independent	4,758	3.29%
Chris Masson	De-Growth Vancouver	4,690	3.24%
Lauren R.I.C.H. Gill	Independent	4,682	3.23%
Michael Singh Dharni	Independent	4,167	2.88%
Marc Tan Nguyen	Independent	4,118	2.84%
Rick Orser	Independent	3,996	2.76%
Wendythirteen	Independent	3,926	2.71%
Bang Nguyen	Independent	3,826	2.64%
Cord (Ted) Copeland	Independent	3,587	2.48%
Aaaron R.I.C.H. Spires	Independent	2,200	1.52%
R H Maxwell N Bur	Independent	1,955	1.35%

Park Commissioners

Seven commissioners were elected out of 21 candidates. Of the candidates, 15 were affiliated with a political party, and six were independent. Four incumbent commissioners sought re-election: three from Vision Vancouver and one from the Green Party of Vancouver. Of the elected commissioners, Vision held five seats and the NPA two.

Candidate Name	Party Affiliation	Votes	% of Votes	Elected
(I) Constance Barnes	Vision Vancouver	63,952	44.16%	X
(I) Sarah Blyth	Vision Vancouver	62,198	42.95%	X
(I) Aaron Jasper	Vision Vancouver	58,343	40.29%	X
Niki Sharma	Vision Vancouver	58,330	40.28%	X
Melissa De Genova	Non-Partisan Association	56,501	39.01%	X
John Coupar	Non-Partisan Association	50,375	34.78%	X
Trevor Loke	Vision Vancouver	49,878	34.44%	X
Casey Crawford	Non-Partisan Association	49,020	33.85%
Gabby Kalaw	Non-Partisan Association	48,600	33.56%
Jason Upton	Non-Partisan Association	46,261	31.94%
Dave Pasin	Non-Partisan Association	46,005	31.77%
(I) Stuart Mackinnon	Green Party of Vancouver	44,761	30.91%
Brent Granby	Coalition of Progressive Electors	42,769	29.53%
Donalda Greenwell-Baker	Coalition of Progressive Electors	39,033	26.95%
Jamie Lee Hamilton	Independent Democratic Electoral Alliance	19,495	13.46%
Juliet Victoria Andalis	Independent	12,693	8.76%
Eleanor Hadley	Independent	10,754	9.37%
Andrew Murray	Independent	9,819	6.78%
Tammy Truong	Independent	8,917	6.16%
Peter Raymond Haskell	Independent	5,540	3.83%
Freyja Pri Toor	Independent	5,062	3.50%

School Trustees

Nine school trustees were elected out of 20 candidates. Of the candidates, 15 were affiliated with a political party, and five were independent. Seven incumbent trustees were seeking re-election: three from Vision Vancouver, three from COPE, and one from the NPA. Of the elected trustees, five were from Vision Vancouver, three from the NPA and one from COPE.

Candidate Name	Party Affiliation	Votes	% of Votes	Elected
(I) Patti Bacchus	Vision Vancouver	72,025	49.73%	X
(I) Mike Lombardi	Vision Vancouver	65,411	45.17%	X
(I) Ken Clement	Vision Vancouver	61,994	42.81%	X
Cherie Payne	Vision Vancouver	61,874	42.72%	X
(I) Ken Denike	Non-Partisan Association	59,310	40.95%	X
(I) Allan Wong	Coalition of Progressive Electors	57,902	39.98%	X
Rob Wynen	Vision Vancouver	56,763	39.19%	X
Sophia Woo	Non-Partisan Association	55,890	38.59%	X
Fraser Ballantyne	Non-Partisan Association	55,713	38.47%	X
Stacy Robertson	Non-Partisan Association	54,275	37.48%
Gwen Giesbrecht	Coalition of Progressive Electors	52,470	36.23%
(I) Jane Bouey	Coalition of Progressive Electors	52,026	35.92%
(I) Al Blakey	Coalition of Progressive Electors	51,963	35.88%
Sandy Sharma	Non-Partisan Association	49,843	34.42%
Louise Boutin	Green Party of Vancouver	34,477	23.81%
Lily Harvey	Independent	20,314	14.03%
Misha Lauenstein	Independent	14,297	9.87%
Robert Allan Stark	Independent	13,391	9.25%
Bang Nguyen	Independent	12,903	8.91%
Peter Raymond Haskell	Independent	11,915	8.23%

Capital Plan Questions

1. Are you in favour of Council having the authority, without further assent of the electors, to pass by-laws between January 1, 2012 and December 31, 2014 to borrow an aggregate $65,800,000 for the following purposes?

Community Facilities at $58,600,000
Parks at $7,200,000

Option	Votes	Percentage
Yes	81,605	63.39%
No	47,124	36.61%
Total Votes	128,729	100%

2. Are you in favour of Council having the authority, without further assent of the electors, to pass by-laws between January 1, 2012 and December 31, 2014 to borrow an aggregate $66,300,000 for the following purposes?

Street and Bridge Infrastructure at $41,150,000
Transit and Safety Improvements at $8,500,000
Street Lighting, Traffic Signals and Communications Systems at $16,650,000

Option	Votes	Percentage
Yes	88,640	68.85%
No	40,095	31.15%
Total Votes	128,735	100%

3. Are you in favour of Council having the authority, without further assent of the electors, to pass by-laws between January 1, 2012 and December 31, 2014 to borrow an aggregate $47,700,000 for the following purposes?

Public Safety Facilities at $13,200,000
Civic Facilities at $34,500,000

Option	Votes	Percentage
Yes	87,515	68.23%
No	40,740	31.76%
Total Votes	128,255	100%

Voter and party statistics

Voter turnout

Of the 418,878 registered voters, there were 144,823 recorded ballots, marking the voter turnout at 34.57%.^[7] This is an increase from the 30.79% turnout during the previous municipal election in 2008.

Elected percentage by party

Of the parties represented, only Vision Vancouver had its entire slate of candidates elected in all fields.

	Party	Mayor		Councillors		Park Commissioners		School Trustees		Total candidates
	Party
# Elected	% Elected	# Elected	% Elected	# Elected	% Elected	# Elected	% Elected	# Elected	% Elected
	Vision Vancouver	1/1	100.0%	7/7	100.0%	5/5	100.0%	5/5	100.0%	18/18	100.0%
	Green Party of Vancouver	NIL	N/A	1/1	100.0%	0/1	0.0%	0/1	0.0%	1/3	33.3%
	Non-Partisan Association	0/1	0.0%	2/10	20.0%	2/6	33.3%	3/5	60.0%	7/22	31.8%
	Coalition of Progressive Electors	NIL	N/A	0/3	0.0%	0/2	0.0%	1/4	25.0%	1/9	11.1%
	Neighbourhoods for a Sustainable Vancouver	0/1	0.0%	0/4	0.0%	NIL	N/A	NIL	N/A	0/5	0.0%
	De-Growth Vancouver	NIL	N/A	0/3	0.0%	NIL	N/A	NIL	N/A	0/3	0.0%
	Vancouver Citizen's Voice	0/1	0.0%	NIL	N/A	NIL	N/A	NIL	N/A	0/1	0.0%
	Independent Democratic Electoral Alliance	NIL	N/A	NIL	N/A	0/1	0.0%	NIL	N/A	0/1	0.0%
	Independent candidates	0/8	0.0%	0/13	0.0%	0/6	0.0%	0/5	0.0%	0/32	0.0%

Seat changes by party

	Party	Mayor & Councillors				Park Commissioners				School Trustees				Total elected
	Party
2008	2011	% Change	% Seats	2008	2011	% Change	% Seats	2008	2011	% Change	% Seats	2008	2011	% Change	% Seats
	Vision Vancouver	8	8	±0.00%	72.73%	4	5	+25.00%	71.43%	4	5	+25.00%	55.56%	16	18	+12.50%	66.67%
	Non-Partisan Association	1	2	+100.00%	18.18%	1	2	+100.00%	28.57%	2	3	+50.00%	33.33%	4	7	+75.00%	25.93%
	Green Party of Vancouver	0	1	N/A	9.09%	1	0	-100.00%	0.00%	0	0	±0.00%	0.00%	1	1	±0.00%	3.70%
	Coalition of Progressive Electors	2	0	-100.00%	0.00%	1	0	-100.00%	0.00%	3	1	-66.67%	11.11%	6	1	-83.33%	3.70%

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References

↑ Capital Plan 2012-2014 at vancouver.ca
↑ Spencer, Kent; Olivier, Cassidy (November 20, 2011). "Robertson leads Vision sweep". The Province . Retrieved November 23, 2011.
↑ O'Connor, Naoibh (November 21, 2011). "COPE's last man standing speaks". Vancouver Courier . Retrieved November 23, 2011.
↑ Thomas, Sandra (November 19, 2011). "Adriane Carr makes Vancouver city council history". Vancouver Courier . Retrieved November 23, 2011.
↑ Howell, Mike (November 21, 2011). "COPE infighting follows Vancouver election disaster". Vancouver Courier . Retrieved November 23, 2011.
↑ Carrigg, David (November 20, 2011). "Veteran left-wing COPE squeezed out of picture". The Province . Retrieved November 23, 2011.
↑ Percent Voter Turnout Calculations for BC Municipalities CivicInfo BC. Retrieved 2011-11-20

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[1] Capital Plan 2012-2014 at vancouver.ca

[2] Spencer, Kent; Olivier, Cassidy (November 20, 2011). "Robertson leads Vision sweep". The Province . Retrieved November 23, 2011.

[3] O'Connor, Naoibh (November 21, 2011). "COPE's last man standing speaks". Vancouver Courier . Retrieved November 23, 2011.

[4] Thomas, Sandra (November 19, 2011). "Adriane Carr makes Vancouver city council history". Vancouver Courier . Retrieved November 23, 2011.

[5] Howell, Mike (November 21, 2011). "COPE infighting follows Vancouver election disaster". Vancouver Courier . Retrieved November 23, 2011.

[6] Carrigg, David (November 20, 2011). "Veteran left-wing COPE squeezed out of picture". The Province . Retrieved November 23, 2011.

[7] Percent Voter Turnout Calculations for BC Municipalities CivicInfo BC. Retrieved 2011-11-20