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.
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.
Joyce 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. She was Minister of Advanced Education and a Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. She was first elected in 1991 to represent the riding of Richmond East and was re-elected in 1996,2001,2005,2009,2013. Reid served as Minister of State for Childcare from June 2005 to June 2009 and the Minister of State for Early Childhood Development from June 2001 to June 2005. She also served as the Deputy Speaker from 2009 until 2013.
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).
Lois E. Jackson is a Canadian politician,formerly the mayor of Delta,British Columbia.
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.
Bob Rennie is an art collector and a real estate marketer based in Vancouver,British Columbia. He is the founder and executive director of Rennie,which is one of Vancouver's largest real estate marketing firms. The company's business divisions include Rennie developer services,Rennie consumer services,Rennie advisory services,Rennie rental services,technology and more. Some of Rennie's top competitors include Key Marketing,MLA Canada,and Magnum Projects. He is known colloquially as the "condo king". Nominated by ArtNews Magazine as one of the top 200 collectors in the world,Rennie is deeply involved in the art community locally and internationally,and he maintained his own art museum in Chinatown's Wing Sang building until fairly recently gifting it to the Chinese History Society.
Murray Rankin is a Canadian lawyer,politician and public law expert who serves as British Columbia's Minister of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation. A member of the New Democratic Party,Rankin represents the riding of Oak Bay-Gordon Head in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. Rankin previously served as the federal Member of Parliament for Victoria from 2012 to 2019,with senior roles including Justice and Attorney General Critic,Health Critic,and NDP House Leader. From 2019 to 2020,Rankin was head of Canada's National Security and Intelligence Review Agency (NSIRA),overseeing all national security and intelligence activities carried out by the Government of Canada. Previously,he was a professor of law at the University of Victoria,where he taught environmental and administrative law.
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.
Niki Sharma is a Canadian politician and lawyer,who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2020 British Columbia general election. She represents the electoral district of Vancouver-Hastings as a member of the British Columbia New Democratic Party and serves as Attorney General of British Columbia.
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.
