2011 Vancouver municipal election

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.

2011 Vancouver municipal election
November 19, 2011 (2011-11-19)
11 seats in Vancouver City Council
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Gregor Robertson Suzanne Anton Adriane Carr
(de facto)
Party Vision NPA Green
Leader since June 2008 2011 2011
Leader's seat Mayor Ran for Mayor (lost) Councillor
Last election 8 seats, 54.39% 1 seat, 39.26% 0 seats, N/A
Seats won 8 2 1
Seat change 1 1
Popular vote 77,005 58,152 N/A
Percentage 53.17% 40.15% N/A
Swing 1.21% 0.89% N/A
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Ellen Woodsworth
(de facto)		 Randy Helten
Party COPE NSV
Leader since 2011 2007
Leader's seat Ran for Councillor (lost) Ran for Mayor (lost)
Last election 2 seats, N/A N/A
Seats won 0 0
Seat change 2
Popular vote N/A 4,077
Percentage N/A 2.77%
Swing N/A N/A
Mayor before election

Gregor Robertson
Vision

 Elected Mayor

Gregor Robertson
Vision

Incumbent Mayor Gregor Robertson and the Vision Vancouver Party sought and won their second term in office following their victory in the 2008 election. All Vision Vancouver candidates won seats in their respective categories.[2]

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 the Coalition of Progressive Electors (COPE) and joined Vision as a sitting trustee.

The Green Party of Vancouver had its first elected city councillor with Adriane Carr, but lost its incumbent seat in the Park Board.[4] New party Neighbourhoods for a Sustainable Vancouver (NSV) did not win any seats in council. NSV leader Randy Helten placed a distant third in the mayoral race.

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 COPE signed an electoral agreement to support each other's candidates for election.[5][6]

(I) denotes incumbents.

Mayor
Poster from the 2011 Vancouver municipal elections

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 Board 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 Board trustees

Nine school board 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 Board commissioners School Board trustees Total candidates
# 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 Board commissioners School Board trustees Total elected
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%

References
  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 Archived April 15, 2012, at the Wayback Machine CivicInfo BC. Retrieved November 20, 2011
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