2018 Vancouver municipal election

The 2018 Vancouver municipal election was held on October 20, 2018, the same day as other municipalities and regional districts in British Columbia selected their new municipal governments. Voters elected a mayor, 10 city councillors, 7 park board commissioners, and 9 school board trustees through plurality-at-large voting.[2] Official registration for all candidates opened on September 4, 2018, and closed on September 14, 2018.[3]

2018 Vancouver municipal election

October 20, 2018
10 seats on the Vancouver City Council +1 Mayor 9 seats on Vancouver School Board 7 seats on Vancouver Park Board
Turnout	39.4%[1] 4.0 pp
Leader Kennedy Stewart Ken Sim Shauna Sylvester Party Independent NPA Independent Leader since 2018 Leader's seat Mayor Ran for Mayor (lost) Ran for Mayor (lost) Last election N/A 3 seats, 40.42% N/A Seats won 1 (Mayor) 5 N/A Seat change 1 2 N/A Popular vote 49,705 48,748 35,457 Percentage 28.71% 28.16% 20.48% Swing (Did not run) 12.27% (Did not run)   Leader Wai Young Hector Bremner Adriane Carr (de facto) Party Coalition Vancouver Yes Vancouver Green Leader since 2018 2018 2011 Leader's seat Ran for Mayor (lost) Ran for Mayor (lost) Councillor Last election N/A pre-creation 1 seat, N/A Seats won 0 0 3 Seat change N/A N/A 2 Popular vote 11,872 9,924 N/A Percentage 6.86% 5.73% N/A Swing (Did not run) (Did not run) N/A   Leader Gregor Robertson Party COPE OneCity Vision Leader since 2008 Leader's seat Mayor (Not running for re-election) Last election 0 seats, 9.24% 0 seats, N/A 7 seats, 45.97% Seats won 1 1 0 Seat change 1 1 7 Popular vote N/A N/A N/A Percentage N/A N/A N/A Swing N/A N/A N/A
23 official neighbourhoods of Vancouver (local usage varies)
Mayor before election Gregor Robertson Vision Elected Mayor Kennedy Stewart Independent

For the first time, candidates were listed in random order instead of alphabetical order. This was done in an effort to create a more even playing field for candidates, as research has shown many voters are more likely to vote for those listed first on a ballot, giving those candidates a perceived advantage over those lower down on the list.[4]

Candidates and results

Mayor

Incumbent Gregor Robertson, who had been mayor of Vancouver since being elected in 2008, announced on January 10, 2018, that he would not be running for reelection in the 2018 election.[5]

At the close of nominations, 21 candidates had formally registered to run for mayor in the election.[6][7][8]

2018 Vancouver municipal election: Vancouver Mayor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Independent	Kennedy Stewart	49,705	28.71
	NPA	Ken Sim	48,748	28.16
	Independent	Shauna Sylvester	35,457	20.48
	Coalition Vancouver	Wai Young	11,872	6.86
	Yes Vancouver	Hector Bremner	9,924	5.73
	Vancouver 1st	Fred Harding	5,640	3.26
	ProVancouver	David Chen	3,573	2.06
	Independent	Sean Cassidy	1,536	0.89
	IDEA Vancouver	Connie Fogal	1,435	0.83
	Independent	Mike Hansen	951	0.55
	Independent	Jason Lamarche	695	0.40
	Independent	Rollergirl	686	0.40
	Independent	Ping Chan	653	0.38
	Independent	John Yano	510	0.29
	Independent	Tim Ly	349	0.20
	Independent	Sophia C. Kaiser	336	0.19
	Independent	Satwant K. Shottha	331	0.19
	Independent	Lawrence Massey	233	0.13
	Independent	Katy Le Rougetel	181	0.10
	Independent	Gölök Z. Buday	178	0.10
	Independent	Maynard Aubichon	139	0.08

Formerly declared mayoral candidates

• Patrick Condon (Coalition of Progressive Electors) withdrew from the race on July 13, 2018.[9]
• Ian Campbell (Vision Vancouver) withdrew from the race on September 10, 2018.[10]

City councillors

Legend

Bold	denotes elected candidates
(I)	denotes incumbent city councillors
(O)	denotes incumbents of other municipal positions

2018 Vancouver municipal election: Vancouver City Council
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Green	(I) Adriane Carr	69,739	4.99
	Green	Pete Fry	61,806	4.42
	NPA	(I) Melissa De Genova	53,251	3.81
	COPE	Jean Swanson	48,865	3.50
	NPA	Colleen Hardwick	47,747	3.42
	Green	(O) Michael Wiebe	45,593	3.26
	OneCity	Christine Boyle	45,455	3.25
	NPA	(O) Lisa Dominato	44,689	3.20
	NPA	Rebecca Bligh	44,053	3.15
	NPA	(O) Sarah Kirby-Yung	43,581	3.12
	NPA	David Grewal	41,913	3.00
	Green	David H. Wong	40,887	2.93
	Vision	(I) Heather Deal	39,529	2.83
	COPE	Derrick O'Keefe	38,305	2.74
	NPA	Justin P. Goodrich	37,917	2.71
	COPE	Anne Roberts	36,531	2.62
	OneCity	Brandon O. Yan	36,167	2.59
	NPA	Jojo Quimpo	34,601	2.48
	Independent	Sarah Blyth	29,456	2.11
	Vision	Tanya Paz	28,836	2.06
	Vision	Diego Cardona	27,325	1.96
	Vision	(O) Catherine Evans	25,124	1.80
	Independent	(O) Erin Shum	23,331	1.67
	Vancouver 1st	Ken Low	21,908	1.57
	Independent	Adrian Crook	17,392	1.25
	Vision	Wei Q. Zhang	16,734	1.20
	Coalition Vancouver	Ken Charko	16,366	1.17
	Coalition Vancouver	James Lin	16,191	1.16
	Independent	Wade Grant	15,422	1.10
	Independent	Taqdir K. Bhandal	15,326	1.10
	Vancouver 1st	Elizabeth Taylor	15,184	1.09
	Coalition Vancouver	Penny Mussio	14,886	1.07
	Yes Vancouver	Brinder Bains	13,948	1.00
	Yes Vancouver	Stephanie Ostler	13,530	0.97
	Coalition Vancouver	Jason Xie	13,424	0.96
	Yes Vancouver	Glynnis C. Chan	13,218	0.94
	Coalition Vancouver	Glen Chernen	13,148	0.94
	Coalition Vancouver	Morning Li	12,614	0.90
	Vancouver 1st	Nycki K. Basra	12,133	0.87
	Yes Vancouver	Jaspreet Virdi	12,124	0.87
	Coalition Vancouver	Franco Peta	11,193	0.86
	Yes Vancouver	Phyllis Tang	11,902	0.85
	Independent	Rob McDowell	11,828	0.85
	Independent	Penny Noble	11,435	0.82
	Independent	Graham Cook	11,084	0.79
	Vancouver 1st	Michelle C. Mollineaux	8,819	0.63
	ProVancouver	Raza Mirza	8,783	0.63
	Vancouver 1st	Jesse Johl	8,609	0.62
	Independent	Barbara Buchanan	8,180	0.59
	ProVancouver	Breton Crellin	7,856	0.56
	Vancouver 1st	Elishia Perosa	7,489	0.54
	Independent	Anastasia Koutalianos	7,469	0.53
	Independent	Abubakar Khan	7,239	0.52
	Vancouver 1st	John Malusa	6,597	0.47
	Independent	Lisa Kristiansen	6,506	0.47
	ProVancouver	Rohana D. Rezel	6,336	0.45
	Independent	Françoise Raunet	5,891	0.42
	Independent	Hamdy El-Rayes	5,381	0.39
	Independent	Hsin-Chen Fu	5,007	0.36
	Independent	Justin Caudwell	4,488	0.32
	Independent	Harry Miedzygorski	4,308	0.31
	Independent	Gordon T. Kennedy	4,297	0.31
	Independent	Ashley Hughes	3,965	0.28
	Independent	Kelly Alm	3,440	0.25
	Independent	Marlo Franson	3,316	0.24
	Independent	John Spark	3,287	0.24
	Independent	Katherine Ramdeen	3,082	0.22
	Independent	Spike Peachey	2,863	0.20
	Independent	Larry J. Falls	2,768	0.20
	Independent	Elke Porter	2,515	0.18
	Independent	Ted Copeland	1,946	0.14

Party standings in City Council

Party	Seats on City Council
NPA	5 / 10
Green	3 / 10
COPE	1 / 10
OneCity	1 / 10

Park Board commissioners

Top 7 candidates elected

2018 Vancouver municipal election: Vancouver Park Board
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Green	(I) Stuart Mackinnon	73,549	8.10
	Green	Dave Demers	73,167	8.06
	Green	Camil Dumont	65,303	7.19
	NPA	(I) John Coupar	49,768	5.48
	NPA	Tricia Barker	48,738	5.37
	COPE	Gwen Giesbrecht	48,404	5.33
	COPE	John Irwin	46,287	5.10

Party standings in Park Board

Party	Seats on Park Board
Green	3 / 7
NPA	2 / 7
COPE	2 / 7

School Board trustees

Top 9 candidates elected

2018 Vancouver municipal election: Vancouver School Board
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Green	(I) Janet Fraser	75,100	6.89
	Green	(I) Estrellita Gonzalez	58,409	5.36
	OneCity	Jennifer Reddy	52,757	4.84
	NPA	Oliver Hanson	49,932	4.58
	NPA	(I) Fraser Ballantyne	49,793	4.57
	NPA	Carmen Cho	49,541	4.55
	Green	Lois Chan-Pedley	48,409	4.44
	COPE	Barb Parrott	48,189	4.42
	Vision	(I) Allan Wong	47,301	4.34

Party standings in School Board

Party	Seats on School Board
Green	3 / 9
NPA	3 / 9
OneCity	1 / 9
COPE	1 / 9
Vision	1 / 9

Opinion polls

Mayoral candidates

Polling firm	Date of polling	Stewart	Sim	Sylvester	Bremner	Young	Chen	Other(s)	Ref.
Research Co.	October 14, 2018	36%	23%	19%	6%	6%	2%	Harding (2%); others (5%)	[11]
One Persuasion Inc.	October 13, 2018	33%	19%	21%	8%	16%	N/A	Others (3%)	[12]
Research Co.	October 7, 2018	34%	20%	16%	10%	7%	7%	Harding (4%)	[13]
Research Co.	September 19, 2018	36%	25%	17%	7%	3%	4%	Harding (3%); Fogal (2%)	[14]
Mainstreet Research	September 5, 2018	23.3%	12.4%	8.2%	13.6%	6.7%	7.6%	Campbell (9%)	[15]
Research Co.	July 19, 2018	25%	26%	11%	5%	8%	4%	Campbell (20%)	[16]
Research Co.	June 14, 2018	26%	23%	9%	10%	3%	4%	Campbell (18%); Condon (8)	[17]

Political parties

Polling firm	Date of polling	Coalition	COPE	Green	NPA	OneCity	ProVancouver	Vancouver 1st	Vision	Yes	Ind.	Ref.
Research Co.	Oct 16, 2018	18%	34%	47%	35%	27%	16%	18%	29%	18%	53%	[18]
Research Co.	Oct 11, 2018	22%	32%	51%	34%	21%	22%	16%	27%	23%	50%	[19]
Research Co.	Sep 11, 2018	13%	32%	46%	30%	19%	9%	12%	30%	24%	39%	[20]
Research Co.	Jun 14, 2018	17%	28%	56%	30%	17%	11%	-	31%	-	-	[21]
Research Co.	Apr 12, 2018	-	27%	48%	23%	14%	-	-	26%	-	-	[22]

References

1. "Official results from the 2018 Vancouver city election". City of Vancouver. Retrieved October 30, 2018.
2. Correia, Cory (July 4, 2018). "Candidate 101: City of Vancouver sets up info sessions for those mulling run for council". CBC News. Retrieved July 24, 2018.
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4. Vancouver, City of (2018-06-07). "Candidates to be listed in random order on 2018 ballot". vancouver.ca. Retrieved 2018-09-23.
5. Balca, Dario (2018-01-10). "Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson won't seek re-election". British Columbia. Retrieved 2018-09-23.
6. Ferreras, Jesse; Zussman, Richard (June 30, 2018). "B.C. municipal election 2018: Vancouver". Global News. Retrieved July 24, 2018.
7. McElroy, Justin (August 2, 2018). "A Vancouver voter's guide to city council's crowded ballot". CBC News. Retrieved August 31, 2018.
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12. "Vancouver ready to 'throw the bums out' - The Orca". 17 October 2018. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
13. "Stewart Remains Ahead in Vancouver Mayoral Race". 9 October 2018. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
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18. "Stewart Keeps Lead as Vancouver Mayoral Election Looms". 2018-10-16. Retrieved 2018-10-19.
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External links

• City of Vancouver election website
• Elections BC 2018 municipal elections webpage