Bruce Yorke

Gregory Bruce Yorke (December 10, 1924 – December 5, 2015) was a housing activist and city councillor in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.[1][2]

Bruce Yorke
Member of the Vancouver City Council
In office
1980–1991
Personal details
Born
Gregory Bruce Yorke

(1924-12-10)December 10, 1924
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
DiedDecember 5, 2015(2015-12-05) (aged 90)
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Political partyCoalition of Progressive Electors

Vancouver Tenants Council

Yorke was key in establishing the Vancouver Tenants Council, which was an organization of tenants that performed direct economic action against landlords and lobbied the provincial government. Between the years of 1968 and 1978 they fought and won the right for tenants to vote in municipal elections. In the early 1970s, Yorke was the "main voice and organizer for tenants".[3]

The Coalition of Progressive Electors

Yorke first ran for the Coalition of Progressive Electors on a slate with Harry Rankin in 1968. Rankin was the only COPE Counillor elected. He ran again unsuccessfully in 1970, 1972, and 1974, and in 1976 was their mayoralty candidate. He was finally elected in 1980, and would serve four terms as a councillor, through 1980 to 1986, and then again from 1990 to 1993.[4] He had to step down in 1991 due to a heart condition.[5]

Notes
  1. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bruce-yorke-vancouver-councillor-cope-1.3360164
  2. http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theprovince/obituary.aspx?n=gregory-yorke&pid=176838357
  3. Tenants Resource Advocacy Centre. "TRAC Record" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 October 2012. Retrieved 24 October 2012.
  4. City of Vancouver. "Past Councils". Retrieved 24 October 2012.
  5. Church, John; et al. (1993). COPE: Working for Vancouver. Vancouver, BC: The Committee of Progressive Electors.
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