The Electors' Action Movement
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TEAM was a centrist political party from 1968 to the mid-1980s at the municipal level in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It fielded candidates for the office of mayor as well as for positions on the city council, school board, and park board. It was most successful in the 1970s when it held the majority of council seats from 1973 to 1979.
TEAM was founded by Art Phillips
, the head of a successful Vancouver investment firm, and by the late Dr. Walter Hardwick, a UBC Geography professor. Phillips and Hardwick were both elected in 1968 and both went on to secure seats with A TEAM majority council in subsequent elections.
Art Phillips
and Jack Volrich
were two TEAM politicians who served terms as mayor in the 1970s. Michael Harcourt
, who eventually become Premier
of British Columbia in 1991, began his political career as a TEAM member of city council.
TEAM was founded by Art Phillips
Art Phillips
Arthur "Art" Phillips served as the 32nd mayor of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada from 1973 to 1977. Prior to being elected to this post, he founded the Vancouver investment firm of Phillips, Hager & North. Phillips was instrumental in founding a reform-minded, centrist municipal-level...
, the head of a successful Vancouver investment firm, and by the late Dr. Walter Hardwick, a UBC Geography professor. Phillips and Hardwick were both elected in 1968 and both went on to secure seats with A TEAM majority council in subsequent elections.
Art Phillips
Art Phillips
Arthur "Art" Phillips served as the 32nd mayor of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada from 1973 to 1977. Prior to being elected to this post, he founded the Vancouver investment firm of Phillips, Hager & North. Phillips was instrumental in founding a reform-minded, centrist municipal-level...
and Jack Volrich
Jack Volrich
Jack Volrich was born in Anyox, British Columbia and was the 33rd mayor of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada from 1977 to 1980. Prior to this, he practiced law and served as an alderman on the Vancouver City Council....
were two TEAM politicians who served terms as mayor in the 1970s. Michael Harcourt
Michael Harcourt
Michael Franklin Harcourt served as the 30th Premier of the province of British Columbia in Canada from 1991 to 1996, and before that as the 34th mayor of BC's major city, Vancouver from 1980 to 1986....
, who eventually become Premier
Premier
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of British Columbia in 1991, began his political career as a TEAM member of city council.