Vancouver municipal election, 2005
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The City of Vancouver
, along with the rest of British Columbia
, held its triennial municipal elections
on November 19, 2005. Canadian citizens who were over 18 years of age at the time of the vote, and had been a resident of Vancouver for the past 30 days and a resident of B.C. for the past six months, were able to vote for candidates in four races that were presented on one ballot. In addition, Canadian citizen non-resident property owners were eligible to vote.
The ballot elects one mayor, 10 councillors, nine school board trustees and seven park board commissioners. Each elector may vote for as many candidates as there are open seats (e.g., an elector may vote for ten or fewer councillors).
Vancouver
Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...
, along with the rest of British Columbia
British Columbia municipal elections, 2005
The Canadian province of British Columbia held its triannual municipal elections on November 19, 2005. Voters in each of BC's 157 municipalities elected mayors and councillors, and rural voters elected directors for their regional district electoral area...
, held its triennial municipal elections
Municipal elections in Canada
Municipal elections in Canada fall within the jurisdiction of the various provinces and territories. Therefore, they occur on different dates, depending on which province they are in. However, municipalities in the same province will usually have their elections on the same day...
on November 19, 2005. Canadian citizens who were over 18 years of age at the time of the vote, and had been a resident of Vancouver for the past 30 days and a resident of B.C. for the past six months, were able to vote for candidates in four races that were presented on one ballot. In addition, Canadian citizen non-resident property owners were eligible to vote.
The ballot elects one mayor, 10 councillors, nine school board trustees and seven park board commissioners. Each elector may vote for as many candidates as there are open seats (e.g., an elector may vote for ten or fewer councillors).
Overall council results
All figures include votes cast for both mayor and councillorsParty | Party leader and/or mayoral candidate |
# of candidates |
Council Seats | Total Popular Vote | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2002 Vancouver municipal election, 2002 The Coalition of Progressive Electors swept the Vancouver municipal election, 2002, winning 8 of 10 Council seats, 7 of 9 School Board seats and 5 of 7 Parks Board seats. The Non-Partisan Association was reduced to 2 Council seats, 1 School Board seat and 2 Parks Board seats... |
Current | Elected | Change | # | % | Change |
NPA Non-Partisan Association The Non-Partisan Association is a civic-level electoral organization in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. There are, and have also been in the past, Non-Partisan Association political parties in the nearby municipalities of Burnaby, Richmond and Surrey.The NPA was established in 1937 to... |
Sam Sullivan Sam Sullivan Sam Sullivan, CM served as the 38th mayor of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada and has been invested as a Member of the Order of Canada, the country's highest civilian award... |
11 | 2 | 2 | 6 | +4 | |
Vision Vision Vancouver Vision Vancouver is one of three parties represented on Vancouver City Council in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Vision was formed in the months leading up to the 2005 municipal election.-Formation:... |
Jim Green | 6 | - | 4 | 4 | 0 | |
COPE Coalition of Progressive Electors The Coalition of Progressive Electors is a municipal political party in the Canadian city of Vancouver, British Columbia.-Origins:... |
David Cadman David Cadman David Cadman is a Vancouver city councillor, first elected in 2002. A social and environmental activist, Cadman is a member of Coalition of Progressive Electors.... |
5 | 9 | 5 | 1 | -4 | |
Work Less Work Less Party of British Columbia The Work Less Party is a political party in the Canadian province of British Columbia. The party was founded in 2003 by Conrad Schmidt. It has a federal wing and also participates in municipal politics... |
Ben West | 1 | - | - | - | |
Interest | Austin Spencer | 1 | - | - | - | |
Green | none | 1 | - | - | |
Nude Garden | Patrick Britten | 1 | - | - | - | |
Independent | 30 | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total | 56 | 11 | 11 | 11 | - | 100.0 | - |
Mayoralty election
One to be elected.Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
Sam Sullivan Sam Sullivan Sam Sullivan, CM served as the 38th mayor of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada and has been invested as a Member of the Order of Canada, the country's highest civilian award... |
NPA Non-Partisan Association The Non-Partisan Association is a civic-level electoral organization in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. There are, and have also been in the past, Non-Partisan Association political parties in the nearby municipalities of Burnaby, Richmond and Surrey.The NPA was established in 1937 to... |
61543 | 47.34 |
Jim Green | Vision Vision Vancouver Vision Vancouver is one of three parties represented on Vancouver City Council in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Vision was formed in the months leading up to the 2005 municipal election.-Formation:... |
57796 | 44.45 |
James Green | Independent | 4273 | 3.29 |
Ben West | Work Less Work Less Party of British Columbia The Work Less Party is a political party in the Canadian province of British Columbia. The party was founded in 2003 by Conrad Schmidt. It has a federal wing and also participates in municipal politics... |
1907 | 1.47 |
Scott Yee | Independent | 688 | 0.53 |
Austin Spencer | VIP | 456 | 0.35 |
Pedro Mora | Independent | 443 | 0.34 |
Gölök Zoltán Buday | Independent | 384 | 0.30 |
John Landry Gray | Independent | 355 | 0.27 |
Mike Hansen | Independent | 304 | 0.23 |
Darrell Zimmerman | Independent | 283 | 0.22 |
Frank N. D'Agostino | Independent | 275 | 0.21 |
Ian W. Simpson | Independent | 246 | 0.19 |
Arthur Crossman | Independent | 219 | 0.17 |
Grant E. Chancey | Independent | 198 | 0.15 |
Ray Power | Independent | 171 | 0.13 |
Peter Raymond Haskell | Independent | 144 | 0.11 |
Malcolm G. MacLeod | Independent | 140 | 0.11 |
Joe Hatoum | Independent | 96 | 0.07 |
Eliot Esti | Independent | 90 | 0.07 | |
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Total | 130,011 | 100.0 |
Councillors election
Ten to be elected.Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
Suzanne Anton Suzanne Anton Suzanne Anton is a city councillor for Vancouver, British Columbia. She is currently an incumbent city councillor, elected as a member of the Non-Partisan Association in 2005 and in 2008. From the 2008 civic election, she is the only elected NPA representative on the city council... |
NPA Non-Partisan Association The Non-Partisan Association is a civic-level electoral organization in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. There are, and have also been in the past, Non-Partisan Association political parties in the nearby municipalities of Burnaby, Richmond and Surrey.The NPA was established in 1937 to... |
60586 | Peter Ladner Peter Ladner Peter Ladner is a former Vancouver city councillor, first elected as a member of the Non-Partisan Association in 2002 and re-elected in 2005... * |
NPA | 58142 | Raymond Louie Raymond Louie Raymond Louie is a three term Vancouver City Councillor and a former school Trustee. Formerly a member of Coalition of Progressive Electors civic party, Louie broke away and was re-elected in 2005, and again in 2008, as a member of Vision Vancouver.-Background:Born and raised in East Vancouver,... * |
Vision Vision Vancouver Vision Vancouver is one of three parties represented on Vancouver City Council in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Vision was formed in the months leading up to the 2005 municipal election.-Formation:... |
52795 | Kim Capri Kim Capri Kim Capri is a Vancouver, British Columbia city councillor who was elected as a member of Non-Partisan Association in 2005. She is sought reelection in the Vancouver municipal election, 2008... |
NPA | 52719 | Tim Stevenson Tim Stevenson Tim Stevenson is a Canadian politician and United Church clergyman. He is currently an elected member of the Vancouver City Council as a member of Vision Vancouver. He is one of two openly gay city councilors in Vancouver, along with Ellen Woodsworth.-Background:He received a B.A... * |
Vision | 51527 | David Cadman David Cadman David Cadman is a Vancouver city councillor, first elected in 2002. A social and environmental activist, Cadman is a member of Coalition of Progressive Electors.... * |
COPE Coalition of Progressive Electors The Coalition of Progressive Electors is a municipal political party in the Canadian city of Vancouver, British Columbia.-Origins:... |
51155 | George Chow George Chow George Chow is a two-term Vancouver City Councillor who was elected as a member of the Vision Vancouver party in 2005 and 2008. Prior to being elected Chow worked at BC Hydro for over 30 years, where he currently works part time.-Background:... |
Vision | 51107 | Elizabeth Ball | NPA | 50865 | Heather Deal Heather Deal Heather Deal is a professional biologist and Vancouver city councillor who was elected as a member of the Vision Vancouver party in 2005 and 2008. She served as a Vancouver parks board trustee for the 2002 to 2005 term as a member of Coalition of Progressive Electors.Heather was born in England and... |
Vision | 50624 | B.C. Lee | NPA | 50047 | Ronald Leung | NPA | 48430 | Fred Bass Fred Bass Fred Bass is a former city councillor, environmentalist and a preventive medicine physician in Vancouver, Canada.-Background:Bass was born in New York City, attended Antioch College, Case-Western Reserve Medical School, Harvard,and Johns Hopkins. He served as a Preventive Medicine Officer in the US... * |
COPE | 48248 | Colleen Hardwick Nystedt | NPA | 46737 | Valerie Jenkinson | NPA | 46077 | Heather Harrison | Vision | 45719 | Kathi Thompson | NPA | 45314 | Tim Louis Tim Louis Tim Louis is a lawyer and municipal politician in Vancouver, Canada. He was elected to the Vancouver Parks Board in 1990 and 1993, and later to Vancouver City Council as a member of the Coalition of Progressive Electors in 1999 and 2002.-Education, Advocacy and Professional Life:Tim Louis... * |
COPE | 43349 | Ellen Woodsworth Ellen Woodsworth thumb|right|175px|Ellen Woodsworth speaking at a press conference in Vancouver, BC, Canada.Ellen Woodsworth is a former Vancouver City Councillor... * |
COPE | 42724 | Anne Roberts Anne Roberts Anne Roberts is a journalism instructor and former Vancouver city councillor. She was elected as a member of the winning majority of Coalition of Progressive Electors in 2002.... * |
COPE | 41739 | Patrick Maliha | NPA | 39165 | Ann Livingston | Green | 27168 | Kevin Potvin Kevin Potvin Kevin Potvin is a newspaper publisher and columnist, small business owner, and politician based in Vancouver, British Columbia. He founded and runs the Magpie Magazine Gallery, a retail store on Commercial Drive, and The Republic of East Vancouver, an alternative bi-weekly newspaper... |
Independent | 10806 | Michelle Jasmine Chang | Independent | 9016 | Jamie Lee Hamilton Jamie Lee Hamilton Jamie Lee Hamilton is a Canadian politician and advocate of aboriginal people, residents of the city's poverty-stricken Downtown Eastside, and sex trade workers... |
Independent | 8153 | Patrick Britten | Nude Garden | 6595 | Lea Johnson | Independent | 6253 | Beverley Ballantyne | Independent | 6153 | John W. Angus | Independent | 5728 | Wendythirteen | Independent | 4247 | John Patrick Gordon | Independent | 3887 | Phyllis Loke | Independent | 3562 | Marc Boyer | Independent | 3388 | Greg Aulin | Independent | 3335 | Don Briere | Independent | 3125 | David Wilson Applegath | Independent | 2718 | Steve Wansleeben | Independent | 2478 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Total | 1083681 | 100.0 |
Elections to the Vancouver Parks Board
Seven to be elected.Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
Juliet V. Andalis | Independent | Allan De Genova Allan De Genova Allan "Al" De Genova was a five-term Park Board Commissioner for the City of Vancouver, British Columbia. He was first elected in 1993, and subsequently re-elected in 1996, 1999, 2002, and 2005. He was a candidate for the Vision Vancouver Mayoral Nomination in 2008 and was defeated by Gregor... * |
NPA | Bill Grant | Independent | Spencer Herbert | COPE | Heather Holden | NPA | Korina Houghton | NPA | Omar Kassis | COPE | Mel Lehan | COPE | Stuart Mackinnon | Green | Tracey Jastinder Mann | Green | Jenn McGinn Jenn McGinn Jenn McGinn is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, representing the electoral district of Vancouver-Fairview, in a by-election on October 29, 2008. She is the first openly lesbian MLA to serve in the British Columbian Legislature... |
COPE | Ian Robertson Ian Robertson Ian Robertson may refer to:* Ian Robertson , former Australian rules footballer and currently a football commentator* Ian Robertson, Lord Robertson , Senator of the College of Justice in Scotland, 1966-88... |
NPA | Anita Romaniuk Anita Romaniuk Anita Romaniuk is a Canadian politician. She was born in Port Alberni, British Columbia. She received a B.Sc., and a M.Sc. at the University of Victoria and an M.B.A... * |
COPE | Ashok Sarkar | Independent | Earl P. Sunshine | Independent | Eric Whiteway | NPA | Sheryl Williamson-Harms | NPA | Loretta Woodcock* | COPE | Marty Zlotnik | NPA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Total | 100.0 |
Elections to the Vancouver School Board
Nine to be elected.Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
Rucku Bhandal | NPA | Allen Blakey* | COPE | Jane Bouey* | COPE | Ken Denike | NPA | Leo Jack Ferry | Independent | Carol Gibson | NPA | Todd Gnissios | NPA | Eleanor Gregory | NPA | Sharon Gregson | COPE | Clarence Hansen | NPA | Noel Herron* | COPE | Herman Hui Herman Hui Hui Chung-shing , BBS, MH, JP , anglicized as Herman Hui, is a former chairman of the World Scout Committee, the executive board for the World Organization of the Scout Movement from 2005 to 2008.... |
Independent | Angela Kenyon* | COPE | Don Lee | NPA | Conrad Lew | COPE | Kevin Millsip* | COPE | Michelle Mollineaux | NPA | Bang Nguyen | Independent | Andrea Reimer Andrea Reimer Andrea Reimer is a Canadian politician, currently serving on Vancouver, British Columbia'sCity Council. 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... * |
Green | Allan Wong* | COPE | Shirley M. Wong | NPA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Total | 100.0 |
External links
- City of Vancouver elections site
- Profiles of all candidates
- Buday, Gölök Zoltán on Our Campaigns
- Green, James C (Carl) on Our Campaigns
- Politics1 Canada (Beta) includes Some Candidate Info
- Vancouver Charter
- Vancouver School Board (School District #39)
- Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation
- UBC Media Map of entire news coverage
- Electoral Fraud Comes to Vancouver One view of the controversy surrounding the Jim/James Green Issue
- City website enlightens voter about long list of colourful candidates
- Vancouver Votes by Sean Condon ; Only Magazine; 2005
- Sing Tao Article On 2005 Election
- CFIB, Independent Business Survey. (PDF)
- The Vancouverite: The City Is Voting In 13 Days
- Vancouver Ramblings.
- Wannabe mayors talk sports and recreation By Bob Mackin
- Man of God, flower shop owner, linebacker walk into an election... By Mike Howell-Staff writer
- Kitsilano Forum
- Ian King (TCW News Editor); Wrote The Now Broken Linked Article in the TCW "It Ain't Being Indy
- Think City Vancouver Survey Results (PDF)
- Think City
- Who will you cast your vote for? Q