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The 2014 Vancouver municipal election took place on November 15, 2014, the same day as other municipalities and regional districts in British Columbia selected their new municipal governments. As with previous elections, voters elected one mayor, 10 councillors, nine school board trustees, and seven park board commissioners through plurality-at-large voting. Voters also voted on whether to approve a capital budget.

Outcome

Incumbent Mayor Gregor Robertson sought re-election with the Vision Vancouver Party,[1] which swept the 2011 election when it elected him and all of the party's city council, park board and school board candidates. In this election, Robertson was re-elected as mayor; however, Vision representation decreased with only six councillors, four school trustees, and one park board commissioner elected. In total, ten Vision candidates were not elected, including five incumbent candidates: one councillor, three school trustees, and one park board commissioner.

The Non-Partisan Association (NPA) came into the election as the second largest party in Vancouver, with two city councillors, two park board commissioners, and one school trustee. Their mayoral candidate was journalist Kirk LaPointe who lost to Robertson in the mayoral race by 10,086 votes. The NPA team gained ground electing three councillors, four park board commissioners, and four school trustees.

The Vancouver Green Party sought to improve on its 2011 results which saw the first-ever Green Party city councillor, Adriane Carr, elected. Carr was re-elected as councillor and was actually the councillor elected with the most votes at 74,077. Additionally, two park board commissioners and one school board trustee were elected, giving the Green Party of Vancouver its best result in the history of Vancouver municipal elections.

The Coalition of Progressive Electors (COPE), which officially cut ties with former ally Vision Vancouver in 2012, lost its only elected official when school trustee Allan Wong switched from COPE to Vision Vancouver on December 8, 2013, ending decades of COPE representation in the city. COPE contested this election with its first mayoral candidate since 2002, community organizer and former NDP candidate Meena Wong. The party also had candidates for every council seat.[2] Wong placed third in the mayoral race, and no COPE candidates were elected.

New Party Vancouver 1st ran a slate of candidates for all offices. These included Olympic bronze medal winning swimmer Brent Hayden as a park board commissioner candidate, and two incumbent school board trustees Ken Denike, and Sophia Woo, who had been expelled from the NPA in June. However, no candidates from Vancouver 1st were elected.

Nominations for the 2014 vote opened on September 30, 2014, and closed on October 10, 2014.[3] Vancouver uses an at-large election system for all elected positions; the ten candidates with most citywide votes are elected as councillors.[4]

Just before 8:00 P.M. on election day, voting hours were extended by 45 minutes at four locations because of ballot shortages earlier in the day due to high voter turnout.[5]

Political parties

This is a list of political parties who ran candidates in the 2014 election:

Party Leader Political position Notes
style="background:Шаблон:Canadian party colour;"| Vision Vancouver Gregor Robertson Centre-left Vision Vancouver's leadership review on May 4, 2014, resulted in the nomination of incumbent candidates who ran for re-election for the offices they had held, including Mayor Gregor Robertson who had a 99% approval rating from members.

On June 22, 2014, Vision Vancouver held a nomination meeting for candidates to fill one school trustee and four park commissioner seats.[6] Two park board candidates dropped out of the race, but a full slate of candidates was announced on September 10, 2014.[7]

style="background:Шаблон:Canadian party colour;"| Non-Partisan Association Kirk LaPointe Centre-right NPA announced on July 14, 2014, that the party's mayoral candidate would be journalist Kirk LaPointe.[8]
style="background:Шаблон:Canadian party colour;"| Green Party of Vancouver Adriane Carr (de facto) Centre-left, green politics On March 31, 2014, the Green Party of Vancouver announced its candidates for City Council, school board and park board.[9]
style="background:Шаблон:Canadian party colour;"| Coalition of Progressive Electors Meena Wong Left COPE announced its candidates following an open Nominations Conference on September 7, 2014. One council candidate and an additional park board candidate were ratified by the party's Indigenous Equity Caucus at a later date.[10]
Cedar Party Glen Chernen The Vancouver Cedar Party, launched in November 2012, believed in strong community roots.[11]
Hotel Workers United – Local 40 Ferdinad Ramos
Independent Democratic Electors Alliance Jamie Lee Hamilton
OneCity Vancouver RJ Aquino Centre-Left, urbanism OneCity was a new Vancouver political party launched in May 2014 with the intention of fielding candidates for the November 2014 Municipal Election.[12]
Public Education Project Jane Bouey The Public Education Project believed public education is a cornerstone of a democratic society. They wanted education, and the well-being of children and youth, to be given priority attention in the election.[13]
Stop Party Meynard Aubichon
Vancouver 1st Jesse Johl Conservative libertarianism Vancouver 1st was committed to bringing accountable, democratic and transparent government. Vancouver 1st was relying on grassroots support.[14]

Candidates and results

The nomination period officially opened on September 30, 2014, and closed on October 10, 2014.[15]

(I) denotes incumbents.

Mayor

Ten candidates sought election to the position of mayor; four were affiliated with a political party and six were independents. Incumbent mayor Gregor Robertson of Vision Vancouver was re-elected for a third straight term.

Candidate Name Party affiliation Votes % of votes Elected
(I) Gregor Robertson style="background:Шаблон:Canadian party colour;"| Vision Vancouver 83,529 45.97% X
Kirk LaPointe style="background:Шаблон:Canadian party colour;"| Non-Partisan Association 73,443 40.42%
Meena Wong style="background:Шаблон:Canadian party colour;"| Coalition of Progressive Electors 16,791 9.24%
Bob Kasting Independent 1,682 0.93%
Mike Hansen Independent 714 0.39%
Jeff Hill Independent 611 0.34%
Tim Ly Independent 556 0.31%
Meynard Aubichon Stop Party 508 0.28%
Cherryse Kaur Kaiser Independent 492 0.27%
Colin Shandler Independent 459 0.25%

City councillors

Ten councillors were elected from forty-nine candidates. Of the candidates, thirty-nine were affiliated with a political party; ten were independent. All ten incumbent councillors sought re-election: seven from Vision Vancouver, two from the NPA, and one from the Green Party. NPA candidate Melissa De Genova and Vision candidate Niki Sharma were both sitting Park Board commissioners from their respective parties. Of the ten elected councillors, six were from Vision, three were from the NPA, and one was from the Green Party.

Candidate Name Party Affiliation Votes % of votes Elected
(I) Adriane Carr style="background:Шаблон:Canadian party colour;"| Green Party of Vancouver 74,077 40.77% X
(I) George Affleck style="background:Шаблон:Canadian party colour;"| Non-Partisan Association 68,419 37.65% X
(I) Elizabeth Ball style="background:Шаблон:Canadian party colour;"| Non-Partisan Association 67,195 36.98% X
Melissa De Genova style="background:Шаблон:Canadian party colour;"| Non-Partisan Association 63,134 34.74% X
(I) Heather Deal style="background:Шаблон:Canadian party colour;"| Vision Vancouver 62,698 34.51% X
(I) Kerry Jang style="background:Шаблон:Canadian party colour;"| Vision Vancouver 62,595 34.45% X
(I) Andrea Reimer style="background:Шаблон:Canadian party colour;"| Vision Vancouver 62,316 34.29% X
(I) Raymond Louie style="background:Шаблон:Canadian party colour;"| Vision Vancouver 61,903 34.07% X
(I) Tim Stevenson style="background:Шаблон:Canadian party colour;"| Vision Vancouver 57,640 31.72% X
(I) Geoff Meggs style="background:Шаблон:Canadian party colour;"| Vision Vancouver 56,831 31.28% X
Ian Robertson style="background:Шаблон:Canadian party colour;"| Non-Partisan Association 56,319 30.99%
Gregory Baker style="background:Шаблон:Canadian party colour;"| Non-Partisan Association 55,721 30.67%
Suzanne Scott style="background:Шаблон:Canadian party colour;"| Non-Partisan Association 55,486 30.54%
Ken Low style="background:Шаблон:Canadian party colour;"| Non-Partisan Association 54,971 30.25%
Rob McDowell style="background:Шаблон:Canadian party colour;"| Non-Partisan Association 53,596 29.50%
(I) Tony Tang style="background:Шаблон:Canadian party colour;"| Vision Vancouver 49,414 27.19%
Niki Sharma style="background:Шаблон:Canadian party colour;"| Vision Vancouver 48,987 26.96%
Cleta Brown style="background:Шаблон:Canadian party colour;"| Green Party of Vancouver 47,564 26.18%
Pete Fry style="background:Шаблон:Canadian party colour;"| Green Party of Vancouver 46,522 25.60%
Lisa Barrett style="background:Шаблон:Canadian party colour;"| Coalition of Progressive Electors 35,234 19.39%
Tim Louis style="background:Шаблон:Canadian party colour;"| Coalition of Progressive Electors 31,650 17.42%
RJ Aquino OneCity Vancouver 30,050 16.54%
Gayle Gavin style="background:Шаблон:Canadian party colour;"| Coalition of Progressive Electors 25,547 14.06%
Jennifer O'Keefee style="background:Шаблон:Canadian party colour;"| Coalition of Progressive Electors 23,121 12.72%
Sid Chow Tan style="background:Шаблон:Canadian party colour;"| Coalition of Progressive Electors 20,948 11.53%
Audrey "sχɬemtəna:t" Siegl style="background:Шаблон:Canadian party colour;"| Coalition of Progressive Electors 19,258 10.60%
Keith Higgins style="background:Шаблон:Canadian party colour;"| Coalition of Progressive Electors 18,219 10.02%
Mercedes Wong Vancouver 1st 17,493 9.62%
Wilson Munoz style="background:Шаблон:Canadian party colour;"| Coalition of Progressive Electors 13,756 7.57%
Glen Chernen Cedar Party 9,577 5.27%
Federico Fuoco Vancouver 1st 9,041 4.98%
Nicholas Chernen Cedar Party 8,724 4.80%
Lena Ling Independent 8,197 4.51%
Ferdinad Ramos Hotel Workers United – Local 40 7,986 4.39%
Jesse Johl Vancouver 1st 7,953 4.38%
Charlene Gunn Cedar Party 6,512 3.58%
Elena Murgoci Vancouver 1st 6,140 3.38%
David Angus Independent 5,895 3.24%
Jeremy Gustafson Cedar Party 5,098 2.81%
Grant Fraser Independent 5,096 2.80%
Milan Kljajic Vancouver 1st 4,881 2.69%
Anthony Guitar Independent 4,375 2.41%
Kelly Alm Independent 4,038 2.22%
Rick Orser Independent Democratic Electors Alliance 3,548 1.95%
Marc Boyer Independent 3,329 1.83%
Rajiv Pandey Independent 3,229 1.78%
Cord Ted Copeland Independent 3,202 1.76%
Abraham Deocera Independent 3,160 1.74%
Ludvik Skalicky Independent 1,797 0.99%

Park Board commissioners

Seven commissioners were elected from thirty-one candidates. Of the candidates, twenty-five were affiliated with a political party; six were independent. Two incumbent commissioners sought re-election: one from Vision Vancouver and one from the NPA. Of the elected commissioners, four were from the NPA, two were from the Green Party, and one was from Vision Vancouver.

Candidate name Party affiliation Votes % of votes Elected
Catherine Evans style="background:Шаблон:Canadian party colour;"| Vision Vancouver 64,707 35.61% X
(I) John Coupar style="background:Шаблон:Canadian party colour;"| Non-Partisan Association 62,970 34.65% X
Casey Crawford style="background:Шаблон:Canadian party colour;"| Non-Partisan Association 59,882 32.96% X
Sarah Kirby-Yung style="background:Шаблон:Canadian party colour;"| Non-Partisan Association 56,828 31.27% X
Erin Shum style="background:Шаблон:Canadian party colour;"| Non-Partisan Association 56,762 31.24% X
Stuart Mackinnon style="background:Шаблон:Canadian party colour;"| Green Party of Vancouver 56,406 31.04% X
Michael Wiebe style="background:Шаблон:Canadian party colour;"| Green Party of Vancouver 55,607 30.60% X
Brent Granby style="background:Шаблон:Canadian party colour;"| Vision Vancouver 54,215 29.84%
(I) Trevor Loke style="background:Шаблон:Canadian party colour;"| Vision Vancouver 54,199 29.83%
Naveen Girn style="background:Шаблон:Canadian party colour;"| Vision Vancouver 51,659 28.43%
Jay Jagpal style="background:Шаблон:Canadian party colour;"| Non-Partisan Association 48,909 26.92%
Coree Tull style="background:Шаблон:Canadian party colour;"| Vision Vancouver 46,672 25.69%
Stéphane Mouttet style="background:Шаблон:Canadian party colour;"| Non-Partisan Association 46,337 25.50%
Sammie Jo Rumbaua style="background:Шаблон:Canadian party colour;"| Vision Vancouver 42,863 23.59%
Anita Romaniuk style="background:Шаблон:Canadian party colour;"| Coalition of Progressive Electors 33,690 18.54%
Ezra Bloom style="background:Шаблон:Canadian party colour;"| Coalition of Progressive Electors 28,217 15.53%
Cease Wyss style="background:Шаблон:Canadian party colour;"| Coalition of Progressive Electors 21,249 11.69%
Urooba Jamal style="background:Шаблон:Canadian party colour;"| Coalition of Progressive Electors 18,722 10.30%
Richard Wong Vancouver 1st 18,655 10.27%
Imtiaz Popat style="background:Шаблон:Canadian party colour;"| Coalition of Progressive Electors 17,023 9.37%
Brent Hayden Vancouver 1st 15,599 8.86%
Jamie Lee Hamilton Independent Democratic Electors Alliance 14,471 7.96%
Jenny De Castris Independent 10,672 5.87%
Massimo Rossetti Vancouver 1st 9,729 5.35%
Yogi Johl Vancouver 1st 9,100 5.01%
Eleanor Hadley Independent 8,072 4.44%
Roland Clarke Independent 7,545 4.15%
Earl Sunshine Independent 6,308 3.47%
Doug Starink Vancouver 1st 6,275 3.45%
James Buckshon Independent 5,591 3.08%
Matt Kadioglu Independent 2,719 1.50%

School Board trustees

Nine school board trustees were elected out of twenty-eight candidates. Of the candidates, twenty-three were affiliated with a political party, and five were independent. All nine incumbent trustees sought re-election: six from Vision Vancouver (including Allan Wong, who was elected in 2011 as part of COPE, but crossed the floor to Vision Vancouver in 2013),[16] one from the NPA, and two ex-NPA trustees: Ken Denike, and Sophia Woo, who were running for new party Vancouver 1st after being expelled by the NPA in June 2014.[17] Vision and the NPA each had four candidates elected, while the Green Party had one.

Candidate name Party affiliation Votes % of votes Elected
(I) Patti Bacchus style="background:Шаблон:Canadian party colour;"| Vision Vancouver 73,551 40.48% X
Joy Alexander style="background:Шаблон:Canadian party colour;"| Vision Vancouver 68,264 37.57% X
(I) Fraser Ballantyne style="background:Шаблон:Canadian party colour;"| Non-Partisan Association 65,659 36.13% X
(I) Allan Wong style="background:Шаблон:Canadian party colour;"| Vision Vancouver 65,342 35.97% X
(I) Mike Lombardi style="background:Шаблон:Canadian party colour;"| Vision Vancouver 61,523 33.86% X
Penny Noble style="background:Шаблон:Canadian party colour;"| Non-Partisan Association 60,964 33.55% X
Janet Fraser style="background:Шаблон:Canadian party colour;"| Green Party of Vancouver 59,218 32.59% X
Stacy Robertson style="background:Шаблон:Canadian party colour;"| Non-Partisan Association 58,314 32.09% X
Christopher Richardson style="background:Шаблон:Canadian party colour;"| Non-Partisan Association 58,081 31.96% X
(I) Ken Clement style="background:Шаблон:Canadian party colour;"| Vision Vancouver 57,826 31.82%
(I) Cherie Payne style="background:Шаблон:Canadian party colour;"| Vision Vancouver 55,652 30.63%
Sandy Sharma style="background:Шаблон:Canadian party colour;"| Non-Partisan Association 54,063 29.75%
(I) Rob Wynen style="background:Шаблон:Canadian party colour;"| Vision Vancouver 52,288 28.78%
Mischa Oak style="background:Шаблон:Canadian party colour;"| Green Party of Vancouver 48,539 26.71%
Jane Bouey Public Education Project 41,757 22.99%
Diana Day style="background:Шаблон:Canadian party colour;"| Coalition of Progressive Electors 39,068 21.50%
Gwen Giesbrecht Public Education Project 35,064 19.30%
(I) Sophia Woo Vancouver 1st 35,011 19.27%
(I) Ken Denike Vancouver 1st 31,545 17.36%
Ilana Shecter style="background:Шаблон:Canadian party colour;"| Coalition of Progressive Electors 25,538 14.05%
Ralph Fraatz style="background:Шаблон:Canadian party colour;"| Coalition of Progressive Electors 23,077 12.70%
Heidi Nagtegaal style="background:Шаблон:Canadian party colour;"| Coalition of Progressive Electors 22,126 12.18%
Nanjalah Kombii style="background:Шаблон:Canadian party colour;"| Coalition of Progressive Electors 20,703 11.39%
Susan Bhatha Vancouver 1st 16,345 9.00%
T "Mrs. Doubtfire" Dodds Independent 9,067 4.99%
Bang Nguyen Independent 9,025 4.97%
Larry Falls Independent 8,890 4.89%
Raj Gupta Independent 8,281 4.56%
Amin Jivraj Independent 4,555 2.51%

Capital plan questions

The proposed budget for 2015–2018 was $1.085 billion, of which $235 million would be borrowed, requiring electoral approval.[18]

Voters were asked the following three questions:

1. Are you in favour of Council having the authority, without further assent of the electors, to pass bylaws between January 1, 2015, and December 31, 2018, to borrow an aggregate $58,200,000 for the following purposes?

  • Parks at $17,950,000
  • Recreational and exhibition facilities at $40,250,000
Option Votes Percentage
Yes 108,382 66.88%
No 53,692 33.12%
Total votes 162,074 100%

2. Are you in favour of Council having the authority, without further assent of the electors, to pass bylaws between January 1, 2015, and December 31, 2018, to borrow an aggregate $95,700,000 for the following purposes?

  • Public safety facilities at $22,250,000
  • Street and bridge infrastructure at $56,450,000
  • Street lighting, traffic signals, and communications systems at $17,000,000
Option Votes Percentage
Yes 128,287 74.42%
No 44,088 25.58%
Total votes 172,375 100%

3. Are you in favour of Council having the authority, without further assent of the electors, to pass bylaws between January 1, 2015, and December 31, 2018, to borrow an aggregate $81,100,000 for the following purposes?

  • Community facilities at $59,750,000
  • Civic facilities and infrastructure at $21,350,000
Option Votes Percentage
Yes 110,378 68.13%
No 51,628 31.87%
Total votes 162,006 100%

Voter and party statistics

Voter turnout

Of the 411,741 registered voters, there were 181,707 recorded ballots, putting the voter turnout at 44.13%.[19] This was an increase from the 34.57% turnout during the previous municipal election in 2011.

Elected percentage by party

Party Mayor Councillors Park Board commissioners School Board trustees Total candidates
# Elected % Elected # Elected % Elected # Elected % Elected # Elected % Elected # Elected % Elected
style="background:Шаблон:Canadian party colour;"| Green Party of Vancouver NIL N/A 1/3 33.3% 2/2 100.0% 1/2 50.0% 4/7 57.1%
style="background:Шаблон:Canadian party colour;"| Non-Partisan Association 0/1 0.0% 3/8 37.5% 4/6 66.7% 4/5 80.0% 11/20 55.0%
style="background:Шаблон:Canadian party colour;"| Vision Vancouver 1/1 100.0% 6/8 75.0% 1/6 16.7% 4/7 57.1% 12/22 54.5%
style="background:Шаблон:Canadian party colour;"| Coalition of Progressive Electors 0/1 0.0% 0/8 0.0% 0/5 0.0% 0/5 0.0% 0/19 0.0%
style="background:Шаблон:Canadian party colour;"| Vancouver 1st NIL N/A 0/5 0.0% 0/5 0.0% 0/3 0.0% 0/13 0.0%
Cedar Party NIL N/A 0/4 0.0% NIL N/A NIL N/A 0/4 0.0%
Independent Democratic Electoral Alliance NIL N/A 0/1 0.0% 0/1 0.0% NIL N/A 0/2 0.0%
Public Education Project NIL N/A NIL N/A NIL N/A 0/2 0.0% 0/2 0.0%
Stop Party 0/1 0.0% NIL N/A NIL N/A NIL N/A 0/1 0.0%
style="background:Шаблон:Canadian party colour;"| OneCity Vancouver NIL N/A 0/1 0.0% NIL N/A NIL N/A 0/1 0.0%
Hotel Workers United – Local 40 NIL N/A 0/1 0.0% NIL N/A NIL N/A 0/1 0.0%
Independent 0/6 0.0% 0/10 0.0% 0/6 0.0% 0/5 0.0% 0/27 0.0%

Seat changes by party

Party Mayor & Councillors Park Board commissioners School Board trustees Total elected
2011 2014 % Change % Seats 2011 2014 % Change % Seats 2011 2014 % Change % Seats 2011 2014 % Change % Seats
style="background:Шаблон:Canadian party colour;"| Vision Vancouver 8 7 -12.50% 63.64% 5 1 -80.00% 14.29% 5 4 -20.00% 44.44% 18 12 -33.33% 44.44%
style="background:Шаблон:Canadian party colour;"| Non-Partisan Association 2 3 +50.00% 27.27% 2 4 +100.00% 57.14% 3 4 +33.33% 44.44% 7 11 +57.14% 40.74%
style="background:Шаблон:Canadian party colour;"| Green Party of Vancouver 1 1 ±0.00% 9.09% 0 2 N/A 28.57% 0 1 N/A 11.11% 1 4 +300.00% 14.81%
style="background:Шаблон:Canadian party colour;"| Coalition of Progressive Electors 0 0 ±0.00% 0.00% 0 0 ±0.00% 0.00% 1 0 -100.00% 0.00% 1 0 -100.00% 0.00%

Opinion polls

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Mayoral candidates
Polling firm Date of polling Robertson LaPointe Wong Others Шаблон:Abbr
Insights West November 12, 2014 46% 41% 9% 4% [20]
Insights West November 10, 2014 47% 43% 9% [21]
Justason Market Intelligence November 3, 2014 46% 32% 16% [22]

References

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