Английская Википедия:Government and politics of Vancouver
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Vancouver, unlike other British Columbia municipalities, is incorporated under a unique provincial statute, the Vancouver Charter.[1] The legislation, passed in 1953, supersedes the Vancouver Incorporation Act, 1921 and grants the city more and different powers than other communities possess under BC's Municipalities Act.
The city is governed by the 10-member city council, a nine-member school board, and a seven-member park board, all elected for four-year terms. Unusually for a city of Vancouver's size, all municipal elections are at-large. In addition, residents of Vancouver vote for representatives in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia and the House of Commons of Canada.
Historically, in all levels of government, the more affluent west side of Vancouver has voted along conservative or centre-right lines while the working-class eastern side of the city has voted along left-wing lines. However, in the 2015 federal election and the 2017 provincial election, the west side of Vancouver has shifted more towards left-wing candidates.
Unlike most other municipalities in Canada (aside from Montreal), Vancouver's civic politics operate under a system of locally based political parties, rather than unaligned independents.[2]
History
Larry Campbell's election as mayor in 2002 was in part due to his willingness to champion alternative interventions for drug issues, such as supervised injection sites. The city adopted a Four Pillars Drug Strategy, which combined harm reduction (e.g. needle exchanges, supervised injection sites) with treatment, enforcement, and prevention.[3] The strategy was largely a response to the endemic HIV and hepatitis C among injection drug users in the city's Downtown Eastside neighbourhood. The area is characterized by entrenched poverty, and consequently is home to the "low track" street sex trade and a bustling "open air" street drug market, which gave rise to a significant AIDS epidemic in the 1990s. Some community and professional groups—such as From Grief to Action and Keeping the Door Open—are fostering public dialogue in the city about further alternatives to current drug policies.[4][5] The harm reduction strategies have been successful, with the deactivation of the St. Paul's Hospital Ward 10C, on May 27, 2014, due to the near-elimination of AIDS cases in British Columbia.[6]
Campbell chose not to run for re-election, and was subsequently appointed to the Senate of Canada. In the 2005 municipal election, the city council swung back to the right after a term dominated by the left-wing Coalition of Progressive Electors (COPE). NPA mayoral candidate Sam Sullivan narrowly defeated Jim Green for the position of mayor in 2005 and was joined by five of his party's members on council. The centre-left Vision Vancouver brought four members to council, with the final seat going to COPE. The NPA also won six of nine school board seats and five of seven park board seats, while the remaining board seats were won by COPE.[7]
In the 2008 municipal election campaign, NPA incumbent mayor Sam Sullivan was ousted as mayoral candidate by the party in a close vote, which instated Peter Ladner as the new mayoral candidate for the NPA. Gregor Robertson, a former MLA for Vancouver-Fairview and head of Happy Planet, was the mayoral candidate for Vision Vancouver, the other main contender. Robertson defeated Ladner by a considerable margin, nearing 20,000 votes. The balance of power was significantly shifted to Vision Vancouver, which held seven of the 10 council seats. Of the remaining three, COPE received two and the NPA one. For park commissioner, four spots went to Vision Vancouver, one to the Green Party, one to COPE, and one to the NPA. For school trustee, there were four Vision Vancouver seats, three COPE seats, and two NPA seats.[8]
Municipal representation
Mayor
Ken Sim is currently the mayor of Vancouver, as of the 2022 municipal election.
City council
| Name | Party | Position | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Sim | Шаблон:Canadian party colour | | ABC Vancouver | Mayor |
| Sarah Kirby-Yung | Шаблон:Canadian party colour | | ABC Vancouver | Councillor |
| Lisa Dominato | Шаблон:Canadian party colour | | ABC Vancouver | Councillor |
| Brian Montague | Шаблон:Canadian party colour | | ABC Vancouver | Councillor |
| Mike Klassen | Шаблон:Canadian party colour | | ABC Vancouver | Councillor |
| Peter Meiszner | Шаблон:Canadian party colour | | ABC Vancouver | Councillor |
| Rebecca Bligh | Шаблон:Canadian party colour | | ABC Vancouver | Councillor |
| Lenny Zhou | Шаблон:Canadian party colour | | ABC Vancouver | Councillor |
| Adriane Carr | Шаблон:Canadian party colour | | Green | Councillor |
| Pete Fry | Шаблон:Canadian party colour | | Green | Councillor |
| Christine Boyle | Шаблон:Canadian party colour | | OneCity | Councillor |
School board
| Trustees | Party | |
|---|---|---|
| Victoria Jung | Шаблон:Canadian party colour | | ABC Vancouver |
| Alfred Chien | Шаблон:Canadian party colour | | ABC Vancouver |
| Josh Zhang | Шаблон:Canadian party colour | | ABC Vancouver |
| Christopher JK Richardson | Шаблон:Canadian party colour | | IndependentШаблон:Efn |
| Preeti Faridkot | Шаблон:Canadian party colour | | ABC Vancouver |
| Jennifer Reddy | Шаблон:Canadian party colour | | OneCity |
| Suzie Mah | Шаблон:Canadian party colour | | COPE |
| Lois Chan-Pedley | Шаблон:Canadian party colour | | Green |
| Janet Fraser | Шаблон:Canadian party colour | | Green |
Park board
| Commissioners | Party | |
|---|---|---|
| Scott Jensen | Шаблон:Canadian party colour | | ABC Vancouver |
| Angela Kate Haer | Шаблон:Canadian party colour | | ABC Vancouver |
| Laura Christensen | Шаблон:Canadian party colour | | ABC Vancouver |
| Marie-Claire Howard | Шаблон:Canadian party colour | | ABC Vancouver |
| Jas Virdi | Шаблон:Canadian party colour | | ABC Vancouver |
| Brennan Bastyovanszky | Шаблон:Canadian party colour | | ABC Vancouver |
| Dave Demers | Шаблон:Canadian party colour | | Green |
2018 election
2014 election
2011 election
2008 election
2004 plebiscite
A proposal to change Vancouver's council elections to run on a ward basis (like most major Canadian cities) rather than its at-large system was rejected by the populace in a referendum on October 16, 2004. Only 22% of city residents cast a ballot in this referendum.[9]
2002 election
Provincial representation
| Year | New Democratic | BC Liberal | Green | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan="2" style="width: 0.25em; background-color: Шаблон:Canadian party colour| | 2020 | Шаблон:Canadian party colour | 54% | 128,374 | Шаблон:Canadian party colour | 30% | 72,052 | Шаблон:Canadian party colour | 15% | 34,570 |
| 2017 | Шаблон:Canadian party colour | 52% | 131,750 | Шаблон:Canadian party colour | 34% | 85,967 | Шаблон:Canadian party colour | 13% | 33,942 | |
In the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Vancouver has eleven constituencies. In the 2017 provincial election, the BC Liberal Party won three seats and the BC New Democratic Party won eight seats.[11]
Federal representation
| Year | Liberal | Conservative | New Democratic | Green | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="width: 0.25em; background-color: Шаблон:Canadian party colour| | 2021 | Шаблон:Canadian party colour | 36% | 96,947 | Шаблон:Canadian party colour | 21% | 56,617 | Шаблон:Canadian party colour | 36% | 98,753 | Шаблон:Canadian party colour | 4% | 11,396 |
| style="width: 0.25em; background-color: Шаблон:Canadian party colour| | 2019 | Шаблон:Canadian party colour | 32% | 95,580 | Шаблон:Canadian party colour | 22% | 64,889 | Шаблон:Canadian party colour | 29% | 85,578 | Шаблон:Canadian party colour | 10% | 28,564 |
In the House of Commons of Canada, Vancouver has five constituencies. In the 2004 federal elections, the Liberal Party of Canada won four seats, while the New Democratic Party won one. In the 2006 federal elections, all the same MPs were re-elected, although David Emerson of Vancouver Kingsway later defected to the Conservative Party. In the subsequent 2008 federal elections, the Liberals won three seats, while the NDP picked up Vancouver Kingsway for a total of two seats. In the 2011 election, the NDP and Liberals both retained two seats each. The Conservatives won one seat, Vancouver South, their first win in the city since 1988.
In the 2015 election, the number of ridings for Vancouver was increased to six, with the Liberals winning four and the NDP winning two.
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