2022 Vancouver municipal election

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The 2022 Vancouver municipal election was held on October 15, 2022,[3][4] the same day as the municipal elections held throughout British Columbia. Voters elected the mayor of Vancouver by first-past-the-post. Ten city councillors, 7 park board commissioners, and 9 school board trustees were elected through plurality at-large voting.[4] In addition, voters were presented with 3 capital plan questions.[4]

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2022 Vancouver municipal election
 2018
October 15, 2022 (2022-10-15)
2025 

Turnout36.3%[1] Decrease 3.4 pp
Mayoral election
  First party Second party Third party
 
Candidate Ken Sim Kennedy Stewart Colleen Hardwick
Party ABC Vancouver Forward Together TEAM for a Livable Vancouver
Popular vote 85,732[1][2] 49,593[2] 16,769[2]
Percentage 50.96% 29.48% 9.97%
Swing Increase 22.8 pp Increase 0.8 pp Steady N/A


Mayor before election

Kennedy Stewart
Forward Together

Elected mayor

Ken Sim
ABC Vancouver

City council election
Party Vote % Seats +/–
ABC Vancouver 34.58[2] 7 +7
Green 11.24[2] 2 −1
OneCity 9.79[2] 1 0
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Park board election
Party Vote % Seats +/–
ABC Vancouver 41.70[2] 6 +6
Green 8.47[2] 1 −2
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
School board election
Party Vote % Seats +/–
ABC Vancouver 32.51[2] 4 +4
Green 11.10[2] 2 −1
OneCity 19.45[2] 1 0
COPE 7.08[2] 1 0
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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Across the city, 171,494 voters cast ballots. ABC Vancouver won seven of the 11 seats on council, electing its entire slate.[1]

Background

Kennedy Stewart was elected to replace outgoing mayor Gregor Robertson in the 2018 mayoral election.[5] Stewart won by just under 1,000 votes against runner-up Ken Sim[6] and was sworn in on November 5, 2018.[5] The city council election, held on the same day, had no party win an outright majority.

The election was scheduled on October 15, 2022, at the same time as all other municipal elections in British Columbia.[4] Canadian citizens over the age of 18 were eligible to vote. Voters voted for the mayor, city council, park board commissioners, school board trustees, and 3 capital plan questions.[4]

In the 2018–2022 term, the Non-Partisan Association (NPA) experienced an internal conflict with 4 of its 5 city councillors leaving the caucus, first sitting as independents before joining new parties. The councillors cited the lack of open nomination process and lack of transparency in the selection of the party's initial mayoral candidate, John Coupar.[7][8] In addition to the councillors, 3 of the NPA's school board trustees left the party over the same conflict.[9]

Candidates and campaign

Mayoral campaign

Incumbent mayor Kennedy Stewart ran for re-election.[3][10] Stewart, elected as an independent in 2018, stated his intention to run under his own political party during the 2022 election,[11] and recruited candidates to stand for the 2022 city council election.[12][11] Stewart said he was additionally open to cross-endorsing candidates from other parties.[11] Stewart later formed a party called Forward Together.[13]

2018 NPA mayoral candidate Ken Sim ran again with the new ABC Vancouver party.[6][14] Sim's first policy proposal was to abolish the elected park board, but he later renounced that position when his party nominated candidates to be elected to the park board.[15]

The NPA initially nominated park board commissioner John Coupar as their mayoral candidate.[14][3][10] Citing a lack of transparency in his nomination process, three of the four NPA remaining city councillors left the party to sit as independents.[7] Of the three, Colleen Hardwick and Sarah Kirby-Yung were speculated to have considered running for mayor before being sidelined in favour of Coupar.[16] John Coupar resigned as NPA candidate on August 5, 2022, after a meeting with the party's board about the "progress of the campaign."[17] Coupar was replaced by Fred Harding, who came sixth in the 2018 mayoral election as the Vancouver 1st candidate.[18]

Colleen Hardwick, one of the ex-NPA councillors, ran for mayor with TEAM for a Livable Vancouver.[3][19] The party's name is a reference to Hardwick's father's party, The Electors' Action Movement.[20]

Liberal Party strategist Mark Marissen announced his mayoral campaign in 2021.[14][10] Marissen was later nominated by Progress Vancouver,[3] the successor to Yes Vancouver.[20]

Jody Wilson-Raybould, former MP for Vancouver Granville, declined to run.[21][22] Shauna Sylvester, 2018 third place mayoral candidate, declined to run again.[16] Green Party councillor Adriane Carr considered running for mayor before declining to run in April 2022.[16]

Results

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2022 Vancouver municipal election: Mayor
Party Candidate Votes%Elected
ABC VancouverKen Sim85,73250.96Green tickY
Forward TogetherKennedy Stewart (incumbent)49,59329.48
TEAM for a Livable VancouverColleen Hardwick16,7699.97
Progress VancouverMark Marissen5,8303.47
NPAFred Harding3,9052.32
IndependentLeona Brown1,5190.9
IndependentPing Chan1,1540.69
IndependentFrançoise Raunet1,1160.66
IndependentSatwant Shottha9940.59
IndependentImtiaz Popat4110.24
IndependentLewis Villegas3630.22
IndependentMike Hansen3140.19
IndependentGölök Buday1950.12
IndependentRyan Charmley1830.11
IndependentDante Teti1420.08
ABC Vancouver gain from Forward Together Swing +11.02[a]
Source: City of Vancouver[23]
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  1. Calculated using Ken Sim's and Kennedy Stewart's 2018 results.

City council

All 10 members of Vancouver city council stated their intention on running again during the 2022 municipal election, in addition to mayor Kennedy Stewart.[19] City councillor for the Coalition of Progressive Electors, Jean Swanson, was the last of the 11 members of city council to announce her intention to run again.[24]

OneCity announced the results of their nomination race on March 7, 2022, becoming the first party to nominate a slate of candidates. Incumbent OneCity councillor Christine Boyle was re-nominated, with three new nominees: president of the Urban Native Youth Association Matthew Norris, urban planner Iona Bonamis, and health economist Ian Cromwell.[25][26]

Adriane Carr of the Vancouver Greens considered running for mayor, but ultimately decided to seek re-election to council in order to avoid splitting the centre-left vote with Mayor Kennedy Stewart. The Greens held a special meeting to select council candidates, renominating Carr and the party's two other incumbent councillors, Pete Fry and Michael Wiebe, along with labour activist Stephanie Smith and climate scientist and economist Devyani Singh.[27]

On April 8, COPE held nominations for all offices, with incumbent councillor Jean Swanson re-nominated to lead a council slate consisting of 2021 Vancouver Centre NDP candidate Breen Ouellette, human rights lawyer Nancy Trigueros, and Indigenous activist Tanya Webking.[28]

On April 11, incumbent councillors Sarah Kirby-Yung, Lisa Dominato, and Rebecca Bligh announced they had joined Ken Sim's new ABC Vancouver party and would run for re-election under that banner.[29][30]

On May 2, Vision Vancouver announced a slate of four city council candidates. The candidates include Stuart Mackinnon (previously elected as a Green Party park board commissioner), Honieh Barzegari, Lesli Boldt, and Kishone Roy.[31] Roy withdrew for personal reasons on August 16.[32]

On May 25, the NPA announced six city council candidates and four park board candidates. Incumbent councillor Melissa De Genova was re-selected, alongside Elaine Allan, Cinnamon Bhayani, Ken Charko, Mauro Francis, and Arezo Zarrabian. Incumbent parks commissioner Tricia Barker was re-selected, with new candidates Ray Goldenchild, and Dave Pasin.[33] On August 9, Mauro Francis left the party for Progress Vancouver, stating the "internal dynamics of the NPA" after John Coupar's resignation were "getting in the way of the campaign."[34]

On June 11, Colleen Hardwick's TEAM for a Livable Vancouver announced six city council candidates: Cleta Brown, Sean Nardi, Param Nijjar, Grace Quan, Stephen Roberts, and Bill Tieleman.[35]

On June 26, Forward Together, Kennedy Stewart's new municipal party, announced its first three city council candidates: Russil Wvong, Dulcy Anderson, and Hilary Brown.[36]

Election was conducted using plurality block voting with each voter able to cast ten votes. More than 1.3 million votes were cast in this election by 170,000 voters. 58 candidates ran for city council seats.[37]

Results

(Percentage of votes shown is percentage of voters who voted, not votes cast.)

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Bold Denotes elected candidates
(X) Denotes incumbent candidates
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2022 Vancouver municipal election: Vancouver City Council
Party Candidate Votes%Elected
ABC VancouverSarah Kirby-Yung (X)72,54542.30Green tickY
ABC VancouverLisa Dominato (X)70,41541.05Green tickY
ABC VancouverBrian Montague68,61840.01Green tickY
ABC VancouverMike Klassen65,58638.24Green tickY
ABC VancouverPeter Meiszner63,27536.90Green tickY
ABC VancouverRebecca Bligh (X)62,76536.60Green tickY
ABC VancouverLenny Zhou62,39336.39Green tickY
GreenAdriane Carr (X)41,83124.39Green tickY
OneCityChristine Boyle (X)38,46522.43Green tickY
GreenPete Fry (X)37,27021.73Green tickY
Forward TogetherDulcy Anderson33,98519.82
OneCityIona Bonamis33,74519.68
Forward TogetherTesicca Truong32,90019.18
COPEJean Swanson (X)32,83319.15
GreenMichael Wiebe (X)30,37717.71
OneCityIan Cromwell29,83317.40
OneCityMatthew Norris29,66317.30
Forward TogetherAlvin Singh29,04916.94
NPAMelissa De Genova (X)26,57815.50
COPEBreen Ouellette24,88114.51
Forward TogetherJeanette Ashe22,43213.08
Forward TogetherRussil Wvong22,10712.89
GreenDevyani Singh21,25512.39
TEAM for a Livable VancouverCleta Brown20,85412.16
GreenStephanie Smith20,40811.90
Forward TogetherHilary Brown19,90211.61
COPENancy Trigueros19,15211.17
TEAM for a Livable VancouverSean Nardi18,35310.70
TEAM for a Livable VancouverGrace Quan17,95510.47
COPETanya Webking17,67510.31
TEAM for a Livable VancouverBill Tieleman17,24010.05
TEAM for a Livable VancouverStephen Roberts16,2619.48
VisionStuart Mackinnon15,8659.25
NPAMorning Lee14,0838.21
TEAM for a Livable VancouverParam Nijjar13,9508.13
VOTE SocialistSean Orr13,7448.01
Progress VancouverAsha Hayer13,1077.64
NPAKen Charko12,0837.47
VisionLesli Boldt11,0706.46
NPAElaine Allan10,9176.37
Affordable Housing CoalitionEric Redmond10,6176.19
NPAArezo Zarrabian10,3616.04
Progress VancouverMarie Noelle Rosa10,1115.90
Progress VancouverMorgane Oger10,0155.84
Progress VancouverDavid Chin9,3545.45
Progress VancouverMay He8,5935.01
NPACinnamon Bhayani8,5865.01
IndependentLina Vargas7,7144.50
VisionHonieh Barzegari6,8313.98
Progress VancouverMauro Francis6,5563.82
IndependentMark Bowen5,7063.33
IndependentDominic Denofrio4,9272.87
IndependentAmy "Evil Genius" Fox3,7112.16
IndependentJeremy MacKenzie3,4462.01
IndependentKyra Philbert3,3821.97
IndependentTim Lý3,3391.95
IndependentMarlo Franson2,8661.67
IndependentAmie Peacock2,7451.60
IndependentK. R. Alm2,3011.34
"(X)" indicates incumbent city councillor.
Percentage of votes shown is percentage of voters who voted, not votes cast.
Source: City of Vancouver[38]
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Party Seats
ABC Vancouver
7 / 10
Green Party of Vancouver
2 / 10
OneCity Vancouver
1 / 10
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Park board

Park Board commissioner John Irwin announced on March 17, 2022, that he was leaving COPE to join Vision Vancouver, sitting out the remainder of his term as a Vision Vancouver member.[39]

Green Party Park Board commissioner Stuart Mackinnon announced his intention to run for City Council under the Vision Vancouver party on April 25, 2022.[40]

Results

More information : Vancouver Park Board, Party ...
2022 Vancouver municipal election: Vancouver Park Board
Party Candidate Votes%Elected
ABC VancouverScott Jensen71,17441.50Green tickY
ABC VancouverAngela Kate Haer63,63537.11Green tickY
ABC VancouverLaura Christensen63,61837.10Green tickY
ABC VancouverMarie-Claire Howard63,40836.97Green tickY
ABC VancouverJas Virdi58,70934.23Green tickY
ABC Vancouver Brennan Bastyovanszky58,24733.96Green tickY
GreenTom Digby39,24322.88Green tickY
GreenTricia Riley37,77322.03
OneCityCaitlin Stockwell36,85621.49
OneCityTiyaltelut Kristen Rivers33,71319.66
OneCitySerena Jackson33,07019.28
COPEGwen Giesbrecht (X)32,25718.81
COPEChris Livingstone30,53917.81
COPEMaira Hassan27,70816.16
VisionJohn Irwin (X)27,18615.85
TEAM for a Livable VancouverTricia Barker (X)25,61514.94
VisionCarla Frenkel25,41514.82
TEAM for a Livable VancouverKathleen Larsen21,41812.49
TEAM for a Livable VancouverKumi Kimura19,39411.31
TEAM for a Livable VancouverMichelle Mollineaux15,9439.30
VOTE SocialistAndrea Pinochet-Escudero15,5269.05
TEAM for a Livable VancouverPatrick Audley14,6818.56
NPAJason Upton13,9218.12
TEAM for a Livable VancouverJames Buckshon13,2227.71
NPADave Pasin12,0067.00
NPADehara September9,6695.64
IndependentTracy D. Smith8,9325.21
NPAOlga Zarudina8,7125.08
IndependentLiam Murphy Menard8,0144.67
IndependentSteven Craig7,9074.61
IndependentNick Charrette5,5263.22
IndependentRollerGirl5,4533.18
Source: City of Vancouver[41]
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Party Seats
ABC Vancouver
6 / 7
Green Party of Vancouver
1 / 7
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School board

Results

More information : Vancouver School Board, Party ...
2022 Vancouver municipal election: Vancouver School Board
Party Candidate Votes%Elected
ABC VancouverVictoria Jung69,02740.25Green tickY
ABC VancouverAlfred Chien67,32639.26Green tickY
ABC VancouverJosh Zhang64,37037.53Green tickY
ABC VancouverChristopher JK Richardson[a]64,04837.35Green tickY
ABC VancouverPreeti Faridkot63,80737.21Green tickY
OneCityJennifer Reddy (X)44,53425.97Green tickY
COPESuzie Mah42,37924.71Green tickY
GreenLois Chan-Pedley (X)41,35624.12Green tickY
GreenJanet Fraser (X)41,17924.01Green tickY
OneCityKrista Sigurdson40,79223.79
OneCityKyla Epstein38,89022.68
OneCityRory Brown38,38122.38
VisionAllan Wong (X)35,76120.85
OneCityGavin Somers33,93319.79
VisionSteve Cardwell31,04518.10
VisionAaron Leung30,00717.50
GreenNick Poppell29,72917.34
COPERocco Trigueros29,16717.01
VisionHilary Thompson28,32416.52
VisionKera McArthur23,90213.94
TEAM for a Livable VancouverMatiul Alam20,77212.11
NPARahul Aggarwal18,48810.78
VOTE SocialistKarina Zeidler17,71010.33
NPAAshley Vaughan17,20610.03
NPAAaron Fedora15,7339.17
NPANadine C. Goodine15,0518.78
NPAMilan Kljajic13,5227.88
IndependentAmanda Tengco9,6685.64
IndependentZelda Levine8,8755.18
IndependentKarin Litzcke8,5705.00
IndependentHeming Hopkins7,4164.32
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Party Seats
ABC Vancouver
4 / 9
Green Party of Vancouver
2 / 9
Independent
1 / 9
OneCity Vancouver
1 / 9
COPE
1 / 9
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Referendums

Voters were presented with three ballot questions on capital plan borrowing. All borrowing was assented to.

Transportation and core operating technology

The first question was on borrowing $173,450,000 for bridge and street infrastructure, traffic signals and street lighting, electrical services in public places, and core operating technology.[42]

More information Choice, Votes ...
Transportation and core operating technology
ChoiceVotes%
For116,59177.96
Against32,96422.04
Total149,555100.00
Registered voters/turnout472,66531.64
Source: City of Vancouver[1]
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Community facilities

The second question was on borrowing $162,075,000 to be spent on renewal of the Vancouver Aquatic Centre and renewal and upgrades of various other community facilities, including childcare.[42]

More information Choice, Votes ...
Community facilities
ChoiceVotes%
For101,71568.32
Against47,16331.68
Total148,878100.00
Registered voters/turnout472,66531.49
Source: City of Vancouver[1]
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Parks, public safety and other civic facilities, climate adaptation and other priorities emerging priorities

The third question was on borrowing $159,475,000 for renewal and upgrading of parks, renewal or rehabilitation of public safety and other civic facilities, including a fire hall, animal shelter and/or other civic facility projects. Climate adaptation projects such as seawall reconstruction, urban canopy, and other projects, and additional funding for "transportation, community facilities, parks, civic facilities and technology, and/or other emerging priorities".[42]

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Parks, public safety and other civic facilities, climate adaptation and other priorities emerging priorities
ChoiceVotes%
For114,25476.25
Against35,58223.75
Total149,836100.00
Registered voters/turnout472,66531.70
Source: City of Vancouver[1]
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Political parties

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Party Leader Ideology Position Notes Council candidates nominated
ABC Vancouver Ken Sim Liberal conservatism Centre[43] to centre-right[44] Formed by former NPA mayoral candidate Ken Sim, who was chosen as the party's mayoral candidate in October 2021.[10][45] Rebecca Bligh, Lisa Dominato, and Sarah Kirby-Yung, all elected under the NPA banner in 2018, ran as ABC candidates in the 2022 municipal election.[46]
8 / 11
Affordable Housing Coalition Eric Redmond Centrism Centre Party platform included creating affordable housing through progressive property tax, rent control, streamlined permitting, land appreciation taxes, and increased density.
1 / 11
Coalition of Progressive Electors Tristan Markle
Nancy Trigueros
Democratic socialism Left-wing
4 / 11
Forward Together Kennedy Stewart Social democracy Centre-left
7 / 11
Green Party of Vancouver Adriane Carr (de facto) Green politics Centre to centre-left Green Party councillor Adriane Carr considered running for mayor but ultimately chose to run for re-election as councillor.[47]
5 / 11
Non-Partisan Association David Mawhinney Conservatism Centre-right to right-wing Initially nominated parks commissioner John Coupar as its mayoral candidate,[14] who previously contested the 2018 party nomination, but lost to Ken Sim.[45] Coupar resigned in August and was replaced by Fred Harding.[18]
7 / 11
OneCity Vancouver Cara Ng
Laura Track
Social democracy Centre-left to
left-wing
4 / 11
Progress Vancouver Scott de Lange Boom Social liberalism[48]
Pro-development[49]
Centre[50] to centre-right[51] Formerly known as YES Vancouver.[50] Mark Marissen, political strategist and former husband of Premier of British Columbia Christy Clark, was nominated to run for mayor.[50]
7 / 11
TEAM for a Livable Vancouver Elizabeth Murphy Localism[52]
Conservatism[20]
Centre-right Formed by councillor Colleen Hardwick, formerly a member of the NPA, who ran as its mayoral candidate.[53][3][19]
7 / 11
VOTE Socialist Collective leadership Democratic socialism Left-wing A political platform by the Democratic Socialists of Vancouver running on a 10-point plan including defunding the VPD and reallocating its funding, and policies against gentrification.[54][55]
1 / 11
Vision Vancouver Aaron Leung
Janet Wiegand
Green liberalism Centre to centre-left Vision Vancouver stated it would focus on winning seats on the city council following its loss in the 2018 municipal election.[19]
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Opinion polls

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Mayoral candidates
Polling firm Client Dates conducted Source Stewart Sim Hardwick NPA Marissen Other Margin of error Sample size Polling method Lead
2022 election N/a October 15, 2022 [56] 29.5% 51.0% 10.0% 2.3% 3.5% 3.7% N/a 171,494 N/a 21.5%
Research Co. N/a October 13–14, 2022 [57] 33% 33% 16% 8% 8% 2% ±5.3% 400 Online 0%
Mainstreet[b] iPolitics October 2–6, 2022 [58] 27.6% 33.9% 17.2% 6.4% 9.5% 5.3% ±2.6% 1,377 IVR 6.3%
Leger[b] Postmedia September 29 – October 5, 2022 [59] 21% 50% 21% 2% 2% 6% ±4.0% 601 Online 29%
Forum Research TEAM October 4, 2022 [60] 24.4% 34.3% 21.2% 7.7% 8.1% 4.5% ±4.9% 408 IVR 9.9%
Research Co. VDLC September 22–26, 2022 [61] 36% 34% 14% 5% 8% 3% ±4.9% 422 Online 2%
Research Co. N/a September 3–5, 2022 [62] 35% 30% 17% 4% 13% 2% ±4.9% 400 Online 5%
August 30, 2022Fred Harding is appointed as the NPA's mayoral nominee
August 5, 2022John Coupar resigns as the NPA's mayoral nominee
Forum Research[b] TEAM Late July 2022 [63] 23.7% 28.4% 22.9% 11.4% 5.2% 8.5% ±5.2% 358 IVR 4.7%
Mainstreet[b] iPolitics July 25–27, 2022 [64] 28.6% 18.2% 22.1% 10.2% 18.9% 2.2% ±4.2% 552 IVR 6.5%
Research Co. VDLC April 2022 [65] 41% 26% 19% 8% 8% N/a N/a 419 Online 15%
Abacus[b] Ken Sim June 4–16, 2021 [66] 31% 33.3% 4.8% 2.4% 2.4% 23.8% ±3.1% 1,000 Online/IVR 2.3%
Research Co. VDLC May 3–5, 2021 [67] 38% 16% N/a 5% 5% 36% ±4.9% 400 Online 22%
Sutherland[b] N/a April 20–22, 2021 [68] 30.8% 20.7% N/a 6.1% 4.9% 42.7% ±4.1% 1,308 IVR 10.1%
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Endorsements

Members of Parliament

Provincial and territorial politicians

Former members of Parliament

Former provincial and territorial politicians

Former municipal politicians

  • Sarah Blyth (executive director of Vancouver Overdose Prevention Society, former Park Board commissioner)[78]

Organizations

Other prominent individuals

Ken Sim (ABC Vancouver)

Former municipal politicians

  • Tung Chan (former Vancouver city councillor)[86]

Organizations

Other prominent individuals

Former provincial and territorial politicians

Former municipal politicians

  • Marguerite Ford (former Vancouver city councillor)[90]

Other prominent individuals

  • Patrick Condon (professor at UBC School of Architecture)[91]
  • David Ley (professor emeritus at UBC Department of Geography)[92]

Former members of Parliament

Former provincial and territorial politicians

Notes

  1. Richardson was ejected from ABC Vancouver after the ballot deadline. The party said he would not sit in their caucus.
  2. Poll of all voters, including undecided voters. Data was updated for consistency to reflect only decided voters.

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