Rebecca Bligh
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affiliations
- ABC Vancouver (2022–2025)
- Non-Partisan Association (2018–2019)
Rebecca Bligh | |
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| Vancouver City Councillor | |
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| Party | Vote Vancouver (2025–present) |
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Rebecca Bligh is a Canadian politician, who was elected to Vancouver City Council in the 2018 Vancouver municipal election and reelected in 2022.[1][2][3]
She is currently running to be the mayor of Vancouver in the 2026 Vancouver municipal election,[4] with new party Vote Vancouver.
First elected as a member of the Non-Partisan Association, she left the party in 2019 claiming its ideology was driving towards the "far-right" following the election of its new executive.[5] Her concerns were echoed by 2018 NPA mayoral candidate Ken Sim,[6] while Bligh's fellow NPA councillors Melissa De Genova, Lisa Dominato, Colleen Hardwick and Sarah Kirby-Yung did not leave the party, but took steps to distance themselves from its board.[7] By 2022, all except De Genova had quit the NPA, with Bligh, Dominato and Kirby-Yung re-affiliating with ABC Vancouver, and Hardwick joining TEAM for a Livable Vancouver.[8]
As a candidate of ABC Vancouver, Bligh was re-elected to a second term in the 2022 Vancouver municipal election.[2][9] She was removed from the ABC Vancouver caucus on February 14, 2025.[10][11]
Bligh currently serves as the president of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities, which represents the interests of Canadian cities vis-a-vis the federal government.[2][12]
On September 22, 2025, Bligh announced she had formed her own party, Vote Vancouver and would run for mayor of Vancouver in the 2026 Vancouver municipal election.[4]
Personal life
Bligh is married to a same-sex partner and has two adult children.[13] Prior to being elected to office, she founded a consulting and facilitation practice for executives and organizations.
