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October 14, 2005
96 candidates file for City elections
Nominations closed at 4 p.m. today for positions on the November 19, 2005 ballot for the general local election in Vancouver. A total of 96 candidates filed nomination papers by the deadline (compared with 118 candidates who ran in Vancouver's 2002 municipal election).
On voting day, Vancouver residents will be asked to elect one Mayor, 10 Councillors, seven Park Board Commissioners and nine School Trustees for a three-year term (December 2005 to December 2008), and to vote on four borrowing questions.
Below is the unofficial list of candidates from Vancouver's Chief Election Officer.
From now until 4 p.m. on October 21, 2005, candidates may:
- have their nomination challenged
- have their endorsement by the elector organization withdrawn
- withdraw their nomination.
20 Candidates for Mayor
(1 to be elected)
- BUDAY, Gölök Zoltán
- CHANCEY, Grant E.
- CROSSMAN, Arthur
- D'AGOSTINO, Frank N.
- ESTI, Eliot
- GRAY, John Landry
- GREEN, James
- GREEN, Jim (Vision Vancouver)
- HANSEN, Mike
- HASKELL, Peter Raymond
- HATOUM, Joe
- MACLEOD, Malcolm G.
- MORA, Pedro
- POWER, Ray
- SIMPSON, Ian W.
- SPENCER, Austin (Vancouver's Interest Party)
- SULLIVAN, Sam (NPA)
- WEST, Ben (Work Less Party)
- YEE, Scott
- ZIMMERMAN, Darrell
36 Candidates for Councillor
(10 to be elected)
- ANGUS, John W.
- ANTON, Suzanne (NPA)
- APPLEGATH, David Wilson
- AULIN, Greg
- BALL, Elizabeth (NPA)
- BALLANTYNE, Beverley
- BASS, Fred (COPE)
- BOYER, Marc
- BRIERE, Don
- BRITTEN, Patrick (Nude Garden Party)
- CADMAN, David (COPE)
- CAPRI, Kim (NPA)
- CHANG, Michelle Jasmine
- CHOW, George (Vision Vancouver)
- DEAL, Heather (Vision Vancouver)
- GORDON, John Patrick
- HAMILTON, Jamie Lee
- HARDWICK NYSTEDT, Colleen (NPA)
- HARRISON, Heather (Vision Vancouver)
- JENKINSON, Valerie (NPA)
- JOHNSON, Lea
- LADNER, Peter (NPA)
- LEE, B.C. (NPA)
- LEUNG, Ronald (NPA)
- LIVINGSTON, Ann (Vancouver Green Party)
- LOKE, Phyllis
- LOUIE, Raymond P. (Vision Vancouver)
- LOUIS, Tim (COPE)
- MALIHA, Patrick (NPA)
- POTVIN, Kevin
- ROBERTS, Anne (COPE)
- STEVENSON, Tim (Vision Vancouver)
- THOMPSON, Kathi (NPA)
- WANSLEEBEN, Steve
- WENDYTHIRTEEN
- WOODSWORTH, Ellen (COPE)
19 Candidates for Park Commissioner
(7 to be elected)
- ANDALIS, Juliet V.
- DEGENOVA, Allan (NPA)
- GRANT, Bill
- HERBERT, Spencer (COPE)
- HOLDEN, Heather (NPA)
- HOUGHTON, Korina (NPA)
- KASSIS, Omar (COPE)
- LEHAN, Mel (COPE)
- MACKINNON, Stuart (Vancouver Green Party)
- MANN, Tracey Jastinder (Vancouver Green Party)
- MCGINN, Jenn (COPE)
- ROBERTSON, Ian (NPA)
- ROMANIUK, Anita (COPE)
- SARKAR, Ashok
- SUNSHINE, Earl P.
- WHITEWAY, Eric (NPA)
- WILLIAMSON-HARMS, Sheryl (NPA)
- WOODCOCK, Loretta (COPE)
- ZLOTNIK, Marty (NPA)
21 Candidates for School Trustee
(9 to be elected)
- BHANDAL, Rucku (NPA)
- BLAKEY, Allen (COPE)
- BOUEY, Jane (COPE)
- DENIKE, Ken (NPA)
- FERRY, Leo Jack
- GIBSON, Carol (NPA)
- GNISSIOS, Todd (NPA)
- GREGORY, Eleanor (NPA)
- GREGSON, Sharon (COPE)
- HANSEN, Clarence (NPA)
- HERRON, Noel (COPE)
- HUI, Herman
- KENYON, Angela (COPE)
- LEE, Don (NPA)
- LEW, Conrad (COPE)
- MILLSIP, Kevin (COPE)
- MOLLINEAUX, Michelle (NPA)
- NGUYEN, Bang
- REIMER, Andrea (Vancouver Green Party)
- WONG, Allan (COPE)
- WONG, Shirley M. (NPA)
List of Elector Organizations
- COPE
- NPA
- Nude Garden Party
- Vancouver Green Party
- Vancouver's Interest Party (VIP)
- Vision Vancouver
- Work Less Party
This list, along with candidate profiles and contact information for many of the candidates, is on the City’s website at vancouver.ca/vote.
Media enquiries:
Marg Coulson, Deputy Chief Election Officer
604-871-6586
vancouver.ca/vote
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