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Unofficial 2022 Vancouver election results

October 16 2022 –

Vancouver voters have elected a mayor, 10 councillors, 7 Park Board commissioners, and 9 school trustees.

The official results will be declared by the Chief Election Officer on Wednesday, October 19 at 4pm.

In the meantime, the unofficial results are:

Mayor (one to be elected) – LAST NAME, First name – Party: Number of votes

  1. SIM, Ken - ABC Vancouver: 85,732

Councillors (10 to be elected) - LAST NAME, First name – Party: Number of votes

  1. KIRBY-YUNG, Sarah - ABC Vancouver: 72,545
  2. DOMINATO, Lisa - ABC Vancouver: 70,415
  3. MONTAGUE, Brian - ABC Vancouver: 68,618
  4. KLASSEN, Mike - ABC Vancouver: 65,586
  5. MEISZNER, Peter - ABC Vancouver: 63,275
  6. BLIGH, Rebecca - ABC Vancouver: 62,765
  7. ZHOU, Lenny - ABC Vancouver: 62,393
  8. CARR, Adriane - GREEN: 41,831
  9. BOYLE, Christine - OneCity: 38,465
  10. FRY, Pete - GREEN: 37,270

Park Board commissioners (7 to be elected) - LAST NAME, First name – Party: Number of votes

  1. JENSEN, Scott - ABC Vancouver: 71,174
  2. HAER, Angela Kate - ABC Vancouver: 63,635
  3. CHRISTENSEN, Laura - ABC Vancouver: 63,618
  4. HOWARD, Marie-Claire - ABC Vancouver: 63,407
  5. VIRDI, Jas - ABC Vancouver: 58,709
  6. BASTYOVANSZKY, Brennan - ABC Vancouver: 58,247
  7. DIGBY, Tom - GREEN: 39,243

School Trustees (9 to be elected) - LAST NAME, First name – Party: Number of votes

  1. JUNG, Victoria – ABC Vancouver: 69,027
  2. CHIEN, Alfred – ABC Vancouver: 67,326
  3. ZHANG, Josh – ABC Vancouver: 64,370
  4. RICHARDSON, Christopher JK – ABC Vancouver: 64,048
  5. FARIDKOT, Preeti – ABC Vancouver: 63,807
  6. REDDY, Jennifer – OneCity: 44,534
  7. MAH, Suzie – COPE: 42,379
  8. CHAN-PEDLEY, Lois – GREEN: 41,356
  9. FRASER, Janet – GREEN: 41,179

Get the unofficial results

Out of 27 available positions, 137 candidates had successfully been nominated:

  • 15 running for the position of mayor
  • 59 for councillor
  • 32 for Park Board commissioner
  • 31 for school trustee.

Capital Plan borrowing questions

Vancouver voters had also chosen a response for three Capital Plan borrowing questions. A portion of the funding—$495 million out of $3.5 billion—for the 2023-2026 Capital Plan is proposed to come from borrowing that requires voter approval.

The unofficial results are:

Questions Number of yes votes Number of no votes

1. Are you in favour of Council having the authority, without further assent of the electors, to pass by-laws between January 1, 2023 and December 31, 2026, to borrow an aggregate $173,450,000 for the following purposes?

  1. Street and bridge infrastructure To provide for major maintenance, reconstruction and enhancement of the arterial and neighbourhood transportation networks, sidewalks, greenways and cycle routes and to undertake major maintenance of bridges and other structures, including repairs and structural work on the Granville Bridge and Cambie Bridge.
    $94,250,000
  2. Traffic signals and street lighting To provide for major maintenance, replacement and enhancement of traffic signals and street lighting that are beyond economical repair or no longer meet operational requirements.
    54,300,000
  3. Electrical services in public spaces To provide for increased availability of electrical services in public spaces including uses such as electrical vehicle and bike charging, electrical kiosks for food trucks, filming and events, and lighting in public gathering spaces.
    $8,500,000
  4. Core operating technology To provide for renewal and enhancement of the City’s core operating information technology systems such as fiber, data centres, servers and applications that are critical to the delivery of and access to City services and programs.
    $16,400,000

Total: $173,450,000

 116,591 32,964

2. Are you in favour of Council having the authority, without further assent of the electors, to pass by-laws between January 1, 2023 and December 31, 2026, to borrow an aggregate $162,075,000 for the following purposes?

  1. Renewal of Vancouver Aquatic Centre To provide for replacement, renewal or rehabilitation of the Vancouver Aquatic Centre.
    $103,000,000
  2. Renewal and upgrades of community facilities To provide for replacement, renewal or rehabilitation of community facilities, including RayCam Community Centre and Childcare and/or other community facility projects. (Community facilities include buildings such as community centres, pools, rinks, libraries, childcare facilities, cultural facilities, social facilities, and affordable housing.)
    $59,075,000

Total: $162,075,000

 101,715 47,163

3. Are you in favour of Council having the authority, without further assent of the electors, to pass by-laws between January 1, 2023 and December 31, 2026, to borrow an aggregate $159,475,000 for the following purposes?

  1. Renewal, maintenance, and upgrades of parks To provide for renewal, ongoing capital maintenance, renovations or other upgrades of parks, park buildings and features within parks such as the seawall, pathways, playgrounds, playfields, and sport courts.
    $33,450,000
  2. Renewal and upgrades of public safety and other civic facilities To provide for replacement, renewal or rehabilitation of public safety and other civic facilities, including the Downtown South Firehall, Animal Shelter, and/or other civic facility projects.
    $60,610,000
  3. Emerging climate adaptation priorities To provide for additional replacement, renewal, or upgrade of infrastructure in response to climate change to withstand current and future risks associated with natural hazards; such as seawall reconstruction, urban canopy other climate adaptation projects.
    $20,000,000
  4. Senior government partnership and/or other emerging priorities To provide for the City’s share of funding to leverage senior government and partner funding in the areas of transportation, community facilities, parks, civic facilities and technology, and/or other emerging priorities.
    $45,415,000

Total: $159,475,000

 114,254 35,582

Voter turnout

Approximately 171,494 ballots were cast, resulting in a voter turnout of 36.3% (approximately 472,663 registered voters). Final number of vote by mail packages issued was 9,623; 7,217 were returned.

This year, Vancouver voters had the chance to vote by mail, vote in advance, vote on election day, in addition to special voting opportunities at shelters, long-term care homes, social agency facilities, and the pilot homebound voting program.

Inauguration

The inauguration ceremony is on November 7, 2022 for City Council, Park Board and School Board.