2018 Vancouver municipal election

The 2018 Vancouver municipal election was held on October 20, 2018, the same day as other municipalities and regional districts in British Columbia selected their new municipal governments. Voters elected a mayor, 10 city councillors, 7 park board commissioners, and 9 school board trustees through plurality-at-large voting.[2] Official registration for all candidates opened on September 4, 2018, and closed on September 14, 2018.[3]

2018 Vancouver municipal election
October 20, 2018 (2018-10-20)
Turnout39.4%[1] Decrease 4.0 pp (from 2014)
  First party Second party Third party
 
NPA
IND
Candidate Kennedy Stewart Ken Sim Shauna Sylvester
Party Independent NPA Independent
Seats won 1 5 0
Seat change Increase 1 Increase 2 Steady 0
Popular vote 49,705 48,748 35,457
Percentage 28.71% 28.16% 20.48%
Swing Steady N/A Decrease 12.26 pp Steady N/A
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
YES
Candidate Wai Young Hector Bremner
Party Coalition Vancouver Yes Vancouver
Seats won 0 0
Seat change Steady 0 Decrease 1
Popular vote 11,872 9,924
Percentage 6.86% 5.73%
Swing Steady N/A Steady N/A
Mayor before election

Gregor Robertson
Vision

 Elected Mayor

Kennedy Stewart
Independent

Other elections
Party % Seats +/–
City Council (10 seats)
NPA 24.89 5 +2
Green 15.60 3 +2
COPE 8.86 1 +1
OneCity 5.84 1 +1
Park Board (7 seats)
Green 23.35 3 +1
NPA 10.85 2 -2
COPE 10.43 2 +2
School Board (9 seats)
Green 16.69 3 0
NPA 13.70 3 +1
OneCity 4.84 1 0
COPE 4.42 1 +1
Vision 4.34 1 -2

For the first time, candidates were listed in random order instead of alphabetical order. This was done in an effort to create a more even playing field for candidates, as research has shown many voters are more likely to vote for those listed first on a ballot, giving those candidates a perceived advantage over those lower down on the list.[4]

Candidates and results

Mayor

Incumbent Gregor Robertson, who had been mayor of Vancouver since being elected in 2008, announced on January 10, 2018, that he would not be running for reelection in the 2018 election.[5]

At the close of nominations, 21 candidates had formally registered to run for mayor in the election.[6][7][8]

2018 Vancouver municipal election: Vancouver mayor
Party Candidate Votes%Elected
IndependentKennedy Stewart49,70528.71Green tickY
NPAKen Sim48,74828.16
IndependentShauna Sylvester35,45720.48
Coalition VancouverWai Young11,8726.86
Yes VancouverHector Bremner9,9245.73
Vancouver 1stFred Harding5,6403.26
ProVancouverDavid Chen3,5732.06
IndependentSean Cassidy1,5360.89
IDEA VancouverConnie Fogal1,4350.83
IndependentMike Hansen9510.55
IndependentJason Lamarche6950.40
IndependentRollergirl6860.40
IndependentPing Chan6530.38
IndependentJohn Yano5100.29
IndependentTim Ly3490.20
IndependentSophia C. Kaiser3360.19
IndependentSatwant K. Shottha3310.19
IndependentLawrence Massey2330.13
IndependentKaty Le Rougetel1810.10
IndependentGölök Z. Buday1780.10
IndependentMaynard Aubichon1390.08

Formerly declared mayoral candidates

City councillors
Distribution of seats in the Vancouver City Council after the 2018 municipal election

176,450 ballots were cast. Voters were able to cast votes for up to 10 candidates.[11] The top 10 candidates were elected.

Legend
Bold Denotes elected candidates
(I) Denotes incumbent city councillors
(O) Denotes incumbents of other municipal positions
2018 Vancouver municipal election: Vancouver City Council
Party Candidate Votes%Elected
Green(I) Adriane Carr69,73939.52Green tickY
GreenPete Fry61,80635.03Green tickY
NPA(I) Melissa De Genova53,25130.18Green tickY
COPEJean Swanson48,86527.69Green tickY
NPAColleen Hardwick47,74727.06Green tickY
Green(O) Michael Wiebe45,59325.84Green tickY
OneCityChristine Boyle45,45525.76Green tickY
NPA(O) Lisa Dominato44,68925.33Green tickY
NPARebecca Bligh44,05324.97Green tickY
NPA(O) Sarah Kirby-Yung43,58124.70Green tickY
NPADavid Grewal41,91323.75
GreenDavid H. Wong40,88723.17
Vision(I) Heather Deal39,52922.40
COPEDerrick O'Keefe38,30521.71
NPAJustin P. Goodrich37,91721.49
COPEAnne Roberts36,53120.70
OneCityBrandon O. Yan36,16720.50
NPAJojo Quimpo34,60119.61
IndependentSarah Blyth29,45616.69
VisionTanya Paz28,83616.34
VisionDiego Cardona27,32515.49
Vision(O) Catherine Evans25,12414.24
Independent(O) Erin Shum23,33113.22
Vancouver 1stKen Low21,90812.42
IndependentAdrian Crook17,3929.86
VisionWei Q. Zhang16,7349.48
Coalition VancouverKen Charko16,3669.28
Coalition VancouverJames Lin16,1919.18
IndependentWade Grant15,4228.74
IndependentTaqdir K. Bhandal15,3268.69
Vancouver 1stElizabeth Taylor15,1848.61
Coalition VancouverPenny Mussio14,8868.44
Yes VancouverBrinder Bains13,9487.90
Yes VancouverStephanie Ostler13,5307.67
Coalition VancouverJason Xie13,4247.61
Yes VancouverGlynnis C. Chan13,2187.49
Coalition VancouverGlen Chernen13,1487.45
Coalition VancouverMorning Li12,6147.15
Vancouver 1stNycki K. Basra12,1336.88
Yes VancouverJaspreet Virdi12,1246.87
Coalition VancouverFranco Peta11,1936.34
Yes VancouverPhyllis Tang11,9026.75
IndependentRob McDowell11,8286.70
IndependentPenny Noble11,4356.48
IndependentGraham Cook11,0846.28
Vancouver 1stMichelle C. Mollineaux8,8195.00
ProVancouverRaza Mirza8,7834.98
Vancouver 1stJesse Johl8,6094.88
IndependentBarbara Buchanan8,1804.64
ProVancouverBreton Crellin7,8564.45
Vancouver 1stElishia Perosa7,4894.24
IndependentAnastasia Koutalianos7,4694.23
IndependentAbubakar Khan7,2394.10
Vancouver 1stJohn Malusa6,5973.74
IndependentLisa Kristiansen6,5063.69
ProVancouverRohana D. Rezel6,3363.59
IndependentFrançoise Raunet5,8913.34
IndependentHamdy El-Rayes5,3813.05
IndependentHsin-Chen Fu5,0072.84
IndependentJustin Caudwell4,4882.54
IndependentHarry Miedzygorski4,3082.44
IndependentGordon T. Kennedy4,2972.44
IndependentAshley Hughes3,9652.25
IndependentKelly Alm3,4401.95
IndependentMarlo Franson3,3161.88
IndependentJohn Spark3,2871.86
IndependentKatherine Ramdeen3,0821.75
IndependentSpike Peachey2,8631.62
IndependentLarry J. Falls2,7681.57
IndependentElke Porter2,5151.43
IndependentTed Copeland1,9461.10

Party standings in City Council
Party Seats on City Council
NPA
5 / 10
Green
3 / 10
COPE
1 / 10
OneCity
1 / 10

Park Board commissioners

Top 7 candidates elected

2018 Vancouver municipal election: Vancouver Park Board
Party Candidate Votes%Elected
Green (I) Stuart Mackinnon73,54941.68Green tickY
GreenDave Demers73,16741.47Green tickY
GreenCamil Dumont65,30337.01Green tickY
NPA (I) John Coupar49,76828.21Green tickY
NPATricia Barker48,73827.62Green tickY
COPEGwen Giesbrecht48,40427.43Green tickY
COPEJohn Irwin46,28726.23Green tickY

Party standings in Park Board
Party Seats on Park Board
Green
3 / 7
NPA
2 / 7
COPE
2 / 7

School Board trustees

Top 9 candidates elected

2018 Vancouver municipal election: Vancouver School Board
Party Candidate Votes%Elected
Green (I) Janet Fraser75,10042.56Green tickY
Green(I) Estrellita Gonzalez58,40933.10Green tickY
OneCityJennifer Reddy52,75729.90Green tickY
NPAOliver Hanson49,93228.30Green tickY
NPA(I) Fraser Ballantyne49,79328.22Green tickY
NPACarmen Cho49,54128.08Green tickY
GreenLois Chan-Pedley48,40927.43Green tickY
COPEBarb Parrott48,18927.31Green tickY
Vision(I) Allan Wong47,30126.81Green tickY

Party standings in School Board
Party Seats on School Board
Green
3 / 9
NPA
3 / 9
OneCity
1 / 9
COPE
1 / 9
Vision
1 / 9

Opinion polls
Mayoral candidates
Polling firm Dates conducted Source Stewart Sim Sylvester Bremner Young Campbell Other Margin of error Sample size Polling method Lead
2018 election October 20, 2018 [12] 28.7% 28.2% 20.5% 5.7% 6.9% — 10.0% — 176,450 — 0.5%
Research Co. October 12–14, 2018 [13] 36% 23% 19% 6% 6% – 9% ±6.0% 265 Online 13%
One Persuasion Inc. October 11–13, 2018 [14] 33% 19% 21% 8% 16% – 3% ±5.5% 318 Online 12%
Research Co. October 4–7, 2018 [15] 34% 20% 16% 10% 7% – 4% ±4.9% 402 Online 14%
Research Co. September 15–18, 2018 [16] 36% 25% 17% 7% 3% – 9% ±4.9% 400 Online 11%
September 10, 2018Vision mayoral candidate Ian Campbell withdraws
Mainstreet September 4–5, 2018 [17] 23.3% 12.4% 8.2% 13.6% 6.7% 9% 26.9% ±3.34% 862 IVR 9.7%
Research Co. July 13–16, 2018 [18] 25% 26% 11% 5% 8% 20% 4% ±4.9% 400 Online 1%
Research Co. June 9–11, 2018 [19] 26% 23% 9% 10% 3% 18% 13% ±4.9% 400 Online 3%
Political parties
Polling firm Dates conducted Source Coalition Vancouver COPE Green NPA OneCity ProVancouver Vancouver 1st Vision Yes Vancouver Independent
Research Co. October 12–14, 2018 [20] 18% 34% 47% 35% 27% 16% 18% 29% 18% 53%
Research Co. October 4–7, 2018 [21] 22% 32% 51% 34% 21% 22% 16% 27% 23% 50%
Research Co. September 4–7, 2018 [22] 13% 32% 46% 30% 19% 9% 12% 30% 24% 39%
Research Co. June 9–11, 2018 [23] 17% 28% 56% 30% 17% 11% – 31% – –
Research Co. April 9–10, 2018 [24] – 27% 48% 23% 14% – – 26% – –

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