Rebecca Bligh

Rebecca Bligh is a Canadian politician, who was elected to Vancouver City Council in the 2018 Vancouver municipal election.[1]

Rebecca Bligh
Vancouver City Councillor
Assumed office
November 5, 2018
Personal details
Political partyABC Vancouver (2022-present)
Other political
affiliations
ResidenceVancouver

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.[2] Her concerns were echoed by 2018 NPA mayoral candidate Ken Sim,[3] 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.[4] By 2022, all except De Genova had quit the NPA, with Bligh, Dominato and Kirby-Yung reaffiliating with ABC Vancouver, and Hardwick joining TEAM for a Livable Vancouver.[5]

As a candidate of ABC Vancouver, Bligh was re-elected to a second term in the 2022 Vancouver municipal election.[6]

Bligh identifies as queer.[7]

References
  1. "Vancouver's new mayor and council to be sworn in Monday afternoon". Vancouver Sun, November 5, 2018.
  2. Dan Fumano, "Councillor quits NPA over shift to 'far right'". The Province, December 9, 2019.
  3. Frances Bula, "Former Vancouver mayoral candidate Ken Sim alarmed at NPA swing to the right: Sim is one of many people from the NPA, the city's oldest and once-dominant civic party, who say it seems to have gone off track". The Globe and Mail, December 10, 2019.
  4. Dan Fumano, "NPA leadership opts not to publicly face serious questions". The Globe and Mail, January 27, 2021.
  5. Frances Bula, "Three Vancouver city councillors join new ABC party, back Ken Sim for mayor". The Globe and Mail, April 12, 2022.
  6. Dan Fumano, "Vancouver Election Results: Ken Sim rolls over Kennedy Stewart, vows to act fast to add police officers". Vancouver Sun, October 17, 2022.
  7. Adrienne Tanner, "Vancouver's Non-Partisan Association left adrift after four resignations". The Globe and Mail, August 4, 2020.


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