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What are you voting on?
Mayor
The Mayor leads Council, and is the head of municipal government.
They direct municipal officers on behalf of Council, represent Council at ceremonies and in meetings with other organisations, and chair Council meetings as a voting member.
Council
City Council represents the short- and long-term interests of the community. Council votes on bylaws and resolutions on subjects such as:
- Zoning and building permits (what can be built where)
- Budgets (how the municipal government spends money it collects)
- Regulatory matters
- Municipal services, like the fire department or trash collection
- Property taxes and other fees
You elect 10 councillors.
Parks Board
The Board of Parks and Recreation oversees Vancouver's public parks, beaches, and recreation facilities. You elect 7 parks commissioners.
School Board
The School Board makes decisions to do with schools, like where resources will be spent, creating new programmes, and school policies. You elect 9 school board trustees.
Who are you voting for?
We'll help you decide with 3 easy steps!
Hey, we know Vancouver's candidate list is pretty long. But if you take it bit-by-bit (we'll help you through it!), you can find the candidates who best fit your worldview!
Step 1: Review the candidate profiles
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Step 2: Shortlist the candidates you like as you go
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Step 3: Come back here and choose your picks
We'll show you your shortlist so you can pick who from it you'll vote for.
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Mayor
Your shortlist
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to add a candidate to your plan to vote.
to add a candidate to your plan to vote. - Review the candidate profiles
- Use the button in the top-right of any candidate's profile to add them to your shortlist!
Ken Sim
ABC
ABC
Kennedy Stewart
Forward
Forward
Mark Marissen
Progress
Progress
Colleen Hardwick
TEAM
TEAM
Golok Buday
Independent
Independent
Francoise Raunet
Independent
Independent
Fred Harding
NPA
NPA
Ping Chan
Independent
Independent
Mike Hansen
Independent
Independent
Leona Brown
Independent
Independent
Ryan Charmley
Independent
Independent
Imtiaz Popat
Independent
Independent
Satwant Shottha
Independent
Independent
Dante Teti
Independent
Independent
Lewis Villegas
Independent
Independent
Your pick for Vancouver Mayor (up to 1)
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#1
Council
Your shortlist
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to add a candidate to your plan to vote. - Review the candidate profiles
- Use the button in the top-right of any candidate's profile to add them to your shortlist!
Rebecca Bligh
ABC
ABC
Lisa Dominato
ABC
ABC
Sarah Kirby-Yung
ABC
ABC
Mike Klassen
ABC
ABC
Peter Meiszner
ABC
ABC
Brian Montague
ABC
ABC
Lenny Zhou
ABC
ABC
Breen Ouellette
COPE
COPE
Jean Swanson
COPE
COPE
Nancy Trigueros
COPE
COPE
Tanya Webking
COPE
COPE
Dulcy Anderson
Forward
Forward
Hilary Brown
Forward
Forward
Russil Wvong
Forward
Forward
Adriane Carr
Green
Green
Pete Fry
Green
Green
Devyani Singh
Green
Green
Stephanie Smith
Green
Green
Michael Wiebe
Green
Green
Elaine Allan
NPA
NPA
Cinnamon Bhayani
NPA
NPA
Ken Charko
NPA
NPA
Melissa De Genova
NPA
NPA
Arezo Zarrabian
NPA
NPA
Iona Bonamis (陶思穎)
OneCity
OneCity
Christine Boyle
OneCity
OneCity
Ian Cromwell
OneCity
OneCity
Matthew Norris
OneCity
OneCity
Mauro Francis
Progress
Progress
Morgane Oger
Progress
Progress
Cleta Brown
TEAM
TEAM
Sean Nardi
TEAM
TEAM
Param Nijjar
TEAM
TEAM
Stephen P Roberts
TEAM
TEAM
Bill Tieleman
TEAM
TEAM
Grace Quan
TEAM
TEAM
Lesli Boldt
Vision
Vision
Honieh Barzegari
Vision
Vision
Stuart Mackinnon
Vision
Vision
Sean Orr
Socialist
Socialist
Alvin Singh
Forward
Forward
Morning Lee
NPA
NPA
Dominic Denofrio
Independent
Independent
Jeremy MacKenzie
Independent
Independent
Amie Peacock
Independent
Independent
Kyra Philbert
Independent
Independent
Eric Redmond
Affordable Housing
Affordable Housing
Lina Vargas
Independent
Independent
K R Alm
Independent
Independent
Jeanette Ashe
Forward
Forward
Mark Bowen
Independent
Independent
David Chin
Progress
Progress
Amy "Evil Genius" Fox
Independent
Independent
Marlo Franson
Independent
Independent
Asha Hayer
Progress
Progress
May He
Progress
Progress
Tim Ly
Independent
Independent
Marie Noelle Rosa
Progress
Progress
Tesicca Truong
Forward
Forward
Your picks for Vancouver Council (up to 10)
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#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
#10
Parks Board
Your shortlist
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to add a candidate to your plan to vote. - Review the candidate profiles
- Use the button in the top-right of any candidate's profile to add them to your shortlist!
Brennan Bastyovanszky
ABC
ABC
Laura Christensen
ABC
ABC
Angela Kate Haer
ABC
ABC
Marie-Claire Howard
ABC
ABC
Scott Jensen
ABC
ABC
Jas Virdi
ABC
ABC
Gwen Giesbrecht
COPE
COPE
Maira Hassan
COPE
COPE
Chris Livingstone
COPE
COPE
Tom Digby
Green
Green
Liam Murphy Menard
Independent
Independent
Tricia Riley
Green
Green
Tricia Barker
TEAM
TEAM
Dave Pasin
NPA
NPA
Tiyaltelut Kristen Rivers
OneCity
OneCity
Serena Jackson
OneCity
OneCity
Caitlin Stockwell
OneCity
OneCity
Patrick Audley
TEAM
TEAM
James Buckshon
TEAM
TEAM
Kathleen Larsen
TEAM
TEAM
Michelle Mollineaux
TEAM
TEAM
Carla Frenkel
Vision
Vision
John Irwin
Vision
Vision
Andrea Pinochet-Escudero
Socialist
Socialist
Kumi Kimura
TEAM
TEAM
Tracy D Smith
Independent
Independent
Nick Charrette
Independent
Independent
Steven Craig
Independent
Independent
RollerGirl
Independent
Independent
Dehara September
NPA
NPA
Jason Upton
NPA
NPA
Olga Zarudina
NPA
NPA
Your picks for Vancouver Parks Board (up to 7)
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#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
School Board
Your shortlist
Tap to add a candidate to your plan to vote.
to add a candidate to your plan to vote. - Review the candidate profiles
- Use the button in the top-right of any candidate's profile to add them to your shortlist!
Rory Brown
OneCity
OneCity
Kyla Epstein
OneCity
OneCity
Jennifer Reddy
OneCity
OneCity
Krista Sigurdson
OneCity
OneCity
Gavin Somers
OneCity
OneCity
Steve Cardwell
Vision
Vision
Aaron Leung
Vision
Vision
Kera McArthur
Vision
Vision
Hilary Thomson
Vision
Vision
Allan Wong
Vision
Vision
Lois Chan-Pedley
Green
Green
Janet Fraser
Green
Green
Nick Poppell
Green
Green
Suzie Mah
COPE
COPE
Rocco Trigueros
COPE
COPE
Karina Zeidler
Socialist
Socialist
Alfred Chien
ABC
ABC
Preeti Faridkot
ABC
ABC
Victoria Jung
ABC
ABC
Christopher JK Richardson
ABC
ABC
Josh Zhang
ABC
ABC
Milan Kljajic 夏•米男
NPA
NPA
Karin Litzcke
Independent
Independent
Matiul Alam
TEAM
TEAM
Rahul Aggarwal
NPA
NPA
Aaron Fedora
NPA
NPA
Nadine C Goodine
NPA
NPA
Heming Hopkins
NPA
NPA
Zelda Levine
Independent
Independent
Amanda Tengco
Independent
Independent
Ashley Vaughan
NPA
NPA
Your picks for Vancouver School Board (up to 9)
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#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
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Your pick for Vancouver Mayor
| Ken Sim | ABC Vancouver | #63 |
| Kennedy Stewart | Forward With Kennedy Stewart | #51 |
| Mark Marissen | Progress Vancouver | #64 |
| Colleen Hardwick | TEAM for a Livable Vancouver | #53 |
| Golok Buday | #61 | |
| Francoise Raunet | #55 | |
| Fred Harding | Non-Partisan Association | #58 |
| Ping Chan | #57 | |
| Mike Hansen | #59 | |
| Leona Brown | #54 | |
| Ryan Charmley | #60 | |
| Imtiaz Popat | #52 | |
| Satwant Shottha | #50 | |
| Dante Teti | #62 | |
| Lewis Villegas | #56 |
Your picks for Vancouver Council
| Rebecca Bligh | ABC Vancouver | #148 |
| Lisa Dominato | ABC Vancouver | #131 |
| Sarah Kirby-Yung | ABC Vancouver | #113 |
| Mike Klassen | ABC Vancouver | #132 |
| Peter Meiszner | ABC Vancouver | #126 |
| Brian Montague | ABC Vancouver | #103 |
| Lenny Zhou | ABC Vancouver | #119 |
| Breen Ouellette | Coalition of Progressive Electors | #101 |
| Jean Swanson | Coalition of Progressive Electors | #136 |
| Nancy Trigueros | Coalition of Progressive Electors | #107 |
| Tanya Webking | Coalition of Progressive Electors | #118 |
| Dulcy Anderson | Forward With Kennedy Stewart | #104 |
| Hilary Brown | Forward With Kennedy Stewart | #149 |
| Russil Wvong | Forward With Kennedy Stewart | #155 |
| Adriane Carr | Green Party | #122 |
| Pete Fry | Green Party | #151 |
| Devyani Singh | Green Party | #128 |
| Stephanie Smith | Green Party | #141 |
| Michael Wiebe | Green Party | #114 |
| Elaine Allan | Non-Partisan Association | #145 |
| Cinnamon Bhayani | Non-Partisan Association | #134 |
| Ken Charko | Non-Partisan Association | #138 |
| Melissa De Genova | Non-Partisan Association | #116 |
| Arezo Zarrabian | Non-Partisan Association | #150 |
| Iona Bonamis (陶思穎) | OneCity | #112 |
| Christine Boyle | OneCity | #139 |
| Ian Cromwell | OneCity | #137 |
| Matthew Norris | OneCity | #125 |
| Mauro Francis | Progress Vancouver | #142 |
| Morgane Oger | Progress Vancouver | #121 |
| Cleta Brown | TEAM for a Livable Vancouver | #127 |
| Sean Nardi | TEAM for a Livable Vancouver | #100 |
| Param Nijjar | TEAM for a Livable Vancouver | #144 |
| Stephen P Roberts | TEAM for a Livable Vancouver | #135 |
| Bill Tieleman | TEAM for a Livable Vancouver | #147 |
| Grace Quan | TEAM for a Livable Vancouver | #143 |
| Lesli Boldt | Vision Vancouver | #129 |
| Honieh Barzegari | Vision Vancouver | #154 |
| Stuart Mackinnon | Vision Vancouver | #109 |
| Sean Orr | VOTE Socialist | #108 |
| Alvin Singh | Forward With Kennedy Stewart | #111 |
| Morning Lee | Non-Partisan Association | #158 |
| Dominic Denofrio | #106 | |
| Jeremy MacKenzie | #153 | |
| Amie Peacock | #120 | |
| Kyra Philbert | #140 | |
| Eric Redmond | Affordable Housing Coalition | #130 |
| Lina Vargas | #110 | |
| K R Alm | #124 | |
| Jeanette Ashe | Forward With Kennedy Stewart | #146 |
| Mark Bowen | #133 | |
| David Chin | Progress Vancouver | #156 |
| Amy "Evil Genius" Fox | #115 | |
| Marlo Franson | #123 | |
| Asha Hayer | Progress Vancouver | #102 |
| May He | Progress Vancouver | #117 |
| Tim Ly | #152 | |
| Marie Noelle Rosa | Progress Vancouver | #157 |
| Tesicca Truong | Forward With Kennedy Stewart | #105 |
Your picks for Vancouver Parks Board
| Brennan Bastyovanszky | ABC Vancouver | #228 |
| Laura Christensen | ABC Vancouver | #214 |
| Angela Kate Haer | ABC Vancouver | #229 |
| Marie-Claire Howard | ABC Vancouver | #210 |
| Scott Jensen | ABC Vancouver | #200 |
| Jas Virdi | ABC Vancouver | #216 |
| Gwen Giesbrecht | Coalition of Progressive Electors | #201 |
| Maira Hassan | Coalition of Progressive Electors | #217 |
| Chris Livingstone | Coalition of Progressive Electors | #207 |
| Tom Digby | Green Party | #203 |
| Liam Murphy Menard | #218 | |
| Tricia Riley | Green Party | #215 |
| Tricia Barker | TEAM for a Livable Vancouver | #208 |
| Dave Pasin | Non-Partisan Association | #224 |
| Tiyaltelut Kristen Rivers | OneCity | #226 |
| Serena Jackson | OneCity | #213 |
| Caitlin Stockwell | OneCity | #209 |
| Patrick Audley | TEAM for a Livable Vancouver | #227 |
| James Buckshon | TEAM for a Livable Vancouver | #225 |
| Kathleen Larsen | TEAM for a Livable Vancouver | #222 |
| Michelle Mollineaux | TEAM for a Livable Vancouver | #223 |
| Carla Frenkel | Vision Vancouver | #204 |
| John Irwin | Vision Vancouver | #212 |
| Andrea Pinochet-Escudero | VOTE Socialist | #206 |
| Kumi Kimura | TEAM for a Livable Vancouver | #221 |
| Tracy D Smith | #230 | |
| Nick Charrette | #202 | |
| Steven Craig | #231 | |
| RollerGirl | #211 | |
| Dehara September | Non-Partisan Association | #219 |
| Jason Upton | Non-Partisan Association | #205 |
| Olga Zarudina | Non-Partisan Association | #220 |
Your picks for Vancouver School Board
| Rory Brown | OneCity | #323 |
| Kyla Epstein | OneCity | #318 |
| Jennifer Reddy | OneCity | #320 |
| Krista Sigurdson | OneCity | #317 |
| Gavin Somers | OneCity | #322 |
| Steve Cardwell | Vision Vancouver | #326 |
| Aaron Leung | Vision Vancouver | #306 |
| Kera McArthur | Vision Vancouver | #312 |
| Hilary Thomson | Vision Vancouver | #303 |
| Allan Wong | Vision Vancouver | #329 |
| Lois Chan-Pedley | Green Party | #302 |
| Janet Fraser | Green Party | #315 |
| Nick Poppell | Green Party | #327 |
| Suzie Mah | Coalition of Progressive Electors | #304 |
| Rocco Trigueros | Coalition of Progressive Electors | #310 |
| Karina Zeidler | VOTE Socialist | #307 |
| Alfred Chien | ABC Vancouver | #313 |
| Preeti Faridkot | ABC Vancouver | #314 |
| Victoria Jung | ABC Vancouver | #316 |
| Christopher JK Richardson | ABC Vancouver | #300 |
| Josh Zhang | ABC Vancouver | #328 |
| Milan Kljajic 夏•米男 | Non-Partisan Association | #325 |
| Karin Litzcke | #309 | |
| Matiul Alam | TEAM for a Livable Vancouver | #330 |
| Rahul Aggarwal | Non-Partisan Association | #311 |
| Aaron Fedora | Non-Partisan Association | #301 |
| Nadine C Goodine | Non-Partisan Association | #321 |
| Heming Hopkins | Non-Partisan Association | #308 |
| Zelda Levine | #324 | |
| Amanda Tengco | #305 | |
| Ashley Vaughan | Non-Partisan Association | #319 |
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