Vancouver Elections
The most recent Vancouver election was held on Saturday, October 15, 2022.
Below were the official results for Mayor and Councillors. Please see the City of Vancouver's Official 2022 Vancouver election results for the results for the: 7 Park Board Commissioners, 9 School Trustees and 3 Capital Plan borrowing questions.
Mayor
- Ken Sim - ABC Vancouver: 85,732
Councillors (10 ) (Name – Party: Number of votes)
- Sarah Kirby-Yung - ABC Vancouver: 72,545
- Lisa Dominato - ABC Vancouver: 70,415
- Brian Montague - ABC Vancouver: 68,618
- Mike Klassen - ABC Vancouver: 65,586
- Peter Meiszner - ABC Vancouver: 63,275
- Rebecca Bligh - ABC Vancouver: 62,765
- Lenny Zhou - ABC Vancouver: 62,393
- Adriane Carr - GREEN: 41,831
- Christine Boyle - OneCity: 38,465
- Pete Fry - GREEN: 37,270
Candidates Who Ran
Click on the links below to see the names and profiles of the 137 candidates who ran for the 27 positions.
- Mayor Candidate List and Profiles
- Councillor Candidate List and Profiles
- Park Board commissioner Candidate List and Profiles
- School trustee Candidate List and Profiles
The names on each list are in the order they appeared on the ballot.
Elector Organizations
For a list of the parties that ran candidates, see the City's list of 2022 elector organizations or see section below called Political Parties.
Past Elections
1886 to 2022 Elections
See City of Vancouver's Previous Elections (for 1996 to 2022) and City of Vancouver Online Archives (for elections prior to 1996).
See also City of Vancouver councils dating back to 1886 for a list of each council's members (mayor and councillors) from 1886 to 2011. Just a list but very handy!
More Detailed Statistics on Past (and Present) Elections
For more detailed statistics on past and present elections, see the City's Open Data Portal.
Past Mayors' Inaugural speeches
See City of Vancouver - Inauguration for past Mayors' inaugural speeches from 1996 to 2018.
Political Parties
There were 11 parties which ran candidates in Vancouver's October 15, 2022 election. They were:
- ABC Vancouver
- Affordable Housing Coalition
- COPE (Coalition of Progressive Electors)
- Forward Together
- Green Party of Vancouver
- NPA (Vancouver Non-Partisan Association)
- OneCity Vancouver
- Progress Vancouver
- TEAM for a Livable Vancouver
- Vision Vancouver
- VOTE Socialist
Below are the websites for the political parties which still maintain a website.
Electoral Process
Municipal (general local) elections in BC are held every four years on the third Saturday in October. In each election, residents of Vancouver can vote for a number of representatives in each of the following positions:
- 1 mayor and 10 councillors for Vancouver City Council
- 7 commissioners for the Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation
- 9 trustees for the Vancouver School Board
