1996 Vancouver municipal election

September 2023 1996 Vancouver municipal election Vancouver parliamentary no no no 1993 Vancouver municipal election 1993 1999 Vancouver municipal election 1999 11 seats in Vancouver City Council 1996 11 16 COPE VAN COPE nohash Carmela Allevato VAN COPE name 0 1 26,143 27.26% Philip Owen.jpg VAN NPA nohash Philip Owen VAN NPA name 11 1 50,969 53.15% VOICE VAN VOICE nohash Jonathan Baker VAN VOICE name 0 10,703 11.16% Mayor Philip Owen VAN NPA name Philip Owen VAN NPA name The city of Vancouver, Canada, held municipal elections on November 16, 1996. Canadian citizens who were over 18 years of age at the time of the vote, and had been a resident of Vancouver for the previous 30 days and a resident of British Columbia for the previous six months, were able to vote for candidates in four races that were presented on one ballot. In addition, Canadian citizen non-resident property owners were eligible to vote. The ballot elected one mayor, ten councillors, nine School Board trustees and seven Park Board commissioners. Each elector could vote for as many candidates as there were open seats (e.g., an elector could vote for ten or fewer councillors). There was no fee associated with registering as a candidate at this time. Brian "Godzilla" Salmi, a freelance journalist for publications such as Terminal City, The Stranger, The National Post and The Georgia Straight, publicly offered to buy a pitcher of beer for anyone who ran for office, resulting in numerous joke-candidates appearing on the ballot that year. As well, Vancouver voters voted on several referendum questions. A majority of voters voted against electoral system reform and in favour of retaining the at-large districting. Elections to Vancouver City Council Vancouver City Council Overall council results All figures include votes cast for both mayor and councillors PartyParty leaderor mayoralcandidate# ofcandidatesCouncil seatsTotal popular vote1993Before electionElectedChange#%Change VAN NPA rowNPAPhilip Owen1010    VAN COPE rowCOPECarmela Allevato100    BC Green rowGreenPaul Watson2--      VAN VOICE row-nameJonathan Baker8---     VAN Independent rowIndependent---    Total10- 100.0- Mayoralty election One to be elected. CandidatePartyVotes% VAN NPA rowPhilip OwenNPA50969VAN COPE rowCarmela AllevatoCOPE26143VAN VOICE rowJonathan BakerVOICE10703BC Green rowPaul WatsonGreen3117VAN Independent rowMarc EmeryIndependent1125VAN Independent rowSage AdviceIndependent340VAN Independent rowDhavide Arjunan AruliahIndependent311VAN Independent rowGilbert BaileyIndependent287VAN Independent rowZippy the Circus ChimpIndependent264VAN Independent rowJay MangIndependent168VAN Independent rowRonald F. McDonaldIndependent145VAN Independent rowJennifer E. DunnawayIndependent136VAN Independent rowYummy GirlIndependent130VAN Independent rowGreg WesterlundIndependent127VAN Independent rowA. Red Hot PepperIndependent106VAN Independent rowRandy Oliver O'GradyIndependent103VAN Independent rowBarb E. DollIndependent101VAN Independent rowSarah WhittamIndependent99VAN Independent rowKellee Lynn ColeIndependent94VAN Independent rowJason BenjIndependent90VAN Independent rowTony MontanaIndependent78VAN Independent rowMichael J. FosterIndependent71VAN Independent rowLupo The ButcherIndependent69VAN Independent rowMr. XIndependent68VAN Independent rowAllison Jane MclennanIndependent59VAN Independent rowSamantha FoxxIndependent57VAN Independent rowLorna Marie PotterIndependent57VAN Independent rowEddie FernandesIndependent55VAN Independent rowFrank The MooseIndependent50VAN Independent rowJohn M. McgoldrickIndependent49VAN Independent rowGölök Zlf BudayIndependent42VAN Independent rowBuzzIndependent42VAN Independent rowMichel LeblondIndependent42VAN Independent rowBuggerIndependent39VAN Independent rowRoger Stewart ReimerIndependent38VAN Independent rowRyan S. BiggeIndependent38VAN Independent rowChristina Louise SharlowIndependent36VAN Independent rowZaiusIndependent36VAN Independent rowGaston GingrasIndependent32VAN Independent rowJurgen T. SchaubIndependent28VAN Independent rowPete FishburgerIndependent28VAN Independent rowKenneth P. ThomasIndependent27VAN Independent rowStuart MaxwellIndependent26VAN Independent rowL. Ron MoonbeamIndependent25VAN Independent rowTho BuskervilleIndependent24VAN Independent rowPete ChezankremeIndependent24VAN Independent rowNicholas PodbreyIndependent24VAN Independent rowThe Trash TerminatorIndependent24VAN Independent rowJohn A. TweedIndependent22VAN Independent rowTamas R. RevocziIndependent19VAN Independent rowDylan RymerIndependent18VAN Independent rowJames OcteauIndependent15VAN Independent rowIngridIndependent15VAN Independent rowSteve WansleebenIndependent14VAN Independent rowSebastian TemplerIndependent12VAN Independent rowFiggg FreudIndependent11VAN Independent rowJeff D. NixIndependent10VAN Independent rowThe StainerIndependent10 Councillors election Ten to be elected. CandidatePartyVotes% VAN NPA rowJennifer ClarkeNPA46700VAN NPA rowGordon PriceNPA45118VAN NPA rowDon BellamyNPA44051VAN NPA rowGeorge PuilNPA43541VAN NPA rowLynne KennedyNPA43284VAN NPA rowNancy ChiavarioNPA42680VAN NPA rowSam SullivanNPA40846VAN NPA rowDaniel LeeNPA40405VAN NPA rowDon LeeNPA39319VAN NPA rowAlan HerbertNPA36174VAN COPE rowTim LouisCOPE28483 VAN COPE rowMel LehanCOPE26593 VAN COPE rowMichael WalkerCOPE23666 VAN COPE rowJamie Lee HamiltonCOPE23510 VAN COPE rowSean R. McEwenCOPE23329 VAN COPE rowMerrilee RobsonCOPE22833 VAN COPE rowShane SimpsonCOPE22761 VAN COPE rowFrances WasserleinCOPE22202 VAN COPE rowBlair PetrieCOPE21961 VAN COPE rowNina KhajuriaCOPE21402 BC Green rowFrederic BassGreen14476 VAN VOICE rowConnie FogalVOICE14434 VAN VOICE rowRaymond LeungVOICE14370 BC Green rowValerie JeromeGreen13863 VAN Independent rowStephen F.Y. ChongIndependent9531 VAN VOICE rowBev BallantyneVOICE8887 VAN VOICE rowBrian Lee BuchananVOICE7996 VAN Independent rowWendy M. TurnerIndependent7895 VAN VOICE rowSarah J. FarrisVOICE7794 VAN VOICE rowHarkirpal S. SaraVOICE6843 VAN VOICE rowManuel A. AzevedoVOICE6308 VAN Independent rowJenny ShawIndependent5706 VAN VOICE rowArno D. NeumannVOICE5033 VAN Independent rowGordon T. KennedyIndependent4071 VAN Independent rowMike BellIndependent3434 VAN LWF rowAnn LivingstonLWF3159 VAN Independent rowLorelei HawkinsIndependent2924 VAN Independent rowMaureen G. DawsonIndependent2560 VAN Independent rowHeather Inglis BaronIndependent2547 VAN Independent rowJulia Ann MarksIndependent2425 VAN LWF rowWilliam W. KayLWF2414 VAN LWF rowMartha RobertsLWF2383 VAN LWF rowShane DelarueLWF2192 VAN Independent rowMike LawrenceIndependent2192 VAN Independent rowIqbal SaraIndependent2031 VAN Independent rowJeffery D. BerwickIndependent2004 VAN LWF rowMatt McGrathLWF1961 VAN Independent rowCowboy EllisIndependent1927 VAN Independent rowJoan L. RowntreeIndependent1900 VAN Independent rowHoward DahlIndependent1881 VAN Independent rowMike McleanIndependent1684 VAN LWF rowSharai MustatiaLWF1681 VAN Independent rowGuy WeraIndependent1476 VAN Independent rowRobert Martin McCallumIndependent1465 VAN LWF rowAnthony J. RyderLWF1383 VAN LWF rowJoseph XLWF1334 VAN LWF rowLani RusswurmLWF1292 VAN Independent rowGator McCluskieIndependent827Total100.0 Elections to the Vancouver Park Board Seven to be elected. CandidatePartyVotes% VAN Independent rowIndependentVAN Independent rowIndependentVAN Independent rowIndependentTotal 100.0 Referendum results Vancouver voters voted on question of electoral system reform. A majority of voters voted against electoral system reform and in favour of retaining the at-large districting. A little more than 59 percent voted in favour of "keeping the existing system of electing councillors 'at large', whereby all voters can vote for all councillors." If reform had received more than 60 percent, then the results of the supplementary question "which method of electing councillors would you prefer?" would have been considered:Voter Responses to Election Systems Questions on November 16, 1996 general local election ballot http://former.vancouver.ca/ctyclerk/election96/1996ballotquestion.htm https://wayback.archive-it.org/13140/20191217133518/http://former.vancouver.ca/ctyclerk/election96/1996ballotquestion.htm December 17, 2019 Vancouver.ca the option "Ward system, whereby only the electors of the ward vote for only one member of Council" received approval from 56 percent of voters the option "Mixed system, which combines some councillors elected 'at large' and some ward councillors" received approval from 48 percent the option "Proportional System, whereby the make-up of Council is determined in part by the percent of the popular vote obtained by each political group during the election" received approval from 37 percent the option "Other system of electing councillors" received approval from 25 percent of valid votes cast References External links City of Vancouver election results 1996 https://web.archive.org/web/20060908230140/http://vancouver.ca/ctyclerk/election96/96results/1996resultsindex.htm 2006-09-08 Vancouver charter https://web.archive.org/web/20081029101024/http://www.qp.gov.bc.ca/statreg/stat/V/vanch_00.htm 2008-10-29 Vancouver School Board (School District #39) https://web.archive.org/web/20070323162249/http://www.vsb.bc.ca/default.htm 2007-03-23 Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation 1996 Category:1996 elections in Canada Category:November 1996 in Canada Category:1996 in British Columbia Election, 1996