2011 Vancouver municipal election

Canadian local election April 2020 2011 Vancouver municipal election parliamentary no no no 2008 Vancouver municipal election 2008 2014 Vancouver municipal election 2014 11 seats in Vancouver City Council 35.0%2014 Vancouver civic election https://vancouver.ca/your-government/2014-municipal-election.aspx June 17, 2022 City of Vancouver November 29, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141129184841/https://vancouver.ca/your-government/2014-municipal-election.aspx 4.2 pp 2011 11 19 150x150px VAN Vision nohash Gregor Robertson VAN Vision name Vision-COPE Mayor 8 seats, 54.39% 8 77,005 53.17% 1.21% x150px VAN NPA nohash Suzanne Anton VAN NPA name Ran for Mayor (lost) 1 seat, 39.26% 2 1 58,152 40.15% 0.89% 150x150px VAN Green nohash Adriane Carr(de facto) VAN Green name Councillor 0 seats, N/A 1 1 N/A N/A N/A x150px VAN COPE nohash Ellen Woodsworth(de facto) VAN COPE name Vision-COPE Ran for Councillor (lost) 2 seats, N/A 0 2 N/A N/A N/A VAN NSV nohash Randy Helten VAN NSV name Ran for Mayor (lost) N/A 0 4,077 2.77% N/A Mayor Gregor Robertson VAN Vision name Gregor Robertson VAN Vision name The City of Vancouver held a municipal election on November 19, 2011, along with other municipalities and regional districts in British Columbia. All local government elections were for a three-year period. The ballot elected one mayor, 10 councillors, nine school board trustees and seven park board commissioners. A $180 million capital borrowing planCapital Plan 2012-2014 at vancouver.ca was also put to a vote. Incumbent mayor Gregor Robertson and the Vision Vancouver Party sought and won their second term in office following their victory in the 2008 election. All Vision Vancouver candidates won seats in their respective categories. Spencer Kent Olivier Cassidy Robertson leads Vision sweep The Province November 20, 2011 https://theprovince.com/sports/Robertson+leads+Vision+sweep/5740222/story.html November 23, 2011August 2026 InternetArchiveBot Suzanne Anton lost her bid as mayor but the NPA team gained seats in council, park board and school board. COPE was nearly wiped out this election, losing both seats in city council. Its only elected official was school board trustee incumbent Allan Wong. O'Connor Naoibh COPE's last man standing speaks Vancouver Courier November 21, 2011 http://www.vancourier.com/news/COPE+last+standing+speaks/5745684/story.html November 23, 2011 On December 8, 2013, Wong resigned from the Coalition of Progressive Electors (COPE) and joined Vision as a sitting trustee. The Green Party of Vancouver had its first elected city councillor with Adriane Carr, but lost its incumbent seat on the park board. Thomas Sandra Adriane Carr makes Vancouver city council history Vancouver Courier November 19, 2011 http://www.vancourier.com/Adriane+Carr+makes+Vancouver+city+council+history/5739500/story.html November 23, 2011 March 15, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160315154130/http://www.vancourier.com/Adriane+Carr+makes+Vancouver+city+council+history/5739500/story.html dead New party Neighbourhoods for a Sustainable Vancouver (NSV) did not win any seats in council. NSV leader Randy Helten placed a distant third in the mayoral race. Candidates and results The nomination period officially opened on October 4, 2011, and closed on October 14, 2011. This was the second election where Vision Vancouver and COPE signed an electoral agreement to support each other's candidates for election. Howell Mike COPE infighting follows Vancouver election disaster Vancouver Courier November 21, 2011 http://www.vancourier.com/news/COPE+infighting+follows+Vancouver+election+disaster/5746219/story.html November 23, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20181215223138/https://www.vancourier.com/news/cope-infighting-follows-vancouver-election-disaster-1.382602 December 15, 2018 Carrigg David Veteran left-wing COPE squeezed out of picture The Province November 20, 2011 https://theprovince.com/news/Veteran+left+wing+COPE+squeezed+picture/5740226/story.html November 23, 2011 (I) denotes incumbents. Mayor thumb|Poster from the 2011 Vancouver municipal elections Twelve candidates sought election to the position of mayor. Four were affiliated with a political party and eight were independents. Incumbent mayor Gregor Robertson of Vision Vancouver was re-elected.http://former.vancouver.ca/electionresults2011/index.htm Election summary - Election 2011 - City of Vancouver Elections September 11, 2023 City of Vancouver https://wayback.archive-it.org/13140/20191216225018/http://former.vancouver.ca/electionresults2011/index.htm December 16, 2019 Candidate name Party affiliationVotes% of votesElected (I) Gregor RobertsonVision Vancouver 77,005 53.17 X Suzanne AntonNon-Partisan Association 58,152 40.15 Randy HeltenNeighbourhoods for a Sustainable Vancouver 4,007 2.77 Gerry McGuireVancouver Citizen's Voice 1,195 0.83 Sam PelletierIndependent 443 0.31 Darrell ZimmermanIndependent 426 0.29DubgeeIndependent 419 0.29 Robin LawranceIndependent 353 0.24 Victor B. PaquetteIndependent 333 0.23 Lloyd Alan CookeIndependent 310 0.21 Menard CaissyIndependent 288 0.20 Gölök Zoltán BudayIndependent 268 0.19 City councillors Ten councillors were elected out of 41 candidates. Of the candidates, 28 were affiliated with a political party, and 13 were independent. Seven incumbent councillors sought re-election: six from Vision Vancouver and one from COPE. Of those subsequently elected, Vision Vancouver held seven seats, the NPA two and the Green Party of Vancouver one. Candidate name Party affiliationVotes% of votesElected (I) Raymond LouieVision Vancouver 63,273 43.69 X (I) Kerry JangVision Vancouver 61,931 42.76 X (I) Heather DealVision Vancouver 61,368 42.37 X (I) Andrea ReimerVision Vancouver 60,593 41.84 X (I) Tim StevensonVision Vancouver 56,638 39.11 X (I) Geoff MeggsVision Vancouver 56,184 38.79 X Tony TangVision Vancouver 53,873 37.20 X Elizabeth BallNon-Partisan Association 51,607 35.63 X George AffleckNon-Partisan Association 51,145 35.32 X Adriane CarrGreen Party of Vancouver 48,648 33.59 X (I) Ellen WoodsworthCoalition of Progressive Electors 48,557 33.53 Bill YuenNon-Partisan Association 48,407 33.42 Mike KlassenNon-Partisan Association 47,868 33.05 Ken CharkoNon-Partisan Association 45,373 31.33 Bill McCreeryNon-Partisan Association 45,114 31.15 Francis WongNon-Partisan Association 44,707 30.87 Tim LouisCoalition of Progressive Electors 43,926 30.33 Sean BickertonNon-Partisan Association 43,289 29.89 Joe CarangiNon-Partisan Association 41,460 28.63 RJ AquinoCoalition of Progressive Electors 39,054 26.97 Jason LamarcheNon-Partisan Association 37,286 25.75 Sandy GarossinoIndependent 20,866 14.41 Elizabeth MurphyNeighbourhoods for a Sustainable Vancouver 19,644 13.56 Nicole BensonNeighbourhoods for a Sustainable Vancouver 17,983 12.42 Terry MartinNeighbourhoods for a Sustainable Vancouver 13,025 8.99 Marie KerchumNeighbourhoods for a Sustainable Vancouver 12,614 8.71 Chris ShawDe-Growth Vancouver 8,219 5.68 Ian GregsonDe-Growth Vancouver 7,872 5.44 Amy FoxIndependent 6,499 4.49 Kelly AlmIndependent 5,525 3.82 Grant FraserIndependent 4,758 3.29 Chris MassonDe-Growth Vancouver 4,690 3.24 Lauren R.I.C.H. GillIndependent 4,682 3.23 Michael Singh DharniIndependent 4,167 2.88 Marc Tan NguyenIndependent 4,118 2.84 Rick OrserIndependent 3,996 2.76WendythirteenIndependent 3,926 2.71 Bang NguyenIndependent 3,826 2.64 Cord (Ted) CopelandIndependent 3,587 2.48 Aaron R.I.C.H. SpiresIndependent 2,200 1.52 R H Maxwell N BurIndependent 1,955 1.35 Park board commissioners Seven commissioners were elected out of 21 candidates. Of the candidates, 15 were affiliated with a political party, and six were independent. Four incumbent commissioners sought re-election: three from Vision Vancouver and one from the Green Party of Vancouver. Of the elected commissioners, Vision held five seats and the NPA two. Candidate name Party affiliationVotes% of votesElected (I) Constance BarnesVision Vancouver 63,952 44.16 X (I) Sarah BlythVision Vancouver 62,198 42.95 X (I) Aaron JasperVision Vancouver 58,343 40.29 X Niki SharmaVision Vancouver 58,330 40.28 X Melissa De GenovaNon-Partisan Association 56,501 39.01 X John CouparNon-Partisan Association 50,375 34.78 X Trevor LokeVision Vancouver 49,878 34.44 X Casey CrawfordNon-Partisan Association 49,020 33.85 Gabby KalawNon-Partisan Association 48,600 33.56 Jason UptonNon-Partisan Association 46,261 31.94 Dave PasinNon-Partisan Association 46,005 31.77 (I) Stuart MackinnonGreen Party of Vancouver 44,761 30.91 Brent GranbyCoalition of Progressive Electors 42,769 29.53 Donalda Greenwell-BakerCoalition of Progressive Electors 39,033 26.95 Jamie Lee HamiltonIndependent Democratic Electoral Alliance 19,495 13.46 Juliet Victoria AndalisIndependent 12,693 8.76 Eleanor HadleyIndependent 10,754 9.37 Andrew MurrayIndependent 9,819 6.78 Tammy TruongIndependent 8,917 6.16 Peter Raymond HaskellIndependent 5,540 3.83 Freyja Pri ToorIndependent 5,062 3.50 School board trustees Nine school board trustees were elected out of 20 candidates. Of the candidates, 15 were affiliated with a political party, and five were independent. Seven incumbent trustees were seeking re-election: three from Vision Vancouver, three from COPE, and one from the NPA. Of the elected trustees, five were from Vision Vancouver, three from the NPA and one from COPE. Candidate name Party affiliationVotes% of votesElected (I) Patti BacchusVision Vancouver 72,025 49.73 X (I) Mike LombardiVision Vancouver 65,411 45.17 X (I) Ken ClementVision Vancouver 61,994 42.81 X Cherie PayneVision Vancouver 61,874 42.72 X (I) Ken DenikeNon-Partisan Association 59,310 40.95 X (I) Allan WongCoalition of Progressive Electors 57,902 39.98 X Rob WynenVision Vancouver 56,763 39.19 X Sophia WooNon-Partisan Association 55,890 38.59 X Fraser BallantyneNon-Partisan Association 55,713 38.47 X Stacy RobertsonNon-Partisan Association 54,275 37.48 Gwen GiesbrechtCoalition of Progressive Electors 52,470 36.23 (I) Jane BoueyCoalition of Progressive Electors 52,026 35.92 (I) Al BlakeyCoalition of Progressive Electors 51,963 35.88 Sandy SharmaNon-Partisan Association 49,843 34.42 Louise BoutinGreen Party of Vancouver 34,477 23.81 Lily HarveyIndependent 20,314 14.03 Misha LauensteinIndependent 14,297 9.87 Robert Allan StarkIndependent 13,391 9.25 Bang NguyenIndependent 12,903 8.91 Peter Raymond HaskellIndependent 11,915 8.23 Capital Plan questions 1. Are you in favour of council having the authority, without further assent of the electors, to pass by-laws between January 1, 2012, and December 31, 2014, to borrow an aggregate $65,800,000 for the following purposes? Community Facilities at $58,600,000 Parks at $7,200,000 OptionVotesPercentageYes81,60563.39No47,12436.61Total votes128,729100 2. Are you in favour of council having the authority, without further assent of the electors, to pass by-laws between January 1, 2012, and December 31, 2014, to borrow an aggregate $66,300,000 for the following purposes? Street and Bridge Infrastructure at $41,150,000 Transit and Safety Improvements at $8,500,000 Street Lighting, Traffic Signals and Communications Systems at $16,650,000 OptionVotesPercentageYes88,64068.85No40,09531.15Total votes128,735100 3. Are you in favour of council having the authority, without further assent of the electors, to pass by-laws between January 1, 2012, and December 31, 2014, to borrow an aggregate $47,700,000 for the following purposes? Public Safety Facilities at $13,200,000 Civic Facilities at $34,500,000 OptionVotesPercentageYes87,51568.23No40,74031.76Total votes128,255100 Voter and party statistics Voter turnout Of the 418,878 registered voters, there were 144,823 recorded ballots, marking the voter turnout at 34.57 percent.Percent Voter Turnout Calculations for BC Municipalities https://web.archive.org/web/20120415065516/http://www.civicinfo.bc.ca/Library/Elections/VoterTurnout_BCMuni2011.pdf April 15, 2012 CivicInfo BC. Retrieved November 20, 2011 This is an increase from the 30.79-percent turnout during the previous municipal election in 2008. Elected percentage by party Of the parties represented, only Vision Vancouver had its entire slate of candidates elected in all fields. PartyMayorCouncillorsPark board commissionersSchool board trusteesTotal candidates# Elected% Elected# Elected% Elected# Elected% Elected# Elected% Elected# Elected% ElectedVision Vancouver 1/1 100.0 7/7 100.0 5/5 100.0 5/5 100.018/18100.0Green Party of VancouverNILN/A 1/1 100.0 0/1 0.0 0/1 0.01/333.3Non-Partisan Association 0/1 0.0 2/10 20.0 2/6 33.3 3/5 60.07/2231.8Coalition of Progressive ElectorsNILN/A 0/3 0.0 0/2 0.0 1/4 25.01/911.1Neighbourhoods for a Sustainable Vancouver 0/1 0.0 0/4 0.0NILN/ANILN/A0/50.0De-Growth VancouverNILN/A 0/3 0.0NILN/ANILN/A0/30.0Vancouver Citizen's Voice 0/1 0.0NILN/ANILN/ANILN/A0/10.0Independent Democratic Electoral AllianceNILN/ANILN/A 0/1 0.0NILN/A0/10.0Independent candidates 0/8 0.0 0/13 0.0 0/6 0.0 0/5 0.00/320.0 Seat changes by party PartyMayor & councillorsPark board commissionersSchool board trusteesTotal elected20082011% Change% Seats20082011% Change% Seats20082011% Change% Seats20082011% Change% SeatsVision Vancouver880.0072.7345 +25.0071.4345 +25.0055.561618 +12.5066.67Non-Partisan Association12 +100.0018.1812 +100.0028.5723 +50.0033.3347 +75.0025.93Green Party of Vancouver01N/A9.0910−100.000.00000.000.00110.003.70Coalition of Progressive Electors20−100.000.0010−100.000.0031−66.6711.1161−83.333.70 References External links Vancouver Votes on city website 2011 Category:2011 elections in Canada Category:November 2011 in Canada Category:2011 in Vancouver Category:Gregor Robertson (politician)