2008 Vancouver municipal election

Canadian local election April 2020 2008 Vancouver municipal election parliamentary no no no 2005 Vancouver municipal election 2005 2011 Vancouver municipal election 2011 11 seats in Vancouver City Council 30.8%Election Results: November 15, 2008 http://former.vancouver.ca/electionresults2008/ June 17, 2022 City of Vancouver December 17, 2019 https://wayback.archive-it.org/13140/20191217133337/http://former.vancouver.ca/electionresults2008/ bot: unknown 1.6 pp 2008 11 15 x150px VAN Vision nohash Gregor Robertson June 2008 VAN Vision name Vision–COPE–Green Mayor 4 seats, 44.45% 8 4 67,598 54.39% 9.94% x150px VAN COPE nohash David Cadman(de facto) 2005 VAN COPE name Vision–COPE–Green Councillor 1 seat,N/A 2 1 N/A N/A N/A x150px VAN NPA nohash Peter Ladner 2008 VAN NPA name Ran for Mayor (lost) 6 seats, 47.34% 1 5 48,794 39.26% 8.08% Mayor Sam Sullivan VAN NPA name Gregor Robertson VAN Vision name The 2008 Vancouver municipal election was held on November 15, 2008, filling seats on the Vancouver School Board, the Park Board, the Vancouver City Council, and the position of Mayor of Vancouver. It was held at the same time as municipal elections throughout the province. Three major civic parties were represented: the Coalition of Progressive Electors, the Non-Partisan Association, and Vision Vancouver. The Green Party of Vancouver fielded one candidate for park board commissioner. Candidates and results All incumbents are marked with (I) before their names. Mayor One mayor was elected out of 15 candidates. Of the candidates, four were affiliated with a political party, and eleven were independent. Gregor Robertson of Vision Vancouver was elected. Candidate name Party affiliationVotes% of votesElected Gregor RobertsonVision Vancouver 67,598 54.39% X Peter LadnerNon-Partisan Association 48,794 39.26% Betty KrawczykWork Less Party of British Columbia 1,346 1.08% Marc EmeryIndependent 1,119 0.90% Scott YeeIndependent 942 0.31% Patrick BrittenNude Garden Party 695 0.76% Jeff KuahIndependent 600 0.48% Angel L. JimenezIndependent 320 0.26% Leon KaplanIndependent 299 0.24% Bill RitchieIndependent 252 0.20% Joe HatoumIndependent 241 0.19% Gölök Z. BudayIndependent 172 0.14% Menard D. CaisseyIndependent 137 0.11% N. Bur MaxwellIndependent 125 0.10% City councillors Ten councillors were elected out of 32 candidates. Of the candidates, 24 were affiliated with a political party, and 8 were independent. Eight incumbent councillors were seeking re-election: four from Vision Vancouver, three from the NPA, and one from COPE. Of the elected councillors, seven were from Vision Vancouver, two from COPE and one from the NPA. Candidate name Party affiliationVotes% of votesElected (I) Raymond LouieVision Vancouver 66,226 53.29% X (I) Heather DealVision Vancouver 63,116 50.78% X (I) George ChowVision Vancouver 62,262 50.10% X Kerry JangVision Vancouver 60,598 48.76% X Andrea ReimerVision Vancouver 59,148 47.59% X (I) Tim StevensonVision Vancouver 58,380 46.97% X (I) David CadmanCoalition of Progressive Electors 56,665 45.59% X (I) Suzanne AntonNon-Partisan Association 52,941 42.60% X Geoff MeggsVision Vancouver 49,538 39.86% X Ellen WoodsworthCoalition of Progressive Electors 45,877 36.91% X Kashmir DhaliwalVision Vancouver 44,854 36.09% Michael GellerNon-Partisan Association 44,353 35.69% (I) Kim CapriNon-Partisan Association 44,270 35.62% (I) Elizabeth BallNon-Partisan Association 42,727 34.38% David LeeNon-Partisan Association 42,195 33.95% Kanman WongNon-Partisan Association 36,795 29.61% Korina HoughtonNon-Partisan Association 34,588 27.83% Leanore CopelandNon-Partisan Association 34,566 27.81% Sean BickertonNon-Partisan Association 33,510 26.96% Daljit S. SidhuNon-Partisan Association 28,894 23.25% Chris ShawWork Less Party of British Columbia 11,237 9.04% Lea JohnsonIndependent 10,947 8.81% Ian GregsonWork Less Party of British Columbia 10,493 8.44% Geri TramutolaWork Less Party of British Columbia 8,619 6.93% John T. BoychukIndependent 8,093 6.51% Timothy WisdomWork Less Party of British Columbia 7,435 5.98% Marc BoyerIndependent 4,305 3.46% Audrey Jane LaferriereIndependent 4,196 3.38%WendythirteenIndependent 3,508 2.82% Steve WansleebenIndependent 3,299 2.65% Bud OracleIndependent 2,860 2.30% Matt KadiogluIndependent 2,423 1.95% Park board commissioners Seven commissioners were elected out of twenty candidates. Of the candidates, 15 were affiliated with a political party, and 5 were independent. Two incumbent commissioners were seeking re-election: one from COPE and one from the NPA. Of the elected commissioners, four were from Vision Vancouver, with one each from the NPA, COPE, and the Green Party of Vancouver. Candidate name Party affiliationVotes% of votesElected Constance BarnesVision Vancouver 62,973 50.67% X Aaron JasperVision Vancouver 58,343 46.94% X Sarah BlythVision Vancouver 56,775 45.68% X (I) Loretta WoodcockCoalition of Progressive Electors 49,901 40.15% X Raj HundalVision Vancouver 48,871 39.32% X Stuart MacKinnonGreen Party of Vancouver 48,415 38.95% X (I) Ian RobertsonNon-Partisan Association 44,005 35.41% X Anita RomaniukCoalition of Progressive Electors 43,636 35.11% Marty ZlotnikNon-Partisan Association 42,633 34.30% Melissa De GenovaNon-Partisan Association 42,062 33.84% Laura McDiarmidNon-Partisan Association 37,841 30.45% Christopher RichardsonNon-Partisan Association 35,849 28.84% Sharon UrtonNon-Partisan Association 33,129 26.66% Naresh ShuklaNon-Partisan Association 27,350 22.01% Jamie Lee HamiltonIndependent 15,405 12.39% Juliet Victoria AndalisIndependent 11,730 9.44% Richard MayencourtIndependent 11,152 8.97% Ivan DumencWork Less Party of British Columbia 10,919 8.79% Thomas LockhartIndependent 6,832 5.50% Peter Raymond HaskellIndependent 5,674 4.57% School board trustees Nine school trustees were elected out of 19 candidates. Of the candidates, 17 were affiliated with a political party, and 2 were independent. Five incumbent trustees were seeking re-election: three from the NPA and two from COPE. Of the elected trustees, four were from Vision Vancouver, three from COPE and two from NPA. Candidate name Party affiliationVotes% of votesElected Patti BacchusVision Vancouver 64,451 51.67% X Mike LombardiVision Vancouver 62,772 50.32% X Ken ClementVision Vancouver 62,096 49.78% X Sharon E. GregsonVision Vancouver 61,417 49.24% X (I) Allan WongCoalition of Progressive Electors 56,027 44.92% X (I) Al BlakeyCoalition of Progressive Electors 49,045 39.32% X Jane BoueyCoalition of Progressive Electors 48,227 38.66% X (I) Ken DenikeNon-Partisan Association 46,777 37.50% X (I) Carol GibsonNon-Partisan Association 46,048 36.92% X Bill BargemanCoalition of Progressive Electors 45,981 36.86% Heather HoldenNon-Partisan Association 45,921 36.81% Alvin SinghCoalition of Progressive Electors 43,754 35.08% Sophia WooNon-Partisan Association 43,538 34.90% (I) Clarence HansenNon-Partisan Association 40,953 32.83% Eileen Le GallaisNon-Partisan Association 37,598 30.14% Margit NanceNon-Partisan Association 35,014 28.07% Lakhbir SinghNon-Partisan Association 33,659 26.98% Robert Allan StarkIndependent 10,914 8.75% Peter Raymond HaskellIndependent 10,370 8.31% Capital plan questions The following capital plan questions were posed to voters:http://former.vancouver.ca/blStorage/9729.PDF Borrowing questions (Capital Plan) - Election 2008 - City of Vancouver Elections City of Vancouver July 27, 2014 Public works 1. Are you in favour of council having the authority, without further assent of the electors, to pass by-laws between January 1, 2009, and December 31, 2011, to borrow an aggregate $93,820,000 for the following purposes? Street and Bridge Infrastructure at $66,607,000 Traffic and Safety Improvements at $12,553,000 Street Lighting, Traffic Signal, and Communications Systems at $14,660,000 OptionVotesPercentageYes78,50663.16%No28,02436.84%Total votes124,285100% Public safety and civic facilities 2. Are you in favour of council having the authority, without further assent of the electors, to pass by-laws between January 1, 2009, and December 31, 2011, to borrow an aggregate $68,605,000 for the following purposes? Public Safety at $31,965,000 Civic Facilities at $32,490,000 Library at $4,150,000 OptionVotesPercentageYes79,42963.91%No26,67936.09%Total votes124,285100% Parks and recreation facilities 3. Are you in favour of council having the authority, without further assent of the electors, to pass by-laws between January 1, 2009, and December 31, 2011, to borrow an aggregate $59,575,000 for the following purposes? Recreation Facilities at $52,247,000 Parks at $7,328,000 OptionVotesPercentageYes77,25962.16%No29,36637.84%Total votes124,285100% Voter and party statistics Voter turnout Of the 403,663 registered voters, there were 124,285 recorded ballots, marking the voter turnout at 30.79%. This represented a decrease of 1.66% from the 32.45% turnout during the previous municipal election in 2005.http://former.vancouver.ca/ctyclerk/election2005/finalresults.htm Election summary - Election 2005 - City of Vancouver Elections City of Vancouver July 27, 2014 Elected percentage by party PartyMayorCouncillorsPark Board commissionersSchool Board trusteesTotal candidates # Elected % Elected # Elected % Elected # Elected % Elected # Elected % Elected # Elected % ElectedGreen Party of Vancouver NIL N/A NIL N/A 1/1 100.0% NIL N/A 1/1 100.0%Vision Vancouver 1/1 100.0% 7/8 87.5% 4/4 100.0% 4/4 100.0% 16/17 94.1%Coalition of Progressive Electors NIL N/A 2/2 100.0% 1/2 50.0% 3/5 60.0% 6/9 66.7%Non-Partisan Association 0/1 0.0% 1/10 10.0% 1/7 14.3% 2/8 25.0% 4/26 15.4%Work Less Party of British Columbia 0/1 0.0% 0/4 0.0% 0/1 0.0% NIL N/A 0/6 0.0%Nude Garden Party 0/1 0.0% NIL N/A NIL N/A NIL N/A 0/1 0.0%Independent candidates 0/11 0.0% 0/8 0.0% 0/5 0.0% 0/2 0.0% 0/26 0.0% Seat changes by party PartyMayor & CouncillorsPark Board commissionersSchool Board trusteesTotal elected 2005 2008 % Change % Seats 2005 2008 % Change % Seats 2005 2008 % Change % Seats 2005 2008 % Change % SeatsVision Vancouver48+100.00%72.73%04N/A57.14%04N/A44.44%416+400.00%59.26%Coalition of Progressive Electors12+100.00%18.18%21-50.00%14.29%33±0.00%33.33%66±0.00%22.22%Non-Partisan Association71-85.71%9.09%51-80.00%14.29%62-66.67%22.22%174-76.47%14.81%Green Party of Vancouver00±0.00%0.0%01N/A0.00%00±0.00%0.00%01N/A3.70% References General http://former.vancouver.ca/electionresults2008/ Election summary - Election 2008 - City of Vancouver Elections City of Vancouver July 27, 2014 Specific External links City of Vancouver Election Candidate Profiles https://web.archive.org/web/20090213163632/http://vancouver.ca/ctyclerk/election2008/candidate-profiles.htm February 13, 2009 City of Vancouver Election Page https://web.archive.org/web/20090213111352/http://vancouver.ca/ctyclerk/election2008/ February 13, 2009 Daily Press Coverage of Vancouver Civic Election Various News Our Campaigns Politics1 Canada (beta) Canadian Politics Radical Press Nowpolling.ca 2008 Category:2008 elections in Canada Category:November 2008 in Canada Category:2008 in British Columbia Municipal election, 2008 Category:Gregor Robertson (politician)