2005 Vancouver municipal election

The city of Vancouver, along with the rest of British Columbia's municipalities, held its municipal elections on November 19, 2005. Canadian citizens who were over 18 years of age at the time of the vote, and had been a resident of Vancouver for the past 30 days and a resident of BC for the past 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.

2005 Vancouver municipal election
November 19, 2005 (2005-11-19)
11 seats in Vancouver City Council
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Sam Sullivan Jim Green David Cadman
(de facto)
Party NPA Vision COPE
Leader since 2005 2005 2005
Leader's seat Mayor Ran for Mayor (lost) Councillor
Last election 2 seats, 30.01% N/A (4 at dissolution) 9 seats (5 at dissolution), 57.79%
Seats won 6 4 1
Seat change 4 4
Popular vote 61,543 57,796 N/A
Percentage 47.34% 44.45% N/A
Swing 17.33% 13.34% (from COPE 2002 results) N/A
Mayor before election

Larry Campbell
COPE

 Elected Mayor

Sam Sullivan
NPA

The ballot elects one mayor, 10 councillors, nine school board trustees and seven park board commissioners. Each elector may vote for as many candidates as there are open seats (e.g., an elector may vote for ten or fewer councillors).

Elections to City Council
Main article: Vancouver City Council

Overall council results

All figures include votes cast for both mayor and councillors

Party Party leader and/or mayoral candidate # of candidates Council seats Total popular vote
2002 At dissolution Elected Change # % Change
  NPA Sam Sullivan 11 2 2 6 +4      
  Vision Jim Green 6 - 4 4 0      
  COPE David Cadman 5 9 5 1 -4      
Work Less Ben West 1 - - -        
Interest Austin Spencer 1 - - -        
  Green none 1 - -          
  Nude Garden Patrick Britten 1 - - -        
  Independent 30 - - -        
Total 56 11 11 11 -   100.0 -

Mayoral election

One to be elected.

Candidate Party Votes %
  Sam Sullivan NPA 61543 47.34
  Jim Green Vision 57796 44.45
  James Green Independent 4273 3.29
  Ben West Work Less 1907 1.47
  Scott Yee Independent 688 0.53
  Austin Spencer Interest 456 0.35
  Pedro Mora Independent 443 0.34
  Gölök Zoltán Buday Independent 384 0.30
  John Landry Gray Independent 355 0.27
  Mike Hansen Independent 304 0.23
  Darrell Zimmerman Independent 283 0.22
  Frank D'Agostino Independent 275 0.21
  Ian W. Simpson Independent 246 0.19
  Arthur Crossman Independent 219 0.17
  Grant Chancey Independent 198 0.15
  Ray Power Independent 171 0.13
  Peter Raymond Haskell Independent 144 0.11
  Malcolm G. MacLeod Independent 140 0.11
  Joe Hatoum Independent 96 0.07
  Eliot Esti Independent 90 0.07
Total 130,011 100.0

Councillor election

Ten to be elected.

Candidate Party Votes %
  Suzanne Anton NPA 60586
  Peter Ladner* NPA 58142
  Raymond Louie* Vision 52795
  Kim Capri NPA 52719
  Tim Stevenson* Vision 51527
  David Cadman* COPE 51155
  George Chow Vision 51107
  Elizabeth Ball NPA 50865
  Heather Deal Vision 50624
  BC Lee NPA 50047
  Ronald Leung NPA 48430
  Fred Bass* COPE 48248
  Colleen Hardwick Nystedt NPA 46737
  Valerie Jenkinson NPA 46077
  Heather Harrison Vision 45719
  Kathi Thompson NPA 45314
  Tim Louis* COPE 43349
  Ellen Woodsworth* COPE 42724
  Anne Roberts* COPE 41739
  Patrick Maliha NPA 39165
  Ann Livingston Green 27168
  Kevin Potvin Independent 10806
  Michelle Jasmine Chang Independent 9016
  Jamie Lee Hamilton Independent 8153
  Patrick Britten Nude Garden 6595
  Lea Johnson Independent 6253
  Beverley Ballantyne Independent 6153
  John W. Angus Independent 5728
  Wendythirteen Independent 4247
  John Patrick Gordon Independent 3887
  Phyllis Loke Independent 3562
  Marc Boyer Independent 3388
  Greg Aulin Independent 3335
  Don Briere Independent 3125
  David Wilson Applegath Independent 2718
  Steve Wansleeben Independent 2478
Total 1083681 100.0

Elections to the Park Board

Seven to be elected.

Candidate Party Votes %
  Allan De Genova* NPA 59961
  Heather Holden NPA 57229
  Ian Robertson NPA 53700
  Marty Zlotnik NPA 51363
  Korina Houghton NPA 46309
  Loretta Woodcock* COPE 45659
  Spencer Herbert COPE 44562
  Sheryl Williamson-Harms NPA 43898
  Eric Whiteway NPA 43851
  Mel Lehan COPE 43684
  Anita Romaniuk* COPE 43078
  Jenn McGinn COPE 39738
  Omar Kassis COPE 38551
  Stuart Mackinnon Green 37824
  Tracey Jastinder Mann Green 33384
  Bill Grant Independent 10819
  Juliet V. Andalis Independent 9966
  Earl P. Sunshine Independent 8610
  Ashok Sarkar Independent 4791
Total   100.0

Elections to the School Board

Nine to be elected.

Candidate Party Votes %
  Carol Gibson NPA 55356
  Don Lee NPA 54868
  Shirley M. Wong NPA 54259
  Ken Denike NPA 52908
  Allen Blakey* COPE 51444
  Allan Wong* COPE 50380
  Eleanor Gregory NPA 49473
  Sharon Gregson COPE 48293
  Clarence Hansen NPA 48162
  Jane Bouey* COPE 47876
  Angela Kenyon* COPE 46458
  Noel Herron* COPE 46072
  Michelle Mollineaux NPA 45940
  Andrea Reimer* Green 44476
  Kevin Millsip* COPE 43527
  Rucku Bhandal NPA 43288
  Conrad Lew COPE 42452
  Todd Gnissios NPA 41341
  Herman Hui Independent 10966
  Leo Jack Ferry Independent 8537
  Bang Nguyen Independent 7525
Total   100.0

See also

References
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