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Kennedy Stewart is the new mayor of Vancouver

VANCOUVER voters have elected 27 people to public office following the preliminary count of 2018 municipal by-election ballots, according to a press release by the City of Vancouver.

Approximately 176,744 ballots were cast and voter turn-out is estimated to be about 39.4 per cent. 158 candidates ran in races for Mayor, Councillor, Park Commissioner, and School Trustee.

The official election results will be declared by the Chief Election Officer by October 24, 2018. The unofficial results are as follows:

Mayor

CandidatePartyVote
STEWART, Kennedy 49812

10 Councillors

CandidatePartyVote
CARR, AdrianeGREEN69885
FRY, PeteGREEN61925
DE GENOVA, MelissaNPA53324
SWANSON, JeanCOPE48955
HARDWICK, ColleenNPA47811
WIEBE, MichaelGREEN45700
BOYLE, ChristineOneCity45529
DOMINATO, LisaNPA44769
BLIGH, RebeccaNPA44117
KIRBY-YUNG, SarahNPA43646

7 Park Commissioners

CandidatePartyVote
MACKINNON, StuartGREEN73718
DEMERS, DaveGREEN73326
DUMONT, CamilGREEN65447
COUPAR, JohnNPA49836
BARKER, TriciaNPA48831
GIESBRECHT, GwenCOPE48481
IRWIN, JohnCOPE46360

9 School Trustees

CandidatePartyVotes
FRASER, JanetGREEN75237
GONZALEZ, EstrellitaGREEN58540
REDDY, JenniferOneCity52851
HANSON, OliverNPA49991
BALLANTYNE, FraserNPA49849
CHO, CarmenNPA49597
CHAN-PEDLEY, LoisGREEN48509
PARROTT, BarbCOPE48276
WONG, AllanVision Vancouver47378

 

The voting results will be available for public inspection at the City’s election office until November 23, 2018. It is possible to seek a judicial recount in Provincial Court, and to challenge the right of an elected candidate to take office, or the validity of an election in B.C. Supreme Court.

The inauguration ceremony for the newly elected officials will take place November 5, 2018. Details will be released closer to that date. 

 

Capital Plan

 

Vancouver voters also voted on three capital plan borrowing questions, which will provide infrastructure funding from 2019-2022. Unofficial results are below.

 

QuestionYes votesNo votes
Question 1: Transportation and technology118,56240,235
Question 2: Capital maintenance and renovation programs for existing community facilities, civic facilities, and parks121,67136,901
Question 3: Replacement of existing community facilities and civic facilities108,74249,466