APRIL 9 UPDATE:

Sean Orr and Lucy Maloney will be sworn into City Council at a swearing-in ceremony on the morning of April 15.

VANCOUVER voters on Saturday elected two new City Council members: Sean Orr of COPE (34,448 votes) and Lucy Maloney of OneCity (33,732 votes).

Colleen Hardwick of TEAM won 17,352 votes, Green candidate Annette Reilly got 15,045 votes and Theodore Abbott of TEAM bagged 11,581 votes.

ABC Vancouver’s Jaime Stein won 9,267 votes and Ralph Kaisers received 8,915 votes.

The result is seen as a setback to ABC Vancouver, though it still has seven out of 11 seats on Vancouver Council.

The official results will be declared by the Chief Election Officer on Wednesday, April 9.

Click the following link to view the complete list of results: Unofficial results.

67,962 Vancouverites cast ballots, reflecting voter turnout of 15.1 per cent of the 450,492 registered voters in the City of Vancouver. 5,430 vote by mail ballots were cast which accounts for 8 per cent of the voter turnout, up from 3.9 per cent in the 2022 General Election.

In this by-election, all eligible Vancouver voters had the chance to vote by mail, vote in advance during two advance voting days at City Hall, and vote on Election Day at 25 locations.

CITY Manager Paul Mochrie said in a statement on Sunday: “I want to thank each voter for your commitment to the democratic process and for the remarkable patience you demonstrated during long wait times experienced over the course of the day at many polling stations across the city.

“Moreover, I want to acknowledge that voting wait times that many electors experienced yesterday were unacceptable. The extended wait times at many voting places reflected flawed planning assumptions for this by-election that informed staff decisions and the plan presented to Council. Recognizing the effort by the City’s elections team to promote and execute this plan, it was clearly insufficient to accommodate the electorate in accessing an efficient voting process.

“These shortcomings are deeply regrettable and I apologize to all voters impacted by delays, as well as to candidates and civic parties. I, along with City staff, are committed to ensure that lessons from yesterday’s by-election inform the planning and execution of the 2026 general municipal election and all future City of Vancouver election efforts.

“The conduct of elections is one of our responsibilities as a local government that does not present a margin for error. Our role is to provide a voting process that is efficient, accessible, and reflective of the trust that voters and elected officials place in the civil service to support the electoral process. We will do better moving forward.”