VANCOUVER’S Mayor Ken Sim and the 10 members of Council – Councillors Rebecca Bligh, Christine Boyle, Adriane Carr, Lisa Dominato, Pete Fry, Sarah Kirby-Yung, Mike Klassen, Peter Meiszner, Brian Montague and Lenny Zhou – were sworn in on Monday.

The Mayor and Council were elected in October and will serve a four-year term from 2022 to 2026.

Judge Derek Mah of the B.C. Provincial Court administered the oaths of office at the Orpheum theatre in Vancouver. The event’s master of ceremonies was Raymond Louie, five-term Vancouver City Councillor and a former Vancouver School Board Trustee.

In attendance were Councillor Allyson Fraser, Musqueam Indian Band; Khelsilem, Council Chairperson, Squamish Nation; Councillor Dennis Thomas Whonaok, Tsleil-Waututh Nation; Deacon Richard Chau, representing Archbishop Michael Miller, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Vancouver; Rev. Beth Hayward, Lead Minister, Canadian Memorial United Church; Rabbi Dan Moskovitz, Senior Rabbi of Temple Sholom; Head Granthi Gayni Harminder Pal Singh, Khalsa Diwan Society Ross Sikh Temple; and Tariq Tyab, Muslim Community Representative, Al Jamia Al Masjid Vancouver and the BC Muslim Association.

The event included the Vancouver Police Department and Vancouver Fire Rescue Services Honour Guard led by Departmental Sergeant Major Ray Gardner and Pipe Major Cal Davis, as well as performances by Andrew Greenwood and the Vancouver Fire Rescue Services Band, and the Vancouver Police Department Lion Dance Team with its sister club Shao Lin Hung Gar Kung Fu Association.

Council’s inaugural meeting will be held at 5 p.m. on Monday, November 7, at 5 p.m. The agenda and link to live broadcast are available on the City’s website.

A recording of the live stream can be viewed on the City of Vancouver Inauguration webpage.