Ken Sim

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Ken Sim
Mayor-elect of Vancouver
Assuming office
November 7, 2022
SucceedingKennedy Stewart
Personal details
Born
Kenneth Sim

(1970-10-18) October 18, 1970 (age 53)
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Political partyABC Vancouver (municipal)
Other political
affiliations		Non-Partisan Association (2018)
SpouseTeena Gupta
Residence(s)Vancouver, British Columbia
Alma materUniversity of British Columbia
ProfessionBusinessman
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese沈觀健
Simplified Chinese沈观健

Kenneth Sim (Chinese: 沈觀健; born October 18, 1970)[1][2][3][4] is a Canadian politician, businessman and mayor-elect of Vancouver.[5][6]

Biography

Born in Vancouver, Sim attended Magee Secondary School, Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School, and the UBC Sauder School of Business, graduating with a BComm in finance in 1993. He also holds a FCPA and FCA accounting designation.[7]

Sim co-founded the Nurse Next Door Home Healthcare Services in 2001.[8][3]

Mayor of Vancouver

Sim first ran for mayor with the Non-Partisan Association in the 2018 Vancouver municipal election and Sim finished runner up to Kennedy Stewart.[9]

Sim was elected Mayor of Vancouver on October 15, 2022. He is the first challenger to defeat a sitting mayor of Vancouver since 1980, when Mike Harcourt upset incumbent Jack Volrich.[10] Sim will be the first Chinese Canadian mayor of Vancouver.[11]

Personal life

Sim resides in Kitsilano with his wife and their four sons.[12] He has said that his children not seeing "a future for themselves in Vancouver" was a primary reason why he wanted to go into politics.[13]

Electoral record

2022 Vancouver municipal election: Vancouver mayor
Party Candidate Votes % Elected
ABC Vancouver Ken Sim 85,732 50.96 Green tickY
Forward Together Kennedy Stewart (incumbent) 49,593 29.48
TEAM for a Livable Vancouver Colleen Hardwick 16,769 9.97
Progress Vancouver Mark Marissen 5,830 3.47
NPA Fred Harding 3,905 2.32
Independent Leona Brown 1,519 0.9
Independent Ping Chan 1,154 0.69
Independent Françoise Raunet 1,116 0.66
Independent Satwant Shottha 994 0.59
Independent Imtiaz Popat 411 0.24
Independent Lewis Villegas 363 0.22
Independent Mike Hansen 314 0.19
Independent Gölök Buday 195 0.12
Independent Ryan Charmley 183 0.11
Independent Dante Teti 142 0.08
2018 Vancouver municipal election: Mayor of Vancouver
Party Candidate Votes % Elected
Independent Kennedy Stewart 49,705 28.71 Green tickY
NPA Ken Sim 48,748 28.16
Independent Shauna Sylvester 35,457 20.48
Coalition Vancouver Wai Young 11,872 6.86
Yes Vancouver Hector Bremner 9,924 5.73
Vancouver 1st Fred Harding 5,640 3.26
ProVancouver David Chen 3,573 2.06
Independent Sean Cassidy 1,536 0.89
IDEA Vancouver Connie Fogal 1,435 0.83
Independent Mike Hansen 951 0.55
Independent Jason Lamarche 695 0.40
Independent Rollergirl 686 0.40
Independent Ping Chan 653 0.38
Independent John Yano 510 0.29
Independent Tim Ly 349 0.20
Independent Sophia C. Kaiser 336 0.19
Independent Satwant K. Shottha 331 0.19
Independent Lawrence Massey 233 0.13
Independent Katy Le Rougetel 181 0.10
Independent Gölök Z. Buday 178 0.10
Independent Maynard Aubichon 139 0.08

References

  1. ^ https://twitter.com/MikeKlassen/status/1582418562056351744[bare URL]
  2. ^ Cheung, Christopher (September 28, 2022). "Vancouver Election Controversy: What's in a 'Usual Name'?". The Tyee. Retrieved October 16, 2022.
  3. ^ a b Smith, Charlie (June 3, 2018). "NPA nominates businessman Ken Sim as its Vancouver mayoral candidate". The Georgia Straight. Retrieved October 16, 2022.
  4. ^ "Ken Sim". ABC Vancouver.
  5. ^ Little, Simon (October 15, 2022). "Ken Sim defeats Kennedy Stewart to become mayor as ABC party sweeps Vancouver election". Global News. Retrieved October 16, 2022.
  6. ^ Steacy, Lisa (October 15, 2022). "CTV News declares Ken Sim next mayor of Vancouver". CTV News. Retrieved October 16, 2022.
  7. ^ Ip, Stephanie (June 4, 2018). "Five things to know about Ken Sim, the NPA's mayoral nomination". Vancouver Sun. Retrieved October 16, 2022.
  8. ^ Smith, Charlie (January 18, 2012). "Vancouver's Canadian-born Chinese in their 30s and 40s make their mark, no small thanks to Milton Wong". The Georgia Straight. Retrieved October 16, 2022.
  9. ^ Nassar, Hana Mae (October 15, 2022). "Ken Sim defeats Kennedy Stewart to become Vancouver mayor". CityNews. Retrieved October 16, 2022.
  10. ^ Howell, Mike (October 16, 2022). "Kennedy Stewart first Vancouver mayor in 42 years to lose race to challenger". Vancouver is Awesome. Retrieved October 16, 2022.
  11. ^ Meissner, Dirk; Shen, Nono (October 16, 2022). "Vancouver elects first Chinese-Canadian mayor". National Observer. Retrieved October 16, 2022.
  12. ^ Vancouver, City of. "2022 mayor candidates". vancouver.ca. Retrieved October 18, 2022.
  13. ^ "'This is deeply personal': Ken Sim explains why he wants to be Vancouver's next mayor". British Columbia. October 10, 2022. Retrieved October 18, 2022.


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