Ken Sim
Ken Sim | |||||||||||||||||
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Mayor-elect of Vancouver | |||||||||||||||||
Assuming office November 7, 2022 | |||||||||||||||||
Succeeding | Kennedy Stewart | ||||||||||||||||
Personal details | |||||||||||||||||
Born | Kenneth Sim October 18, 1970 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | ||||||||||||||||
Political party | ABC Vancouver (municipal) | ||||||||||||||||
Other political affiliations | Non-Partisan Association (2018) | ||||||||||||||||
Spouse | Teena Gupta | ||||||||||||||||
Residence(s) | Vancouver, British Columbia | ||||||||||||||||
Alma mater | University of British Columbia | ||||||||||||||||
Profession | Businessman | ||||||||||||||||
Chinese name | |||||||||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 沈觀健 | ||||||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 沈观健 | ||||||||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Elected | ||||
ABC Vancouver | Ken Sim | 85,732 | 50.96 | ![]() | ||||
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 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Elected | ||||
Independent | Kennedy Stewart | 49,705 | 28.71 | ![]() | ||||
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
- ^ https://twitter.com/MikeKlassen/status/1582418562056351744[bare URL]
- ^ Cheung, Christopher (September 28, 2022). "Vancouver Election Controversy: What's in a 'Usual Name'?". The Tyee. Retrieved October 16, 2022.
- ^ a b Smith, Charlie (June 3, 2018). "NPA nominates businessman Ken Sim as its Vancouver mayoral candidate". The Georgia Straight. Retrieved October 16, 2022.
- ^ "Ken Sim". ABC Vancouver.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Steacy, Lisa (October 15, 2022). "CTV News declares Ken Sim next mayor of Vancouver". CTV News. Retrieved October 16, 2022.
- ^ Ip, Stephanie (June 4, 2018). "Five things to know about Ken Sim, the NPA's mayoral nomination". Vancouver Sun. Retrieved October 16, 2022.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Nassar, Hana Mae (October 15, 2022). "Ken Sim defeats Kennedy Stewart to become Vancouver mayor". CityNews. Retrieved October 16, 2022.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Meissner, Dirk; Shen, Nono (October 16, 2022). "Vancouver elects first Chinese-Canadian mayor". National Observer. Retrieved October 16, 2022.
- ^ Vancouver, City of. "2022 mayor candidates". vancouver.ca. Retrieved October 18, 2022.
- ^ "'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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