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Green Party of Vancouver
Active municipal party
LeaderAdriane Carr (de facto)
ChairpersonNick Poppell[1]
Founded1984[2]
IdeologyGreen politics
National affiliationGreen Party of Canada
ColoursGreen
City council
2 / 11
Park board
1 / 7
School board
2 / 9
Website
www.vangreens.ca

The Green Party of Vancouver, founded in 1984,[2] is a municipal political party in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It is affiliated with both the provincial Green Party of British Columbia and the federal Green Party of Canada. They are currently contesting the 2022 Vancouver municipal election with a slate of ten candidates: five for city council, two for park board, and three for school board.

Roslyn Cassells was the first elected Green in Canada and was elected to the Vancouver Park Board in the 1999 Vancouver municipal election. In 2002, Andrea Reimer was elected to the Vancouver School Board as a Trustee, and in 2008 Stuart Mackinnon was elected a Park Board Commissioner.

The party nominated Green Party of Canada deputy leader Adriane Carr as their sole nominee for Vancouver City Council during the 2011 Vancouver municipal election.[3] Carr subsequently won the seat.[4][5] Carr retained her council seat during the 2014 Vancouver municipal election, winning with the highest number of votes of any council candidate.[6] School board candidate Janet Fraser and Park Board candidates Michael Wiebe and Stuart Mackinnon were also elected.

The Green Party of Vancouver further increased its seat count following the 2017 Vancouver municipal by-election where all three of the party's school board candidates were elected. The party elected nine candidates in the 2018 Vancouver municipal election.

2022 slate

City Council

Parks Board

  • Tom Digby
  • Tricia Riley

School Board

  • Lois Chan-Pedley (incumbent)
  • Janet Fraser (incumbent)
  • Nick Poppel

2022 platform

For the 2022 Vancouver municipal election, the Green Party of Vancouver lists the following priorities:

Council

  • Housing:
    • Set housing targets based on local incomes and needs
    • Ensure the city-wide Vancouver Plan delivers needed housing and community amenities
    • Maximize the City’s zoning powers to deliver most-needed housing
    • Reduce obstacles to developing new affordable and climate-smart housing
    • Protect renters’ homes, safety, and income
    • Better leverage City assets to deliver affordable housing
    • Expand support and solutions for unhoused Vancouverites
  • Complete connected communities
    • Create a 5-minute city
    • Connect and complete Vancouver’s safe cycling networks & greenways within four years
    • Expand public amenities and services to meet growth and public needs
    • Expand public amenities and services to meet growth and public needs
    • Incorporate schools & childcare in planning
    • Resilient local shopping streets and economies
  • Bold climate action
    • Climate-smart, safe, and resilient buildings
    • Increase local food security
    • Active transportation and transit
    • Responsible climate planning
    • Climate advocacy
  • Restored ecosystems
    • Increase tree canopy city-wide
    • Rewild our city
    • Healthy air and water
    • Become a zero-waste city

Park Board

  • Supporting healthy, connected communities
  • Advancing reconciliation
  • Upgrading community services
  • Building modern and climate-resilient facilities
  • Enhancing our urban ecosystem
  • Improving access and inclusion

School Board

  • Student success
  • Inclusive learning for all students
  • Healthy community partnerships
  • Fully funded public education
  • Food security and public education
  • Land and rights acknowledgement
  • School climate action
  • Good governance and stewardship

Electoral results

Mayoral
Election Candidate Votes % Position Result
1996 Paul Watson 3,117 3.20 4th Not elected
Vancouver City Council
Election Leader[a] Seats +/– Votes % Change Position
1996 Fred Bass
0 / 11
 Steady 28,339 3.39 No seats
1999 Ann Livingston
0 / 11
 Steady 77,206 9.68 Increase 6.29 pp No seats
2002 Connie Fogal
0 / 11
 Steady 74,414 6.50 Decrease 3.18 pp No seats
2005 Ann Livingston
0 / 11
 Steady 27,168 2.51 Decrease 3.99 pp No seats
2008 –
0 / 11
 Steady – – – No seats
2011 Adriane Carr
1 / 11
 Increase 1 48,648 4.03 Increase 1.52 pp Crossbench
2014 Adriane Carr
1 / 11
 Steady 168,163 11.58 Decrease 7.55 pp Crossbench
2017[b] Pete Fry
1 / 11
 Steady 9,759 20.31 Increase 8.73 pp
2018 Adriane Carr
3 / 11
 Increase 2 218,025 15.61 Decrease 4.70 pp Crossbench
2022 Adriane Carr
2 / 11
 Decrease 2 151,141 11.23 Decrease 4.38 pp Opposition
  1. ^ No official party leader. Column shows highest council vote-getter.
  2. ^ By-election: voters were asked to elect one city councillor.

Prior to 2014

Roslyn Cassels was the first elected Green in Canada and was elected to the Vancouver Park Board in the 1999 Vancouver municipal election. In 2002, Andrea Reimer was elected to the Vancouver School Board as a Trustee, and in 2008 Stuart Mackinnon was elected a Park Board Commissioner.[7] Adriane Carr was elected in 2011 as the first Green city councillor.[4]

2014 municipal election

The Green Party of Vancouver nominated seven candidates for the 2014 Vancouver municipal election, held on 15 November 2014. Adriane Carr received the most votes of any council candidate.[8]

School board candidate Janet Fraser and Park Board candidates Michael Wiebe and Stuart Mackinnon were also elected.

2017 municipal by-election

The 2017 Vancouver municipal by-election was called to replace a single vacant council seat, due to Geoff Meggs' departure to take on the role of Premier John Horgan's chief of staff. The by-election was also meant to elect a new board of school trustees, who had been dismissed by provincial education minister Mike Bernier after failing to pass a balanced budget and allegations of workplace harassment arose.

The Green Party of Vancouver ran Pete Fry for council and Janet Fraser, Estrellita Gonzalez and Judy Zaichkowsky for school board. All three school trustee candidates were elected, finishing in the top three spots.[9] Non-Partisan Association candidate Hector Bremner was elected to council, and Fry finished a close third behind anti-poverty activist Jean Swanson.

2018 municipal election

The Green Party of Vancouver nominated 11 candidates to run in the 2018 Vancouver municipal election on 28 June 2018.[10] School board candidate Nicholas Chernen resigned on 9 July 2018 after it was discovered that he had failed to disclose his involvement in a pending lawsuit to the party,[11] resulting in the party running four council candidates, three school board candidates, and three park board candidates. Prior to the election, both the Vancouver School Board and Park Board were chaired by Green Party incumbents.[10]

The Green Party elected nine candidates in the municipal election. Carr, Fry and Wiebe were elected to city council and all the party's school and parks board candidates were elected.[12]

References

  1. ^ "Contact". Green Party of Vancouver. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  2. ^ a b "About". Green Party of Vancouver. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  3. ^ Lee, Jeff (12 September 2011). "Adriane Carr hopes to run for Vancouver council as Greens go it alone". Vancouver Sun. Retrieved 18 September 2011.
  4. ^ a b Montgomery, Christina (19 November 2011). "Carr takes surprise council seat as final poll goes Green". Vancouver Observer. Archived from the original on 22 November 2011. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
  5. ^ Hui, Stephen (19 November 2011). "Greens' Adriane Carr elected to Vancouver city council". The Georgia Straight. Vancouver, British Columbia. Archived from the original on 21 November 2011. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
  6. ^ Stueck, W; Holdsworth, P (16 November 2014). "Green Party of Vancouver grows in power despite one win on council". The Globe and Mail Inc. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  7. ^ "Election Results: November 15, 2008". City of Vancouver. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
  8. ^ "Official results of the 2014 civic election". City of Vancouver. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
  9. ^ "2017 by-election results". City of Vancouver. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
  10. ^ a b "Vancouver Greens Nominate 11 Candidates for Civic Election". www.vangreens.ca. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
  11. ^ "GREEN PARTY OF VANCOUVER ACCEPTS RESIGNATION OF SCHOOL BOARD CANDIDATE NICHOLAS CHERNEN". www.vangreens.ca. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
  12. ^ O’Connor, Naoibh. "Vancouver goes Green on council, school and park board". Vancouver Courier. Retrieved 22 October 2018.

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