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2008 Vancouver Municipal Election
The 2008 Vancouver municipal election was held on November 15, 2008, filling seats on the Vancouver School Board, the Park Board, the Vancouver City Council, and the position of Mayor of Vancouver. It was held at the same time as municipal elections throughout the province. Three major civic parties were represented: the Coalition of Progressive Electors, the Non-Partisan Association, and Vision Vancouver. The Green Party of Vancouver fielded one candidate for Park Board commissioner. Candidates and results All incumbents are marked with (I) before their names. Mayor One mayor was elected out of 15 candidates. Of the candidates, four were affiliated with a political party, and eleven were independent. Gregor Robertson of Vision Vancouver was elected. City councillors Ten councillors were elected out of 32 candidates. Of the candidates, 24 were affiliated with a political party, and eight were independent. Eight incumbent councillors were seeking re-election: four from Vision V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vancouver City Council
Vancouver City Council is the governing body of Vancouver, British Columbia. The council consists of a mayor and ten councillors elected to serve a four-year term. Monthly, a deputy mayor is appointed from among the councillors. The current mayor is Ken Sim, who leads the party ABC Vancouver. City council meetings are held in Vancouver City Hall. The most recent election was on October 15, 2022. Structure Unlike many other cities of its size, all Vancouver city councillors are elected at-large, rather than being elected to represent municipal wards. A proposal to move to a conventional ward system was rejected by voters in a 2004 referendum. The mayor chairs council meetings and appoints members to regional boards, such as the Metro Vancouver Board of Directors. The Vancouver Charter The Vancouver Charter is a provincial statute that incorporates the City of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The legislation was passed in 1953 and supersedes the ''Vancouver Incorporat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marc Emery
Marc Scott Emery (born February 13, 1958) is a Canadian cannabis rights activist, entrepreneur and politician. Often described as the "Prince of Pot", Emery has been a notable advocate of international cannabis policy reform, and has been active in multiple Canadian political parties at the provincial and federal levels. Emery has been jailed several times for his cannabis activism. He is the estranged spouse of fellow activist Jodie Emery, with whom he operated Cannabis Culture magazine and Pot TV. Until the business was raided by police, the couple were co-owners of Cannabis Culture, a business that franchised pot dispensaries. Crown prosecutors later deemed the business to be illegal due to obtaining cannabis from illegal sources. Early life At the age of 9, Emery started a business from his parents' home called Stamp Treasure, buying and selling stamps by mail order. Two years later he started another mail-order business called Marc's Comic Room that he started by using the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Ball (politician)
Elizabeth Ball is a Canadian politician, actress, and founder of several theatre companies. She served on Vancouver city council 2005 to 2018. Career Ball was elected to Vancouver City Council in 2005 and re-elected in 2011 and 2014. She ran with the Non-Partisan Association (NPA). Ball did not seek re-election in 2008. A graduate of The Playhouse Theatre, she taught Theatre in Education at the University of British Columbia for many years. She founded the Carousel Theatre Company and School and co-founded the Waterfront Theatre on Granville Island. Ball has developed productions on First Nations, AIDS, eating disorders and youth violence, as well as modern-dress Shakespeare productions. She led her company to receive the City of Vancouver's Cultural Harmony Award. Ball has served on the advisory committees for Seniors; Women; Children, Youth, and Families; the Arts and Culture Policy Council; the Hastings Institute; and Vancouver Civic Theatres. She is vice-chair of the Stan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim Capri
Kim Capri is a Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada city councillor who was elected as a member of Non-Partisan Association in 2005. She sought reelection in the 2008 Vancouver municipal election. As a city councillor, she has focused on reducing crime, reducing homelessness, and the local economy. She was previously head of the Vancouver John Howard Society, and the Executive Director of the British Columbia Crime Prevention Association. Kim Capri was also the Chief Operating Officer of the British Columbia Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals A Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) is a common name for non-profit animal welfare organizations around the world. The oldest SPCA organization is the RSPCA, which was founded in England in 1824. SPCA organizations operate i .... She has also worked as a parole officer, caseworker, and manager of halfway houses. She has a degree in criminology. Capri became a director of MPA society, in charge of MPA re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ellen Woodsworth
Ellen Woodsworth is an international speaker and activist based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. She is the founder and matriarch of Women Transforming Cities International Society and the Co-Chair of WILPF, Canada. Woodsworth was a Vancouver City Councillor, where she founded the Women Transforming Cities International Society and co-founded the World Peace Forum. Early life and education Ellen Woodsworth was born in Toronto, Ontario, to Jean and Ken Woodsworth. Her father was born and raised in Japan. She went to the Canadian Academy in Japan for high school, before returning to Canada to complete her BA at the University of British Columbia. Early activism After earning her degree, she co-founded and edited the newspaper titled ''The Other Woman'' in Toronto and created CORA the Women's Liberation Bookmobile with Judith Quinlan. In 1971, the Vancouver Women’s Caucus wanted to build a movement that would draw people together. "We didn’t have birth control pi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geoff Meggs
Geoff Meggs is a Canadian politician, who served on Vancouver, British Columbia's City Council from 2008 to 2017. He was first elected in the 2008 municipal election, and resigned his seat on city council in 2017 to accept a job as chief of staff to John Horgan, the Premier of British Columbia. Background Meggs was born in Ontario and grew up in Willowdale, Toronto and Ottawa. His father, who was trained as an Anglican priest, was a broadcaster with the CBC, and his mother was a nurse who retired to become a homemaker."Geoff Meggs: Articulate, Experienced City Council Hopeful" , '''', Octob ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suzanne Anton
Suzanne Anton, (born May 31, 1952) is a Canadian politician and the former Minister of Justice and Attorney General of British Columbia. Elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2013 provincial election, Anton represented the riding of Vancouver-Fraserview as a member of the British Columbia Liberal Party, following a career at the municipal level. She was appointed British Columbia's Attorney General and Minister of Justice on June 10, 2013. Prior to her political involvement, Anton was a lawyer and former prosecutor with the Criminal Justice Branch of British Columbia. She was defeated in the 2017 provincial election by George Chow. Anton sought official status to lead the "no" side opposing any electoral reform in BC with Bill Tieleman and Bob Plecas. Attorney General of British Columbia Crime Victim Assistance Program Anton has made public statements in regards to the murder of Maple Batalia, a Simon Fraser University student murdered in 2011, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tim Stevenson
Tim Stevenson (born 1945) is a Canadian politician and United Church minister. He served as councillor on the Vancouver City Council, 2002 to 2018 as a member of Vision Vancouver. He was a founding member of Vision Vancouver. Background Stevenson received a B.A. from the University of British Columbia, a M.A., Spirituality from Holy Names College in Oakland, California where he studied with Matthew Fox and a M.Div from the Vancouver School of Theology. In 1992 he was ordained by the British Columbia Conference of the United Church of Canada. Stevenson was the first openly gay person to be ordained in Canada. In 1993 he began his ministry at St. Paul's United Church in Burnaby. He also served as a board member at the First United Church in the Downtown Eastside for 10 years. Stevenson has worked in the Philippines and South Africa. In 1991 he was a Canadian representative at the African National Congress Conference in Durban when Nelson Mandela was elected ANC party pres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrea Reimer
Andrea Reimer is a Canadian politician, who served on Vancouver, British Columbia's City Council from 2008 to 2018. She was first elected in 2002 to the Vancouver School Board as a Green Party candidate."2002 Election Results" ''Vancouver City Website'', Accessed September 1, 2009. She was defeated as a Green Party candidate in her re-election campaign in 2005"2005 Election Results" ''Vancouver City Website'', Accessed September 1, 2009. and then joined the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kerry Jang
Kerry Jang () is a Canadian politician. He previously served as councillor on Vancouver, British Columbia's City Council between 2008 and 2018. From 2013, he also represented the city of Vancouver on the Greater Vancouver Regional District Board as a director. Prior to his election as councillor, Jang was a professor of psychiatry at the University of British Columbia, a position he returned to after leaving politics. Background Born and raised in Vancouver, Jang was the eldest of three siblings. His father, Leslie, was a Vancouver School Board (VSB) plumber for 20 years, and his mother, May, had an administrative career with the Provincial Court of British Columbia, taught Chinese cooking at the VSB's night school program, and sold cookware. Jang's paternal grandfather had three wives, of which Jang's paternal grandmother was third, and twenty-one children. Jang's grandfather made a fortune as a merchant after immigrating from China, but lost it all in the Great Depression. J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Chow
George Chow ( zh, t=周烱華) is a Canadian politician. He was elected as a New Democratic Party Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2017 provincial election, representing the riding of Vancouver-Fraserview, and served as the Minister of State for Trade from 2017 to 2022. He was previously a two-term Vancouver City Councillor who was elected as a member of the Vision Vancouver party in 2005 and 2008."Councillor George Chow" , ''Vancouver City Website'', Accessed August 29, 2009. Prior to being elected Chow worked at for over 30 years, where he worked part-time when he was a councillor. Background Chow was born in China ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heather Deal
Heather Deal is a Canadian biologist and politician. She served as a Vancouver city councillor until 2018, first elected as a member of Vision Vancouver in 2005. She previously served as a Vancouver Park Board commissioner for the 2002 to 2005 term as a member of Coalition of Progressive Electors The Coalition of Progressive Electors (COPE) is a municipal political party in the Canadian city of Vancouver, British Columbia. It has traditionally been associated with tenants, environmentalists, and the labour movement. COPE is generally gu .... Background Deal was born in England and raised in Michigan and spent 6 years in Ohio doing her undergraduate degree in Biology at Oberlin College and working at Case Western University in Cleveland as a medical research technician. In 1984, she moved to Vancouver and became a Canadian citizen in 1991. Deal got her M.Sc. in Microbiology/Immunology from UBC and worked in various medical research positions at UBC, VGH and the BC Cancer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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