ABC Vancouver is a municipal political party in
Vancouver
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, British Columbia, Canada. It is led by Vancouver businessman and incumbent mayor
Ken Sim.
History
Formation
ABC Vancouver was established by former members of the
Non-Partisan Association
The Non-Partisan Association (NPA) is a municipal political party in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It was established by the city's business leaders in 1937 to challenge the democratic socialist Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) ...
. (NPA)
Three of five city councillors elected under the NPA banner in the
2018 Vancouver municipal election
The 2018 Vancouver municipal election was held on October 20, 2018, the same day as other municipalities and regional districts in British Columbia selected their new municipal governments. Voters elected a mayor, 10 city councillors, 7 park ...
–
Rebecca Bligh
Rebecca Bligh is a Canadian politician, who was elected to Vancouver City Council in the 2018 Vancouver municipal election.
First elected as a member of the Non-Partisan Association, she left the party in 2019 claiming its ideology was driving to ...
, Lisa Dominato, and Sarah Kirby-Yung – joined ABC Vancouver and ran with the party in the
2022 Vancouver municipal election
The Non-Partisan Association (NPA) is a municipal political party in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It was established by the city's business leaders in 1937 to challenge the democratic socialist Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) ...
. The NPA's 2018 mayoral candidate, Ken Sim, was acclaimed as ABC's 2022 mayoral candidate.
The party was founded as "A Better City" by members of the business community associated with the federal
Conservatives
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, the federal
Liberals, and the
BC Liberals
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, though the party suggests it attracts members and supporters from across the political spectrum.
Sim and the party's council candidates – Bligh, Dominato, Kirby-Yung,
Mike Klassen
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,
Peter Meiszner
Peter Meiszner is a Canadian politician, who was elected to Vancouver City Council in the 2022 Vancouver municipal election.Brian Montague
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and
Lenny Zhou
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– all won election to city council in the 2022 election.
In government
With the party forming a majority on council, ABC approved several of its key policy planks in the first few council meetings of the 2022-2026 term, including adopting the
IHRA definition of antisemitism, green-lighting "urgent measures to uplift Vancouver’s Chinatown," and directing city staff to budget $16 million to hire 100 police officers and 100 mental health nurses.
Electoral results
References
Municipal political parties in Vancouver
2021 establishments in British Columbia
Conservative parties in Canada
Political parties established in 2021
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