The Green Party of Vancouver, founded in 1984, is a municipal

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, British Columbia, Canada. It is affiliated with both the provincial

Green Party of British Columbia The Green Party of British Columbia, often simply called the BC Greens, is a provincial political party in British Columbia, Canada. It was founded in 1983 and is based in Victoria. The party won its first seat in the Legislative Assembly of Bri ...

and the federal Green Party of Canada. They are contested the 2022 Vancouver municipal election with a slate of ten candidates: five for

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, two for park board, and three for

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. 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

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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 Adriane Carr (born 1952) is a Canadian academic, activist and politician with the Green Party in British Columbia and Canada. She is also a councillor on Vancouver City Council. She was a founding member and the Green Party of British Columbi ...

as their sole nominee for

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during the 2011 Vancouver municipal election. Carr subsequently won the seat. Carr retained her council seat during the

2014 Vancouver municipal election The 2014 Vancouver municipal election took place on November 15, 2014, the same day as other municipalities and regional districts in British Columbia selected their new municipal governments. As with previous elections, voters elected one mayor ...

, winning with the highest number of votes of any council candidate. 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 A municipal by-election was held in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada on October 14, 2017. One empty seat on city council and all the seats on the Vancouver school board were filled. These elections were held outside the normal four-year sched ...

, where all three of the party's school board candidates were elected. The party elected nine candidates 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 ...

2022 slate

City council

(incumbent) *

Pete Fry Pete Fry is a Canadian politician and business owner in Vancouver, British Columbia, who has served as councillor on the Vancouver City Council since 2018. He is a member of the Green Party of Vancouver. Owner of a graphics and communications ag ...

Michael Wiebe Michael Wiebe is a Canadian politician in Vancouver, British Columbia, who was elected to Vancouver City Council running under the Vancouver Green Party slate in the October 2018 municipal election. Wiebe had previously served on the Vancouver ...

* David Wong

Park 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

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

as a Trustee, and in 2008 Stuart Mackinnon was elected a Park Board Commissioner. Adriane Carr was elected in 2011 as the first Green city councillor.

2014 municipal election

The Green Party of Vancouver nominated seven candidates for the 2014 Vancouver municipal election, held on 15 November 2014.

received the most votes of any council candidate. School board candidate Janet Fraser and Park Board candidates Michael Wiebe and Stuart Mackinnon were also elected.

2017 municipal by-election

The

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

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. Non-Partisan Association candidate Hector Bremner was elected to council, and Fry finished a close third behind anti-poverty activist

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2018 municipal election

The Green Party of Vancouver nominated 11 candidates to run in the 2018 Vancouver municipal election on 28 June 2018. 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, 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

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. 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.

References

External links

* {{Vancouver political parties 1984 establishments in British Columbia

Municipal political parties in Vancouver Political parties established in 1984