Kenneth Sim (; born October 18, 1970) is a Canadian politician and businessman who has served as the 41st

mayor of Vancouver The mayor of Vancouver is the head and chief executive officer of Vancouver, British Columbia, who is elected for a four-year term. The 41st and current officeholder is Ken Sim, who has held office since November 7, 2022. List indicat ...

since 2022.

Biography

Born in Vancouver, Sim attended

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, Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School, and the

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, graduating with a

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in finance in 1993. He also holds a FCPA and FCA accounting designation. Sim co-founded Nurse Next Door Home Healthcare Services in 2001.

Mayor of Vancouver

Sim first ran for mayor with the

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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 ...

and finished the runner-up to Kennedy Stewart. Sim was elected mayor of Vancouver, running under the

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party banner, on October 15, 2022. He is the first challenger to defeat a sitting mayor of Vancouver since 1980, when

Mike Harcourt Michael Franklin Harcourt, OC (born January 6, 1943) served as the 30th premier of British Columbia from 1991 to 1996, and before that as the 34th mayor of Vancouver, BC's largest city, from 1980 to 1986. Early life and education Harcourt was ...

upset incumbent

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. Sim is the first Chinese Canadian mayor of Vancouver.

Personal life

Sim resides in

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with his wife and their four sons. 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.

Electoral record

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sim, Ken 1970 births Living people 21st-century Canadian politicians Businesspeople from Vancouver Canadian politicians of Chinese descent Mayors of Vancouver UBC Sauder School of Business alumni