# 1996 Vancouver municipal election

The city of Vancouver, Canada, held municipal elections on November 16, 1996. Canadian citizens who were over 18 years of age at the time of the vote, and had been a resident of Vancouver for the previous 30 days and a resident of British Columbia for the previous six months, were able to vote for candidates in four races that were presented on one ballot. In addition, Canadian citizen non-resident property owners were eligible to vote.
The ballot elected one mayor, ten councillors, nine School Board trustees and seven Park Board commissioners. Each elector could vote for as many candidates as there were open seats (e.g., an elector could vote for ten or fewer councillors).
There was no fee associated with registering as a candidate at this time. Brian "Godzilla" Salmi, a freelance journalist for publications such as Terminal City, The Stranger, The National Post and The Georgia Straight, publicly offered to buy a pitcher of beer for anyone who ran for office, resulting in numerous joke-candidates appearing on the ballots that year.

## Elections to Vancouver City Council
### Overall council results

All figures include votes cast for both mayor and councillors
| Party | Party | Party leader and/or mayoral candidate | # of candidates | Council Seats | Council Seats | Council Seats | Council Seats | Total Popular Vote | Total Popular Vote | Total Popular Vote |
| Party | Party | Party leader and/or mayoral candidate | # of candidates | 1993 | Current | Elected | Change | # | % | Change |
| | NPA | Philip Owen | 10 | | | 10 | | | | |
| | COPE | Carmela Allevato | 10 | | | 0 | | | | |
| | Green | Paul Watson | 2 | - | - | | | | | |
| | Voice | Jonathan Baker | 8 | - | - | - | | | | |
| | Independent | Independent | | - | - | - | | | | |
| Total | Total | Total | | | | 10 | - | | 100.0 | - |

### Mayoralty election

One to be elected.
| Candidate | Party | Votes |
| Philip Owen | NPA | 50969 |
| Carmela Allevato | COPE | 26143 |
| Jonathan Baker | Voice | 10703 |
| Paul Watson | Green | 3117 |
| Marc Emery | Independent | 1125 |
| Sage Advice | Independent | 340 |
| Dhavide Arjunan Aruliah | Independent | 311 |
| Gilbert Bailey | Independent | 287 |
| Zippy the Circus Chimp | Independent | 264 |
| Jay Mang | Independent | 168 |
| Ronald F. McDonald | Independent | 145 |
| Jennifer E. Dunnaway | Independent | 136 |
| Yummy Girl | Independent | 130 |
| Greg Westerlund | Independent | 127 |
| A. Red Hot Pepper | Independent | 106 |
| Randy Oliver O'Grady | Independent | 103 |
| Barb E. Doll | Independent | 101 |
| Sarah Whittam | Independent | 99 |
| Kellee Lynn Cole | Independent | 94 |
| Jason Benj | Independent | 90 |
| Tony Montana | Independent | 78 |
| Michael J. Foster | Independent | 71 |
| Lupo The Butcher | Independent | 69 |
| Mr. X | Independent | 68 |
| Allison Jane Mclennan | Independent | 59 |
| Samantha Foxx | Independent | 57 |
| Lorna Marie Potter | Independent | 57 |
| Eddie Fernandes | Independent | 55 |
| Frank The Moose | Independent | 50 |
| John M. Mcgoldrick | Independent | 49 |
| Gölök Zlf Buday | Independent | 42 |
| Buzz | Independent | 42 |
| Michel Leblond | Independent | 42 |
| Bugger | Independent | 39 |
| Roger Stewart Reimer | Independent | 38 |
| Ryan S. Bigge | Independent | 38 |
| Christina Louise Sharlow | Independent | 36 |
| Zaius | Independent | 36 |
| Gaston Gingras | Independent | 32 |
| Jurgen T. Schaub | Independent | 28 |
| Pete Fishburger | Independent | 28 |
| Kenneth P. Thomas | Independent | 27 |
| Stuart Maxwell | Independent | 26 |
| L. Ron Moonbeam | Independent | 25 |
| Tho Buskerville | Independent | 24 |
| Pete Chezankreme | Independent | 24 |
| Nicholas Podbrey | Independent | 24 |
| The Trash Terminator | Independent | 24 |
| John A. Tweed | Independent | 22 |
| Tamas R. Revoczi | Independent | 19 |
| Dylan Rymer | Independent | 18 |
| James Octeau | Independent | 15 |
| Ingrid | Independent | 15 |
| Steve Wansleeben | Independent | 14 |
| Sebastian Templer | Independent | 12 |
| Figgg Freud | Independent | 11 |
| Jeff D. Nix | Independent | 10 |
| The Stainer | Independent | 10 |

### Councillors election

Ten to be elected.
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| | Jennifer Clarke | NPA | 46700 | |
| | Gordon Price | NPA | 45118 | |
| | Don Bellamy | NPA | 44051 | |
| | George Puil | NPA | 43541 | |
| | Lynne Kennedy | NPA | 43284 | |
| | Nancy Chiavario | NPA | 42680 | |
| | Sam Sullivan | NPA | 40846 | |
| | Daniel Lee | NPA | 40405 | |
| | Don Lee | NPA | 39319 | |
| | Alan Herbert | NPA | 36174 | |
| | Tim Louis | COPE | 28483 |
| | Mel Lehan | COPE | 26593 |
| | Michael Walker | COPE | 23666 |
| | Jamie Lee Hamilton | COPE | 23510 |
| | Sean R. McEwen | COPE | 23329 |
| | Merrilee Robson | COPE | 22833 |
| | Shane Simpson | COPE | 22761 |
| | Frances Wasserlein | COPE | 22202 |
| | Blair Petrie | COPE | 21961 |
| | Nina Khajuria | COPE | 21402 |
| | Frederic Bass | Green | 14476 |
| | Connie Fogal | Voice | 14434 |
| | Raymond Leung | Voice | 14370 |
| | Valerie Jerome | Green | 13863 |
| | Stephen F.Y. Chong | Independent | 9531 |
| | Bev Ballantyne | Voice | 8887 |
| | Brian Lee Buchanan | Voice | 7996 |
| | Wendy M. Turner | Independent | 7895 |
| | Sarah J. Farris | Voice | 7794 |
| | Harkirpal S. Sara | Voice | 6843 |
| | Manuel A. Azevedo | Voice | 6308 |
| | Jenny Shaw | Independent | 5706 |
| | Arno D. Neumann | Voice | 5033 |
| | Gordon T. Kennedy | Independent | 4071 |
| | Mike Bell | Independent | 3434 |
| | Ann Livingston | LWF | 3159 |
| | Lorelei Hawkins | Independent | 2924 |
| | Maureen G. Dawson | Independent | 2560 |
| | Heather Inglis Baron | Independent | 2547 |
| | Julia Ann Marks | Independent | 2425 |
| | William W. Kay | LWF | 2414 |
| | Martha Roberts | LWF | 2383 |
| | Shane Delarue | LWF | 2192 |
| | Mike Lawrence | Independent | 2192 |
| | Iqbal Sara | Independent | 2031 |
| | Jeffery D. Berwick | Independent | 2004 |
| | Matt McGrath | LWF | 1961 |
| | Cowboy Ellis | Independent | 1927 |
| | Joan L. Rowntree | Independent | 1900 |
| | Howard Dahl | Independent | 1881 |
| | Mike Mclean | Independent | 1684 |
| | Sharai Mustatia | LWF | 1681 |
| | Guy Wera | Independent | 1476 |
| | Robert Martin McCallum | Independent | 1465 |
| | Anthony J. Ryder | LWF | 1383 |
| | Joseph X | LWF | 1334 |
| | Lani Russwurm | LWF | 1292 |
| | Gator McCluskie | Independent | 827 | |
| Total | Total | Total | | 100.0 |

## Elections to the Vancouver Parks Board

Seven to be elected.
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | % |
| | | Independent | |
| | | Independent | |
| | | Independent | |
| Total | Total | Total | 100.0 |