# 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 board commissioners, and 9 school board trustees through plurality-at-large voting. Official registration for all candidates opened on September 4, 2018, and closed on September 14, 2018.
For the first time, candidates were listed in random order instead of alphabetical order. This was done in an effort to create a more even playing field for candidates, as research has shown many voters are more likely to vote for those listed first on a ballot, giving those candidates a perceived advantage over those lower down on the list.

## Candidates and results
### Mayor

Incumbent Gregor Robertson, who had been mayor of Vancouver since being elected in 2008, announced on January 10, 2018, that he would not be running for reelection in the 2018 election.
At the close of nominations, 21 candidates had formally registered to run for mayor in the election.
2018 Vancouver municipal election: Vancouver mayor :
| Candidate | Votes | % | Elected |
| Independent | Kennedy Stewart | 49,705 | 28.71 | Y |
| NPA | Ken Sim | 48,748 | 28.16 | |
| Independent | Shauna Sylvester | 35,457 | 20.48 | |
| Coalition Vancouver | Wai Young | 11,872 | 6.86 | |
| Yes Vancouver | Hector Bremner | 9,924 | 5.73 | |
| Vancouver 1st | Fred Harding | 5,640 | 3.26 | |
| ProVancouver | David Chen | 3,573 | 2.06 | |
| Independent | Sean Cassidy | 1,536 | 0.89 | |
| IDEA Vancouver | Connie Fogal | 1,435 | 0.83 | |
| Independent | Mike Hansen | 951 | 0.55 | |
| Independent | Jason Lamarche | 695 | 0.40 | |
| Independent | Rollergirl | 686 | 0.40 | |
| Independent | Ping Chan | 653 | 0.38 | |
| Independent | John Yano | 510 | 0.29 | |
| Independent | Tim Ly | 349 | 0.20 | |
| Independent | Sophia C. Kaiser | 336 | 0.19 | |
| Independent | Satwant K. Shottha | 331 | 0.19 | |
| Independent | Lawrence Massey | 233 | 0.13 | |
| Independent | Katy Le Rougetel | 181 | 0.10 | |
| Independent | Gölök Z. Buday | 178 | 0.10 | |
| Independent | Maynard Aubichon | 139 | 0.08 | |

#### Formerly declared mayoral candidates

* Patrick Condon (Coalition of Progressive Electors) withdrew from the race on July 13, 2018.
* Ian Campbell (Vision Vancouver) withdrew from the race on September 10, 2018.

### City councillors

176,450 ballots were cast. Voters were able to cast votes for up to 10 candidates. The top 10 candidates were elected.
2018 Vancouver municipal election: Vancouver City Council :
| Candidate | Votes | % | Elected |
| Green | (I) Adriane Carr | 69,739 | 39.52 | Y |
| Green | Pete Fry | 61,806 | 35.03 | Y |
| NPA | (I) Melissa De Genova | 53,251 | 30.18 | Y |
| COPE | Jean Swanson | 48,865 | 27.69 | Y |
| NPA | Colleen Hardwick | 47,747 | 27.06 | Y |
| Green | (O) Michael Wiebe | 45,593 | 25.84 | Y |
| OneCity | Christine Boyle | 45,455 | 25.76 | Y |
| NPA | (O) Lisa Dominato | 44,689 | 25.33 | Y |
| NPA | Rebecca Bligh | 44,053 | 24.97 | Y |
| NPA | (O) Sarah Kirby-Yung | 43,581 | 24.70 | Y |
| NPA | David Grewal | 41,913 | 23.75 | |
| Green | David H. Wong | 40,887 | 23.17 | |
| Vision | (I) Heather Deal | 39,529 | 22.40 | |
| COPE | Derrick O'Keefe | 38,305 | 21.71 | |
| NPA | Justin P. Goodrich | 37,917 | 21.49 | |
| COPE | Anne Roberts | 36,531 | 20.70 | |
| OneCity | Brandon O. Yan | 36,167 | 20.50 | |
| NPA | Jojo Quimpo | 34,601 | 19.61 | |
| Independent | Sarah Blyth | 29,456 | 16.69 | |
| Vision | Tanya Paz | 28,836 | 16.34 | |
| Vision | Diego Cardona | 27,325 | 15.49 | |
| Vision | (O) Catherine Evans | 25,124 | 14.24 | |
| Independent | (O) Erin Shum | 23,331 | 13.22 | |
| Vancouver 1st | Ken Low | 21,908 | 12.42 | |
| Independent | Adrian Crook | 17,392 | 9.86 | |
| Vision | Wei Q. Zhang | 16,734 | 9.48 | |
| Coalition Vancouver | Ken Charko | 16,366 | 9.28 | |
| Coalition Vancouver | James Lin | 16,191 | 9.18 | |
| Independent | Wade Grant | 15,422 | 8.74 | |
| Independent | Taqdir K. Bhandal | 15,326 | 8.69 | |
| Vancouver 1st | Elizabeth Taylor | 15,184 | 8.61 | |
| Coalition Vancouver | Penny Mussio | 14,886 | 8.44 | |
| Yes Vancouver | Brinder Bains | 13,948 | 7.90 | |
| Yes Vancouver | Stephanie Ostler | 13,530 | 7.67 | |
| Coalition Vancouver | Jason Xie | 13,424 | 7.61 | |
| Yes Vancouver | Glynnis C. Chan | 13,218 | 7.49 | |
| Coalition Vancouver | Glen Chernen | 13,148 | 7.45 | |
| Coalition Vancouver | Morning Li | 12,614 | 7.15 | |
| Vancouver 1st | Nycki K. Basra | 12,133 | 6.88 | |
| Yes Vancouver | Jaspreet Virdi | 12,124 | 6.87 | |
| Coalition Vancouver | Franco Peta | 11,193 | 6.34 | |
| Yes Vancouver | Phyllis Tang | 11,902 | 6.75 | |
| Independent | Rob McDowell | 11,828 | 6.70 | |
| Independent | Penny Noble | 11,435 | 6.48 | |
| Independent | Graham Cook | 11,084 | 6.28 | |
| Vancouver 1st | Michelle C. Mollineaux | 8,819 | 5.00 | |
| ProVancouver | Raza Mirza | 8,783 | 4.98 | |
| Vancouver 1st | Jesse Johl | 8,609 | 4.88 | |
| Independent | Barbara Buchanan | 8,180 | 4.64 | |
| ProVancouver | Breton Crellin | 7,856 | 4.45 | |
| Vancouver 1st | Elishia Perosa | 7,489 | 4.24 | |
| Independent | Anastasia Koutalianos | 7,469 | 4.23 | |
| Independent | Abubakar Khan | 7,239 | 4.10 | |
| Vancouver 1st | John Malusa | 6,597 | 3.74 | |
| Independent | Lisa Kristiansen | 6,506 | 3.69 | |
| ProVancouver | Rohana D. Rezel | 6,336 | 3.59 | |
| Independent | Françoise Raunet | 5,891 | 3.34 | |
| Independent | Hamdy El-Rayes | 5,381 | 3.05 | |
| Independent | Hsin-Chen Fu | 5,007 | 2.84 | |
| Independent | Justin Caudwell | 4,488 | 2.54 | |
| Independent | Harry Miedzygorski | 4,308 | 2.44 | |
| Independent | Gordon T. Kennedy | 4,297 | 2.44 | |
| Independent | Ashley Hughes | 3,965 | 2.25 | |
| Independent | Kelly Alm | 3,440 | 1.95 | |
| Independent | Marlo Franson | 3,316 | 1.88 | |
| Independent | John Spark | 3,287 | 1.86 | |
| Independent | Katherine Ramdeen | 3,082 | 1.75 | |
| Independent | Spike Peachey | 2,863 | 1.62 | |
| Independent | Larry J. Falls | 2,768 | 1.57 | |
| Independent | Elke Porter | 2,515 | 1.43 | |
| Independent | Ted Copeland | 1,946 | 1.10 | |

### Party standings in City Council

| Party | Seats on City Council |
| NPA | 5 / 10 |
| Green | 3 / 10 |
| COPE | 1 / 10 |
| OneCity | 1 / 10 |

### Park Board commissioners

Top 7 candidates elected
2018 Vancouver municipal election: Vancouver Park Board :
| Candidate | Votes | % | Elected |
| Green | (I) Stuart Mackinnon | 73,549 | 41.68 | Y |
| Green | Dave Demers | 73,167 | 41.47 | Y |
| Green | Camil Dumont | 65,303 | 37.01 | Y |
| NPA | (I) John Coupar | 49,768 | 28.21 | Y |
| NPA | Tricia Barker | 48,738 | 27.62 | Y |
| COPE | Gwen Giesbrecht | 48,404 | 27.43 | Y |
| COPE | John Irwin | 46,287 | 26.23 | Y |

### Party standings in Park Board

| Party | Seats on Park Board |
| Green | 3 / 7 |
| NPA | 2 / 7 |
| COPE | 2 / 7 |

### School Board trustees

Top 9 candidates elected
2018 Vancouver municipal election: Vancouver School Board :
| Candidate | Votes | % | Elected |
| Green | (I) Janet Fraser | 75,100 | 42.56 | Y |
| Green | (I) Estrellita Gonzalez | 58,409 | 33.10 | Y |
| OneCity | Jennifer Reddy | 52,757 | 29.90 | Y |
| NPA | Oliver Hanson | 49,932 | 28.30 | Y |
| NPA | (I) Fraser Ballantyne | 49,793 | 28.22 | Y |
| NPA | Carmen Cho | 49,541 | 28.08 | Y |
| Green | Lois Chan-Pedley | 48,409 | 27.43 | Y |
| COPE | Barb Parrott | 48,189 | 27.31 | Y |
| Vision | (I) Allan Wong | 47,301 | 26.81 | Y |

### Party standings in School Board

| Party | Seats on School Board |
| Green | 3 / 9 |
| NPA | 3 / 9 |
| OneCity | 1 / 9 |
| COPE | 1 / 9 |
| Vision | 1 / 9 |

## Opinion polls

Mayoral candidates :
| Polling firm | Dates conducted | Source | Stewart | Sim | Sylvester | Bremner | Young | Campbell | Other | Margin of error | Sample size | Polling method | Lead |
| 2018 election | October 20, 2018 | | 28.7% | 28.2% | 20.5% | 5.7% | 6.9% | — | 10.0% | — | 176,450 | — | 0.5% |
| Research Co. | October 12–14, 2018 | | 36% | 23% | 19% | 6% | 6% | – | 9% | ±6.0% | 265 | Online | 13% |
| One Persuasion Inc. | October 11–13, 2018 | | 33% | 19% | 21% | 8% | 16% | – | 3% | ±5.5% | 318 | Online | 12% |
| Research Co. | October 4–7, 2018 | | 34% | 20% | 16% | 10% | 7% | – | 4% | ±4.9% | 402 | Online | 14% |
| Research Co. | September 15–18, 2018 | | 36% | 25% | 17% | 7% | 3% | – | 9% | ±4.9% | 400 | Online | 11% |
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| Mainstreet | September 4–5, 2018 | | 23.3% | 12.4% | 8.2% | 13.6% | 6.7% | 9% | 26.9% | ±3.34% | 862 | IVR | 9.7% |
| Research Co. | July 13–16, 2018 | | 25% | 26% | 11% | 5% | 8% | 20% | 4% | ±4.9% | 400 | Online | 1% |
| Research Co. | June 9–11, 2018 | | 26% | 23% | 9% | 10% | 3% | 18% | 13% | ±4.9% | 400 | Online | 3% |
Political parties :
| Polling firm | Dates conducted | Coalition Vancouver | COPE | Green | NPA | OneCity | ProVancouver | Vancouver 1st | Vision | Yes Vancouver | Independent |
| Research Co. | October 12–14, 2018 | 18% | 34% | 47% | 35% | 27% | 16% | 18% | 29% | 18% | 53% |
| Research Co. | October 4–7, 2018 | 22% | 32% | 51% | 34% | 21% | 22% | 16% | 27% | 23% | 50% |
| Research Co. | September 4–7, 2018 | 13% | 32% | 46% | 30% | 19% | 9% | 12% | 30% | 24% | 39% |
| Research Co. | June 9–11, 2018 | 17% | 28% | 56% | 30% | 17% | 11% | – | 31% | – | – |
| Research Co. | April 9–10, 2018 | – | 27% | 48% | 23% | 14% | – | – | 26% | – | – |