# Rebecca Bligh

Rebecca Bligh is a Canadian politician, who was elected to Vancouver City Council in the 2018 Vancouver municipal election and reelected in 2022.

## Political career

First elected as a member of the Non-Partisan Association, she left the party in 2019 claiming its ideology was driving towards the "far-right" following the election of its new executive. Her concerns were echoed by 2018 NPA mayoral candidate Ken Sim, while Bligh's fellow NPA councillors Melissa De Genova, Lisa Dominato, Colleen Hardwick and Sarah Kirby-Yung did not leave the party, but took steps to distance themselves from its board. By 2022, all except De Genova had quit the NPA, with Bligh, Dominato and Kirby-Yung re-affiliating with ABC Vancouver, and Hardwick joining TEAM for a Livable Vancouver.
As a candidate of ABC Vancouver, Bligh was re-elected to a second term in the 2022 Vancouver municipal election. She was removed from the ABC Vancouver caucus on February 14, 2025.
Bligh currently serves as the President of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities, which represents the interests of Canadian cities vis-a-vis the Federal government.

## Personal life

Bligh is married to a same-sex partner and has two adult children. Prior to being elected to office, she founded a consulting and facilitation practice for executives and organizations.

## Electoral record

vte2022 Vancouver municipal election: City Council :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Elected |
| | ABC Vancouver | Sarah Kirby-Yung (X) | 72,545 | 42.30 | Y |
| | ABC Vancouver | Lisa Dominato (X) | 70,415 | 41.05 | Y |
| | ABC Vancouver | Brian Montague | 68,618 | 40.01 | Y |
| | ABC Vancouver | Mike Klassen | 65,586 | 38.24 | Y |
| | ABC Vancouver | Peter Meiszner | 63,275 | 36.90 | Y |
| | ABC Vancouver | Rebecca Bligh (X) | 62,765 | 36.60 | Y |
| | ABC Vancouver | Lenny Zhou | 62,393 | 36.39 | Y |
| | Green | Adriane Carr (X) | 41,831 | 24.39 | Y |
| | OneCity | Christine Boyle (X) | 38,465 | 22.43 | Y |
| | Green | Pete Fry (X) | 37,270 | 21.73 | Y |
| | Forward Together | Dulcy Anderson | 33,985 | 19.82 | |
| | OneCity | Iona Bonamis | 33,745 | 19.68 | |
| | Forward Together | Tesicca Truong | 32,900 | 19.18 | |
| | COPE | Jean Swanson (X) | 32,833 | 19.15 | |
| | Green | Michael Wiebe (X) | 30,377 | 17.71 | |
| | OneCity | Ian Cromwell | 29,833 | 17.40 | |
| | OneCity | Matthew Norris | 29,663 | 17.30 | |
| | Forward Together | Alvin Singh | 29,049 | 16.94 | |
| | NPA | Melissa De Genova (X) | 26,578 | 15.50 | |
| | COPE | Breen Ouellette | 24,881 | 14.51 | |
| | Forward Together | Jeanette Ashe | 22,432 | 13.08 | |
| | Forward Together | Russil Wvong | 22,107 | 12.89 | |
| | Green | Devyani Singh | 21,255 | 12.39 | |
| | TEAM for a Livable Vancouver | Cleta Brown | 20,854 | 12.16 | |
| | Green | Stephanie Smith | 20,408 | 11.90 | |
| | Forward Together | Hilary Brown | 19,902 | 11.61 | |
| | COPE | Nancy Trigueros | 19,152 | 11.17 | |
| | TEAM for a Livable Vancouver | Sean Nardi | 18,353 | 10.70 | |
| | TEAM for a Livable Vancouver | Grace Quan | 17,955 | 10.47 | |
| | COPE | Tanya Webking | 17,675 | 10.31 | |
| | TEAM for a Livable Vancouver | Bill Tieleman | 17,240 | 10.05 | |
| | TEAM for a Livable Vancouver | Stephen Roberts | 16,261 | 9.48 | |
| | Vision | Stuart Mackinnon | 15,865 | 9.25 | |
| | NPA | Morning Lee | 14,083 | 8.21 | |
| | TEAM for a Livable Vancouver | Param Nijjar | 13,950 | 8.13 | |
| | VOTE Socialist | Sean Orr | 13,744 | 8.01 | |
| | Progress Vancouver | Asha Hayer | 13,107 | 7.64 | |
| | NPA | Ken Charko | 12,083 | 7.47 | |
| | Vision | Lesli Boldt | 11,070 | 6.46 | |
| | NPA | Elaine Allan | 10,917 | 6.37 | |
| | Affordable Housing Coalition | Eric Redmond | 10,617 | 6.19 | |
| | NPA | Arezo Zarrabian | 10,361 | 6.04 | |
| | Progress Vancouver | Marie Noelle Rosa | 10,111 | 5.90 | |
| | Progress Vancouver | Morgane Oger | 10,015 | 5.84 | |
| | Progress Vancouver | David Chin | 9,354 | 5.45 | |
| | Progress Vancouver | May He | 8,593 | 5.01 | |
| | NPA | Cinnamon Bhayani | 8,586 | 5.01 | |
| | Independent | Lina Vargas | 7,714 | 4.50 | |
| | Vision | Honieh Barzegari | 6,831 | 3.98 | |
| | Progress Vancouver | Mauro Francis | 6,556 | 3.82 | |
| | Independent | Mark Bowen | 5,706 | 3.33 | |
| | Independent | Dominic Denofrio | 4,927 | 2.87 | |
| | Independent | Amy "Evil Genius" Fox | 3,711 | 2.16 | |
| | Independent | Jeremy MacKenzie | 3,446 | 2.01 | |
| | Independent | Kyra Philbert | 3,382 | 1.97 | |
| | Independent | Tim Lý | 3,339 | 1.95 | |
| | Independent | Marlo Franson | 2,866 | 1.67 | |
| | Independent | Amie Peacock | 2,745 | 1.60 | |
| | Independent | K. R. Alm | 2,301 | 1.34 |
| '(X)' indicates incumbent city councillor. Percentage of votes shown is percentage of voters who voted, not votes cast. |||||||
vte2018 Vancouver municipal election: City Council :
| Party | 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 | |
| '(I)' denotes incumbent city councillors. '(O)' denotes incumbents of other municipal positions. |||||||