2002 Vancouver municipal election explained

The Coalition of Progressive Electors (COPE) swept the 2002 Vancouver municipal election, winning 8 of 10 Council seats, 7 of 9 School Board seats and 5 of 7 Park Board seats. The Non-Partisan Association (NPA) was reduced to 2 Council seats, 1 School Board seat and 2 Park Board seats. The Green Party of Vancouver won 1 School Board seat.

In the race for mayor, the COPE's Larry Campbell defeated Jennifer Clarke of the NPA by a margin of 58% to 30%.

Candidates and results

Mayor

16 candidates sought election to the position of mayor. Five were affiliated with a political party and 11 were independent. COPE candidate Larry Campbell was elected.

Candidate name		Party affiliation	Votes	% of votes	Elected
data-sort-value="Campbell, Larry"	Larry Campbell		Coalition of Progressive Electors	80,772	57.79%	X
data-sort-value="Clarke, Jennifer"	Jennifer Clarke		Non-Partisan Association	41,936	30.01%
data-sort-value="Maclean, Valerie"	Valerie Maclean		Vancouver Civic Action Team	7,843	5.61%
data-sort-value="Chang, Raymond"	Raymond Chang		Independent	2,777	1.99%
data-sort-value="Emery, Marc"	Marc Emery		Vancouver Marijuana Party	2,014	1.44%
data-sort-value="Anatoli, Ndyabagyera"	Ndyabagyera Anatoli		Independent	426	0.30%
data-sort-value="Reekie, Thomas"	Thomas Reekie		Vancouver Independent Progressives	353	0.25%
data-sort-value="Carson, Dave"	Dave Carson		Independent	348	0.25%
data-sort-value="Bernardo, Beverly"	Beverly Bernardo		Independent	279	0.20%
data-sort-value="D'Agostino, Frank N."	Frank N. D'Agostino		Independent	254	0.18%
data-sort-value="Buday, Gölök"	Gölök Buday		Independent	222	0.16%
data-sort-value="Britten, Patrick"	Patrick Britten		Independent	188	0.13%
data-sort-value="Paris, André"	André Paris		Independent	133	0.10%
data-sort-value="MacLeod, M. G."	M. G. MacLeod		Independent	131	0.09%
data-sort-value="Krakowsky, Ben"	Ben Krakowsky		Independent	126	0.09%
data-sort-value="Ferguson, Trina"	Trina Ferguson		Independent	105	0.08%

Councillors

Ten councillors were elected from 46 candidates. Of those, 35 were affiliated with a political party and 11 were independent. Eight COPE councillors and two NPA councillors were elected.

Candidate name		Party Affiliation	Votes	% of Votes	Elected
data-sort-value="Bass, Fred"	Fred Bass		Coalition of Progressive Electors	70,525	50.46%	X
data-sort-value="Green, Jim"	Jim Green		Coalition of Progressive Electors	67,841	48.54%	X
data-sort-value="Cadman, David"	David Cadman		Coalition of Progressive Electors	66,805	47.80%	X
data-sort-value="Louis, Tim"	Tim Louis		Coalition of Progressive Electors	66,348	47.47%	X
data-sort-value="Stevenson, Tim"	Tim Stevenson		Coalition of Progressive Electors	57,901	41.43%	X
data-sort-value="Roberts, Anne"	Anne Roberts		Coalition of Progressive Electors	55,685	39.84%	X
data-sort-value="Louie, Raymond"	Raymond Louie		Coalition of Progressive Electors	55,605	39.79%	X
data-sort-value="Woodsworth, Ellen"	Ellen Woodsworth		Coalition of Progressive Electors	53,388	38.20%	X
data-sort-value="Ladner, Peter"	Peter Ladner		Non-Partisan Association	41,755	29.88%	X
data-sort-value="Sullivan, Sam"	Sam Sullivan		Non-Partisan Association	40,372	28.89%	X
data-sort-value="Lee, B. C."	B. C. Lee		Non-Partisan Association	39,868	28.53%
data-sort-value="Lee, Don"	Don Lee		Non-Partisan Association	38,225	28.07%
data-sort-value="Wilson, Duncan"	Duncan Wilson		Non-Partisan Association	38,692	27.68%
data-sort-value="Chang, Cheryl"	Cheryl Chang		Non-Partisan Association	38,633	27.64%
data-sort-value="Campbell, Vern"	Vern Campbell		Non-Partisan Association	35,731	25.57%
data-sort-value="Puil, George"	George Puil		Non-Partisan Association	32,318	23.12%
data-sort-value="McCormick, Sandy"	Sandy McCormick		Non-Partisan Association	32,042	22.93%
data-sort-value="Chiavario, Nancy A."	Nancy A. Chiavario		Vancouver Civic Action Team	30,853	22.08%
data-sort-value="Leduc, Janet"	Janet Leduc		Non-Partisan Association	30,432	21.77%
data-sort-value="Fogal-Rankin, Connie"	Connie Fogal-Rankin		Green Party of Vancouver	30,305	21.68%
data-sort-value="Campbell, Richard"	Richard Campbell		Green Party of Vancouver	23,599	16.89%
data-sort-value="Warkentin, Doug"	Doug Warkentin		Green Party of Vancouver	20,510	14.68%
data-sort-value="Cowie, Art"	Art Cowie		Vancouver Civic Action Team	18,535	13.26%
data-sort-value="Chow, George"	George Chow		Independent	17,849	12.77%
data-sort-value="Herbert, Alan"	Alan Herbert		Vancouver Civic Action Team	16,397	11.73%
data-sort-value="Rogers, Stephen"	Stephen Rogers		Vancouver Civic Action Team	12,759	9.13%
data-sort-value="Albertson, Sarah"	Sarah Albertson		Dance Party Party	11,132	7.97%
data-sort-value="Turner, Wendy"	Wendy Turner		Vancouver Civic Action Team	10,669	7.63%
data-sort-value="Bonnis, Constantine"	Constantine Bonnis		Vancouver Civic Action Team	9,785	7.00%
data-sort-value="Bazinet, Brent"	Brent Bazinet		Vancouver Civic Action Team	8,356	5.98%
data-sort-value="Yee, Scott"	Scott Yee		Independent	8,053	5.76%
data-sort-value="Demerais, Lou"	Lou Demerais		Vancouver Civic Action Team	7,805	5.58%
data-sort-value="Ellis, Jon"	Jon Ellis		Vancouver Civic Action Team	7,615	5.45%
data-sort-value="Millar, Ryan"	Ryan Millar		Dance Party Party	6,086	4.35%
data-sort-value="Hickey, Barney"	Barney Hickey		Vancouver Civic Action Team	5,121	3.66%
data-sort-value="Lovick, Patricia"	Patricia Lovick		Vancouver Independent Progressives	4,787	3.43%
data-sort-value="Salmi, Brian Godzilla"	Brian Godzilla Salmi		Independent	4,631	3.31%
data-sort-value="Cassells, Roslyn"	Roslyn Cassells		Independent	4,511	3.23%
data-sort-value="Alm, Kelly"	Kelly Alm		Independent	3,793	2.71%
data-sort-value="Jassal, Devinder "Vicky""	Devinder "Vicky" Jassal		Independent	3,698	2.81%
data-sort-value="Walter, Nick A."	Nick A. Walter		Vancouver Independent Progressives	3,376	2.42%
data-sort-value="Bregman, Ken"	Ken Bregman		Independent	2,938	2.10%
data-sort-value="Reid, Greg"	Greg Reid		Independent	2,648	1.89%
data-sort-value="Rowntree, Joan"	Joan Rowntree		Independent	2,561	1.83%
data-sort-value="Fortugno, Carlo"	Carlo Fortugno		Independent	2,043	1.46%
data-sort-value="Cunningham, Kyle A."	Kyle A. Cunningham		Independent	1,938	1.39%

Park commissioners

Seven Vancouver Park Board commissioners were elected from 33 candidates. Of the candidates, 20 were affiliated with a political party and 13 were independent. 5 COPE commissioners and 2 NPA commissioners were elected.

Candidate name		Party Affiliation	Votes	% of Votes	Elected
data-sort-value="Deal, Heather"	Heather Deal		Coalition of Progressive Electors	60,873	43.56%	X
data-sort-value="Woodcock, Loretta"	Loretta Woodcock		Coalition of Progressive Electors	54,955	39.32%	X
data-sort-value="Romaniuk, Anita"	Anita Romaniuk		Coalition of Progressive Electors	53,112	38.00%	X
data-sort-value="Poaps, Lyndsay"	Lyndsay Poaps		Coalition of Progressive Electors	51,571	36.90%	X
data-sort-value="Riccius, Eva"	Eva Riccius		Coalition of Progressive Electors	48,298	34.56%	X
data-sort-value="Anton, Suzanne"	Suzanne Anton		Non-Partisan Association	41,338	29.58%	X
data-sort-value="De Genova, Allan"	Allan De Genova		Non-Partisan Association	41,249	29.51%	X
data-sort-value="Ledingham, Dianne"	Dianne Ledingham		Non-Partisan Association	36,995	26.47%
data-sort-value="Hansen, Clarence"	Clarence Hansen		Non-Partisan Association	33,374	23.88%
data-sort-value="McDiarmid, Laura"	Laura McDiarmid		Non-Partisan Association	33,069	23.66%
data-sort-value="Carter, Catherine"	Catherine Carter		Green Party of Vancouver	32,613	23.33%
data-sort-value="Love, James"	James Love		Green Party of Vancouver	31,392	22.46%
data-sort-value="Haywood-Farmer, Ian"	Ian Haywood-Farmer		Non-Partisan Association	30,146	21.57%
data-sort-value="Richardson, Christopher J. K."	Christopher J. K. Richardson		Non-Partisan Association	29,875	21.57%
data-sort-value="Buie, Dawn"	Dawn Buie		Green Party of Vancouver	28,694	20.53%
data-sort-value="Braithwaite-Nelson, Scott"	Scott Braithwaite-Nelson		Green Party of Vancouver	25,887	18.52%
data-sort-value="Wong, Kelly"	Kelly Wong		Vancouver Civic Action Team	18,925	13.54%
data-sort-value="Eng, Raymond"	Raymond Eng		Independent	11,132	7.97%
data-sort-value="Parusel, Kristina"	Kristina Parusel		Vancouver Civic Action Team	11,075	7.92%
data-sort-value="Whiteway, Erik"	Erik Whiteway		Vancouver Civic Action Team	9,447	6.76%
data-sort-value="Pasin, Dave A."	Dave A. Pasin		Vancouver Civic Action Team	8,949	6.40%
data-sort-value="Boyce, Helen D."	Helen D. Boyce		Independent	8,725	6.24%
data-sort-value="Kennedy, Gordon"	Gordon Kennedy		Independent	6,345	4.54%
data-sort-value="Sullivan, Matthew"	Matthew Sullivan		Independent	4,090	2.93%
data-sort-value="Edgelow, Greg"	Greg Edgelow		Independent	3,399	2.43%
data-sort-value="Hadley, Eleanor Lena"	Eleanor Lena Hadley		Independent	3,362	2.41%
data-sort-value="Carten, Angus"	Angus Carten		Independent	3,126	2.24%
data-sort-value="Houghton, Korina"	Korina Houghton		Independent	3,097	2.22%
data-sort-value="Pepper, A."	A. Pepper		Independent	2,532	1.81%
data-sort-value="Weisberg, Douglas"	Douglas Weisberg		Independent	2,396	1.71%
data-sort-value="Deak, Thomas E."	Thomas E. Deak		Independent	2,349	1.68%
data-sort-value="Paithouski, Joseph"	Joseph Paithouski		Independent	1,828	1.31%
data-sort-value="Undem, Bobus"	Bobus Undem		Independent	1,360	0.97%

School trustees

Nine school trustees were elected to the Vancouver Board of Education from 23 candidates. Of the candidates, 18 were affiliated with a political party and five were independent. Five COPE trustees, one NPA trustee, and one Green trustee were elected.

Candidate name		Party Affiliation	Votes	% of Votes	Elected
data-sort-value="Blakey, Allen"	Allen Blakey		Coalition of Progressive Electors	70,455	50.21%	X
data-sort-value="Wong, Allan"	Allan Wong		Coalition of Progressive Electors	65,758	46.86%	X
data-sort-value="Bouey, Jane"	Jane Bouey		Coalition of Progressive Electors	65,509	46.68%	X
data-sort-value="Herron, Noel"	Noel Herron		Coalition of Progressive Electors	63,607	45.33%	X
data-sort-value="Montani, Adrienne"	Adrienne Montani		Coalition of Progressive Electors	62,533	44.56%	X
data-sort-value="Kenyon, Angela"	Angela Kenyon		Coalition of Progressive Electors	60,342	43.00%	X
data-sort-value="Millsip, Kevin"	Kevin Millsip		Coalition of Progressive Electors	57,669	41.09%	X
data-sort-value="Cheng, John"	John Cheng		Non-Partisan Association	45,984	32.77%	X
data-sort-value="Reimer, Andrea"	Andrea Reimer		Green Party of Vancouver	44,951	32.03%	X
data-sort-value="Lee, Richard"	Richard Lee		Non-Partisan Association	44,810	31.93%
data-sort-value="Denike, Ken"	Ken Denike		Non-Partisan Association	43,542	31.03%
data-sort-value="Johnstone, Judy"	Judy Johnstone		Green Party of Vancouver	41,907	29.86%
data-sort-value="Brown, Bill"	Bill Brown		Non-Partisan Association	41,492	29.57%
data-sort-value="Hunt, Ted"	Ted Hunt		Non-Partisan Association	41,137	29.31%
data-sort-value="Payne, Cherie"	Cherie Payne		Non-Partisan Association	38,155	27.19%
data-sort-value="Dobbs, Elyn"	Elyn Dobbs		Non-Partisan Association	34,776	24.78%
data-sort-value="Desroches-Fulton, Debbie"	Debbie Desroches-Fulton		Non-Partisan Association	32,150	22.91%
data-sort-value="Desrochers-Rosner, Angelle"	Angelle Desrochers-Rosner		Non-Partisan Association	28,813	20.53%
data-sort-value="Ritchie, Bill"	Bill Ritchie		Independent	9,946	7.09%
data-sort-value="Salmi, Brian Godzilla"	Brian Godzilla Salmi		Independent	7,802	5.56%
data-sort-value="Buechner, Tea"	Tea Buechner		Independent	7,421	5.29%
data-sort-value="Taylhardat, Ringo"	Ringo Taylhardat		Independent	4,240	3.02%
data-sort-value="Vichert, Keir"	Keir Vichert		Independent	4,098	2.92%

References

• Municipal Election Results - City of Vancouver Open Data Catalogue
• PDF of General Candidate Results
• Final List of Candidates
• Results as Listed Incomplete, Official Office Holders, Pre-Sworn In.
• Vancouver Charter
• City Clerk's Election 2002 Archive