2008 Vancouver municipal election
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The 2008 Vancouver municipal election will be held on November 15, 2008. It will fill seats in Vancouver School Board, the Parks Board, as well as Vancouver City Council and the position of Mayor of Vancouver. It will be held at the same time as municipal elections throughout the province. There are three major civic parties represented: the Coalition of Progressive Electors, the Non-Partisan Association, and Vision Vancouver.
Potential mayoral candidates
Non-Partisan Association
Peter Ladner is a current member of Vancouver City Council. He entered the campaign for the NPA nomination against incumbent mayor Sam Sullivan on February 22, 2008.[1] At a nominating meeting on June 8, 2008, Ladner narrowly defeated Sullivan for the mayoralty nomination.[2]
Independent
RH Maxwell N Bur plans to make some major changes in Vancouver including dropping homeowners' and business taxes by 2-5%. He will help the homeless and marginalized. He will work to create free college and university education for kids that have grown up in the city. He will stop the 2010 Winter Olympics and put the savings into repairing city morale. The city is presently spending exorbitant amounts of capital that could be better used to improve the lives of its citizens. Approximately 3% of the savings to the city budget will be absorbed by the Vancouver Police Department. Mr. Maxwell N Bur is an accountant by trade.
Vision Vancouver
Gregor Robertson is the current NDP MLA for Vancouver-Fairview and a former businessman. He announced his candidacy February 24, 2008.[3] On June 15, 2008, he beat two other candidates–current city councilor Raymond Louie and parks board commissioner Allan De Genova– in the first round of the nomination vote. Robertson got 3,495 votes, compared to 2,244 and 981 for Louie and De Genova, respectively. Louie intends to run to retain his council seat.[4]
Coalition of Progressive Electors
David Cadman is the only COPE member on Vancouver City Council. He has expressed interest in running, but only in a unified mayoral campaign with Vision.[5]
Others
- Betty Krawczyk is also a declared candidate for mayor. She is running as part of the Work_Less_Party_of_British_Columbia's campaign.[6]
- Angel L. Jimenez announced that he is running for mayor. His platform is focused on reforms,and to get an external investigation body to the Vancouver Police Department.[7]
- On July 29th, 2008, marijuana rights activist Marc Emery announced that he is considering running.
- Patrick Britten (Nude Garden Party), Gölök Buday, Menard Caissy, Mike Hansen, Leon Kaplan, Jeff Kuah, and Bill Ritchie are also running.[8]
School Board Candidates
Coalition of Progressive Electors
Al Blakey (incumbent), Bill Bargeman, Jane Bouey, Alvin Singh, and Allan Wong (incumbent) were selected as the COPE candidates for School Board on September 28, 2008.[9]
References
- ^ Frances Bula (2008-02-22). "Ladner joins mayoral fray; Robertson days away". Vancouver Sun. p. B1, B4.
- ^ "Ladner defeats Sullivan for Vancouver mayoral nomination". CBC News. 2008-06-08. Retrieved 2008-06-13.
- ^ "Robertson's Vision takes in mayor's office". Vancouver Sun. 2008-02-24. Retrieved 2008-02-25.
- ^ Frances Bula (2008-06-16). "It's Robertson vs. Ladner for mayor". Vancouver Sun. p. A1, A3.
- ^ Frances Bula (2008-02-06). "DeGenova seeks Vision nod for mayoralty". Vancouver Sun. p. B1, B7.
- ^ Andrew MacLeod (2008-06-26). ""Olympics as 'Five Ring Circus'"". The Tyee. Retrieved 2008-08-06.
- ^ Angel Jimenez (2008-08-14), "Angel For Mayor", angelformayor.com, retrieved 2008-08-14
- ^ http://vancouver.ca/ctyclerk/election2008/candidate-profiles-mayor.htm
- ^ http://www.cope.bc.ca/content/candidate-profiles