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A spokesperson for the City of Vancouver says unofficial results, including voter turnout, will begin to be released after 9:05 p.m., not 8:00 p.m. like in all other municipalities. This is due to the John Oliver polling station remaining open for an extra hour due to an earlier power cut.
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Vancouver election reporter Dan Fumano is in Kennedy Stewart’s headquarters, and this time he’s an unusual choice. Here’s what Dan had to say after the polls closed: “In 2018, when former NDP MP Kennedy Stewart ran for mayor of Vancouver as an independent, his campaign event was in the basement bar of the Waldorf Hotel in East Hastings near the Harbor Vancouver. The trendy East Van basement space seemed a good fit for Stewart, who played in rock bands. This year, as Stewart seeks his second term as mayor, it’s a very different venue with a very different atmosphere: the grand ballroom of the downtown Paradox Hotel, probably still better known to most Vancouverites as the former Trump International Hotel and Tower ».
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Calm before the storm inside mayoral candidate Ken Sim’s campaign offices in Vancouver…
With just under 90 minutes until the polls close in Vancouver, all is quiet at Ken Sim’s election night headquarters in southeast Vancouver. Credit: Douglas Quan Photo by Douglas Quan/PNG /jpg
Catalina Dinu (left) and her wife Mirela Rotaru were excited to vote in Canada for the first time since immigrating from Romania six years ago. “We are happy to vote for the first time, for the opportunity and the right, and we hope for the best for our community,” said Rotaru. pic.twitter.com/LJharD4mYS
— SusanLazaruk (@SusanLazaruk) October 16, 2022
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From Surrey election reporter Glenda Luymes just before the polls closed: Thirty minutes before the polls close, Surrey’s banquet hall where supporters of incumbent mayoral candidate Doug McCallum gather fills with people, including many families. The mood is light as people eat dinner and children play in front of the empty stage. A large banner behind the podium reads “Doug McCallum Makes It”. Other mayoral candidates, Brenda Locke, Gordie Hogg, Sukh Dhaliwal and Jinny Sims, have their own parties nearby.
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It’s election day
British Columbians head to the polls to vote for mayors, councillors, school administrators (and, only in Vancouver, park board commissioners). By the end of the night, after the polls close at 8 p.m., more than a dozen new mayors will be elected in Kato Sterea. In some cities, mayors — including Abbotsford’s Henry Braun, Langley Township’s Jack Froese, New Westminster’s Jonathan Cote and Victoria’s Lisa Helps — are not seeking re-election, leaving the field wide open. In Vancouver, incumbent mayor Kennedy Stewart is hoping for re-election but faces several challengers, including ABC Vancouver’s Ken Sim and TEAM’s Colleen Hardwick, who are campaigning on frustration with the status quo and a desire for change.
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Vancouver voters will see one of the city’s largest election ballots in history, with 15 candidates running for mayor, 59 for city council, 31 for school board and 32 for park board. Public safety was a major issue during the campaign, as were affordability and housing development. In Surrey, incumbent mayor Doug McCallum faces a five-way race with Brenda Locke, Gordie Hogg, Jinny Sims and Sukh Dhaliwal also vying for the top spot. Much of the debate has centered around the RCMP vs. municipal police debate, but housing, community facilities and ethics are also key issues for residents. We’ll have live coverage of the day’s events, results as they come in, and reporters covering stories from various Metro Vancouver municipalities. So save this post and hit refresh all night long.
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You can also watch live coverage of these municipalities: • Vancouver • Surrey • Burnaby • New Westminster • North Vancouver and West Vancouver • Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam and Port Moody • Langley
Power outage at John Oliver Secondary. extension of voting by one hour
The polling station at John Oliver Secondary in Vancouver was temporarily closed Saturday morning due to a power outage. Vancouver resident Bev Willms said she went to the school’s polling station on East 41st Avenue near Fraser Street to vote around 10:30 a.m., but the power was out, so she had to go to Van Horne Elementary. BC Hydro spokesman Kyle Donaldson said power went out in the area around 8:30 a.m. due to a scheduled outage to replace a power pole.
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“When it was recognized that a polling location was affected by this project, we left the job as quickly and safely as possible,” he said. “We apologize for the inconvenience this work caused anyone trying to vote today.” Power was restored to the neighborhood shortly after 11 a.m Due to the temporary closure, voting at John Oliver will be extended by one hour until 9:05 p.m., the City of Vancouver said. Hello, power has been restored at John Oliver Secondary School. Voting will be extended at this location only until 9:05 p.m. ^ RD — City of Vancouver (@CityofVancouver) October 15, 2022
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Accessible entry to the polling station at John Oliver Secondary.
How are the lineups at your polling station?
BC voters, how are the lineups where you are? Smooth sailing; Long queues; Screws? Email me at [email protected] to share your thoughts or concerns.
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Vancouver Sun columnist Daphne Bramham said her neighborhood polling station was busy this morning: “I voted at the armory on Burrard Street, where over 500 people have already voted, and there’s a line of over a dozen people out the door. They said it was steady all morning, more than 2018. “But this is a highly involved neighborhood because of the Sen̓áḵw development proposal, the Broadway corridor and a controversial supportive housing development.” Vancouver Sun and Province city editor Doug Quan arrived at his polling station bright and early and was third in line at 7:40am. There was a lineup at a polling station in Hastings-Sunrise around noon, according to this tweet from SFU City Planner and Director of the City Program Andy Yan.
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At Charles Tupper Secondary later in the day, it was slow and steady at 10 a.m., Jeremy Snyder said. Tapper was light on 10. Steady voter dribble but no line, most stations empty. — Jeremy Snyder (@jeremycsnyder) October 15, 2022
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Long lines were reported at some polling stations in Victoria, while it was a smoother experience at some polling places in Saanich.
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Voter turnout in municipal elections is notoriously low, as Fred Lee pointed out. In Vancouver, the historical average is 36 percent. In 2018, voter turnout was 39.4 percent, down four points from 43.4 percent in 2014. Election day! Get out and vote and encourage everyone in your networks to do the same. Voter turnout in municipal elections rarely exceeds 50% of voters. Let’s change that. To be heard. Voting is caring. 🙏❤️ pic.twitter.com/Tem5SKSNUD — Fred Lee (@FredAboutTown) October 15, 2022
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Early voting in Vancouver, Surrey
There has been an increase in voters choosing to vote in advance before Election Day. Unofficial numbers provided by the City of Vancouver showed 65,026 early votes had been cast, an increase of more than 30 per cent over the last municipal election in 2018, when 48,986 people voted in person early. Surrey also saw a dramatic increase, with 35,713 advance ballots, a jump of more than 50 per cent compared to 2018. But larger early voting totals don’t always translate into higher overall voter turnout, Dan Fumano wrote in this article published Friday. “In 2018, Vancouver had a 27 per cent increase in advance voting over previous municipal elections, but overall turnout came in at around 39 per cent in 2018, lower than previous elections in both percentage and overall number of votes”.
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Read the full story here. Voters mark their municipal election ballots at a polling station in Vancouver on October 15, 2022. Photo by DARRYL DYCK /THE CANADIAN PRESS
Which municipality of Kato Sterea is it more difficult to elect a municipal councilor?
Based on the number of candidates per council seat, it is Surrey where 56 people are contesting 8 seats for a ratio of seven candidates per seat. In Vancouver, there are 59 candidates running for council. But the city has 10 seats, so the ratio is about six to one. These two cities are definitely extremes in terms of applicant volume. No other municipality in the Lower Mainland has more than 28 candidates, and most have between 10 and 20 names on the council ballot. On the other hand, where in the Lower Mainland is it easier to win a council seat? Let’s start with Anmore where only four candidates ran for the four council seats, so they all came through.
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In the neighboring village of Belcarra, home to around 564 eligible voters, there are only five names on the ballot for four council seats. The same ratio of five candidates for four council seats also applies in Harrison Hot Springs and Kent. The 59 names on the ballot for Vancouver city council sounds like a lot. And this is. But consider a place like Whistler where there are 15 councilor candidates in a municipality of about 9,152 eligible voters. This equates to approximately one candidate per 600 eligible voters. If there was one candidate in 600…
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Incumbent Kennedy Stewart conceded the mayoral seat of Vancouver to Ken Sim. Sim was defeated riding an NPA slate against Stewart in 2018.
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After midnight, the ABC Vancouver mayoral candidate leads with 69,677 votes to Stewart’s 41,624. Ninety-six of the 106 polls have been recorded. “ABC Vancouver was born out of a desire for change, a desire to do politics differently,” Sim said in his victory speech. “It was born with the promise that decisions in government should not be made on the advice of pollsters, lobbyists, activists or whatever else is trending on Twitter. “But instead, it should be done with the advice of parents and educators and scientists and health care providers, and what happens in community town halls and coffee shops and the occasional local pub,” he said with a laugh.
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The seven ABC councilors led by Sarah Kirby-Yung were also in the top spots, followed by the Green party’s Adriane Carr, OneCity’s Christine Boyle and the Greens’ Pete Fry in 10th and final place. And ABC’s candidates are also atop the polls for the park board — which Sim once talked about disbanding before he decided to run a slate — and the school board. In his concession speech from a downtown Vancouver hotel ballroom, Stewart acknowledged he was “sad” to step down as mayor but insisted the city had made progress on housing over the past four years. “I think we’ve really turned the tide on the housing crisis we have in the city,” he told supporters, citing a shift from building mostly investor housing to rental and social housing.
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He also noted that Vancouver was the first major city to decriminalize drugs and provide safe supply.
Locke dismisses McCullum at Surrey
In Surrey, Brenda Locke held a significant lead over incumbent Doug McCallum overnight, although her margin of victory with all polls counted shrank to less than 1,000 votes, 33,311 to 32,338.
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A key to Locke’s campaign promise to keep the RCMP in Surrey hinges on whether Surrey Connect secures a majority on council. Surrey Connect candidates took four of the eight council seats. Gordie Hogg’s Surrey First, which promised a review of the police transition, took two seats and McCallum’s Safe Surrey Coalition sat in seventh and eighth. This means that Locke has the power to break any possible tie in a citizens’ vote on the matter.
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Changes at the top in other BC cities
Change was an issue in other major BC cities. on Saturday, with new mayors being elected in Victoria, Kelowna, Kamloops and Penticton. Victoria mayoral candidate Marianne Alto, who was among eight candidates seeking to replace outgoing two-term mayor Lisa Helps, easily won with more than 50 per cent of the vote. In Kelowna, Tom Dias unseated incumbent mayor Colin Bashran. In Kamloops, Reid Hamer-Jackson defeated former councilors Dieter Dudy, Sadie Hunter and Arjun Singh with 31.6 per cent of the vote to become the city’s next mayor. And in Penticton, Julius Bloomfield edged out Jason Reinen for mayor, beating out incumbent John Vassilakis, who came in third. The new urban party Contract With Langley now dominates Langley Township politics. Eric Woodward was elected mayor along with five councilors nominated by the party. Former BC Liberal MLA Rich Coleman’s return to politics was short-lived as he came third as the mayoral candidate for Elevate Langley.
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Check out our extensive coverage and results from these Lower Mainland municipalities: • Vancouver • Surrey • Burnaby • New Westminster • North Vancouver and West Vancouver • Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam and Port Moody • Langley The latest from Port Moody: Meghan Lahti, a longtime councilwoman, managed to win a promotion to the city’s interim mayor, garnering 4,940 votes to Steve Milani’s 3,953, with votes counted only by mail . Lahti said the results show voters wanted a change at city hall. And he intends to bring “a big, big change to the way meetings are held and how governance is approached. You know, it’s not about being lonely. This is not about divisive policies.” Milani campaigned to limit development, saying “no to towers” and calling his opponent too close to the development industry. Lahti, however, said he’s “not advocating much more development than we’re already on track to achieve,” but said the results show citizens want development, particularly around the two SkyTrain stations and the West Coast Express stop .
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In Coquitlam, Richard Stewart easily won the election, garnering 14,105 votes – 70 percent of the ballots – to Adele Gamar’s 5,367. Third-place candidate Mark Mahovlich garnered only 818 votes.
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And in New West: Patrick Johnston replaced outgoing Mayor Jonathan Cote, and his Community First New Westminster party will lead a patchwork of four councilors and six school trustees. With all polls reporting, the former councilman finished with 6,676 votes, a 1,449-vote margin over the runner-up, New Westminster attorney Ken Armstrong, who received 5,227 votes.
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Back in Vancouver, unofficial results, including voter turnout, didn’t start coming out until 9:05 p.m., not 8 p.m. as in all other municipalities. This is because John Oliver’s polling station remained open for an extra hour due to an earlier power cut. Vancouver election reporter Dan Fumano is in Kennedy Stewart’s headquarters, and this time he’s an unusual choice. Check out what Dan had to say after the polls closed: In 2018, when former NDP MP Kennedy Stewart ran for mayor of Vancouver as an independent, his election night was in the basement bar of the Waldorf Hotel, on East Hastings near Vancouver Harbour. The trendy East Van basement space seemed a good fit for Stewart, who played in rock bands. This year, as Stewart seeks his second term as mayor, it’s a very different venue with a very different atmosphere: the grand ballroom of the downtown Paradox Hotel, probably better known to most Vancouverites as the former Trump International Hotel and Tower .
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Here’s Derrick Penner in Port Moody: Early polls, advance 1 and 2 are in for @CityofPoMo , Meghan Lahti leads for mayor, 1,246 over Steve Milani with 902. Newcomer Callan Morrison leads council race with 1,205 votes, incumbent Diana Dilworth trails with 1,155 . @VancouverSun #portmoody #pomovotes — Derrick Penner (@derrickpenner) October 16, 2022
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Action at the Port Moody rec center was “very busy,” according to a poll worker who still greeted a light but steady stream of traffic in the final hour of voting in the Tri-Cities’ third-largest community. Port Moody’s is perhaps the most hotly contested election in the area, with incumbent Coquitlam Mayor Richard Stewart running for re-election and popular Port Coquitlam Mayor Brad West being re-elected by a landslide. In the third city, two former councilors, Meghan Lahti and Steve Milani, are vying to replace outgoing Mayor Rob Vagramov. Development and protecting Port Moody’s back-to-nature character were key issues for voters who showed up to vote near the end. “The community is definitely growing and I think we need strong people to (support) the growth,” said first-time voter Anastasia Sergiannidis. “We’re definitely keeping our roots, but we need a roof.”
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Port Moody is a “young, vibrant community,” where everywhere is “three minutes away from the wild,” said 14-year resident Lionel Prince, and he’s voting to keep it that way. “I voted against people who want to grow, let’s say, in a negative way,” Prince said. A key issue for him is the disruption of a proposed road through Bert Flinn Park to a potential development in neighboring Anmore, which is “almost our backyard”. Still quiet at the Kennedy Stewart and Forward Together event here at the Paradox Hotel (formerly Trump Tower), for now it’s just staffers setting up and reporters drinking coffee (I already spilled a good amount on my shirt). #vanelxn22 #vanpoli pic . twitter.com/O7Opf32XGE — Dan Fumano (@fumano) October 16, 2022
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Calm before the storm inside mayoral candidate Ken Sim’s campaign offices in Vancouver…
With just under 90 minutes until the polls close in Vancouver, all is quiet at Ken Sim’s election night headquarters in southeast Vancouver. Credit: Douglas Quan Photo by Douglas Quan/PNG /jpg
Catalina Dinu (left) and her wife Mirela Rotaru were excited to vote in Canada for the first time since immigrating from Romania six years ago. “We are happy to vote for the first time, for the opportunity and the right, and we hope for the best for our community,” said Rotaru. pic.twitter.com/LJharD4mYS
— SusanLazaruk (@SusanLazaruk) October 16, 2022
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From Surrey election reporter Glenda Luymes just before the polls closed: Thirty minutes before the polls close, Surrey’s banquet hall where supporters of incumbent mayoral candidate Doug McCallum gather fills with people, including many families. The mood is light as people eat dinner and children play in front of the empty stage. A large banner behind the podium reads “Doug McCallum Makes It”. Other mayoral candidates, Brenda Locke, Gordie Hogg, Sukh Dhaliwal and Jinny Sims, have their own parties nearby.
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It’s election day
British Columbians head to the polls to vote for mayors, councillors, school administrators (and, only in Vancouver, park board commissioners). By the end of the night, after the polls closed at 8pm, more…
