Forward Together (Vancouver)
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Forward Together with Kennedy Stewart | |
|---|---|
| Active municipal party | |
| Leader | Kennedy Stewart |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Centre-left |
| Colours | Turquoise, gold |
| City council | 1 / 11 |
| Park board | 0 / 7 |
| School board | 0 / 9 |
| Website | |
| forwardvancouver | |
Forward Together with Kennedy Stewart is a municipal political party in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The party is led by Vancouver mayor Kennedy Stewart.
Kennedy Stewart was elected as an independent in the 2018 Vancouver municipal election, presiding over 10 councillors elected from four different parties. Though he pledged to work co-operatively with councillors, ensuing policy disagreements with other parties prompted Stewart to form his own organization in 2020, initially called Team Kennedy Stewart.[1] With Stewart seeking re-election as mayor in the 2022 Vancouver municipal election, Forward Together announced its first three council candidates in June 2022.[2]
The party aims to elect a "progressive majority"[3] to city council, which, as elected in 2018, was evenly divided between the centre-right/right-wing Non-Partisan Association (NPA) and the centre-left/left-wing Greens, OneCity, and COPE. Forward Together stated it would run up to six council candidates, leaving room for other centre-left parties to elect their own councillors.[4]
Kennedy Stewart, prior to being elected mayor, served as a member of Parliament and was affiliated with the New Democratic Party. Council candidate Dulcy Anderson is a constituency assistant to BC NDP Attorney General David Eby,[5] while fellow candidate Russil Wvong served as riding chair for the Vancouver Kingsway Liberal electoral district association.[6]
References
- ^ "Vancouver mayor 'flabbergasted' in housing plan defeat". Business in Vancouver. Retrieved July 18, 2022.
- ^ "Kennedy Stewart names first Vancouver City Council candidates under his new party | Urbanized". dailyhive.com. Retrieved July 18, 2022.
- ^ "VDLC Endorses Mayor Kennedy Stewart for Re-Election – Vancouver and District Labour Council". vdlc.ca. December 15, 2021. Retrieved July 18, 2022.
- ^ "Mike Howell: Vancouver Mayor Kennedy Stewart's new party is called 'Forward Together'". Vancouver Is Awesome. Retrieved July 18, 2022.
- ^ "Dulcy Anderson | Candidate for City Council". Forward Together Vancouver. Retrieved July 18, 2022.
- ^ "Vancouver Kingsway | Liberal Party of Canada". liberal.ca. Retrieved July 18, 2022.