View source for 2017 Vancouver municipal by-election

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2022}}
{{Infobox election
| election_name      = 2017 Vancouver municipal by-election
| flag_image         = 
| type               = parliamentary
| ongoing            = no
| party_colour       = no
| party_name         = no
| previous_election  = 2014 Vancouver municipal election
| previous_year      = 2014
| previous_mps       = 
| next_election      = 2018 Vancouver municipal election
| next_year          = 2018
| next_mps           = 
| seats_for_election = {{Plainlist|
* 1 seat on the [[Vancouver City Council]]
* 9 seats on [[Vancouver School Board]]
}}
| turnout = 11.0%<ref name="City of Vancouver 2017">{{cite web|title=Election results|url=https://vancouver.ca/election/2017/results.aspx|access-date=June 17, 2022|publisher=City of Vancouver}}</ref> {{decrease}} 32.4 [[Percentage point|pp]]
| election_date      = {{Start date|2017|10|14}}
| image1             = <div style="width:110px;"><span style="line-height:160px; vertical-align:center; text-align:center; color:{{Canadian party colour|VAN|NPA}}; font-size:35px;"> '''NPA'''</span></div>
| color1             = {{Canadian party colour|VAN|NPA|nohash}}
| candidate1         = [[Hector Bremner]]
| party1             = {{Canadian party colour|VAN|NPA|name}}
| seats_before1      = 3
| seat_change1       = {{increase}} 1
| popular_vote1      = 13,372
| percentage1        = 27.83
| color2             = {{Canadian party colour|VAN|Independent|nohash}}
| image2             = [[File:Jean Swanson.jpg|x160px]]
| candidate2         = [[Jean Swanson]]
| party2             = [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
| seats_before2      = N/A
| seat_change2       = {{steady}}
| popular_vote2      = 10,263
| percentage2        = 21.36
| color3             = {{Canadian party colour|VAN|Green|nohash}}
| image3             = {{CSS image crop|Image = Councillor Pete Fry (cropped).jpg|bSize = 120|cWidth = 120|cHeight = 160|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0}}
| candidate3         = [[Pete Fry]]
| party3             = {{Canadian party colour|VAN|Green|name}}
| seats_before3      = 1
| seat_change3       = {{steady}}
| popular_vote3      = 9,759
| percentage3        = 20.31
| image4             = <div style="width:110px;"><span style="line-height:160px; vertical-align:center; text-align:center; color:{{Canadian party colour|VAN|OneCity}}; font-size:25px;"> '''ONECITY'''</span></div>
| color4             = {{Canadian party colour|VAN|OneCity|nohash}}
| candidate4         = Judy Graves
| party4             = {{Canadian party colour|VAN|OneCity|name}}
| seats_before4      = 0
| seat_change4       = {{steady}}
| popular_vote4      = 6,327
| percentage4        = 13.17
| image5             = <div style="width:110px;"><span style="line-height:160px; vertical-align:center; text-align:center; color:{{Canadian party colour|VAN|Vision}}; font-size:25px;"> '''VISION'''</span></div>
| color5             = {{Canadian party colour|VAN|Vision|nohash}}
| candidate5         = Diego Cardona
| party5             = {{Canadian party colour|VAN|Vision|name}}
| seats_before5      = 7
| seat_change5       = {{decrease}} 1
| popular_vote5      = 5,411
| percentage5        = 11.26
| map_image          = 
| map_size           = 
| map_caption        = 
}}

A municipal by-election was held in [[Vancouver]], British Columbia, Canada on October 14, 2017. One empty seat on city council and all the seats on the Vancouver school board were filled.

These elections were held outside the normal four-year schedule. Unlike in full elections, voters were only asked to elect one councillor and nine school board trustees rather than the full complement of elected municipal positions. The by-election was necessary for two reasons: the resignation of [[Vision Vancouver]] councillor [[Geoff Meggs]] from City Council to become [[Premier of British Columbia|BC Premier]] [[John Horgan]]'s chief of staff<ref>{{cite web |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/3574714/vancouver-councillor-geoff-meggs-to-be-john-horgans-chief-of-staff/ |title=Vancouver Councillor Geoff Meggs to be John Horgan's chief of staff |last=Little |first=Simon |date=July 4, 2017 |access-date=October 31, 2017 |work=Global News}}</ref> and the desire of the new provincial [[British Columbia New Democratic Party|NDP]] government to reconstitute the Vancouver School Board, whose elected members had all been fired by the previous [[BC Liberal]] government.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/vancouver-byelection-candidates-chosen-council-school-board-trustess-1.4279621 |title=Who's running in Vancouver's October byelection? |work=CBC News |last=McElroy |first=Justin |date=September 7, 2017 |access-date=October 31, 2017}}</ref>

The school board election marked the first time a OneCity candidate was elected to any position in Vancouver's elected government.

==Background==
The by-election was called to replace the single vacant council seat, due to [[Geoff Meggs]]' departure to take on the role of Premier [[John Horgan|John Horgan's]] chief of staff.<ref>[https://globalnews.ca/news/3574714/vancouver-councillor-geoff-meggs-to-be-john-horgans-chief-of-staff/ Vancouver Councillor Geoff Meggs to be John Horgan’s chief of staff]</ref> The by-election was also meant to elect a new board of school trustees, who had been dismissed by provincial education minister [[Mike Bernier]] after failing to pass a balanced budget and allegations of workplace harassment arose.<ref>[http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/vancouver-school-board-fired-1.3808674 Vancouver School Board fired by B.C. education minister]</ref>

==Nomination process==
===Non-Partisan Association===
On September 6, 2017, the Non-Partisan Association held a nomination meeting to decide their representative for the lone Council position. Hector Bremner, the successful nominee, beat out former school trustee Penny Noble and former leader of the Cedar Party Glen Chernen.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vancourier.com/news/npa-council-candidate-focused-on-affordability-1.22520041 |title=NPA council candidate focused on affordability |work=Vancouver Courier |last=Howell |first=Mike |date=September 7, 2017 |access-date=November 16, 2017}}</ref> Candidates for the five school trustee positions were announced at the same time.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://vancouversun.com/news/politics/npa-names-candidates-for-vancouver-byelection-school-board |title=NPA names candidates for Vancouver council and school board byelection |work=Vancouver Sun |last=Brown |first=Scott |date=September 7, 2017 |access-date=November 16, 2017}}</ref>

===Green Party===
[[Pete Fry]], who had unsuccessfully ran for Council in 2014, was the first confirmed nominee for council by any major political party in Vancouver. The Greens also nominated former incumbent Janet Fraser to run for re-election alongside Judy Zaichkowsky and Estrellita Gonzalez.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://vancouversun.com/news/politics/green-party-will-run-three-candidates-in-vancouver-school-board-election |title=Green party will run three candidates in Vancouver school board election |work=Vancouver Sun |last=Brown |first=Scott |date=September 7, 2017 |access-date=November 15, 2017}}</ref>

==Results==
===Councillor===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin:5px; width: 65%"
|-
! style="width:20%;"|Candidate Name
! class="unsortable" style="width:0.05%;"|
! style="width:30%;"| Party affiliation
! style="width:8%;"|Votes
! style="width:5%;"|% of votes
! style="width:5%;"|Elected
|- 
| data-sort-value="Bremner, Hector" | [[Hector Bremner]]
|style="background:{{Canadian party colour|VAN|NPA}};"|
|[[Non-Partisan Association]]
| style="text-align: right;" |13,372
| style="text-align: right;" |27.83%
| style="text-align: center;" | '''X'''
|- 
| data-sort-value="Swanson, Jean" | [[Jean Swanson]]
|style="background:{{Canadian party colour|VAN|Independent}};"|
|[[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
| style="text-align: right;" |10,263
| style="text-align: right;" |21.36%
|
|- 
| data-sort-value="Fry, Pete" | [[Pete Fry]]
|style="background:{{Canadian party colour|VAN|Green}};"|
|[[Green Party of Vancouver]]
| style="text-align: right;" |9,759
| style="text-align: right;" |20.31%
|
|- 
| data-sort-value="Graves, Judy" | Judy Graves
|style="background:{{Canadian party colour|VAN|OneCity}};"|
|[[OneCity Vancouver]]
| style="text-align: right;" |6,327 
| style="text-align: right;" |13.17%
|
|- 
| data-sort-value="Cardona, Diego" | Diego Cardona
|style="background:{{Canadian party colour|VAN|Vision}};"|
|[[Vision Vancouver]]
| style="text-align: right;" |5,411
| style="text-align: right;" |11.26%
|
|- 
| data-sort-value="Dunsdon, Mary Jean" | Mary Jean Dunsdon
|style="{{Canadian party colour|VAN|Sensible}};"|
|Sensible Vancouver
| style="text-align: right;" |1,737
| style="text-align: right;" |3.62%
|
|- 
| data-sort-value="Lee, Gary" | Gary Lee
|style="background:gainsboro"|
|Independent
| style="text-align: right;" |886
| style="text-align: right;" |1.84%
|
|- 
| data-sort-value="Murphy, Damian J." | Damian J. Murphy
|style="background:gainsboro;"|
|Independent
| style="text-align: right;" |157
| style="text-align: right;" |0.33%
|
|- 
| data-sort-value="Wasilenkoff, Joshua" | Joshua Wasilenkoff
|style="background:gainsboro;"|
|Independent
| style="text-align: right;" |131
| style="text-align: right;" |0.27%
|
|}

===School Board trustees===

Each voter could cast up to nine votes.

'''(I)''' denotes [[incumbent]]s prior to the dismissal of all nine School Board trustees by Education Minister Mike Bernier in October 2016.<ref>[http://vancouver.ca/your-government/candidate-profiles.aspx 2017 civic election candidate profiles | City of Vancouver]</ref><ref>[http://vancouver.ca/election/2017/ 2017 By-election unofficial results]</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin:5px; width: 65%"
|-
! style="width:20%;"|Candidate Name
! class="unsortable" style="width:0.05%;"|
! style="width:30%;"| Party affiliation
! style="width:8%;"|Votes
! style="width:5%;"|% of votes
! style="width:5%;"|Elected
|- 
| data-sort-value="Fraser, Janet" | ('''I''') Janet Fraser
|style="background:{{Canadian party colour|VAN|Green}};"|
|Green Party of Vancouver
| style="text-align: right;" |27,360
| style="text-align: right;" |56.24%
| style="text-align: center;" | '''X'''
|-
| data-sort-value="Zaichkowsky, Judy" | Judy Zaichkowsky
|style="background:{{Canadian party colour|VAN|Green}};"|
|Green Party of Vancouver
| style="text-align: right;" |23,383
| style="text-align: right;" |48.06%
| style="text-align: center;" | '''X'''
|-
| data-sort-value="Gonzalez, Estrellita" | Estrellita Gonzalez
|style="background:{{Canadian party colour|VAN|Green}};"|
|Green Party of Vancouver
| style="text-align: right;" |20,307
| style="text-align: right;" |41.75%
| style="text-align: center;" | '''X'''
|-
| data-sort-value="Alexander, Joy" | ('''I''') Joy Alexander 
|style="background:{{Canadian party colour|VAN|Vision}};"|
|Vision Vancouver
| style="text-align: right;" |19,709
| style="text-align: right;" |40.52%
| style="text-align: center;" | '''X'''
|-
| data-sort-value="Wong, Allan" | ('''I''') Allan Wong
|style="background:{{Canadian party colour|VAN|Vision}};"|
|Vision Vancouver
| style="text-align: right;" |18,678
| style="text-align: right;" |38.40%
| style="text-align: center;" | '''X'''
|-
| data-sort-value="Dominato, Lisa" | [[Lisa Dominato]]
|style="background:{{Canadian party colour|VAN|NPA}};"|
|Non-Partisan Association
| style="text-align: right;" |18,258
| style="text-align: right;" |37.53%
| style="text-align: center;" | '''X'''
|-
| data-sort-value="Ballantyne, Fraser" | ('''I''') Fraser Ballantyne
|style="background:{{Canadian party colour|VAN|NPA}};"|
|Non-Partisan Association
| style="text-align: right;" |18,048
| style="text-align: right;" |37.10%
| style="text-align: center;" | '''X'''
|-
| data-sort-value="Bercic, Carrie" | Carrie Bercic
|style="background:{{Canadian party colour|VAN|OneCity}};"|
|OneCity Vancouver
| style="text-align: right;" |17,822
| style="text-align: right;" |36.64%
| style="text-align: center;" | '''X'''
|-
| data-sort-value="Clement, Ken" | Ken Clement
|style="background:{{Canadian party colour|VAN|Vision}};"|
|Vision Vancouver
| style="text-align: right;" |17,583
| style="text-align: right;" |36.15%
| style="text-align: center;" | '''X'''
|-
| data-sort-value="Lamb, Theodora" | Theodora Lamb
|style="background:{{Canadian party colour|VAN|Vision}};"|
|Vision Vancouver
| style="text-align: right;" |17,204
| style="text-align: right;" |35.37%
|
|-
| data-sort-value="McDowell, Robert" | Robert McDowell
|style="background:{{Canadian party colour|VAN|NPA}};"|
|Non-Partisan Association
| style="text-align: right;" |17,140
| style="text-align: right;" |35.23%
|
|-
| data-sort-value="Jaff, Erica" | Erica Jaff
|style="background:{{Canadian party colour|VAN|OneCity}};"|
|OneCity Vancouver
| style="text-align: right;" |17,117
| style="text-align: right;" |35.19%
|
|-
| data-sort-value="Lombardi, Mike" | ('''I''') Mike Lombardi
|style="background:{{Canadian party colour|VAN|Vision}};"|
|Vision Vancouver
| style="text-align: right;" |17,094
| style="text-align: right;" |35.14%
|
|-
| data-sort-value="Richardson, Christopher" | ('''I''') Christopher Richardson
|style="background:{{Canadian party colour|VAN|NPA}};"|
|Non-Partisan Association
| style="text-align: right;" |16,839
| style="text-align: right;" |34.62%
|
|-
| data-sort-value="Day, Diana" | Diana Day
|style="background:{{Canadian party colour|VAN|COPE}};"|
|[[Coalition of Progressive Electors]]
| style="text-align: right;" |16,683
| style="text-align: right;" |34.30%
|
|-
| data-sort-value="Prieto, Julian" | Julian Prieto
|style="background:{{Canadian party colour|VAN|NPA}};"|
|Non-Partisan Association
| style="text-align: right;" |16,299
| style="text-align: right;" |33.51%
|
|-
| data-sort-value="Pick, Adi" | Adi Pick
|style="background:gainsboro;"|
|Independent
| style="text-align: right;" |10,263
| style="text-align: right;" |21.10%
|
|-
| data-sort-value="Arnold, Christine" | Christine Arnold
|style="background:gainsboro;"|
|Independent
| style="text-align: right;" |9,209
| style="text-align: right;" |18.93%
|
|-
| data-sort-value="Hamilton, Jamie Lee" | [[Jamie Lee Hamilton]]
|style="{{Canadian party colour|VAN|IDEA}};"|
|IDEA Vancouver
| style="text-align: right;" |8,590
| style="text-align: right;" |17.66%
|
|-
|}

==References==
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{{Vancouver, British Columbia municipal elections}}

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