1996 Vancouver municipal election

The City of Vancouver, Canada, held municipal elections on November 16, 1996. Canadian citizens who were over 18 years of age at the time of the vote, and had been a resident of Vancouver for the previous 30 days and a resident of B.C. for the previous six months, were able to vote for candidates in four races that were presented on one ballot. In addition, Canadian citizen non-resident property owners were eligible to vote.

The ballot elected one mayor, ten Councillors, nine School Board Trustees and seven Park Board Commissioners. Each elector could vote for as many candidates as there were open seats (e.g., an elector could vote for ten or fewer Councillors).

There was no fee associated with registering as a candidate at this time. Brian "Godzilla" Salmi, a freelance journalist for publications such as Terminal City, The Stranger, The National Post and The Georgia Straight, publicly offered to buy a pitcher of beer for anyone who ran for office, resulting in numerous joke-candidates appearing on the ballots that year.

Elections to Vancouver City Council

Main article: Vancouver City Council

Overall council results

All figures include votes cast for both mayor and councillors

Party		Party leader and/or mayoral candidate	# of candidates	Council Seats				Total Popular Vote
				1993	Current	Elected	Change	#	%	Change
	NPA	Philip Owen	10			10
	COPE	Carmela Allevato	10			0
	Green	Paul Watson	2	-	-
	Voice	Jonathan Baker	8	-	-	-					Independent			-	-	-
Total						10	-		100.0	-

Mayoralty election

One to be elected.

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Philip Owen	NPA	50969
	Carmela Allevato	COPE	26143
	Jonathan Baker	Voice	10703
	Paul Watson	Green	3117		Marc Emery	Independent	1125		Sage Advice	Independent	340		Dhavide Arjunan Aruliah	Independent	311		Gilbert Bailey	Independent	287		Zippy the Circus Chimp	Independent	264		Jay Mang	Independent	168		Ronald F. McDonald	Independent	145		Jennifer E. Dunnaway	Independent	136		Yummy Girl	Independent	130		Greg Westerlund	Independent	127		A. Red Hot Pepper	Independent	106		Randy Oliver O'Grady	Independent	103		Barb E. Doll	Independent	101		Sarah Whittam	Independent	99		Kellee Lynn Cole	Independent	94		Jason Benj	Independent	90		Tony Montana	Independent	78		Michael J. Foster	Independent	71		Lupo The Butcher	Independent	69		Mr. X	Independent	68		Allison Jane Mclennan	Independent	59		Samantha Foxx	Independent	57		Lorna Marie Potter	Independent	57		Eddie Fernandes	Independent	55		Frank The Moose	Independent	50		John M. Mcgoldrick	Independent	49		Gölök Zlf Buday	Independent	42		Buzz	Independent	42		Michel Leblond	Independent	42		Bugger	Independent	39		Roger Stewart Reimer	Independent	38		Ryan S. Bigge	Independent	38		Christina Louise Sharlow	Independent	36		Zaius	Independent	36		Gaston Gingras	Independent	32		Jurgen T. Schaub	Independent	28		Pete Fishburger	Independent	28		Kenneth P. Thomas	Independent	27		Stuart Maxwell	Independent	26		L. Ron Moonbeam	Independent	25		Tho Buskerville	Independent	24		Pete Chezankreme	Independent	24		Nicholas Podbrey	Independent	24		The Trash Terminator	Independent	24		John A. Tweed	Independent	22		Tamas R. Revoczi	Independent	19		Dylan Rymer	Independent	18		James Octeau	Independent	15		Ingrid	Independent	15		Steve Wansleeben	Independent	14		Sebastian Templer	Independent	12		Figgg Freud	Independent	11		Jeff D. Nix	Independent	10		The Stainer	Independent	10

Councillors election

Ten to be elected.

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Jennifer Clarke	NPA	46700
	Gordon Price	NPA	45118
	Don Bellamy	NPA	44051
	George Puil	NPA	43541
	Lynne Kennedy	NPA	43284
	Nancy Chiavario	NPA	42680
	Sam Sullivan	NPA	40846
	Daniel Lee	NPA	40405
	Don Lee	NPA	39319
	Alan Herbert	NPA	36174
	Tim Louis	COPE	28483
	Mel Lehan	COPE	26593
	Michael Walker	COPE	23666
	Jamie Lee Hamilton	COPE	23510
	Sean R. McEwen	COPE	23329
	Merrilee Robson	COPE	22833
	Shane Simpson	COPE	22761
	Frances Wasserlein	COPE	22202
	Blair Petrie	COPE	21961
	Nina Khajuria	COPE	21402
	Frederic Bass	Green	14476
	Connie Fogal	Voice	14434
	Raymond Leung	Voice	14370
	Valerie Jerome	Green	13863	Stephen F.Y. Chong	Independent	9531
	Bev Ballantyne	Voice	8887
	Brian Lee Buchanan	Voice	7996	Wendy M. Turner	Independent	7895
	Sarah J. Farris	Voice	7794
	Harkirpal S. Sara	Voice	6843
	Manuel A. Azevedo	Voice	6308	Jenny Shaw	Independent	5706
	Arno D. Neumann	Voice	5033	Gordon T. Kennedy	Independent	4071	Mike Bell	Independent	3434
	Ann Livingston	LWF	3159	Lorelei Hawkins	Independent	2924	Maureen G. Dawson	Independent	2560	Heather Inglis Baron	Independent	2547	Julia Ann Marks	Independent	2425
	William W. Kay	LWF	2414
	Martha Roberts	LWF	2383
	Shane Delarue	LWF	2192	Mike Lawrence	Independent	2192	Iqbal Sara	Independent	2031	Jeffery D. Berwick	Independent	2004
	Matt McGrath	LWF	1961	Cowboy Ellis	Independent	1927	Joan L. Rowntree	Independent	1900	Howard Dahl	Independent	1881	Mike Mclean	Independent	1684
	Sharai Mustatia	LWF	1681	Guy Wera	Independent	1476	Robert Martin McCallum	Independent	1465
	Anthony J. Ryder	LWF	1383
	Joseph X	LWF	1334
	Lani Russwurm	LWF	1292	Gator McCluskie	Independent	827
Total				100.0

Elections to the Vancouver Parks Board

Seven to be elected.

Candidate		Party	Votes	%		Independent				Independent				Independent
Total				100.0

External links

• City of Vancouver election results 1996
• Vancouver charter
• Vancouver School Board (School District #39)
• Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation