Vancouver City Council
Vancouver City Council is the governing body of the City of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
The city is governed by the Vancouver Charter,[1] not the Community Charter and the Local Government Act which are used for other municipal governments. The Vancouver Charter gives the city greater powers than those of other municipalities in British Columbia.
Powers of the Vancouver council include:[2]
- pass by-laws to regulate such things as noise and land use
- buy and sell property
- collect certain taxes
- approve expenditures
- take on debts
- give grants
- hire and discharge employees
City council sits at City Hall at 453 West 12th Avenue.
The council consists of the mayor plus ten councillors elected to serve a three-year term, now four-year term starting in 2014.[3] Monthly, a deputy mayor is appointed from among the councillors.[needs update]
The most recent election was on November 15, 2014. All Vancouver councillors are elected at-large, which is very unusual for a city of Vancouver's size. A proposal to move to a conventional ward system was rejected by voters in an October 17, 2004 referendum.
Municipal elections are held every four years across the Province on the third Saturday of November.
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Vancouver City Council members (by party)
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| Gregor Robertson | Vision | Mayor | |
| Raymond Louie | Vision | Councillor | |
| Heather Deal | Vision | Councillor | |
| Kerry Jang | Vision | Councillor | |
| Andrea Reimer | Vision | Councillor | |
| Tim Stevenson | Vision | Councillor | |
| Geoff Meggs | Vision | Councillor | |
| Elizabeth Ball | NPA | Councillor | |
| George Affleck | NPA | Councillor | |
| Melissa De Genova | NPA | Councillor | |
| Adriane Carr | Green | Councillor |
2011–2014 Vancouver City Council members
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| Gregor Robertson | Vision | Mayor | |
| Raymond Louie | Vision | Councillor | |
| Heather Deal | Vision | Councillor | |
| Tony Tang | Vision | Councillor | |
| Kerry Jang | Vision | Councillor | |
| Andrea Reimer | Vision | Councillor | |
| Tim Stevenson | Vision | Councillor | |
| Geoff Meggs | Vision | Councillor | |
| Elizabeth Ball | NPA | Councillor | |
| George Affleck | NPA | Councillor | |
| Adriane Carr | Green | Councillor |
2008-2011 Vancouver City Council members
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| Gregor Robertson | Vision | Mayor | |
| Raymond Louie | Vision | Councillor | |
| Heather Deal | Vision | Councillor | |
| George Chow | Vision | Councillor | |
| Kerry Jang | Vision | Councillor | |
| Andrea Reimer | Vision | Councillor | |
| Tim Stevenson | Vision | Councillor | |
| Geoff Meggs | Vision | Councillor | |
| David Cadman | COPE | Councillor | |
| Ellen Woodsworth | COPE | Councillor | |
| Suzanne Anton | NPA | Councillor |
2005–2008 Vancouver City Council members
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| Sam Sullivan | NPA | Mayor | |
| Suzanne Anton | NPA | Councillor | |
| Peter Ladner | NPA | Councillor | |
| Kim Capri | NPA | Councillor | |
| Elizabeth Ball | NPA | Councillor | |
| B.C. Lee | NPA | Councillor | |
| Raymond Louie | Vision | Councillor | |
| Tim Stevenson | Vision | Councillor | |
| George Chow | Vision | Councillor | |
| Heather Deal | Vision | Councillor | |
| David Cadman | COPE | Councillor |
2002–2005 Vancouver City Council members
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| Larry Campbell | COPE/Vision | Mayor | |
| Fred Bass | COPE | Councillor | |
| David Cadman | COPE | Councillor | |
| Jim Green | COPE/Vision | Councillor | |
| Peter Ladner | NPA | Councillor | |
| Raymond Louie | COPE/Vision | Councillor | |
| Tim Louis | COPE | Councillor | |
| Anne Roberts | COPE | Councillor | |
| Tim Stevenson | COPE/Vision | Councillor | |
| Sam Sullivan | NPA | Councillor | |
| Ellen Woodsworth | COPE | Councillor |
References
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- ↑ Union of BC Municipalities Announces Four Year Terms
External links
- Vancouver City Council
- Vancouver's elected representatives, by Wayne D. Madden A compilation of election results for Vancouver, British Columbia at the municipal, provincial and federal levels through 2002. Available on Internet Archive.
