Vancouver City Council
Vancouver City Council is the governing body of the City of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The council consists of the mayor plus ten councillors elected to serve a three-year term, now four-year term starting in 2014.[1] Monthly, a deputy mayor is appointed from among the councillors.[dated info]
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.
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Powers[edit]
The city is governed by the Vancouver Charter.[2] The charter gives the city greater powers than those of other municipalities in British Columbia.
Powers of the Vancouver council include:[3]
- 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.
Membership[edit]
Current membership (by party)[edit]
| 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 membership[edit]
| 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 membership[edit]
| 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 membership[edit]
| 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 membership[edit]
| 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[edit]
- ^ Union of BC Municipalities Announces Four Year Terms
- ^ "VANCOUVER CHARTER [SBC 1953] CHAPTER 55". Qp.gov.bc.ca. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
- ^ "City Council meetings and decisions". Vancouver.ca. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
External links[edit]
- 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.
