2008 Vancouver municipal election
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{{Infobox election
| election_name = 2008 Vancouver municipal election
| flag_image =
| type = parliamentary
| ongoing = no
| party_colour = no
| party_name = no
| previous_election = 2005 Vancouver municipal election
| previous_year = 2005
| previous_mps =
| next_election = 2011 Vancouver municipal election
| next_year = 2011
| next_mps =
| seats_for_election = 11 seats in Vancouver City Council
| turnout = 30.8%{{cite web|title=Election Results: November 15, 2008|url=http://former.vancouver.ca/electionresults2008/|access-date=June 17, 2022|publisher=City of Vancouver|archive-date=December 17, 2019|archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/13140/20191217133337/http://former.vancouver.ca/electionresults2008/|url-status=bot: unknown}} {{decrease}} 1.6 pp
| election_date = {{Start date|2008|11|15}}
| image1 = x150px
| color1 = {{Canadian party colour|VAN|Vision|nohash}}
| leader1 = Gregor Robertson
| leader_since1 = June 2008
| party1 = {{Canadian party colour|VAN|Vision|name}}
| alliance1 = Vision–COPE–Green
| leaders_seat1 = Mayor
| last_election1 = 4 seats, 44.45%
| seats1 = 8
| seat_change1 = {{increase}} 4
| popular_vote1 = 67,598
| percentage1 = 54.39%
| swing1 = {{increase}} 9.94%
| image2 = x150px
| color2 = {{Canadian party colour|VAN|COPE|nohash}}
| leader2 = David Cadman
(de facto)
| leader_since2 = 2005
| party2 = {{Canadian party colour|VAN|COPE|name}}
| alliance2 = Vision–COPE–Green
| leaders_seat2 = Councillor
| last_election2 = 1 seat,
N/A
| seats2 = 2
| seat_change2 = {{increase}} 1
| popular_vote2 = N/A
| percentage2 = N/A
| swing2 = N/A
| image3 = x150px
| color3 = {{Canadian party colour|VAN|NPA|nohash}}
| leader3 = Peter Ladner
| leader_since3 = 2008
| party3 = {{Canadian party colour|VAN|NPA|name}}
| leaders_seat3 = Ran for Mayor (lost)
| last_election3 = 6 seats, 47.34%
| seats3 = 1
| seat_change3 = {{decrease}} 5
| popular_vote3 = 48,794
| percentage3 = 39.26%
| swing3 = {{decrease}} 8.08%
| map_image =
| map_size =
| map_caption =
| title = Mayor
| before_election = Sam Sullivan
| before_party = {{Canadian party colour|VAN|NPA|name}}
| after_election = Gregor Robertson
| after_party = {{Canadian party colour|VAN|Vision|name}}
}}
The 2008 Vancouver municipal election was held on November 15, 2008, filling seats on the Vancouver School Board, the Park Board, the Vancouver City Council, and the position of Mayor of Vancouver. It was held at the same time as municipal elections throughout the province. Three major civic parties were represented: the Coalition of Progressive Electors, the Non-Partisan Association, and Vision Vancouver. The Green Party of Vancouver fielded one candidate for Park Board commissioner.
Candidates and results
All incumbents are marked with (I) before their names.
=Mayor=
One mayor was elected out of 15 candidates. Of the candidates, four were affiliated with a political party, and eleven were independent. Gregor Robertson of Vision Vancouver was elected.
| class="wikitable sortable" margin:5px; width: 60%" |
| style="width:20%;"|Candidate name
! style="width:30.05%;" colspan="2" | Party affiliation ! style="width:8%;"|Votes ! style="width:5%;"|% of votes ! style="width:5%;"|Elected |
|---|
| data-sort-value="Robertson, Gregor" | Gregor Robertson
|style="background:{{Canadian party colour|VAN|Vision}};"| | style="text-align: right;" | 67,598 | style="text-align: right;" | 54.39% | style="text-align: center;" | X |
| data-sort-value="Ladner, Peter" | Peter Ladner
|style="background:{{Canadian party colour|VAN|NPA}};"| | style="text-align: right;" | 48,794 | style="text-align: right;" | 39.26% | |
| data-sort-value="Krawczyk, Betty" | Betty Krawczyk
|style="background:{{Canadian party colour|BC|WLP}};"| |Work Less Party of British Columbia | style="text-align: right;" | 1,346 | style="text-align: right;" | 1.08% | |
| data-sort-value="Emery, Marc" | Marc Emery
|style="background:{{Canadian party colour|VAN|Independent}}"| | style="text-align: right;" | 1,119 | style="text-align: right;" | 0.90% | |
| data-sort-value="Yee, Scott" | Scott Yee
|style="background:{{Canadian party colour|VAN|Independent}};"| | style="text-align: right;" | 942 | style="text-align: right;" | 0.31% | |
| data-sort-value="Britten, Patrick" | Patrick Britten
|style="background:#78CA78;"| | style="text-align: right;" | 695 | style="text-align: right;" | 0.76% | |
| data-sort-value="Kuah, Jeff" | Jeff Kuah
|style="background:{{Canadian party colour|VAN|Independent}};"| | style="text-align: right;" | 600 | style="text-align: right;" | 0.48% | |
| data-sort-value="Jimenez, Angel L." | Angel L. Jimenez
|style="background:{{Canadian party colour|VAN|Independent}};"| | style="text-align: right;" | 320 | style="text-align: right;" | 0.26% | |
| data-sort-value="Kaplan, Leon" | Leon Kaplan
|style="background:{{Canadian party colour|VAN|Independent}};"| | style="text-align: right;" | 299 | style="text-align: right;" | 0.24% | |
| data-sort-value="Ritchie, Bill" | Bill Ritchie
|style="background:{{Canadian party colour|VAN|Independent}};"| | style="text-align: right;" | 252 | style="text-align: right;" | 0.20% | |
| data-sort-value="Hatoum, Joe" | Joe Hatoum
|style="background:{{Canadian party colour|VAN|Independent}};"| | style="text-align: right;" | 241 | style="text-align: right;" | 0.19% | |
| data-sort-value="Buday, Gölök Z." | Gölök Z. Buday
|style="background:{{Canadian party colour|VAN|Independent}};"| | style="text-align: right;" | 172 | style="text-align: right;" | 0.14% | |
| data-sort-value="Caissey, Menard D." | Menard D. Caissey
|style="background:{{Canadian party colour|VAN|Independent}};"| | style="text-align: right;" | 137 | style="text-align: right;" | 0.11% | |
| data-sort-value="Maxwell, N. Bur" | N. Bur Maxwell
|style="background:{{Canadian party colour|VAN|Independent}};"| | style="text-align: right;" | 125 | style="text-align: right;" | 0.10% | |
=City councillors=
Ten councillors were elected out of 32 candidates. Of the candidates, 24 were affiliated with a political party, and eight were independent. Eight incumbent councillors were seeking re-election: four from Vision Vancouver, three from the NPA, and one from COPE. Of the elected councillors, seven were from Vision Vancouver, two from COPE and one from the NPA.
| class="wikitable sortable" margin:5px; width: 60%" |
| style="width:20%;"|Candidate name
! style="width:30.05%;" colspan="2" | Party affiliation ! style="width:8%;"|Votes ! style="width:5%;"|% of votes ! style="width:5%;"|Elected |
|---|
| data-sort-value="Louie, Raymond" | (I) Raymond Louie
|style="background:{{Canadian party colour|VAN|Vision}};"| | style="text-align: right;" | 66,226 | style="text-align: right;" | 53.29% | style="text-align: center;" | X |
| data-sort-value="Deal, Heather" | (I) Heather Deal
|style="background:{{Canadian party colour|VAN|Vision}};"| | style="text-align: right;" | 63,116 | style="text-align: right;" | 50.78% | style="text-align: center;" | X |
| data-sort-value="Chow, George" | (I) George Chow
|style="background:{{Canadian party colour|VAN|Vision}};"| | style="text-align: right;" | 62,262 | style="text-align: right;" | 50.10% | style="text-align: center;" | X |
| data-sort-value="Jang, Kerry" | Kerry Jang
|style="background:{{Canadian party colour|VAN|Vision}};"| | style="text-align: right;" | 60,598 | style="text-align: right;" | 48.76% | style="text-align: center;" | X |
| data-sort-value="Reimer, Andrea" | Andrea Reimer
|style="background:{{Canadian party colour|VAN|Vision}};"| | style="text-align: right;" | 59,148 | style="text-align: right;" | 47.59% | style="text-align: center;" | X |
| data-sort-value="Stevenson, Tim" | (I) Tim Stevenson
|style="background:{{Canadian party colour|VAN|Vision}};"| | style="text-align: right;" | 58,380 | style="text-align: right;" | 46.97% | style="text-align: center;" | X |
| data-sort-value="Cadman, David" | (I) David Cadman
|style="background:{{Canadian party colour|VAN|COPE}};"| |Coalition of Progressive Electors | style="text-align: right;" | 56,665 | style="text-align: right;" | 45.59% | style="text-align: center;" | X |
| data-sort-value="Anton, Suzanne" | (I) Suzanne Anton
|style="background:{{Canadian party colour|VAN|NPA}};"| | style="text-align: right;" | 52,941 | style="text-align: right;" | 42.60% | style="text-align: center;" | X |
| data-sort-value="Meggs, Geoff" | Geoff Meggs
|style="background:{{Canadian party colour|VAN|Vision}};"| | style="text-align: right;" | 49,538 | style="text-align: right;" | 39.86% | style="text-align: center;" | X |
| data-sort-value="Woodsworth, Ellen" | Ellen Woodsworth
|style="background:{{Canadian party colour|VAN|COPE}};"| |Coalition of Progressive Electors | style="text-align: right;" | 45,877 | style="text-align: right;" | 36.91% | style="text-align: center;" | X |
| data-sort-value="Dhaliwal, Kashmir" | Kashmir Dhaliwal
|style="background:{{Canadian party colour|VAN|Vision}};"| | style="text-align: right;" | 44,854 | style="text-align: right;" | 36.09% | |
| data-sort-value="Geller, Michael" | Michael Geller
|style="background:{{Canadian party colour|VAN|NPA}};"| | style="text-align: right;" | 44,353 | style="text-align: right;" | 35.69% | |
| data-sort-value="Capri, Kim" | (I) Kim Capri
|style="background:{{Canadian party colour|VAN|NPA}};"| | style="text-align: right;" | 44,270 | style="text-align: right;" | 35.62% | |
| data-sort-value="Ball, Elizabeth" | (I) Elizabeth Ball
|style="background:{{Canadian party colour|VAN|NPA}};"| | style="text-align: right;" | 42,727 | style="text-align: right;" | 34.38% | |
| data-sort-value="Lee, David" | David Lee
|style="background:{{Canadian party colour|VAN|NPA}};"| | style="text-align: right;" | 42,195 | style="text-align: right;" | 33.95% | |
| data-sort-value="Wong, Kanman" | Kanman Wong
|style="background:{{Canadian party colour|VAN|NPA}};"| | style="text-align: right;" | 36,795 | style="text-align: right;" | 29.61% | |
| data-sort-value="Houghton, Korina" | Korina Houghton
|style="background:{{Canadian party colour|VAN|NPA}};"| | style="text-align: right;" | 34,588 | style="text-align: right;" | 27.83% | |
| data-sort-value="Copeland, Leanore" | Leanore Copeland
|style="background:{{Canadian party colour|VAN|NPA}};"| | style="text-align: right;" | 34,566 | style="text-align: right;" | 27.81% | |
| data-sort-value="Bickerton, Sean" | Sean Bickerton
|style="background:{{Canadian party colour|VAN|NPA}};"| | style="text-align: right;" | 33,510 | style="text-align: right;" | 26.96% | |
| data-sort-value="Sidhu, Daljit S." | Daljit S. Sidhu
|style="background:{{Canadian party colour|VAN|NPA}};"| | style="text-align: right;" | 28,894 | style="text-align: right;" | 23.25% | |
| data-sort-value="Shaw, Chris" | Chris Shaw
|style="background:{{Canadian party colour|BC|WLP}};"| |Work Less Party of British Columbia | style="text-align: right;" | 11,237 | style="text-align: right;" | 9.04% | |
| data-sort-value="Johnson, Lea" | Lea Johnson
|style="background:{{Canadian party colour|VAN|Independent}};"| | style="text-align: right;" | 10,947 | style="text-align: right;" | 8.81% | |
| data-sort-value="Gregson, Ian" | Ian Gregson
|style="background:{{Canadian party colour|BC|WLP}};"| |Work Less Party of British Columbia | style="text-align: right;" | 10,493 | style="text-align: right;" | 8.44% | |
| data-sort-value="Tramutola, Geri" | Geri Tramutola
|style="background:{{Canadian party colour|BC|WLP}};"| |Work Less Party of British Columbia | style="text-align: right;" | 8,619 | style="text-align: right;" | 6.93% | |
| data-sort-value="Boychuk, John T." | John T. Boychuk
|style="background:{{Canadian party colour|VAN|Independent}};"| | style="text-align: right;" | 8,093 | style="text-align: right;" | 6.51% | |
| data-sort-value="Wisdom, Timothy" | Timothy Wisdom
|style="background:{{Canadian party colour|BC|WLP}};"| |Work Less Party of British Columbia | style="text-align: right;" | 7,435 | style="text-align: right;" | 5.98% | |
| data-sort-value="Boyer, Marc" | Marc Boyer
|style="background:{{Canadian party colour|VAN|Independent}};"| | style="text-align: right;" | 4,305 | style="text-align: right;" | 3.46% | |
| data-sort-value="Laferriere, Audrey Jane" | Audrey Jane Laferriere
|style="background:{{Canadian party colour|VAN|Independent}};"| | style="text-align: right;" | 4,196 | style="text-align: right;" | 3.38% | |
| Wendythirteen
|style="background:{{Canadian party colour|VAN|Independent}};"| | style="text-align: right;" | 3,508 | style="text-align: right;" | 2.82% | |
| data-sort-value="Wansleeben, Steve" | Steve Wansleeben
|style="background:{{Canadian party colour|VAN|Independent}};"| | style="text-align: right;" | 3,299 | style="text-align: right;" | 2.65% | |
| data-sort-value="Oracle, Bud" | Bud Oracle
|style="background:{{Canadian party colour|VAN|Independent}};"| | style="text-align: right;" | 2,860 | style="text-align: right;" | 2.30% | |
| data-sort-value="Kadioglu, Matt" | Matt Kadioglu
|style="background:{{Canadian party colour|VAN|Independent}};"| | style="text-align: right;" | 2,423 | style="text-align: right;" | 1.95% | |
=Park Board commissioners=
Seven commissioners were elected out of twenty candidates. Of the candidates, 15 were affiliated with a political party, and five were independent. Two incumbent commissioners were seeking re-election: one from COPE and one from the NPA. Of the elected commissioners, four were from Vision Vancouver, with one each from the NPA, COPE, and the Green Party of Vancouver.
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| style="width:20%;"|Candidate name
! style="width:30.05%;" colspan="2" | Party affiliation ! style="width:8%;"|Votes ! style="width:5%;"|% of votes ! style="width:5%;"|Elected |
|---|
| data-sort-value="Barnes, Constance" | Constance Barnes
|style="background:{{Canadian party colour|VAN|Vision}};"| | style="text-align: right;" | 62,973 | style="text-align: right;" | 50.67% | style="text-align: center;" | X |
| data-sort-value="Jasper, Aaron" | Aaron Jasper
|style="background:{{Canadian party colour|VAN|Vision}};"| | style="text-align: right;" | 58,343 | style="text-align: right;" | 46.94% | style="text-align: center;" | X |
| data-sort-value="Blyth, Sarah" | Sarah Blyth
|style="background:{{Canadian party colour|VAN|Vision}};"| | style="text-align: right;" | 56,775 | style="text-align: right;" | 45.68% | style="text-align: center;" | X |
| data-sort-value="Woodcock, Loretta" | (I) Loretta Woodcock
|style="background:{{Canadian party colour|VAN|COPE}};"| |Coalition of Progressive Electors | style="text-align: right;" | 49,901 | style="text-align: right;" | 40.15% | style="text-align: center;" | X |
| data-sort-value="Hundal, Raj" | Raj Hundal
|style="background:{{Canadian party colour|VAN|Vision}};"| | style="text-align: right;" | 48,871 | style="text-align: right;" | 39.32% | style="text-align: center;" | X |
| data-sort-value="MacKinnon, Stuart" | Stuart MacKinnon
|style="background:{{Canadian party colour|VAN|Green}};"| | style="text-align: right;" | 48,415 | style="text-align: right;" | 38.95% | style="text-align: center;" | X |
| data-sort-value="Robertson, Ian" | (I) Ian Robertson
|style="background:{{Canadian party colour|VAN|NPA}};"| | style="text-align: right;" | 44,005 | style="text-align: right;" | 35.41% | style="text-align: center;" | X |
| data-sort-value="Romaniuk, Anita" | Anita Romaniuk
|style="background:{{Canadian party colour|VAN|COPE}};"| |Coalition of Progressive Electors | style="text-align: right;" | 43,636 | style="text-align: right;" | 35.11% | |
| data-sort-value="Zlotnik, Marty" | Marty Zlotnik
|style="background:{{Canadian party colour|VAN|NPA}};"| | style="text-align: right;" | 42,633 | style="text-align: right;" | 34.30% | |
| data-sort-value="De Genova, Melissa" | Melissa De Genova
|style="background:{{Canadian party colour|VAN|NPA}};"| | style="text-align: right;" | 42,062 | style="text-align: right;" | 33.84% | |
| data-sort-value="McDiarmid, Laura" | Laura McDiarmid
|style="background:{{Canadian party colour|VAN|NPA}};"| | style="text-align: right;" | 37,841 | style="text-align: right;" | 30.45% | |
| data-sort-value="Richardson, Christopher" | Christopher Richardson
|style="background:{{Canadian party colour|VAN|NPA}};"| | style="text-align: right;" | 35,849 | style="text-align: right;" | 28.84% | |
| data-sort-value="Urton, Sharon" | Sharon Urton
|style="background:{{Canadian party colour|VAN|NPA}};"| | style="text-align: right;" | 33,129 | style="text-align: right;" | 26.66% | |
| data-sort-value="Shukla, Naresh" | Naresh Shukla
|style="background:{{Canadian party colour|VAN|NPA}};"| | style="text-align: right;" | 27,350 | style="text-align: right;" | 22.01% | |
| data-sort-value="Hamilton, Jamie Lee" | Jamie Lee Hamilton
|style="background:{{Canadian party colour|VAN|Independent}};"| | style="text-align: right;" | 15,405 | style="text-align: right;" | 12.39% | |
| data-sort-value="Andalis, Juliet Victoria" | Juliet Victoria Andalis
|style="background:{{Canadian party colour|VAN|Independent}};"| | style="text-align: right;" | 11,730 | style="text-align: right;" | 9.44% | |
| data-sort-value="Mayencourt, Richard" | Richard Mayencourt
|style="background:{{Canadian party colour|VAN|Independent}};"| | style="text-align: right;" | 11,152 | style="text-align: right;" | 8.97% | |
| data-sort-value="Dumenc, Ivan" | Ivan Dumenc
|style="background:{{Canadian party colour|BC|WLP}};"| |Work Less Party of British Columbia | style="text-align: right;" | 10,919 | style="text-align: right;" | 8.79% | |
| data-sort-value="Lockhart, Thomas" | Thomas Lockhart
|style="background:{{Canadian party colour|VAN|Independent}};"| | style="text-align: right;" | 6,832 | style="text-align: right;" | 5.50% | |
| data-sort-value="Haskell, Peter Raymond" | Peter Raymond Haskell
|style="background:{{Canadian party colour|VAN|Independent}};"| | style="text-align: right;" | 5,674 | style="text-align: right;" | 4.57% | |
=School Board trustees=
Nine school trustees were elected out of 19 candidates. Of the candidates, 17 were affiliated with a political party, and two were independent. Five incumbent trustees were seeking re-election: three from the NPA and two from COPE. Of the elected trustees, four were from Vision Vancouver, three from COPE and two from NPA.
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| style="width:20%;"|Candidate name
! style="width:30.05%;" colspan="2" | Party affiliation ! style="width:8%;"|Votes ! style="width:5%;"|% of votes ! style="width:5%;"|Elected |
|---|
| data-sort-value="Bacchus, Patti" | Patti Bacchus
|style="background:{{Canadian party colour|VAN|Vision}};"| | style="text-align: right;" | 64,451 | style="text-align: right;" | 51.67% | style="text-align: center;" | X |
| data-sort-value="Lombardi, Mike" | Mike Lombardi
|style="background:{{Canadian party colour|VAN|Vision}};"| | style="text-align: right;" | 62,772 | style="text-align: right;" | 50.32% | style="text-align: center;" | X |
| data-sort-value="Clement, Ken" | Ken Clement
|style="background:{{Canadian party colour|VAN|Vision}};"| | style="text-align: right;" | 62,096 | style="text-align: right;" | 49.78% | style="text-align: center;" | X |
| data-sort-value="Gregson, Sharon E." | Sharon E. Gregson
|style="background:{{Canadian party colour|VAN|Vision}};"| | style="text-align: right;" | 61,417 | style="text-align: right;" | 49.24% | style="text-align: center;" | X |
| data-sort-value="Wong, Allan" | (I) Allan Wong
|style="background:{{Canadian party colour|VAN|COPE}};"| |Coalition of Progressive Electors | style="text-align: right;" | 56,027 | style="text-align: right;" | 44.92% | style="text-align: center;" | X |
| data-sort-value="Blakey, Al" | (I) Al Blakey
|style="background:{{Canadian party colour|VAN|COPE}};"| |Coalition of Progressive Electors | style="text-align: right;" | 49,045 | style="text-align: right;" | 39.32% | style="text-align: center;" | X |
| data-sort-value="Bouey, Jane" | Jane Bouey
|style="background:{{Canadian party colour|VAN|COPE}};"| |Coalition of Progressive Electors | style="text-align: right;" | 48,227 | style="text-align: right;" | 38.66% | style="text-align: center;" | X |
| data-sort-value="Denike, Ken" | (I) Ken Denike
|style="background:{{Canadian party colour|VAN|NPA}};"| | style="text-align: right;" | 46,777 | style="text-align: right;" | 37.50% | style="text-align: center;" | X |
| data-sort-value="Gibson, Carol" | (I) Carol Gibson
|style="background:{{Canadian party colour|VAN|NPA}};"| | style="text-align: right;" | 46,048 | style="text-align: right;" | 36.92% | style="text-align: center;" | X |
| data-sort-value="Bargeman, Bill" | Bill Bargeman
|style="background:{{Canadian party colour|VAN|COPE}};"| |Coalition of Progressive Electors | style="text-align: right;" | 45,981 | style="text-align: right;" | 36.86% | |
| data-sort-value="Holden, Heather" | Heather Holden
|style="background:{{Canadian party colour|VAN|NPA}};"| | style="text-align: right;" | 45,921 | style="text-align: right;" | 36.81% | |
| data-sort-value="Singh, Alvin" | Alvin Singh
|style="background:{{Canadian party colour|VAN|COPE}};"| |Coalition of Progressive Electors | style="text-align: right;" | 43,754 | style="text-align: right;" | 35.08% | |
| data-sort-value="Woo, Sophia" | Sophia Woo
|style="background:{{Canadian party colour|VAN|NPA}};"| | style="text-align: right;" | 43,538 | style="text-align: right;" | 34.90% | |
| data-sort-value="Hansen, Clarence" | (I) Clarence Hansen
|style="background:{{Canadian party colour|VAN|NPA}};"| | style="text-align: right;" | 40,953 | style="text-align: right;" | 32.83% | |
| data-sort-value="Le Gallais, Eileen" | Eileen Le Gallais
|style="background:{{Canadian party colour|VAN|NPA}};"| | style="text-align: right;" | 37,598 | style="text-align: right;" | 30.14% | |
| data-sort-value="Nance, Margit" | Margit Nance
|style="background:{{Canadian party colour|VAN|NPA}};"| | style="text-align: right;" | 35,014 | style="text-align: right;" | 28.07% | |
| data-sort-value="Singh, Lakhbir" | Lakhbir Singh
|style="background:{{Canadian party colour|VAN|NPA}};"| | style="text-align: right;" | 33,659 | style="text-align: right;" | 26.98% | |
| data-sort-value="Stark, Robert Allan" | Robert Allan Stark
|style="background:{{Canadian party colour|VAN|Independent}};"| | style="text-align: right;" | 10,914 | style="text-align: right;" | 8.75% | |
| data-sort-value="Haskell, Peter Raymond" | Peter Raymond Haskell
|style="background:{{Canadian party colour|VAN|Independent}};"| | style="text-align: right;" | 10,370 | style="text-align: right;" | 8.31% | |
=Capital Plan questions=
The following Capital Plan questions were posed to voters:{{cite web| url=http://former.vancouver.ca/blStorage/9729.PDF| title=Borrowing questions (Capital Plan) - Election 2008 - City of Vancouver Elections| publisher=City of Vancouver| accessdate=July 27, 2014 }}
==Public works==
1. Are you in favour of Council having the authority, without further assent of the electors, to pass by-laws between January 1, 2009, and December 31, 2011, to borrow an aggregate $93,820,000 for the following purposes?
- Street and Bridge Infrastructure at $66,607,000
- Traffic and Safety Improvements at $12,553,000
- Street Lighting, Traffic Signal, and Communications Systems at $14,660,000
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right; margin:5px; width: 30%" |
| style="width:80%;"|Option
! style="width:10%;"|Votes ! style="width:10%;"|Percentage |
|---|
| Yes
|78,506 |63.16% |
| No
|28,024 |36.84% |
| Total votes
|124,285 |100% |
==Public safety and civic facilities==
2. Are you in favour of Council having the authority, without further assent of the electors, to pass by-laws between January 1, 2009, and December 31, 2011, to borrow an aggregate $68,605,000 for the following purposes?
- Public Safety at $31,965,000
- Civic Facilities at $32,490,000
- Library at $4,150,000
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| style="width:80%;"|Option
! style="width:10%;"|Votes ! style="width:10%;"|Percentage |
|---|
| Yes
|79,429 |63.91% |
| No
|26,679 |36.09% |
| Total votes
|124,285 |100% |
==Parks and recreation facilities==
3. Are you in favour of Council having the authority, without further assent of the electors, to pass by-laws between January 1, 2009, and December 31, 2011, to borrow an aggregate $59,575,000 for the following purposes?
- Recreation Facilities at $52,247,000
- Parks at $7,328,000
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| style="width:80%;"|Option
! style="width:10%;"|Votes ! style="width:10%;"|Percentage |
|---|
| Yes
|77,259 |62.16% |
| No
|29,366 |37.84% |
| Total votes
|124,285 |100% |
Voter and party statistics
=Voter turnout=
Of the 403,663 registered voters, there were 124,285 recorded ballots, marking the voter turnout at 30.79%. This is an decrease of 1.66% from the 32.45% turnout during the previous municipal election in 2005.{{cite web| url=http://former.vancouver.ca/ctyclerk/election2005/finalresults.htm |title=Election summary - Election 2005 - City of Vancouver Elections| publisher=City of Vancouver| accessdate=July 27, 2014}}
=Elected percentage by party=
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| rowspan="2" style="width:0.05%;"|
! rowspan="2" style="width:30%;"|Party ! colspan="2" style="width:10%;|Mayor ! colspan="2" style="width:10%;|Councillors ! colspan="2" style="width:10%;|Park Board commissioners ! colspan="2" style="width:10%;|School Board trustees ! colspan="2" style="width:10%;|Total candidates |
|---|
| bgcolor=#fcfcfc
| style="text-align: center;" | # Elected | style="text-align: center;" | % Elected | style="text-align: center;" | # Elected | style="text-align: center;" | % Elected | style="text-align: center;" | # Elected | style="text-align: center;" | % Elected | style="text-align: center;" | # Elected | style="text-align: center;" | % Elected | style="text-align: center;" | # Elected | style="text-align: center;" | % Elected |
| style="background:{{Canadian party colour|VAN|Green}};"|
| style="text-align: right;" | NIL | style="text-align: right;" | N/A | style="text-align: right;" | NIL | style="text-align: right;" | N/A | style="text-align: right;" | 1/1 | style="text-align: right;" | 100.0% | style="text-align: right;" | NIL | style="text-align: right;" | N/A | style="text-align: right;" | 1/1 | style="text-align: right;" | 100.0% |
| style="background:{{Canadian party colour|VAN|Vision}};"|
| style="text-align: right;" | 1/1 | style="text-align: right;" | 100.0% | style="text-align: right;" | 7/8 | style="text-align: right;" | 87.5% | style="text-align: right;" | 4/4 | style="text-align: right;" | 100.0% | style="text-align: right;" | 4/4 | style="text-align: right;" | 100.0% | style="text-align: right;" | 16/17 | style="text-align: right;" | 94.1% |
| style="background:{{Canadian party colour|VAN|COPE}};"|
|Coalition of Progressive Electors | style="text-align: right;" | NIL | style="text-align: right;" | N/A | style="text-align: right;" | 2/2 | style="text-align: right;" | 100.0% | style="text-align: right;" | 1/2 | style="text-align: right;" | 50.0% | style="text-align: right;" | 3/5 | style="text-align: right;" | 60.0% | style="text-align: right;" | 6/9 | style="text-align: right;" | 66.7% |
| style="background:{{Canadian party colour|VAN|NPA}};"|
| style="text-align: right;" | 0/1 | style="text-align: right;" | 0.0% | style="text-align: right;" | 1/10 | style="text-align: right;" | 10.0% | style="text-align: right;" | 1/7 | style="text-align: right;" | 14.3% | style="text-align: right;" | 2/8 | style="text-align: right;" | 25.0% | style="text-align: right;" | 4/26 | style="text-align: right;" | 15.4% |
| style="background:{{Canadian party colour|BC|WLP}};"|
|Work Less Party of British Columbia | style="text-align: right;" | 0/1 | style="text-align: right;" | 0.0% | style="text-align: right;" | 0/4 | style="text-align: right;" | 0.0% | style="text-align: right;" | 0/1 | style="text-align: right;" | 0.0% | style="text-align: right;" | NIL | style="text-align: right;" | N/A | style="text-align: right;" | 0/6 | style="text-align: right;" | 0.0% |
| style="background:#78CA78;"|
| style="text-align: right;" | 0/1 | style="text-align: right;" | 0.0% | style="text-align: right;" | NIL | style="text-align: right;" | N/A | style="text-align: right;" | NIL | style="text-align: right;" | N/A | style="text-align: right;" | NIL | style="text-align: right;" | N/A | style="text-align: right;" | 0/1 | style="text-align: right;" | 0.0% |
| style="background:{{Canadian party colour|VAN|Independent}};"|
| style="text-align: right;" | 0/11 | style="text-align: right;" | 0.0% | style="text-align: right;" | 0/8 | style="text-align: right;" | 0.0% | style="text-align: right;" | 0/5 | style="text-align: right;" | 0.0% | style="text-align: right;" | 0/2 | style="text-align: right;" | 0.0% | style="text-align: right;" | 0/26 | style="text-align: right;" | 0.0% |
=Seat changes by party=
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| rowspan="2" style="width:0.05%;"|
! rowspan="2" style="width:30%;"|Party ! colspan="4" style="width:10%;|Mayor & Councillors ! colspan="4" style="width:10%;|Park Board commissioners ! colspan="4" style="width:10%;|School Board trustees ! colspan="4" style="width:10%;|Total elected | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor=#fcfcfc
| style="text-align: center;" | 2005 | style="text-align: center;" | 2008 | style="text-align: center;" | % Change | style="text-align: center;" | % Seats | style="text-align: center;" | 2005 | style="text-align: center;" | 2008 | style="text-align: center;" | % Change | style="text-align: center;" | % Seats | style="text-align: center;" | 2005 | style="text-align: center;" | 2008 | style="text-align: center;" | % Change | style="text-align: center;" | % Seats | style="text-align: center;" | 2005 | style="text-align: center;" | 2008 | style="text-align: center;" | % Change | style="text-align: center;" | % Seats | ||||||||||||||||
| style="background:{{Canadian party colour|VAN|Vision}};"| | 4 | 8 | +100.00% | 72.73% | 0 | 4 | N/A | 57.14% | 0 | 4 | N/A | 44.44% | 4 | 16 | +400.00% | 59.26% |
| style="background:{{Canadian party colour|VAN|COPE}};"| | 1 | 2 | +100.00% | 18.18% | 2 | 1
| | ||||||||||
| 50.00% | 14.29% | 3 | 3 | ±0.00% | 33.33% | 6 | 6 | ±0.00% | 22.22% | |||||||
| style="background:{{Canadian party colour|VAN|NPA}};"| | 7 | 1
| | ||||||||||||||
| 85.71% | 9.09% | 5 | 1
| | |||||||||||||
| 80.00% | 14.29% | 6 | 2
| | |||||||||||||
| 66.67% | 22.22% | 17 | 4
| | |||||||||||||
| 76.47% | 14.81% | |||||||||||||||
| style="background:{{Canadian party colour|VAN|Green}};"| | 0 | 0 | ±0.00% | 0.0% | 0 | 1 | N/A | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | ±0.00% | 0.00% | 0 | 1 | N/A | 3.70% |
References
=General=
- {{cite web| url=http://former.vancouver.ca/electionresults2008/| title=Election summary - Election 2008 - City of Vancouver Elections| publisher=City of Vancouver| accessdate=July 27, 2014}}
=Specific=
{{reflist}}
External links
- [http://www.vancouver.ca/ctyclerk/election2008/candidate-profiles.htm City of Vancouver Election Candidate Profiles]
- [http://www.vancouver.ca/ctyclerk/election2008/ City of Vancouver Election Page]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110723233545/http://onlymagazine.net/lotusland/ Daily Press Coverage of Vancouver Civic Election]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080615040215/http://www.bcindividualist.org/ArticlesAndOtherCampaigns/ Various News]
- [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=453491 Our Campaigns]
- [http://www.gunzburger.com/ Politics1 Canada (beta)]
- [http://www.facebook.com/politics/?ca&ref=en.wikipedia Canadian Politics]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20081006041853/http://www.radicalpress.com/?p=770 Radical Press]
- [http://www.nowpolling.ca/ Nowpolling.ca]
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