Pete Fry

Pete Fry
Vancouver City Councillor
Incumbent
Assumed office
November 5, 2018
Personal details
Born1969 or 1970 (age 54–55)[1]
Ireland
Political partyGreen Party
RelativesHedy Fry (mother)
ResidenceVancouver

Pete Fry is a Canadian politician and business owner in Vancouver, British Columbia, who has served as councillor on the Vancouver City Council since 2018. He is a member of the Green Party of Vancouver.

Owner of a graphics and communications agency in Vancouver, Fry became involved in community activism, serving as community representative for the City of Vancouver's Downtown Eastside Local Area Plan, as well as chair of the Strathcona Residents’ Association.[2] He first ran for city council in the 2014 municipal election, but was not elected.[3]

He then secured the nomination of the Green Party of British Columbia in a 2016 provincial by-election in the riding of Vancouver-Mount Pleasant,[1] where he lost to British Columbia New Democratic Party candidate Melanie Mark.[4] In 2017, he ran for Vancouver City Council a second time, in the by-election following the resignation of Geoff Meggs;[5] he lost to Non-Partisan Association candidate Hector Bremner.[6] At the 2018 city council election, Fry received the second highest number of votes and was elected councillor.[7] He was re-elected as a city councillor in the 2022 Vancouver municipal election. [8]

Born in Ireland, Fry immigrated with his family to Vancouver as a child.[2][9] His mother is Hedy Fry, the federal Member of Parliament for Vancouver Centre.[1][10]

  1. ^ a b c MacLeod, Andrew (January 18, 2016). "Byelection Battle: Meet Candidates Vying for Vancouver Mount-Pleasant". The Tyee. Retrieved December 8, 2019.
  2. ^ a b "About". Petefry.ca. Archived from the original on December 9, 2019.
  3. ^ "Vancouver election 2014: Full results for mayor, council, school and park board". Global BC. November 16, 2014. Retrieved December 8, 2019.
  4. ^ "B.C. NDP candidates Jodie Wickens and Melanie Mark win Metro Vancouver byelections". CBC News. February 2, 2016. Retrieved December 8, 2019.
  5. ^ "Pete Fry to run for Green Party of Vancouver in city by-election". CBC News. August 17, 2017. Retrieved December 8, 2019.
  6. ^ McElroy, Justin (October 14, 2017). "NPA's Hector Bremner wins council seat in Vancouver byelection". CBC News. Retrieved December 8, 2019.
  7. ^ Lindsay, Bethany (October 20, 2018). "Kennedy Stewart elected mayor of Vancouver". CBC News. Retrieved December 8, 2019.
  8. ^ "City of Vancouver 2022 election results".
  9. ^ Pablo, Carlito (October 24, 2018). "Mixed-race heritage stirs Vancouver councillor-elect Pete Fry to champion city's diversity". The Georgia Straight. Retrieved December 8, 2019.
  10. ^ Fry, Pete (October 29, 2014). "Pete Fry: A better city together". The Georgia Straight. Retrieved December 8, 2019.