Green Party of Vancouver | |
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| Leader | Adriane Carr (de facto) |
| Chairperson | Priyan Samarakoone |
| Founded | 1984[1] |
| Ideology | Green politics |
| National affiliation | Green Party of Canada |
| Colours | Green |
| City council | 2 / 11 |
| Park board | 1 / 7 |
| School board | 2 / 9 |
| Website | |
| www | |
The Green Party of Vancouver, founded in 1984,[1] is a municipal political party in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It is affiliated with both the provincial Green Party of British Columbia and the federal Green Party of Canada.
Roslyn Cassells was the first elected Green in Canada and was elected to the Vancouver Park Board in the 1999 Vancouver municipal election. In 2002, Andrea Reimer was elected to the Vancouver School Board as a trustee, and in 2008 Stuart Mackinnon was elected a park board commissioner.
The party nominated Green Party of Canada deputy leader Adriane Carr as their sole nominee for Vancouver City Council during the 2011 Vancouver municipal election.[2] Carr subsequently won the seat.[3][4] Carr retained her council seat during the 2014 Vancouver municipal election, winning with the highest number of votes of any council candidate.[5] School board candidate Janet Fraser and park board candidates Michael Wiebe and Stuart Mackinnon were also elected.
The Green Party of Vancouver further increased its seat count following the 2017 Vancouver municipal by-election, where all three of the party's school board candidates were elected. The party elected nine candidates in the 2018 Vancouver municipal election. In the 2022 Vancouver municipal election, the party fielded 10 candidates: five for city council, two for park board, and three for school board. Five candidates were elected.
- ^ a b "About". Green Party of Vancouver. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
- ^ Lee, Jeff (12 September 2011). "Adriane Carr hopes to run for Vancouver council as Greens go it alone". Vancouver Sun. Retrieved 18 September 2011.
- ^ Montgomery, Christina (19 November 2011). "Carr takes surprise council seat as final poll goes Green". Vancouver Observer. Archived from the original on 22 November 2011. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
- ^ Hui, Stephen (19 November 2011). "Greens' Adriane Carr elected to Vancouver city council". The Georgia Straight. Vancouver, British Columbia. Archived from the original on 21 November 2011. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
- ^ Stueck, W; Holdsworth, P (16 November 2014). "Green Party of Vancouver grows in power despite one win on council". The Globe and Mail Inc. Retrieved 2 August 2016.