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Vancouver election: Pete Fry defeats incumbent Ken Sim to become mayor
In Saturday's Oct. 17 Vancouver municipal election, Green candidate and two-term councillor Pete Fry defeated incumbent mayor Ken Sim (ABC Vancouver), who called to concede; Fry led with about 88,200 votes (46.4%).
Why it matters
Voting in the Oct. 17 Vancouver municipal election closed at 8 p.m. Pacific, and Green candidate Pete Fry has defeated incumbent mayor Ken Sim, becoming Vancouver's first Green mayor. Fry, a two-term city councillor who positioned himself as the main alternative to Sim's administration, built an early lead that kept growing as more ballots were counted.
Fry won about 88,200 votes (46.4%) to Sim's roughly 62,600 (32.9%), with TEAM's Colleen Hardwick third on about 16,100 (8.5%). Sim called Fry on election night to concede, telling supporters that being elected mayor had been the "highlight of my life." Election-night projections are distinct from the official certification, which the City's Chief Election Officer will issue under the Vancouver Charter.
Fry's platform and the new council
"Thank you for putting your trust in me and my team here. We're not going to let you down," Fry told supporters. "We love this city a lot and we're here to work for this city and fight for the city." He campaigned on affordable housing, transportation, sustainable growth and community safety, proposing to use city land for affordable homes and expand non-emergency outreach services — campaign commitments, not yet enacted policy.
The Greens also swept council races, projected to take 4 seats (+3) while ABC Vancouver fell to 1 (−6), with COPE winning 4 (+3) and OneCity 1. Municipal elections were held across B.C. the same day: Richmond chose Rob Howard as its new mayor, Burnaby re-elected Mike Hurley, and Surrey's Brenda Locke conceded to former mayor Doug McCallum.
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