Vancouver City Council

Vancouver City Council
Type
Type	Unicameral
Leadership
Mayor	Gregor Robertson, Vision
Structure
Seats	10 councillors and mayor
Political groups	Vision (7)   NPA (3)   Green (1)
Elections
Last election	November 15, 2014
Website
vancouver.ca

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.

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.

Powers

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

Current membership (by party)

	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

	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

	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

	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

	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

1. Union of BC Municipalities Announces Four Year Terms
2. "VANCOUVER CHARTER [SBC 1953] CHAPTER 55". Qp.gov.bc.ca. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
3. "City Council meetings and decisions". Vancouver.ca. Retrieved 14 December 2014.

External links

• 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.