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Colleen Hardwick

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Colleen Hardwick
Vancouver city councillor
In office
November 5, 2018 – November 7, 2022
Personal details
Born (1958-09-17) September 17, 1958 (age 67)
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
PartyTEAM for a Livable Vancouver (2021–present)
Other political
affiliations

Colleen Hardwick (born September 17, 1958) is a Canadian politician, media executive and producer in Vancouver, British Columbia, who served on Vancouver City Council from 2018 to 2022. Hardwick is the daughter of former Vancouver alderman Walter Hardwick[1] and the granddaughter of former Vancouver park commissioner Iris Hardwick.[2]

Early career

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Hardwick won a 1997 "Forty under 40" award in entrepreneurship from Business in Vancouver.[3]

Hardwick developed MovieSet Inc., a platform to monetize movies under production. The company failed, and ceased operations in 2011 following the financial crisis[failed verification].[4][5]

In 2010, she founded PlaceSpeak, a location-based civic engagement platform designed to consult with people within specific geographic boundaries.[6] PlaceSpeak received B Corporation certification in 2021.[7]

Political career

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Hardwick announced her candidacy for Vancouver City Council in the summer of 2005. She campaigned with the Non-Partisan Association (NPA) against a proposal to use assets from Vancouver's Property Endowment fund to build housing that would not yield a return on the investment, claiming her Vision Vancouver opponents "don't even understand how market housing works."[8] Hardwick was endorsed by Vancouver Sun’s editorial board ahead of the November election.[9] With ten councillors to be elected, she placed thirteenth.[10]

In 2018, again running under the NPA banner, Hardwick came fifth and was elected to the council. On a council with no party majority, she frequently questioned some of the initiatives and policies brought forth, and regularly voiced concerns about what she calls "scope-creep" where the municipal government dedicates resources to issues traditionally in the realm of other levels of government.[11]

Hardwick was elected as a member of the NPA but resigned from that organization in April 2021 to sit as an independent councillor.[12] Five months later, Hardwick announced her affiliation with a new civic party, TEAM for a Livable Vancouver,[13] and on March 13, 2022 was acclaimed as TEAM's mayoral candidate for the 2022 municipal election.[14] Hardwick came in third in the mayoral race with 9.97% of the vote.[15]

While on council, Hardwick sought the establishment of an independent auditor general for Vancouver.[16]

Stances on housing and upzoning

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Hardwick opposes upzoning to increase housing supply. She has argued that upzonings and greater density have greatly exacerbated Vancouver's housing affordability crisis, and that increasing revenue through boosted housing supply is akin to a Ponzi scheme.[17]

In 2019, Hardwick voted against allowing a 5-storey apartment building (where one-fifth of the units were below market rates) in Kitsilano, arguing "why are we promoting development to the detriment of our residents?"[18]

In 2022, she voted against a major rezoning plan for the Broadway corridor that permitted 40 storey mixed-use developments near SkyTrain stations, as well as the replacement of older, small 10-unit buildings with 15-20 storey buildings.[19] She argued the added housing supply would lead to increased house prices.[20] During her 2022 election campaign, she campaigned on spending $500 million toward building co-op housing and on creating neighbourhood-specific zoning plans.[20]

In 2023, Hardwick opposed proposals to allow for denser housing developments (such as sixplexes) in Vancouver as unnecessary, saying that "Vancouver already has the possibility for more housing under existing policies," under which almost every lot in the city is already eligible to have a main house, a basement suite and a laneway house on it.[21]

In 2022, as a city councillor during a re-zoning hearing for a 12-tower housing project by MST Development Corporation (a partnership of the Musqueam Indian Band, Squamish Nation and Tsleil-Waututh Nation) on land owned by it and Canada Lands Company (a federal crown corporation), Hardwick asked the question "How do you reconcile Indigenous ways of being with 18-storey high-rises?" Hardwick voted in favour of the re-zoning, commenting, "It is moving forward in the exact right direction that reconciliation was intended to be."[22][23]

Electoral record

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Vancouver municipal by-election, April 5, 2025: Vancouver City Council
Resignation of Christine Boyle and Adriane Carr
Party Candidate Votes%Elected
COPESean Orr34,44850.69Green tickY
OneCityLucy Maloney33,73249.63Green tickY
TEAM for a Livable VancouverColleen Hardwick17,35225.53
GreenAnnette Reilly15,04522.14
TEAM for a Livable VancouverTheodore Abbott11,58117.04
ABC VancouverJaime Stein9,26713.64
ABC VancouverRalph Kaisers8,91513.12
IndependentJeanifer Decena6520.96
IndependentGuy Dubé4590.68
IndependentKarin Litzcke4330.64
IndependentRollergirl4040.59
IndependentCharles Ling3520.52
IndependentGerry McGuire2760.41
Total number of voters 67,962100.00
Rejected ballots 00.00
Turnout 67,96215.09
Eligible voters 450,503–
Percentage of votes shown is percentage of voters who voted, not votes cast.
Source: City of Vancouver[24][25]
2022 Vancouver municipal election: Mayor
Party Candidate Votes%Elected
ABC VancouverKen Sim85,73250.96Green tickY
Forward TogetherKennedy Stewart (incumbent)49,59329.48
TEAM for a Livable VancouverColleen Hardwick16,7699.97
Progress VancouverMark Marissen5,8303.47
NPAFred Harding3,9052.32
IndependentLeona Brown1,5190.9
IndependentPing Chan1,1540.69
IndependentFrançoise Raunet1,1160.66
IndependentSatwant Shottha9940.59
IndependentImtiaz Popat4110.24
IndependentLewis Villegas3630.22
IndependentMike Hansen3140.19
IndependentGölök Buday1950.12
IndependentRyan Charmley1830.11
IndependentDante Teti1420.08
ABC Vancouver gain from Forward Together Swing +11.02[a]
Source: City of Vancouver[26]
  1. ↑ Calculated using Ken Sim's and Kennedy Stewart's 2018 results.
2018 Vancouver municipal election: City Council
Party Candidate Votes%Elected
Green(I) Adriane Carr69,73939.52Green tickY
GreenPete Fry61,80635.03Green tickY
NPA(I) Melissa De Genova53,25130.18Green tickY
COPEJean Swanson48,86527.69Green tickY
NPAColleen Hardwick47,74727.06Green tickY
Green(O) Michael Wiebe45,59325.84Green tickY
OneCityChristine Boyle45,45525.76Green tickY
NPA(O) Lisa Dominato44,68925.33Green tickY
NPARebecca Bligh44,05324.97Green tickY
NPA(O) Sarah Kirby-Yung43,58124.70Green tickY
NPADavid Grewal41,91323.75
GreenDavid H. Wong40,88723.17
Vision(I) Heather Deal39,52922.40
COPEDerrick O'Keefe38,30521.71
NPAJustin P. Goodrich37,91721.49
COPEAnne Roberts36,53120.70
OneCityBrandon O. Yan36,16720.50
NPAJojo Quimpo34,60119.61
IndependentSarah Blyth29,45616.69
VisionTanya Paz28,83616.34
VisionDiego Cardona27,32515.49
Vision(O) Catherine Evans25,12414.24
Independent(O) Erin Shum23,33113.22
Vancouver 1stKen Low21,90812.42
IndependentAdrian Crook17,3929.86
VisionWei Q. Zhang16,7349.48
Coalition VancouverKen Charko16,3669.28
Coalition VancouverJames Lin16,1919.18
IndependentWade Grant15,4228.74
IndependentTaqdir K. Bhandal15,3268.69
Vancouver 1stElizabeth Taylor15,1848.61
Coalition VancouverPenny Mussio14,8868.44
Yes VancouverBrinder Bains13,9487.90
Yes VancouverStephanie Ostler13,5307.67
Coalition VancouverJason Xie13,4247.61
Yes VancouverGlynnis C. Chan13,2187.49
Coalition VancouverGlen Chernen13,1487.45
Coalition VancouverMorning Li12,6147.15
Vancouver 1stNycki K. Basra12,1336.88
Yes VancouverJaspreet Virdi12,1246.87
Coalition VancouverFranco Peta11,1936.34
Yes VancouverPhyllis Tang11,9026.75
IndependentRob McDowell11,8286.70
IndependentPenny Noble11,4356.48
IndependentGraham Cook11,0846.28
Vancouver 1stMichelle C. Mollineaux8,8195.00
ProVancouverRaza Mirza8,7834.98
Vancouver 1stJesse Johl8,6094.88
IndependentBarbara Buchanan8,1804.64
ProVancouverBreton Crellin7,8564.45
Vancouver 1stElishia Perosa7,4894.24
IndependentAnastasia Koutalianos7,4694.23
IndependentAbubakar Khan7,2394.10
Vancouver 1stJohn Malusa6,5973.74
IndependentLisa Kristiansen6,5063.69
ProVancouverRohana D. Rezel6,3363.59
IndependentFrançoise Raunet5,8913.34
IndependentHamdy El-Rayes5,3813.05
IndependentHsin-Chen Fu5,0072.84
IndependentJustin Caudwell4,4882.54
IndependentHarry Miedzygorski4,3082.44
IndependentGordon T. Kennedy4,2972.44
IndependentAshley Hughes3,9652.25
IndependentKelly Alm3,4401.95
IndependentMarlo Franson3,3161.88
IndependentJohn Spark3,2871.86
IndependentKatherine Ramdeen3,0821.75
IndependentSpike Peachey2,8631.62
IndependentLarry J. Falls2,7681.57
IndependentElke Porter2,5151.43
IndependentTed Copeland1,9461.10
'(I)' denotes incumbent city councillors.
'(O)' denotes incumbents of other municipal positions.

References

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  1. ↑ Caddell, Nathan (September 27, 2021). "Inside Colleen Hardwick's Polarizing Path Through Vancouver City Hall". Vancouver Magazine. Retrieved April 16, 2026.
  2. ↑ "Colleen Hardwick acclaimed as Vancouver mayoral candidate representing TEAM". Vancouver Sun. March 15, 2022. Retrieved April 16, 2026.
  3. ↑ "Business in Vancouver's Forty under 40 winners". Issuu. Business in Vancouver. October 30, 2012. Retrieved April 17, 2026.
  4. ↑ "MovieSet raises US$3.5 million financing". Fasken. July 2008.
  5. ↑ Swearingen, Jake (July 24, 2008). "MovieSet Inc. piles $1.5 million more for total $5 million in Series A funding". VentureBeat. Retrieved April 16, 2026.
  6. ↑ Sinoski, Kelly. “New online survey bridges virtual gaps” The Vancouver Sun 26 October 2012, page 5
  7. ↑ "PlaceSpeak Certified as a B Corporation". BC Technology. T-Net. October 21, 2021. Retrieved January 22, 2026.
  8. ↑ Bula, Frances. “Southeast False Creek: Pie in sky or timely idea?” The Vancouver Sun 15 November 2005, page 5
  9. ↑ ”Vancouver's challenges need cautious custodians” The Vancouver Sun 18 November 2005, page 18
  10. ↑ The Province 20 November 2005, page19
  11. ↑ Fumano, Dan. “A councillor's quiet protest” The Vancouver Sun 4 July 2019, page 1
  12. ↑ Bains, Meera (April 21, 2021). "3 Vancouver NPA councillors quit party to sit as independents". CBC. Retrieved April 16, 2026.
  13. ↑ Chan, Cheryl (September 30, 2021). "Vancouver Coun. Colleen Hardwick joins new municipal party". Vancouver Sun. Retrieved April 16, 2026.
  14. ↑ Litle, Simon. "Vancouver councillor Colleen Hardwick nominated as TEAM mayoral candidate". Global News.
  15. ↑ "2022 Election results". City of Vancouver. Retrieved April 16, 2026.
  16. ↑ Fumano, Dan (January 22, 2020). "Vancouver moves closer to creation of independent auditor's office". Vancouver Sun. Retrieved April 16, 2026.
  17. ↑ Chan, Kenneth (October 14, 2022). "Why TEAM's Colleen Hardwick takes issue with the "housing supply" solution for affordability". Daily Hive. Retrieved April 16, 2026.
  18. ↑ McElroy, Justin (December 18, 2019). "5-storey rental apartment approved for Kitsilano". CBC. Retrieved April 16, 2026.
  19. ↑ McElroy, Justin; Lindsay, Bethany (June 22, 2022). "Vancouver city council approves Broadway Plan after long debate". CBC. Retrieved April 16, 2026.
  20. 1 2 McElroy, Justin (October 4, 2022). "Profiling Vancouver's political parties: TEAM Vancouver, led by Colleen Hardwick". CBC. Retrieved April 16, 2026.
  21. ↑ Bula, Frances (July 26, 2023). "Vancouver votes to hold public hearing on zoning proposal". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved April 16, 2026.
  22. ↑ Chan, Kenneth (June 3, 2022). "Vancouver City Council approves Indigenous-owned Heather Lands development with 2,600 homes". Daily Hive. Retrieved April 16, 2026.
  23. ↑ Cyca, Michelle (March 11, 2024). "Vancouver's new mega-development is big, ambitious and undeniably Indigenous". Maclean's.
  24. ↑ "2025 by-election official results". City of Vancouver. Retrieved April 6, 2025.
  25. ↑ "Declaration of 2025 Official By-election Results" (PDF). City of Vancouver. April 9, 2025. Retrieved April 9, 2025.
  26. ↑ "2022 Election results - list view". results.vancouver.ca. City of Vancouver. Retrieved June 8, 2025.
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