Draft:Vote Vancouver

Vote Vancouver
Vote Vancouver
Leader	Rebecca Bligh
Founded	September 22, 2025
Split from	ABC Vancouver
Ideology	Progressivism, Liberalism (Canadian)
Colors	Yellow
City council	1 / 11
Website
	https://www.votevancouver.ca/
	Politics of Vancouver;

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Instructions · What links here · Vote Vancouver (talk: + · bio) · (log) · Copyvios report · reFill · Citation Bot · (Search: Google, Wikipedia) · Submitted 59 days ago by Liamnevard (talk: D · +) · Last edited 59 days ago by Liamnevard

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Instructions · What links here · Vote Vancouver (talk: + · bio) · (log) · Copyvios report · reFill · Citation Bot · (Search: Google, Wikipedia) · Submitted 2 months ago by Liamnevard (talk: D · +) · Last edited 59 days ago by Liamnevard

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Declined by Nighfidelity 3 months ago. Last edited by Liamnevard 59 days ago. Reviewer: Inform author.

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Comment: Don't see it becoming notable. Unlike Australia's Voice, which is a party founded by one politician, this one isn't national. Nighfidelity (talk) 15:11, 7 April 2026 (UTC)

Comment: In accordance with Wikipedia's Conflict of interest guideline, I disclose that I have a conflict of interest regarding the subject of this article. VMIRoy (talk) 03:10, 29 January 2026 (UTC)

Vote Vancouver is a municipal political party in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

The party was formed by previous ABC Vancouver city councillor, Rebecca Bligh, after she was ejected from the party's caucus in 2025 shortly after publicly criticizing council's plan to freeze supportive housing in the city.^[2]

Still serving as a city councillor and sitting president of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities,^[3] Bligh is running as Vote Vancouver's mayoral candidate in the 2026 Vancouver municipal elections. Bligh believes in "cross-partisan collaboration and policy-making", putting herself forward as a progressive pragmatist.^[4] The party's platform takes aim at Ken Sim including promises to fix the city's permit system, building affordable housing, and "restore accountability to City Hall."^[5]

2026 Municipal Election Campaign

Policy positions

Vote Vancouver is "based on the values [of] non-partisanship and collaboration" ^[6], with a "fiscally responsible and socially progressive" ^[7] message. On housing, the party is in favour of stable property tax increases and cutting bureaucratic red tape to build more homes.^[8] They also want to decrease city service wait times and "support innovators, entrepreneurs, and green industries". ^[9] Following Ken Sim's conflicts with the Vancouver integrity commissioner over violating open-meeting rules ^[10] ^[11] and having "misused the influence of his office" regarding Sim's conflict with councillor Sean Orr, Vote Vancouver wants to "restore accountability to City Hall".^[12]

Candidates

Vote Vancouver is currently running candidates in all four races: Mayor of Vancouver, Vancouver City Council, Vancouver Park Board, and Vancouver School Board.^[13]

Mayoral Candidate:

Rebecca Bligh, incumbent two-term city councillor of the City of Vancouver and incumbent President of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities ^[14]

City Council Candidates:

John Boychuk, Co-Chair of the Vancouver Pride Society and small business entrepreneur ^[15] ^[16]

Dr. Rebecca Hasdell, public health scientist at the British Columbia Centre for Disease Control ^[17] and adjunct professor at the University of British Columbia ^[18]

Bhavna Solecki, scientific researcher and seniors' advocate

Geoff Teoli, former commissioner of the Vancouver Film Commission and entrepreneur ^[19]

Park Board Candidates:

Summit Ambeault-Wannamaker, wildland firefighter and University of British Columbia student ^[20]

Dr. Amee Barber, policy advocate for highly regulated industries ^[21]

Stephen Menon, member of the Qmunity board of directors and businessperson ^[22] ^[23]

School Board Trustee Candidate:

Amarys Joseph, post-secondary education manager ^[24] and secretary of the Surfrider Foundation Canada, Vancouver chapter ^[25]

References

[1] "Vancouver city councillor kicked out of ruling party announces mayoral bid". Vancouver Is Awesome. September 22, 2025.

[2] "Vancouver city councillor Rebbeca Bligh booted from ABC | Urbanized". Daily Hive. Retrieved 2026-01-29.

[3] "Rebecca Bligh | Federation of Canadian Municipalities". fcm.ca. Retrieved 2026-02-02.

[4] Lookout, Vancity. "Councillor Rebecca Bligh launches mayoral campaign and a new political party". Vancity Lookout. Retrieved 2026-02-02.

[5] "Vote Vancouver: A City That Works for Everyone".

[6] "Rebecca Bligh Wants Vancouver's Votes for Mayor".

[7] "Rebecca Bligh Wants Vancouver's Votes for Mayor".

[8] "Platform | Service Trust Vision".

[9] "Platform | Service Trust Vision".

[10] ttps://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/ken-sim-integrity-commissioner-1.7617152

[11] "Vancouver mayor brushes off damning report from city's ethics commissioner". vancouversun.

[12] "Vote Vancouver: A City That Works for Everyone".

[13] "Candidates".

[14] "Vote Vancouver party announces first nine candidates to run in civic election | Daily Hive | Urbanized".

[15] "Governance".

[16] "Vote Vancouver party announces first nine candidates to run in civic election | Daily Hive | Urbanized".

[17] "Rebecca Hasdell".

[18] "Vote Vancouver party announces first nine candidates to run in civic election | Daily Hive | Urbanized".

[19] "Vote Vancouver party announces first nine candidates to run in civic election | Daily Hive | Urbanized".

[20] "Vote Vancouver party announces first nine candidates to run in civic election | Daily Hive | Urbanized".

[21] "Vote Vancouver party announces first nine candidates to run in civic election | Daily Hive | Urbanized".

[22] "Vote Vancouver party announces first nine candidates to run in civic election | Daily Hive | Urbanized".

[23] "Vote Vancouver party announces first nine candidates to run in civic election | Daily Hive | Urbanized".

[24] "Vote Vancouver party announces first nine candidates to run in civic election | Daily Hive | Urbanized".

[25] "The Team".

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2026 Municipal Election Campaign

Policy positions

Candidates

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