Municipal Results across BC
First off, as a BC Liberal, I was pleased that three strong candidates who were unfortunately unsuccessful last provincial election were elected: Richard Stewart - Coquitlam, Ken Stewart - Maple Ridge, and Susan Brice - Saanich. I think many people in their ridings liked them as MLAs, but didn't like Gordon Campbell, which is why they lost their seats last provincial election, yet did really well in the municipal elections. Unfortunately Ted Nebbling was unable to win as mayor of Whistler.
I was pleased with the results in Vancouver. Clearly, Vancouverites were tired of the fighting and idelogical rigidness of COPE. The NPA has regained control of school board, park board, and council, while even though four Vision Vancouver members won on council, they are centre-left vs. hard left so I think council will be a lot more productive while the five NPA members elected are all on the left of the party so on the balance we have a centrist city council. I voted for 9 NPA councillors, while the one Vision Vancouver member I voted for was George Chow since he ran as an Independent last time and was not a supporter of COPE formally. I felt that it is never good for one party to hold every single seat. On Park Board, I voted for 5 NPA, one Green Party, and Juliet Andalis (BC Liberal candidate in Vancouver-Mount Pleasant last spring, ran as an independent), while for School Board, 8 NPA and Andrea Reimer of the Green Party.
In Burnaby, I was glad to see Burnaby Citizen's Association grip on council and school board weakened even though their mayor Derek Corrigan was re-elected. This shows Burnaby is moving away from its socialist past as we saw last provincial election. In Coquitlam, both the mayoral candidates, John Kingsbury and Maxine Wilson are BC Liberal supporters (she was the 1996 candidate in Coquitlam-Maillardville) despite the fact Maxine Wilson is seen as the more left leaning of the two. In Surrey, I expected Doug McCallum to lose, but I am glad SET retained control of the council and school board. I am especially pleased to see Barbara Steele, Judy Higginbotham, and Reni Masi elected. It looks like in Surrey voters were unhappy with Doug McCallum, but not the SET slate.
I was pleased with the results in Vancouver. Clearly, Vancouverites were tired of the fighting and idelogical rigidness of COPE. The NPA has regained control of school board, park board, and council, while even though four Vision Vancouver members won on council, they are centre-left vs. hard left so I think council will be a lot more productive while the five NPA members elected are all on the left of the party so on the balance we have a centrist city council. I voted for 9 NPA councillors, while the one Vision Vancouver member I voted for was George Chow since he ran as an Independent last time and was not a supporter of COPE formally. I felt that it is never good for one party to hold every single seat. On Park Board, I voted for 5 NPA, one Green Party, and Juliet Andalis (BC Liberal candidate in Vancouver-Mount Pleasant last spring, ran as an independent), while for School Board, 8 NPA and Andrea Reimer of the Green Party.
In Burnaby, I was glad to see Burnaby Citizen's Association grip on council and school board weakened even though their mayor Derek Corrigan was re-elected. This shows Burnaby is moving away from its socialist past as we saw last provincial election. In Coquitlam, both the mayoral candidates, John Kingsbury and Maxine Wilson are BC Liberal supporters (she was the 1996 candidate in Coquitlam-Maillardville) despite the fact Maxine Wilson is seen as the more left leaning of the two. In Surrey, I expected Doug McCallum to lose, but I am glad SET retained control of the council and school board. I am especially pleased to see Barbara Steele, Judy Higginbotham, and Reni Masi elected. It looks like in Surrey voters were unhappy with Doug McCallum, but not the SET slate.
posted by Monkey Loves to Fight at 11:42 AM
3 Comments:
While I don't live in Vancouver, I must say that the election of Sam Sullivan of mayor is a good one. I feel that the city is in good hands under the NPA, and that Sullivan is the man to reduce crime, taxes and improve conditions on the lower eastside. I did get the chance to read Sullivan's platform and was very impressed by what I saw.
You are wrong about Maxine Wilson. She left the BC Liberals in 1996. In the recent provincial election, she supported New Democrats Diane Thorne and Mike Farnworth. Her support during the municipal campaign came from the NDP and 75% of her campaign donations were from Labour Unions. She's no Liberal anymore.
My mistake, I was only pointing out she ran under the BC Liberal banner in 1996 so I don't think she is exactly a true NDPer, but rather a federal Liberal who votes NDP provincially which many do.
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