Vancouver has elected a largely progressive city council, with the Green Party and the Coalition of Progressive Electors (COPE) each winning four of 10 seats, alongside one councillor from OneCity Vancouver.
Green Party candidate Pete Fry was elected mayor, becoming the city’s first Green mayor. Fry, a two-term city councillor, was first elected in 2018.
Fry received 98,494 votes, or 47.8 percent, defeating incumbent Mayor Ken Sim of ABC Vancouver, who received 67,467 votes, or 32.7 percent, according to the city’s unofficial election results.
Advance voting also saw record participation, with more than 103,000 ballots cast over four days, surpassing the 65,127 advance ballots cast over five advance days in 2022 by about 60 percent, according to the city….