Sean Orr · COPE
34,448Votes · elected to council
City of Vancouver · 2026 general local election
Vancouver election 2026
Saturday, October 17, 2026. The candidates, previous results and evidence shaping the race for City Hall and Vancouver's elected boards.
Vancouver at a glance
The City of Vancouver's general local election takes place on . It elects one mayor, 10 councillors, seven Park Board commissioners and nine Vancouver School Board trustees.
17 October
Election day · Saturday, 2026
8
Mayoral candidates · 1 seat
56
Council candidates · 10 seats
27
Total elected positions across four races
Candidate counts reflect the lists checked on September 16, 2026.
Key Vancouver election dates
| Date | Milestone |
|---|---|
| September 1–11 | Candidate nomination period; closed September 11 at 4 pm. |
| Deadline for nomination challenges, candidate withdrawals and party endorsement withdrawals. | |
| Random draw to determine the order of candidate names on the ballot. | |
| Regulated campaign period begins. | |
| October 3, 7, 10 and 13 | Vancouver's advance election dates. |
| General election day. |
2026 Vancouver candidates
Candidate list checked September 16. Nominations have closed, but the City says changes remain possible until September 18 at 4 pm. The names below are not presented as a final ballot or a ranking.
Mayor: eight candidates for one seat
| Candidate | Party shown by the City |
|---|---|
| Muhammad Ahmad | Bright Future Vancouver |
| Kareem Allam | Vancouver Liberals |
| Rebecca Bligh | Vote Vancouver |
| Amauri Caliman | No party listed |
| Pete Fry | Green |
| Scott Gilbert | No party listed |
| Colleen Hardwick | TEAM |
| Ken Sim | ABC Vancouver |
“No party listed” means the City has not displayed a party label.
Campaign change: William Azaroff ended his mayoral campaign on September 8 and is absent from the City's current eight-person list.
Council, Park Board and School Board candidates
Expand each list to see candidates grouped by party. Party labels describe these local races.
City Council: 56 candidates, 10 seats
- ABC Vancouver: Lisa Dominato; Joyce Gillespie; David Grewal; Sarah Kirby-Yung; Mike Klassen; Lorraine Lowe 刘黛明; Peter Meiszner; Arezo Zarrabian; Lenny Zhou 周楠.
- Affordable Housing: Eric Redmond.
- Bright Future Vancouver: Ibrahima Cisse; Mohadeseh Gharib P. Arasi; Judith Kasiama; Bilal Khan; Andy Lin; Yadwinder Mangat.
- COPE: Chloe Leslie; Sean Orr; Devyani Singh; Solomon Yi-Kieran.
- Green: Bridget Burns; Camil Dumont; Annette Reilly; Stephanie Smith.
- OneCity: Iona Bonamis 陶思穎; Frances Bula; Jarrett Hagglund; Lucy Maloney; Caitlin Stockwell.
- TEAM: Amanda Boggan; Josh Gordon; Charles Kelly; Kathleen Larsen; Raj Mundra; Patrick Sauriol; Jonathan Weisman.
- TrueBlue Vancouver: Naomi Chocyk.
- Vancouver Liberals: Devin Clemens; John Coupar; Victoria Jung; Moira Stilwell; Armor Valor; Jessica Walton; Michael Wu.
- Vote Vancouver: John Boychuk; Rebecca Hasdell; Steve Jedreicich; Keerit Jutla; Bhavna Solecki; Geoff Teoli.
- No party listed: Guy Dubé; John Jones; ROLLERGIRL; Noi Soudarack; Parris J. Williams; Job Zhao.
Park Board: 35 candidates, 7 seats
- ABC Vancouver: Jay Bailey; Cheryl Grant; Christian Kyle; Stephen Molnar; Chris Qiu 仇云霞; Marie Rogers; Jas Virdi.
- COPE: Sacia Burton; Jamie Han; Tamiko Suzuki; T'uy't'tanat Cease Wyss.
- Green: Tom Digby; Breanne Smart; Spencer Van Vloten.
- Independent Parks Party: Niknaz Alemi; Michael Robert Caditz; Brynja Marshall; Cam Rothery; Leonard Vanderstar.
- OneCity: Dominic DeNofrio; John Irwin; Tyler Petersen.
- TEAM: Mayeli Alvarez; Allan Fawley; Wah Gee; Jon Girard; Alex Tkach.
- Vancouver Liberals: Amanda Bains; Amir Bajehkian; Tricia Barker; Shayla Bird; Mark Halyk; Scott Jensen.
- Vote Vancouver: Stephen Menon; Summit Wannamaker.
School Board: 31 active candidates, 9 seats
- ABC Vancouver: Alfred Chien 錢育廷; Preeti Faridkot; Maria Kritikos; Matt Kroeker; Rob Nijjar; Shirley Sio 邵己凌; Lina Vargas.
- COPE: Melanie Cheng; Gwen Giesbrecht; Suzie Mah; Derrick O'Keefe.
- Green: Alisha Masongsong; Julie Strilesky.
- OneCity: Sherry Breshears; Rory Brown; Steve Cardwell; Christopher Lee 李基鵬; Krista Sigurdson.
- TEAM: Kat Nystedt.
- TrueBlue Vancouver: Naomi Chocyk; Blair Coleman; Travers Fenton.
- Vancouver Liberals: Darren Boidman; Joshua Cameron; Ishi Dinim; Noosha Mehdian; Isabel Ochoa Prieto.
- Vote Vancouver: Tasha Doucas; Amarys Joseph; Mandy Potter.
- No party listed: Christopher JK Richardson.
Withdrawn: Jason Xu (TrueBlue Vancouver). The City reported 32 nominations on September 11; its current list marks Xu withdrawn.
Previous Vancouver election results
Past results show how the city voted at that election. They do not measure current support or predict the 2026 outcome.
2022 mayoral election
| Candidate | Party in 2022 | Votes | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Sim | ABC Vancouver | 85,732 | Elected |
| Kennedy Stewart | Forward Together | 49,593 | Second |
| Colleen Hardwick | TEAM | 16,769 | Third |
Sim finished 36,139 votes ahead of Stewart. Citywide turnout was 36.3%.
2018 mayoral election
| Candidate | Party in 2018 | Votes | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kennedy Stewart | Independent | 49,705 | Elected |
| Ken Sim | NPA | 48,748 | Second |
| Shauna Sylvester | Independent | 35,457 | Third |
Stewart's winning margin was 957 votes—a much closer race than in 2022.
2025 council by-election
Lucy Maloney · OneCity
33,732Votes · elected to council
April 5, 2025
15.09%Turnout · 67,962 ballots cast
These were two council seats, not a mayoral contest. Different candidates, turnout and ballot choices mean this result cannot be converted into 2026 mayoral odds.
Who has the best chance of winning?
Sim, Fry and Allam were the top three in the two polls below, but the polls showed different leaders. They predate September's candidate changes and do not establish a dependable current favourite.
Polling support is not a winning probability. This page does not assign numerical odds. The figures below are historical survey snapshots with different sample bases; they are not a current forecast or directly comparable percentages.
| Name tested | Research Co. Decided voters | Pallas Data All respondents |
|---|---|---|
| Stephanie Allen* | 4% | 6% |
| Kareem Allam | 19% | 12% |
| William Azaroff* | 5% | 4% |
| Rebecca Bligh | 7% | 3% |
| Pete Fry | 19% | 18% |
| Colleen Hardwick | 14% | 11% |
| Ken Sim | 30% | 14% |
| Other candidates | 3% | Not stated in release |
*Allen and Azaroff are not on the City's current mayoral list. Ahmad, Caliman and Gilbert have no individually reported figures in these releases. Missing figures do not mean zero support. Percentages may not total 100 because of rounding.
Research Co.
Online survey of 401 likely Vancouver voters, July 30–August 1. Candidate percentages above exclude undecided voters; 26% of the full sample were undecided. The release reports ±4.9 percentage points, 19 times out of 20, and does not name a commissioner.
Pallas Data
Automated telephone survey of 312 eligible Vancouver voters, July 20–24. Candidate percentages include undecided respondents; 34% were undecided. Commissioned by the Conservative Electors Association. Reported margin: ±5.5 percentage points at 95% confidence.
What the evidence suggests
Our assessment: Sim has a past citywide victory and led Research Co.'s decided sample. Fry led the Pallas snapshot; Allam was competitive in both. Hardwick and Bligh also registered support. These are reasons to watch those campaigns, not grounds to declare a winner.
Candidate departures may change the race, but their supporters cannot simply be added to another candidate's total. Fresh polling using the current candidate list would provide a stronger basis for assessing winning chances. Neither these mayoral polls nor the two-seat 2025 result supports individual council, Park Board or school-trustee win probabilities.