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Sim was elected mayor of Vancouver, running under the ABC Vancouver party banner, on October 15, 2022. He is the first challenger to defeat a sitting mayor of Vancouver since 1980, when Mike Harcourt upset incumbent Jack Volrich. [12] Sim is the first Chinese Canadian elected Mayor of Vancouver. [13] [14]
The mayor of Vancouver is the head and chief executive officer of Vancouver, British Columbia, who is elected for a four-year term. The 41st and current officeholder is Ken Sim, who has held office since November 7, 2022.
ABC Vancouver Ken Sim Liberal conservatism: Centre [39] to centre-right [40] Formed by former NPA mayoral candidate Ken Sim, who was chosen as the party's mayoral candidate in October 2021. [9] [41] Rebecca Bligh, Lisa Dominato, and Sarah Kirby-Yung, all elected under the NPA banner in 2018, ran as ABC candidates in the 2022 municipal election ...
Vancouver City Council is the governing body of Vancouver, British Columbia. The council consists of a mayor and ten councillors elected to serve a four-year term. Monthly, a deputy mayor is appointed from among the councillors. The current mayor is Ken Sim, who leads the party ABC Vancouver. City council meetings are held in Vancouver City Hall.
The NPA's 2018 mayoral candidate, Ken Sim, was acclaimed as ABC's 2022 mayoral candidate. [7] All ABC Vancouver candidates were elected in the 2022 municipal election. Sim was elected as Mayor with 50.96% of the popular vote, defeating his closest rival incumbent Mayor Kennedy Stewart by 36,139 votes or 21.48% of the popular vote. [8]
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PHOTO: New York City Mayor Eric Adams arrives to attend a court hearing on the Justice Department's motion to drop criminal charges against him, at the federal court in New York, on Feb. 19, 2025.
The 2022 municipal elections saw a wave of centre-right mayors come to office, such as Ken Sim in Vancouver, Tom Dyas in Kelowna and Reid Hamer-Jackson in Kamloops, as a response to rising crime and homelessness in the province. [3] Incumbents marked with "(X)". Candidates who were elected are listed in boldface and accompanied by a †.