1996 Vancouver municipal election

The City of Vancouver, Canada, held municipal elections on November 16, 1996. Canadian citizens who were over 18 years of age at the time of the vote, and had been a resident of Vancouver for the previous 30 days and a resident of B.C. for the previous six months, were able to vote for candidates in four races that were presented on one ballot. In addition, Canadian citizen non-resident property owners were eligible to vote.

The ballot elected one mayor, ten Councillors, nine School Board Trustees and seven Park Board Commissioners. Each elector could vote for as many candidates as there were open seats (e.g., an elector could vote for ten or fewer Councillors).

There was no fee associated with registering as a candidate at this time. Brian "Godzilla" Salmi, a freelance journalist for publications such as Terminal City, The Stranger, The National Post and The Georgia Straight, publicly offered to buy a pitcher of beer for anyone who ran for office, resulting in numerous joke-candidates appearing on the ballots that year.

Elections to Vancouver City Council

Overall council results

All figures include votes cast for both mayor and councillors

Party Party leader
and/or mayoral
candidate
# of
candidates
Council Seats Total Popular Vote
1993 Current Elected Change # % Change
  NPA Philip Owen 10 10      
  COPE Carmela Allevato 10 0      
  Green Paul Watson 2 - -          
Voice Jonathan Baker 8 - - -        
     Independent - - -        
Total 10 -   100.0 -

Mayoralty election

One to be elected.

Candidate Party Votes %
  Philip Owen NPA 50969
  Carmela Allevato COPE 26143
  Jonathan Baker Voice 10703
  Paul Watson Green 3117
     Marc Emery Independent 1125
     Sage Advice Independent 340
     Dhavide Arjunan Aruliah Independent 311
     Gilbert Bailey Independent 287
     Zippy the Circus Chimp Independent 264
     Jay Mang Independent 168
     Ronald F. McDonald Independent 145
     Jennifer E. Dunnaway Independent 136
     Yummy Girl Independent 130
     Greg Westerlund Independent 127
     A. Red Hot Pepper Independent 106
     Randy Oliver O'Grady Independent 103
     Barb E. Doll Independent 101
     Sarah Whittam Independent 99
     Kellee Lynn Cole Independent 94
     Jason Benj Independent 90
     Tony Montana Independent 78
     Michael J. Foster Independent 71
     Lupo The Butcher Independent 69
     Mr. X Independent 68
     Allison Jane Mclennan Independent 59
     Samantha Foxx Independent 57
     Lorna Marie Potter Independent 57
     Eddie Fernandes Independent 55
     Frank The Moose Independent 50
     John M. Mcgoldrick Independent 49
     Gölök Zlf Buday Independent 42
     Buzz Independent 42
     Michel Leblond Independent 42
     Bugger Independent 39
     Roger Stewart Reimer Independent 38
     Ryan S. Bigge Independent 38
     Christina Louise Sharlow Independent 36
     Zaius Independent 36
     Gaston Gingras Independent 32
     Jurgen T. Schaub Independent 28
     Pete Fishburger Independent 28
     Kenneth P. Thomas Independent 27
     Stuart Maxwell Independent 26
     L. Ron Moonbeam Independent 25
     Tho Buskerville Independent 24
     Pete Chezankreme Independent 24
     Nicholas Podbrey Independent 24
     The Trash Terminator Independent 24
     John A. Tweed Independent 22
     Tamas R. Revoczi Independent 19
     Dylan Rymer Independent 18
     James Octeau Independent 15
     Ingrid Independent 15
     Steve Wansleeben Independent 14
     Sebastian Templer Independent 12
     Figgg Freud Independent 11
     Jeff D. Nix Independent 10
     The Stainer Independent 10

Councillors election

Ten to be elected.

Candidate Party Votes %
  Jennifer Clarke NPA 46700
  Gordon Price NPA 45118
  Don Bellamy NPA 44051
  George Puil NPA 43541
  Lynne Kennedy NPA 43284
  Nancy Chiavario NPA 42680
  Sam Sullivan NPA 40846
  Daniel Lee NPA 40405
  Don Lee NPA 39319
  Alan Herbert NPA 36174
  Tim Louis COPE 28483
  Mel Lehan COPE 26593
  Michael Walker COPE 23666
  Jamie Lee Hamilton COPE 23510
  Sean R. McEwen COPE 23329
  Merrilee Robson COPE 22833
  Shane Simpson COPE 22761
  Frances Wasserlein COPE 22202
  Blair Petrie COPE 21961
  Nina Khajuria COPE 21402
  Frederic Bass Green 14476
  Connie Fogal Voice 14434
  Raymond Leung Voice 14370
  Valerie Jerome Green 13863
     Stephen F.Y. Chong Independent 9531
  Bev Ballantyne Voice 8887
  Brian Lee Buchanan Voice 7996
     Wendy M. Turner Independent 7895
  Sarah J. Farris Voice 7794
  Harkirpal S. Sara Voice 6843
  Manuel A. Azevedo Voice 6308
     Jenny Shaw Independent 5706
  Arno D. Neumann Voice 5033
     Gordon T. Kennedy Independent 4071
     Mike Bell Independent 3434
  Ann Livingston LWF 3159
     Lorelei Hawkins Independent 2924
     Maureen G. Dawson Independent 2560
     Heather Inglis Baron Independent 2547
     Julia Ann Marks Independent 2425
  William W. Kay LWF 2414
  Martha Roberts LWF 2383
  Shane Delarue LWF 2192
     Mike Lawrence Independent 2192
     Iqbal Sara Independent 2031
     Jeffery D. Berwick Independent 2004
  Matt McGrath LWF 1961
     Cowboy Ellis Independent 1927
     Joan L. Rowntree Independent 1900
     Howard Dahl Independent 1881
     Mike Mclean Independent 1684
  Sharai Mustatia LWF 1681
     Guy Wera Independent 1476
     Robert Martin McCallum Independent 1465
  Anthony J. Ryder LWF 1383
  Joseph X LWF 1334
  Lani Russwurm LWF 1292
     Gator McCluskie Independent 827
Total 100.0

Elections to the Vancouver Parks Board

Seven to be elected.

Candidate Party Votes %
     Independent
     Independent
     Independent
Total   100.0
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