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 British Columbia 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

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Overall council results

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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

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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

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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

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Seven to be elected.

Candidate Party Votes %
  Independent
  Independent
  Independent
Total   100.0
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