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Government and politics of Vancouver

Index Government and politics of Vancouver

Vancouver, unlike other British Columbia municipalities, is incorporated under a unique provincial statute, the Vancouver Charter. [1]

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Adrian Dix

Adrian Dix (born April 20, 1964) is a Canadian politician, serving as the MLA for Vancouver-Kingsway in British Columbia and the current Minister of Health.

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Adriane Carr

Adriane Carr (born 1952) is a Canadian academic, activist and politician with the Green Party in British Columbia and Canada.

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AIDS Vancouver

Founded in 1983, AIDS Vancouver (AV) is a non-profit and community-based health organization whose mission is to alleviate collective vulnerability to HIV and AIDS through support, public education and community-based research.

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Andrea Reimer

Andrea Reimer is a Canadian politician, who serves on Vancouver, British Columbia's City Council.

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Andrew Wilkinson

Andrew Wilkinson, is a Canadian politician.

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British Columbia

British Columbia (BC; Colombie-Britannique) is the westernmost province of Canada, located between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains.

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British Columbia general election, 2017

The 41st British Columbia general election was held May 9, 2017 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly to serve in the 41st Parliament of the Canadian province of British Columbia.

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British Columbia Liberal Party

The British Columbia Liberal Party (also referred to as the BC Liberals) is a centre-right provincial political party in British Columbia, Canada.

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British Columbia New Democratic Party

The New Democratic Party of British Columbia (BC NDP) is a social-democratic provincial political party in British Columbia, Canada, which currently governs the province, and previously governed from 1972 to 1975, and then again from 1991 to 2001.

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Canadian federal election, 2004

The Canadian federal election, 2004 (more formally, the 38th General Election), was held on June 28, 2004, to elect members of the House of Commons of Canada of the 38th Parliament of Canada.

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Canadian federal election, 2006

The 2006 Canadian federal election (more formally, the 39th General Election) was held on January 23, 2006, to elect members of the House of Commons of Canada of the 39th Parliament of Canada.

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Canadian federal election, 2008

The 2008 Canadian federal election (more formally, the 40th Canadian General Election) was held on Tuesday, October 14, 2008 to elect members to the House of Commons of Canada of the 40th Canadian Parliament after the previous parliament had been dissolved by the Governor General on September 7, 2008.

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Canadian federal election, 2011

The 2011 Canadian federal election (formally the 41st Canadian general election) was held Monday, May 2, 2011, to elect members to the House of Commons of Canada of the 41st Canadian Parliament.

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Canadian federal election, 2015

The 2015 Canadian federal election (formally the 42nd Canadian general election) was held on October 19, 2015, to elect members to the House of Commons of the 42nd Canadian Parliament.

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Centre-right politics

Centre-right politics or center-right politics (American English), also referred to as moderate-right politics, are politics that lean to the right of the left–right political spectrum, but are closer to the centre than other right-wing variants.

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Coalition of Progressive Electors

The Coalition of Progressive Electors (COPE) is a municipal political party in the Canadian city of Vancouver, British Columbia.

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Conservatism

Conservatism is a political and social philosophy promoting traditional social institutions in the context of culture and civilization.

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Conservative Party of Canada

The Conservative Party of Canada (Parti conservateur du Canada), colloquially known as the Tories, is a political party in Canada.

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David Eby

David Eby, Q.C. (born July 21, 1977 in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada) is a lawyer and Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, serving as Attorney General.

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David Emerson

David Lee Emerson, (born September 17, 1945) is a Canadian politician, financial executive, and economist Emerson is a former Member of Parliament for the riding of Vancouver Kingsway.

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Don Davies

Don Davies MP (born January 16, 1963) is a Canadian Member of Parliament for the New Democratic Party, representing the riding of Vancouver Kingsway since his election in the 2008 federal election.

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Downtown Eastside

The Downtown Eastside (DTES) is a neighbourhood in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

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Elizabeth Ball

Elizabeth Ball is a Canadian politician, actress, and founder of several theatre companies.

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Geoff Meggs

Geoff Meggs is a Canadian politician, who served on Vancouver, British Columbia's City Council from 2008 to 2017.

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George Affleck (entrepreneur)

George Affleck (born October 15, 1964) is a Canadian-born executive who was an on-air host with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and an author before launching Curve Communications, a Vancouver-based public relations, marketing and communications agency that is ranked in the top 10 by BIV (Business In Vancouver Magazine).

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George Chow

George Chow (周烱華) is a Chinese-born Canadian politician.

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George Heyman

George Heyman is a social, environmental and labour activist and politician in British Columbia.

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Gregor Robertson (politician)

Gregor Angus Bethune Robertson (born September 18, 1964) is a Canadian entrepreneur and politician serving as the 39th and current Mayor of Vancouver, British Columbia since 2008.

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Happy Planet

Happy Planet is a private company in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada, known for making organic juices and smoothies.

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Harjit Sajjan

Harjit Singh Sajjan (born September 6, 1970) is a Canadian Liberal politician, the current Minister of National Defence and a Member of Parliament representing the riding of Vancouver South.

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Heather Deal

Heather Deal is an English-born Canadian biologist and politician.

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Hedy Fry

Hedy Madeleine Fry, (born August 6, 1941) is a Trinidadian-Canadian politician and physician.

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Hepatitis C

Hepatitis C is an infectious disease caused by the hepatitis C virus (HCV) that primarily affects the liver.

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HIV

The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a lentivirus (a subgroup of retrovirus) that causes HIV infection and over time acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).

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HIV/AIDS

Human immunodeficiency virus infection and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) is a spectrum of conditions caused by infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).

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House of Commons of Canada

The House of Commons of Canada (Chambre des communes du Canada) is a component of the Parliament of Canada, along with the Sovereign (represented by the Governor General) and the Senate.

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Jenny Kwan

Jenny Wai Ching Kwan (born 1967) is a Hong Kong-born Canadian politician.

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Jim Green (councilman)

Jim Green (May 25, 1943 – February 28, 2012) was an American-Canadian who was a longshoreman, taxicab driver, community activist, non-profit housing developer, municipal politician, university instructor and development consultant.

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Jody Wilson-Raybould

Jody Wilson-Raybould (born March 23, 1971) is a Kwakwaka’wakw Canadian politician and the Liberal Member of Parliament for the riding of Vancouver Granville.

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Joyce Murray

Joyce Murray (born July 11, 1954) is a Canadian politician, businesswoman, and environmental advocate.

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Kerry Jang

Kerry Jang (鄭文宇) is a Canadian politician, currently serving on Vancouver, British Columbia's City Council.

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Larry Campbell

Larry W. Campbell (born February 28, 1948) was the 37th mayor of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada and is currently a member of the Senate of Canada.

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Left-wing politics

Left-wing politics supports social equality and egalitarianism, often in opposition to social hierarchy.

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Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia is one of two components of the Parliament of British Columbia, while the other is Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada, represented by the Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia.

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Liberal Party of Canada

The Liberal Party of Canada (Parti libéral du Canada), colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federal political party in Canada.

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Mable Elmore

Mable Elmore is a Canadian politician, who was elected as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2009 provincial election.

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Melanie Mark

Melanie Joy Mark is a Canadian politician, the first First Nation woman elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia and subsequently the first First Nations' woman to serve in the Cabinet of British Columbia; she is a British Columbia New Democratic Party MLA representative for Vancouver-Mount Pleasant.

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Michael Lee (Canadian politician)

Michael Lee is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2017 provincial election.

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Michael Lombardi (entrepreneur)

Michael Lombardi, MBA, (born 1964) is a Canadian-born entrepreneur, investor, publisher and author.

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Municipal political parties in Vancouver

Vancouver is one of two major cities in Canada to have municipal political parties, the other being Montreal.

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New Democratic Party

The New Democratic Party (NDP; Nouveau Parti démocratique, NPD) is a social democraticThe party is widely described as social democratic.

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Raymond Louie

Raymond Louie (born January 16, 1965) is a Canadian politician.

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Referendum

A referendum (plural: referendums or referenda) is a direct vote in which an entire electorate is invited to vote on a particular proposal.

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Sam Sullivan

Sam Sullivan, CM (born November 13, 1959) is a Canadian politician currently serving as the MLA for Vancouver-False Creek.

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Senate of Canada

The Senate of Canada (Sénat du Canada) is the upper house of the Parliament of Canada, along with the House of Commons and the Monarch (represented by the Governor General).

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Shane Simpson

Shane Simpson is the current MLA for Vancouver-Hastings in the Canadian province of British Columbia.

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Spencer Chandra Herbert

Spencer Chandra Herbert is a Canadian politician who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia.

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Supervised injection site

Supervised injection sites (SIS) (also known as supervised injection facilities, safe injection sites fix rooms,https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2013/12/16/246606797/denmarks-fix-rooms-give-drug-users-a-safe-haven safer injection facilities (SIF), drug consumption facilities (DCF) or medically supervised injection centers (MSIC)) are legally sanctioned, medically supervised facilities designed to reduce nuisance from public drug use and provide a hygienic and stress-free environment in which individuals are able to consume illicit recreational drugs intravenously.

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Tim Stevenson

Tim Stevenson (born 1945 in Vancouver, British Columbia) is a Canadian politician and United Church minister.

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Tony Tang (politician)

Tony Tang is a Hong Kong-born Canadian engineer and city councillor.

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Vancouver Centre

Vancouver Centre (Vancouver-Centre) is a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1917.

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Vancouver Charter

The Vancouver Charter is a unique provincial statute that serves to incorporate the City of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

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Vancouver City Council

Vancouver City Council is the governing body of the City of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

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Vancouver East

Vancouver East (Vancouver-Est) is a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1935.

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Vancouver Granville

Vancouver Granville is a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2015.

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Vancouver Kingsway

Vancouver Kingsway is a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1953 to 1988 and since 1997.

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Vancouver municipal election, 2005

The City of Vancouver, along with the rest of British Columbia, held its triennial municipal elections on November 19, 2005.

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Vancouver municipal election, 2008

The 2008 Vancouver municipal election was held on November 15, 2008, filling seats on the Vancouver School Board, the Parks Board, the Vancouver City Council, and the position of Mayor of Vancouver.

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Vancouver Quadra

Vancouver Quadra is a federal electoral district in the Metro Vancouver region of British Columbia, Canada.

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Vancouver South

Vancouver South (Vancouver-Sud) is a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1917 to 1997, and since 2004.

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Vancouver-Fairview

Vancouver-Fairview is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada.

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Vancouver-False Creek

Vancouver-False Creek is a provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada.

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Vancouver-Fraserview

Vancouver-Fraserview is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada.

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Vancouver-Hastings

Vancouver-Hastings is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada.

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Vancouver-Kensington

Vancouver-Kensington is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada.

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Vancouver-Kingsway (provincial electoral district)

Vancouver-Kingsway (provincial electoral district) is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada.

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Vancouver-Langara

Vancouver-Langara is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada.

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Vancouver-Mount Pleasant

Vancouver-Mount Pleasant is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada.

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Vancouver-Point Grey

Vancouver-Point Grey is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada.

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Vancouver-Quilchena

Vancouver-Quilchena is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada.

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Vancouver-West End

Vancouver-West End is a provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada established by the ''Electoral Districts Act, 2008''.

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Vision Vancouver

Vision Vancouver is one of three parties represented in the Vancouver City Council in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

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Ward (electoral subdivision)

A ward is a local authority area, typically used for electoral purposes.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_and_politics_of_Vancouver

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