By: Joseph Ruttle, Cheryl Chan
A roundup of the latest news from 2022 municipal election, including the winners, losers, notes and reaction.
Saturday was voting day in B.C.’s municipal elections! The polls have closed and the results are in. Incumbent Kennedy Stewart has conceded the Vancouver mayor’s chair to Ken Sim. Sim was defeated leading an NPA slate against Stewart in 2018. With all 106 polls now reporting, the ABC Vancouver mayoral candidate has 85,732 votes compared to Stewart’s 49593. “ABC Vancouver was born out of a desire for change, a desire to do politics differently,” said Sim in his victory speech. “It was born on the promise that decisions in government should not be made on the advice of polls, lobbyists, activists or whatever is trending on Twitter.
“But instead, it should be made on the advice of parents and educators and scientists and health-care providers, and what’s happening in community town halls and coffee shops and the occasional local pub,” he said to laughs. The slate of seven ABC councillors led by Sarah Kirby-Yung were all in the top spots as well, followed by Adriane Carr of the Green party, One City’s Christine Boyle and the Greens’ Pete Fry in the 10th and final spot. And ABC candidates are also topping polls for the park board — which Sim once talked about disbanding before deciding to run a slate — and the school board.
In his concession speech from a downtown Vancouver hotel ballroom, Stewart acknowledged he was “sad” to give up the mayor’s seat but insisted the city had made progress on the housing file over the past four years. “I think we’ve really turned the tide on the housing crisis we have in the city,” he told supporters, citing a shift away from building primarily condos for investors to rental and social housing.
Source: globalnews.ca/
Friday, May 1, 2026
