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, Canada

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, held municipal elections

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on November 16, 1996. Canadian

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 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

Ballot

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. 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.

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 Non-Partisan Association The Non-Partisan Association is a civic-level electoral organization in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. There are, and have also been in the past, Non-Partisan Association political parties in the nearby municipalities of Burnaby, Richmond and Surrey.The NPA was established in 1937 to...	Philip Owen Philip Owen Philip Walter Owen was the mayor of Vancouver, British Columbia from 1993 to 2002, making him one of Vancouver's longest serving mayors. His father was Walter S. Owen, who was Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia from 1973 to 1978....	10			10					COPE Coalition of Progressive Electors The Coalition of Progressive Electors is a municipal political party in the Canadian city of Vancouver, British Columbia.-Origins:...	Carmela Allevato	10			0					Green	Paul Watson Paul Watson Paul Watson is a Canadian animal rights and environmental activist, who founded and is president of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, a direct action group devoted to marine conservation....	2	-	-						Voice	Jonathan Baker Jonathan Baker Jonathan Baker is an American reality TV contestant, film maker and entrepreneur.-Early life and education:Baker studied film at NYC and USC.-Career:Baker was a contestant on the reality TV show The Amazing Race....	8	-	-	-					Independent			-	-	-
Total						10	-		100.0	-

Mayoralty election

One to be elected.

Candidate		Party	Votes	%	Philip Owen Philip Owen Philip Walter Owen was the mayor of Vancouver, British Columbia from 1993 to 2002, making him one of Vancouver's longest serving mayors. His father was Walter S. Owen, who was Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia from 1973 to 1978....	NPA Non-Partisan Association The Non-Partisan Association is a civic-level electoral organization in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. There are, and have also been in the past, Non-Partisan Association political parties in the nearby municipalities of Burnaby, Richmond and Surrey.The NPA was established in 1937 to...	50969		Carmela Allevato	COPE Coalition of Progressive Electors The Coalition of Progressive Electors is a municipal political party in the Canadian city of Vancouver, British Columbia.-Origins:...	26143		Jonathan Baker Jonathan Baker Jonathan Baker is an American reality TV contestant, film maker and entrepreneur.-Early life and education:Baker studied film at NYC and USC.-Career:Baker was a contestant on the reality TV show The Amazing Race....	Voice	10703		Paul Watson Paul Watson Paul Watson is a Canadian animal rights and environmental activist, who founded and is president of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, a direct action group devoted to marine conservation....	Green	3117		Marc Emery Marc Emery Marc Scott Emery is a Canadian cannabis policy reform advocate, as well as a former cannabis seed seller. He is currently serving a five year sentence in a United States federal prison for selling cannabis seeds....	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 Non-Partisan Association The Non-Partisan Association is a civic-level electoral organization in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. There are, and have also been in the past, Non-Partisan Association political parties in the nearby municipalities of Burnaby, Richmond and Surrey.The NPA was established in 1937 to...	46700		Gordon Price Gordon Price Gordon Price is a Canadian urban planner and former politician, who was an NPA member of Vancouver City Council from 1986 to 2002. He was the first openly gay member of Vancouver City Council....	NPA	45118		Don Bellamy	NPA	44051		George Puil	NPA	43541		Lynne Kennedy	NPA	43284		Nancy Chiavario	NPA	42680		Sam Sullivan Sam Sullivan Sam Sullivan, CM served as the 38th mayor of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada and has been invested as a Member of the Order of Canada, the country's highest civilian award...	NPA	40846		Daniel Lee	NPA	40405		Don Lee Don Lee (politician) Don Lee was the state representative of District 28 in Colorado, United States from 1998 to 2006. Columbine High School is located within the district he represented...	NPA	39319		Alan Herbert Alan Herbert (Canadian politician) Alan Herbert is a Canadian politician and activist, who was an NPA member of Vancouver City Council from 1996 to 1999.A prominent gay activist in Vancouver, Herbert was instrumental in securing a liquor licence for the Fountainhead Pub, one of the city's primary gay bars, and in helping to develop...	NPA	36174		Tim Louis Tim Louis Tim Louis is a lawyer and municipal politician in Vancouver, Canada. He was elected to the Vancouver Parks Board in 1990 and 1993, and later to Vancouver City Council as a member of the Coalition of Progressive Electors in 1999 and 2002.-Education, Advocacy and Professional Life: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 Shane Simpson Shane Simpson is the current MLA for Vancouver-Hastings in the Canadian province of British Columbia. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly in the 2005 election....	COPE	22761	Frances Wasserlein	COPE	22202	Blair Petrie	COPE	21961	Nina Khajuria	COPE	21402	Frederic Bass Fred Bass Fred Bass is a former city councillor, environmentalist and a preventive medicine physician in Vancouver, Canada.-Background:Bass was born in New York City, attended Antioch College, Case-Western Reserve Medical School, Harvard,and Johns Hopkins. He served as a Preventive Medicine Officer in the US...	Green	14476	Connie Fogal Connie Fogal Constance Fogal is the former leader of the Canadian Action Party. A lawyer and former teacher, Fogal lives in Vancouver, British Columbia where her late husband Harry Rankin was a long time progressive city councillor. She is an anti-globalization activist and was an opponent of the...	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

External links

• City of Vancouver election results 1996
• Vancouver charter
• Vancouver School Board (School District #39)
• Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation