2005 Vancouver municipal election

The city of Vancouver, along with the rest of British Columbia's municipalities, held its municipal elections on November 19, 2005. Canadian citizens who were over 18 years of age at the time of the vote, and had been a resident of Vancouver for the past 30 days and a resident of BC for the past 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.

2005 Vancouver municipal election
November 19, 2005 (2005-11-19)
11 seats in Vancouver City Council
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Sam Sullivan Jim Green David Cadman
(de facto)
Party NPA Vision COPE
Leader since 2005 2005 2005
Leader's seat Mayor Ran for Mayor (lost) Councillor
Last election 2 seats, 30.01% N/A (4 at dissolution) 9 seats (5 at dissolution), 57.79%
Seats won 6 4 1
Seat change 4 4
Popular vote 61,543 57,796 N/A
Percentage 47.34% 44.45% N/A
Swing 17.33% 13.34% (from COPE 2002 results) N/A
Mayor before election

Larry Campbell
COPE

 Elected Mayor

Sam Sullivan
NPA

The ballot elects one mayor, 10 councillors, nine school board trustees and seven park board commissioners. Each elector may vote for as many candidates as there are open seats (e.g., an elector may vote for ten or fewer councillors).

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