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title: "COPE and Greens win all seven Park Board seats; COPE, Greens and OneCity win all nine School Board seats"
description: "Preliminary results from the Vancouver civic election show left-wing parties won all seven Park Board seats and all nine School Board seats. ABC Vancouver won no seats on either board."
canonical_url: "https://voche.me/news/park-board-school-board-results-october-18"
last_updated: "2026-10-18T10:56:27.656Z"
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Left-wing and progressive parties won every seat on the Vancouver Park Board and the Vancouver School Board in preliminary results from the October 17 civic election, Daily Hive reported in the early hours of October 18.

With 148 of 149 voting places reporting as of 1 a.m., COPE and the Green Party of Vancouver together took all seven Park Board seats, while COPE, OneCity Vancouver, and the Greens together won all nine School Board seats. ABC Vancouver, which held seats on both boards going into the vote, won no seats on either.

## Park Board: four COPE, three Green

Daily Hive reports these preliminary vote totals for the seven Park Board winners:

- [Tom Digby](/candidates/tom-digby) (Green), 71,498 votes
- [Spencer van Vloten](/candidates/spencer-van-vloten) (Green), 59,385
- [T'uy't'tanat Cease Wyss](/candidates/t-uy-t-tanat-cease-wyss) (COPE), 58,337
- [Tamiko Suzuki](/candidates/tamiko-suzuki) (COPE), 57,643
- [Breanne Smart](/candidates/breanne-smart) (Green), 57,114
- [Jamie Han](/candidates/jamie-han) (COPE), 55,735
- [Sacia Burton](/candidates/sacia-burton) (COPE), 54,041

The highest-placed ABC candidate, Stephen Molnar, received 47,249 votes, finishing eighth among all Park Board candidates.

## School Board: four COPE, three OneCity, two Green

For the nine School Board seats, Daily Hive reports these preliminary totals:

- [Suzie Mah](/candidates/suzie-mah) (COPE), 75,541 votes
- [Melanie Cheng](/candidates/melanie-cheng) (COPE), 72,324
- [Derrick O'Keefe](/candidates/derrick-o-keefe) (COPE), 65,903
- [Gwen Giesbrecht](/candidates/gwen-giesbrecht) (COPE), 65,896
- [Julie Strilesky](/candidates/julie-strilesky) (Green), 59,314
- [Krista Sigurdson](/candidates/krista-sigurdson) (OneCity), 58,378
- [Alisha Masongsong](/candidates/alisha-masongsong) (Green), 57,578
- [Rory Brown](/candidates/rory-brown) (OneCity), 55,168
- [Steve Cardwell](/candidates/steve-cardwell) (OneCity), 52,162

The highest-placed ABC candidate on the School Board, Maria Kritikos, received 49,830 votes, finishing tenth.

## What happens next

These are preliminary results. Daily Hive reported that final results are expected on October 21, 2026. Until then, vote totals may change as any remaining ballots are counted.

Voters who want to see the full candidate lists for the Park Board and School Board can find them at [/candidates](/candidates).

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