Which parties are running for Mayor
One seat. The mayor chairs Council and holds one vote of the eleven around the table. 8 candidates are standing, from 6 parties plus 2 with no party.
WHAT THIS BODY DOES
What you are electing
The mayor is the only person on the ballot elected to a job of their own rather than to a seat on a board. Everyone votes for one candidate, and the candidate with the most votes wins.
The power of the office is easy to overstate. The mayor chairs Council and speaks for the city, but holds one vote of eleven. A decision needs six. A mayor whose party wins few council seats has to build a majority vote by vote, and a mayor whose party wins a majority rarely loses one.
That is why the council race below the mayoral race usually matters more than the mayoral race itself.
LARGEST SLATE FIRST
The parties contesting Mayor
ABC Vancouver · 1 of 1 seat
Bright Future Vancouver · 1 of 1 seat
TEAM for a Livable Vancouver · 1 of 1 seat
Vancouver Liberals · 1 of 1 seat
NO PARTY
2 independent candidates
These candidates have no party beside their name on the official list. They are not a group and share no platform.
5 parties are not contesting Mayor
Each of these parties is running elsewhere on the same ballot. No candidate of theirs appears in this race on the official City of Vancouver candidate list.