The city of Vancouver , Canada, held municipal elections on November 16, 1996. Canadian 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 British Columbia for the previous 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.
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.
Elections to Vancouver City Council
Overall council results
All figures include votes cast for both mayor and councillors
Mayoralty election
One to be elected.
Candidate
Party
Votes
%
Philip Owen
NPA
50969
Carmela Allevato
COPE
26143
Jonathan Baker
Voice
10703
Paul Watson
Green
3117
Marc Emery
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 46700
Gordon Price NPA
45118
Don Bellamy NPA
44051
George Puil NPA
43541
Lynne Kennedy NPA
43284
Nancy Chiavario NPA
42680
Sam Sullivan NPA
40846
Daniel Lee NPA
40405
Don Lee NPA
39319
Alan Herbert NPA
36174
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
COPE
22761
Frances Wasserlein
COPE
22202
Blair Petrie
COPE
21961
Nina Khajuria
COPE
21402
Frederic Bass
Green
14476
Connie Fogal
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
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