Rebecca Bligh
Rebecca Bligh | |
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Vancouver City Councillor | |
Assumed office November 5, 2018 | |
Personal details | |
Political party | ABC Vancouver (2022–present) |
Other political affiliations |
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Residence | Vancouver |
Rebecca Bligh is a Canadian politician, who was elected to Vancouver City Council in the 2018 Vancouver municipal election.[1]
First elected as a member of the Non-Partisan Association, she left the party in 2019 claiming its ideology was driving towards the "far-right" following the election of its new executive.[2] Her concerns were echoed by 2018 NPA mayoral candidate Ken Sim,[3] while Bligh's fellow NPA councillors Melissa De Genova, Lisa Dominato, Colleen Hardwick and Sarah Kirby-Yung did not leave the party, but took steps to distance themselves from its board.[4] By 2022, all except De Genova had quit the NPA, with Bligh, Dominato and Kirby-Yung reaffiliating with ABC Vancouver, and Hardwick joining TEAM for a Livable Vancouver.[5]
As a candidate of ABC Vancouver, Bligh was re-elected to a second term in the 2022 Vancouver municipal election.[6]
Electoral record
[edit ]2022 Vancouver municipal election: Vancouver City Council | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Elected | ||||
ABC Vancouver | Sarah Kirby-Yung (X) | 72,545 | 42.30 | Green tickY | ||||
ABC Vancouver | Lisa Dominato (X) | 70,415 | 41.05 | Green tickY | ||||
ABC Vancouver | Brian Montague | 68,618 | 40.01 | Green tickY | ||||
ABC Vancouver | Mike Klassen | 65,586 | 38.24 | Green tickY | ||||
ABC Vancouver | Peter Meiszner | 63,275 | 36.90 | Green tickY | ||||
ABC Vancouver | Rebecca Bligh (X) | 62,765 | 36.60 | Green tickY | ||||
ABC Vancouver | Lenny Zhou | 62,393 | 36.39 | Green tickY | ||||
Green | Adriane Carr (X) | 41,831 | 24.39 | Green tickY | ||||
OneCity | Christine Boyle (X) | 38,465 | 22.43 | Green tickY | ||||
Green | Pete Fry (X) | 37,270 | 21.73 | Green tickY | ||||
Forward Together | Dulcy Anderson | 33,985 | 19.82 | |||||
OneCity | Iona Bonamis | 33,745 | 19.68 | |||||
Forward Together | Tesicca Truong | 32,900 | 19.18 | |||||
COPE | Jean Swanson (X) | 32,833 | 19.15 | |||||
Green | Michael Wiebe (X) | 30,377 | 17.71 | |||||
OneCity | Ian Cromwell | 29,833 | 17.40 | |||||
OneCity | Matthew Norris | 29,663 | 17.30 | |||||
Forward Together | Alvin Singh | 29,049 | 16.94 | |||||
NPA | Melissa De Genova (X) | 26,578 | 15.50 | |||||
COPE | Breen Ouellette | 24,881 | 14.51 | |||||
Forward Together | Jeanette Ashe | 22,432 | 13.08 | |||||
Forward Together | Russil Wvong | 22,107 | 12.89 | |||||
Green | Devyani Singh | 21,255 | 12.39 | |||||
TEAM for a Livable Vancouver | Cleta Brown | 20,854 | 12.16 | |||||
Green | Stephanie Smith | 20,408 | 11.90 | |||||
Forward Together | Hilary Brown | 19,902 | 11.61 | |||||
COPE | Nancy Trigueros | 19,152 | 11.17 | |||||
TEAM for a Livable Vancouver | Sean Nardi | 18,353 | 10.70 | |||||
TEAM for a Livable Vancouver | Grace Quan | 17,955 | 10.47 | |||||
COPE | Tanya Webking | 17,675 | 10.31 | |||||
TEAM for a Livable Vancouver | Bill Tieleman | 17,240 | 10.05 | |||||
TEAM for a Livable Vancouver | Stephen Roberts | 16,261 | 9.48 | |||||
Vision | Stuart Mackinnon | 15,865 | 9.25 | |||||
NPA | Morning Lee | 14,083 | 8.21 | |||||
TEAM for a Livable Vancouver | Param Nijjar | 13,950 | 8.13 | |||||
VOTE Socialist | Sean Orr | 13,744 | 8.01 | |||||
Progress Vancouver | Asha Hayer | 13,107 | 7.64 | |||||
NPA | Ken Charko | 12,083 | 7.47 | |||||
Vision | Lesli Boldt | 11,070 | 6.46 | |||||
NPA | Elaine Allan | 10,917 | 6.37 | |||||
Affordable Housing Coalition | Eric Redmond | 10,617 | 6.19 | |||||
NPA | Arezo Zarrabian | 10,361 | 6.04 | |||||
Progress Vancouver | Marie Noelle Rosa | 10,111 | 5.90 | |||||
Progress Vancouver | Morgane Oger | 10,015 | 5.84 | |||||
Progress Vancouver | David Chin | 9,354 | 5.45 | |||||
Progress Vancouver | May He | 8,593 | 5.01 | |||||
NPA | Cinnamon Bhayani | 8,586 | 5.01 | |||||
Independent | Lina Vargas | 7,714 | 4.50 | |||||
Vision | Honieh Barzegari | 6,831 | 3.98 | |||||
Progress Vancouver | Mauro Francis | 6,556 | 3.82 | |||||
Independent | Mark Bowen | 5,706 | 3.33 | |||||
Independent | Dominic Denofrio | 4,927 | 2.87 | |||||
Independent | Amy "Evil Genius" Fox | 3,711 | 2.16 | |||||
Independent | Jeremy MacKenzie | 3,446 | 2.01 | |||||
Independent | Kyra Philbert | 3,382 | 1.97 | |||||
Independent | Tim Lý | 3,339 | 1.95 | |||||
Independent | Marlo Franson | 2,866 | 1.67 | |||||
Independent | Amie Peacock | 2,745 | 1.60 | |||||
Independent | K. R. Alm | 2,301 | 1.34 | |||||
'(X)' indicates incumbent city councillor. Percentage of votes shown is percentage of voters who voted, not votes cast. |
2018 Vancouver municipal election: Vancouver City Council | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Elected | ||||
Green | (I) Adriane Carr | 69,739 | 39.52 | Green tickY | ||||
Green | Pete Fry | 61,806 | 35.03 | Green tickY | ||||
NPA | (I) Melissa De Genova | 53,251 | 30.18 | Green tickY | ||||
COPE | Jean Swanson | 48,865 | 27.69 | Green tickY | ||||
NPA | Colleen Hardwick | 47,747 | 27.06 | Green tickY | ||||
Green | (O) Michael Wiebe | 45,593 | 25.84 | Green tickY | ||||
OneCity | Christine Boyle | 45,455 | 25.76 | Green tickY | ||||
NPA | (O) Lisa Dominato | 44,689 | 25.33 | Green tickY | ||||
NPA | Rebecca Bligh | 44,053 | 24.97 | Green tickY | ||||
NPA | (O) Sarah Kirby-Yung | 43,581 | 24.70 | Green tickY | ||||
NPA | David Grewal | 41,913 | 23.75 | |||||
Green | David H. Wong | 40,887 | 23.17 | |||||
Vision | (I) Heather Deal | 39,529 | 22.40 | |||||
COPE | Derrick O'Keefe | 38,305 | 21.71 | |||||
NPA | Justin P. Goodrich | 37,917 | 21.49 | |||||
COPE | Anne Roberts | 36,531 | 20.70 | |||||
OneCity | Brandon O. Yan | 36,167 | 20.50 | |||||
NPA | Jojo Quimpo | 34,601 | 19.61 | |||||
Independent | Sarah Blyth | 29,456 | 16.69 | |||||
Vision | Tanya Paz | 28,836 | 16.34 | |||||
Vision | Diego Cardona | 27,325 | 15.49 | |||||
Vision | (O) Catherine Evans | 25,124 | 14.24 | |||||
Independent | (O) Erin Shum | 23,331 | 13.22 | |||||
Vancouver 1st | Ken Low | 21,908 | 12.42 | |||||
Independent | Adrian Crook | 17,392 | 9.86 | |||||
Vision | Wei Q. Zhang | 16,734 | 9.48 | |||||
Coalition Vancouver | Ken Charko | 16,366 | 9.28 | |||||
Coalition Vancouver | James Lin | 16,191 | 9.18 | |||||
Independent | Wade Grant | 15,422 | 8.74 | |||||
Independent | Taqdir K. Bhandal | 15,326 | 8.69 | |||||
Vancouver 1st | Elizabeth Taylor | 15,184 | 8.61 | |||||
Coalition Vancouver | Penny Mussio | 14,886 | 8.44 | |||||
Yes Vancouver | Brinder Bains | 13,948 | 7.90 | |||||
Yes Vancouver | Stephanie Ostler | 13,530 | 7.67 | |||||
Coalition Vancouver | Jason Xie | 13,424 | 7.61 | |||||
Yes Vancouver | Glynnis C. Chan | 13,218 | 7.49 | |||||
Coalition Vancouver | Glen Chernen | 13,148 | 7.45 | |||||
Coalition Vancouver | Morning Li | 12,614 | 7.15 | |||||
Vancouver 1st | Nycki K. Basra | 12,133 | 6.88 | |||||
Yes Vancouver | Jaspreet Virdi | 12,124 | 6.87 | |||||
Coalition Vancouver | Franco Peta | 11,193 | 6.34 | |||||
Yes Vancouver | Phyllis Tang | 11,902 | 6.75 | |||||
Independent | Rob McDowell | 11,828 | 6.70 | |||||
Independent | Penny Noble | 11,435 | 6.48 | |||||
Independent | Graham Cook | 11,084 | 6.28 | |||||
Vancouver 1st | Michelle C. Mollineaux | 8,819 | 5.00 | |||||
ProVancouver | Raza Mirza | 8,783 | 4.98 | |||||
Vancouver 1st | Jesse Johl | 8,609 | 4.88 | |||||
Independent | Barbara Buchanan | 8,180 | 4.64 | |||||
ProVancouver | Breton Crellin | 7,856 | 4.45 | |||||
Vancouver 1st | Elishia Perosa | 7,489 | 4.24 | |||||
Independent | Anastasia Koutalianos | 7,469 | 4.23 | |||||
Independent | Abubakar Khan | 7,239 | 4.10 | |||||
Vancouver 1st | John Malusa | 6,597 | 3.74 | |||||
Independent | Lisa Kristiansen | 6,506 | 3.69 | |||||
ProVancouver | Rohana D. Rezel | 6,336 | 3.59 | |||||
Independent | Françoise Raunet | 5,891 | 3.34 | |||||
Independent | Hamdy El-Rayes | 5,381 | 3.05 | |||||
Independent | Hsin-Chen Fu | 5,007 | 2.84 | |||||
Independent | Justin Caudwell | 4,488 | 2.54 | |||||
Independent | Harry Miedzygorski | 4,308 | 2.44 | |||||
Independent | Gordon T. Kennedy | 4,297 | 2.44 | |||||
Independent | Ashley Hughes | 3,965 | 2.25 | |||||
Independent | Kelly Alm | 3,440 | 1.95 | |||||
Independent | Marlo Franson | 3,316 | 1.88 | |||||
Independent | John Spark | 3,287 | 1.86 | |||||
Independent | Katherine Ramdeen | 3,082 | 1.75 | |||||
Independent | Spike Peachey | 2,863 | 1.62 | |||||
Independent | Larry J. Falls | 2,768 | 1.57 | |||||
Independent | Elke Porter | 2,515 | 1.43 | |||||
Independent | Ted Copeland | 1,946 | 1.10 | |||||
'(I)' denotes incumbent city councillors. '(O)' denotes incumbents of other municipal positions. |
References
[edit ]- ^ "Vancouver's new mayor and council to be sworn in Monday afternoon". Vancouver Sun , November 5, 2018.
- ^ Dan Fumano, "Councillor quits NPA over shift to 'far right'". The Province , December 9, 2019.
- ^ Frances Bula, "Former Vancouver mayoral candidate Ken Sim alarmed at NPA swing to the right: Sim is one of many people from the NPA, the city's oldest and once-dominant civic party, who say it seems to have gone off track". The Globe and Mail , December 10, 2019.
- ^ Dan Fumano, "NPA leadership opts not to publicly face serious questions". The Globe and Mail , January 27, 2021.
- ^ Frances Bula, "Three Vancouver city councillors join new ABC party, back Ken Sim for mayor". The Globe and Mail , April 12, 2022.
- ^ Dan Fumano, "Vancouver Election Results: Ken Sim rolls over Kennedy Stewart, vows to act fast to add police officers". Vancouver Sun , October 17, 2022.
- ^ Adrienne Tanner, "Vancouver's Non-Partisan Association left adrift after four resignations". The Globe and Mail , August 4, 2020.
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