Vancouver City Council

Vancouver City Council is the governing body of the City of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The council consists of the mayor plus ten councillors elected to serve a three-year term, now four-year term starting in 2014.^[1] Monthly, a deputy mayor is appointed from among the councillors.

The most recent election was on November 15, 2014. All Vancouver councillors are elected at-large, which is very unusual for a city of Vancouver's size. A proposal to move to a conventional ward system was rejected by voters in an October 17, 2004 referendum.

Powers

The city is governed by the Vancouver Charter.^[2] The charter gives the city greater powers than those of other municipalities in British Columbia.

Powers of the Vancouver council include:^[3]

• pass by-laws to regulate such things as noise and land use
• buy and sell property
• collect certain taxes
• approve expenditures
• take on debts
• give grants
• hire and discharge employees

City council sits at City Hall at 453 West 12th Avenue.

Membership

Current membership (by party)

  Vision Vancouver: 7 seats

  NPA: 3 seats

  Green: 1 seat

2011–2014 membership

2008–2011 membership

2005–2008 membership

2002–2005 membership

References

External links

• Vancouver City Council
• Vancouver's elected representatives, by Wayne D. Madden A compilation of election results for Vancouver, British Columbia at the municipal, provincial and federal levels through 2002. Available on Internet Archive.

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