The votes have been verified and the Vancouver municipal election results are official.
On Wednesday Vancouver’s chief election officer declared the official results of the 2018 municipal election.
The election verification process this year included recounting more than 57,156 ballots from 50 polling stations. The large number of candidates (158) resulted in a longer than usual ballot which caused paper jams in the vote counting machines at some locations.
“As a result of this significant review, there are minor vote changes from the preliminary results for many candidates, but the final results do not change the final election standing,” reads a City of Vancouver press release.
Once verified, the vote totals for all candidates went down by between 55 and 170 votes.
In the end, mayor-elect Kennedy Stewart got 49,705 votes and second place finisher Ken Sim of the NPA got 48,748 — a difference of 957 votes.
Here’s how the rest of the results shook down:
Council
Adriane Carr (Green) – 69,730 votes
Pete Fry (Green) – 61,806 votes
Melissa De Genova (NPA) – 53,251 votes
Jean Swanson (COPE) – 48,865 votes
Colleen Hardwick (NPA) – 47,747 votes
Michael Wiebe (Green) – 45,593 votes
Christine Boyle (OneCity) – 45,455 votes
Lisa Dominato (NPA) – 44,689 votes
Rebecca Bligh (NPA) – 44,053 votes
Sarah Kirby-Yung (NPA) – 43,581 votes
Park Board
Stuart Mackinnon (Green) – 73,549 votes
Dave Demers (Green) – 73,167 votes
Camil Dumont (Green) – 65,303 votes
John Coupar (NPA) – 49,768 votes
Tricia Barker (NPA) – 48,786 votes
Gwen Giesbrecht (COPE) – 48,404 votes
John Irwin (COPE) – 46,287 votes
School Board
Janet Fraser (Green) – 75,100 votes
Estrellita Gonzalez (Green) – 58,409 votes
Jennifer Reddy (OneCity) – 52,757 votes
Oliver Hanson (NPA) – 49,932 votes
Fraser Ballantyne (NPA) – 49,793 votes
Carmen Cho (NPA) – 49,541 votes
Lois Chan-Pedley (Green) – 48,409 votes
Barb Parrott (COPE) – 48,189 votes
Allan Wong (Vision) – 47,301 votes
