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New Vancouver park board commissioners sworn in

Two incumbents, five new commissioners

Jessica Kerr / Vancouver Courier

November 6, 2018 01:15 PM

It’s official. Vancouver’s new park board commissioners were sworn in Monday night at a special ceremony at VanDusen Botanical Garden.

After a thank you and short tribute to the work of the outgoing board, which included Michael Wiebe and Sarah Kirby-Yung, who were sworn in as city councillors earlier in the day, the new commissioners were sworn in and took their places at the table.

“Tonight at this table you see seven commissioners who have very large shoes to fill,” said Green party commissioner Stuart Mackinnon, who was re-elected to a third term on Oct. 20. “The commissioners for the last four years have been incredibly hard working and dedicated and I can’t thank them enough on behalf of the citizens of Vancouver… we may not always agree around the table, but I think we can all say that we have the best interests of parks and recreation, and for the citizens of Vancouver, in our hearts.”

Non-Partisan Association commissioner John Coupar also returns to the board for a third term. The incumbents are joined by newcomers Tricia Barker (NPA), the Greens’ Dave Demers and Camil Dumont, and COPE’s Gwen Giesbrecht and John Irwin.

Mackinnon was elected board chair, a position he’s held for the last year, and Demers was elected vice-chair. Giesbrecht and Barker were elected to serve as committee chair and vice chair.

“I look forward to four years of hard work, good times and tough times in this city,” Mackinnon said. “I thank you all for your support because we’re going to need it over the next four years. It is for you that we are elected, it is for you that we are working.”

The new board gets down to business with its first regular board meeting Nov. 19.

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Better Parks for Vancouver

Thank you Vancouver for voting for Better Parks. 

For kindness. 

For inclusion. 

For reconciliation. 

For A Brighter Future. 

 Dave Demers, Camil Dumont, & I 

look forward to serving you.

Vancouver Park Board Election Results

THANK YOU VANCOUVER! 

Results:

Park Board (Elect 7)

CANDIDATE:                     PARTY:               # VOTES

MACKINNON, Stuart	GREEN	73718
DEMERS, Dave	GREEN	73326
DUMONT, Camil	GREEN	65447
COUPAR, John	NPA	49836
BARKER, Tricia	NPA	48831
GIESBRECHT, Gwen	COPE	48481
IRWIN, John	COPE	46360
COPPING, Ann-Marie	NPA	46110
MCGARRIGLE, Kathy	NPA	45680
CRAWFORD, Casey	NPA	45579
BEESLA, Pall	NPA	36129
SHIVJI, Shamim	Vision Vancouver	34620
ZUBKO, Cameron	Vision Vancouver	33990
SIU, Winnie	Coalition Vancouver	21771
YEUNG, Jennifer	VANCOUVER 1st	20329
CHANG, Ray En-Jui	Coalition Vancouver	17940
GALLOWAY, Jason	Coalition Vancouver	17051
ZARUDINA, Olga	Coalition Vancouver	16044
HAMILTON, Jamie Lee	IDEA Vancouver	15328
HEBA, Leo	YES Vancouver	14818
FUOCO, Chris	VANCOUVER 1st	13613
GOLDENCHILD, Ray	VANCOUVER 1st	13431
SANGHA, Taran Kaur	Coalition Vancouver	13180
ROSSETTI, Massimo	VANCOUVER 1st	12917
EDGELOW, Greg	ProVancouver	11782
HURLBUT, Rick	ProVancouver	11434
JOHL, Yogi	VANCOUVER 1st	10982
MALDONADO, Juan Carlos	Coalition Vancouver	10722
NEMETZ, Steven L		10430
KAGIS, Mathew	Work Less Party	10239
RELPH, Cliff		7132
CUEVAS, Victor		6953
HAUGEN, Margaret	IDEA Vancouver	5304

Better Parks

The future of parks requires innovative ideas comprehensive strategies and a collaborative approach. On October 20th vote to keep Vancouver parks and recreation moving forward.

Growing Up

For me growing up in Vancouver was magical. Every child in Vancouver deserves those same opportunities, now and always.

Natural Beauty

Vancouver's natural beauty is worth protecting. Preserving our natural landscape needs to be at the heart of our parks and recreation system.

Accessible Spaces

To ensure a healthy city our citizens need vibrant public spaces. Better parks and recreation is why Stuart Mackinnon is running.

Reconciliation

Reconciliation is more than just words.

Reconciliation is a long and important process. Stuart Mackinnon has shown leadership on park board through motions to learn traditional Indigenous places names and undertaking a colonial audit of the ways the Vancouver park board's decisions have contributed to colonization.

Collaboration

 Greens believe in a collaborative approach to problem solving. Green  commissioners will work with all elected park board commissioners to make better parks for everyone.