BC local elections

[2952-0-0]

It's been two hours since polls close and I haven't given a damn about anything.

Vancouver Mayor:
Polling Stations Reporting : 139 / 142
Ballots Cast/Reg. Voters : 128340 / 407040
Total Votes: 126333
Results as of: 9:56:13 PM
Candidate Party Votes
SULLIVAN, Sam NPA (Non-Partisan Association) 60051
GREEN, Jim VVN (Vision for Vancouver) 55935

Victoria Mayor:
Polling Stations Reporting: 14/14
Ballots Cast/Reg. Voters: 17015/64382
Total Votes: 16735
Results as of: 20:50:29
LOWE, Alan 8690 51.93%
ISITT, Ben 7298 43.61%

Richmond Mayor:
Official Total with 38 of 38* Voting Places Counted *
Office of Mayor
Name Votes   
  Malcolm BRODIE  21139 ELECTED
  Michael WOLFE  7165

Surrey Mayor:
76/77 polls counted
Registered Voters: 234,846
WATTS, Dianne 45,400
McCALLUM, Doug 35,151     

Burnaby Mayor:
Polls Counted: 37/37
Total Votes: 33,668
CORRIGAN, Derek  17,662  52.46%  BURNABY CITIZENS 
STEWART, Andrew  13,951  41.44%  TEAM BURNABY 

Coquitlam: Needs Macromedia and I am too lazy to install
http://www.coquitlam.ca/City+Hall/City+Government/Election/Live+Election+Results+2005.htm

Saanich Mayor: Incument Frank Leonard won by acclamation

Nanaimo Mayor:
Mayor Count Percentage   
KORPAN, Gary Richard 6330 30.53% 
RUTTAN, John 4928 23.76% 
 
Kelowna Mayor:
18 of 18 stations reported  November 19, 2005 22:16:13
Mayor (1) Candidate Votes  %
SHEPHERD, Sharon 13706  53.11
GRAY, Walter 11453  44.38

[Hatman 🍁]

The Vancouver results are depressing

What happened on the City Council?

[2952-0-0]

IIRC Sullivan is a pragmatic pro-business councillor, while Green is a councillor who is also a former US citizen who fled here to dodge the draft during the war in Vietnam who hoped to ride the coattails of retiring popular mayor Larry Campbell.

Council results with 171/172 reporting:

Elected: 10 at-large members
Candidate Party Votes
 ANTON, Suzanne NPA 60356
 LADNER, Peter NPA 57948
 CAPRI, Kim NPA 52465
 LOUIE, Raymond P. VVN 52280
 STEVENSON, Tim VVN 50979
 BALL, Elizabeth NPA 50673
 CHOW, George VVN 50611
 CADMAN, David COPE 50549
 DEAL, Heather VVN 50026
 LEE, B.C. NPA 49892

[2952-0-0]

[Hatman 🍁]

Well the city council race wasn't so bad. The NPA only won 5 of 10 seats. Unfortunately, it is a majority with the mayor

btw nice map It's not as good as my Ottawa mayoral election maps though

[2952-0-0]

In Saanich the mayor won by acclamation!! How pathetic is that?!?!

[Hatman 🍁]

In Saanich the mayor won by acclamation!! How pathetic is that?!?!

You should have run against him

[Gabu]

In Saanich the mayor won by acclamation!! How pathetic is that?!?!

We have the most boring races here.

[Hatman 🍁]

What are the parties in Victoria, and what are their ideologies?

[Gabu]

What are the parties in Victoria, and what are their ideologies?

I don't think we have parties here in local politics, or if we do, I couldn't find any information about them at all.

[Hatman 🍁]

What are the parties in Victoria, and what are their ideologies?

I don't think we have parties here in local politics, or if we do, I couldn't find any information about them at all.

Yes, I am pretty sure you do have parties in Victoria. Burnaby and Surrey do as well as Vancouver.

[Hatman 🍁]

One of the parties is the left wing Victoria Civic Electors, which ran Ben Isitt for mayor. I'm not sure which party Alan Lowe is in.

[Gabu]

One of the parties is the left wing Victoria Civic Electors, which ran Ben Isitt for mayor. I'm not sure which party Alan Lowe is in.

Well, if there are parties, their prominence is minimal, as I've never seen any reference to them at all.

[Hatman 🍁]

One of the parties is the left wing Victoria Civic Electors, which ran Ben Isitt for mayor. I'm not sure which party Alan Lowe is in.

Well, if there are parties, their prominence is minimal, as I've never seen any reference to them at all.

I don't know about that, I've heard about them all the way over here in Ottawa

By the way, I take it you two didn't bother to vote?

[Gabu]

One of the parties is the left wing Victoria Civic Electors, which ran Ben Isitt for mayor. I'm not sure which party Alan Lowe is in.

Well, if there are parties, their prominence is minimal, as I've never seen any reference to them at all.

I don't know about that, I've heard about them all the way over here in Ottawa

Well, you apparently have more references to them displayed than we do here.

By the way, I take it you two didn't bother to vote?

No.  My mayor won by acclamation and I really don't even know what he or the Saanich Council does.  Local politics here doesn't really interest me all that much.

[Hatman 🍁]

One of the parties is the left wing Victoria Civic Electors, which ran Ben Isitt for mayor. I'm not sure which party Alan Lowe is in.

Well, if there are parties, their prominence is minimal, as I've never seen any reference to them at all.

I don't know about that, I've heard about them all the way over here in Ottawa

Well, you apparently have more references to them displayed than we do here.

By the way, I take it you two didn't bother to vote?

No.  My mayor won by acclamation and I really don't even know what he or the Saanich Council does.  Local politics here doesn't really interest me all that much.

I am always saddened when people don't vote. Oh well.

[2952-0-0]

My 16th birthday comes on Wednesday, BTW. That explains why I didn't vote.

[Gabu]

I am always saddened when people don't vote. Oh well.

I look at it this way:

- The whole point of democracy is to put people in charge who accurately represent the views and desires of the population at large.

- I honestly don't care about these races one bit and therefore would be completely uninformed were I to vote.

Therefore, if I voted, I would actually likely be going against the purpose of democracy because, were someone elected due to me, that person might not accurately represent the views and desires of the population at large because he or she was elected by someone who really doesn't care.

I think that, if you're going to vote, you owe it to the constituency to care about the race and to be informed on voting day.  I don't care about the race; therefore, I chose not to vote so as not to dilute democracy.

[Hatman 🍁]

I am always saddened when people don't vote. Oh well.

I look at it this way:

- The whole point of democracy is to put people in charge who accurately represent the views and desires of the population at large.

- I honestly don't care about these races one bit and therefore would be completely uninformed were I to vote.

Therefore, if I voted, I would actually likely be going against the purpose of democracy because, were someone elected due to me, that person might not accurately represent the views and desires of the population at large because he or she was elected by someone who really doesn't care.

I think that, if you're going to vote, you owe it to the constituency to care about the race and to be informed on voting day.  I don't care about the race; therefore, I chose not to vote so as not to dilute democracy.

Maybe you should care then Maybe a nice japanese animation tax will get you to vote

BTW, I read that your mayor ran for the BC Liberals one time. You'll like that.

[WMS]

In Saanich the mayor won by acclamation!! How pathetic is that?!?!

We have the most boring races here.

Yeah, they are a dim candle-flame compared to the tripartite scorched-earth warfare in Albuquerque.