{"id":4085,"date":"2014-10-29T17:17:16","date_gmt":"2014-10-30T00:17:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.justasonmi.com\/?p=4085"},"modified":"2022-11-17T02:08:51","modified_gmt":"2022-11-17T02:08:51","slug":"vision-council-with-smaller-majority-likely","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.justasonmi.com\/?p=4085","title":{"rendered":"Vision Council likely, while balance of power up for grabs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Vancouver B.C. (29 Oct 2014) \u2013 Adriane Carr of the Green Party receives more support for her council seat than candidates for governing Vision Vancouver and Non-Partisan Association (NPA). NPA’s George Affleck, a distant second to Carr, still outperforms most Vision candidates.<\/p>\n

Although the Vision Vancouver incumbents do not top the list of preferred candidates, they may be poised to hold the majority in council, with the likely re-election of Heather Deal, Tim Stevenson, Raymond Louie, Andrea Reimer, and Kerry Jang. Assuming the mayor is also re-elected, Vision Vancouver would have the needed six (of 11) positions for a majority.<\/p>\n

In a race for the balance of power, Green, NPA and Vision all are potential factors. Vision may grow its numbers by re-electing Geoff Meggs and adding Niki Sharma. Incumbent NPA councillor Elizabeth Ball may be joined by newcomers Ian Robertson or Melissa De Genova. Green, which has already seen a meaningful growth in Adriane Carr’s popularity, may add Pete Fry or Cleta Brown to its ranks.<\/p>\n

The Coalition of Progressive Electors (COPE) are unlikely to elect candidates to Vancouver’s City Council.<\/p>\n

Summary of results<\/h3>\n

Election likely:<\/strong><\/p>\n