Left-Wing Parties Win All Vancouver Park and School Board Seats, ABC Shut Out
COPE, Green Party and OneCity swept every seat on Vancouver's Park Board and School Board in Saturday's civic election, leaving ABC Vancouver with no representation on either body.
KEY POINTS
- COPE, Green Party and OneCity won all seven Park Board seats
- COPE won four School Board seats, OneCity three and Greens two
- ABC Vancouver was shut out of both boards
- Pete Fry defeated Ken Sim in the mayor's race
- Mike Klassen was the only re-elected ABC city councillor
Left-wing and progressive parties won every seat on both the Vancouver Park Board and Vancouver School Board in the civic election held on Saturday, October 17, 2026.
COPE and the Green Party secured all seven Park Board positions. COPE holds four commissioners, while the Greens hold three.
“Left-wing and progressive parties secured all seven Park Board positions, while COPE, the Greens, and OneCity Vancouver won all nine School Board seats.”
On the School Board, COPE won four seats, OneCity won three, and the Greens won two, giving them all nine seats.
ABC Vancouver, the centre-right party led by Ken Sim, was shut out of both bodies. The party also lost the mayor's office and all but one of its City Council seats.
Preliminary results were reported at 1 a.m. Sunday with 148 of 149 voting places counted.
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