Vancouver City Council is the governing body of the City of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

The city is governed by the Vancouver Charter^[1], not the Community Charter and the Local Government Act which are used for other municipal governments. The Vancouver Charter gives the city greater powers than those of other municipalities in British Columbia.

Powers of the Vancouver council include^[2]:

• pass by-laws to regulate such things as noise and land use
• buy and sell property
• collect certain taxes
• approve expenditures
• take on debts
• give grants
• hire and discharge employees

City council sits at City Hall at 453 West 12th Avenue.

The council consists of the mayor plus ten councillors elected to serve a 3 year term. Monthly, a deputy mayor is appointed from among the councillors.

The most recent election was on November 15, 2008. Unlike some big city councils, all Vancouver councillors are elected at-large. A proposal to move to a conventional ward system was rejected by voters in an October 17, 2004 referendum.

Contents 1 Vancouver City Council members (by party) 2 2005–2008 Vancouver City Council members 3 2002–2005 Vancouver City Council members 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Vancouver City Council members (by party)

­	Gregor Robertson	Vision	Mayor
­	Raymond Louie	Vision	Councillor
­	Heather Deal	Vision	Councillor
­	George Chow	Vision	Councillor
­	Kerry Jang	Vision	Councillor
­	Andrea Reimer	Vision	Councillor
­	Tim Stevenson	Vision	Councillor
­	Geoff Meggs	Vision	Councillor
­	David Cadman	COPE	Councillor
­	Ellen Woodsworth	COPE	Councillor
­	Suzanne Anton	NPA	Councillor

[edit] 2005–2008 Vancouver City Council members

­	Sam Sullivan	NPA	Mayor
­	Suzanne Anton	NPA	Councillor
­	Peter Ladner	NPA	Councillor
­	Kim Capri	NPA	Councillor
­	Elizabeth Ball	NPA	Councillor
­	B.C. Lee	NPA	Councillor
­	Raymond Louie	Vision	Councillor
­	Tim Stevenson	Vision	Councillor
­	George Chow	Vision	Councillor
­	Heather Deal	Vision	Councillor
­	David Cadman	COPE	Councillor

[edit] 2002–2005 Vancouver City Council members

­	Larry Campbell	COPE/Vision	Mayor
­	Fred Bass	COPE	Councillor
­	David Cadman	COPE	Councillor
­	Jim Green	COPE/Vision	Councillor
­	Peter Ladner	NPA	Councillor
­	Raymond Louie	COPE/Vision	Councillor
­	Tim Louis	COPE	Councillor
­	Anne Roberts	COPE	Councillor
­	Tim Stevenson	COPE/Vision	Councillor
­	Sam Sullivan	NPA	Councillor
­	Ellen Woodsworth	COPE	Councillor

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Vancouver City Council

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