OneCity Vancouver

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OneCity Vancouver
Active municipal party
Co-chairs
  • Cara Ng
  • Laura Track[1]
Founded2014 (2014)
Split fromCoalition of Progressive Electors[2]
HeadquartersVancouver, British Columbia, Canada
IdeologySocial democracy
Political positionCentre-left[3][4]
ColoursTeal
City council
1 / 11
Park board
0 / 7
School board
1 / 9
Website
onecityvancouver.ca

OneCity Vancouver is a municipal political party in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It was founded in 2014 by David Chudnovsky and Rafael Joseph Aquino, former members of the left-wing Coalition of Progressive Electors (COPE).[2][5]

The party's first elected candidate was Carrie Bercic, who placed eighth in a race for all nine open seats on the Vancouver School Board in the 2017 Vancouver by-election.[6] In October 2018, Christine Boyle was elected as the first OneCity member of Vancouver City Council.[7]

Political positions[]

The party's platform deals with social inequality, inclusive communities, improving public schools, the opioid epidemic, and affordable housing.[8] OneCity supports the introduction of a land value tax to both generate revenue for public housing projects and curb real estate speculation.[9]

OneCity, together with four other progressive municipal parties (including COPE, Vision Vancouver, and the Green Party), agreed to a deal brokered by the Vancouver District Labour Council to avoid vote splitting in the 2018 municipal election by limiting each party's number of candidates.[10][11]

Electoral results[]

Vancouver City Council
Election year Votes % Seats +/–
2014 30,050 –
0 / 11
2018 45,529 3.25
1 / 11
 Increase 1

References[]

  1. ^ "Organizing Committee - Executive". onecityvancouver.ca. Retrieved June 19, 2021.
  2. ^ a b Lee, Jeff (May 11, 2014). "Vancouver's fractured left cracks again". Vancouver Sun. Archived from the original on October 10, 2014. Retrieved August 20, 2018.
  3. ^ Zeidler, Maryse (October 21, 2018). "Collaboration key for Vancouver's new mayor and council". CBC News. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
  4. ^ Garr, Allen (October 17, 2017). "Vancouver's centre-left parties consider 'let's make a deal'". Vancouver Is Awesome. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
  5. ^ Pablo, Carlito (December 13, 2017). "Vancouver civic party OneCity open to collaboration with 'progressive forces' in 2018 election". The Georgia Straight. Retrieved August 19, 2018.
  6. ^ Pablo, Carlito (October 17, 2017). "OneCity seeks to build on momentum of breakthrough win for 2018 Vancouver municipal election". The Georgia Straight. Retrieved August 19, 2018.
  7. ^ "Vancouver election: New Mayor Kennedy Stewart prepares to lead mixed council". Vancouver Sun. October 22, 2018. Retrieved October 22, 2018.
  8. ^ "Platform". OneCity Vancouver. Retrieved August 20, 2018.
  9. ^ St. Denis, Jen (July 26, 2018). "Real estate 'windfall' tax would curb speculation and gentrification in Vancouver, OneCity says". StarMetro Vancouver. Retrieved August 20, 2018.
  10. ^ McElroy, Justin (May 4, 2018). "Vancouver's progressive political parties face weekend of reckoning". CBC News. Retrieved August 20, 2018.
  11. ^ Oen, Carlos (July 31, 2018). "Can Union-Brokered Deal Prevent Vote-Splitting in Vancouver Election?". The Tyee. Retrieved August 20, 2018.

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