Pete Fry

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Pete Fry
Councillor Pete Fry.jpg
Vancouver City Councillor
Assumed office
November 2018
Personal details
Born1969/1970 (age 51–52)[1]
Ireland
Political partyGreen Party
RelativesHedy Fry (mother)
ResidenceVancouver

Pete Fry is a Canadian politician and business owner in Vancouver, British Columbia, who has served as councillor on the Vancouver City Council since 2018. He is a member of the Green Party of Vancouver.

Owner of a graphics and communications agency in Vancouver, Fry became involved in community activism, serving as community representative for the City of Vancouver's Downtown Eastside Local Area Plan, as well as chair of the Strathcona Residents’ Association.[2] He first ran for city council in the 2014 municipal election, but was not elected.[3]

He then secured the nomination of the Green Party of British Columbia in a 2016 provincial by-election in the riding of Vancouver-Mount Pleasant,[1] where he lost to British Columbia New Democratic Party candidate Melanie Mark.[4] In 2017, he ran for Vancouver City Council a second time, in the by-election following the resignation of Geoff Meggs;[5] he lost to Non-Partisan Association candidate Hector Bremner.[6] At the 2018 city council election, Fry received the second highest number of votes and was elected councillor.[7]

Born in Ireland, Fry immigrated with his family to Vancouver as a child.[2][8] His mother is Hedy Fry, the federal Member of Parliament for Vancouver Centre.[1][9]

Electoral record[]

2018 Vancouver municipal election: Vancouver City Council
Party Candidate Votes Elected
Green Adriane Carr 69,739 Green tickY
Green Pete Fry 61,806 Green tickY
NPA 53,251 Green tickY
COPE Jean Swanson 48,865 Green tickY
NPA Colleen Hardwick 47,747 Green tickY
Green Michael Wiebe 45,593 Green tickY
OneCity Christine Boyle 45,455 Green tickY
NPA 44,689 Green tickY
NPA 44,053 Green tickY
NPA 43,581 Green tickY


Vancouver municipal by-election, October 14, 2017
Resignation of Geoff Meggs
Party Candidate Votes % Elected
NPA Hector Bremner 13,372 27.83 Green tickY
COPE Jean Swanson 10,263 21.36
Green Pete Fry 9759 20.31
OneCity Judy Graves 6327 13.17
Vision Diego Cardona 5411 11.26
Sensible Vancouver Mary Jean Dunsdon 1737 3.62
Independent Gary Lee 886 1.84
Independent Damian J. Murphy 157 0.33
Independent Joshua Wasilenkoff 131 0.27


British Columbia provincial by-election, February 2, 2016: Vancouver-Mount Pleasant
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
New Democratic Melanie Mark 5,627 60.14 −5.69 $71,603
Green Pete Fry 2,533 27.07 +15.15 $29,065
Liberal Gavin Dew 1,056 11.29 −7.45 $66,547
Libertarian Bonnie Boya Hu 79 0.85 – $250
Your Political Party Jeremy Gustafson 61 0.65 – $454
Total valid votes 9,356 100.00 –
Total rejected ballots 44 0.46 −0.51
Turnout 9,400 23.17 −26.60
Registered voters 40,561
New Democratic hold Swing −10.42
2014 Vancouver municipal election: Vancouver City Council
Party Candidate Votes Elected
Green Adriane Carr 74,077 Green tickY
NPA George Affleck 68,419 Green tickY
NPA Elizabeth Ball 67,195 Green tickY
NPA 63,134 Green tickY
Vision Heather Deal 62,698 Green tickY
Vision Kerry Jang 62,595 Green tickY
Vision Andrea Reimer 62,316 Green tickY
Vision Raymond Louie 61,903 Green tickY
Vision Tim Stevenson 57,640 Green tickY
Vision Geoff Meggs 56,831 Green tickY
NPA Ian Robertson 56,319
NPA Gregory Baker 55,721
NPA Suzanne Scott 55,486
NPA Ken Low 54,971
NPA Rob McDowell 53,596
Vision Tony Tang 49,414
Vision Niki Sharma 48,987
Green Cleta Brown 47,564
Green Pete Fry 46,522

References[]

  1. ^ a b c MacLeod, Andrew (2016-01-18). "Byelection Battle: Meet Candidates Vying for Vancouver Mount-Pleasant". The Tyee. Retrieved 2019-12-08.
  2. ^ a b "About". Petefry.ca. Archived from the original on 2019-12-09. Retrieved 2019-12-08.
  3. ^ "Vancouver election 2014: Full results for mayor, council, school and park board". Global BC. 2014-11-16. Retrieved 2019-12-08.
  4. ^ "B.C. NDP candidates Jodie Wickens and Melanie Mark win Metro Vancouver byelections". CBC News. 2016-02-02. Retrieved 2019-12-08.
  5. ^ "Pete Fry to run for Green Party of Vancouver in city by-election". CBC News. 2017-08-17. Retrieved 2019-12-08.
  6. ^ McElroy, Justin (2017-10-14). "NPA's Hector Bremner wins council seat in Vancouver byelection". CBC News. Retrieved 2019-12-08.
  7. ^ Lindsay, Bethany (2018-10-20). "Kennedy Stewart elected mayor of Vancouver". CBC News. Retrieved 2019-12-08.
  8. ^ Pablo, Carlito (2018-10-24). "Mixed-race heritage stirs Vancouver councillor-elect Pete Fry to champion city's diversity". The Georgia Straight. Retrieved 2019-12-08.
  9. ^ Fry, Pete (2014-10-29). "Pete Fry: A better city together". The Georgia Straight. Retrieved 2019-12-08.


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