Municipal political parties in Vancouver

Vancouver is one of two major cities in Canada to have political parties at the municipal level, the other being Montreal.^[1] Municipal politics in Vancouver were historically dominated by the centre-right Non-Partisan Association, a "free enterprise coalition" originally established to oppose the influence of the democratic socialist Co-operative Commonwealth Federation.^[2] Following the 2008 municipal election, the social democratic Vision Vancouver became the dominant party in city politics for 10 years until its defeat in the 2018 election.^[3][4]

Parties with elected members

See also: 2022 Vancouver municipal election and 2025 Vancouver City Council by-election

Name		Founded	Ideology	Alignment	Leader(s)	City council[a][b]	Park board[c]	School board
	ABC Vancouver	2021	Conservatism	Centre-right	Ken Sim	7 / 11	3 / 7	3 / 9
	Green Party of Vancouver	1984	Green politics	Green politics	vacant	1 / 11	1 / 7	2 / 9
	Coalition of Progressive Electors	1968	Democratic socialism	Left-wing	Tristan Markle Nancy Trigueros	1 / 11	0 / 7	1 / 9
	OneCity Vancouver	2014	Social democracy	Centre-left[8][9]	Cara Ng Laura Track	1 / 11	0 / 7	1 / 9

Other active parties

Name		Founded	Ideology	Alignment	Leader
	Affordable Housing Coalition	2022	Pro-housing development	Moderate	Eric Redmond
	Non-Partisan Association	1937	Conservatism	Centre-right to right-wing	Fred Harding
	TEAM for a Livable Vancouver	2021	Localism[10] Fiscal conservatism[11]	Centre	Colleen Hardwick
	Vancouver Liberal Electors Association	2025	Liberalism	Centre	Kareem Allam
	Vision Vancouver	2005	Green liberalism	Centre to centre-left	Aaron Leung Janet Wiegand
	VOTE Socialist	2022	Democratic socialism Left-wing populism	Left-wing	Collective leadership

Defunct parties

Name		Founded	Abolished	Ideology	Alignment	Leader
	Coalition Vancouver	2018	2018	Conservatism Fiscal conservatism Populism	Centre-right to right-wing	Wai Young
	Forward Together	2022	2024	Social democracy	Centre-left	Kennedy Stewart
	Neighbourhoods for a Sustainable Vancouver	2007	2021	Sustainable development	Centre	Steering committee[12]
	Progress Vancouver	2018	2023	Fiscal conservatism Social progressivism Pro-housing development[13]	Centre[14] to centre-right[15]	Mark Marissen
	The Electors' Action Movement (TEAM)	1968	1986	Reformism Green politics Participatory democracy[16]	Centre	Art Phillips
	Vancouver 1st	2013	2018	Libertarian conservatism	Right-wing	Fred Harding

Notes

1. On December 12, 2024, former OneCity councillor Christine Boyle resigned from city council after her election to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia.^[5]
2. On January 15, 2025, Green Party councillor Adrianne Carr resigned, citing conflicts with Mayor Ken Sim and his ABC Vancouver party.^[6]
3. On December 6, 2023, three ABC commissioners left the party to sit as independents after Vancouver mayor Ken Sim introduced a motion to ask the provincial government to change the Vancouver Charter to dissolve the park board.^[7]