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unusual facts about Vancouver City



Henry Holgate Watson

He represented Vancouver City from 1909 to 1916 in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia as a Conservative.


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George Heyman

Heyman defeated high profile Vancouver city councillor Geoff Meggs.

Golden Ears Bridge

This aspect of the project was controversial and it led Vancouver city councillor David Cadman to vote against the project when it was presented to the TransLink board for approval.

Vancouver Park Board

In June 2009, Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson and Vancouver city councilor Raymond Louie, both of whom are members of the Vision Vancouver party, were accused by Vancouver city councilor Suzanne Anton, a member of the opposition party, of attempting to destroy the independence of the park board by centralizing budget oversight.

Vision Vancouver

In the election for Vancouver City Council held in November 2005, four Vision Vancouver candidates (Raymond Louie, Tim Stevenson, Heather Deal and George Chow) were elected, but the party's mayoral candidate, Jim Green, was defeated by the Non-Partisan Association's Sam Sullivan.