Pete Fry defeats Ken Sim in Vancouver mayoral election

Pete Fry defeated incumbent Ken Sim in Vancouver’s Oct. 17 municipal election, becoming mayor-elect as unofficial results showed him ahead by more than 20,000 votes in the latest reported count. Sim conceded, and the city’s tally was still being updated as polls were counted. With 106 of 149 polling locations reporting, Fry had 70,183 votes and Sim had 49,780, according to the city’s unofficial results. An earlier update, with 84 polls counted, showed Fry leading 59,897 to 42,705. The figures reflect different stages of the count; final certified totals were not available in the reports. Fry, a two-term Green Party city councillor, led from the first reported results. In remarks to supporters after his victory, he said he and his team would work for the city and begin pursuing their ideas. Sim told supporters voters wanted a different direction and said their decision should be acknowledged. The result ends Sim’s bid for re-election after one term as mayor. He was first elected in 2022. The election also left his ABC Vancouver slate without its previous council majority, while Green, COPE and OneCity candidates were leading in several council races as counting continued. Those...