Neighbourhoods for a Sustainable Vancouver

And the nominees are … Vancouver Nov. 19 civic election slate set
By Staff Reporter, The Province
October 15, 2011

VANCOUVER — Nominations for the Nov. 19 civic election in B.C. closed on Friday.

According to CivicInfoBC, which hosts the province’s official civic election website, the full list of candidates should be posted by early next week (the week of Oct. 17). Civic elections in B.C. are run by the municipalities, which are responsible for entering the candidate names into the official website. The public can view the candidate lists at www.elections.civicinfo.bc.ca/2011/.

In Vancouver, there are 94 candidates for the 27 positions on council, the park board and the school board. On election day, voters will elect one mayor, 10 city councillors, seven park commissioners and nine school trustees for a three-year term. At the same time, there will be a referendum on the city’s capital spending plan. Continue reading →

New slates De-Growth Vancouver and Neighbourhoods for a Sustainable Vancouver fielding multiple candidates

By Steven Hui, October 15, 2011
Straight.com

Ninety-four candidates are seeking to fill the 27 positions up for grabs in Vancouver’s 2011 civic election after nominations closed at 4 p.m. Friday (October 14).

Vision Vancouver incumbent Gregor Robertson faces 11 challengers for the mayor’s chair.

Forty-one candidates are gunning for the 10 spots on city council. Twenty-one hopefuls are going for the seven seats on the park board. The nine-seat school board has garnered 20 contenders.

Eight slates are represented by the candidates. The long-running Coalition of Progressive Electors, Green Party of Vancouver, Non-Partisan Association, and Vision Vancouver are being joined by the fledgling De-Growth Vancouver, Independent Democratic Electoral Alliance, Neighbourhoods for a Sustainable Vancouver, and Vancouver Citizen’s Voice. Continue reading →

Neighbourhoods for a Sustainable Vancouver (NSV) is a network of individual members from neighbourhoods across the City of Vancouver that facilitates opportunities for members to communicate and support each other when they have areas of common interest. NSV also plays a key role in elections to create candidate surveys for member evaluation and endorsement of member candidates and candidates with various parties.

For more information about NSV, please see About Us .