{"id":937684,"date":"2026-10-18T13:58:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-18T13:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/937684\/"},"modified":"2026-10-18T13:58:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-18T13:58:10","slug":"pete-fry-defeats-incumbent-ken-sim-to-become-vancouvers-next-mayor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/937684\/","title":{"rendered":"Pete Fry defeats incumbent Ken Sim to become Vancouver\u2019s next mayor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Floyd Brenz., Philippine Canadian Inquirer<br \/>October 18, 2026<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-513680\" class=\"wp-image-513680 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Screenshot-2026-10-18-at-5.27.20-PM.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"1252\" height=\"720\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-513680\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy: The Canadian Press<\/p>\n<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">Green Party leader Pete Fry has been elected mayor of Vancouver, defeating incumbent Ken Sim in the October 17 municipal election and bringing a change in leadership to British Columbia\u2019s largest city.<\/p>\n<p>Fry, a two-term city councillor first elected in 2018, maintained his lead throughout election night as voters chose among eight candidates vying for the mayor\u2019s office.<\/p>\n<p>He celebrated the victory with supporters, thanking voters for their confidence and pledging to work for the city. Sim, who won the mayoralty in 2022, conceded defeat.<\/p>\n<p>Fry\u2019s campaign focused on affordable housing, transportation, sustainable development and community safety. He also called for greater support for people experiencing homelessness and addiction, including outreach services and designated spaces where they could access health care and other assistance.<\/p>\n<p>On public safety, the Green Party proposed expanding crisis intervention and de-escalation programs, with outreach workers responding to certain non-emergency calls involving homelessness and substance use.<\/p>\n<p>Fry also campaigned on using city-owned land for affordable housing, completing Vancouver\u2019s major bikeway network and renewing the Vancouver Aquatic Centre. He has supported introducing ranked-choice voting for future mayoral elections.<\/p>\n<p>His victory followed a series of withdrawals by progressive candidates, including OneCity\u2019s William Azaroff and COPE\u2019s Stephanie Allen, who stepped aside and endorsed Fry in an effort to consolidate support behind a single challenger to Sim.<\/p>\n<p>During his previous term on council, Fry frequently opposed decisions by Sim\u2019s ABC Vancouver administration, positioning himself as a prominent voice for alternative policies on housing, development and public services.<\/p>\n<p>The election result marks a shift in Vancouver\u2019s municipal leadership, with Fry now preparing to turn his campaign commitments into city policy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Floyd Brenz., Philippine Canadian InquirerOctober 18, 2026 Photo Courtesy: The Canadian Press Green Party leader Pete Fry has&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":937685,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194298],"tags":[49,48,10758,55],"class_list":["post-937684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-vancouver","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-headline","tag-vancouver"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/937684","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=937684"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/937684\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/937685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=937684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=937684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=937684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}