Metro Vancouver Board of Directors | |
|---|---|
| Type | |
| Type | Multicameral (4 separate boards with near identical membership) |
| Leadership | |
Chair | George Harvie, Achieving for Delta |
Vice chair | John McEwen, Independent |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 41 |
Political groups | List |
| Elections | |
| Appointment by member municipal councils | |
The Metro Vancouver Board of Directors is the governing body of Metro Vancouver, a regional district in British Columbia, Canada. The board consists of 41 directors that are appointed by the various municipal councils of Metro Vancouver municipalities.
Each member municipality is allowed to appoint a certain number of directors to the board based on their population size. Additionally, each member receives one vote for every 20,000 people living in their council's jurisdiction.
Current members
editList of directors
edit- As of June 10, 2024
| Municipality | Pop. | Director | Alternate(s) | Votes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MVRD | GVWD | GVS&DD | MVHC | ||||
| Anmore | 2,210 | John McEwen | Paul Weverink | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Belcarra | 687 | Jamie Ross | Carolina Clark | 1 | 1 | n/a | 1 |
| Bowen Island | 4,256 | Andrew Leonard | Tim Wake | 1 | n/a | n/a | 1 |
| Burnaby | 249,125 | Mike Hurley | Joe Keithley, Alison Gu | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Pietro Calendino | Maita Santiago, James Wang | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Sav Dhaliwal | Daniel Tetrault, Richard T. Lee | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Coquitlam | 148,625 | Craig Hodge | Richard Stewart, Steve Kim | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Teri Towner | Steve Kim, Richard Stewart | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Delta | 108,455 | Dylan Kruger | Rod Binder, Daniel Boisvert | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| George V. Harvie | Rod Binder, Daniel Boisvert | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Electoral Area A | 18,612 | Jen McCutcheon | Claire Huxtable | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| City of Langley | 28,963 | Paul Albrecht | Rosemary Wallace | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Township of Langley | 132,603 | Eric Woodward | Misty van Popta, Tim Baillie, Rob Rindt | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Steve Ferguson | Tim Baillie, Misty van Popta, Rob Rindt | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Lions Bay | 1,390 | Ken Berry | Michael Broughton | 1 | n/a | n/a | 1 |
| Maple Ridge | 90,990 | Dan Ruimy | Korleen Carreras | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| New Westminster | 78,916 | Patrick Johnstone | Nadine Nakagawa | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| City of North Vancouver | 58,120 | Linda Buchanan | Angela Girard | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| District of North Vancouver | 88,168 | Lisa Muri | Mike Little | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Pitt Meadows | 19,146 | ||||||
| Port Coquitlam | 61,498 | ||||||
| Port Moody | 33,535 | ||||||
| Richmond | 209,937 | ||||||
| Surrey | 568,322 | Mike Bose | Linda Annis, Doug Elford | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Brenda Locke | Linda Annis, Doug Elford | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | ||
| Gordon Hepner | Linda Annis, Doug Elford | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | ||
| Harry Bains | Linda Annis, Doug Elford | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | ||
| Rob Stutt | Linda Annis, Doug Elford | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | ||
| Pardeep Kooner | Linda Annis, Doug Elford | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | ||
| scəẃaθən məsteyəxʷ (Tsawwassen) |
2,256 | Laura Cassidy | Bryce Williams | 1 | 1 | n/a | 1 |
| Vancouver | 662,248 | Ken Sim | Peter Meiszner | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Lisa Dominato | Peter Meiszner | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | ||
| Rebecca Bligh | Peter Meiszner | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | ||
| Sarah Kirby-Yung | Peter Meiszner | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | ||
| Mike Klassen | Pete Fry | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | ||
| Lenny Zhou | Pete Fry | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | ||
| Adriane Carr | Pete Fry | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | ||
| West Vancouver | 44,122 | ||||||
| White Rock | 21,939 | ||||||
Directors by jurisdiction
editRepresented political parties
editIn Metro Vancouver, the municipal councils of Burnaby, Delta, Langley township, Maple Ridge, New Westminster, Richmond, Surrey, and Vancouver have members belonging to municipal political parties or elector organizations. As a result, many members of the Metro Vancouver Board of Directors belong to a municipal political party, although the board does not formally recognize directors by their political party. Members are appointed by their respective councils to represent their municipality, and it is not uncommon for councillors of opposition or minor parties to be appointed as alternates.
References
editMunicipalities of Metro Vancouver | |
|---|---|
| Population over 500,000 | |
| Population over 100,000 | |
| Population over 50,000 | |
| Population over 10,000 | |
| Population under 10,000 | |
| Unincorporated areas | |
