Rebecca Bligh

Rebecca Bligh
Rebecca Bligh
Vancouver City Councillor
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; November 5, 2018
Personal details
Political party	Independent (2019–2022; 2025–present)
Other political; affiliations	ABC Vancouver (2022–2025); Non-Partisan Association (2018–2019);
Residence	Vancouver

Rebecca Bligh is a Canadian politician, who was elected to Vancouver City Council in the 2018 Vancouver municipal election and reelected in 2022.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Political career

First elected as a member of the Non-Partisan Association, she left the party in 2019 claiming its ideology was driving towards the "far-right" following the election of its new executive.^[4] Her concerns were echoed by 2018 NPA mayoral candidate Ken Sim,^[5] while Bligh's fellow NPA councillors Melissa De Genova, Lisa Dominato, Colleen Hardwick and Sarah Kirby-Yung did not leave the party, but took steps to distance themselves from its board.^[6] By 2022, all except De Genova had quit the NPA, with Bligh, Dominato and Kirby-Yung re-affiliating with ABC Vancouver, and Hardwick joining TEAM for a Livable Vancouver.^[7]

As a candidate of ABC Vancouver, Bligh was re-elected to a second term in the 2022 Vancouver municipal election.^[2]^[8] She was removed from the ABC Vancouver caucus on February 14, 2025.^[9]^[10]

Bligh currently serves as the President of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities, which represents the interests of Canadian cities vis-a-vis the Federal government. ^[2]^[11]

Personal life

Bligh is married to a same-sex partner and has two adult children.^[12] Prior to being elected to office, she founded a consulting and facilitation practice for executives and organizations.

Electoral record

Vancouver municipal election, 2022: City Council
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	ABC Vancouver	Sarah Kirby-Yung (X)	72,545	42.30	Y
	ABC Vancouver	Lisa Dominato (X)	70,415	41.05	Y
	ABC Vancouver	Brian Montague	68,618	40.01	Y
	ABC Vancouver	Mike Klassen	65,586	38.24	Y
	ABC Vancouver	Peter Meiszner	63,275	36.90	Y
	ABC Vancouver	Rebecca Bligh (X)	62,765	36.60	Y
	ABC Vancouver	Lenny Zhou	62,393	36.39	Y
	Green	Adriane Carr (X)	41,831	24.39	Y
	OneCity	Christine Boyle (X)	38,465	22.43	Y
	Green	Pete Fry (X)	37,270	21.73	Y
	Forward Together	Dulcy Anderson	33,985	19.82
	OneCity	Iona Bonamis	33,745	19.68
	Forward Together	Tesicca Truong	32,900	19.18
	COPE	Jean Swanson (X)	32,833	19.15
	Green	Michael Wiebe (X)	30,377	17.71
	OneCity	Ian Cromwell	29,833	17.40
	OneCity	Matthew Norris	29,663	17.30
	Forward Together	Alvin Singh	29,049	16.94
	NPA	Melissa De Genova (X)	26,578	15.50
	COPE	Breen Ouellette	24,881	14.51
	Forward Together	Jeanette Ashe	22,432	13.08
	Forward Together	Russil Wvong	22,107	12.89
	Green	Devyani Singh	21,255	12.39
	TEAM for a Livable Vancouver	Cleta Brown	20,854	12.16
	Green	Stephanie Smith	20,408	11.90
	Forward Together	Hilary Brown	19,902	11.61
	COPE	Nancy Trigueros	19,152	11.17
	TEAM for a Livable Vancouver	Sean Nardi	18,353	10.70
	TEAM for a Livable Vancouver	Grace Quan	17,955	10.47
	COPE	Tanya Webking	17,675	10.31
	TEAM for a Livable Vancouver	Bill Tieleman	17,240	10.05
	TEAM for a Livable Vancouver	Stephen Roberts	16,261	9.48
	Vision	Stuart Mackinnon	15,865	9.25
	NPA	Morning Lee	14,083	8.21
	TEAM for a Livable Vancouver	Param Nijjar	13,950	8.13
	VOTE Socialist	Sean Orr	13,744	8.01
	Progress Vancouver	Asha Hayer	13,107	7.64
	NPA	Ken Charko	12,083	7.47
	Vision	Lesli Boldt	11,070	6.46
	NPA	Elaine Allan	10,917	6.37
	Affordable Housing Coalition	Eric Redmond	10,617	6.19
	NPA	Arezo Zarrabian	10,361	6.04
	Progress Vancouver	Marie Noelle Rosa	10,111	5.90
	Progress Vancouver	Morgane Oger	10,015	5.84
	Progress Vancouver	David Chin	9,354	5.45
	Progress Vancouver	May He	8,593	5.01
	NPA	Cinnamon Bhayani	8,586	5.01
	Independent	Lina Vargas	7,714	4.50
	Vision	Honieh Barzegari	6,831	3.98
	Progress Vancouver	Mauro Francis	6,556	3.82
	Independent	Mark Bowen	5,706	3.33
	Independent	Dominic Denofrio	4,927	2.87
	Independent	Amy "Evil Genius" Fox	3,711	2.16
	Independent	Jeremy MacKenzie	3,446	2.01
	Independent	Kyra Philbert	3,382	1.97
	Independent	Tim Lý	3,339	1.95
	Independent	Marlo Franson	2,866	1.67
	Independent	Amie Peacock	2,745	1.60
	Independent	K. R. Alm	2,301	1.34
"(X)" indicates incumbent city councillor. Percentage of votes shown is percentage of voters who voted, not votes cast.

Vancouver municipal election, 2018: City Council
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Green	(I) Adriane Carr	69,739	39.52	Y
	Green	Pete Fry	61,806	35.03	Y
	NPA	(I) Melissa De Genova	53,251	30.18	Y
	COPE	Jean Swanson	48,865	27.69	Y
	NPA	Colleen Hardwick	47,747	27.06	Y
	Green	(O) Michael Wiebe	45,593	25.84	Y
	OneCity	Christine Boyle	45,455	25.76	Y
	NPA	(O) Lisa Dominato	44,689	25.33	Y
	NPA	Rebecca Bligh	44,053	24.97	Y
	NPA	(O) Sarah Kirby-Yung	43,581	24.70	Y
	NPA	David Grewal	41,913	23.75
	Green	David H. Wong	40,887	23.17
	Vision	(I) Heather Deal	39,529	22.40
	COPE	Derrick O'Keefe	38,305	21.71
	NPA	Justin P. Goodrich	37,917	21.49
	COPE	Anne Roberts	36,531	20.70
	OneCity	Brandon O. Yan	36,167	20.50
	NPA	Jojo Quimpo	34,601	19.61
	Independent	Sarah Blyth	29,456	16.69
	Vision	Tanya Paz	28,836	16.34
	Vision	Diego Cardona	27,325	15.49
	Vision	(O) Catherine Evans	25,124	14.24
	Independent	(O) Erin Shum	23,331	13.22
	Vancouver 1st	Ken Low	21,908	12.42
	Independent	Adrian Crook	17,392	9.86
	Vision	Wei Q. Zhang	16,734	9.48
	Coalition Vancouver	Ken Charko	16,366	9.28
	Coalition Vancouver	James Lin	16,191	9.18
	Independent	Wade Grant	15,422	8.74
	Independent	Taqdir K. Bhandal	15,326	8.69
	Vancouver 1st	Elizabeth Taylor	15,184	8.61
	Coalition Vancouver	Penny Mussio	14,886	8.44
	Yes Vancouver	Brinder Bains	13,948	7.90
	Yes Vancouver	Stephanie Ostler	13,530	7.67
	Coalition Vancouver	Jason Xie	13,424	7.61
	Yes Vancouver	Glynnis C. Chan	13,218	7.49
	Coalition Vancouver	Glen Chernen	13,148	7.45
	Coalition Vancouver	Morning Li	12,614	7.15
	Vancouver 1st	Nycki K. Basra	12,133	6.88
	Yes Vancouver	Jaspreet Virdi	12,124	6.87
	Coalition Vancouver	Franco Peta	11,193	6.34
	Yes Vancouver	Phyllis Tang	11,902	6.75
	Independent	Rob McDowell	11,828	6.70
	Independent	Penny Noble	11,435	6.48
	Independent	Graham Cook	11,084	6.28
	Vancouver 1st	Michelle C. Mollineaux	8,819	5.00
	ProVancouver	Raza Mirza	8,783	4.98
	Vancouver 1st	Jesse Johl	8,609	4.88
	Independent	Barbara Buchanan	8,180	4.64
	ProVancouver	Breton Crellin	7,856	4.45
	Vancouver 1st	Elishia Perosa	7,489	4.24
	Independent	Anastasia Koutalianos	7,469	4.23
	Independent	Abubakar Khan	7,239	4.10
	Vancouver 1st	John Malusa	6,597	3.74
	Independent	Lisa Kristiansen	6,506	3.69
	ProVancouver	Rohana D. Rezel	6,336	3.59
	Independent	Françoise Raunet	5,891	3.34
	Independent	Hamdy El-Rayes	5,381	3.05
	Independent	Hsin-Chen Fu	5,007	2.84
	Independent	Justin Caudwell	4,488	2.54
	Independent	Harry Miedzygorski	4,308	2.44
	Independent	Gordon T. Kennedy	4,297	2.44
	Independent	Ashley Hughes	3,965	2.25
	Independent	Kelly Alm	3,440	1.95
	Independent	Marlo Franson	3,316	1.88
	Independent	John Spark	3,287	1.86
	Independent	Katherine Ramdeen	3,082	1.75
	Independent	Spike Peachey	2,863	1.62
	Independent	Larry J. Falls	2,768	1.57
	Independent	Elke Porter	2,515	1.43
	Independent	Ted Copeland	1,946	1.10
'(I)' denotes incumbent city councillors. '(O)' denotes incumbents of other municipal positions.

References

↑ "Vancouver's new mayor and council to be sworn in Monday afternoon". Vancouver Sun. November 5, 2018.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Meyer, Sean (November 2024). "FCM's new president focuses on community connection". Municipal World in Community Development, FCM, Leadership. Federation of Canadian Municipalities. Retrieved April 22, 2025.
↑ "Councillor Rebecca Bligh". City of Vancouver. Retrieved April 22, 2025.
↑ Fumano, Dan (2019-12-09). "Councillor quits NPA over shift to 'far right". The Province.
↑ Bula, Francis (2019-12-10). "Former Vancouver mayoral candidate Ken Sim alarmed at NPA swing to the right: Sim is one of many people from the NPA, the city's oldest and once-dominant civic party, who say it seems to have gone off track". The Globe and Mail.
↑ Fumano, Dan (2021-01-27). "NPA leadership opts not to publicly face serious questions". The Globe and Mail.
↑ Bula, Francis (2022-04-12). "Three Vancouver city councillors join new ABC party, back Ken Sim for mayor". The Globe and Mail.
↑ Fumano, Dan (2022-10-17). "Vancouver Election Results: Ken Sim rolls over Kennedy Stewart, vows to act fast to add police officers". Vancouver Sun. Archived from the original on June 21, 2024. Retrieved 2025-02-24. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
↑ Fumano, Dan (February 14, 2025). "Vancouver city councillor Rebecca Bligh is out of ABC". Vancouver Sun. Retrieved February 14, 2025.
↑ Little, Simon (February 14, 2025). "ABC Vancouver boots Rebecca Bligh from council caucus". Global News. Retrieved February 14, 2025.
↑ "Rebecca Bligh | Federation of Canadian Municipalities".
↑ Tanner, Adrienne (2020-08-04). "Vancouver's Non-Partisan Association left adrift after four resignations". The Globe and Mail.

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[1] "Vancouver's new mayor and council to be sworn in Monday afternoon". Vancouver Sun. November 5, 2018.

[Meyer-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Meyer, Sean (November 2024). "FCM's new president focuses on community connection". Municipal World in Community Development, FCM, Leadership. Federation of Canadian Municipalities. Retrieved April 22, 2025.

[city-3] "Councillor Rebecca Bligh". City of Vancouver. Retrieved April 22, 2025.

[4] Fumano, Dan (2019-12-09). "Councillor quits NPA over shift to 'far right". The Province.

[5] Bula, Francis (2019-12-10). "Former Vancouver mayoral candidate Ken Sim alarmed at NPA swing to the right: Sim is one of many people from the NPA, the city's oldest and once-dominant civic party, who say it seems to have gone off track". The Globe and Mail.

[6] Fumano, Dan (2021-01-27). "NPA leadership opts not to publicly face serious questions". The Globe and Mail.

[7] Bula, Francis (2022-04-12). "Three Vancouver city councillors join new ABC party, back Ken Sim for mayor". The Globe and Mail.

[8] Fumano, Dan (2022-10-17). "Vancouver Election Results: Ken Sim rolls over Kennedy Stewart, vows to act fast to add police officers". Vancouver Sun. Archived from the original on June 21, 2024. Retrieved 2025-02-24. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)

[Bligh2025-9] Fumano, Dan (February 14, 2025). "Vancouver city councillor Rebecca Bligh is out of ABC". Vancouver Sun. Retrieved February 14, 2025.

[10] Little, Simon (February 14, 2025). "ABC Vancouver boots Rebecca Bligh from council caucus". Global News. Retrieved February 14, 2025.

[11] "Rebecca Bligh | Federation of Canadian Municipalities".

[12] Tanner, Adrienne (2020-08-04). "Vancouver's Non-Partisan Association left adrift after four resignations". The Globe and Mail.

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v t e Members of the Vancouver City Council
2022 Vancouver municipal election 2025 Vancouver City Council by-election
Mayor	Ken Sim
Councillors	Rebecca Bligh Lisa Dominato Pete Fry Sarah Kirby-Yung Mike Klassen Lucy Maloney Peter Meiszner Brian Montague Sean Orr Lenny Zhou