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Pete Fry
Vancouver City Councillor
Incumbent
Assumed office
November 5, 2018
Personal details
Born1969 or 1970 (age 54–55)[1]
Ireland
Political partyGreen Party
RelativesHedy Fry (mother)
ResidenceVancouver

Pete Fry is a Canadian politician and business owner in Vancouver, British Columbia, who has served as councillor on the Vancouver City Council since 2018. He is a member of the Green Party of Vancouver.

Owner of a graphics and communications agency in Vancouver, Fry became involved in community activism, serving as community representative for the City of Vancouver's Downtown Eastside Local Area Plan, as well as chair of the Strathcona Residents’ Association.[2] He first ran for city council in the 2014 municipal election, but was not elected.[3]

He then secured the nomination of the Green Party of British Columbia in a 2016 provincial by-election in the riding of Vancouver-Mount Pleasant,[1] where he lost to British Columbia New Democratic Party candidate Melanie Mark.[4] In 2017, he ran for Vancouver City Council a second time, in the by-election following the resignation of Geoff Meggs;[5] he lost to Non-Partisan Association candidate Hector Bremner.[6] At the 2018 city council election, Fry received the second highest number of votes and was elected councillor.[7] He was re-elected as a city councillor in the 2022 Vancouver municipal election. [8]

Born in Ireland, Fry immigrated with his family to Vancouver as a child.[2][9] His mother is Hedy Fry, the federal Member of Parliament for Vancouver Centre.[1][10]

Electoral record

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2022 Vancouver municipal election: Vancouver City Council
Party Candidate Votes % Elected
ABC Vancouver Sarah Kirby-Yung (X) 72,545 42.30 Green tickY
ABC Vancouver Lisa Dominato (X) 70,415 41.05 Green tickY
ABC Vancouver Brian Montague 68,618 40.01 Green tickY
ABC Vancouver Mike Klassen 65,586 38.24 Green tickY
ABC Vancouver Peter Meiszner 63,275 36.90 Green tickY
ABC Vancouver Rebecca Bligh (X) 62,765 36.60 Green tickY
ABC Vancouver Lenny Zhou 62,393 36.39 Green tickY
Green Adriane Carr (X) 41,831 24.39 Green tickY
OneCity Christine Boyle (X) 38,465 22.43 Green tickY
Green Pete Fry (X) 37,270 21.73 Green tickY
2018 Vancouver municipal election: Vancouver City Council
Party Candidate Votes Elected
Green Adriane Carr 69,739 Green tickY
Green Pete Fry 61,806 Green tickY
NPA Melissa De Genova 53,251 Green tickY
COPE Jean Swanson 48,865 Green tickY
NPA Colleen Hardwick 47,747 Green tickY
Green Michael Wiebe 45,593 Green tickY
OneCity Christine Boyle 45,455 Green tickY
NPA Lisa Dominato 44,689 Green tickY
NPA Rebecca Bligh 44,053 Green tickY
NPA Sarah Kirby-Yung 43,581 Green tickY
Vancouver municipal by-election, October 14, 2017
Resignation of Geoff Meggs
Party Candidate Votes % Elected
NPA Hector Bremner 13,372 27.83 Green tickY
COPE Jean Swanson 10,263 21.36
Green Pete Fry 9759 20.31
OneCity Judy Graves 6327 13.17
Vision Diego Cardona 5411 11.26
Sensible Vancouver Mary Jean Dunsdon 1737 3.62
Independent Gary Lee 886 1.84
Independent Damian J. Murphy 157 0.33
Independent Joshua Wasilenkoff 131 0.27
British Columbia provincial by-election, February 2, 2016: Vancouver-Mount Pleasant
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
New Democratic Melanie Mark 5,627 60.14 −5.69 $71,603
Green Pete Fry 2,533 27.07 +15.15 $29,065
Liberal Gavin Dew 1,056 11.29 −7.45 $66,547
Libertarian Bonnie Boya Hu 79 0.85 – $250
Your Political Party Jeremy Gustafson 61 0.65 – $454
Total valid votes 9,356 100.00 –
Total rejected ballots 44 0.46 −0.51
Turnout 9,400 23.17 −26.60
Registered voters 40,561
New Democratic hold Swing −10.42
2014 Vancouver municipal election: Vancouver City Council
Party Candidate Votes Elected
Green Adriane Carr 74,077 Green tickY
NPA George Affleck 68,419 Green tickY
NPA Elizabeth Ball 67,195 Green tickY
NPA Melissa De Genova 63,134 Green tickY
Vision Heather Deal 62,698 Green tickY
Vision Kerry Jang 62,595 Green tickY
Vision Andrea Reimer 62,316 Green tickY
Vision Raymond Louie 61,903 Green tickY
Vision Tim Stevenson 57,640 Green tickY
Vision Geoff Meggs 56,831 Green tickY
NPA Ian Robertson 56,319
NPA Gregory Baker 55,721
NPA Suzanne Scott 55,486
NPA Ken Low 54,971
NPA Rob McDowell 53,596
Vision Tony Tang 49,414
Vision Niki Sharma 48,987
Green Cleta Brown 47,564
Green Pete Fry 46,522

References

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  1. ^ a b c MacLeod, Andrew (January 18, 2016). "Byelection Battle: Meet Candidates Vying for Vancouver Mount-Pleasant". The Tyee. Retrieved December 8, 2019.
  2. ^ a b "About". Petefry.ca. Archived from the original on December 9, 2019.
  3. ^ "Vancouver election 2014: Full results for mayor, council, school and park board". Global BC. November 16, 2014. Retrieved December 8, 2019.
  4. ^ "B.C. NDP candidates Jodie Wickens and Melanie Mark win Metro Vancouver byelections". CBC News. February 2, 2016. Retrieved December 8, 2019.
  5. ^ "Pete Fry to run for Green Party of Vancouver in city by-election". CBC News. August 17, 2017. Retrieved December 8, 2019.
  6. ^ McElroy, Justin (October 14, 2017). "NPA's Hector Bremner wins council seat in Vancouver byelection". CBC News. Retrieved December 8, 2019.
  7. ^ Lindsay, Bethany (October 20, 2018). "Kennedy Stewart elected mayor of Vancouver". CBC News. Retrieved December 8, 2019.
  8. ^ "City of Vancouver 2022 election results".
  9. ^ Pablo, Carlito (October 24, 2018). "Mixed-race heritage stirs Vancouver councillor-elect Pete Fry to champion city's diversity". The Georgia Straight. Retrieved December 8, 2019.
  10. ^ Fry, Pete (October 29, 2014). "Pete Fry: A better city together". The Georgia Straight. Retrieved December 8, 2019.
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