Pete Fry

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.

Pete Fry
Vancouver City Councillor
Assumed office
November 2018
Personal details
Born1969/1970 (age 50–51)[1]
Ireland
Political partyGreen Party
ResidenceVancouver

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]

Born in Ireland, Fry immigrated with his family to Vancouver as a child.[2][8] His mother is Hedy Fry, the federal Member of Parliament for Vancouver Centre.[1][9]

Electoral record
2018 Vancouver municipal election: Vancouver City Council
Party Candidate VotesElected
GreenAdriane Carr69,739Y
GreenPete Fry61,806Y
NPAMelissa De Genova53,251Y
COPEJean Swanson48,865Y
NPAColleen Hardwick47,747Y
GreenMichael Wiebe45,593Y
OneCityChristine Boyle45,455Y
NPALisa Dominato44,689Y
NPARebecca Bligh44,053Y
NPASarah Kirby-Yung43,581Y
Vancouver municipal by-election, October 14, 2017
Resignation of Geoff Meggs
Party Candidate Votes%Elected
NPAHector Bremner13,37227.83Y
COPEJean Swanson10,26321.36
Green Pete Fry975920.31
OneCityJudy Graves632713.17
VisionDiego Cardona541111.26
Sensible VancouverMary Jean Dunsdon17373.62
IndependentGary Lee8861.84
IndependentDamian J. Murphy1570.33
IndependentJoshua Wasilenkoff1310.27
British Columbia provincial by-election, February 2, 2016: Vancouver-Mount Pleasant
Resignation of Jenny Kwan
Party Candidate Votes%±%
New DemocraticMelanie Mark5,35360.82-5.01
GreenPete Fry2,32526.42+14.50
LiberalGavin Dew99411.29-7.45
LibertarianBonnie Boya Hu740.84
Your Political PartyJeremy Gustafson550.62
Total valid votes 8,801100.00
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
New Democratic hold Swing
2014 Vancouver municipal election: Vancouver City Council
Party Candidate VotesElected
GreenAdriane Carr74,077Y
NPAGeorge Affleck68,419Y
NPAElizabeth Ball67,195Y
NPAMelissa De Genova63,134Y
VisionHeather Deal62,698Y
VisionKerry Jang62,595Y
VisionAndrea Reimer62,316Y
VisionRaymond Louie61,903Y
VisionTim Stevenson57,640Y
VisionGeoff Meggs56,831Y
NPAIan Robertson56,319
NPAGregory Baker55,721
NPASuzanne Scott55,486
NPAKen Low54,971
NPARob McDowell53,596
VisionTony Tang49,414
VisionNiki Sharma48,987
GreenCleta Brown47,564
GreenPete Fry46,522

References
  1. MacLeod, Andrew (2016-01-18). "Byelection Battle: Meet Candidates Vying for Vancouver Mount-Pleasant". The Tyee. Retrieved 2019-12-08.
  2. "About". Petefry.ca. Archived from the original on 2019-12-09. Retrieved 2019-12-08.
  3. "Vancouver election 2014: Full results for mayor, council, school and park board". Global BC. 2014-11-16. Retrieved 2019-12-08.
  4. "B.C. NDP candidates Jodie Wickens and Melanie Mark win Metro Vancouver byelections". CBC News. 2016-02-02. Retrieved 2019-12-08.
  5. "Pete Fry to run for Green Party of Vancouver in city by-election". CBC News. 2017-08-17. Retrieved 2019-12-08.
  6. McElroy, Justin (2017-10-14). "NPA's Hector Bremner wins council seat in Vancouver byelection". CBC News. Retrieved 2019-12-08.
  7. Lindsay, Bethany (2018-10-20). "Kennedy Stewart elected mayor of Vancouver". CBC News. Retrieved 2019-12-08.
  8. Pablo, Carlito (2018-10-24). "Mixed-race heritage stirs Vancouver councillor-elect Pete Fry to champion city's diversity". The Georgia Straight. Retrieved 2019-12-08.
  9. Fry, Pete (2014-10-29). "Pete Fry: A better city together". The Georgia Straight. Retrieved 2019-12-08.
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