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 5, 2018
Personal details
Born1969 or 1970 (age 53–54)[1]
Ireland
Political partyGreen Party
RelativesHedy Fry (mother)
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] 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
2022 Vancouver municipal election: Vancouver City Council
Party Candidate Votes%Elected
ABC VancouverSarah Kirby-Yung (X)72,54542.30Green tickY
ABC VancouverLisa Dominato (X)70,41541.05Green tickY
ABC VancouverBrian Montague68,61840.01Green tickY
ABC VancouverMike Klassen65,58638.24Green tickY
ABC VancouverPeter Meiszner63,27536.90Green tickY
ABC VancouverRebecca Bligh (X)62,76536.60Green tickY
ABC VancouverLenny Zhou62,39336.39Green tickY
GreenAdriane Carr (X)41,83124.39Green tickY
OneCityChristine Boyle (X)38,46522.43Green tickY
GreenPete Fry (X)37,27021.73Green tickY
2018 Vancouver municipal election: Vancouver City Council
Party Candidate VotesElected
GreenAdriane Carr69,739Green tickY
GreenPete Fry61,806Green tickY
NPAMelissa De Genova53,251Green tickY
COPEJean Swanson48,865Green tickY
NPAColleen Hardwick47,747Green tickY
GreenMichael Wiebe45,593Green tickY
OneCityChristine Boyle45,455Green tickY
NPALisa Dominato44,689Green tickY
NPARebecca Bligh44,053Green tickY
NPASarah Kirby-Yung43,581Green tickY
Vancouver municipal by-election, October 14, 2017
Resignation of Geoff Meggs
Party Candidate Votes%Elected
NPAHector Bremner13,37227.83Green tickY
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
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
New DemocraticMelanie Mark5,62760.14−5.69$71,603
GreenPete Fry2,53327.07+15.15$29,065
LiberalGavin Dew1,05611.29−7.45$66,547
LibertarianBonnie Boya Hu790.85–$250
Your Political PartyJeremy Gustafson610.65–$454
Total valid votes 9,356100.00–
Total rejected ballots 440.46−0.51
Turnout 9,40023.17−26.60
Registered voters 40,561
New Democratic hold Swing −10.42
2014 Vancouver municipal election: Vancouver City Council
Party Candidate VotesElected
GreenAdriane Carr74,077Green tickY
NPAGeorge Affleck68,419Green tickY
NPAElizabeth Ball67,195Green tickY
NPAMelissa De Genova63,134Green tickY
VisionHeather Deal62,698Green tickY
VisionKerry Jang62,595Green tickY
VisionAndrea Reimer62,316Green tickY
VisionRaymond Louie61,903Green tickY
VisionTim Stevenson57,640Green tickY
VisionGeoff Meggs56,831Green tickY
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 (January 18, 2016). "Byelection Battle: Meet Candidates Vying for Vancouver Mount-Pleasant". The Tyee. Retrieved December 8, 2019.
  2. "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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