Adriane Carr (born 1952) is a Canadian academic, activist and retired green politician. She served on Vancouver City Council from 2011 until her resignation in 2025. Carr was a founding member of the Green Party of British Columbia (BC Green Party) and was the party's first leader, then known as "spokesperson", from 1983 to 1985. In 2000, she became the party's leader again.
Early life
Carr was born in Vancouver and raised in the Lower Mainland and the Kootenays. She earned a master's degree in urban geography from the University of British Columbia in 1980 and taught at Langara College. – and helped to create the largest team of elected Greens in Canadian history.
In the 2018 municipal election, Carr was again elected with the highest number of votes and was joined by fellow Green Party members Pete Fry and Michael Wiebe on council. The Greens also elected three candidates each to the Vancouver School Board and Vancouver Park Board.
Carr was re-elected to city council in the 2022 Vancouver election after declining to run for mayor. She placed eighth with 41,831 votes, the highest vote share for a non-ABC Vancouver candidate, though the Greens' popular vote declined along with most other centre-left parties, while the centre-right ABC councillors formed a new council majority.
Electoral record
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: right;"
! Election
! Type
! Total votes
! % of popular vote
! Place
|-
| style="text-align: left;" | Vancouver-Point Grey 1983
| style="text-align: left;" | Provincial general
|1,549
|3.6% (1.8%)
|8th
|-
| style="text-align: left;" | Vancouver School Board 1984
| style="text-align: left;" | Municipal general
|
|
|
|-
| style="text-align: left;" | Powell River-Sunshine Coast 2001
| style="text-align: left;" | Provincial general
|6,316
|27.0%
|3rd
|-
| style="text-align: left;" | Surrey-Panorama Ridge 2004
| style="text-align: left;" | Provincial by-election
|1,053
|8.4%
|3rd
|-
| style="text-align: left;" | Powell River-Sunshine Coast 2005
| style="text-align: left;" | Provincial general
|6,585
|25.8%
|3rd
|-
| style="text-align: left;" | Vancouver-Centre 2008
| style="text-align: left;" | Federal general
|10,354
|18.3%
|4th
|-
| style="text-align: left;" | Vancouver-Centre 2011
| style="text-align: left;" | Federal general
|9,089
|15.4%
|4th
|-
| style="text-align: left;" | Vancouver City Council 2011
| style="text-align: left;" | Municipal general
|48,648
|
|10th – elected
|-
| style="text-align: left;" | Vancouver City Council 2014
| style="text-align: left;" | Municipal general
|74,077
|
|1st – elected
|-
| style="text-align: left;" | Vancouver City Council 2018
| style="text-align: left;" | Municipal general
|69,730
|
|1st – elected
|-
| style="text-align: left;" | Vancouver City Council 2022
| style="text-align: left;" | Municipal general
|41,831
|
|8th – elected
|}
|-
! style="width:20%;"|Candidate Name
! class="unsortable" style="width:0.05%;"|
! style="width:30%;"| Party
! style="width:8%;"|Votes
! style="width:5%;"|% of votes
! style="width:5%;"|Elected
|-
| data-sort-value="Carr, Adriane" | (I) Adriane Carr
|style="background:;"|
|Green Party of Vancouver
| style="text-align: right;" | 74,077
| style="text-align: right;" | 40.77%
| style="text-align: center;" | X
|-
| data-sort-value="Affleck, George" | (I) George Affleck
|style="background:;"|
|Non-Partisan Association
| style="text-align: right;" | 68,419
| style="text-align: right;" | 37.65%
| style="text-align: center;" | X
|-
| data-sort-value="Ball, Elizabeth" | (I) Elizabeth Ball
|style="background:;"|
|Non-Partisan Association
| style="text-align: right;" | 67,195
| style="text-align: right;" | 36.98%
| style="text-align: center;" | X
|-
| data-sort-value="De Genova, Melissa" | Melissa De Genova
|style="background:;"|
|Non-Partisan Association
| style="text-align: right;" | 63,134
| style="text-align: right;" | 34.74%
| style="text-align: center;" | X
|-
| data-sort-value="Deal, Heather" | (I) Heather Deal
|style="background:;"|
|Vision Vancouver
| style="text-align: right;" | 62,698
| style="text-align: right;" | 34.51%
| style="text-align: center;" | X
|-
| data-sort-value="Jang, Kerry" | (I) Kerry Jang
|style="background:;"|
|Vision Vancouver
| style="text-align: right;" | 62,595
| style="text-align: right;" | 34.45%
| style="text-align: center;" | X
|-
| data-sort-value="Reimer, Andrea" | (I) Andrea Reimer
|style="background:;"|
|Vision Vancouver
| style="text-align: right;" | 62,316
| style="text-align: right;" | 34.29%
| style="text-align: center;" | X
|-
| data-sort-value="Louie, Raymond" | (I) Raymond Louie
|style="background:;"|
|Vision Vancouver
| style="text-align: right;" | 61,903
| style="text-align: right;" | 34.07%
| style="text-align: center;" | X
|-
| data-sort-value="Stevenson, Tim" | (I) Tim Stevenson
|style="background:;"|
|Vision Vancouver
| style="text-align: right;" | 57,640
| style="text-align: right;" | 31.72%
| style="text-align: center;" | X
|-
| data-sort-value="Meggs, Geoff" | (I) Geoff Meggs
|style="background:;"|
|Vision Vancouver
| style="text-align: right;" | 56,831
| style="text-align: right;" | 31.28%
| style="text-align: center;" | X
|-
| data-sort-value="Robertson, Ian" | Ian Robertson
|style="background:;"|
|Non-Partisan Association
| style="text-align: right;" | 56,319
| style="text-align: right;" | 30.99%
|
|-
| data-sort-value="Baker, Gregory" | Gregory Baker
|style="background:;"|
|Non-Partisan Association
| style="text-align: right;" | 55,721
| style="text-align: right;" | 30.67%
|
|-
| data-sort-value="Scott, Suzanne" | Suzanne Scott
|style="background:;"|
|Non-Partisan Association
| style="text-align: right;" | 55,486
| style="text-align: right;" | 30.54%
|
|-
| data-sort-value="Low, Ken" | Ken Low
|style="background:;"|
|Non-Partisan Association
| style="text-align: right;" | 54,971
| style="text-align: right;" | 30.25%
|
|-
| data-sort-value="McDowell, Rob" | Rob McDowell
|style="background:;"|
|Non-Partisan Association
| style="text-align: right;" | 53,596
| style="text-align: right;" | 29.50%
|
|-
| data-sort-value="Tang, Tony" | (I) Tony Tang
|style="background:;"|
|Vision Vancouver
| style="text-align: right;" | 49,414
| style="text-align: right;" | 27.19%
|
|-
| data-sort-value="Sharma, Niki" | Niki Sharma
|style="background:;"|
|Vision Vancouver
| style="text-align: right;" | 48,987
| style="text-align: right;" | 26.96%
|
|-
| data-sort-value="Brown, Cleta" | Cleta Brown
|style="background:;"|
|Green Party of Vancouver
| style="text-align: right;" | 47,564
| style="text-align: right;" | 26.18%
|
|-
| data-sort-value="Fry, Pete | Pete Fry
|style="background:;"|
|Green Party of Vancouver
| style="text-align: right;" | 46,522
| style="text-align: right;" | 25.60%
|
|-
| data-sort-value="Barrett, Lisa" | Lisa Barrett
|style="background:;"|
|Coalition of Progressive Electors
| style="text-align: right;" | 35,234
| style="text-align: right;" | 19.39%
|
|-
| data-sort-value="Louis, Tim" | Tim Louis
|style="background:;"|
|Coalition of Progressive Electors
| style="text-align: right;" | 31,650
| style="text-align: right;" | 17.42%
|
|-
| data-sort-value="Aquino, RJ" | RJ Aquino
|style="background:#2E2E2E;"|
|OneCity Vancouver
| style="text-align: right;" | 30,050
| style="text-align: right;" | 16.54%
|
|-
| data-sort-value="Gavin, Gayle" | Gayle Gavin
|style="background:;"|
|Coalition of Progressive Electors
| style="text-align: right;" | 25,547
| style="text-align: right;" | 14.06%
|
|-
| data-sort-value="O'Keefee, Jennifer" | Jennifer O'Keefee
|style="background:;"|
|Coalition of Progressive Electors
| style="text-align: right;" | 23,121
| style="text-align: right;" | 12.72%
|
|-
| data-sort-value="Chow Tan, Sid" | Sid Chow Tan
|style="background:;"|
|Coalition of Progressive Electors
| style="text-align: right;" | 20,948
| style="text-align: right;" | 11.53%
|
|-
| data-sort-value="Siegl, Audrey 'sχɬemtəna:t'" | Audrey "sχɬemtəna:t" Siegl
|style="background:;"|
|Coalition of Progressive Electors
| style="text-align: right;" | 19,258
| style="text-align: right;" | 10.60%
|
|-
| data-sort-value="Higgins, Keith" | Keith Higgins
|style="background:;"|
|Coalition of Progressive Electors
| style="text-align: right;" | 18,219
| style="text-align: right;" | 10.02%
|
|-
| data-sort-value="Wong, Mercedes" | Mercedes Wong
|style="background:#5882FA;"|
|Vancouver 1st
| style="text-align: right;" | 17,493
| style="text-align: right;" | 9.62%
|
|-
| data-sort-value="Munoz, Wilson" | Wilson Munoz
|style="background:;"|
|Coalition of Progressive Electors
| style="text-align: right;" | 13,756
| style="text-align: right;" | 7.57%
|
|-
| data-sort-value="Chernen, Glen" | Glen Chernen
|style="background:#0B3861;"|
|Cedar Party
| style="text-align: right;" | 9,577
| style="text-align: right;" | 5.27%
|
|-
| data-sort-value="Fuoco, Federico" | Federico Fuoco
|style="background:#5882FA;"|
|Vancouver 1st
| style="text-align: right;" | 9,041
| style="text-align: right;" | 4.98%
|
|-
| data-sort-value="Chernen, Nicholas" | Nicholas Chernen
|style="background:#0B3861;"|
|Cedar Party
| style="text-align: right;" | 8,724
| style="text-align: right;" | 4.80%
|
|-
| data-sort-value="Ling, Lena" | Lena Ling
|style="background:gainsboro;"|
|Independent
| style="text-align: right;" | 8,197
| style="text-align: right;" | 4.51%
|
|-
| data-sort-value="Ramos, Ferdinad" | Ferdinad Ramos
|style="background:#B43F3F;"|
|Hotel Workers United – Local 40
| style="text-align: right;" | 7,986
| style="text-align: right;" | 4.39%
|
|-
| data-sort-value="Johl, Jesse" | Jesse Johl
|style="background:#5882FA;"|
|Vancouver 1st
| style="text-align: right;" | 7,953
| style="text-align: right;" | 4.38%
|
|-
| data-sort-value="Gunn, Charlene" | Charlene Gunn
|style="background:#0B3861;"|
|Cedar Party
| style="text-align: right;" | 6,512
| style="text-align: right;" | 3.58%
|
|-
| data-sort-value="Murgoci, Elena" | Elena Murgoci
|style="background:#5882FA;"|
|Vancouver 1st
| style="text-align: right;" | 6,140
| style="text-align: right;" | 3.38%
|
|-
| data-sort-value="Angus, David" | David Angus
|style="background:gainsboro;"|
|Independent
| style="text-align: right;" | 5,895
| style="text-align: right;" | 3.24%
|
|-
| data-sort-value="Gustafson, Jeremy" | Jeremy Gustafson
|style="background:#0B3861;"|
|Cedar Party
| style="text-align: right;" | 5,098
| style="text-align: right;" | 2.81%
|
|-
| data-sort-value="Fraser, Grant" | Grant Fraser
|style="background:gainsboro;"|
|Independent
| style="text-align: right;" | 5,096
| style="text-align: right;" | 2.80%
|
|-
| data-sort-value="Kljajic, Milan" | Milan Kljajic
|style="background:#5882FA;"|
|Vancouver 1st
| style="text-align: right;" | 4,881
| style="text-align: right;" | 2.69%
|
|-
| data-sort-value="Guitar, Anthony" | Anthony Guitar
|style="background:gainsboro;"|
|Independent
| style="text-align: right;" | 4,375
| style="text-align: right;" | 2.41%
|
|-
| data-sort-value="Alm, Kelly" | Kelly Alm
|style="background:gainsboro;"|
|Independent
| style="text-align: right;" | 4,038
| style="text-align: right;" | 2.22%
|
|-
| data-sort-value="Orser, Rick" | Rick Orser
|style="background:#FA5858;"|
|Independent Democratic Electors Alliance
| style="text-align: right;" | 3,548
| style="text-align: right;" | 1.95%
|
|-
| data-sort-value="Boyer, Marc" | Marc Boyer
|style="background:gainsboro;"|
|Independent
| style="text-align: right;" | 3,329
| style="text-align: right;" | 1.83%
|
|-
| data-sort-value="Pandey, Rajiv" | Rajiv Pandey
|style="background:gainsboro;"|
|Independent
| style="text-align: right;" | 3,229
| style="text-align: right;" | 1.78%
|
|-
| data-sort-value="Copeland, Cord Ted" | Cord Ted Copeland
|style="background:gainsboro;"|
|Independent
| style="text-align: right;" | 3,202
| style="text-align: right;" | 1.76%
|
|-
| data-sort-value="Deocera, Abraham" | Abraham Deocera
|style="background:gainsboro;"|
|Independent
| style="text-align: right;" | 3,160
| style="text-align: right;" | 1.74%
|
|-
| data-sort-value="Skalicky, Ludvik" | Ludvik Skalicky
|style="background:gainsboro;"|
|Independent
| style="text-align: right;" | 1,797
| style="text-align: right;" | 0.99%
|
|}
|-
! style="width:20%;"|Candidate name
! style="width:0.05%;" class="unsortable"|
! style="width:30%;"| Party affiliation
! style="width:8%;"|Votes
! style="width:5%;"|% of votes
! style="width:5%;"|Elected
|-
| data-sort-value="Louie, Raymond" | (I) Raymond Louie
|style="background:;"|
|Vision Vancouver
| style="text-align: right;" | 63,273
| style="text-align: right;" | 43.69
| style="text-align: center;" | X
|-
| data-sort-value="Jang, Kerry" | (I) Kerry Jang
|style="background:;"|
|Vision Vancouver
| style="text-align: right;" | 61,931
| style="text-align: right;" | 42.76
| style="text-align: center;" | X
|-
| data-sort-value="Deal, Heather" | (I) Heather Deal
|style="background:;"|
|Vision Vancouver
| style="text-align: right;" | 61,368
| style="text-align: right;" | 42.37
| style="text-align: center;" | X
|-
| data-sort-value="Reimer, Andrea" | (I) Andrea Reimer
|style="background:;"|
|Vision Vancouver
| style="text-align: right;" | 60,593
| style="text-align: right;" | 41.84
| style="text-align: center;" | X
|-
| data-sort-value="Stevenson, Tim" | (I) Tim Stevenson
|style="background:;"|
|Vision Vancouver
| style="text-align: right;" | 56,638
| style="text-align: right;" | 39.11
| style="text-align: center;" | X
|-
| data-sort-value="Meggs, Geoff" | (I) Geoff Meggs
|style="background:;"|
|Vision Vancouver
| style="text-align: right;" | 56,184
| style="text-align: right;" | 38.79
| style="text-align: center;" | X
|-
| data-sort-value="Tang, Tony" | Tony Tang
|style="background:;"|
|Vision Vancouver
| style="text-align: right;" | 53,873
| style="text-align: right;" | 37.20
| style="text-align: center;" | X
|-
| data-sort-value="Ball, Elizabeth" | Elizabeth Ball
|style="background:;"|
|Non-Partisan Association
| style="text-align: right;" | 51,607
| style="text-align: right;" | 35.63
| style="text-align: center;" | X
|-
| data-sort-value="Affleck, George" | George Affleck
|style="background:;"|
|Non-Partisan Association
| style="text-align: right;" | 51,145
| style="text-align: right;" | 35.32
| style="text-align: center;" | X
|-
| data-sort-value="Carr, Adriane" | Adriane Carr
|style="background:;"|
|Green Party of Vancouver
| style="text-align: right;" | 48,648
| style="text-align: right;" | 33.59
| style="text-align: center;" | X
|-
| data-sort-value="Woodsworth, Ellen" | (I) Ellen Woodsworth
|style="background:;"|
|Coalition of Progressive Electors
| style="text-align: right;" | 48,557
| style="text-align: right;" | 33.53
|
|-
| data-sort-value="Yuen, Bill" | Bill Yuen
|style="background:;"|
|Non-Partisan Association
| style="text-align: right;" | 48,407
| style="text-align: right;" | 33.42
|
|-
| data-sort-value="Klassen, Mike" | Mike Klassen
|style="background:;"|
|Non-Partisan Association
| style="text-align: right;" | 47,868
| style="text-align: right;" | 33.05
|
|-
| data-sort-value="Charko, Ken" | Ken Charko
|style="background:;"|
|Non-Partisan Association
| style="text-align: right;" | 45,373
| style="text-align: right;" | 31.33
|
|-
| data-sort-value="McCreery, Bill" | Bill McCreery
|style="background:;"|
|Non-Partisan Association
| style="text-align: right;" | 45,114
| style="text-align: right;" | 31.15
|
|-
| data-sort-value="Wong, Francis" | Francis Wong
|style="background:;"|
|Non-Partisan Association
| style="text-align: right;" | 44,707
| style="text-align: right;" | 30.87
|
|-
| data-sort-value="Louis, Tim" | Tim Louis
|style="background:;"|
|Coalition of Progressive Electors
| style="text-align: right;" | 43,926
| style="text-align: right;" | 30.33
|
|-
| data-sort-value="Bickerton, Sean" | Sean Bickerton
|style="background:;"|
|Non-Partisan Association
| style="text-align: right;" | 43,289
| style="text-align: right;" | 29.89
|
|-
| data-sort-value="Carangi, Joe" | Joe Carangi
|style="background:;"|
|Non-Partisan Association
| style="text-align: right;" | 41,460
| style="text-align: right;" | 28.63
|
|-
| data-sort-value="Aquino, RJ" | RJ Aquino
|style="background:;"|
|Coalition of Progressive Electors
| style="text-align: right;" | 39,054
| style="text-align: right;" | 26.97
|
|-
| data-sort-value="Lamarche, Jason" | Jason Lamarche
|style="background:;"|
|Non-Partisan Association
| style="text-align: right;" | 37,286
| style="text-align: right;" | 25.75
|
|-
| data-sort-value="Garossino, Sandy" | Sandy Garossino
|style="background:gainsboro;"|
|Independent
| style="text-align: right;" | 20,866
| style="text-align: right;" | 14.41
|
|-
| data-sort-value="Murphy, Elizabeth" | Elizabeth Murphy
|style="background:;"|
|Neighbourhoods for a Sustainable Vancouver
| style="text-align: right;" | 19,644
| style="text-align: right;" | 13.56
|
|-
| data-sort-value="Benson, Nicole" | Nicole Benson
|style="background:;"|
|Neighbourhoods for a Sustainable Vancouver
| style="text-align: right;" | 17,983
| style="text-align: right;" | 12.42
|
|-
| data-sort-value="Martin, Terry" | Terry Martin
|style="background:;"|
|Neighbourhoods for a Sustainable Vancouver
| style="text-align: right;" | 13,025
| style="text-align: right;" | 8.99
|
|-
| data-sort-value="Kerchum, Marie" | Marie Kerchum
|style="background:;"|
|Neighbourhoods for a Sustainable Vancouver
| style="text-align: right;" | 12,614
| style="text-align: right;" | 8.71
|
|-
| data-sort-value="Shaw, Chris" | Chris Shaw
|style="background:#333333;"|
|De-Growth Vancouver
| style="text-align: right;" | 8,219
| style="text-align: right;" | 5.68
|
|-
| data-sort-value="Gregson, Ian" | Ian Gregson
|style="background:#333333;"|
|De-Growth Vancouver
| style="text-align: right;" | 7,872
| style="text-align: right;" | 5.44
|
|-
| data-sort-value="Fox, Amy" | Amy Fox
|style="background:gainsboro;"|
|Independent
| style="text-align: right;" | 6,499
| style="text-align: right;" | 4.49
|
|-
| data-sort-value="Alm, Kelly" | Kelly Alm
|style="background:gainsboro;"|
|Independent
| style="text-align: right;" | 5,525
| style="text-align: right;" | 3.82
|
|-
| data-sort-value="Fraser, Grant" | Grant Fraser
|style="background:gainsboro;"|
|Independent
| style="text-align: right;" | 4,758
| style="text-align: right;" | 3.29
|
|-
| data-sort-value="Masson, Chris" | Chris Masson
|style="background:#333333;"|
|De-Growth Vancouver
| style="text-align: right;" | 4,690
| style="text-align: right;" | 3.24
|
|-
| data-sort-value="Gill, Lauren R.I.C.H." | Lauren R.I.C.H. Gill
|style="background:gainsboro;"|
|Independent
| style="text-align: right;" | 4,682
| style="text-align: right;" | 3.23
|
|-
| data-sort-value="Dharni, Michael Singh" | Michael Singh Dharni
|style="background:gainsboro;"|
|Independent
| style="text-align: right;" | 4,167
| style="text-align: right;" | 2.88
|
|-
| data-sort-value="Nguyen, Marc Tan" | Marc Tan Nguyen
|style="background:gainsboro;"|
|Independent
| style="text-align: right;" | 4,118
| style="text-align: right;" | 2.84
|
|-
| data-sort-value="Orser, Rick" | Rick Orser
|style="background:gainsboro;"|
|Independent
| style="text-align: right;" | 3,996
| style="text-align: right;" | 2.76
|
|-
|Wendythirteen
|style="background:gainsboro;"|
|Independent
| style="text-align: right;" | 3,926
| style="text-align: right;" | 2.71
|
|-
| data-sort-value="Nguyen, Bang" | Bang Nguyen
|style="background:gainsboro;"|
|Independent
| style="text-align: right;" | 3,826
| style="text-align: right;" | 2.64
|
|-
| data-sort-value="Copeland, Cord (Ted)" | Cord (Ted) Copeland
|style="background:gainsboro;"|
|Independent
| style="text-align: right;" | 3,587
| style="text-align: right;" | 2.48
|
|-
| data-sort-value="Spires, Aaron R.I.C.H." | Aaron R.I.C.H. Spires
|style="background:gainsboro;"|
|Independent
| style="text-align: right;" | 2,200
| style="text-align: right;" | 1.52
|
|-
| data-sort-value="Maxwell N Bur, R H" | R H Maxwell N Bur
|style="background:gainsboro;"|
|Independent
| style="text-align: right;" | 1,955
| style="text-align: right;" | 1.35
|
|}
|-
|NDP
|Jagrup Brar
|align="right"|6,740
|align="right"|53.59
|align="right"|+33.68
|-
|Independent
|Joe Pal
|align="right"|68
|align="right"|0.54
|align="right"|–
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes
!align="right"|12,577
!align="right"|100.00
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots
!align="right"|41
!align="right"|0.33
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|12,618
!align="right"|52.15
!align="right"|
|}
|-
|Liberal
|Leopold Auer
|align="right"|1,675
|align="right"|1.98%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Progressive Conservative
|Lorne Neil MacLean
|align="right"|1,573
|align="right"|1.86%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Progressive Conservative
|William Fairley
|align="right"|2,511
|align="right"|3.17%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Liberal
|Allan Edward Warnke
|align="right"|2,048
|align="right"|2.41%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|84,826
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|480
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
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|}
Notes
References
External links
- Green Party of Canada – Vancouver Centre Electoral District Association