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
Incumbent
Assumed office November 5, 2018
Personal details
Born	1969 or 1970 (age 54–55)^[1] Ireland
Political party	Green Party
Relatives	Hedy Fry (mother)
Residence	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

2022 Vancouver municipal election: Vancouver 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

2018 Vancouver municipal election: Vancouver City Council
Party	Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Green	Adriane Carr	69,739	Y
	Green	Pete Fry	61,806	Y
	NPA	Melissa De Genova	53,251	Y
	COPE	Jean Swanson	48,865	Y
	NPA	Colleen Hardwick	47,747	Y
	Green	Michael Wiebe	45,593	Y
	OneCity	Christine Boyle	45,455	Y
	NPA	Lisa Dominato	44,689	Y
	NPA	Rebecca Bligh	44,053	Y
	NPA	Sarah Kirby-Yung	43,581	Y

Vancouver municipal by-election, October 14, 2017 Resignation of Geoff Meggs
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	NPA	Hector Bremner	13,372	27.83	Y
	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	Y
	NPA	George Affleck	68,419	Y
	NPA	Elizabeth Ball	67,195	Y
	NPA	Melissa De Genova	63,134	Y
	Vision	Heather Deal	62,698	Y
	Vision	Kerry Jang	62,595	Y
	Vision	Andrea Reimer	62,316	Y
	Vision	Raymond Louie	61,903	Y
	Vision	Tim Stevenson	57,640	Y
	Vision	Geoff Meggs	56,831	Y
	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

1. MacLeod, Andrew (January 18, 2016). "Byelection Battle: Meet Candidates Vying for Vancouver Mount-Pleasant". The Tyee. Retrieved December 8, 2019.
2. . 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.