Vancouver mayor says party will take a hard look inward after byelection losses – BC [Video]

Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim says his ABC Vancouver party will take a “hard look” inward after voters decisively rejected its two candidates in a weekend byelection.

Voters braved hours-long lineups on Saturday to cast ballots in a byelection to replace two city councillors.

COPE’s Sean Orr and OneCity’s Lucy Maloney were elected, each drawing close to 50 per cent of the vote, about double the tally of their nearest challenger, Colleen Hardwick with TEAM.

ABC Vancouver’s two candidates, tech entrepreneur Jamie Stein and Vancouver Police Union president Ralph Kaisers, finished sixth and seventh with 13.6 per cent and 13.1 per cent of the vote respectively.

“We approach everything from a place of love and compassion and doing the right thing and we can do better — the last thing we want to do is have a city that is divided or people feel they are not being heard or they …