Vancouver mayor to reflect on resident satisfaction following party’s byelection defeats [Video]

Mayor Ken Sim says Vancouver’s ABC party will be reflecting on the results of last weekend’s byelection in which the party received only a fraction of votes cast — despite its massive success in the 2022 election. 

Sim’s comments followed a news conference for an unrelated matter Monday afternoon, less than two days after two new councillors were elected.

“Regardless if it’s a byelection or not … the reality is we listen to the residents of Vancouver every single day,” Sim said. “There are enough of them that said they’re not necessarily happy with everything that’s going on.

“We’re going to take a really hard look at ourselves.”

Once the new councillors are sworn in, Vancouver city council will be made up of six ABC councillors and Sim, former ABC-member-turned-Independent Rebecca Bligh, the Green Party’s Pete Fry, Sean Orr of COPE and OneCity’s Lucy Maloney. 

Orr won his seat with …