Editing Non-Partisan Association (section)

== Electoral results ==
The NPA held a majority on [[Vancouver City Council]] from 1941 to 1967, 1970 to 1972, 1978 to 1980, 1986 to 2002, and from 2005 to 2008.{{citation needed|date=April 2020}} It held the mayor's office from 1941 to 1958, from 1963 to 1966, from 1986 to 2002, and from 2005 to 2008.<ref>{{cite web |title=History of Vancouver – Mayors of Vancouver |url=http://www.vancouverhistory.ca/whoswho_mayors.htm |website=www.vancouverhistory.ca |publisher=The History of Metropolitan Vancouver |access-date=April 10, 2020}}</ref> Over the years, its opposition has been [[The Electors' Action Movement]] (TEAM) in the 1970s, the left-wing [[Coalition of Progressive Electors]] (COPE) in the 1980s and 1990s, and centre-left [[Vision Vancouver]] in the 2000s and 2010s.{{citation needed|date=March 2025}}

There have been eleven NPA mayors of Vancouver:
* [[Jonathan Webster Cornett|Jack (Jonathan Webster) Cornett]] (1941–1946)
* [[Gerry McGeer]] (1947)
* [[Charles E. Jones (mayor)|Charles E. Jones]] (1947–1948)
* [[George Clark Miller]] (acting) (1948)
* [[Charles Edwin Thompson]] (1949–1950)
* [[Frederick Hume]] (1951–1958)
* [[William Rathie]] (1963–1966)
* [[Tom Campbell (mayor)|Tom Campbell]] (1967–1972){{efn|During his mayoral tenure, Tom Campbell sat as an independent from 1967 to 1970 and as an NPA member from 1970 to 1972.}}
* [[Gordon Campbell (Canadian politician)|Gordon Campbell]] (1986–1993)
* [[Philip Owen]] (1993–2002)
* [[Sam Sullivan]] (2005–2008)

=== Results since 1970 ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+NPA election results for [[List of mayors of Vancouver|mayor of Vancouver]], 1970 to present
! Election year
! Candidate
! Votes
! %
! Position
! Result
|-
! 1970
| data-sort-value="Campbell, Tom" | [[Tom Campbell (Canadian politician)|Tom Campbell]]
| 54,253
| 45.1
| 1st
| {{yes2|Elected}}
|-
! 1972
| data-sort-value="–" | None
| –
| –
| –
| {{eliminated|Did not contest}}
|-
! 1974
| data-sort-value="Puil, George" | George Puil
| 27,686
| 35.1
| 2nd
| {{no2|Not elected}}
|-
! 1976
| data-sort-value="Sweeney, Edward" | Edward Sweeney
| 21,924
| 24.4
| {{same}} 2nd
| {{no2|Not elected}}
|-
! 1978
| data-sort-value="Volrich, Jack" | Supported [[Jack Volrich]] (independent)
| 45,742
| 49.2
| {{increase}} 1st
| {{yes2|Elected}}
|-
! 1980
| data-sort-value="Volrich, Jack" | [[Jack Volrich]]
| 47,107
| 44.1
| {{decrease}} 2nd
| {{no2|Not elected}}
|-
! 1982
| data-sort-value="Baker, Jonathan" | Jonathan Baker
| 36,073
| 31.2
| {{same}} 2nd
| {{no2|Not elected}}
|-
! 1984
| data-sort-value="Vander Zalm, Bill" | [[Bill Vander Zalm]]
| 49,957
| 35.7
| {{same}} 2nd
| {{no2|Not elected}}
|-
! 1986
| data-sort-value="Campbell, Gordon" | [[Gordon Campbell (Canadian politician)|Gordon Campbell]]
| 77,562
| 55.7
| {{increase}} 1st
| {{yes2|Elected}}
|-
! 1988
| data-sort-value="Campbell, Gordon" | [[Gordon Campbell (Canadian politician)|Gordon Campbell]]
| 75,545
| 62.6
| {{same}} 1st
| {{yes2|Elected}}
|-
! [[1990 Vancouver municipal election|1990]]
| data-sort-value="Campbell, Gordon" | [[Gordon Campbell (Canadian politician)|Gordon Campbell]]
| 67,950
| 53.7
| {{same}} 1st
| {{yes2|Elected}}
|-
! [[1993 Vancouver municipal election|1993]]
| data-sort-value="Owen, Philip" | [[Philip Owen]]
| 46,687
| 50.0
| {{same}} 1st
| {{yes2|Elected}}
|-
! [[1996 Vancouver municipal election|1996]]
| data-sort-value="Owen, Philip" | [[Philip Owen]]
| 50,969
| 53.15
| {{same}} 1st
| {{yes2|Elected}}
|-
! [[1999 Vancouver municipal election|1999]]
| data-sort-value="Owen, Philip" | Philip Owen
| 51,085
| 54.19
| {{steady}} 1st
| {{yes2|Elected}}
|-
! [[2002 Vancouver municipal election|2002]]
| data-sort-value="Clarke, Jennifer" | Jennifer Clarke
| 41,936
| 30.01
| {{decrease}} 2nd
| {{no2|Not elected}}
|-
! [[2005 Vancouver municipal election|2005]]
| data-sort-value="Sullivan, Sam" | [[Sam Sullivan]]
| 61,543
| 47.34
| {{increase}} 1st
| {{yes2|Elected}}
|-
! [[2008 Vancouver municipal election|2008]]
| data-sort-value="Ladner, Peter" | [[Peter Ladner]]
| 48,794
| 39.26
| {{decrease}} 2nd
| {{no2|Not elected}}
|-
! [[2011 Vancouver municipal election|2011]]
| data-sort-value="Anton, Suzanne" | [[Suzanne Anton]]
| 58,152
| 40.15
| {{steady}} 2nd
| {{no2|Not elected}}
|-
! [[2014 Vancouver municipal election|2014]]
| data-sort-value="LaPointe, Kirk" | [[Kirk LaPointe]]
| 73,443
| 40.42
| {{steady}} 2nd
| {{no2|Not elected}}
|-
! [[2018 Vancouver municipal election|2018]]
| data-sort-value="Sim, Ken" | [[Ken Sim]]
| 48,748
| 28.16
| {{steady}} 2nd
| {{no2|Not elected}}
|-
! [[2022 Vancouver municipal election|2022]]
| data-sort-value="Harding, Fred" | Fred Harding
| 3,905
| 2.32
| {{decrease}} 5th
| {{no2|Not elected}}
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ NPA election results for [[Vancouver City Council]], 1970 to present
! Election
! Seats
! +/–
! Votes
! %
! Change ([[Percentage point|{{abbr|pp|percentage point}}]])
! Position
|-
! 1970
| {{Composition bar|7|11|hex={{Canadian party colour|VAN|NPA}}}}
| {{decrease}} 1
| 435,906
| 41.9
| {{decrease}} 5.5
| {{yes2|'''Majority government'''}}
|-
! 1972
| {{Composition bar|1|11|hex={{Canadian party colour|VAN|NPA}}}}
| {{decrease}} 6
| 141,762
| 19.3
| {{decrease}} 22.6
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
! 1974
| {{Composition bar|4|11|hex={{Canadian party colour|VAN|NPA}}}}
| {{increase}} 3
| 237,764
| 34.4
| {{increase}} 15.1
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
! 1976
| {{Composition bar|3|11|hex={{Canadian party colour|VAN|NPA}}}}
| {{decrease}} 1
| 228,164
| 29.4
| {{decrease}} 5.0
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
! 1978
| {{Composition bar|5|11|hex={{Canadian party colour|VAN|NPA}}}}
| {{increase}} 2
| 216,176
| 28.8
| {{decrease}} 0.6
| {{yes2|'''Minority government'''}}
|-
! 1980
| {{Composition bar|5|11|hex={{Canadian party colour|VAN|NPA}}}}
| {{same}}
| 351,802
| 38.2
| {{increase}} 9.4
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
! 1982
| {{Composition bar|3|11|hex={{Canadian party colour|VAN|NPA}}}}
| {{decrease}} 2
| 367,305
| 37.0
| {{decrease}} 1.2
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
! 1984
| {{Composition bar|3|11|hex={{Canadian party colour|VAN|NPA}}}}
| {{same}}
| 428,884
| 36.0
| {{decrease}} 1.0
| rowspan=2 {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
! 1985{{efn|name=by-election}}
| {{Composition bar|3|11|hex={{Canadian party colour|VAN|NPA}}}}
| {{same}}
| 44,096
| 47.2
| {{increase}} 11.2
|-
! 1986
| {{Composition bar|8|11|hex={{Canadian party colour|VAN|NPA}}}}
| {{increase}} 5
| 503,683
| 42.2
| {{decrease}} 5.0
| {{yes2|'''Majority government'''}}
|-
! 1988
| {{Composition bar|7|11|hex={{Canadian party colour|VAN|NPA}}}}
| {{decrease}} 1
| 485,295
| 43.0
| {{increase}} 0.8
| {{yes2|'''Majority government'''}}
|-
! [[1990 Vancouver municipal election|1990]]
| {{Composition bar|6|11|hex={{Canadian party colour|VAN|NPA}}}}
| {{decrease}} 1
| 446,624
| 41.4
| {{decrease}} 1.6
| rowspan=2 {{yes2|'''Majority government'''}}
|-
! 1992{{efn|name=by-election|By-election: voters were asked to elect one city councillor.}}
| {{Composition bar|7|11|hex={{Canadian party colour|VAN|NPA}}}}
| {{increase}} 1
| 11,573
| 42.5
| {{increase}} 1.1
|-
! [[1993 Vancouver municipal election|1993]]
| {{Composition bar|10|11|hex={{Canadian party colour|VAN|NPA}}}}
| {{increase}} 3
| 378,505
| 47.7
| {{increase}} 5.2
| {{yes2|'''Majority government'''}}
|-
! [[1996 Vancouver municipal election|1996]]
| {{Composition bar|11|11|hex={{Canadian party colour|VAN|NPA}}}}
| {{increase}} 1
| 422,118
| 50.54
| {{increase}} 2.84
| {{yes2|'''Majority government'''}}
|-
! [[1999 Vancouver municipal election|1999]]
| {{Composition bar|9|11|hex={{Canadian party colour|VAN|NPA}}}}
| {{decrease}} 2
| 361,315
| 45.29
| {{decrease}} 5.25
| {{yes2|'''Majority government'''}}
|-
! [[2002 Vancouver municipal election|2002]]
| {{Composition bar|2|11|hex={{Canadian party colour|VAN|NPA}}}}
| {{decrease}} 7
| 368,068
| 32.13
| {{decrease}} 13.16
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
! [[2005 Vancouver municipal election|2005]]
| {{Composition bar|6|11|hex={{Canadian party colour|VAN|NPA}}}}
| {{increase}} 4
| 498,082
| 45.96
| {{increase}} 13.83
| {{yes2|'''Majority government'''}}
|-
! [[2008 Vancouver municipal election|2008]]
| {{Composition bar|1|11|hex={{Canadian party colour|VAN|NPA}}}}
| {{decrease}} 5
| 394,839
| 38.00
| {{decrease}} 7.96
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
! [[2011 Vancouver municipal election|2011]]
| {{Composition bar|2|11|hex={{Canadian party colour|VAN|NPA}}}}
| {{increase}} 1
| 456,256
| 37.88
| {{decrease}} 0.12
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
! [[2014 Vancouver municipal election|2014]]
| {{Composition bar|3|11|hex={{Canadian party colour|VAN|NPA}}}}
| {{increase}} 1
| 474,841
| 32.68
| {{decrease}} 5.20
| rowspan=2 {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
! [[2017 Vancouver municipal by-election|2017]]{{efn|name=by-election}}
| {{Composition bar|4|11|hex={{Canadian party colour|VAN|NPA}}}}
| {{increase}} 1
| 13,372
| 27.83
| {{decrease}} 4.85
|-
! [[2018 Vancouver municipal election|2018]]
| {{Composition bar|5|11|hex={{Canadian party colour|VAN|NPA}}}}
| {{increase}} 1
| 347,752
| 24.83
| {{decrease}} 3.00
| {{no2|Crossbench}}
|-
! [[2022 Vancouver municipal election|2022]]
|{{Composition bar|0|11|hex={{Canadian party colour|VAN|NPA}}}} 
| {{decrease}} 5
| 82,608
| 6.14
| {{decrease}} 18.69
| {{eliminated|No seats}}
|}