condominium in the West End and succeeded in getting the party to open up a regional office in BC at the Dominion Building, 301–207 West Hastings Street within the riding in February 2007 (relocated to suite 403 in the same building in December 2011). Her work for the federal party serving as the co-chair of the party's Shadow Cabinet, member of the national Campaign Committee and chair of the national Fundraising Committee. Green Party of Canada currently share office space with the Green Party of Vancouver where Carr conducts her political work at 403–207 West Hastings Street, Vancouver BC V6B 1H7. In the 14 October 2008 federal election Carr ran in the Vancouver Centre riding. Hedy Fry was re-elected. Carr garnered 18.3% of the vote. Carr had the Green Party's fourth highest percentage of votes in the nation. From 2009 until 2011 Carr served as the honorary co-chair of the Canadian Women's Voters' congress' non-partisan Women's Campaign School In May 2011 Carr ran again in Vancouver Centre against incumbent Liberal Hedy Fry, getting 15.4 percent of the vote, coming in fourth. On 19 November 2011, in the Vancouver City municipal election, as the single Green Candidate for one of the 10 Vancouver City Council Seats, Carr got 48,648 votes in the citywide at-large voting system. It put her in 10th place, 91 votes ahead of the person below her—enough to be elected. Carr was sworn in as a Councillor on 6 December 2011. In the 2014 Vancouver City municipal election, Carr received the highest number of votes of any council candidate with 74,077 votes — 5,658 votes ahead of her closest competitor — and helped to create the largest team of elected Greens in Canadian history. In the 2018 Vancouver 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. Election results Notes References External links Green Party of Canada – Vancouver Centre Electoral District Association 1952 births Canadian environmentalists Canadian women environmentalists Leaders of the Green Party of British Columbia Living people Female Canadian political party leaders British Columbia political party leaders Green Party of British Columbia candidates in British Columbia provincial elections Green Party of Canada candidates in the 2008 Canadian federal election Green Party