▁was ▁ou sted ▁as ▁mayor al ▁candidate ▁by ▁the ▁party ▁in ▁a ▁close ▁vote , ▁which ▁inst ated ▁Peter ▁Lad ner ▁as ▁the ▁new ▁mayor al ▁candidate ▁for ▁the ▁N PA . ▁Greg or ▁Robert son , ▁a ▁former ▁M LA ▁for ▁V ancouver - F air view ▁and ▁head ▁of ▁Happy ▁Planet , ▁was ▁the ▁mayor al ▁candidate ▁for ▁V ision ▁V ancouver , ▁the ▁other ▁main ▁cont ender . ▁V ision ▁V ancouver ▁candidate ▁Greg or ▁Robert son ▁defeated ▁Lad ner ▁by ▁a ▁considerable ▁margin , ▁near ing ▁ 2 0 , 0 0 0 ▁votes . ▁The ▁balance ▁of ▁power ▁was ▁significantly ▁shift ed ▁to ▁V ision ▁V ancouver , ▁which ▁held ▁seven ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 0 ▁sp ots ▁for ▁coun c ill or . ▁Of ▁the ▁remaining ▁three , ▁CO PE ▁received ▁two ▁and ▁the ▁N PA ▁one . ▁For ▁park ▁commission er , ▁four ▁sp ots ▁went ▁to ▁V ision ▁V ancouver , ▁one ▁to ▁the ▁Green ▁Party , ▁one ▁to ▁CO PE , ▁and ▁one ▁to ▁N PA . ▁For ▁school ▁trust ee , ▁there ▁were ▁four ▁V ision ▁V ancouver ▁seats , ▁three ▁CO PE ▁seats , ▁and ▁two ▁N PA ▁seats . ▁In ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 8 ▁V ancouver ▁municipal ▁election , ▁independent ▁Kennedy ▁Stewart ▁was ▁elected ▁mayor ▁of ▁V ancouver . ▁ ▁V ancouver ' s ▁budget ▁consists ▁of ▁a ▁capital ▁and ▁an ▁operating ▁component . ▁The ▁ 2 0 1 7 ▁operating ▁budget ▁was ▁$ 1 . 3 2 3