Eighty-six candidates are running in Vancouver’s civic election, and six political parties have nominated candidates. The deadline to file nominations was yesterday (October 10).

On November 15, Vancouver residents will elect one mayor, 10 councillors, seven park board commissioners, and nine school trustees to three-year terms. They will also vote on three borrowing questions.

The parties that have nominated candidates are the Coalition of Progressive Electors, the Green Party of Vancouver, the Non-Partisan Association, the Nude Garden Party, Vision Vancouver, and the Work Less Party. COPE, the Greens, and Vision have formed an alliance for this election, with each organization agreeing to run a partial slate and to endorse Vision's mayoral nominee, Gregor Robertson.

Here’s the unofficial list of candidates from the city’s chief election officer:

15 candidates for mayor
(1 to be elected)

BRITTEN, Patrick C. (Nude Garden Party)
BUDAY, Gí¶lí¶k Z.
CAISSY, Menard D.
EMERY, Marc
HANSEN, Mike
HATOUM, Joe
JIMENEZ, Angel L.
KAPLAN, Leon
KRAWCZYK, Betty (Work Less Party)
KUAH, Jeff
LADNER, Peter (NPA)
MAXWELL N BUR, R. H.
RITCHIE, Bill
ROBERTSON, Gregor (Vision Vancouver)
YEE, Scott

32 candidates for councillor
(10 to be elected)

ANTON, Suzanne (NPA)
BALL, Elizabeth (NPA)
BICKERTON, Sean (NPA)
BOYCHUK, John T.
BOYER, Marc
CADMAN, David (COPE)
CAPRI, Kim (NPA)
CHOW, George (Vision Vancouver)
COPELAND, Leanore (NPA)
DEAL, Heather (Vision Vancouver)
DHALIWAL, Kashmir (Vision Vancouver)
GELLER, Michael (NPA)
GREGSON, Ian (Work Less Party)
HOUGHTON, Korina (NPA)
JANG, Kerry (Vision Vancouver)
JOHNSON, Lea
KADIOGLU, Matt
LAFERRIERE, Audrey Jane
LEE, David (NPA)
LOUIE, Raymond P. (Vision Vancouver)
MEGGS, Geoff (Vision Vancouver)
ORACLE, Bud
REIMER, Andrea (Vision Vancouver)
SHAW, Chris (Work Less Party)
SIDHU, Daljit S. (NPA)
STEVENSON, Tim (Vision Vancouver)
TRAMUTOLA, Geri (Work Less Party)
WANSLEEBEN, Steve
WENDYTHIRTEEN
WISDOM, Timothy (Work Less Party)
WONG, Kanman (NPA)
WOODSWORTH, Ellen (COPE)

20 candidates for park commissioner
(7 to be elected)

ANDALIS, Juliet Victoria
BARNES, Constance (Vision Vancouver)
BLYTH, Sarah (Vision Vancouver)
DE GENOVA, Melissa (NPA)
DOUMENC, Ivan (Work Less Party)
HAMILTON, Jamie Lee
HASKELL, Peter Raymond
HUNDAL, Raj (Vision Vancouver)
JASPER, Aaron (Vision Vancouver)
LOCKHART, Thomas
MACKINNON, Stuart (Green Party of Vancouver)
MAYENCOURT, Richard
MCDIARMID, Laura (NPA)
RICHARDSON, Christopher (NPA)
ROBERTSON, Ian (NPA)
ROMANIUK, Anita (COPE)
SHUKLA, Naresh (NPA)
URTON, Sharon (NPA)
WOODCOCK, Loretta (COPE)
ZLOTNIK, Marty (NPA)

19 candidates for school trustee
(9 to be elected)

BACCHUS, Patti (Vision Vancouver)
BARGEMAN, Bill (COPE)
BLAKEY, Al (COPE)
BOUEY, Jane (COPE)
CLEMENT, Ken (Vision Vancouver)
DENIKE, Ken (NPA)
GIBSON, Carol (NPA)
GREGSON, Sharon E. (Vision Vancouver)
HANSEN, Clarence (NPA)
HASKELL, Peter Raymond
HOLDEN, Heather (NPA)
LE GALLAIS, Eileen (NPA)
LOMBARDI, Mike (Vision Vancouver)
NANCE, Margit (NPA)
SINGH, Alvin (COPE)
SINGH, Lakhbir (NPA)
STARK, Robert Allan
WONG, Allan (COPE)
WOO, Sophia (NPA)

You can find candidates’ profiles and contact information on the city’s election 2008 Web site.