While the Conservatives didn't enter a float, a variety of federal, provincial, and municipal politicians joined members of local LGBT communities marching in this year's Vancouver Pride parade.

Yesterday (August 2), the Straight spotted Jack Layton, Jane Sterk, Hedy Fry, and others, as the parade travelled down Beach Avenue.

Photos by Stephen Hui

Representatives of the City of Vancouver, including Mayor Gregor Robertson (far left in the rainbow shirt), ride city hall's float.

Adriane Carr, deputy leader of the Green Party of Canada, marches in the parade.

Jane Sterk, leader of the Green Party of B.C., waves to the crowd on Beach Avenue.

Christy Clark, the host of The Christy Clark Show and a former deputy premier of B.C., wears lots of pink on the CKNW float.

COPE executive director Rachel Marcuse (left) chats with city councillor Ellen Woodsworth while marching.

Jane Bouey (right), vice chair of the Vancouver school board, marches with her fellow COPE members.

Hedy Fry, the Liberal MP for Vancouver Centre, wearing some sort of octopus-alien costume, waves to parade watchers.

Jack Layton, leader of the New Democratic Party of Canada, waves his hat in the air.

Burnaby-Douglas MP Bill Siksay (left) and Port Coquitlam MLA Mike Farnworth march in the parade with the NDP contingent.

Spencer Herbert (middle), the NDP MLA for Vancouver-West End, and his partner Romi Chandra get peddled around.

With the real Stephen Harper not in attendance, local activist Derrick O'Keefe (left) and the StopWar.ca coalition tow a likeness of the prime minister in the parade.

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