Pete Fry Explained

Pete Fry
Residence:Vancouver
Office:Vancouver City Councillor
Term Start1:November 5, 2018
Party:Green Party
Birth Place:Ireland
Relatives:Hedy Fry (mother)

Pete Fry is a Canadian politician and business owner in Vancouver, British Columbia, who has served as councillor on the Vancouver City Council since 2018. He is a member of the Green Party of Vancouver.

Owner of a graphics and communications agency in Vancouver, Fry became involved in community activism, serving as community representative for the City of Vancouver's Downtown Eastside Local Area Plan, as well as chair of the Strathcona Residents’ Association. He first ran for city council in the 2014 municipal election, but was not elected.[1]

He then secured the nomination of the Green Party of British Columbia in a 2016 provincial by-election in the riding of Vancouver-Mount Pleasant,[2] where he lost to British Columbia New Democratic Party candidate Melanie Mark.[3] In 2017, he ran for Vancouver City Council a second time, in the by-election following the resignation of Geoff Meggs;[4] he lost to Non-Partisan Association candidate Hector Bremner.[5] At the 2018 city council election, Fry received the second highest number of votes and was elected councillor.[6] He was re-elected as a city councillor in the 2022 Vancouver municipal election. [7]

Born in Ireland, Fry immigrated with his family to Vancouver as a child.[8] [9] His mother is Hedy Fry, the federal Member of Parliament for Vancouver Centre.[2] [10]

Notes and References

  1. News: Vancouver election 2014: Full results for mayor, council, school and park board . November 16, 2014 . December 8, 2019. Global BC.
  2. News: Byelection Battle: Meet Candidates Vying for Vancouver Mount-Pleasant . January 18, 2016. December 8, 2019 . . Andrew . MacLeod .
  3. News: B.C. NDP candidates Jodie Wickens and Melanie Mark win Metro Vancouver byelections . February 2, 2016. December 8, 2019. .
  4. News: Pete Fry to run for Green Party of Vancouver in city by-election . August 17, 2017 . December 8, 2019. .
  5. News: NPA's Hector Bremner wins council seat in Vancouver byelection . October 14, 2017. December 8, 2019. . Justin . McElroy .
  6. News: Kennedy Stewart elected mayor of Vancouver . October 20, 2018. December 8, 2019. . Bethany . Lindsay .
  7. Web site: City of Vancouver 2022 election results .
  8. Web site: About . Petefry.ca . https://web.archive.org/web/20191209041019/http://www.petefry.ca/about . December 9, 2019 . dead .
  9. News: Mixed-race heritage stirs Vancouver councillor-elect Pete Fry to champion city's diversity . October 24, 2018. December 8, 2019 . . Carlito . Pablo .
  10. News: Pete Fry: A better city together . October 29, 2014. December 8, 2019. . Pete . Fry .