Pete Fry is a Canadian politician and business owner in

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, who has served as councillor on the

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since 2018. He is a member of the

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. 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

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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. He then secured the nomination of the

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in a 2016 provincial by-election in the riding of Vancouver-Mount Pleasant, where he lost to

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candidate Melanie Mark. In 2017, he ran for Vancouver City Council a second time, in the by-election following the resignation of Geoff Meggs; he lost to

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candidate Hector Bremner. At the 2018 city council election, Fry received the second highest number of votes and was elected councillor. He was re-elected as a city councillor in the 2022 Vancouver municipal election. Born in Ireland to Trinidadian parents, Fry immigrated with his family to Vancouver as a child. His mother is

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, the federal Member of Parliament for

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Electoral record

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Fry, Pete Living people Green Party of Vancouver councillors Businesspeople from Vancouver Green Party of British Columbia candidates in British Columbia provincial elections Irish emigrants to Canada Year of birth missing (living people) Canadian people of Trinidad and Tobago descent 21st-century Canadian municipal councillors