Rebecca Bligh is a Canadian politician, who was elected to

Vancouver City Council Vancouver City Council is the governing body of Vancouver, British Columbia. The council consists of a mayor and ten councillors elected to serve a four-year term. Monthly, a deputy mayor is appointed from among the councillors. The current ma ...

in the

2018 Vancouver municipal election The 2018 Vancouver municipal election was held on October 20, 2018, the same day as other municipalities and regional districts in British Columbia selected their new municipal governments. Voters elected a mayor, 10 city councillors, 7 park ...

. First elected as a member of the

Non-Partisan Association The Non-Partisan Association (NPA) is a municipal political party in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It was established by the city's business leaders in 1937 to challenge the democratic socialist Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) ...

, she left the party in 2019 claiming its ideology was driving towards the "

far-right Far-right politics, also referred to as the extreme right or right-wing extremism, are political beliefs and actions further to the right of the left–right political spectrum than the standard political right, particularly in terms of bein ...

" following the election of its new executive. Her concerns were echoed by 2018 NPA mayoral candidate

Ken Sim Kenneth Sim (; born October 18, 1970) is a Canadian politician and businessman who has served as the 41st mayor of Vancouver since 2022. Biography Born in Vancouver, Sim attended Magee Secondary School, Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School, ...

, while Bligh's fellow NPA councillors Melissa De Genova, Lisa Dominato,

Colleen Hardwick Colleen Hardwick is a Canadian urban geographer, film maker, tech entrepreneur and politician in Vancouver, British Columbia, who served on Vancouver City Council from 2018 to 2022. Hardwick is the daughter of former Vancouver alderman Walter H ...

and Sarah Kirby-Yung did not leave the party, but took steps to distance themselves from its board. By 2022, all except De Genova had quit the NPA, with Bligh, Dominato and Kirby-Yung reaffiliating with

ABC Vancouver ABC Vancouver is a municipal political party in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It is led by Vancouver businessman and incumbent mayor Ken Sim. History Formation ABC Vancouver was established by former members of the Non-Partisan Asso ...

, and Hardwick joining TEAM for a Livable Vancouver. As a candidate of ABC Vancouver, Bligh was re-elected to a second term in the

2022 Vancouver municipal election The Non-Partisan Association (NPA) is a municipal political party in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It was established by the city's business leaders in 1937 to challenge the democratic socialist Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF ...

. Bligh identifies as queer.Adrienne Tanner, "Vancouver's Non-Partisan Association left adrift after four resignations". '' The Globe and Mail'', August 4, 2020.

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