Work Less Insurgency

by the Sandwichman

Campaigning on a shoestring and with minimal coverage in the mainstream media, Work Less Party candidates for Vancouver City Council received 10% of the votes in the civic election Saturday.

SHAW, Chris.............Work Less Party......11237...10.8%
GREGSON, Ian.........Work Less Party......10493...10.1%
TRAMUTOLA, Geri...Work Less Party.......8619....8.3%
WISDOM, Timothy...Work Less Party.......7435....7.2%

In the election, there were ten council seats to be filled. The tenth-place seat was won with 44.2% of the votes. The lowest vote total for a major party candidate was 27.8%.

The centre-left coalition of Vision Vancouver and COPE swept 9 of the 10 seats on council. Three of the Work Less Party candidates garnered vote totals higher than the margin of victory between the sole NPA victor, Susan Anton, and Vision Vancouver's highest polling losing candidate, Kashmir Dhaliwal.

(Vote percentages were calculated based on total votes cast for all council candidates divided by ten, the number of council seats to be filled)