Rebecca Bligh

Canadian politician

Rebecca Bligh

Vancouver City Councillor
Incumbent
Assumed office November 5, 2018

Personal details
Political party	ABC Vancouver (2022-present)
Other political affiliations	Independent (2019–2022) Non-Partisan Association (2018-2019)
Residence	Vancouver

Rebecca Bligh is a Canadian politician, who was elected to Vancouver City Council in the 2018 Vancouver municipal election.^[1]

First elected as a member of the Non-Partisan Association, she left the party in 2019 claiming its ideology was driving towards the "far-right" following the election of its new executive.^[2] Her concerns were echoed by 2018 NPA mayoral candidate Ken Sim,^[3] while Bligh's fellow NPA councillors Melissa De Genova, Lisa Dominato, Colleen Hardwick and Sarah Kirby-Yung did not leave the party, but took steps to distance themselves from its board.^[4] By 2022, all except De Genova had quit the NPA, with Bligh, Dominato and Kirby-Yung reaffiliating with ABC Vancouver, and Hardwick joining TEAM for a Livable Vancouver.^[5]

As a candidate of ABC Vancouver, Bligh was re-elected to a second term in the 2022 Vancouver municipal election.^[6]

Bligh identifies as queer.^[7]

References

^ "Vancouver's new mayor and council to be sworn in Monday afternoon". Vancouver Sun, November 5, 2018.
^ Dan Fumano, "Councillor quits NPA over shift to 'far right'". The Province, December 9, 2019.
^ Frances Bula, "Former Vancouver mayoral candidate Ken Sim alarmed at NPA swing to the right: Sim is one of many people from the NPA, the city's oldest and once-dominant civic party, who say it seems to have gone off track". The Globe and Mail, December 10, 2019.
^ Dan Fumano, "NPA leadership opts not to publicly face serious questions". The Globe and Mail, January 27, 2021.
^ Frances Bula, "Three Vancouver city councillors join new ABC party, back Ken Sim for mayor". The Globe and Mail, April 12, 2022.
^ Dan Fumano, "Vancouver Election Results: Ken Sim rolls over Kennedy Stewart, vows to act fast to add police officers". Vancouver Sun, October 17, 2022.
^ Adrienne Tanner, "Vancouver's Non-Partisan Association left adrift after four resignations". The Globe and Mail, August 4, 2020.