| Post: | Mayor |
| Body: | Vancouver |
| Incumbent: | Ken Sim |
| Incumbentsince: | November 7, 2022 |
| Style: |
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| Member Of: | Vancouver City Council |
| Reports To: | Vancouver City Council |
| Seat: | Vancouver City Hall |
| Salary: | (2023)[1] |
| Termlength: |
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| Termlength Qualified: | No restriction on renewal |
| Inaugural: | Malcolm A. MacLean |
The mayor of Vancouver is the head and chief executive officer of Vancouver, British Columbia, who is elected for a four-year term. The 41st and current officeholder is Ken Sim, who has held office since November 7, 2022.
indicates the individual died in office.
| Mayor | Term start | Term end | Terms | class=unsortable | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1886 | 1887 | 2 | bgcolor= | Independent | |||
| 2 | 1888 | 1891 | 4 | bgcolor= | Independent | |||
| 3 | 1892 | 1893 | 2 | bgcolor= | Independent | |||
| 4 | 1894 | 1894 | 1 | bgcolor= | Independent | |||
| 5 | 1895 | 1896 | 2 | bgcolor= | Independent | |||
| 6 | 1897 | 1897 | 1 | bgcolor= | Independent | |||
| 7 | 1898 | 1900 | 3 | bgcolor= | Independent | |||
| 8 | 1901 | 1901 | 1 | bgcolor= | Independent | |||
| 9 | 1902 | 1903 | 2 | bgcolor= | Independent | |||
| 10 | 1904 | 1904 | 1 | bgcolor= | Independent | |||
| 11 | 1905 | 1906 | 2 | bgcolor= | Independent | |||
| 12 | 1907 | 1908 | 2 | bgcolor= | Independent | |||
| 13 | 1909 | 1909 | 1 | bgcolor= | Conservative | |||
| 14 | 1910 | 1911 | 2 | bgcolor= | Liberal[2] | |||
| 15 | 1912 | 1912 | 1 | bgcolor= | Conservative | |||
| 16 | 1913 | 1914 | 2 | bgcolor= | Liberal | |||
| (14) | 1915 | 1915 | 1 | bgcolor= | Liberal | |||
| 17 | 1915 | 1917 | 3 | bgcolor= | Liberal | |||
| 18 | 1918 | 1921 | 4 | bgcolor= | Conservative | |||
| 19 | 1922 | 1923 | 2 | bgcolor= | Conservative | |||
| 20 | 1924 | 1924 | 1 | bgcolor= | Conservative | |||
| (14) | 1925 | 1928 | 4 | bgcolor= | Liberal | |||
| 21 | 1929 | 1930 | 2 | bgcolor= | Conservative | |||
| (14) | 1931 | 1934 | 4 | bgcolor= | Liberal | |||
| 22 | 1935 | 1936 | 2 | bgcolor= | Liberal | |||
| 23 | 1937 | 1938 | 2 | bgcolor= | NPA | |||
| 24 | 1939 | 1940 | 2 | bgcolor= | Independent | |||
| 25 | 1941 | 1946 | 3 | bgcolor= | NPA | |||
| (22) | 1947 | 1947 | bgcolor= | NPA | ||||
| 26 | 1947 | 1948 | bgcolor= | NPA | ||||
| 27 | 1948 | 1950 | 1 | bgcolor= | NPA | |||
| 28 | 1950 | 1958 | 4 | bgcolor= | NPA | |||
| 29 | 1958 | 1962 | 2 | bgcolor= | CVA/NPA | |||
| 30 | 1962 | 1966 | 2 | bgcolor= | NPA | |||
| 31 | 1966 | 1972 | 3 | bgcolor= | Independent | |||
| bgcolor= | NPA | |||||||
| 32 | 1972 | 1976 | 2 | bgcolor= | TEAM | |||
| 33 | 1976 | 1980 | 2 | bgcolor= | TEAM | |||
| bgcolor= | Independent | |||||||
| 34 | 1980 | 1986 | 3 | |||||
| Civic Independents[3] | ||||||||
| 35 | 1986 | 1993 | 3 | bgcolor= | NPA | |||
| 36 | 1993 | 2002 | 3 | bgcolor= | NPA | |||
| 37 | 2002 | 2005 | 1 | bgcolor= | COPE | |||
| 38 | 2005 | 2008 | 1 | bgcolor= | NPA | |||
| 39 | 2008 | 2018 | 3 | bgcolor= | Vision | |||
| 40 | 2018 | 2022 | 1 | bgcolor= | ||||
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| 41 | 2022 | present | 1 | bgcolor= | ABC Vancouver |
Two former mayors, Mike Harcourt and Gordon Campbell, went on to become premier of British Columbia.
George Clark Miller, Sam Sullivan, and James Garden were elected members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia (MLAs) after being mayor. Art Phillips was elected to the Parliament of Canada (MP) in 1979.
Larry Campbell was appointed to the Senate after being mayor.
Gregor Robertson, Charles Douglas, James Lyle Telford, Jonathan Webster Cornett and Charles Edward Tisdall were MLAs prior to becoming mayor. Kennedy Stewart was the New Democratic Party MP for Burnaby South before being elected.
Gerry McGeer was a BC MLA and provincial cabinet minister before becoming mayor of Vancouver and became a Canadian member of Parliament (MP) and senator after having been mayor
