AFTER After more than a decade of dedicated public service, Green Party councilor Adriane Carr announced her resignation from Vancouver City Council on Wednesday, effective immediately.
Carr was first elected as Vancouver's first Green Party councilor in 2011. Since then, she has been re-elected three times, topped the polls twice (2014 and 2018) and is Vancouver's longest-serving city councillor. Carr's influence on Vancouver politics is immeasurable and her legacy is enshrined in city bylaws, said a statement from the Vancouver Green Party.
During her tenure, Carr championed issues such as climate action, affordable housing and transparency in government. Carr's accomplishments include motions that led to the development of the Vancouver Plan (Vancouver's first city-wide plan that includes “full neighborhoods” and the reallocation of neighborhood streets for resident use), Council's COVID Recovery Committee, water quality protection for recreational activities and rapid implementation City-led zero-emission construction projects, increasing the city's tree canopy, reducing food waste, promoting green roofs, increasing protections for renters in Broadway Plan Areas, Providing Electricity Waste for the Film The industry is seeking siting so it can eliminate the use of diesel generators, and providing capital funding for greenhouse gas reductions (which began with retrofitting public libraries with refrigeration to help with to create safe places of refuge for the public in extreme heat).
She also played a critical role in the development of the Vancouver Climate Emergency Action Plan and the UNDRIP (United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples) Implementation Plan, and pursued a joint pilot project with Vancouver International Airport and the United Nations as her final application in December 2024 BC Non-Profit Housing Association, which could offer YVR passengers the opportunity to purchase carbon offsets that make energy retrofits more affordable for older ones Residential buildings would be used.
Carr also served on Metro Vancouver's Board of Directors and chaired Metro's Climate Action Committee from 2018 to 2022, where he helped develop the region's 2050 Climate Plan. She also served as the city's inaugural representative at Metro Vancouver's Zero Emissions Innovation Centre, helping to establish the center as a leader in supporting industry transformation in climate-smart buildings and urban decarbonization.
Carr's decision comes after much thought and a desire to spend more time with her family. Although Carr no longer holds elected office, she will continue her lifelong commitment to climate action and green politics, working alongside her husband, Paul George.
With Carr stepping down from city council, the Vancouver Green Party will now release nominations for candidates to fill her seat in the upcoming by-election. “We are committed to finding a strong candidate who will carry on Adriane’s legacy and ensure the Greens’ voices continue to have a strong presence on the city council,” said Greens chief executive Nick Poppell. Interested individuals are asked to submit their resume and letter of intent to candidate@vangreens.ca. The deadline for nomination applications is January 21st.
“It is so important that people vote in this by-election and elect a Green colleague to replace me and work alongside Pete Fry,” Carr said.
A celebration of Carr's contribution to Vancouver will be held on Feb. 7, the party said.
