Vancouver mayor-elect Pete Fry to campaign with B.C. Greens Leader Emily Lowan

B.C. Greens Leader Emily Lowan is getting campaign help from Vancouver’s mayor-elect, Pete Fry. Fry won a landslide victory in the municipal election last weekend, defeating Mayor Ken Sim. ABC Vancouver elected just one councillor, Mike Klassen, and lost its supermajority. Lowan’s itinerary lists a 1 p.m. media availability with Fry at Mermaid Park in Sidney, B.C. The provincial election was only days away when this story was published.

Daily Hive Urbanized spoke with Fry about joining Lowan’s campaign. “I’m flying out to support Emily and do a little door knocking with Emily today and probably go out and support Jeremy Valeriote,” he said. Fry said he would not campaign or endorse a party from the City of Vancouver’s perspective. He served on council for eight years and has worked with most of the incumbent MLAs running with the BC NDP, with whom he has a good working relationship. “I certainly wouldn’t want to jeopardize that,” he said. Fry described Lowan and Valeriote as Greens he has worked with and feels comfortable supporting. He said Lowan brings a “fantastic vision” for the province.

Lowan posted in celebration last month after Fry won the people’s primary, becoming the progressive candidate for Vancouver mayor on behalf of COPE, OneCity and the Green Party of Vancouver. In September, she wrote: “The energy of this moment must not be wasted. The goal is clear — on Oct. 17, Vancouver will evict Ken Sim.”

The B.C. Greens have campaigned vigorously despite poor polling. In recent weeks, the party has announced several proposals, including government-run grocery stores. Yesterday, it also announced a plan to strengthen B.C.’s brewing economy. Green candidate David Evans said, “We have punished the local brewers who make the delicious beers and ciders we all enjoy.” A party release said B.C.’s “beer markup system” penalizes small breweries as they grow, while larger companies receive more than $9 million in annual rebates.

The Greens have also pledged commercial rent controls to help small businesses stay open. Lowan said earlier this week: “Small businesses are at the heart of our communities. They’re where we meet to celebrate good news, to get gifts for our loved ones, and find our first jobs. But too often, government has prioritized the profits of multinational corporations over the survival of small businesses.”

Fry is scheduled to be sworn in as mayor on Nov. 2, 2026. The article said it would be updated if anything notable came from that day’s media availability with Lowan and Fry.