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'We got our butts handed to us:' ABC Vancouver pledges to learn from byelection defeat

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ABC Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim is pledging to “do better” and heed the message sent by voters after his party suffered its first electoral defeat in Saturday ’s byelection.

“The last thing we want to do is have a city that is divided, or people feel that they’re not being heard,” Sim says.

ABC campaign strategist Stephen Carter says ABC needs to heed “the message that was sent by the electorate” Carter says he has some thoughts about how ABC should shift between now and general election.

COPE candidate Sean Orr and Lucy Maloney won decisively over the weekend capturing 34,448 and 33,732 votes.

Orr said the byelection was a “referendum on Ken Sim and his leadership” Maloney said she heard during the campaign from many voters who supported ABC in 2022 because they liked their platform, but feel “betrayed and disappointed” by the party since they took office.

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