Is there any regional bias to the Vancouver election candidates? I took the postal codes from the candidates nomination papers and mapped them.

Here are a few interesting tidbits I noticed.

• NPA mayoral candidate Kirk LaPointe lives on the UBC Endowment Lands, so he can’t actually vote for himself (a detail the Straight already noticed).
• For the main parties, their heaviest concentration of candidates are in the same areas their supporters live, unsurprisingly.
• Vision and COPE’s candidates are mostly from Kitsilano and East Vancouver.
• The majority of the NPA’s candidates are from the west-side (12), only 4 are from East Van, and 4 are from the downtown peninsula.
• Vancouver 1st is running 12 candidates, evenly spread out throughout the city, though none are from the downtown peninsula.
• The vast majority of the independent candidates live in East Van, including a number from the DTES.
• For comparison, I also mapped the candidates during the 2011 election.

Mayor and City Councillors

Park Commissioners and School Trustees