Vancouver byelection to fill 2 council seats set for April 5 – BC [Video]

It’s official: Vancouverites will go to the polls on April 5 in a byelection to fill two vacancies on city council.

The seats became available following the resignations of OneCity Coun. Christine Boyle and Green Coun. Adriane Carr.

Boyle was elected to the legislature in October’s provincial election while Carr said she had lost confidence in the mayor and wanted to spend more time with her family.

The official commencement of the campaign triggered an unusual show of unity from four civic opposition parties, who held a joint press conference Tuesday afternoon.

Representatives from the Green Party, OneCity, Cope and Team for a Livable Vancouver gathered at city hall to call on Elections BC to complete a probe of alleged campaign finance irregularities by ABC Vancouver in the last municipal election.

“We’re not united in any other sense of the word, but we are united on this issue around fairness of the electoral process,” Green Coun. Pete Fry said.

“We are …