VANCOUVER—Voters in British Columbia ushered in a wave of sweeping political change throughout the province in municipal elections Saturday that saw new mayors elected in Vancouver and Surrey and other major communities.
Vancouver businessman Ken Sim defeated Vancouver Mayor Kennedy Stewart, posting an overwhelming victory after losing the mayor’s race to Stewart in 2018 by less than 1,000 votes.
Sim, 63, paid tribute to his immigrant parents in an acceptance speech that noted the historic election of Vancouver’s first Chinese−Canadian mayor.
“The path to get here was incredibly long,” said Sim. “One hundred and thirty−five years after the first Chinese head tax was paid just for the right to come here and work on building a railway, Vancouver has elected its first Chinese mayor.”…