Colleen Hardwick

Colleen Hardwick
Vancouver city councillor
In office
November 5, 2018 – November 7, 2022
Personal details
Born (1958-09-17) September 17, 1958 (age 67)
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
PartyTEAM for a Livable Vancouver (2021–present)
Other political
affiliations

Colleen Hardwick is a Canadian politician, media executive and producer in Vancouver, British Columbia, who served on Vancouver City Council from 2018 to 2022. Hardwick is the daughter of former Vancouver alderman Walter Hardwick[1] and the granddaughter of former Vancouver park commissioner Iris Hardwick.[2]

Early career

Hardwick won a 1997 "Forty under 40" award in entrepreneurship from Business in Vancouver.[3]

Hardwick developed MovieSet Inc., a platform to monetize movies under production. The company raised Series A venture capital and won a 2006 Marshall McLuhan Award, but ceased operations in 2011 following the financial crisis[failed verification].[4][5]

In 2010, she founded PlaceSpeak, a location-based civic engagement platform designed to consult with people within specific geographic boundaries.[6] PlaceSpeak received B Corporation certification in 2021.[7]

Political career

Hardwick announced her candidacy for Vancouver City Council in the summer of 2005. She campaigned with the Non-Partisan Association (NPA) against a proposal to use assets from Vancouver's Property Endowment fund to build housing that would not yield a return on the investment, claiming her Vision Vancouver opponents "don't even understand how market housing works."[8] Hardwick was endorsed by Vancouver Sun’s editorial board ahead of the November election.[9] With ten councillors to be elected, she placed thirteenth.[10]

In 2018, again running under the NPA banner, Hardwick came fifth and was elected to the council. On a council with no party majority, she frequently questioned some of the initiatives and policies brought forth, and regularly voiced concerns about what she calls "scope-creep" where the municipal government dedicates resources to issues traditionally in the realm of other levels of government.[11]

Hardwick was elected as a member of the NPA but resigned from that organization in April 2021 to sit as an independent councillor.[12] Five months later, Hardwick announced her affiliation with a new civic party, TEAM for a Livable Vancouver,[13] and on March 13, 2022 was acclaimed as TEAM's mayoral candidate for the 2022 municipal election.[14] Hardwick came in third in the mayoral race with 9.97% of the vote.[15]

While on council, Hardwick sought the establishment of an independent auditor general for Vancouver.[16]

Stance on housing

Hardwick opposes increases in housing supply. She has argued that upzonings and greater density have greatly exacerbated Vancouver's housing affordability crisis, and that increasing revenue through boosted housing supply is akin to a Ponzi scheme.[17]

In 2019, Hardwick voted against allowing a 5-storey apartment building (where one-fifth of the units were below market rates) in Kitsilano, arguing "why are we promoting development to the detriment of our residents?"[18]

In 2022, she voted against a major rezoning plan for the Broadway corridor that permitted 40 storey mixed-use developments near SkyTrain stations, as well as the replacement of older, small 10-unit buildings with 15-20 storey buildings.[19] She argued the added housing supply would lead to increased house prices.[20] During her 2022 election campaign, she campaigned on spending $500 million toward building co-op housing and on creating neighbourhood-specific zoning plans.[20]

In 2023, Hardwick opposed proposals to allow for denser housing developments (such as sixplexes) in Vancouver as unnecessary, saying that "Vancouver already has the possibility for more housing under existing policies," under which almost every lot in the city is already eligible to have a main house, a basement suite and a laneway house on it.[21]

In 2022, as a city councillor during a re-zoning hearing for a 12-tower housing project by MST Development Corporation (a partnership of the Musqueam Indian Band, Squamish Nation and Tsleil-Waututh Nation) on land owned by it and Canada Lands Company (a federal crown corporation), Hardwick questioned the suitably of the height of the buildings, asking "How do you reconcile Indigenous ways of being with 18-storey high-rises?", before ultimately voting in favour of the re-zoning, commenting, "It is moving forward in the exact right direction that reconciliation was intended to be."[22][23]

Electoral record

Vancouver municipal by-election, April 5, 2025: Vancouver City Council
Resignation of Christine Boyle and Adriane Carr
Party Candidate Votes % Elected
COPE Sean Orr 34,448 50.69 Green tickY
OneCity Lucy Maloney 33,732 49.63 Green tickY
TEAM for a Livable Vancouver Colleen Hardwick 17,352 25.53
Green Annette Reilly 15,045 22.14
TEAM for a Livable Vancouver Theodore Abbott 11,581 17.04
ABC Vancouver Jaime Stein 9,267 13.64
ABC Vancouver Ralph Kaisers 8,915 13.12
Independent Jeanifer Decena 652 0.96
Independent Guy Dubé 459 0.68
Independent Karin Litzcke 433 0.64
Independent Rollergirl 404 0.59
Independent Charles Ling 352 0.52
Independent Gerry McGuire 276 0.41
Total number of voters 67,962 100.00
Rejected ballots 0 0.00
Turnout 67,962 15.09
Eligible voters 450,503 –
Percentage of votes shown is percentage of voters who voted, not votes cast.
Source: City of Vancouver[24][25]
2022 Vancouver municipal election: Mayor
Party Candidate Votes % Elected
ABC Vancouver Ken Sim 85,732 50.96 Green tickY
Forward Together Kennedy Stewart (incumbent) 49,593 29.48
TEAM for a Livable Vancouver Colleen Hardwick 16,769 9.97
Progress Vancouver Mark Marissen 5,830 3.47
NPA Fred Harding 3,905 2.32
Independent Leona Brown 1,519 0.9
Independent Ping Chan 1,154 0.69
Independent Françoise Raunet 1,116 0.66
Independent Satwant Shottha 994 0.59
Independent Imtiaz Popat 411 0.24
Independent Lewis Villegas 363 0.22
Independent Mike Hansen 314 0.19
Independent Gölök Buday 195 0.12
Independent Ryan Charmley 183 0.11
Independent Dante Teti 142 0.08
ABC Vancouver gain from Forward Together Swing +11.02[a]
Source: City of Vancouver[26]
  1. ^ Calculated using Ken Sim's and Kennedy Stewart's 2018 results.
2018 Vancouver municipal election: City Council
Party Candidate Votes % Elected
Green (I) Adriane Carr 69,739 39.52 Green tickY
Green Pete Fry 61,806 35.03 Green tickY
NPA (I) Melissa De Genova 53,251 30.18 Green tickY
COPE Jean Swanson 48,865 27.69 Green tickY
NPA Colleen Hardwick 47,747 27.06 Green tickY
Green (O) Michael Wiebe 45,593 25.84 Green tickY
OneCity Christine Boyle 45,455 25.76 Green tickY
NPA (O) Lisa Dominato 44,689 25.33 Green tickY
NPA Rebecca Bligh 44,053 24.97 Green tickY
NPA (O) Sarah Kirby-Yung 43,581 24.70 Green tickY
NPA David Grewal 41,913 23.75
Green David H. Wong 40,887 23.17
Vision (I) Heather Deal 39,529 22.40
COPE Derrick O'Keefe 38,305 21.71
NPA Justin P. Goodrich 37,917 21.49
COPE Anne Roberts 36,531 20.70
OneCity Brandon O. Yan 36,167 20.50
NPA Jojo Quimpo 34,601 19.61
Independent Sarah Blyth 29,456 16.69
Vision Tanya Paz 28,836 16.34
Vision Diego Cardona 27,325 15.49
Vision (O) Catherine Evans 25,124 14.24
Independent (O) Erin Shum 23,331 13.22
Vancouver 1st Ken Low 21,908 12.42
Independent Adrian Crook 17,392 9.86
Vision Wei Q. Zhang 16,734 9.48
Coalition Vancouver Ken Charko 16,366 9.28
Coalition Vancouver James Lin 16,191 9.18
Independent Wade Grant 15,422 8.74
Independent Taqdir K. Bhandal 15,326 8.69
Vancouver 1st Elizabeth Taylor 15,184 8.61
Coalition Vancouver Penny Mussio 14,886 8.44
Yes Vancouver Brinder Bains 13,948 7.90
Yes Vancouver Stephanie Ostler 13,530 7.67
Coalition Vancouver Jason Xie 13,424 7.61
Yes Vancouver Glynnis C. Chan 13,218 7.49
Coalition Vancouver Glen Chernen 13,148 7.45
Coalition Vancouver Morning Li 12,614 7.15
Vancouver 1st Nycki K. Basra 12,133 6.88
Yes Vancouver Jaspreet Virdi 12,124 6.87
Coalition Vancouver Franco Peta 11,193 6.34
Yes Vancouver Phyllis Tang 11,902 6.75
Independent Rob McDowell 11,828 6.70
Independent Penny Noble 11,435 6.48
Independent Graham Cook 11,084 6.28
Vancouver 1st Michelle C. Mollineaux 8,819 5.00
ProVancouver Raza Mirza 8,783 4.98
Vancouver 1st Jesse Johl 8,609 4.88
Independent Barbara Buchanan 8,180 4.64
ProVancouver Breton Crellin 7,856 4.45
Vancouver 1st Elishia Perosa 7,489 4.24
Independent Anastasia Koutalianos 7,469 4.23
Independent Abubakar Khan 7,239 4.10
Vancouver 1st John Malusa 6,597 3.74
Independent Lisa Kristiansen 6,506 3.69
ProVancouver Rohana D. Rezel 6,336 3.59
Independent Françoise Raunet 5,891 3.34
Independent Hamdy El-Rayes 5,381 3.05
Independent Hsin-Chen Fu 5,007 2.84
Independent Justin Caudwell 4,488 2.54
Independent Harry Miedzygorski 4,308 2.44
Independent Gordon T. Kennedy 4,297 2.44
Independent Ashley Hughes 3,965 2.25
Independent Kelly Alm 3,440 1.95
Independent Marlo Franson 3,316 1.88
Independent John Spark 3,287 1.86
Independent Katherine Ramdeen 3,082 1.75
Independent Spike Peachey 2,863 1.62
Independent Larry J. Falls 2,768 1.57
Independent Elke Porter 2,515 1.43
Independent Ted Copeland 1,946 1.10
'(I)' denotes incumbent city councillors.
'(O)' denotes incumbents of other municipal positions.

References

  1. ^ Caddell, Nathan (September 27, 2021). "Inside Colleen Hardwick's Polarizing Path Through Vancouver City Hall". Vancouver Magazine. Retrieved April 16, 2026.
  2. ^ "Colleen Hardwick acclaimed as Vancouver mayoral candidate representing TEAM". Vancouver Sun. March 15, 2022. Retrieved April 16, 2026.
  3. ^ "Business in Vancouver's Forty under 40 winners". Issuu. Business in Vancouver. October 30, 2012. Retrieved April 17, 2026.
  4. ^ "MovieSet raises US$3.5 million financing". Fasken. July 2008.
  5. ^ Swearingen, Jake (July 24, 2008). "MovieSet Inc. piles $1.5 million more for total $5 million in Series A funding". VentureBeat. Retrieved April 16, 2026.
  6. ^ Sinoski, Kelly. “New online survey bridges virtual gaps” The Vancouver Sun 26 October 2012, page 5
  7. ^ "PlaceSpeak Certified as a B Corporation". BC Technology. T-Net. October 21, 2021. Retrieved January 22, 2026.
  8. ^ Bula, Frances. “Southeast False Creek: Pie in sky or timely idea?” The Vancouver Sun 15 November 2005, page 5
  9. ^ ”Vancouver's challenges need cautious custodians” The Vancouver Sun 18 November 2005, page 18
  10. ^ The Province 20 November 2005, page19
  11. ^ Fumano, Dan. “A councillor's quiet protest” The Vancouver Sun 4 July 2019, page 1
  12. ^ Bains, Meera (April 21, 2021). "3 Vancouver NPA councillors quit party to sit as independents". CBC. Retrieved April 16, 2026.
  13. ^ Chan, Cheryl (September 30, 2021). "Vancouver Coun. Colleen Hardwick joins new municipal party". Vancouver Sun. Retrieved April 16, 2026.
  14. ^ Litle, Simon. "Vancouver councillor Colleen Hardwick nominated as TEAM mayoral candidate". Global News.
  15. ^ "2022 Election results". City of Vancouver. Retrieved April 16, 2026.
  16. ^ Fumano, Dan (January 22, 2020). "Vancouver moves closer to creation of independent auditor's office". Vancouver Sun. Retrieved April 16, 2026.
  17. ^ Chan, Kenneth (October 14, 2022). "Why TEAM's Colleen Hardwick takes issue with the "housing supply" solution for affordability". Daily Hive. Retrieved April 16, 2026.
  18. ^ McElroy, Justin (December 18, 2019). "5-storey rental apartment approved for Kitsilano". CBC. Retrieved April 16, 2026.
  19. ^ McElroy, Justin; Lindsay, Bethany (June 22, 2022). "Vancouver city council approves Broadway Plan after long debate". CBC. Retrieved April 16, 2026.
  20. ^ a b McElroy, Justin (October 4, 2022). "Profiling Vancouver's political parties: TEAM Vancouver, led by Colleen Hardwick". CBC. Retrieved April 16, 2026.
  21. ^ Bula, Frances (July 26, 2023). "Vancouver votes to hold public hearing on zoning proposal". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved April 16, 2026.
  22. ^ Chan, Kenneth (June 3, 2022). "Vancouver City Council approves Indigenous-owned Heather Lands development with 2,600 homes". Daily Hive. Retrieved April 16, 2026.
  23. ^ Cyca, Michelle (March 11, 2024). "Vancouver's new mega-development is big, ambitious and undeniably Indigenous". Maclean's.
  24. ^ "2025 by-election official results". City of Vancouver. Retrieved April 6, 2025.
  25. ^ "Declaration of 2025 Official By-election Results" (PDF). City of Vancouver. April 9, 2025. Retrieved April 9, 2025.
  26. ^ "2022 Election results - list view". results.vancouver.ca. City of Vancouver. Retrieved June 8, 2025.

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