The Honourable Larry W. Campbell, MBA (born February 28, 1948, in Brantford, Ontario) is the outgoing Mayor of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada and a Member of the Canadian Senate. Larry Campbell File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... The prefix The Honourable or The Honorable ( or formerly The Honble) is a title of quality attached to the names of certain classes of persons. ... Master of Business Administration (MBA) is a tertiary degree in business management. ... February 28 is the 59th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1948 (MCMXLVIII) is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Brantford (2001 population 86,417)[1] is a city located on the Grand River in southwestern Ontario, Canada. ... A mayor (from the Latin maīor, meaning larger,greater) is the politician who serves as chief executive official of some types of municipalities. ... This article refers to the city in British Columbia, Canada. ... The Senate (French: Sénat) is a component of the Parliament of Canada, which also includes the Sovereign (represented by the Governor General) and the House of Commons. ...

Election

Campbell was elected in 2002 under the banner of the left-wing Coalition of Progressive Electors party. He was the city's first Mayor to be elected from the party. 2002 (MMII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Coalition of Progressive Electors (COPE) is a municipal political party in the Canadian city of Vancouver, British Columbia. ...

Much of Campbell's success with voters was attributed to his charismatic personalty and colorful background. As the city's former chief coroner, his life inspired a popular drama on the CBC called Da Vinci's Inquest (later followed by a spin-off, Da Vinci's City Hall. He was also dubbed the "Dapper Mayor" for his penchant for wearing fedora hats and long overcoats. His personality contrasted greatly with his predecessor, Philip Owen, who was seen by many as being quite stiff and boring. A coroner is the presiding officer of a special court to investigate deaths that occur under unusual circumstances where conventional criminal proceedings are not immediately called for. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), a Canadian crown corporation, is the countrys national radio and television broadcaster. ... Da Vincis Inquest is a Canadian dramatic television series, which aired on the CBC from 1998 to 2005. ... Da Vincis City Hall is a Canadian dramatic television series, which premiered on CBC on 25 October 2005. ... A fedora, which in this case has been pinched at the front and being worn pushed back on the head, with the front of the brim bent down over the eyes. ... Philip Owen was the mayor of Vancouver, British Columbia from 1993 to 2003, making him one of Vancouvers longest serving mayors. ...

Campbell was also popular for his opposition to the provincial government, led by BC premier Gordon Campbell (no relation). Mayor Campbell sought to undermine the premier's eagerness to host the 2010 Winter Olympics by holding a city-wide referendum on the bid. The mayor felt that the people needed a say about the Olympics, and since Gordon Campbell refused a provincial-wide referendum, Vancouver was only allowed to hold a non-binding, city-wide plebiscite. Though Mayor Campbell had originally portrayed himself as critical of the bid, he eventually joined the "yes" side and began actively campaigning for it. The "yes" side ultimately won the vote, but only after a long and often highly polarized debate. His decision to "flip-flop" on the issue received widespread criticism, and this reflected his "go with the flow" attitude throughout his term. For the recipient of the Victoria Cross, see Gordon Campbell, VC For the Scottish Conservative politician, see Gordon Campbell, Baron Campbell of Croy The Honourable Gordon Muir Campbell, BA, MBA, MLA, (born January 12, 1948) is the current Premier of British Columbia. ... The 2010 Winter Olympics, known formally as the XXI Olympic Winter Games, will be held in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. ... A referendum (plural: referendums or referenda) or plebiscite is a direct vote in which an entire electorate is asked to either accept or reject a particular proposal. ... A referendum (plural: referendums or referenda) or plebiscite is a direct vote in which an entire electorate is asked to either accept or reject a particular proposal. ...

Mayor

Campbell has publicly identified himself as a moderate centrist. His political positions have put him in conflict with some of the more left-leaning members of his Coalition of Progressive Electors party who had expected Campbell to take the city's government in a more radical direction once elected. In politics, centrism usually refers to the political ideal of promoting moderate policies which land in the middle ground between different political extremes. ... The Coalition of Progressive Electors (COPE) is a municipal political party in the Canadian city of Vancouver, British Columbia. ...

Shortly after Campbell's election, infighting broke out within his COPE party between the moderate Mayor and his like-minded city councilors versus some of their further left colleagues. On December 14, 2004, Campbell and councilors Jim Green, Raymond Louie and Tim Stevenson announced that they would caucus separately from the other COPE councilors, although did not quit the party. The media quickly dubbed the bloc the "COPE-light" councilors. A city council is the most common style of legislative government in a city or town. ... The examples and perspective in this article do not represent a worldwide view. ... December 14 is the 348th day of the year (349th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jim Green MA, BA is a university professor of anthropology. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Tim Stevenson is a Canadian politician and United Church reverend. ... A caucus is most generally defined as being a meeting of supporters or members of a political party or movement. ...

Campbell's main project in office was the establishment of a safe injection site to help curb Vancouver's injection drug problem. He had championed the idea of a "four pillars" approach to ending drug abuse, consisting of law enforcement, prevention, treatment, and safety. Safe injection sites, also known colloquially as shooting galleries, are places for intravenous injectors of illegal drugs to use their drugs in a controlled and monitored environment. ...

In 2005 the Mayor announced that he would run for a second term as an independent, however on June 30, 2005, Campbell changed his mind and decided that he would not run for re-election at all in the fall municipal elections that year. 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... June 30 is the 181st day of the year (182nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 184 days remaining, and the last day of June. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

On August 2, 2005, Prime Minister Paul Martin announced Campbell's appointment as a Liberal Senator. Campbell completed his term as mayor before taking up his seat in the Senate of Canada. Critics condemned Campbell's acceptance of the Senate post as hypocritical, as the Mayor had previously cited the fact that he was "not a politician" as a key reason for leaving his job at City Hall. The Canadian Senate has likewise often been widely criticized by politicians as being an undemocratic, elitist institution. August 2 is the 214th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (215th in leap years), with 151 days remaining. ... The Prime Minister of Canada (French: Premier ministre du Canada), the head of the Government of Canada, is usually the leader of the political party with the most seats in the Canadian House of Commons. ... The Right Honourable Paul Edgar Philippe Martin, PC, MP, BA, LLB (born August 28, 1938 in Windsor, Ontario) is the Prime Minister of Canada. ... The Liberal Party of Canada (French: Parti libéral du Canada) is Canadas principal centrist political party. ... The Senate of Canada is the upper house of the Parliament of Canada. ...

The appointment of Larry Campbell as a senator has been labelled political payback after Larry Campbell urged voters to re-elect the corruption-plagued Liberal government in 2004. Likewise, it is also possible that Martin wanted to ensure Campbell did not run against his party as an MP for the centre-left NDP in the federal election expected in the fall of 2005 (now scheduled for Jan 23, 2006).

Controversy

Campbell enjoyed wide-spread popularity with the public during his time as mayor of Vancouver, but showed little patience for the detailed creation of civic government policy. In addition, as noted above, although being the candidate for COPE (Coalition of Progressive Electors), he had no history of association with that party, and after his election, had conflicts with the more left-wing elements of COPE. Although COPE controlled, for the first time in Vancouver history, most of the seats on the Vancouver city council, it became clear that not all COPE members shared common views with the Mayor.

As also noted above, the cornerstone of his platform was to pursue the "four pillars" approach to Vancouver's drug addiction problem, and in particular to create a safe injection site on the Downtown Eastside, a region that would be called skid row in other cities, but is also a centre of civic political activism in Vancouver. In this respect, the voters of the city were largely united in their opinion that this idea deserved to be tried.

The need to try a safe-injection site

• The east-Hastings (downtown eastside) proposed location of the site was originally the centre of the city but fast achieving international fame as a trouble spot
• All other approaches to the problem over a period of 40 years, from either a social justice or law-enforcement point of view had had no proven success
• Larry Campbell both a former policeman and former Coroner
• The previous mayor, Philip Owen, had visited many cities in Europe with similar problems and concluded that this approach was suited to Vancouver

A bane on all Vancouver councils in recent years has been the fate of the former Woodwards department store building, now a boarded up heritage building. Its redevelopment in universally seen as necessary before the decaying part of city it occupies, located between the current downtown core and the downtown eastside, can be more generally redeveloped and prevent the world from seeing an urban dystopian landscape when the Winter Olympics are held in Vancouver in 2010.

While it was a minority on council, COPE councillors had always put pressure on Vancouver council to insist that the building be redeveloped as social housing. Various deals to redevelop the building over the past 10 years have stumbled on this point.

Similarly, a high profile earlier social housing experiment, Vancouver's False Creek development, requires extension to accommodate the 2010 Olympic Village, and social activists are afraid that the resulting housing complex will make the entire region out of the price range of elderly and other disadvantaged people for whom the False Creek development was originally created 30 years ago.

The city's policy towards street crime and beggars has also been criticized, with a marked increase in "hobos" over the past 3 years, spreading throughout the city. It is unclear of the source of this increase, but it has tourism officials concerned as well as local residents, particularly those in the more affluent West and Southwest parts of the city.

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External link

• 'COPE Lite' to form own caucus (Vancouver Sun)
• Synopsis of federal political experience from the Library of Parliament
• CityMayors article