Kirk LaPointe

He was the Non-Partisan Association's candidate for Mayor of Vancouver in 2014 and was publisher and editor-in-chief of Glacier Media from 2020 to 2024. He did not stand in the 2026 Vancouver mayoral election; he is a candidate for Mayor of West Vancouver.

Career

LaPointe was born on 12 December 1957 in Toronto and earned a journalism degree at Ryerson. From 1980 he worked at The Canadian Press, where he was a parliamentary reporter and columnist until 1995. He hosted on CBC Newsworld at its 1989 launch, was founding executive editor of the National Post, edited the Hamilton Spectator from 1999, served as CBC ombudsman from 2010 and led Glacier Media's newsroom from 2020 to 2024. As the Non-Partisan Association's nominee in 2014 he took 40 per cent (73,443 votes) in Vancouver, behind Gregor Robertson's 46 per cent.

Positions

His campaign for West Vancouver mayor, announced on 30 March 2026, centres on financial discipline, including a pledge to review spending within 30 days, more consultation before major projects, and gentle densification, more seniors housing and better mobility services. Wikipedia lists him as a Conservative Electors Association candidate, a party it places centre-right to right-wing.

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