Forward Together

Forward Together is a municipal political party in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The party was led by then-Vancouver mayor Kennedy Stewart through the 2022 municipal election, which he lost to Ken Sim. History In government Kennedy Stewart was elected mayor as an independent in the 2018 Vancouver municipal election, presiding over 10 councillors elected from four different parties. Though he pledged to work co-operatively with councillors, ensuing policy disagreements with other parties prompted Stewart to form his own organization in 2020, initially called Team Kennedy Stewart. In April 2022, the party rebranded as "Forward Together with Kennedy Stewart". With Stewart seeking re-election as mayor in the 2022 Vancouver municipal election, Forward Together announced its first three council candidates in June 2022, and another three candidates by September 2022. 2022 election The party aimed to elect a "progressive majority" to city council, which, as elected in 2018, was evenly divided between the centre-right/right-wing Non-Partisan Association (NPA) and the centre-left/left-wing Greens, OneCity, and COPE. Forward Together stated it would run up to six council candidates, leaving room for other centre-left parties to elect their own councillors.