Vancouver Liberal Electors Association

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The '''Vancouver Liberal Electors Association,<ref>https://www.biv.com/news/economy-law-politics/vancouver-has-a-new-civic-party-the-vancouver-liberals-kareem-allam-10902406</ref>''' commonly known as '''Vancouver Liberals''', is a municipal [[political party]] in [[Vancouver]] British Columbia, Canada. It is not affiliated with both the provincial [[BC United]] or the federal [[Liberal Party of Canada]].<ref>https://www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/video/2025/07/04/new-political-party-launched-in-vancouver/</ref><ref>https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/ken-sim-defamation-lawsuit-1.7542942</ref>

The '''Vancouver Liberal Electors Association,<ref>https://www.biv.com/news/economy-law-politics/vancouver-has-a-new-civic-party-the-vancouver-liberals-kareem-allam-10902406</ref>''' commonly known as '''Vancouver Liberals''', is a municipal [[political party]] in [[Vancouver]] British Columbia, Canada. It is not affiliated with either the provincial [[BC United]] or the federal [[Liberal Party of Canada]].<ref>https://www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/video/2025/07/04/new-political-party-launched-in-vancouver/</ref><ref>https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/ken-sim-defamation-lawsuit-1.7542942</ref>

The party was founded by political strategist and staffer Kareem Allam, the former chief of staff to [[ABC Vancouver]] leader [[Ken Sim]].<ref>https://thebreaker.news/news/kareem-allam-explores-mayoralty-run/</ref> He left his role in Sim's mayoral office in February 2023, following a dispute with the mayor.<ref>https://www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/article/vancouver-mayors-former-chief-of-staff-businessman-deny-defamation-allegations/</ref> Allam was also the campaign manager for [[Erin O’Toole]] and [[Kevin Falcon]]'s respective party leadership campaigns.<ref>https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/kareem-allam-mayor-vancouver-bid-2026</ref> Sim filed a lawsuit against Allam in 2025 over alleged defamatory comments that claimed he had been pulled over by police for driving under the influence and used his position as mayor to cover it up. Allam announced that he will be the party's candidate for mayor in the 2026 municipal election. He had previously endorsed the [[BC NDP]] in the [[2024 British Columbia general election|2024 provincial election]], describing himself as an opponent of [[Trumpism]] and a supporter of big-tent political parties.<ref>https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/vancouver-mayor-ken-sim-former-chief-of-staff-kareem-allam-starts-new-political-party</ref><ref>https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/10/14/Key-BC-Liberal-Strategist-Voting-NDP/</ref>

The party was founded by political strategist and staffer Kareem Allam, the former chief of staff to [[ABC Vancouver]] leader [[Ken Sim]].<ref>https://thebreaker.news/news/kareem-allam-explores-mayoralty-run/</ref> He left his role in Sim's mayoral office in February 2023, following a dispute with the mayor.<ref>https://www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/article/vancouver-mayors-former-chief-of-staff-businessman-deny-defamation-allegations/</ref> Allam was also the campaign manager for [[Erin O’Toole]] and [[Kevin Falcon]]'s respective party leadership campaigns.<ref>https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/kareem-allam-mayor-vancouver-bid-2026</ref> Sim filed a lawsuit against Allam in 2025 over alleged defamatory comments that claimed he had been pulled over by police for driving under the influence and used his position as mayor to cover it up. Allam announced that he will be the party's candidate for mayor in the 2026 municipal election. He had previously endorsed the [[BC NDP]] in the [[2024 British Columbia general election|2024 provincial election]], describing himself as an opponent of [[Trumpism]] and a supporter of big-tent political parties.<ref>https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/vancouver-mayor-ken-sim-former-chief-of-staff-kareem-allam-starts-new-political-party</ref><ref>https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/10/14/Key-BC-Liberal-Strategist-Voting-NDP/</ref>