Incumbent Mayor Gregor Robertson sought re-election with the Vision Vancouver Party,[2] which swept the 2011 election when it elected him and all of the party's city council, park board and school board candidates.

The Non-Partisan Association (NPA) came into the election as the second largest party in Vancouver, with two city councillors, two park board commissioners, and one school trustee.

The NPA team gained ground electing three councillors, four park board commissioners, and four school trustees.

These included Olympic bronze medal winning swimmer Brent Hayden as a park board commissioner candidate, and two incumbent school board trustees Ken Denike, and Sophia Woo, who had been expelled from the NPA in June.

Ten candidates sought election to the position of mayor; four were affiliated with a political party and six were independents.

Incumbent mayor Gregor Robertson of Vision Vancouver was re-elected for a third straight term.

All ten incumbent councillors sought re-election: seven from Vision Vancouver, two from the NPA, and one from the Green Party.

Are you in favour of Council having the authority, without further assent of the electors, to pass bylaws between January 1, 2015, and December 31, 2018, to borrow an aggregate $58,200,000 for the following purposes?

Are you in favour of Council having the authority, without further assent of the electors, to pass bylaws between January 1, 2015, and December 31, 2018, to borrow an aggregate $95,700,000 for the following purposes?

Are you in favour of Council having the authority, without further assent of the electors, to pass bylaws between January 1, 2015, and December 31, 2018, to borrow an aggregate $81,100,000 for the following purposes?