Art Phillips
Art Phillips (born 1930) served as mayor of
Under Phillips' mayoral leadership, the city of Vancouver took a more cautious approach to real estate and related development and ensured that environmental and quality-of-life concerns were addressed by city planners.
Phillips was elected to the Parliament of Canada in 1979 as a Liberal, but was defeated the following year in his bid for re-election. After Phillips' defeat, he returned to private life at his investment firm. By 2007, Phillips, Hager & North had become a leading investment firm on the west coast, with over $66 billion of assets under management.
His wife, Carole Taylor, served as a Vancouver alderman in the 1980s and then as chair of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. In the 2005 British Columbia election she won election to the British Columbia Legislative Assembly as a Liberal and was subsequently appointed Minister of Finance in Gordon Campbell's cabinet.
See also: List of Mayors of Vancouver.
| Preceded by Tom Campbell |
Mayor of
Vancouver 1973–1977 |
Succeeded by Jack Volrich |
| Preceded by Ron Basford |
Member of Parliament for Vancouver
Centre 1979-1980 |
Succeeded by Pat Carney |
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