Edward Charles Kennedy Stewart (born November 8, 1966) is a Canadian politician and academic serving as the 40th and current mayor of Vancouver since 2018.
He previously was the member of Parliament (MP) for the riding of Burnaby—Douglas (2011–2015) and Burnaby South (2015–2018), serving in the House of Commons as a member of the New Democratic Party (NDP) caucus.In May 2018, Stewart announced his pending resignation from Parliament, in order to seek election as Mayor of Vancouver as an independent candidate.
In August 2018, he publicly released his letter to the Speaker of House, Geoff Regan, confirming his resignation, effective September 14, 2018.
During the 2018 Vancouver municipal election, Stewart was declared the winner of the mayoral race by a margin of fewer than 1,000 votes over Ken Sim, the Non-Partisan Association (NPA) candidate.