[Millennium2002]

The LVSP wasn't a disaster. In some places it did work. The only problem is that the region can make policies all it wants but it still has to rely on the cities to get them through... and some of the municipalities (like Surrey, Delta, Langley, Maple Ridge, Pitt Meadows, Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam) just kept growing their suburbs while others complied... which led to its complete downfall around the mid 2000s.

Phil McAvity, democracy says that a majority of the population that voted elected these officials.... which means either one of these happened:
A) the other people had less votes or were less popular or didn't make themselves well known
B) all the people who would have voted for these people didn't vote