WATCH: Pete Fry elected mayor of Vancouver

Pete Fry has been elected mayor of Vancouver.

The Vancouver Greens candidate bested challengers Kareem Allam, Rebecca Bligh, Colleen Hardwick, and incumbent Ken Sim to secure the city's top job.

In his victory speech, Fry emphasized his commitment to cooperation.

"We have an amazing city, and we're so lucky to live here," he said. "Yeah we have some problems but what city doesn't have problems. I think the reality is how to face those problems and how to face them together."

Fry gave shoutouts to his competitors, and said he "look[s] forward to working with each and everyone of them to digest some of their ideas." He then turned his attention to his diverse new city council

"There are some great people who’ve been elected tonight," he said. "I am really excited to work with all of them and put aside any partisan issues because at the end of the day, we're going to have a council that's working for Vancouver."

When asked by Sitka Media what his top priority is, Fry said "opening up the budget."

"We've not had a lot of transparency in our budgets," he lamented, "and I’d like to see that change."

More to come...