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Alan Lowe (born July 26, 1961, in Victoria, British Columbia) is a Canada|Canadian politician. He is the mayor of Victoria, British Columbia, and was elected to this position in 1999.

In 1982 Lowe earned a Bachelor's Degree in Environmental Studies from the University of Manitoba, and in 1985 he earned a Master's Degree in Architecture from the University of Oregon.

He is one of only a handful of mayors of Victoria who were actually born and raised in the city, and was the first mayor of Asian heritage to be elected. At 38 years old he was also one of the youngest candidates ever to win the mayoral election.

In 1999 Alan Lowe managed to win a hard fought three way race versus Bob Friedland of the Victoria Civic Electors on the left and veteran right wing councilor Geoff Young.

1999 Election Results

• Alan LOWE 7,080 43.59%

• Bob FRIEDLAND 5,626 34.64%

• Geoff YOUNG 3,076 18.94%

The accepted opinion in the next election was that Lowe was unassailable and therefore no serious candidates chose to challenge him. He won handily won the 2002 election (61.65% of the popular vote) against a number of opponents, including Ben Isitt, who was then a 24-year-old master's student at the University of Victoria who did remarkably well.

Lowe's second term in office included the completion of a new multi-purpose facility, which has seen over 500,000 visitors since it opened in 2005. Originally promised by his predecessor Robert Cross|Bob Cross, there have been some doubts expressed by one local media outlet, namely the editorial board of a weekly publication Monday Magazine. During construction on the arena, there was some controversy related to the fact that the project was a partnership with a private sector contractor, in addition to some construction delays.

Alan Lowe is seeking re-election in 2005 and facing Ben Isitt again. No one expects Lowe to have much difficulty in being reelected.

See also List of mayors of Victoria, British Columbia.

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Last Modified:   2005-11-07