Bruce Yorke

Gregory Bruce Yorke (December 10, 1924 – December 5, 2015) was a housing activist and city councillor in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Vancouver Tenants Council Yorke was key in establishing the Vancouver Tenants Council, which was an organization of tenants that performed direct economic action against landlords and lobbied the provincial government. Between the years of 1968 and 1978 they fought and won the right for tenants to vote in municipal elections. In the early 1970s, Yorke was the "main voice and organizer for tenants". The Coalition of Progressive Electors