--- title: "Scott MacDonald: candidate for MLA in Vancouver-West End, BC provincial 2026 | voche.me" canonical_url: "https://voche.me/bc/provincial-2026/candidates/scott-macdonald" last_updated: "2026-10-10T04:05:06.032Z" meta: description: "Scott MacDonald is the BC Green Party candidate in Vancouver-West End. The party lists him as Donald Scott MacDonald and says he is a doctor who retired in..." "og:description": "Scott MacDonald is the BC Green Party candidate in Vancouver-West End. The party lists him as Donald Scott MacDonald and says he is a doctor who retired in..." "og:title": "Scott MacDonald: candidate for MLA in Vancouver-West End, BC provincial 2026" "twitter:description": "Scott MacDonald is the BC Green Party candidate in Vancouver-West End. The party lists him as Donald Scott MacDonald and says he is a doctor who retired in..." "twitter:title": "Scott MacDonald: candidate for MLA in Vancouver-West End, BC provincial 2026" --- ** MLA in Vancouver-West End · BC provincial 2026 # Scott MacDonald BC Green Party candidate for MLA in Vancouver-West End, and a retired Vancouver doctor who ran for the federal Green Party in Vancouver Centre in 2025. Scott MacDonald is the BC Green Party candidate in Vancouver-West End. The party lists him as Donald Scott MacDonald and says he is a doctor who retired in 2026 after working in downtown Vancouver since 2004, with a focus on addiction care. In the 2025 federal election he ran for the Green Party of Canada in Vancouver Centre and received 757 votes (1.4 percent), according to Elections Canada. His party page says he is running for accessible health care, safe neighbourhoods, a strong economy and a sustainable future. Explore the record Public schedule Researched by voche.me · Not a campaign-authored page BC Green Party2026 ![Scott MacDonald, from the BC Green Party candidate page.](https://voche.me/bc/provincial-2026/images/candidates/scott-macdonald-640.webp) *Scott MacDonaldMLAv.* [Image: BC Green Party](https://bcgreens.ca/candidates-2026/donald-scott-macdonald/) Candidate research / October 2, 2026 A researched record of Scott MacDonald's 2026 candidacy in Vancouver-West End for the BC Green Party. His 2026 statements come from the party's candidate page. voche.me found no elected office in his record on 2026-10-02, so it found no voting record to review. **14**Commitments **1**Programs **1**News articles **12**Sources Public schedule / Through election day ## Where can you hear Scott MacDonald? No public appearance by the candidate after 2026-10-02 was confirmed on that date. The party's candidate page lists no upcoming events. The two voting dates come from Elections BC. Checked October 2, 2026 · All event times are Pacific time. Recheck the organizer before travelling. - [2026 provincial election: key dates](https://elections.bc.ca/2026-provincial-election/)Official record · Elections BC
View every date through Oct 24 1. Oct 9No appearance confirmed 2. Oct 10No appearance confirmed 3. Oct 11No appearance confirmed 4. Oct 12No appearance confirmed 5. Oct 13No appearance confirmed 6. Oct 14No appearance confirmed 7. Oct 15No appearance confirmed 8. Oct 16Voting day 9. Oct 17No appearance confirmed 10. Oct 18No appearance confirmed 11. Oct 19No appearance confirmed 12. Oct 20No appearance confirmed 13. Oct 21No appearance confirmed 14. Oct 22No appearance confirmed 15. Oct 23No appearance confirmed 16. Oct 24Voting day
### Voting dates - Oct 16Advance voting opens - Oct 24Final Voting Day At official British Columbia voting places. These dates apply to every voter and are not candidate appearances. [Find your voting place](https://elections.bc.ca/2026-provincial-election/where-to-vote/) - [2026 provincial election: key dates](https://elections.bc.ca/2026-provincial-election/)Official record · Elections BC On dates without a confirmed appearance the public schedule is unknown; the candidate may still have activities that day. This static page changes only when its research is updated. 01 / Introduction ## About Scott MacDonald Elections BC lists Scott MacDonald as the BC Green Party candidate in Vancouver-West End. The BC Green Party's candidate page uses the full name Donald Scott MacDonald. The copy of the Elections BC list voche.me read, stamped October 1, 2026 11:00:06 PM, shows one other accepted candidate in the district: Spencer Chandra Herbert of the BC NDP. The party's candidate page says he is a recently retired doctor who lives in downtown Vancouver. It says he worked as a family doctor in Vancouver from 2004 until he retired in 2026, with a focus on addiction care, and that he earlier ran Casey House Hospice in Toronto as its medical director, worked in HIV programs at St. Paul's Hospital and the Wellesley Hospital, gave care in northern Manitoba and Nunavut, and worked as a doctor with the Canadian military in Halifax. The page says he holds a science degree from Mount Allison University and a medical degree from Dalhousie University. voche.me has not checked these facts with the medical licensing body, the hospitals or the universities. Elections Canada's official results show that Scott MacDonald ran for the Green Party of Canada in Vancouver Centre on April 28, 2025, and received 757 votes, 1.4 percent of the vote. Hedy Fry of the Liberal Party won the seat with 29,855 votes. The party's 2026 page says he ran in that race, which ties the two candidacies to one person. voche.me searched the 2024 statement of votes for his surname and found no entry for him. In 2024 Vancouver-West End was won by Spencer Chandra Herbert of the BC NDP with 13,143 votes (63.01 percent). The BC Green candidate that year, Eoin O'Dwyer, received 1,893 votes (9.08 percent). Read the sources Promises / Commitments and evidence ## Commitments and the available evidence. Published positions and selected commitments, separated by election cycle. Status labels describe the evidence reviewed, not a numerical score or a complete audit of the platform. Council approval is different from delivery. 14 commitments shown · Checked Oct 2 2026 · Public servicesCampaign pledge ### Accessible health care His candidate page says he is running with a focus on accessible health care. It says his work in addiction care and patient advocacy shaped this.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The candidate page is written by the party about him. It names no measure, number, cost or date.
What still needs checking
Which change in health care or addiction care would he push for first?
- [Candidate page: Donald Scott MacDonald](https://bcgreens.ca/candidates-2026/donald-scott-macdonald/)Campaign · BC Green Party 2026 · Public safetyCampaign pledge ### Safe neighbourhoods His candidate page says he is running with a focus on safe neighbourhoods.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The candidate page is written by the party about him. It names no measure, number, cost or date.
What still needs checking
What does he mean by safe neighbourhoods, and which provincial measure does he support?
- [Candidate page: Donald Scott MacDonald](https://bcgreens.ca/candidates-2026/donald-scott-macdonald/)Campaign · BC Green Party 2026 · EconomyCampaign pledge ### A strong economy His candidate page says he is running with a focus on a strong economy.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The candidate page is written by the party about him. It names no measure, number, cost or date.
What still needs checking
Which economic measure does he support?
- [Candidate page: Donald Scott MacDonald](https://bcgreens.ca/candidates-2026/donald-scott-macdonald/)Campaign · BC Green Party 2026 · ClimateCampaign pledge ### A cleaner province and a sustainable future His candidate page quotes him saying the tools exist to make British Columbia cleaner, safer and more inclusive, and says he is running with a focus on a sustainable future for the next generation.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The candidate page is written by the party about him. It names no measure, number, cost or date.
What still needs checking
Which climate or environment measure does he support?
- [Candidate page: Donald Scott MacDonald](https://bcgreens.ca/candidates-2026/donald-scott-macdonald/)Campaign · BC Green Party 2026 · HousingCampaign pledge ### Party platform: 26,000 non-market homes a year The BC Greens platform page says the party would build and protect 26,000 permanently affordable, non-market homes a year.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
This is the party's platform page. It does not name Scott MacDonald, and voche.me found no statement in his own words that repeats it.
What still needs checking
Does he repeat this commitment in his own campaign?
- [Our Plan](https://bcgreens.ca/our-plan/)Campaign · BC Green Party 2026 · HousingCampaign pledge ### Party platform: vacancy control on rents The BC Greens platform page says the party would pass vacancy control, so landlords cannot raise the rent each time a tenant moves out.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
This is the party's platform page. It does not name Scott MacDonald, and voche.me found no statement in his own words that repeats it.
What still needs checking
Does he repeat this commitment in his own campaign?
- [Our Plan](https://bcgreens.ca/our-plan/)Campaign · BC Green Party 2026 · ChildcareCampaign pledge ### Party platform: restart $10-a-day child care The BC Greens platform page says the party would restart the stalled $10-a-day child care pledge as a path towards universal coverage, with fair pay for early childhood educators.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
This is the party's platform page. It does not name Scott MacDonald, and voche.me found no statement in his own words that repeats it.
What still needs checking
Does he repeat this commitment in his own campaign?
- [Our Plan](https://bcgreens.ca/our-plan/)Campaign · BC Green Party 2026 · TransportationCampaign pledge ### Party platform: fast, frequent and free transit The BC Greens platform page says the party would make transit fast, frequent and free.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
This is the party's platform page. It does not name Scott MacDonald, and voche.me found no statement in his own words that repeats it.
What still needs checking
Does he repeat this commitment in his own campaign?
- [Our Plan](https://bcgreens.ca/our-plan/)Campaign · BC Green Party 2026 · Public servicesCampaign pledge ### Party platform: community health centres in every region The BC Greens platform page says the party would build community health centres in every region, with team-based care.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
This is the party's platform page. It does not name Scott MacDonald, and voche.me found no statement in his own words that repeats it.
What still needs checking
Does he repeat this commitment in his own campaign?
- [Our Plan](https://bcgreens.ca/our-plan/)Campaign · BC Green Party 2026 · Public servicesCampaign pledge ### Party platform: harm reduction and voluntary care for the toxic drug crisis The BC Greens platform page says the party would respond to the toxic drug crisis with harm reduction and investment in voluntary care.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
This is the party's platform page. It does not name Scott MacDonald, and voche.me found no statement in his own words that repeats it.
What still needs checking
Does he repeat this commitment in his own campaign?
- [Our Plan](https://bcgreens.ca/our-plan/)Campaign · BC Green Party 2026 · EconomyCampaign pledge ### Party platform: Fair Share Act The BC Greens platform page says a Fair Share Act would make people worth more than $100 million pay more, and that it would raise more than $13 billion.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
This is the party's platform page. It does not name Scott MacDonald, and voche.me found no statement in his own words that repeats it.
What still needs checking
Does he repeat this commitment in his own campaign?
- [Our Plan](https://bcgreens.ca/our-plan/)Campaign · BC Green Party 2026 · EconomyCampaign pledge ### Party platform: commercial rent control for small businesses The BC Greens platform page says the party would support small businesses through commercial rent control and Community Wealth Building.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
This is the party's platform page. It does not name Scott MacDonald, and voche.me found no statement in his own words that repeats it.
What still needs checking
Does he repeat this commitment in his own campaign?
- [Our Plan](https://bcgreens.ca/our-plan/)Campaign · BC Green Party 2026 · ClimateCampaign pledge ### Party platform: stop new fossil fuel development The BC Greens platform page says the party would stop new fossil fuel development and end the subsidies fossil fuel companies receive.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
This is the party's platform page. It does not name Scott MacDonald, and voche.me found no statement in his own words that repeats it.
What still needs checking
Does he repeat this commitment in his own campaign?
- [Our Plan](https://bcgreens.ca/our-plan/)Campaign · BC Green Party 2026 · GovernanceCampaign pledge ### Party platform: proportional representation within 100 days The BC Greens platform page says the party would deliver proportional representation legislation within the first 100 days.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
This is the party's platform page. It does not name Scott MacDonald, and voche.me found no statement in his own words that repeats it.
What still needs checking
Does he repeat this commitment in his own campaign?
- [Our Plan](https://bcgreens.ca/our-plan/)Campaign · BC Green Party City programs / Scope and delivery ## Policies, budgets & programs His one earlier candidacy found by voche.me, in the 2025 federal election, is taken from Elections Canada's official results. No dated action that earns a record point was found on 2026-10-02. Apr 28Official record ### Green Party of Canada candidate in Vancouver Centre Elections Canada lists Scott MacDonald of the Green Party of Canada with 757 votes, 1.4 percent, in Vancouver Centre. Hedy Fry of the Liberal Party won with 29,855 votes, 55.2 percent.
Scope, limits and sources A candidacy is no dated action on an issue, so this entry earns no score. The party's 2026 candidate page says he ran in this race.
- [Past results: Vancouver Centre, general election of April 28, 2025](https://www.elections.ca/scripts/vis/PastResults?L=e&ED=59035&EV=99&EV_TYPE=&PC=&PROV=&PROVID=&MAPID=&QID=11&PAGEID=28&TPAGEID=&PD=&STAT_CODE_ID=-1)Official record · Elections Canada - [Candidate page: Donald Scott MacDonald](https://bcgreens.ca/candidates-2026/donald-scott-macdonald/)Campaign · BC Green Party Recent appearances / Read and watch ## Talks, interviews & statements Read original statements and reporting, or open the publisher’s video. A summary of a speech is labelled separately from a full recording. No reviewed entries have been added to this section yet. This is a research gap, not a finding about the candidate. Accountability / Findings, disputes and responses ## Controversies & public scrutiny Records are labelled by type, including official findings, civil proceedings and political disputes where applicable. Each entry identifies the response found in the sources and the latest status verified for this page. No reviewed entries have been added to this section yet. This is a research gap, not a finding about the candidate. News coverage / Original publishers ## Read the reporting A dated reading list from independent publishers. The headings below are voche.me summaries; follow each link for the original article, context and any corrections. October 1, 2026Reporting The West End Journal ### West End voters go to the polls twice Names him as the Green candidate for the West End and Coal Harbour, and prints a biography of him that the paper says the party provided. - [BC Provincial Election](https://www.thewestendjournal.ca/blog/2026/10/1/bc-provincial-election)Reporting · The West End Journal Research / 12 linked sources ## Check the evidence Sources checked October 2, 2026. Official records establish decisions; campaign material establishes stated positions; reporting adds investigation and context. None alone establishes every claim.
Official record 4 sources - Provincial candidate list Elections BC - 2026 provincial election: key dates Elections BC - Statement of Votes, 2024 provincial general election Elections BC - Past results: Vancouver Centre, general election of April 28, 2025 Elections Canada
Campaign 5 sources - Candidate page: Donald Scott MacDonald BC Green Party - Candidates 2026 BC Green Party - Our Plan BC Green Party - Media releases BC Green Party - 2025 candidate profile: Scott MacDonald, Vancouver Centre VoteMate (text submitted by the candidate or his team)
Reporting 1 sources - BC Provincial Election The West End Journal · October 1, 2026
Event listing 2 sources - Candidates in Vancouver-West End VoteMate - BC provincial election 2026 candidates by riding BC Ballot
voche.me found no campaign website of his own on 2026-10-02. The party's candidate page lists no events and links only to the party's own Facebook, X and Instagram accounts; voche.me found no public social media account of his own tied to this candidacy. No news report that quotes him in 2026 was found; The West End Journal of October 1, 2026 prints a biography that it says the party provided. No BC Green release naming him was found on the party's media releases page or in a search of the party site. His work as a doctor from 2004 to 2026, his post at Casey House Hospice, his work at St. Paul's Hospital, the Wellesley Hospital, in northern Manitoba, Nunavut and Halifax, and his degrees from Mount Allison University, Dalhousie University and the University of Ottawa are stated by the party and by his 2025 VoteMate profile only, and were not checked with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia, the hospitals or the universities. Search results list pages about other people named Scott MacDonald, including medical research and clinic pages. No page read ties any of them to this candidacy, so nothing from those pages is used. His 2025 Green Party of Canada candidate page (greenparty.ca) answered HTTP 404. His 2025 VoteMate profile lists only federal party promises and a short statement of why he ran; nothing from it is scored for 2026. voche.me searched the official results of the 2019 and 2021 federal elections and the 2020 and 2024 provincial elections for his name and found no other candidacy; it did not search other elections. No all-candidates meeting for Vancouver-West End was found on 2026-10-02. Campaign finances and endorsements were not reviewed. The questionnaire has not been sent. Research status ## What voche.me has checked Evidence reviewed on 2026-10-02: the Elections BC candidate list, key dates page and 2024 statement of votes; Elections Canada's 2025 results for Vancouver Centre; the party's candidate page, candidates list, plan page and media releases; his 2025 VoteMate profile; VoteMate's 2026 district page and BC Ballot; and The West End Journal of October 1, 2026. His 2026 statements come from the party's candidate page. voche.me found no campaign website or public social media account of his own on this date, and no news report that quotes him. An empty section records what voche.me did not find on this date. 03 / Background ## Experience & community 2004 to 2026 ### Family doctor in Vancouver The party's candidate page says he worked as a family doctor in Vancouver from 2004 until he retired in 2026, with a focus on addiction care. voche.me has not checked this with the medical licensing body. [BC Greens candidate page](https://bcgreens.ca/candidates-2026/donald-scott-macdonald/) Not dated ### Medical director, Casey House Hospice, Toronto The party's candidate page says he held this post earlier in his career. voche.me has not checked this with the hospice. [BC Greens candidate page](https://bcgreens.ca/candidates-2026/donald-scott-macdonald/) Not dated ### Doctor in northern Manitoba, Nunavut and Halifax The party's candidate page, and his 2025 VoteMate profile in text marked as submitted by the candidate or his team, say he worked as a family doctor in northern Manitoba and Nunavut and at Canadian Forces Base Halifax. voche.me has not checked this. [VoteMate 2025 profile](https://en.votemate.org/canada2025/candidates/11630) 2025 ### Green Party of Canada candidate, Vancouver Centre Elections Canada lists him with 757 votes, 1.4 percent, in the federal election of April 28, 2025. [Elections Canada results](https://www.elections.ca/scripts/vis/PastResults?L=e&ED=59035&EV=99&EV_TYPE=&PC=&PROV=&PROVID=&MAPID=&QID=11&PAGEID=28&TPAGEID=&PD=&STAT_CODE_ID=-1) 04 / Questions & answers ## Questions for the candidate Proposed questions for a future interview. They have not been sent to the candidate, and no answers have been supplied.
What would you change first in provincial addiction and mental health care, and what would it cost? No response has been submitted.
What do you mean by safe neighbourhoods in the West End, and which provincial measure would you support? No response has been submitted.
Which housing or rent measure would you push for first as MLA for Vancouver-West End? No response has been submitted.
### Have your own question? Ask Scott MacDonald directly. We send it to the campaign, and publish the reply here if we get one. 05 / About this page ## Questions about this page Facts voche.me can state about Scott MacDonald's page itself, answered directly rather than left blank.
Is this an official page for Scott MacDonald? No. This page is researched by voche.me from public sources, listed below, and is separate from Scott MacDonald's own campaign.
What party is Scott MacDonald running with? Scott MacDonald is running for MLA with BC Green Party.
Does Scott MacDonald currently hold public office? Not according to this profile. voche.me has not listed a current public office for Scott MacDonald.
How many sources does this Scott MacDonald profile cite? This profile lists 4 sourced references, each with the date voche.me checked it, in the Sources section below.
Why do some questions on Scott MacDonald's page show no answer? The "Questions & answers" section on this page lists questions voche.me would put to Scott MacDonald in a future interview. They have not been sent yet, so the page says plainly that no answer has been supplied instead of leaving the section blank.
When is the election Scott MacDonald is running in? The 2026 British Columbia election, including the MLA race, is decided on October 24, 2026.
06 / Candidate contributions ## Space for campaign updates ### No campaign updates yet Announcements, event details and messages can be added here, with their source and publication date. No campaign submission has been added. ## Sources & transparency - [Elections BC · provincial candidate list ](https://www.elections.bc.ca/docs/fin/GE-2026-10-24-Candidate-Website-Report.PDF)Checked October 2, 2026 - [BC Greens · candidate page ](https://bcgreens.ca/candidates-2026/donald-scott-macdonald/)Checked October 2, 2026 - [Elections Canada · Vancouver Centre results, 2025 ](https://www.elections.ca/scripts/vis/PastResults?L=e&ED=59035&EV=99&EV_TYPE=&PC=&PROV=&PROVID=&MAPID=&QID=11&PAGEID=28&TPAGEID=&PD=&STAT_CODE_ID=-1)Checked October 2, 2026 - [Elections BC · 2024 statement of votes ](https://elections.bc.ca/docs/rpt/statement-of-votes-2024-provincial-election.pdf)Checked October 2, 2026 Missing information does not imply a candidate’s position. [Read our editorial standards.](https://voche.me/bc/provincial-2026/about) Campaign contact ## Campaign links & contact. Find the candidate’s website, social accounts and contact information. [BC Greens candidate page](https://bcgreens.ca/candidates-2026/donald-scott-macdonald/) ## View more candidates. [All candidate spaces ](https://voche.me/bc/provincial-2026/candidates) [MLA**A'aliya Warbus**](https://voche.me/bc/provincial-2026/candidates/a-aliya-warbus) [MLA**Abraham Nordine**](https://voche.me/bc/provincial-2026/candidates/abraham-nordine) Candidate Q&A ## Ask Scott MacDonald a question. Give your name, email and question. We send it to the campaign, and publish their answer here if we get one. ## Sitemap See the full [sitemap](/bc/provincial-2026/sitemap.md) for all pages.