Candidate for the Vancouver School Board.
Alfred Chien (錢育廷), ballot number 305 for School Board in Vancouver, ABC Vancouver. Profile focus: Education access and budget governance.
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Alfred Chien has been a Vancouver School Board trustee since 2022 and is running again with ABC Vancouver for ballot number 305. This record covers the trustee profile published by the district, the party biography, votes and statements reported by news outlets, and two public disputes.
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Alfred Chien (錢育廷) appears on the City of Vancouver's final 2026 candidate list for School Board, with ballot number 305. The City records the affiliation as ABC Vancouver.
The official roster for the current term lists Alfred Chien (錢育廷) as a Vancouver School Board trustee. That is a separate office from the one on this 2026 ballot entry.
The page says Chien is a Vancouver School Board Trustee. The page says Chien graduated from the University of British Columbia with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and a concentration in Mathematics. The page says the candidate set up an education foundation that gives free tutoring to students from low-income families.
The ABC Vancouver candidate page says Chien immigrated from Hong Kong and has lived in Vancouver for more than 31 years, and holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of British Columbia with a major in economics and a concentration in mathematics.
The Vancouver School Board trustee profile, dated February 1, 2025, records that Chien was elected in the 2022 municipal election and describes the trustee as an educational entrepreneur.
The ABC page says Chien spent more than 15 years in financial services in roles at CIBC, BMO and HSBC covering retail banking, investment planning and private banking, and later served as chief marketing officer at an investment management company.
The ABC page says Chien set up an education foundation that provides free tutoring to students from low-income families.
The district trustee profile lists a seat on the board of directors of the Canadian Liver Foundation for British Columbia and Yukon, and past president of the Vancouver Chinatown New Century Lions Club.
In the 2022 election Chien received 67,326 votes, or 39.26 per cent, the second-highest total among school board candidates, and was elected.
Chien appears on the October 17, 2026 ballot as number 305, listed as CHIEN, Alfred with the Chinese characters for the name, running with ABC Vancouver.
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ABC Vancouver's 2026 platform says the party will bring swimming lessons into the school day.
The ABC platform says the party will press for the provincial school tax collected in Vancouver to fund Vancouver schools.
The ABC platform says the party will increase teaching assistance by investing in classrooms.
The ABC platform says the party will keep extracurricular activities in Vancouver and expand after-school programming.
The ABC platform says the party will seek to have provincially approved drug consumption sites placed away from schools.
The page says Chien wants to strengthen public education and widen what students can take part in.
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The board voted 5 to 4 to ask staff to bring back a revised School Liaison Officer program, with police officers back in schools no later than September 2023. Chien is named among the five trustees who voted in favour.
The motion was written by vice-chair Preeti Faridkot. Trustees Suzie Mah, Jennifer Reddy, Lois Chan-Pedley and Janet Fraser voted against, and their attempts to refer the motion to committee or wait for legal advice were defeated. A week earlier the B.C. Human Rights Commissioner had asked all B.C. school districts to end these programs.
The board voted 5 to 3 to permanently close Sir Guy Carleton Elementary, which had been empty since a 2016 fire. Staff said keeping the vacant buildings had cost more than $650,000 over about a decade.
Trustees Suzie Mah, Preeti Faridkot and Jennifer Reddy are named as voting against. The reports name chair Victoria Jung and trustee Lois Chan-Pedley as speaking in favour. Neither report records how Chien voted.
Trustees passed an $826 million draft budget on a Monday in April 2026, with final adoption set for April 29. The district expected 330 fewer students in 2026-27, about 300 of them international students, and cut full-time positions to balance the budget.
Trustee Suzie Mah said the cuts included three student support workers at Britannia and David Thompson secondary schools. The CBC report does not record how individual trustees voted.
The board approved a remuneration policy that raises pay for the board elected in October 2026. The chair moves from $40,315 to $54,100 a year, the vice-chair from $39,448 to $47,800, and other trustees from $37,215 to $41,600.
COPE trustee Suzie Mah cast the only vote against and proposed leaving the decision to the incoming board. The report does not record how Chien voted. The policy sets a review in the final year of each board term, benchmarked against other Metro Vancouver districts.
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At the board table Chien argued that Vancouver voters had given ABC majorities on council and the school board because they supported returning school liaison officers and hiring 100 more police officers. Speaking about people who opposed police in schools, Chien said the best response was to educate them and described police as friends rather than enemies. Turnout in that election was 36 per cent.
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On April 23, 2025 Chien posted a screenshot of an email inbox to X showing the first names and partial last names of parents who had written to trustees through the district parent advisory council during the financial plan consultation, and referred to the emails as spam. The district confirmed that in three cases a full last name appeared and that no contents of any letter were disclosed.
The district statement says the post was taken down on the morning of Sunday, May 4, 2025. CTV reported that Chien brought an emergency motion to the May board meeting about disruption caused by the parent council emails. No public statement by Chien about the post was found in the sources read.
The Vancouver School Board published a statement on May 5, 2025 apologising for any concern caused, saying the consultation had been an open process in which submitted material could be made public, and saying the incident was an opportunity to look again at balancing transparency with privacy. No decision by a privacy regulator was found.
Chief election officer Jason Twa asked the B.C. provincial court to decide whether seven candidates, including Chien, could have usual names that combine an English name with Chinese characters printed on the October 17 ballot. The city's lawyer argued the Chinese names were not part of the candidates' usual names, that all the candidates except one appeared to use only English names on social media, and that adding the Chinese names later in the filing process was odd.
No published statement by Chien was found. Two other affected candidates, Iona Bonamis and Lenny Zhou, spoke to reporters.
Judge Roger Cutler ruled on September 18, 2026 that all seven candidates may use their usual names on the ballot, and said written reasons would follow. The judge added that the ruling should not be read as saying the city's application was inappropriate.
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Report on the 5 to 4 vote to restart the school liaison officer program, including Chien's remarks at the meeting and the board's decision to reject an amendment seeking legal advice first.
Report that Chien posted screenshots on X on April 23, 2025 showing parent names attached to emails about an inclusive education survey, described the emails as spam, and removed the post on the Sunday. Former trustee Patti Bacchus and district parent council president Melanie Chang criticised the post, and the report says Chien brought an emergency motion about email disruption to the following board meeting.
The report says Chien chaired the district's education plan committee and was the only ABC trustee present when staff presented the rollout of Microsoft Copilot accounts for students aged 13 and older, and that Chien asked staff no questions while three other trustees did. It also says Chien was not featured in ABC social media posts at that point and had not replied to the outlet's request for comment.
Report on the provincial court decision allowing seven candidates, Chien among them, to keep Chinese characters in the usual name printed on the ballot.
Full ballot listing for the October 17 election. Chien appears at number 305 among 31 school board candidates, running with ABC Vancouver.
Sources checked September 22, 2026. Official records establish decisions; campaign material establishes stated positions; reporting adds investigation and context. None alone establishes every claim.
City of Vancouver
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Vancouver School Board · May 5, 2025
ABC Vancouver
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CTV News · May 5, 2025
The Tyee · November 30, 2022
The Griffins' Nest · November 28, 2022
The Tyee · August 11, 2026
Vancouver Sun · September 18, 2026
Vancouver Sun · September 15, 2026
CBC News · April 22, 2026
CBC News · December 18, 2025
Vancouver Sun · December 18, 2025
Vancouver Sun · May 29, 2026
Daily Hive · September 22, 2026
Two sources give different figures for the same facts: the ABC page says more than 31 years in Vancouver and more than 18 years with Junior Achievement, while the district profile from February 2025 says 27 years and 15 years. The official city results site could not be opened, so the 2022 vote count comes from an encyclopedia page that cites it. No source read records how Chien voted on the 2026-27 budget, the trustee pay policy or the Carleton closure. No reply from Chien to The Tyee was published, and no campaign material setting out school board promises in Chien's own words was found.
Evidence reviewed on September 22, 2026: Current campaign material; biographical claims require corroboration.
Campaign page read on September 22, 2026. 1 stated position and 3 background facts recorded here. This site blocks automated requests, so each quotation was read from the live page twice, independently.
Checks still to do: Confirm current roles and compare claimed results with Board records.
The ballot name, office, ballot number and party label come from the City's final candidate list. Everything described as campaign material is the campaign's own account and has not been confirmed by an independent source.
The official roster lists Alfred Chien (錢育廷) in this office during the term that ends with the 2026 election. Individual votes and decisions have not been reviewed for this profile.
Vancouver School Board · current trusteesThe party page says this work covered retail banking, investment planning and private banking over more than 15 years, followed by a chief marketing officer role at an investment management company. No start or end dates are given.
Candidate page for Alfred ChienThe party page says more than 18 years as a facilitator helping young people with financial literacy and entrepreneurship. The district profile, dated February 2025, says 15 years.
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