--- title: "Alfred Chien (錢育廷) | School Board | Vancouver election 2026 | voche.me" canonical_url: "https://voche.me/candidates/alfred-chien" last_updated: "2026-09-23T06:07:55.846Z" meta: description: "Alfred Chien (錢育廷), ballot number 305 for School Board in Vancouver, ABC Vancouver. Profile focus: Education access and budget governance." "og:description": "Alfred Chien (錢育廷), ballot number 305 for School Board in Vancouver, ABC Vancouver. Profile focus: Education access and budget governance." "og:title": "Alfred Chien (錢育廷) | School Board | Vancouver election 2026" "twitter:description": "Alfred Chien (錢育廷), ballot number 305 for School Board in Vancouver, ABC Vancouver. Profile focus: Education access and budget governance." "twitter:title": "Alfred Chien (錢育廷) | School Board | Vancouver election 2026" --- School Board · Vancouver 2026 # Alfred Chien (錢育廷) 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. Explore the record Public schedule Researched by voche.me · Not a campaign-authored page ABC Vancouver2026 ![Alfred Chien (錢育廷), from ABC Vancouver.](https://voche.me/images/candidates/alfred-chien-640.webp) *Alfred Chien (錢育廷)School BoardBallot no.305* [Image: ABC Vancouver](https://abcvancouver.ca/team/alfred-chien/) Candidate research / September 22, 2026 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. **6**Commitments **4**Programs **5**News articles **16**Sources Public schedule / Through election day ## Where can you hear Alfred Chien (錢育廷)? No public appearance by this candidate was confirmed in the sources checked on September 22, 2026. The voting dates below apply to every voter. An empty day is a gap in the research, not proof that nothing is happening. Checked September 22, 2026 · All event times are Vancouver local time. Recheck the organizer before travelling. - [Election dates and voting information](https://vancouver.ca/your-government/2026-election.aspx)Official record · City of Vancouver - [Where to vote](https://vancouver.ca/election/2026/where-to-vote.aspx)Official record · City of Vancouver
View every date through Oct 17 1. Sep 22No appearance confirmed 2. Sep 23No appearance confirmed 3. Sep 24No appearance confirmed 4. Sep 25No appearance confirmed 5. Sep 26No appearance confirmed 6. Sep 27No appearance confirmed 7. Sep 28No appearance confirmed 8. Sep 29No appearance confirmed 9. Sep 30No appearance confirmed 10. Oct 1No appearance confirmed 11. Oct 2No appearance confirmed 12. Oct 3Voting day 13. Oct 4No appearance confirmed 14. Oct 5No appearance confirmed 15. Oct 6No appearance confirmed 16. Oct 7Voting day 17. Oct 8No appearance confirmed 18. Oct 9No appearance confirmed 19. Oct 10Voting day 20. Oct 11No appearance confirmed 21. Oct 12No appearance confirmed 22. Oct 13Voting day 23. Oct 14No appearance confirmed 24. Oct 15No appearance confirmed 25. Oct 16No appearance confirmed 26. Oct 17Voting day
### Voting dates - Oct 3Advance voting - Oct 7Advance voting - Oct 10Advance voting - Oct 13Advance voting - Oct 17Election day 8 am to 8 pm at official Vancouver voting places. These dates apply to every voter and are not candidate appearances. [Find your voting place](https://voche.me/where-to-vote) - [Election dates and voting information](https://vancouver.ca/your-government/2026-election.aspx)Official record · City of Vancouver - [Where to vote](https://vancouver.ca/election/2026/where-to-vote.aspx)Official record · City of Vancouver 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 Alfred Chien (錢育廷) 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. voche.me assembled this profile from the official candidate list and the campaign material linked under Sources. The campaign has not been contacted, and no candidate-supplied content appears on this page. 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. 6 commitments shown · Checked Sep 22 2026 · EducationCampaign pledge ### Swimming lessons during the school day ABC Vancouver's 2026 platform says the party will bring swimming lessons into the school day.
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Evidence reviewed
The commitment appears on the party platform page. The page does not attach it to a named trustee candidate, and no separate statement from Chien was found.
What still needs checking
Which body pays for the lessons and whether the school board or the city delivers them.
- [2026 platform](https://abcvancouver.ca/platform/)Campaign · ABC Vancouver 2026 · Education fundingCampaign pledge ### School tax collected in Vancouver The ABC platform says the party will press for the provincial school tax collected in Vancouver to fund Vancouver schools.
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Evidence reviewed
The platform page states the commitment. School tax rates are set by the province, and the platform page does not set out how the party would change that.
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What the party would ask the province to do, and by when.
- [2026 platform](https://abcvancouver.ca/platform/)Campaign · ABC Vancouver 2026 · EducationCampaign pledge ### More classroom teaching support The ABC platform says the party will increase teaching assistance by investing in classrooms.
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Evidence reviewed
The platform page states the commitment without a dollar figure or a number of positions.
What still needs checking
How many positions, and where the money comes from given the district's 2026-27 budget pressure.
- [2026 platform](https://abcvancouver.ca/platform/)Campaign · ABC Vancouver 2026 · EducationCampaign pledge ### Extracurricular and after-school activities The ABC platform says the party will keep extracurricular activities in Vancouver and expand after-school programming.
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Evidence reviewed
The platform page states both items. No detail on funding or delivery is given.
What still needs checking
Which programs are meant, and who runs them.
- [2026 platform](https://abcvancouver.ca/platform/)Campaign · ABC Vancouver 2026 · Public safetyCampaign pledge ### Drug consumption sites away from schools The ABC platform says the party will seek to have provincially approved drug consumption sites placed away from schools.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The platform page states the commitment. Siting of these services is a provincial health authority decision.
What still needs checking
What distance rule the party wants and which authority would apply it.
- [2026 platform](https://abcvancouver.ca/platform/)Campaign · ABC Vancouver 2026 · Stronger public education for studentsCampaign pledge ### Stronger public education for students The page says Chien wants to strengthen public education and widen what students can take part in.
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Evidence reviewed
Taken from the campaign page listed in the sources. No independent confirmation was found.
What still needs checking
What would this cost, who would deliver it, and by when?
- [Candidate page for Alfred Chien](https://abcvancouver.ca/team/alfred-chien/)Campaign · ABC Vancouver City programs / Scope and delivery ## Policies, budgets & programs Each entry below names its source. Campaign material is the candidate's own account. Nothing here is presented as a verified outcome unless the entry says so. Nov 28Approved ### School Liaison Officer program returned to Vancouver schools 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.
Scope, limits and sources 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.
- [Vancouver School Board Votes to Reinstate the SLO Program](https://www.ehnewspaper.ca/articles/vancouver-school-board-votes-to-reinstate-the-slo-program)Reporting · The Griffins' Nest - [The Vancouver School Board Votes Cops Back into Schools](https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/11/30/Vancouver-School-Board-Votes-Cops-Back-Schools/)Reporting · The Tyee Dec 18Approved ### Permanent closure of Sir Guy Carleton Elementary 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.
Scope, limits and sources 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.
- [Vancouver School Board votes to close Sir Guy Carleton Elementary School](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/sir-guy-carleton-elementary-school-closure-9.7020460)Reporting · CBC News - [Vancouver school board votes to permanently close Sir Guy Carleton Elementary School](https://vancouversun.com/news/vancouver-school-board-votes-to-permanently-close-sir-guy-carleton-elementary-school)Reporting · Vancouver Sun Apr 20Approved ### 2026-27 draft operating budget of $826 million 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.
Scope, limits and sources 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.
- [Vancouver School Board passes $826M draft budget amid declining international enrolment](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/vancouver-school-board-draft-budget-9.7172723)Reporting · CBC News May 27Approved ### Higher pay for the next board of trustees 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.
Scope, limits and sources 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.
- [Vancouver school trustees vote for pay hikes during budget pressures](https://vancouversun.com/news/vancouver-school-trustees-vote-pay-hikes-budget-pressures)Reporting · Vancouver Sun 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. Nov 28Statement ### Board debate on returning police officers to schools 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. - [The Vancouver School Board Votes Cops Back into Schools](https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/11/30/Vancouver-School-Board-Votes-Cops-Back-Schools/)Reporting · The Tyee 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. Policy disputeMay 5, 2025 ### Social media post showing parent names during budget consultation 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. #### Candidate or party response 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. #### Verified status and limits 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. - [Financial planning engagement process: addressing trustee's social media post](https://www.vsb.bc.ca/financial-planning-engagement-process-addressing-trustee-s-social-media-post)Official record · Vancouver School Board - [Vancouver School Board trustee faces backlash after post referring to parents concerns as spam](https://www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/article/vancouver-school-board-trustee-faces-backlash-after-post-referring-to-parents-concerns-as-spam/)Reporting · CTV News Campaign disputeSeptember 18, 2026 ### City court application over Chinese characters on the ballot 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. #### Candidate or party response No published statement by Chien was found. Two other affected candidates, Iona Bonamis and Lenny Zhou, spoke to reporters. #### Verified status and limits 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. - [B.C. judge rules Vancouver city candidates can use Chinese names on ballot](https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/bc-judge-rules-vancouver-city-candidates-can-use-chinese-names-on-ballot)Reporting · Vancouver Sun - [Vancouver takes some civic election candidates to court over Chinese-character names](https://vancouversun.com/news/vancouver-takes-some-civic-election-candidates-to-court-over-chinese-character-names)Reporting · Vancouver Sun 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. November 30, 2022Reporting The Tyee ### The Vancouver School Board Votes Cops Back into Schools 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. - [The Vancouver School Board Votes Cops Back into Schools](https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/11/30/Vancouver-School-Board-Votes-Cops-Back-Schools/)Reporting · The Tyee May 5, 2025Reporting CTV News ### Vancouver School Board trustee faces backlash after post referring to parents concerns as spam 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. - [Vancouver School Board trustee faces backlash after post referring to parents concerns as spam](https://www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/article/vancouver-school-board-trustee-faces-backlash-after-post-referring-to-parents-concerns-as-spam/)Reporting · CTV News August 11, 2026Reporting The Tyee ### Where Do Vancouver Parties Stand on AI? 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. - [Where Do Vancouver Parties Stand on AI?](https://thetyee.ca/News/2026/08/11/Where-Vancouver-Parties-Stand-AI/)Reporting · The Tyee September 18, 2026Reporting Vancouver Sun ### B.C. judge rules Vancouver city candidates can use Chinese names on ballot Report on the provincial court decision allowing seven candidates, Chien among them, to keep Chinese characters in the usual name printed on the ballot. - [B.C. judge rules Vancouver city candidates can use Chinese names on ballot](https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/bc-judge-rules-vancouver-city-candidates-can-use-chinese-names-on-ballot)Reporting · Vancouver Sun September 22, 2026Reporting Daily Hive ### Vancouver's 2026 civic election candidate list is set: All 130 names in ballot order Full ballot listing for the October 17 election. Chien appears at number 305 among 31 school board candidates, running with ABC Vancouver. - [Vancouver's 2026 civic election candidate list is set: All 130 names in ballot order](https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-2026-civic-election-candidates-ballot-order)Reporting · Daily Hive Research / 16 linked sources ## Check the evidence Sources checked September 22, 2026. Official records establish decisions; campaign material establishes stated positions; reporting adds investigation and context. None alone establishes every claim.
Official record 3 sources - Election dates and voting information City of Vancouver - Where to vote City of Vancouver - Financial planning engagement process: addressing trustee's social media post Vancouver School Board · May 5, 2025
Campaign 2 sources - Candidate page for Alfred Chien ABC Vancouver - 2026 platform ABC Vancouver
Reporting 11 sources - Vancouver School Board trustee faces backlash after post referring to parents concerns as spam CTV News · May 5, 2025 - The Vancouver School Board Votes Cops Back into Schools The Tyee · November 30, 2022 - Vancouver School Board Votes to Reinstate the SLO Program The Griffins' Nest · November 28, 2022 - Where Do Vancouver Parties Stand on AI? The Tyee · August 11, 2026 - B.C. judge rules Vancouver city candidates can use Chinese names on ballot Vancouver Sun · September 18, 2026 - Vancouver takes some civic election candidates to court over Chinese-character names Vancouver Sun · September 15, 2026 - Vancouver School Board passes $826M draft budget amid declining international enrolment CBC News · April 22, 2026 - Vancouver School Board votes to close Sir Guy Carleton Elementary School CBC News · December 18, 2025 - Vancouver school board votes to permanently close Sir Guy Carleton Elementary School Vancouver Sun · December 18, 2025 - Vancouver school trustees vote for pay hikes during budget pressures Vancouver Sun · May 29, 2026 - Vancouver's 2026 civic election candidate list is set: All 130 names in ballot order 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. Research status ## What voche.me has checked 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. 03 / Background ## Experience & community Current term ### Vancouver School Board trustee 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 trustees](https://vsb.bc.ca/trustees) Before 2022 ### Financial services roles at CIBC, BMO and HSBC The 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 Chien](https://abcvancouver.ca/team/alfred-chien/) Length of service stated differently by two sources ### Volunteer facilitator, Junior Achievement British Columbia The 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. [Candidate page for Alfred Chien](https://abcvancouver.ca/team/alfred-chien/) 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.
How would you assess the impact of student supports while managing the district’s budget? No response has been submitted.
How would you balance student learning support, facilities and staffing within the district’s available funding? No response has been submitted.
05 / 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 - [City of Vancouver · official school trustee candidate list ](https://vancouver.ca/your-government/2026-candidates-school-trustee.aspx)Checked September 22, 2026 - [ABC Vancouver · candidate page ](https://abcvancouver.ca/team/alfred-chien/)Checked September 22, 2026 - [Vancouver School Board · trustee listing ](https://vsb.bc.ca/trustees)Checked September 22, 2026 Missing information does not imply a candidate’s position. [Read our editorial standards.](https://voche.me/about) Campaign contact ## Campaign links & contact. Find the candidate’s website, social accounts and contact information. [ABC Vancouver · candidate page](https://abcvancouver.ca/team/alfred-chien/) [ABC Vancouver official website](https://abcvancouver.ca/) ## View more candidates. [All candidate spaces ](https://voche.me/candidates) [School Board**Darren Boidman**](https://voche.me/candidates/darren-boidman) [School Board**Krista Sigurdson**](https://voche.me/candidates/krista-sigurdson) ## Sitemap See the full [sitemap](/sitemap.md) for all pages.