Park Board · Vancouver 2026

Amanda Bains

Candidate for the Vancouver Park Board.

Amanda Bains, ballot number 221 for Park Board in Vancouver, Vancouver Liberals. Profile focus: Facility maintenance and tree cover.

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Amanda Bains, published by the Vancouver Liberals campaign.
Amanda BainsPark BoardBallot no.221

Amanda Bains is the Vancouver Liberals candidate for Park Board at ballot number 221 in the October 17, 2026 election. Everything found about Bains comes from the party's own website, apart from the ballot listing. This is a short record because no independent source about Bains was located.

Where can you hear Amanda Bains?

1 upcoming public event were found in the sources checked on September 22, 2026. An event being scheduled does not mean this candidate will attend. Attendance is marked separately.

Checked September 22, 2026 · All event times are Vancouver local time. Recheck the organizer before travelling.

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Public forums and announcements

Attendance is identified for each event. Unconfirmed listings are not confirmed candidate appearances.

7 to 9 pm

Park Board all candidates meeting

Kerrisdale Community Centre, 5851 West Boulevard

The organiser's page does not name which Park Board candidates have confirmed attendance.

A meeting for Park Board candidates in a non-partisan format, moderated by writer and journalist Jarryd Jager.

Voting dates

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  • Election 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

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.

About Amanda Bains

Amanda Bains appears on the City of Vancouver's final 2026 candidate list for Park Board, with ballot number 221. The City records the affiliation as Vancouver Liberals.

The page says Bains is running for Park Board Commissioner with the Vancouver Liberal team. The page says Bains owns a small business, is an HEU member, and was elected president of the strata council.

The Vancouver Liberals announced Bains as a Park Board candidate on August 19, 2026.

The campaign page says Bains is a small business owner and a member of the HEU, and was elected president of a strata council.

The campaign page says Bains has volunteered on political campaigns and describes Bains as a Punjabi woman from an immigrant family.

The Vancouver Liberals list Bains as one of seven Park Board candidates on the party's slate.

Daily Hive listed Bains at ballot number 221 for Park Board on September 22, 2026, in a race with 35 candidates.

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.

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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.

7 commitments shown · Checked Sep 22

Prepare parks and park buildings for the future

The campaign page says Bains would work to future-proof green spaces and park infrastructure, and to renovate and retrofit aging facilities with regular maintenance.

Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The campaign page states the aim. No facility, cost or schedule is named, and Bains has not held office, so there is no voting record to check it against.
What still needs checking
Which park buildings Bains would renovate first and what that would cost.

Protect and grow the tree canopy

The campaign page says Bains would protect and expand Vancouver's tree canopy.

Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The campaign page states the aim. No target percentage, planting number or budget is given.
What still needs checking
What canopy target Bains would set and how it would be paid for.

Keep parks free and reachable for everyone

The campaign page says Bains holds that social and economic circumstances should not block access to parks, and describes parks and beaches as playgrounds, meeting places for seniors and open-air athletic facilities that cost nothing to use.

Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The campaign page states the position. It does not name a fee, a transport link or an accessibility standard that would change.
What still needs checking
What specific barriers Bains would remove, such as fees, transit access or physical accessibility.

Bring a community leader's view to the Park Board

The party's park board page says Bains wants to bring the perspective of a community leader to the Park Board, to strengthen Vancouver's social fabric and protect the spaces that matter most to residents.

Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
This is the party's wording on its own website. No separate statement by Bains was found.
What still needs checking
What Bains would bring forward first as a commissioner.

Repairing and updating aging facilities

The campaign says Bains would renovate older park facilities, keep up maintenance, and protect and expand tree cover.

Evidence & next checks
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?

Parks and beaches free to use

The page says Bains values parks and beaches as places where people can take part in almost any activity without paying to get in.

Evidence & next checks
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?

Green space open to everyone

The page says Bains wants green spaces to be open to everyone, including people in marginalized communities.

Evidence & next checks
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?

Policies, budgets & programs

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No reviewed entries have been added to this section yet. This is a research gap, not a finding about the candidate.

Talks, interviews & statements

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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.

Read the reporting

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Daily Hive

Vancouver's 2026 civic election candidate list is set: All 130 names in ballot order

Daily Hive published the full ballot order and placed Bains at number 221 among 35 Park Board candidates. The article does not describe Bains beyond the name and party.

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 2 sources
Campaign 2 sources
Reporting 1 sources
Event organizer 1 sources

No news article, interview, speech or public statement about Bains was found beyond the ballot listing. Every biographical item here comes from the Vancouver Liberals website. The campaign page names no business, no strata, and no campaigns Bains volunteered on, and the HEU membership was not confirmed against any union or employer record. No record of Bains running for office before 2026 was found, and no record was found of Bains speaking at a Park Board or Council meeting. The Vancouver Liberals have not published a separate Park Board platform document that could be opened.

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. 3 stated positions and 2 background facts recorded here, each checked against a quotation from that page.

Checks still to do: Verify public roles and request a prioritized capital and operating plan.

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.

Experience & community

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Small business owner

The campaign page states this. No business is named and no independent record was found.

Amanda Bains candidate page
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President of a strata council

The campaign page says Bains was elected president of a strata council. The building is not named, and no independent record was found.

Amanda Bains candidate page

Questions for the candidate

Proposed questions for a future interview. They have not been sent to the candidate, and no answers have been supplied.

Which maintenance and accessibility projects would you fund before adding new facilities?

No response has been submitted.

How would you divide funding between existing-facility maintenance, affordable access and new construction?

No response has been submitted.

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