This record covers Charles Kelly, candidate number 117 for Vancouver City Council with TEAM for a Livable Vancouver. It draws on the campaign page, party announcements, news reporting on the party's platform, and one 2006 news report about the World Urban Forum.
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.
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 Charles Kelly
Charles Kelly appears on the City of Vancouver's final 2026 candidate list for City Council, with ballot number 117. The City records the affiliation as TEAM for a Livable Vancouver.
The campaign says Kelly worked as a federal public servant and gave advice on national housing policy. The page says Kelly served as Commissioner General for the UN World Urban Forum held in Vancouver, managing a budget of 27 million dollars. The page says Kelly has lived in Vancouver for more than 40 years and ran the Blarney Stone in Gastown for 14 years.
The TEAM candidate page says Kelly is a Queen's University graduate, a former federal public servant who advised on national housing policy and urban issues, and led a national management consulting firm for more than 30 years.
The campaign page says Kelly served as Commissioner General for the United Nations World Urban Forum on sustainable cities held in Vancouver, managing a $27 million budget and working with a governance council representing 70 nations.
The Tyee reported on May 30, 2006 that a Charles Kelly was the World Urban Forum's commissioner general, and quoted remarks defending the forum's decision to open its agenda beyond architects and planners. No source was found that links that record to the candidate directly, although the role, the city and the name match what the campaign says.
The campaign page says Kelly has lived in Vancouver for more than 40 years, ran the Blarney Stone in Gastown for 14 years, and received a Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Award for community service.
A TEAM release dated August 4, 2026 listed Kelly among the council candidates already endorsed, alongside Amanda Boggan, Kathleen Larsen and Jonathan Weisman, when members endorsed five more candidates at a July 30, 2026 nomination meeting.
Daily Hive published the full ballot order on September 22, 2026, listing Kelly at number 117 for council with TEAM for a Livable 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.
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.
5 commitments shown · Checked Sep 22
2026 · PlanningCampaign pledge
Repeal six approved plans
TEAM, the party Kelly is running with, says that with a council majority it will repeal six plans: the Vancouver Official Development Plan of March 2026, the Jericho Lands official development plan of 2025, the Rupert and Renfrew Station Area Plan of 2025, the Vancouver Plan of 2022, the Broadway Plan of 2022, and the Villages Plan.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
Reported by Daily Hive on July 16, 2026 from the party's announcement. The party has not published a legal route for undoing plans already adopted, and no statement by Kelly on the pledge was found.
What still needs checking
Whether Kelly supports the repeal list, and what would replace the plans for projects already in the approval pipeline.
TEAM says it will replace citywide plans with neighbourhood-based community planning, re-open neighbourhood planning offices, use transparent data, and match growth to the capacity of roads, schools, parks and utilities.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
Reported by Daily Hive on July 16, 2026. No cost, staffing level or timeline for reopening planning offices was given, and no statement by Kelly on this was found.
What still needs checking
What a neighbourhood planning office would cost and how long the planning process would take.
TEAM opposes the Villages Plan and says residents should be empowered in large land use decisions.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
Reported by Daily Hive on August 6, 2026, which quoted council candidate Josh Gordon rather than Kelly. The article listed Kelly as a previously announced council candidate and gave no background or quotes.
What still needs checking
Whether Kelly states a position on the Villages Plan.
TEAM says it will protect public parks, beaches and green spaces, support local arts and creative industries, and widen the economy beyond tourism and real estate.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
Reported by Daily Hive on August 6, 2026 as part of the party's stated positions. No figures or measures were given in the article, and no statement by Kelly was found.
What still needs checking
What Kelly would do on each of these, and how the party would pay for it.
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.
No reviewed entries have been added to this section yet. This is a research gap, not a finding about the candidate.
Recent appearances / Read and watch
Talks, interviews & statements
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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
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Reporting
Daily Hive
TEAM adds five candidates for Vancouver election
Coverage of TEAM's expanded slate named Kelly among council candidates announced earlier, gave detail on the newly added candidates, and set out the party's positions on the Villages Plan, parks, the economy and the arts.
Colleen Hardwick's TEAM party vows to repeal six Vancouver area development plans
Coverage of the party's Respect for Neighbourhoods announcement, listing the six plans it would repeal and the neighbourhood planning approach it would put in their place. Kelly is not mentioned in the article.
A feature on the World Urban Forum held in Vancouver quoted the forum's commissioner general, Charles Kelly, on how the agenda was set and on the decision to widen participation beyond architects.
Sources checked September 22, 2026. Official records establish decisions; campaign material establishes stated positions; reporting adds investigation and context. None alone establishes every claim.
No interview, speech, opinion article or policy statement by Kelly was found for the 2026 campaign, so every policy item here belongs to the party rather than the candidate. The management consulting firm is not named on the campaign page, and the federal role, the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Award and the 14 years running the Gastown pub were not confirmed by any independent record. The Tyee's 2006 report confirms that a person of this name held the World Urban Forum role in Vancouver, which matches the campaign's account, but no document was found that ties the two records together. The party's events page lists a 22 neighbourhoods tour without dates or named candidates, so no event is recorded.
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. 0 stated positions and 3 background facts recorded here, each checked against a quotation from that page.
Checks still to do: Verify the dates and responsibilities of major public-sector roles.
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
Around 2006
Commissioner General, United Nations World Urban Forum, Vancouver
The campaign page describes a $27 million budget and a governance council representing 70 nations. The Tyee's 2006 report shows the commissioner general explaining that the forum's agenda came from thousands of people who took part in an online forum called Habitat Jam in December 2005.
