This record covers Charles Kelly, candidate number 117 for Vancouver City Council with TEAM for a Livable Vancouver. It draws on the campaign page, two speeches the party posted on YouTube, TEAM releases and platform pages, news reporting on the party’s platform, and older reports about a Charles Kelly with the roles the campaign page names.
The score counts how complete and checkable the published plan on this issue is. Whether the plan would work is a separate question, left to the reader. Measured September 25, 2026. The same seven points apply to every candidate for this office.
Housing supply and rental rules1/10
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A position in the candidate’s own words
Party platform; candidate not quoted. TEAM for a Livable Vancouver publishes 9 commitments on this issue.
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Names a mechanism the office controls
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
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States a measurable target
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
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States a cost or funding source
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
0/1
States a timeline
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
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A dated, sourced action on the issue
No dated public action on this issue found.
0/1
Answered the voche.me question on the issue
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
TEAM for a Livable Vancouver’s platform on housing: 9 commitments, at least one with a number. Party text earns the candidate the position point only.
What this office controls. Council sets zoning, approves rezonings and development permits, and makes rental and tenant-protection bylaws under the Vancouver Charter. The province sets rent increase limits and tenancy law.
Party platform; candidate not quoted. TEAM for a Livable Vancouver publishes 3 commitments on this issue.
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Names a mechanism the office controls
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
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States a measurable target
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
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States a cost or funding source
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
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States a timeline
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
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A dated, sourced action on the issue
No dated public action on this issue found.
0/1
Answered the voche.me question on the issue
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
TEAM for a Livable Vancouver’s platform on homelessness and drugs: 3 commitments, none with a number. Party text earns the candidate the position point only.
What this office controls. Council funds shelter sites, street cleaning and city outreach, and decides where supportive housing is approved. Health services, treatment beds and drug policy are provincial and federal.
Party platform; candidate not quoted. TEAM for a Livable Vancouver publishes 4 commitments on this issue.
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Names a mechanism the office controls
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
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States a measurable target
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
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States a cost or funding source
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
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States a timeline
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
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A dated, sourced action on the issue
No dated public action on this issue found.
0/1
Answered the voche.me question on the issue
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
TEAM for a Livable Vancouver’s platform on public safety: 4 commitments, none with a number. Party text earns the candidate the position point only.
What this office controls. Council approves the police budget. The Vancouver Police Board, not Council, directs the police department. Fire and rescue services report to the city.
Party platform; candidate not quoted. TEAM for a Livable Vancouver publishes 5 commitments on this issue.
0/2
Names a mechanism the office controls
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
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States a measurable target
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
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States a cost or funding source
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
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States a timeline
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
0/1
A dated, sourced action on the issue
No dated public action on this issue found.
0/1
Answered the voche.me question on the issue
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
TEAM for a Livable Vancouver’s platform on transport: 5 commitments, none with a number. Party text earns the candidate the position point only.
What this office controls. The city owns and designs its streets, bike lanes, sidewalks and parking rules. Buses, SkyTrain and SeaBus are run by TransLink, a regional body the city does not control.
“That means putting residents first, making sure Vancouverites are taken care of, and focusing on the basics before we start spending money we simply don’t have.”
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
TEAM for a Livable Vancouver’s platform on taxes and budget: 5 commitments, none with a number. Party text earns the candidate the position point only.
What this office controls. Council sets the property tax rate each year, approves the operating budget, and approves the multi-year capital plan that pays for buildings and infrastructure.
Party platform; candidate not quoted. TEAM for a Livable Vancouver publishes 7 commitments on this issue.
0/2
Names a mechanism the office controls
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
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States a measurable target
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
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States a cost or funding source
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
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States a timeline
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
0/1
A dated, sourced action on the issue
No dated public action on this issue found.
0/1
Answered the voche.me question on the issue
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
TEAM for a Livable Vancouver’s platform on climate: 7 commitments, at least one with a number. Party text earns the candidate the position point only.
What this office controls. Vancouver has its own building bylaw under the Vancouver Charter, so Council can set energy and emissions rules for new buildings that other BC cities cannot.
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
TEAM for a Livable Vancouver’s platform on culture: 6 commitments, none with a number. Party text earns the candidate the position point only.
What this office controls. The city licenses venues and events, sets noise and business rules, and funds cultural grants and spaces. Liquor licensing is shared with the province.
Party platform; candidate not quoted. TEAM for a Livable Vancouver publishes 2 commitments on this issue.
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Names a mechanism the office controls
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
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States a measurable target
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
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States a cost or funding source
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
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States a timeline
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
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A dated, sourced action on the issue
No dated public action on this issue found.
0/1
Answered the voche.me question on the issue
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
TEAM for a Livable Vancouver’s platform on child care: 2 commitments, at least one with a number. Party text earns the candidate the position point only.
What this office controls. The city creates child care spaces through zoning, city-owned buildings and development contributions. Licensing, subsidies and operating funding are provincial.
No position found by voche.me as of September 25, 2026.
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Names a mechanism the office controls
No statement to read.
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States a measurable target
No statement to read.
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States a cost or funding source
No statement to read.
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States a timeline
No statement to read.
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A dated, sourced action on the issue
No dated public action on this issue found.
0/1
Answered the voche.me question on the issue
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
What this office controls. Council issues business licences, sets licence and permit fees, zones commercial and industrial land and approves business improvement areas under the Vancouver Charter. Employment law, sales taxes and income taxes are provincial and federal.
No position found by voche.me as of September 25, 2026.
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Names a mechanism the office controls
No statement to read.
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States a measurable target
No statement to read.
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States a cost or funding source
No statement to read.
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States a timeline
No statement to read.
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A dated, sourced action on the issue
No dated public action on this issue found.
0/1
Answered the voche.me question on the issue
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
What this office controls. Council, the Park Board and the Board of Education each set their own meeting rules, committees, public consultation and reporting. The Vancouver Charter and the School Act create the three bodies and set their powers, and only the Province can change those acts.
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 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. The IISD Earth Negotiations Bulletin's summary of the forum, held in Vancouver from June 19 to 23, 2006, also names Charles Kelly as its Commissioner General and reports his remarks at the opening ceremony. Neither report mentions the 2026 candidacy. theBreaker reported in 2018 that a Charles Kelly was both the forum’s commissioner general and a former owner of the Blarney Stone, the two roles the campaign page names, and a TEAM video description of April 25, 2026 says the candidate was appointed commissioner general in 2004.
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.
A TEAM release dated April 21, 2026 credits Kelly with the idea of bringing a WNBA team to Vancouver instead of the mayor’s Major League Baseball proposal, and quotes him on the baseball proposal.
The same TEAM video description says Kelly grew up in Ontario and earned a history degree at Queen's University. It says that in the federal public service he advised on budgets, worked on the Canada Mortgage and Housing Act and consulted with provinces and cities on urban issues, and that he advised on the 1976 UN Conference on Human Settlements in Vancouver. It says he received the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Award for community service in 2012. theBreaker reported in 2018 that a Charles Kelly was an aide to the federal urban affairs minister, Barney Danson, at the 1976 conference.
In a speech to TEAM members that the party posted on April 25, 2026, Kelly said he is running to support Colleen Hardwick, that he supports TEAM's policies, and that he would leave policy questions to her. He criticized what he called pop-up candidates and parties, naming ABC Vancouver, which he said was funded by developers, and former mayor Kennedy Stewart. In a second speech the party posted on June 16, 2026, he asked members to share the campaign's videos on social media and said TEAM must build a movement of voters because it will not have the most money.
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.
9 commitments shown · Checked Oct 3
2026 · PlanningCampaign pledge
Repeal six approved plans
TEAM, the party Kelly is running with, says that if it forms a Council majority it would repeal as many as 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 if Council approves it.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
Reported by Daily Hive on July 16, 2026 from the party’s announcement. Daily Hive adds that the Vancouver Plan has already been replaced by the Vancouver Official Development Plan, and that provincial law requires the City to have an official development plan. Its report of August 6, 2026 says Council rejected the Villages Plan on July 28. 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 would replace planning directed from City Hall with neighbourhood-based community planning, use transparent, verifiable and publicly accessible data, re-establish neighbourhood planning offices, and keep growth within infrastructure capacity that is planned in parallel with growth.
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, which City Council rejected on July 28, 2026, and says its candidates would work to prevent it from being brought back after the election.
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’s parks page says the party would keep parks, beaches and green spaces beautiful, serene and safe by expanding maintenance and garbage pickup, enforcing bylaws, and increasing the number of park rangers and lifeguards.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
This is party text, and no candidate is named in it. The page gives no cost, number of rangers or lifeguards, or date. Parks are run by the Park Board, so the issue sits outside a Council seat.
What still needs checking
How many park rangers and lifeguards would be added, and who pays for them.
Fund arts programs and protect affordable arts spaces
TEAM’s arts page says the party would make sure arts programs, events and spaces are sufficiently funded, and would protect and improve affordable rehearsal, performance and arts spaces.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
This is party text, and no candidate is named in it. The page gives no dollar amount, number of spaces or date.
What still needs checking
How much money the party would add for arts programs, and how many spaces it would protect.
TEAM’s economic development page says the party would end Vancouver’s over-reliance on real estate speculation by protecting job-producing industrial and economic land through commercial, office and industrial zoning, and by investing in growing industries such as film and tourism.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
This is party text, and no candidate is named in it. The page names no budget line, number of jobs or date.
What still needs checking
How much the party would invest in film and tourism, and how many jobs it expects.
2026 · Budget governance and city planningCampaign pledge
Budget governance and city planning
The campaign describes federal public-service, consulting and World Urban Forum experience.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
Taken from the campaign page listed in the sources. No independent confirmation was found. This entry describes background and holds no commitment, so it is tagged to no scored issue and earns no points.
What still needs checking
What would this cost, who would deliver it, and by when?
Bring a WNBA team to Vancouver instead of a baseball stadium
A TEAM release of April 21, 2026 says the idea of bringing a WNBA team (the women’s professional basketball league) to Vancouver, to play in the existing Rogers Arena instead of a new stadium, comes from Kelly. The release also quotes Kelly criticizing Mayor Ken Sim’s Major League Baseball proposal, and reports him saying that BC Place Stadium does not meet the league’s standards and cannot be altered to meet them.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The release is TEAM’s own account, published on the party’s site. It gives no cost, owner, number of games or date, and names no step that Council would take on its own vote.
What still needs checking
Who would own and pay for a WNBA team, and what decision Council would take.
Focus on the basics before spending money the City does not have
The same April 21, 2026 release quotes Kelly saying TEAM would put residents first and focus on the basics before it starts spending money it does not have.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
A statement of approach on City spending, quoted in Kelly’s name across two paragraphs of the release. It names no budget line, figure or date.
What still needs checking
Which spending Kelly would delay or stop, and by how much.
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.
Role reported in 2006 and again in 2018
Commissioner General of the United Nations World Urban Forum in Vancouver
The Tyee’s report of May 30, 2006 names Charles Kelly as the forum’s Commissioner General and quotes him on how the forum’s agenda was set. The IISD Earth Negotiations Bulletin’s summary of the forum, held June 19 to 23, 2006, names Charles Kelly as Commissioner General and reports his opening remarks. TheBreaker’s 2018 report describes a Charles Kelly as the Commissioner General of the 2006 forum.
Scope, limits and sources
The campaign page gives the same role and adds a 27 million dollar budget, and TEAM’s video description of April 25, 2026 says he was appointed in 2004. voche.me matches the reported Charles Kelly to the candidate through the role, the city and the Blarney Stone history that the TEAM page also names. None of the three reports mentions the 2026 candidacy. The City’s 2006 Council report on the forum returned HTTP 403 and was not read. The forum covered sustainable cities in general and matches no single issue on the Council list, so the entry is tagged other.
President of the BC Ready-Mixed Concrete Association
Trade press names a Charles Kelly as executive director of the association in August 2014 and as its president in March 2016, when he described a planned name change to Concrete BC and a project on the competency of concrete pump operators. In 2018 theBreaker quoted a Charles Kelly saying he had retired earlier that year as the association’s president.
Scope, limits and sources
voche.me matches this Charles Kelly to the candidate only through theBreaker’s 2018 report, which gives the Blarney Stone and World Urban Forum history that the TEAM page also gives. No source names the 2026 candidate as the association’s leader, and the role is not on the campaign page. It is work for a private industry group and matches no issue on the Council list, so the entry is tagged other.
Read original statements and reporting, or open the publisher’s video. A summary of a speech is labelled separately from a full recording.
Statement
Quoted in a TEAM release on the Major League Baseball proposal
A TEAM release quotes Kelly on Mayor Ken Sim’s Major League Baseball proposal, on the WNBA idea that the release credits to him, and on focusing on the basics before spending money the City does not have.
In a speech of under four minutes, Kelly says he is a candidate to support Colleen Hardwick, that he supports TEAM's policies and leaves policy questions to her, and that he prefers a party whose policies are written by its members to what he calls pop-up candidates and parties, naming ABC Vancouver and former mayor Kennedy Stewart. He describes the consulting and government relations firm he ran. The date is the day TEAM posted the video. voche.me read the speech through YouTube's automatic captions, which contain errors.
Second speech to TEAM members, posted by the party
Kelly says that in five weeks of campaigning Hardwick has helped him make videos and use social media, asks members to share the party's videos with their friends, and says TEAM should present itself as a movement of voters because it will not be able to raise as much money as its opponents. The date is the day TEAM posted the video. voche.me read the speech through YouTube's automatic captions, which contain errors.
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.
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.
TEAM selects former city councillor Colleen Hardwick for second Vancouver mayoral run
Lists Kelly among the first three City Council nominees and repeats TEAM’s account of his background: federal public service, business ownership, and work on national housing policy and international urban development. The article attributes the account to TEAM and holds no quote from Kelly.
Exclusive: Vancouver mayoral candidate filings reveal allies, backroomers and real estate holdings
Quotes a Charles Kelly, described as a volunteer on Hector Bremner’s 2018 mayoral campaign and one of his nominators, who said he shares Bremner’s wish to increase housing supply. The article describes him as a former Blarney Stone owner, the Commissioner General of the 2006 World Urban Forum in Vancouver and a retired president of the BC Ready-Mixed Concrete Association. It does not mention a 2026 candidacy.
Sources checked October 3, 2026. Official records establish decisions; campaign material establishes stated positions; reporting adds investigation and context. None alone establishes every claim.
Kelly’s own words in the 2026 campaign are two quotes in one TEAM release of April 21, 2026, on the mayor’s baseball proposal and on City spending, and two short speeches to party members that TEAM posted on YouTube on April 25 and June 16, 2026. The speeches say why he is running and that he supports TEAM’s policies, and they name no measure. voche.me read them through YouTube’s automatic captions, which contain errors. voche.me found no website of his own, no signed article and no interview, and his VoteMate profile holds no text. Every other policy item on this record belongs to the party. The management consulting firm is not named by the campaign. The federal public service role, the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Award of 2012, the 14 years running the Gastown pub, and the release’s statement that he is a former president of the Vancouver Baseball Club were not confirmed by any record that names the 2026 candidate. The Tyee and the IISD Earth Negotiations Bulletin in 2006 name a Charles Kelly as the World Urban Forum’s Commissioner General, the Georgia Straight in 2006 says a Charles Kelly bought the Blarney Stone in 1987, and theBreaker in 2018 describes one Charles Kelly as both and as an aide to the federal urban affairs minister at the 1976 UN conference. None of these mentions the 2026 candidacy. The campaign page says he has lived in Vancouver for 40-plus years and he says 40 years in his April speech, while TEAM’s releases of April 13 and June 9 and its April 25 video description say 38 years. The Women Transforming Cities pledge table, read on September 25, 2026, leaves his row empty, which the table’s key labels “No response”. Vote Palestine Vancouver’s list, current to October 1, 2026, records no response from him. HUB Cycling’s Vancouver survey sheet has no row for him. The City’s candidate list links his nomination papers, which voche.me has not opened. No public forum or debate appearance was confirmed for the period from October 3 to October 17, 2026.
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 and again on September 25, 2026. It holds background facts and no stated positions. A TEAM release of April 21, 2026 quotes Kelly twice, which gives 2 stated positions on this record, each checked against a quotation from that release.
Reviewed again on October 3, 2026: the TEAM candidate page, all of TEAM's news posts and its event pages, two TEAM videos of Kelly's speeches, the City's candidate list, VoteMate, Vote Palestine Vancouver's list, HUB Cycling's survey, forum listings and news searches. The speeches give his words on why he is running and name no measure, so the record still holds 2 stated positions, both from the April 21 release.
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
2004 to 2006
Commissioner General, United Nations World Urban Forum, Vancouver
The IISD Earth Negotiations Bulletin's summary of the forum, held June 19 to 23, 2006, names Charles Kelly as its Commissioner General. TEAM's video description of April 25, 2026 says he was appointed in 2004, and 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 partly from the tens of thousands of people who took part in a three-day internet forum called Habitat Jam.
Stated on the campaign page, which does not name the firm. In a speech TEAM posted on April 25, 2026, Kelly describes it as a management consulting and government relations firm based in Vancouver with offices in Ottawa and Toronto, which advised the heads of large companies on strategy and on relations with the communities where they work.
The campaign gives 14 years and does not give the years. TEAM's April 25, 2026 video description says he owned three businesses in Vancouver. The Georgia Straight reported in 2006 that a Charles Kelly bought the Blarney Stone in 1987.
The campaign page says the work involved advising on national housing policy and urban issues. TEAM's April 25, 2026 video description adds advice on budgets, work on the Canada Mortgage and Housing Act, and advice on the 1976 UN Conference on Human Settlements in Vancouver. No department or dates are given. theBreaker reported in 2018 that a Charles Kelly was an aide to federal urban affairs minister Barney Danson at the 1976 conference.
Proposed questions for a future interview. They have not been sent to the candidate, and no answers have been supplied.
Which municipal spending or reporting process would you change, and what evidence supports it?
No response has been submitted.
Which of your proposals can council enact directly, and which require provincial, federal or regional agreement?
No response has been submitted.
Have your own question?
Ask Charles Kelly 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 Charles Kelly's page itself, answered directly rather than left blank.
Is this an official page for Charles Kelly?
No. This page is researched by voche.me from public sources, listed below, and is separate from Charles Kelly's own campaign.
What is Charles Kelly's ballot number for the 2026 Vancouver election?
Charles Kelly is number 117 on the City of Vancouver's official 2026 ballot for City Council.
What party did Charles Kelly run with?
Charles Kelly ran for City Council with TEAM for a Livable Vancouver.
Does Charles Kelly currently hold public office?
Not according to this profile. voche.me has not listed a current public office for Charles Kelly.
How many sources does this Charles Kelly profile cite?
This profile lists 2 sourced references, each with the date voche.me checked it, in the Sources section below.
Has Charles Kelly filed nomination papers for the 2026 election?
voche.me has not yet added a nomination record for Charles Kelly. This does not mean no nomination paper was filed, only that voche.me has not completed that research yet.
Why do some questions on Charles Kelly's page show no answer?
The "Questions & answers" section on this page lists questions voche.me would put to Charles Kelly 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 was the election Charles Kelly ran in?
The 2026 Vancouver municipal election, including the City Council race, was decided on October 17, 2026.
06 / Candidate contributions
Space for campaign updates
October review: two speeches, an independent forum record and a town hall
voche.me searched again for statements, reporting, questionnaires and forums. Added: two speeches by Kelly that TEAM posted on YouTube on April 25 and June 16, 2026, which are his first recorded words beyond the April 21 release; the background TEAM gives in the April 25 video description; the IISD Earth Negotiations Bulletin's summary of the 2006 World Urban Forum, which names Charles Kelly as Commissioner General; Vote Palestine Vancouver's list, which records no response from him; and the online food systems town hall on October 13, which does not name him. Corrected: the experience entry for the World Urban Forum said around 2006, and it now says 2004 to 2006, with the appointment year attributed to the campaign. A biography paragraph that repeated facts given in later paragraphs was removed. The research date moved to October 3, 2026. No calendar event fell before that date, so none was removed. No new commitment was found: the speeches state support for TEAM's policies and name no measure.
voche.me checked each commitment against the archived page it cites and tagged it by issue and by whose words it is. The repeal entry said TEAM will repeal six plans. Daily Hive says as many as six, and lists the Villages Plan only if Council approved it. Council rejected that plan on July 28, and the entry now says so. The neighbourhood planning entry said growth would match the capacity of roads, schools, parks and utilities. The report says infrastructure capacity, and the entry now uses that wording. The Villages Plan entry also carried a sentence on empowering residents, which is a quote from Josh Gordon, so it was removed. The entry on parks, arts and the economy said TEAM will protect parks, support arts and widen the economy, and cited a Daily Hive article that gives those words to two other candidates, Patrick Sauriol and Alex Tkach. It is now three entries that cite TEAM’s own parks, arts and economic development pages. The World Urban Forum entry said thousands of people took part in Habitat Jam. The Tyee says tens of thousands, and the entry now says that.
First words of Kelly found
The record held no words of Kelly before this review. A TEAM release of April 21, 2026 quotes him twice, and those two statements are now two commitments: the WNBA idea and City spending. The Women Transforming Cities pledge table, which lists TEAM candidates by name, leaves his row empty.
