This record covers Devin Clemens's current role at the University of British Columbia, the background published on the Vancouver Liberals campaign page and his launch video, a construction industry roundtable in August 2026, an arts and culture candidates' forum in September 2026, a candidate-response pledge from Women Transforming Cities, posts from his campaign Instagram account in October 2026, and the party positions for the 2026 council race, including the full platform released on October 1, 2026.
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 October 3, 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. Vancouver Liberals publishes 1 commitment 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.
Vancouver Liberals’s platform on housing: 1 commitment, none 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. Vancouver Liberals 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.
Vancouver Liberals’s platform on homelessness and drugs: 2 commitments, at least one 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. Vancouver Liberals 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.
Vancouver Liberals’s platform on public safety: 2 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.
“The Vancouver Liberals’ plans to complete the SkyTrain extension out to UBC and amalgamate UBC with the rest of Vancouver will jumpstart economic investment in our city.”
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
Vancouver Liberals’s platform on transport: 1 commitment, at least one 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 improving access to essential services, supporting safe and healthy communities, and ensuring city resources are managed responsibly and transparently.”
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
Vancouver Liberals’s platform on taxes and budget: 2 commitments, at least one 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. Vancouver Liberals publishes 1 commitment 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.
Vancouver Liberals’s platform on climate: 1 commitment, none 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.
“It also means investing in the parks, community centres, festivals, arts, and public spaces that bring people together and make Vancouver a great place to live.”
“And we should give the Vancouver Economic Commission a cultural tourism mandate, so that arts, heritage, and festivals, and Indigenous-led tourism are able to succeed.”
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
Vancouver Liberals’s platform on culture: 2 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.
No position found by voche.me as of October 3, 2026.
0/2
Names a mechanism the office controls
No statement to read.
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No statement to read.
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No statement to read.
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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. 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 October 3, 2026.
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No statement to read.
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No statement to read.
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No statement to read.
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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.
“He wants to restore trust in City Hall, strengthen partnerships across all levels of government and sectors, and deliver policies that improve everyday life for Vancouver residents.”
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 Devin Clemens
Devin Clemens appears on the City of Vancouver's final 2026 candidate list for City Council, with ballot number 128. The City records the affiliation as Vancouver Liberals.
The campaign says Clemens studied Political Science and Anthropological Linguistics at the University of Saskatchewan. The page says Clemens now works for the University of British Columbia on access to education and policy work. The campaign says that while at university Clemens started and led a student group that worked on the cost and quality of education.
The University of British Columbia lists Clemens as Graduate Programs Manager at the Vancouver School of Economics in the Faculty of Arts.
The campaign page, published on June 4, 2026, says Clemens grew up in the Okanagan, worked full-time summers in Saskatchewan as a teenager, studied Political Science and Anthropological Linguistics at the University of Saskatchewan, worked as an educator in Japan, and then returned to British Columbia.
The campaign page says Clemens comes from a low-income family, was the first in the family to attend university, worked full-time while studying, and has 15 years of experience in public policy, community engagement and grassroots advocacy.
The campaign page says Clemens founded and led a student advocacy organisation during university that grew to several hundred members. The organisation is not named on the page.
The Vancouver Regional Construction Association reported on August 14, 2026 that Clemens joined mayoral candidate Kareem Allam at a roundtable at the association's office. The association states that these meetings are not endorsements.
Daily Hive reported on August 6, 2026 that the Vancouver Liberals announced Clemens as a council candidate, and that he serves as director-at-large for the Vancouver Kingsway Federal Liberal Association, a federal riding association. In that report, Clemens said he left British Columbia earlier in life because he could not afford to live in Vancouver and attend university there, and that he supports the party's plan to build the SkyTrain extension to the University of British Columbia and to bring the University Endowment Lands into the city.
Clemens appears on the 2026 ballot as council candidate number 128 for the Vancouver Liberals.
Stir reported that at the September 22, 2026 arts and culture forum Clemens said he started out as a writer before working as a policy specialist in higher education. The campaign page says he lives in South Vancouver, and an October 1, 2026 Instagram post from his campaign account calls Sunset his neighbourhood.
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.
13 commitments shown · Checked Oct 3
2026 · TransitCampaign pledge
SkyTrain extension to UBC
The campaign page says Clemens supports advancing the SkyTrain extension to the University of British Columbia. The party issues page lists completing that extension as its top transportation priority.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The candidate page and the party issues page both state the position. In an interview reported by Daily Hive, Clemens personally confirmed his support for finishing the extension. The project is funded and delivered by senior governments and TransLink, so the council role is advocacy and approvals, not a mechanism the office can adopt on its own. The party's full platform, released on October 1, 2026, says the party will make the UBC extension its top transit priority and press the Province to commit funding and a construction schedule. That platform text is the party's and does not quote Clemens.
What still needs checking
What a council seat can decide on the project and on what timeline.
The campaign page says Clemens supports bringing the UBC Endowment Lands into the city.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The page states the position, and Clemens repeats it in his own launch video, where he says giving UBC-area residents the right to vote is one reason he supports amalgamation. A boundary change of this kind is decided by the province, not by city council alone, and it does not correspond to any issue City Council is scored on, so it is tagged ‘other’. The party's full platform, released on October 1, 2026, says the party will ask the Province to set out the legislative steps to bring the University Endowment Lands into the city. That text is the party's and does not quote Clemens.
What still needs checking
What steps council would take and what the province would have to agree to.
The campaign page says Clemens wants Vancouver to be more affordable and livable, in particular for young families, with better access to essential services.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The page states the goal without naming a housing or service measure. This is a general reason for running rather than a position on one scored city issue, so it is tagged ‘other’.
What still needs checking
Which council decisions Clemens would use to lower costs for families.
The campaign page says Clemens would invest in parks, community centres, arts and public spaces. The party issues page puts a figure on this, 1.35 billion dollars for parks, recreation and pools.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The candidate page names the priority. Parks, recreation and community centres are run by the separately elected Vancouver Park Board, not by City Council, so this commitment sits outside this office's scored issues.
What still needs checking
How the party's 1.35 billion dollar figure would be paid for.
The campaign page says Clemens supports responsible and transparent management of city resources. The party issues page lists measures including a municipal lobbyist registry, lower freedom of information fees, an independent audit of the Art Gallery project, and cancelling an 800 million dollar second city hall project.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The candidate page states the principle. The measures come from the party's issues page and are not separately quoted from Clemens. The party's full platform, released on October 1, 2026, repeats the lobbyist registry, the reversal of the freedom of information fee increases and the cancellation of the 800 million dollar second City Hall. It does not quote Clemens on them.
What still needs checking
Which of these measures Clemens would bring forward first.
At the August 2026 roundtable the topics raised with Clemens and the party's mayoral candidate included rising construction costs, slow and complicated approvals, and workforce pressures.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
Both VRCA posts record the topics raised, including construction costs, approvals, workforce pressures, infrastructure investment, fair procurement, and getting contractors paid on time. Neither post records what Clemens said or committed to, and the association states the meetings are not endorsements.
What still needs checking
What position Clemens took on approval timelines at the meeting.
2026 · Bring UBC lands into VancouverCampaign pledge
Bring UBC lands into Vancouver
The page says Clemens would work toward adding the UBC Endowment Lands to the City of Vancouver and toward a SkyTrain line to UBC.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
Taken from the campaign page listed in the sources. This sentence restates the SkyTrain extension and University Endowment Lands positions that are recorded as their own commitments above, so it is tagged ‘other’ here to avoid scoring the same position twice.
What still needs checking
What would this cost, who would deliver it, and by when?
2026 · Everyday services and city spendingCampaign pledge
Everyday services and city spending
The campaign says Clemens would work on access to basic services and on how openly the city manages its money.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
Taken from the campaign page listed in the sources. This restates the essential-services and transparent-spending positions recorded as their own commitments above, so it is tagged ‘other’ here to avoid scoring the same position twice.
What still needs checking
What would this cost, who would deliver it, and by when?
A standing framework for event permits and a cultural tourism mandate
At the September 22 arts and culture candidates' forum, Clemens said Council should adopt a standing framework for event permitting so organizers do not repeat the same approval steps every time, and that the Vancouver Economic Commission should get a cultural tourism mandate.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
Stir's report quotes Clemens directly from the forum. It names no cost or date for the framework.
What still needs checking
Whether Council takes up a standing event-permitting framework, and any budget or timeline attached to it.
At the same forum, Clemens called for action to protect the arts spaces Vancouver already has, with stronger measures at City Hall to discourage demolition and reinvigorate those spaces.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
Stir's report describes this as Clemens's position but does not quote a specific bylaw, permit rule or budget line, so no mechanism, cost or timeline is recorded.
What still needs checking
What rule or measure Clemens would use to discourage demolition of arts spaces.
Women Transforming Cities published a candidate response page for its Our City Hall Pledge. A results-table image on the page shows a row for Devin Clemens marked with the filled circle the key labels as committing, in all six columns: Housing Access, Transit & Mobility, Community Spaces, Food Security, Public Washrooms and Gender Safety.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The only record of this candidate's response is an image with no text version, and the page carries no sentence written by Clemens. An image with no text earns no position point, so this entry is tagged as not the candidate's own words.
What still needs checking
Whether Clemens publishes his own statement on any of these six policy asks.
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
Read original statements and reporting, or open the publisher’s video. A summary of a speech is labelled separately from a full recording.
Speech
Campaign launch video
The Vancouver Liberals posted Clemens's launch video to YouTube with automatic captions. In it he restates his biography and his support for the SkyTrain extension to UBC and for bringing the University Endowment Lands into the city.
Daily Hive quoted Clemens, in an article mainly about John Coupar's candidacy, on his own reasons for running and his support for the SkyTrain extension and the University Endowment Lands amalgamation.
Clemens took part in a candidates' forum on arts and culture policy at the Museum of Vancouver, alongside five other council candidates. Stir's report quotes him on event permitting and on protecting existing arts spaces.
In an Instagram post from his campaign account, Clemens wrote that he met three community members to discuss the priorities of Sunset, which he calls his own neighbourhood. The post does not name any specific priority or measure.
Post on speaking with construction industry members at BUILDFest
In an Instagram post from his campaign account, Clemens wrote that he had recently spoken with members of the Vancouver Regional Construction Association at its BUILDFest event, and called the construction industry a major part of the city's future spaces and infrastructure. The association's own announcement says BUILDFest took place on September 24, 2026 at the PNE Forum. The post does not say what was discussed.
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
Vancouver Regional Construction Association
Build Lower Mainland blog: the conversation has started
The association reports hosting a roundtable with Vancouver Liberals mayoral candidate Kareem Allam and council candidate Devin Clemens, covering construction costs, approval delays and workforce pressures. A follow-up Advocacy Alert names the VRCA members who also attended and adds procurement and prompt payment to the topics discussed. Both posts say these conversations are not endorsements.
John Coupar to run for Vancouver City Council under Liberals civic party
The article's main subject is John Coupar's candidacy, but it also reports that Clemens joined the Liberals ticket, gives his UBC job title and his federal riding association role, and quotes him directly on the SkyTrain extension and University Endowment Lands positions.
Sources checked October 3, 2026. Official records establish decisions; campaign material establishes stated positions; reporting adds investigation and context. None alone establishes every claim.
The student advocacy organisation, the policy changes it achieved, and the 15 years of public policy work all come from the campaign page and were not confirmed elsewhere; searches on October 3, 2026 found no record that names the organisation. The teaching work in Japan has no employer or dates. Clemens's role as director-at-large of the Vancouver Kingsway Federal Liberal Association is confirmed by an independent Daily Hive article, but no further detail on that role was found. The Women Transforming Cities pledge page shows Clemens's response to its six policy asks only as an image, with no sentence in his own words, so no position point could be recorded for it. The September 2026 arts and culture candidates' forum where Clemens appeared alongside TEAM's Jonathan Weisman was also shown live online. voche.me only found Stir's written report of that forum, which names each speaker, and used that instead of any recording with unlabelled speakers. If a video or transcript of that forum surfaces later, a person who watches it and identifies each speaker can add any further commitment it holds. Two other September 2026 Instagram posts appear on his account as joint posts with other Vancouver Liberals candidates: one on involuntary care at St. Paul's Hospital and one on UBC. Each was posted from another candidate's account and written in the first person, so neither is recorded here as Clemens's own words. His X account (@devclemyvr, the address the City lists) could not be read on October 3, 2026 because the service refused automated requests. The City lists his nomination papers as a PDF; no person has reviewed them for this record. No Council, Park Board or School Board record exists for this candidate, who has not held elected office.
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. 4 stated positions and 3 background facts recorded here, each checked against a quotation from that page.
Record reviewed again on October 3, 2026: the candidate page, the party platform released on October 1, the VoteMate profile, the City's candidate list, his campaign Instagram account, and news and voter guide searches. Two campaign posts and one upcoming forum were added.
Checks still to do: Confirm the current role and distinguish City authority from university, regional and provincial responsibilities.
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 as of 2026
Graduate Programs Manager, Vancouver School of Economics, University of British Columbia
The university's own staff directory gives the title and department. The campaign page describes the current work at the university as being on education access.
The campaign page says Clemens founded and led a student organisation focused on protecting affordable education, that it grew to several hundred members, and that it achieved policy changes and changes in institutional leadership. The organisation is not named and this account comes from the campaign.
Proposed questions for a future interview. They have not been sent to the candidate, and no answers have been supplied.
Which City action could improve access to essential services for students and young families?
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 Devin Clemens 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 Devin Clemens's page itself, answered directly rather than left blank.
Is this an official page for Devin Clemens?
No. This page is researched by voche.me from public sources, listed below, and is separate from Devin Clemens's own campaign.
What is Devin Clemens's ballot number for the 2026 Vancouver election?
Devin Clemens is number 128 on the City of Vancouver's official 2026 ballot for City Council.
What party did Devin Clemens run with?
Devin Clemens ran for City Council with Vancouver Liberals.
Does Devin Clemens currently hold public office?
Not according to this profile. voche.me has not listed a current public office for Devin Clemens.
How many sources does this Devin Clemens profile cite?
This profile lists 2 sourced references, each with the date voche.me checked it, in the Sources section below.
Has Devin Clemens filed nomination papers for the 2026 election?
voche.me has not yet added a nomination record for Devin Clemens. This does not mean no nomination paper was filed, only that voche.me has not completed that research yet.
Why do some questions on Devin Clemens's page show no answer?
The "Questions & answers" section on this page lists questions voche.me would put to Devin Clemens 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 Devin Clemens 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
Record reviewed again
voche.me reopened the campaign page, the party platform released on October 1, 2026, the VoteMate profile and the City's candidate list, and read the campaign Instagram account. Added two campaign posts from October 1 and 2, the party platform as a source for three party positions, the City-listed Instagram and X accounts, and the October 13 online food systems town hall. Removed the October 1 Last Candidate Standing event from the calendar: it is now in the past, and no source found on October 3 shows whether Clemens took part.
