Candidate for Vancouver City Council.
Devin Clemens, ballot number 128 for City Council in Vancouver, Vancouver Liberals. Profile focus: Education access and regional coordination.
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This record covers Devin Clemens's current role at the University of British Columbia, the background published on the Vancouver Liberals campaign page, a construction industry roundtable in August 2026, and the party positions for the 2026 council race.
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.
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York Theatre, Vancouver
The organisers say everyone running for mayor or council is invited. No participant list has been published, and Clemens is not named.
An all-candidates event produced by the Vancouver Public Space Network with support from The Tyee, Creative Mornings Vancouver, and the SFU City Program.
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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.
Clemens appears on the 2026 ballot as council candidate number 128 for the Vancouver Liberals.
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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.
The campaign page says Clemens supports bringing the UBC Endowment Lands into the city.
The campaign page says Clemens wants Vancouver to be more affordable and livable, in particular for young families, with better access to essential services.
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.
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.
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.
The campaign says Clemens wants to rebuild public trust in City Hall and work more closely with other levels of government.
The page says Clemens would work toward adding the UBC Endowment Lands to the City of Vancouver and toward a SkyTrain line to UBC.
The campaign says Clemens would work on access to basic services and on how openly the city manages its money.
The page says Clemens would put money into parks, community centres, festivals, arts and public spaces.
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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. The post says these conversations are not endorsements.
Kenneth Chan's ballot order list. Clemens appears as council candidate number 128 for the Vancouver Liberals.
Sources checked September 22, 2026. Official records establish decisions; campaign material establishes stated positions; reporting adds investigation and context. None alone establishes every claim.
City of Vancouver
City of Vancouver
Vancouver Liberals · June 4, 2026
Vancouver Liberals · August 19, 2026
Vancouver Regional Construction Association · August 14, 2026
Daily Hive · September 22, 2026
The Tyee · September 18, 2026
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. The teaching work in Japan has no employer or dates. A search result described Clemens as a director-at-large of the Vancouver Kingsway Federal Liberal Association, but that came from a professional networking profile that could not be opened, so it is left out. No independent news article about Clemens as a candidate was found, and no interview, speech or accountability record was found.
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.
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.
The university staff listing gives the title and department. The campaign page describes the current work at the university as being on education access.
Devin Clemens, city council candidateThe campaign page says Clemens worked as an educator in Japan before returning to British Columbia. No dates or employer are given.
Devin Clemens, city council candidateThe 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.
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