Dominic Denofrio is a OneCity candidate for Vancouver Park Board commissioner, ballot number 230. He ran for City Council as an independent in 2022 and for the NDP in the federal riding of Surrey Centre in 2025, and was not elected either time. This record covers OneCity's candidates page and Park Board release, his VoteMate profile and Instagram posts, the official results of his earlier races, and May 2026 reporting on the party's slate.
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.
Parks and recreation4/10
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A position in the candidate’s own words
“He’s running to make sure that the whole city, particularly the underserved neighbourhoods in South Vancouver, get the well-maintained parks, community centres, and recreation facilities they need.”
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
OneCity’s platform on parks: 1 commitment, none with a number. Party text earns the candidate the position point only.
What this office controls. Vancouver is the only major city in Canada with a separately elected park board. Its seven commissioners control parks, community centres, pools, rinks and beaches.
No position found by voche.me as of October 3, 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.
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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.
Party platform; candidate not quoted. OneCity 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.
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Answered the voche.me question on the issue
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
OneCity’s platform on taxes and budget: 4 commitments, none with a number. Party text earns the candidate the position point only.
What this office controls. The Park Board sets its own fees and approves its budget request. Council approves the City budget that funds it and the capital plan that pays for park buildings.
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
What this office controls. The Park Board manages trees, natural areas and the shoreline inside parks, and its own community centres, pools and rinks. The City’s building bylaw is Council’s.
Party platform; candidate not quoted. OneCity 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.
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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.
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Answered the voche.me question on the issue
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
OneCity’s platform on public safety: 9 commitments, none with a number. Party text earns the candidate the position point only.
What this office controls. The Park Board makes the bylaws and rules for parks and beaches and runs the park rangers. Policing is the Vancouver Police Department’s, and Council approves its budget.
Party platform; candidate not quoted. OneCity 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.
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Answered the voche.me question on the issue
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
OneCity’s platform on transport: 2 commitments, at least one with a number. Party text earns the candidate the position point only.
What this office controls. The Park Board decides the roads, paths and parking inside parks, including Stanley Park Drive. City streets and bike lanes outside parks are Council’s.
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 Dominic Denofrio
Dominic Denofrio appears on the City of Vancouver's final 2026 candidate list for Park Board, with ballot number 230. The City records the affiliation as OneCity.
The OneCity candidates page says Denofrio works in public service and has advised elected officials in the BC NDP government.
OneCity's candidates page calls him "The South Vancouver advocate for well-maintained parks and rec." His own Instagram account and his VoteMate profile repeat that focus on South Vancouver.
Daily Hive described Denofrio as a BC NDP constituency advisor when reporting OneCity's confirmed slate.
Vancouver Is Awesome's report of the same announcement names the two members of the BC legislature Denofrio advises: Sunita Dhir and Bowinn Ma.
The Georgia Straight described Denofrio as a public servant in its report on the same announcement.
OneCity members chose Denofrio in May 2026 as one of three Park Board candidates, alongside former commissioner John Irwin and biologist and labour activist Tyler Petersen. The cap of three came from an agreement between OneCity, COPE and the Green Party to limit the number of candidates each would field.
He has run for office twice before. The City of Vancouver's 2022 candidate list shows a Dominic Denofrio at ballot number 106 for City Council with no party, and the City's 2022 results file gives him 4,927 votes; he was not elected. In the April 2025 federal election, Elections Canada's results show a Dominic Denofrio as the New Democratic Party candidate in Surrey Centre, with 2,811 votes, 6.8% of the total, in third place.
voche.me ties those two campaigns to this candidate through details his own pages give. His 2022 campaign website, read through the Internet Archive, says he arrived in Vancouver in 2002 just before turning two, lived in Marpole in 2022, studied political science at Simon Fraser University and held youth roles in the NDP; his own Instagram account marked his 26th birthday in September 2026, and his 2026 pages describe NDP work and a South Vancouver focus. The 2025 NDP candidate page also names a political science degree from Simon Fraser University and work in a provincial constituency office.
Denofrio appears on the 2026 ballot at number 230 as a OneCity candidate for Park Board commissioner.
voche.me assembled this profile from the official candidate lists and the material linked under Sources. The campaign has not been contacted. The quotations in the dossier come from OneCity's pages, his VoteMate profile and his Instagram posts, which the candidate, his campaign or his party published.
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.
11 commitments shown · Checked Oct 3
2026 · Parks and recreationCampaign pledge
Parks and recreation funding for underserved areas
Denofrio says the priority is making sure the whole city, and South Vancouver in particular, gets well maintained parks, community centres and recreation facilities.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
OneCity's candidates page states the priority; the same paragraph was on his old OneCity page, which stopped answering on October 3, 2026. The page names no specific facility, budget figure or timeline.
What still needs checking
Which South Vancouver facilities Denofrio would fund first and from which budget.
Denofrio's VoteMate reason for running says he wants the city to plan for the future and make sure parks, community centres and street trees are well funded and maintained.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The VoteMate text states the goal for street trees alongside parks and community centres. It names no funding source, number of trees or date.
What still needs checking
Which street tree program or budget line this would use, and how many trees would be planted or maintained.
Denofrio says Marpole and South Vancouver have waited long enough for pools and community centres, and that OneCity would build three new pools based on neighbourhood need, including a 50 metre pool. The party plan names Mount Pleasant (through the Kingsgate redevelopment), Hastings Community Centre and Marpole as the sites.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
OneCity's release quotes Denofrio. It gives no cost, no source for the money and no date for any of the three pools.
What still needs checking
What would the three pools cost, which capital plan would pay for them, and which would be built first?
Denofrio wrote that at the Killarney Community Centre all candidates meeting on September 25, 2026 he spoke about the need for a new community centre in the River District.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
His Instagram post states the need. It gives no site, cost or date.
What still needs checking
Where in the River District would the centre go, what would it cost, and when would it open?
Grow park land and bring buried creeks back to the surface
The release by OneCity's three Park Board candidates, Denofrio among them, says the OneCity Park Board team will increase park land from 11% to 12% of the city's land, grow urban meadows, and bring up to three creeks that now run under streets back to the surface.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The release names Denofrio as one of the three candidates releasing the plan, and this part is written as the Park Board team's commitment. It gives no cost, no land to be bought and no date.
What still needs checking
Which land would become park, which creeks come first, and what would it cost?
OneCity's Park Board plan says the party will keep public pools open, staffed with lifeguards trained through a city-run certification program, and funded for the long term.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
This is party text in the release; the release quotes a different candidate, John Irwin, on lifeguards. It gives no number of lifeguards, cost or date.
What still needs checking
Has Denofrio said how many lifeguards would be hired and at what yearly cost?
Let the Park Board keep the money it earns, and start a gift shop program
OneCity's Park Board plan says the party will let the Park Board keep the revenue it earns instead of sending it to the City's general budget, and start a gift shop program in some parks.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
This is party text in the release, with no quote from Denofrio on it. It gives no amount and no start date. Letting the Park Board keep its revenue needs a Council decision.
What still needs checking
How much would the Park Board keep each year, and how much would the gift shops raise?
OneCity's Park Board plan says the party has a long-term strategy to make the elected Park Board more independent and more able to stand on its own, so the board can protect parks.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
This is party text in the release, with no quote from Denofrio on it. It names no change to the board's powers and no date.
What still needs checking
Which decisions would the Park Board gain, and would any need Council or the Province to agree?
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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Speech
Killarney Community Centre all candidates meeting
Denofrio's Instagram post, shared with the accounts iona.bonamis and rorycanoehead, says he spoke for OneCity at the Killarney Community Centre all candidates meeting that evening. He lists three topics he discussed: a new community centre in the River District, more off-leash dog parks in South Vancouver, and planting more trees in underserved parts of South and East Vancouver. No recording or organizer report of the meeting was found.
A post by OneCity School Board candidate Christopher Lee, with Denofrio's account listed as co-author, describes a door knock in Marpole. It says different parts of the city get unequal treatment, names cut school programs and community centres that need upgrades, and says both candidates grew up in South Vancouver.
Signed OneCity statement on the Vote Palestine pledge
Denofrio is one of 11 OneCity candidates who signed the party's answer to the Vote Palestine pledge. The statement condemns the genocide in Gaza and anti-Palestinian racism, supports local and ethical City purchasing, and declines two parts of the pledge: the third commitment of the Apartheid-Free Communities pledge and the adoption of an outside framework on anti-Palestinian racism.
OneCity's release says Denofrio, John Irwin and Tyler Petersen released the party's Park Board plan. Denofrio is quoted saying Marpole and South Vancouver have waited long enough for pools and community centres, that pool sites should follow neighbourhood need, and that OneCity would build three new pools including a 50 metre pool.
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
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Reporting
Surrey Now-Leader
Canada Votes 2025: Sarai wins Surrey Centre for Liberals
The election night report on Surrey Centre names Denofrio as the NDP candidate in a distant third place. Its election night count, 2,792 votes, is lower than the final Elections Canada figure of 2,811.
OneCity confirms 13 candidates for Vancouver civic election, including Frances Bula
Kenneth Chan set out OneCity's full slate, described Denofrio as a BC NDP constituency advisor, and explained the candidate cap agreed with COPE and the Greens.
OneCity, COPE choose candidates for council, school board, park board
Mike Howell's report on the OneCity and COPE nomination slates names Denofrio as a constituency advisor for BC NDP MLAs Sunita Dhir and Bowinn Ma, running for Park Board with OneCity.
Sources checked October 3, 2026. Official records establish decisions; campaign material establishes stated positions; reporting adds investigation and context. None alone establishes every claim.
No interview with Denofrio was found in any news outlet. Vancouver Is Awesome's May 14, 2026 report names the two BC NDP members of the legislature he advises, Sunita Dhir and Bowinn Ma, but the constituency office and the dates of the role are still not established. His 2022 council run and his 2025 federal run are confirmed in official results; his 2022 website's account of his education and NDP youth roles is his campaign's own account. Kerrisdale Community Centre listed him on September 23, 2026 among 23 Park Board candidates confirmed for its September 29 meeting, but no source read after the meeting shows that he spoke there, so it is not recorded as a talk. He did not appear among the answers to the Vancouver Public Space Network's 2026 Park Board survey when its index and every linked answer page were read on October 3, 2026. No recording of the Killarney meeting was found. No campaign event or forum between October 3 and October 17, 2026 names him as a speaker. His X account returned no readable text.
Research status
What voche.me has checked
Evidence reviewed on October 3, 2026: OneCity's candidates page, its September 29 Park Board release and September 27 statement, his VoteMate profile, his public Instagram posts, the City's 2022 candidate list and results, Elections Canada's 2025 results, and the May 2026 reporting from the Georgia Straight, Daily Hive and Vancouver Is Awesome.
Each stated position here is checked against a quotation from the page that carries it.
Checks still to do: confirm the constituency office and the dates of the BC NDP role, and compare his proposals with current Park Board facility and population data.
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 unless the entry says so.
03 / Background
Experience & community
As of May 2026
Constituency advisor, BC NDP
Daily Hive reported the role when OneCity confirmed its slate. The OneCity page describes the work as advising elected officials in the BC NDP government. Vancouver Is Awesome's report of the same announcement names the two members of the legislature Denofrio advises, Sunita Dhir and Bowinn Ma. None of these sources gives a start date or names the constituency office.
Elections Canada's results list Dominic Denofrio as the New Democratic Party candidate in Surrey Centre in the April 2025 federal election, with 2,811 votes, 6.8% of the total, in third place. His 2025 candidate page says he worked in the Surrey-Whalley constituency office of former MLA Bruce Ralston after graduating from Simon Fraser University; that is his campaign's own account.
The City's 2022 candidate list shows Dominic Denofrio at ballot number 106 for City Council with no party. The City's 2022 results file, read through an Internet Archive copy, gives him 4,927 votes across all voting places; ten councillors were elected, and the tenth had 37,270 votes.
Proposed questions for a future interview. They have not been sent to the candidate, and no answers have been supplied.
Which South Vancouver facilities need investment first, and what evidence establishes the service gap?
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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05 / About this page
Questions about this page
Facts voche.me can state about Dominic Denofrio's page itself, answered directly rather than left blank.
Is this an official page for Dominic Denofrio?
No. This page is researched by voche.me from public sources, listed below, and is separate from Dominic Denofrio's own campaign.
What is Dominic Denofrio's ballot number for the 2026 Vancouver election?
Dominic Denofrio is number 230 on the City of Vancouver's official 2026 ballot for Park Board.
What party did Dominic Denofrio run with?
Dominic Denofrio ran for Park Board with OneCity.
Does Dominic Denofrio currently hold public office?
Not according to this profile. voche.me has not listed a current public office for Dominic Denofrio.
How many sources does this Dominic Denofrio profile cite?
This profile lists 6 sourced references, each with the date voche.me checked it, in the Sources section below.
Has Dominic Denofrio filed nomination papers for the 2026 election?
voche.me has not yet added a nomination record for Dominic Denofrio. This does not mean no nomination paper was filed, only that voche.me has not completed that research yet.
Why do some questions on Dominic Denofrio's page show no answer?
The "Questions & answers" section on this page lists questions voche.me would put to Dominic Denofrio 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 Dominic Denofrio ran in?
The 2026 Vancouver municipal election, including the Park Board race, was decided on October 17, 2026.
06 / Candidate contributions
Space for campaign updates
Earlier candidacies added, new campaign material and forums
The record said this was his first run for public office. That was wrong: the City's 2022 list shows him as an independent council candidate, and Elections Canada shows him as the NDP candidate in Surrey Centre in 2025. Both are now in the biography and experience. OneCity's old candidate page now returns an error, so the profile points to OneCity's candidates page, which carries the same paragraph. Added: OneCity's September 29 Park Board release, which quotes him on new pools, the party's September 27 statement he signed, his September 25 Instagram post about the Killarney Community Centre forum, and two public forums in October. No calendar event before October 3 needed to be changed or removed.
Duplicate parks commitment removed, a street trees commitment added
The dossier listed the same OneCity statement about parks, community centres and recreation facilities for underserved South Vancouver twice, as two separate commitments with different topic labels. The duplicate, parks-for-underserved-south-vancouver, was removed. The remaining commitment is now tagged and quoted. A new commitment on street trees, taken from the candidate's VoteMate profile, was added.
