This record covers Jay Bailey, ballot number 234, running for Vancouver Park Board with ABC Vancouver in the October 17, 2026 election. Almost everything known about this candidate comes from the ABC Vancouver campaign page, so most items below are attributed to the party.
2 upcoming public events 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.
Checked September 22, 2026 · All event times are Vancouver local time. Recheck the organizer before travelling.
Attendance is identified for each event. Unconfirmed listings are not confirmed candidate appearances.
6 to 9 pm
Public forumAttendance unconfirmed
Great East End Town Hall, part two: school board and park board
Britannia Community Centre, Gym D, Vancouver
The listing names the two offices invited rather than individual candidates. The organiser website could not be opened, so no attendance list was seen.
The second part of a town hall series for the 2026 Vancouver election, covering school board and park board candidates. Listed on the CityHallWatch election portal.
Kerrisdale Community Centre, 5851 West Boulevard, Vancouver
The community centre invites all park board candidates but publishes no list of who accepted, and the ABC campaign has not said whether Bailey will be there.
A meeting for Vancouver park board candidates run by Kerrisdale Community Centre. The centre says the format is non partisan and that writer and journalist Jarryd Jager will moderate.
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 Jay Bailey
Jay Bailey appears on the City of Vancouver's final 2026 candidate list for Park Board, with ballot number 234. The City records the affiliation as ABC Vancouver.
The page says Bailey earned a Bachelor of Arts at the University of Western Ontario and played varsity football there. The page says the candidate began a career in London, then moved to Sydney to study for an MBA at the Australian Graduate School of Management. The page says the candidate is a Chartered Accountant with a twenty-year career in corporate strategy and finance.
The ABC Vancouver candidate page says Bailey grew up in Vancouver and attended Kerrisdale Elementary and Prince of Wales Secondary before studying at the University of Western Ontario.
The same page says Bailey holds a Chartered Accountant designation and later completed an MBA at the Australian Graduate School of Management in Sydney. No independent record of either credential was found.
Daily Hive lists Bailey at ballot position 234 as one of the ABC Vancouver candidates for Park Board commissioner.
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.
6 commitments shown · Checked Sep 22
2026 · ParksCampaign pledge
Keep parks serving residents now and later
The campaign page says Bailey will work to keep Vancouver parks, recreation facilities and public spaces serving residents today while being looked after for future generations.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The wording comes from the ABC candidate page. It sets a general aim and names no budget, no site and no deadline.
What still needs checking
Which specific parks or facilities Bailey would spend money on first, and where that money would come from.
ABC Vancouver, the party Bailey runs with, says it will end the booking slot system at Kitsilano Pool, restore drop-in access at public pools, and remove paid parking at Jericho Beach, Spanish Banks Beach and all community centres.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
This is the party platform reported by Daily Hive and the party's own July 2026 release. Bailey is not quoted in either document, so this is the party position rather than a statement by the candidate.
What still needs checking
Whether Bailey states a personal position on drop-in pool access and paid parking at beaches.
The ABC Vancouver platform promises $400 million for community centre work, new aquatic centres in Sunset and Marpole including a 50 metre lap pool, double the number of dog parks, a covered year round pickleball facility, and permanent repairs to the Stanley Park train.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
Daily Hive reported these items on September 22, 2026 as the first major part of the ABC platform. The report gives no year by year cost breakdown and does not say which park board candidate is responsible for each item.
What still needs checking
The cost and timing of each facility, and how much of it falls to the park board rather than city council.
ABC Vancouver announced on July 13, 2026 that it would stop trying to dissolve the Vancouver Park Board and would instead run candidates for commissioner in the October 2026 election.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The party release records the change and quotes Mayor Ken Sim saying the current park board is not working. The release names no candidates, and Bailey was announced later.
What still needs checking
Whether Bailey says anything about keeping the elected park board as a separate body.
Each entry below names its source. Campaign material is the candidate's own account. Nothing here is presented as a verified outcome unless the entry says so.
No reviewed entries have been added to this section yet. This is a research gap, not a finding about the candidate.
Recent appearances / Read and watch
Talks, interviews & statements
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Accountability / Findings, disputes and responses
Controversies & public scrutiny
Records are labelled by type, including official findings, civil proceedings and political disputes where applicable. Each entry identifies the response found in the sources and the latest status verified for this page.
No reviewed entries have been added to this section yet. This is a research gap, not a finding about the candidate.
News coverage / Original publishers
Read the reporting
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Reporting
Daily Hive
Vancouver's 2026 civic election candidate list is set: All 130 names in ballot order
Kenneth Chan set out the full ballot for the October 17, 2026 Vancouver election. Bailey appears at number 234 among the 35 park board candidates and is listed with ABC Vancouver.
Sources checked September 22, 2026. Official records establish decisions; campaign material establishes stated positions; reporting adds investigation and context. None alone establishes every claim.
No news report, interview or recorded public appearance about Bailey was found. Searches of news indexes returned nothing under this name connected to Vancouver municipal politics. The accounting designation, the MBA, the varsity football and rugby results and the twenty year finance career all come from the ABC Vancouver page and were not checked against any professional register or other source. No record was found of Bailey running for office before 2026. Official City of Vancouver candidate pages return an error to automated requests, so the ballot number was taken from the Daily Hive list instead.
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. 2 stated positions and 3 background facts recorded here. This site blocks automated requests, so each quotation was read from the live page twice, independently.
Checks still to do: Confirm credentials and ask for a transparent project-evaluation method.
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
About 2005 to 2026
Corporate strategy and finance
The campaign page describes a twenty year career in corporate strategy and finance across several industries and countries, including a period working in London, United Kingdom. The page names no employer, so the roles could not be checked against any other source.
