John Irwin is the OneCity candidate for Park Board at ballot number 217 in the October 17, 2026 election. This record covers one completed term as a Park Board commissioner from 2018 to 2022, two party changes, seven recorded actions from that term, three of them checked in the official minutes, and the positions Irwin has published during the 2026 campaign in OneCity bulletins and releases, on Instagram, and in the Vancouver Public Space Network and HUB Cycling surveys.
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 recreation6/10
2/2
A position in the candidate’s own words
“Renewal is very important, as our community centres and our parks are the glue that keeps our society together during trying times.”
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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01 / Introduction
About John Irwin
John Irwin appears on the City of Vancouver's final 2026 candidate list for Park Board, with ballot number 217. The City records the affiliation as OneCity.
Irwin was elected a Vancouver Park Board commissioner in the 2018 election as a Coalition of Progressive Electors candidate, with 46,287 votes, taking the seventh and last seat.
Daily Hive reported on March 17, 2022 that Irwin left COPE and joined Vision Vancouver for the rest of the term.
Irwin ran again for Park Board in the 2022 election as a Vision Vancouver candidate, received 27,186 votes and was not elected.
OneCity's candidates page describes Irwin as a post-secondary lecturer of more than 20 years and a lifelong cyclist. The page does not name the institution.
OneCity confirmed Irwin as one of its three Park Board candidates in May 2026, alongside Dominic Denofrio and Tyler Petersen.
Daily Hive reported in May 2026 that Irwin became known for opposing injunctions aimed at park encampments, including at Oppenheimer Park and CRAB Park, and for supporting bike lanes.
Daily Hive listed Irwin at ballot number 217 for Park Board on September 22, 2026.
The official Park Board minutes from Irwin's term record him moving a motion in May 2019 that asked the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority to invest in more green space and waterfront access around CRAB Park, which passed unanimously at committee, and voting for the January 2022 motion to explore shared management of parks with the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh Nations, which passed 5 to 2.
The City of Vancouver's candidate list gives the Instagram account johnjmirwin as Irwin's social media. In the Vancouver Public Space Network's 2026 Park Board survey, Irwin says he was the Park Board's liaison to the Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano, Dunbar and Kerrisdale community centre associations from 2018 to 2022. That is his own account.
The Vancouver and District Labour Council lists Irwin among the candidates it endorses for the 2026 Vancouver election.
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.
29 commitments shown · Checked Oct 3
2026 · TransportationCampaign pledge
Bring back the Park Drive bike lane
In OneCity's August 8, 2026 bulletin Irwin wrote that if returned to the Park Board, Irwin will work to bring the Park Drive bike lane back.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The bulletin states the commitment in Irwin's own words on a party website. It does not say how many votes the change would need or when a motion would come forward.
What still needs checking
Whether a majority of elected commissioners would support restoring the lane.
In OneCity's August 29, 2026 bulletin Irwin wrote that the Park Board should fund facility renewals and pointed to Renfrew Community Centre's condition and seismic concerns.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The bulletin states Irwin's position. It gives no dollar figure and no construction start date.
What still needs checking
What renewal budget Irwin would seek and in which capital plan.
Irwin wrote that the Park Board should return to the 2022 Community Centre Strategy, noting that all 19 community centre associations signed on and that Renfrew ranked second for renewal need.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The bulletins are party sources signed by Irwin, and his Vancouver Public Space Network survey answer repeats that the board should keep following the 2022 strategy. The strategy document itself was not opened.
What still needs checking
Whether the current board has formally set the 2022 strategy aside, and what would replace it.
Irwin wrote in the August 29, 2026 bulletin that the living wage for City workers, which the ABC majority ended, should be reinstated.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The bulletin states Irwin's position. Wage policy for City workers is set by City Council, so a Park Board commissioner would be advocating rather than deciding. Irwin repeated the point in a September 18, 2026 Instagram post.
What still needs checking
What a Park Board commissioner can do about City wage policy.
Plant more street trees and pay to keep them alive
Irwin wrote that street tree planting should speed up and that money should be set aside to care for the new trees, because drought is killing saplings.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The bulletin states the position and the reason. It does not give a target number of trees or a care budget.
What still needs checking
How much money Irwin would put toward watering and care of new trees.
Allocate facility time by public benefit and equity
Irwin wrote in support of the Park Board's new Affiliation Policy, which allocates recreation facility time on public benefit, safety, equity and inclusion rather than on which groups held the time before.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The bulletin states Irwin's support for a policy the board has already adopted. The policy text was not opened.
What still needs checking
How the policy changes which groups get ice, pool and field time.
OneCity's candidates page says Irwin is running because Vancouver's parks need an independent voice that will protect the Park Board and make it resilient.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
This is the campaign's wording on the party's own page. No separate statement by Irwin on the subject was found.
What still needs checking
What specific measures Irwin would use to protect the board's independence.
OneCity's home page, linked from the site as its 2026 platform, lists renewing community centres, pools and ice rinks among its commitments.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The party's platform page on community infrastructure lists staffed lifeguards at every beach and pool and three new pools, in Mount Pleasant, at Hastings Community Centre and in Marpole. The page names no candidate and gives no cost or date.
What still needs checking
Which of these party commitments Irwin would bring to the Park Board table first.
Irwin's VoteMate profile says he wants the Park Board's jurisdiction protected and its facilities, including pools, sports fields and community centres, fully funded.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The candidate-submitted VoteMate text states the aim. It names no dollar figure, funding source or date.
What still needs checking
What funding level Irwin would seek in the Park Board's own budget request to Council.
On his first day, have Park Board staff look at how to add washrooms at a reasonable cost to a small neighbourhood park that has none, and carry out the washroom strategy the board passed in the 2018 to 2022 term.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
Irwin's survey answer names the step and the reason: seniors, women and parents need washrooms to use parks. It names no park, cost or number of washrooms.
What still needs checking
Which park would come first, and how many parks lack a washroom today?
Turn street ends into small parks in growing areas
Work with the City to add and expand parks in the Broadway Plan area, for example by turning some street ends into small pocket parks, as was done at Lilian To Park.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The survey answer states the aim and one example. Street ends are City land, so the City would have to agree. No number of parks, cost or date is given.
What still needs checking
Which street ends would Irwin propose, and how many?
Electric Park Board vehicles, and cooling and clean air in community centres
Replace Park Board vehicles with electric ones, and add heat pumps, cooling and air filters to community centres so people can shelter there during heat and wildfire smoke. Keep opening community centres as shelters for people without homes during heavy rain and cold weather.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The survey answer states the measures. It gives no number of vehicles or buildings, no cost and no date.
What still needs checking
How many vehicles and community centres, at what cost, and by when?
Seek a change to the Vancouver Charter so the Park Board could pay more of its own way, for example with its own property tax rate or a set share of the City's taxes and fees.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The Vancouver Charter is a provincial law, so the Province would have to change it. The answer gives no rate, amount or date.
What still needs checking
What share of City taxes would Irwin ask for, and has the Province been asked?
Restore funding cut under the zero increase budget
Restore and increase the Park Board funding that was cut under the City's 'Zero Means Zero' budget approach, so that programs stay open to all residents.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The survey answer states the aim. It gives no dollar figure and no source for the money, and the City budget that funds the Park Board is approved by Council.
What still needs checking
How much money would be restored, and to which programs?
When money allows, publish Park Board materials in the main languages of each part of the city, based on census data, and offer live translation at all Park Board meetings, as Renfrew Community Centre does.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The survey answer states the measures. It names no languages, cost or date.
What still needs checking
Which languages first, and what would live translation at meetings cost?
Define and strengthen the Park Board's legal powers
Direct Park Board staff, and possibly lawyers, to define and strengthen the board's powers under the Vancouver Charter, recommend ways to make the board stronger, and look at how the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh Nations could gain seats at the board.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The survey answer names a staff direction the board could vote on. It gives no date and no cost.
What still needs checking
What would the staff report be asked to cover, and by when?
Hold a yearly meeting with the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh Nations
Hold a government to government meeting each year between the Park Board and the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh Nations.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The survey answer states the aim. It gives no first date. Irwin also says he supported more money for the board's reconciliation planning team; that is his own account.
What still needs checking
When would the first meeting take place, and what would be on its agenda?
Bring back fully staffed lifeguards at beaches and pools
Bring back fully staffed and funded lifeguards at beaches and pools, with lifeguards trained through a city-run certification program, and add more places to swim all year.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
Irwin is quoted in the party release, which he released with the two other OneCity Park Board candidates. The release gives no number of lifeguards, cost or date.
What still needs checking
How many lifeguards would be hired, and at what yearly cost?
Start building a new 50 metre pool within the first term
Build a new 50 metre pool, possibly with a rebuilt Hastings Community Centre on the City-owned parking lots at Renfrew Street and Hastings Street, with construction starting within the first term. The party plan also names Mount Pleasant and Marpole for new pools.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The bulletin signed by Irwin gives the possible site and the timing. It gives no cost. The parking lots are City land, so Council would also have to agree.
What still needs checking
What would the pool cost, and which budget would pay for it?
More off-leash dog parks, fitted into smaller spaces
Add more off-leash dog areas faster by fitting them into smaller spaces while keeping room for field sports, and look at separate areas for small and large dogs.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
Irwin's Instagram post states the idea. It gives no number of parks, cost or date.
In HUB Cycling's survey Irwin answers yes to 30 km/h speeds on local streets, to doing street safety work first in neighbourhoods that have had less of it, and to closing gaps in the bike network. He says the southeast and east of the city have less safe access for walking and cycling.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The three asks are HUB Cycling's wording. City streets are Council's, so a Park Board commissioner can only ask for these changes.
What still needs checking
Which paths inside parks would Irwin connect to the City's bike routes?
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Approved
Park Board vote on overnight camping in city parks
Global News reported the Park Board voted 4 to 3 to change the bylaw and allow overnight camping in city parks, during the Strathcona Park encampment. The report names Irwin as one of the three who voted against, with NPA commissioners Tricia Barker and John Coupar. Global News did not name the four who voted in favour.
Scope, limits and sources
Global News quoted Irwin saying an injunction would only move campers from one park to another with no way to deal with it, and that the solution was to bring more housing online. Irwin also said the board technically remained in control of Strathcona Park while the encampment was run by its own organisers.
Board declined to seek an injunction; Irwin's opposition to ceding control reported independently
Opposed ceding Oppenheimer Park control to the City
The Vancouver Park Board decided not to seek a court injunction to remove people sheltering in Oppenheimer Park, after Mayor Kennedy Stewart asked the board to temporarily hand control of the park to the City. Vancouver Is Awesome reported that Irwin, who attended the board's news conference the next day, said he would not support ceding control of the park to the City.
Scope, limits and sources
The report does not give a recorded vote count for the board's internal decision, but names Irwin directly as one of the commissioners who stated this position at the news conference.
Carried unanimously at the Park Board Committee, May 27, 2019
Moved the motion on Downtown Eastside green space and waterfront access at CRAB Park
The Georgia Straight reported in March 2019 that Irwin would ask the board to seek a 1.6 hectare westward extension of CRAB Park from the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority. The official minutes show Irwin withdrew that motion on April 1, 2019 and gave notice of a new one on April 15. The new motion, moved by Irwin and seconded by Commissioner Giesbrecht, asked the Port Authority to invest in parks, recreation and reconciliation and to plan the Central Waterfront area, including CRAB Park, with the City, the board and the three host Nations. On May 27, 2019 the committee heard 19 speakers, all in support, and passed the amended motion unanimously.
Scope, limits and sources
The amendments added a working group on an Indigenous healing, wellness or cultural centre, and asked Council, the federal transport minister and the local MP and MLA to work with the Port Authority. The motion is a request to a body the Park Board does not control.
Referred to staff 5 to 2, with Irwin opposed to the referral
Moved a motion on the health effects of artificial turf in parks
The official minutes show Irwin moved a motion on September 16, 2019 asking for a review of the health effects of crumb rubber in artificial turf and for clean-up where it reaches soil or storm drains. Irwin's amendment to test lead levels in every Park Board artificial turf field was defeated 2 to 5, with only Irwin and Commissioner Giesbrecht in favour. The board then sent the amended motion to staff, to be folded into a 2020 report on artificial turf, by 5 to 2, with Irwin and Commissioner Demers opposed.
Scope, limits and sources
The Georgia Straight reported the motion the same day and described the lead found at Trillium Park and Van Tech fields. The referral sent the motion to staff for a report in 2020.
Motion passed; started the Stanley Park Mobility Study
Moved the motion that led to the Stanley Park Mobility Study
CBC News reported that Irwin and commissioner Stuart Mackinnon introduced a motion asking park board staff to explore reducing vehicle traffic on Stanley Park Drive, including a possible single dedicated bike lane, after a temporary pandemic vehicle ban had increased cycling in the park. Daily Hive later confirmed the motion passed and started the Stanley Park Mobility Study.
Scope, limits and sources
Irwin told CBC he was reasonably confident of the motion passing and that it directed staff to report back with recommendations rather than deciding the outcome itself.
Moved to keep the temporary Stanley Park Drive bike lane in place
Daily Hive reported that a motion by Green Party commissioner Camil Dumont and COPE commissioner Irwin, to keep the temporary Stanley Park Drive bike lane in place until the Stanley Park Mobility Study finished, passed 5 to 2 at the November 15, 2021 board meeting, with COPE and Green commissioners in favour and NPA commissioners against.
Scope, limits and sources
The bike lane occupied one of two roadway lanes on Stanley Park Drive. Irwin said cycling volumes were not affected by cold, wet winter conditions.
Voted for exploring shared management of parks with the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh Nations
The official minutes record Irwin voting with Commissioners Demers, Dumont, Giesbrecht and Mackinnon for Commissioner Mackinnon's motion directing staff to explore shared management of parkland with the three host Nations, starting with a joint meeting. Commissioners Barker and Coupar voted against. Irwin also voted against their motion to send the decision to a later committee meeting.
Scope, limits and sources
CBC News reported the 5 to 2 result and said the two opposed wanted more consultation first.
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Statement
Park Board update in OneCity's weekly City Hall bulletin
Irwin wrote the Park Board section of OneCity's bulletin covering July 27 to August 7, 2026, setting out positions on the Affiliation Policy for recreation facilities, street tree planting and care, the seasonal Stanley Park bus route, and restoring the Park Drive bike lane.
Irwin wrote the Park Board section of OneCity's bulletin covering August 22 to 28, 2026, on community centre renewal, the condition of Renfrew Community Centre, the 2022 Community Centre Strategy, staff layoffs under the operating budget, and reinstating the living wage for City workers.
Irwin signed the Park Board section of OneCity's June 20, 2026 bulletin. It says the Park Board had approved $400 million to rebuild Renfrew, Hastings and Kensington community centres, and that the City Council majority spread the same money across five centres, leaving Renfrew off the list.
Park Board update on the 2027 to 2030 capital plan
Irwin signed the Park Board section of OneCity's July 18, 2026 bulletin. It says the OneCity candidates spoke at the July 13 Park Board meeting in favour of the board's draft capital plan, asked for the 50 metre pool to be built sooner, and objected to cuts to urban forest renewal. The official minutes record the number of speakers but not their names.
Instagram post on the capital plan and community centre renewals
Irwin's Instagram post says City Council sets the total borrowing and spending, while the Park Board decides which community centres are renewed and where pools go, and that the Council majority should respect the board's decisions.
Park Board update on Nelson Park and the Vancouver Aquatic Centre
Irwin signed the Park Board section of OneCity's July 25, 2026 bulletin, covering the board's votes on the BC Hydro substation at Nelson Park and the Vancouver Aquatic Centre demolition contract. It says the OneCity candidates want a new 50 metre pool, possibly at Hastings, with construction started within the first term.
Irwin's Instagram post says the Council majority ended the living wage for City workers, that it should be restored at $27.85 or more, and that all OneCity candidates are endorsed by the Vancouver and District Labour Council.
Answers to the Vancouver Public Space Network Park Board survey
Irwin answered all 10 questions. He proposes washrooms for neighbourhood parks, pocket parks at street ends, an electric Park Board fleet, cooling and clean air in community centres, new money from memorial trees and equipment rentals, a Park Board tax share, translation of materials and meetings, a staff review of the board's legal powers, and a yearly meeting with the three host Nations. He says he was the only public speaker at a recent board meeting in support of the Squamish Nation's temporary Senakw welcoming centre in Vanier Park. Park Board minutes from 2026 do not name public speakers, so this is his own account.
OneCity's release says Irwin, Tyler Petersen and Dominic Denofrio released the party's Park Board plan. Irwin is quoted saying he has seen a pool close for lack of lifeguards and that OneCity would bring back fully staffed lifeguards at beaches and pools.
Irwin answered yes to all three of HUB Cycling's asks: 30 km/h local streets, safety work first in neighbourhoods that have had less of it, and closing gaps in the bike network. He says he spoke to Council on June 2, 2026 for slower streets, started the Stanley Park Drive bike lane in 2020, and spoke to the Park Board in September 2025 for bringing it back. The June 2 Council minutes could not be opened, so these are his own accounts. The answers carry no date, so this date is the day voche.me read them.
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.
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Reporting
Global News
Vancouver Park Board votes 4-3 to allow overnight camping in city parks
Global News covered the bylaw change during the Strathcona Park encampment, named Irwin among the three commissioners who voted against, and quoted Irwin on injunctions, housing and who controlled the park.
Park Board commissioner John Irwin ditches COPE for Vision Vancouver
Daily Hive reported Irwin's move from COPE to Vision Vancouver, quoted Irwin on Vision's record on climate action, reconciliation and active transportation, and noted Irwin had been left off COPE's tentative candidate list the week before.
OneCity confirms 13 candidates for Vancouver election, including Frances Bula
Daily Hive listed OneCity's confirmed slate and described Irwin's record as opposing injunctions against park encampments, including at Oppenheimer and CRAB Park, and supporting bike lanes.
Sources checked October 3, 2026. Official records establish decisions; campaign material establishes stated positions; reporting adds investigation and context. None alone establishes every claim.
OneCity's candidates page does not say where Irwin lectures, and no independent record of the teaching role was found. The official minutes for the May 2019 CRAB Park motion, the September 2019 artificial turf motion and the January 2022 co-management vote were read from Internet Archive copies; the 2020 camping vote, the 2020 Stanley Park motion and the 2021 bike lane vote rest on news reports, and their minutes were not opened. The Council minutes of June 2, 2026, where Irwin says he spoke for slower local streets, return an error to automated requests and have no archive copy. Park Board minutes from 2026 do not list public speakers by name, so Irwin's accounts of speaking at board meetings in 2025 and 2026 are unconfirmed. Kerrisdale Community Centre listed Irwin as a confirmed speaker at its September 29 forum, and the Mount Pleasant Community Association named him for its September 23 meeting, but no source read shows either event after it happened. No news interview with Irwin in 2026 was found.
Research status
What voche.me has checked
Evidence reviewed on October 3, 2026: the City's candidate list, OneCity's candidates page, releases and bulletins, Irwin's Instagram posts, his answers to the Vancouver Public Space Network and HUB Cycling surveys, news reports, and official Park Board minutes from 2019 and 2022 read from Internet Archive copies.
Statements from OneCity, VoteMate, the two surveys and Instagram are the campaign's own words. Votes and motions from the 2018 to 2022 term are taken from the official minutes or from independent news reports.
Checks still to do: minutes for the 2020 and 2021 votes now covered by news reports, and the Council minutes of June 2, 2026, where Irwin says he spoke in support of slower speeds on local streets.
The ballot name, office, ballot number and party label come from the City's final candidate list.
03 / Background
Experience & community
2018 to 2022
Vancouver Park Board commissioner
Irwin served one full term, elected under COPE in 2018 and sitting for Vision Vancouver from March 2022 to the end of the term.
Park Board liaison to four community centre associations
Irwin says in the Vancouver Public Space Network survey that he was the Park Board's liaison to the Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano, Dunbar and Kerrisdale community centre associations, and in HUB Cycling's survey that he was liaison to the City's Active Transportation Committee. These are his own accounts and were not checked against a Park Board record.
OneCity's candidates page says Irwin has lectured at the post-secondary level for more than 20 years. No institution is named and no independent record of the role was found.
Proposed questions for a future interview. They have not been sent to the candidate, and no answers have been supplied.
Which decisions from your previous term would you continue or change now?
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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Ask John Irwin 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 John Irwin's page itself, answered directly rather than left blank.
Is this an official page for John Irwin?
No. This page is researched by voche.me from public sources, listed below, and is separate from John Irwin's own campaign.
What is John Irwin's ballot number for the 2026 Vancouver election?
John Irwin is number 217 on the City of Vancouver's official 2026 ballot for Park Board.
What party did John Irwin run with?
John Irwin ran for Park Board with OneCity.
Does John Irwin currently hold public office?
Not according to this profile. voche.me has not listed a current public office for John Irwin.
How many sources does this John Irwin profile cite?
This profile lists 3 sourced references, each with the date voche.me checked it, in the Sources section below.
Has John Irwin filed nomination papers for the 2026 election?
voche.me has not yet added a nomination record for John Irwin. This does not mean no nomination paper was filed, only that voche.me has not completed that research yet.
Why do some questions on John Irwin's page show no answer?
The "Questions & answers" section on this page lists questions voche.me would put to John Irwin 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 John Irwin 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
Portrait source link moved to the party's candidates page
The portrait credit linked OneCity's old candidate page (onecityvancouver.ca/people/john-irwin), which returned HTTP 404 on October 4, 2026. OneCity's candidates page, read that day, shows the same portrait file beside his entry, so the credit now links there.
Added survey answers, Instagram posts, three bulletins and official minutes; corrected two motion records
Added Irwin's answers to the Vancouver Public Space Network and HUB Cycling surveys, OneCity's September 29 Parks, Pipes, & Pools release, three more bulletins he signed, five of his Instagram posts, a Vancouver Is Awesome report and the labour council endorsement, with 15 new commitments and 11 statements. Added his January 2022 vote for exploring shared park management with the host Nations from the official minutes. Corrected the CRAB Park entry: the minutes show Irwin withdrew the lease extension motion on April 1, 2019 and moved a new waterfront motion that passed unanimously at committee on May 27, 2019. Corrected the artificial turf entry: the board referred the motion to staff 5 to 2 over his objection, and his lead testing amendment failed 2 to 5. OneCity moved its candidate text from /people/john-irwin, which now returns 404, to its candidates page, and the links were updated. Removed the September 23 Mount Pleasant and September 29 Kerrisdale forums, which have passed; both organizers had named Irwin beforehand, but no source read shows that he took part. Removed a biography paragraph that repeated a later one. Added the October 3 West End forum and the October 13 food systems town hall as unconfirmed.
Tagged the dossier for scoring and added independent reporting on Irwin's 2018 to 2022 board record
Added seven independent news sources (Vancouver Is Awesome, Georgia Straight, CBC News and Daily Hive) confirming named votes and motions from Irwin's earlier term: opposing the 2019 decision on ceding Oppenheimer Park control to the City, a motion to extend CRAB Park, a motion on artificial turf health effects, the motion that started the Stanley Park Mobility Study, and a vote to extend the Stanley Park Drive bike lane. Tagged every dossier commitment against the six issues the Park Board is scored on, added three new commitments from Irwin's own VoteMate profile, and corrected one party-platform commitment whose quoted 'seven pillars' text no longer appears on the OneCity platform page, which now redirects to the party's home page.
