John Jones, ballot number 104 for City Council in Vancouver, no party affiliation listed. Profile focus: A ward-system proposal and service priorities.
This record covers John Jones, ballot number 104, running as an independent candidate for Vancouver City Council on October 17, 2026. It draws on the campaign website, the candidate's VoteMate profile, the published ballot list and a candidate list published by the campaign group Vote Palestine Vancouver. voche.me found no news coverage of this candidate beyond the ballot list on September 25 or on October 3, 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 rules7/10
2/2
A position in the candidate’s own words
“John will push Council to help them stay in their homes.”
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
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.
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
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.
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
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 questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
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.
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
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.
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
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.
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
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.
0/2
States a measurable target
No statement to read.
0/1
States a cost or funding source
No statement to read.
0/1
States a timeline
No statement to read.
0/1
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.
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.
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 John Jones
John Jones appears on the City of Vancouver's final 2026 candidate list for City Council, with ballot number 104. The City lists no party affiliation for this candidacy.
The campaign site says Jones is running as an independent candidate for Vancouver city councillor with ballot number 104, and gives a phone number and an email address for contact.
The campaign's Meet John page says Jones grew up in Toronto, has lived in Vancouver on and off for four decades, and worked in tenancy, disability and human rights advocacy. It says he moved back to Vancouver for good in 2019. The page names no employer, organization or date, and voche.me found no independent record of this work.
The campaign site says the campaign accepts no donations and asks supporters to call, share the website or volunteer instead.
Between September 24 and October 2, 2026, the campaign's updates page reported Jones at community events: the On Unceded Territory reception at the Roundhouse, Hogan's Alley Resurgence at People's Park, Canucks Fan Fest, the Renfrew Ravine Moon Festival and the Orange Shirt Day gathering at Grandview Park. These are the campaign's own reports.
Daily Hive's ballot order list records Jones at number 104 on the City Council ballot with no party affiliation. Six of the 56 council candidates on that list have no party.
voche.me assembled this profile from the official candidate list, the campaign material and the third-party listings 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.
82 commitments shown · Checked Oct 3
2026 · HousingCampaign pledge
Help long-time tenants stay in their homes
The campaign site says Jones will urge Council to help long-time tenants stay in their homes.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The platform page states the aim. It names no bylaw, program, number, cost or date for it. The platform page as revised by October 3, 2026 no longer carries this sentence. The home page still says he will push Council to help long-time tenants stay.
What still needs checking
Which Council decision Jones would ask for to keep long-time tenants housed, and by when.
The campaign says Jones will urge that Car 87, the Vancouver Police Department program that sends a police officer and a mental health nurse to a crisis call together, run 24 hours a day.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The home page, the platform page and the VoteMate profile state the aim. None names a budget item, a cost or a date, or a step that Council would vote on. The platform page says nothing published shows Car 87 running after 10:30 p.m. That is the campaign’s reading, and voche.me has not checked it.
What still needs checking
How many Car 87 teams run today, what 24-hour coverage would cost, and who would pay.
The campaign says Jones will vote to repair and look after what the City already owns, including its roads, pools and parks, before the City takes on more.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The pages state the priority. They name no project that would wait, no repair budget figure and no date.
What still needs checking
Which planned projects Jones would postpone under this rule.
The campaign site says Jones will urge the organizations that serve seniors and Elders to work together, and the City to keep the age-friendly promises it has already made.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The pages state the aim and say his starting point is to fund what already works. They name no organization, no promise from the City’s age-friendly work, no cost and no date. This entry is tagged to no scored issue and earns no points.
What still needs checking
Which age friendly commitments Jones considers unmet.
The campaign says Jones will move to change the City’s e-bike and e-scooter contracts and by-laws where riders and people on foot share the same space.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The pages name the contracts and by-laws. They do not say which contracts or which by-law clauses would change, and give no cost or date.
What still needs checking
Which shared space rules Jones would change first.
The campaign site says Jones will fight to bring in a ward system, so that each community gets a proper voice on Council. The site says all 10 councillors are now elected across the whole city.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The site states the position. It gives no steps, cost or date, and does not say who would have to approve the change.
What still needs checking
What steps Jones would take at council to start a ward system change.
Follow the Auditor General’s advice on City finances
The campaign says Jones will urge Council to follow the Auditor General’s advice and improve the City’s finances.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The pages name no recommendation, figure or date. The platform page says much of the Auditor General’s advice is still unfinished. That is the campaign’s reading of the June 2026 follow-up report, which voche.me has not opened.
What still needs checking
Which Auditor General recommendations Jones would act on first.
The campaign says Jones will urge Council to keep the City’s promise to give the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh Nations a say in big projects while they are still being planned. His September 24 update says he will support the City in carrying out its UNDRIP Action Plan (UNDRIP is the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples). His VoteMate profile says he supports involving the three Nations in major developments that make unusual environmental or resource demands.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The pages state the commitment. They name no specific agreement, no change to current practice, no cost and no date.
What still needs checking
Which parts of the City’s UNDRIP Action Plan Jones considers unmet, and which projects he would bring to Council first.
The campaign says Jones will urge Council to make it cheaper and easier for a homeowner to add a legal suite or laneway home. The revised platform page, read on October 3, 2026, says he would start with the City's own levies on suites and laneway homes.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The pages name the City's levies as the first thing to change. They do not say which levy, by how much, or by when, and give no number of homes.
What still needs checking
Which fee or permit change would make a suite cheaper to build, and by how much.
The platform page says Jones will urge Council to renew the leases on the City land under 3,738 co-op homes before they run out.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The page gives the number of homes and cites a City page for it, which voche.me has not opened. It gives no cost and no date, and says only that renewal comes before the leases run out. The platform page as revised by October 3, 2026 no longer gives the number of co-op homes or this sentence. The home page still says he will push Council to renew co-op leases before they run out.
What still needs checking
When each lease ends, and what Council would vote on to renew it.
The platform page says Jones supports reopening the City’s Renter Office, which the page says the City closed in January 2023. The revised platform page, read on October 3, 2026, says he will push Council to bring back a City office renters can walk into.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The page cites a City memo of April 26, 2023 for the closure, which voche.me has not opened. It gives no cost, staffing level or date for reopening.
What still needs checking
What the Renter Office did, what it would cost to reopen, and when Council would vote.
The platform page says Jones will urge Council to back the tenant, disability and seniors advocacy services that already help people get through the system.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The page names no service, amount or date. This entry is tagged to no scored issue and earns no points. The platform page as revised by October 3, 2026 no longer carries this sentence. voche.me keeps the September 25 copy of the page that held it.
What still needs checking
Which services Jones means, and how Council would back them.
The VoteMate profile says Jones supports expanding programs that aim for recovery, such as the Road to Recovery program at St. Paul’s Hospital. The home page says he will push for proper facilities that aim for recovery.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The pages name no number of places, cost or date. Neither says what Council would vote on to expand the program.
What still needs checking
Which programs, how many places, and paid by whom.
The platform page says Jones will urge the Province to provide the treatment beds it has announced, and places that aim at recovery.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The measure needs the Province. The page gives no number of beds, no date and no step that Council would take by its own vote. The platform page as revised by October 3, 2026 no longer carries this sentence. voche.me keeps the September 25 copy of the page that held it.
What still needs checking
How many beds, where, and what the City would do if the Province does not act.
A liaison to connect people to services after an arrest
The VoteMate profile says Jones supports working with the Police Board on a plan for a liaison, or other staff, to talk with people after an arrest to find out what support services they need and connect them to those services.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The profile names the Police Board as the partner. It names no step that Council would vote on, and gives no number, cost or date.
What still needs checking
What the plan would contain, and what Council would decide.
The platform page says Jones will urge the City to fix what it already controls, such as signal timing and bus stops, so that buses run better without making traffic worse.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The page names no location, number, cost or date. The platform page as revised by October 3, 2026 no longer carries this sentence. voche.me keeps the September 25 copy of the page that held it.
Change what is not working in the Hastings-Sunrise closures
The platform page says Jones wants the City to listen now and change what is not working in the diverters and closures around the Adanac overpass.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The page cites a CBC News report for the closures and for residents’ accounts of traffic moving into back lanes, which voche.me has not opened. It names no change Jones would make and gives no cost or date of his own. The revised platform page, read on October 3, 2026, says he wants the City to act on residents' concerns now instead of waiting for 2027, and cites a CBC News report of September 8, 2026 for a petition with more than 2,100 names. voche.me has not opened that report.
The VoteMate profile says Jones supports maintaining and repairing sidewalks that are safe for mobility devices, and bike paths that are safe for tires.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The profile names no location, length, cost or date.
The VoteMate profile says Jones supports working with TransLink and city planners to improve fast and efficient transit, especially in high density areas.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The profile names TransLink as a partner. It names no step that Council would vote on, and gives no number, cost or date.
What still needs checking
Which routes or areas, and what Council would decide.
Safer bus stops and better pedestrian connections in South Granville
The September 20 update on South Granville says Jones will support safer bus stops, better pedestrian connections, improved accessibility and practical bus-priority measures, and will work with TransLink and the Province on the parts the City cannot control directly.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The update names no stop, street, number, cost or date. It says City Council does not control TransLink or the Broadway Subway.
The platform page says Jones will not vote for unnecessary tax increases. The VoteMate profile lists being fiscally responsible with the City’s existing revenue and avoiding unnecessary property tax increases.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The pages do not say which increases Jones would call unnecessary. They give no tax rate, budget figure or date.
What still needs checking
Which tax rate or budget figure Jones would vote for in his first budget.
The platform page says Jones supports keeping new homes in Vancouver built without gas heating. The VoteMate profile says he supports no gas for new buildings.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The pages name no bylaw change, cost or date.
What still needs checking
Whether Jones would change the rule for any type of building.
The platform page says Jones will urge Council to bring back the sustainability staff cut in this year’s budget.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The page cites Council committee minutes of May 20 and 21, 2026 for the cut, which voche.me has not opened. It gives no number of positions, cost or date.
What still needs checking
How many positions, at what cost, and in which budget.
The platform page says Jones will urge Council to publish what a climate rule costs and saves before changing it.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The page names no rule, figure or date. The platform page as revised by October 3, 2026 no longer carries this sentence. voche.me keeps the September 25 copy of the page that held it.
What still needs checking
Which climate rules, and where the figures would be published.
The platform page says Jones will urge Council to act on the Zero Waste 2040 plan, whose own 2024 review the page says found no real progress since 2020.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
Waste is tagged to no scored issue for a council candidate, so this entry earns no points. The page names no step, cost or date, and voche.me has not opened the 2024 review. The platform page as revised by October 3, 2026 no longer carries this sentence. voche.me keeps the September 25 copy of the page that held it.
The platform page says Jones will urge Council to pay for longer cooling centre hours, so that a senior living alone can stay cool through the next heat wave. The VoteMate profile says he supports adequate cooling centres, with extra support for seniors who live alone during intense heat waves.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The pages give no number of hours or centres, no cost and no date. The heat dome figures on the platform page come from a BC Coroners Service report that voche.me has not opened.
What still needs checking
How many extra hours, at which centres, and at what cost.
The platform page says Jones will urge a yearly count of cultural space gained or lost.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The page names no start year or cost. Its figures on lost artist studio space come from a City report to Council of January 20, 2026, which voche.me has not opened.
What still needs checking
Who would produce the count, and when the first one would be published.
The platform page says Jones will urge the City to keep helping arts groups buy the buildings they work in.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The page names no program, number of buildings, cost or date. The platform page as revised by October 3, 2026 no longer carries this sentence. voche.me keeps the September 25 copy of the page that held it.
What still needs checking
Which City program helps today, and what more Jones would add.
City arts grants and contracts open to Indigenous artists
The platform page says Jones wants City arts grants and contracts to be open to Indigenous artists and organizations, on the terms they set.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The page names no grant program, amount or date. The platform page as revised by October 3, 2026 no longer carries this sentence. voche.me keeps the September 25 copy of the page that held it.
What still needs checking
Which grant programs, and how the terms would be set.
Events and festivals that earn revenue for more activities
The VoteMate profile says Jones supports creating events and festivals that earn revenue, so that the City can support and fund more activities across the city.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The profile names the source of the money as revenue from the events. It gives no dollar figure, number of events or date.
What still needs checking
Which events, how much revenue, and who would run them.
The platform page says Jones will urge Council to give the businesses along the Broadway Subway construction a break on City fees while the work is at their doors.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The page does not say which fees, or by how much they would drop. It gives no cost or date. The platform page as revised by October 3, 2026 no longer carries this sentence. voche.me keeps the September 25 copy of the page that held it.
The platform page says Jones will urge Council to make it quicker to open a new business in an old space.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The page names no licence or permit change, number of days or date. The platform page as revised by October 3, 2026 no longer carries this sentence. voche.me keeps the September 25 copy of the page that held it.
What still needs checking
Which steps would be shortened, and by how many days.
More help for businesses affected by construction in South Granville
The September 20 update on South Granville says Jones will urge the City to do more for local businesses affected by construction, including keeping pedestrian access, loading and delivery access and clear signage, and better coordination around major street work.
Environmental and resource assessments before major projects
The VoteMate profile says Jones supports thorough environmental and resource assessments before major projects are considered. The entry sits under the heading Artificial Intelligence & Data Centres.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The profile names no rule, size of project that counts as major, cost or date.
What still needs checking
Which projects would need an assessment, and who would do it.
The campaign site lists “A Stronger Integrity Commissioner” under its accountability items. The text under it says the Commissioner can investigate and recommend but cannot impose a penalty, and that only the Province can change the Vancouver Charter that limits her. It does not say what Jones would do about it.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The site names no action by Jones on this issue, so no commitment is recorded. The How City Hall Works page repeats that only the Province can change the list of penalties the Charter allows.
What still needs checking
Whether Jones would ask the Province to change the Charter, and what he would do at Council in the meantime.
The revised platform page says Jones will push for more Empty Homes Tax money to go into co-op homes that families can afford. The page says the tax has put $194 million into affordable housing since 2017.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The page names the Empty Homes Tax as the source of the money. It gives no share or dollar amount for co-op homes, no number of homes and no date. voche.me has not opened the City report the page cites for the $194 million figure.
What still needs checking
How much of the tax money Jones would move to co-op homes, and how many homes it would pay for.
Ask the Province and Ottawa to buy unsold condos for social housing
The revised platform page says Jones will press the Province and the federal government to buy unsold condos for social housing, and to make that work in Vancouver.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The measure needs the Province or the federal government. The page gives no number of homes, cost or date, and names no step Council would take by its own vote.
What still needs checking
Which buildings, how many homes, and what the City would do itself.
The revised platform page says Jones will push for Car 87 to run around the clock and for more Car 87 cars. The page says each car carries a police officer and a Vancouver Coastal Health nurse.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The page gives no number of extra cars, no cost and no date, and names no step Council would vote on.
The revised platform page says Jones will vote to repair what the City owns before it takes on more, and to have Council report every year on what it fixed.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The page names a yearly report. It does not say what the report would contain, and gives no cost or start date.
What still needs checking
What the first report would list, and when it would be published.
A date and a public vote for each open audit recommendation
The revised platform page says Jones will push Council to give every open recommendation of the Auditor General a date and a public vote.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The page cites Auditor General reports from February and June 2026, which voche.me has not opened. It does not say how many recommendations are open, and gives no date for the votes.
What still needs checking
How many recommendations are open, and when Council would vote on them.
The revised platform page says Jones will push Council to keep up the work on the City's UNDRIP Action Plan and to keep funding it when money is short. The page says the plan has 88 tasks, of which 11 were done and 31 under way by the end of 2025.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The figures come from a City report of June 3, 2026, which voche.me has not opened. The page gives no dollar amount and no date.
What still needs checking
Which tasks Jones would fund first, and from which budget.
The revised platform page says Jones will push to plant street trees first on the hottest blocks with the least shade. The page says trees cover a quarter of Vancouver and the City's goal is 30 per cent by 2050.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The page cites the Park Board's Urban Forest Strategy. It does not say whether Council or the Park Board would decide where trees go first, and gives no number of trees, cost or date.
Start the seniors' network Council approved in 2025
The revised platform page says Jones will push for the seniors' network that Council approved in 2025 to start, so that one call is enough for a senior who needs help.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The page cites the City's Older Persons Strategic Framework of February 5, 2025, which voche.me has not opened. It gives no cost or date. This entry is tagged to no scored issue and earns no points.
What still needs checking
What the network would do, and when it would start.
Ask the Province to change the Motor Vehicle Act for e-bikes and e-scooters
The revised platform page says Jones will press the Province to change the Motor Vehicle Act on e-bikes and e-scooters where only the Province can act.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The measure needs the Province. The page does not say which parts of the Act would change, and gives no date.
What still needs checking
Which rules Jones would ask the Province to change.
Renew the City's accessibility plan and fund its waiting actions
The revised platform page says Jones will push Council to renew the City's accessibility plan and pay for the actions on hold. The page says 27 actions are waiting for money and the plan ends this year.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The figures come from a City report to Council of July 9, 2024, which voche.me has not opened. The page gives no cost or date. Accessibility is tagged to no scored issue and earns no points.
What still needs checking
Which actions Jones would fund first, and at what cost.
Speed humps and raised crossings first in Hastings-Sunrise
The revised platform page says Jones will push for speed humps and raised crossings first in the Hastings-Sunrise streets where the City has put in barriers and closures.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The page names no street, number, cost or date.
What still needs checking
Which streets, and whether any barrier would be removed.
The revised platform page says Jones will work with local businesses, their associations and City planners to plan for street-front shops before construction starts, and to keep local character while new housing is built.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The page names no program, fee, cost or date.
What still needs checking
What the plan would require of the City, and for which streets.
Artist-run co-ops in City buildings on long leases
The revised platform page says Jones will push for artist-run co-ops with shared studio space in City buildings on long leases, so the space stays public and affordable. The page says 500,000 square feet of artist studio space has been lost or put at risk since 2009.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The figure comes from a City report to Council of January 20, 2026, which voche.me has not opened. The page names no building, number of studios, cost or date.
What still needs checking
Which City buildings, how many studios, and for how long.
The revised platform page says Jones will push to replace the City's old traffic signals first with signals that adjust to traffic and hold a green light for a late bus.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The page names no number of signals, cost or date.
What still needs checking
How many signals, at what cost, and in which capital plan.
In his September 26 update, Jones wrote that the community that has kept the history of Hogan's Alley alive should have a real voice in what comes next there.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The update names no consultation method, body, cost or date.
What still needs checking
What form the community's say would take, and at which stage.
Vote Palestine Vancouver, a campaign group, lists Jones as committing on September 27, 2026 to its full four-point platform. In the group's words the points are: condemn the genocide, sign the Apartheid-Free Communities Pledge, cut ties with Israeli institutions including reviewing contracts, and recognize the Arab Canadian Lawyers Association framework of anti-Palestinian racism.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The wording belongs to the campaign group. voche.me found no statement by Jones himself on these points. The listing names no Council motion, contract or date. This entry is tagged to no scored issue and earns no points.
What still needs checking
Which Council motions Jones would bring forward on these points, and when.
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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Statement
South Granville Is Changing Quickly
In a post on his campaign site, Jones wrote that the Broadway Subway and new buildings will change South Granville. He said he would support planning that keeps new buildings in character with the area, protects shops and cultural spaces, and gives residents a say before major approvals, and that he would push the City to do more for businesses next to construction.
Jones wrote that he attended the opening of an exhibition by Indigenous artists at the Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre. He said that if elected he would support the City in carrying out its UNDRIP Action Plan and in keeping working relationships with the Host Nations and urban Indigenous communities.
Jones wrote that he attended Hogan's Alley Resurgence at People's Park, hosted by the Hogan's Alley Society. He said the City did not always treat this part of its history with respect, and that the community that kept the history alive should have a real voice in what is built there next.
Jones wrote that he stopped by Canucks Fan Fest at Rogers Arena before a game. The post is about the event and the game, and says the people in its photo do not endorse his campaign.
Jones wrote that he attended the Renfrew Ravine Moon Festival at Slocan Park. He said he supports the kind of park spending under way there, a new Children and Youth Hub with a playground, a sport court, a skatepark and a rain garden.
Commitment to the Vote Palestine Vancouver platform
Vote Palestine Vancouver, a campaign group, lists Jones as an independent council candidate who committed on September 27, 2026 to its full four-point platform. The group says its list was current as of October 1. voche.me found no statement by Jones himself on these points.
Jones wrote that he attended the Orange Shirt Day gathering at Grandview Park on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, and that reconciliation has to begin with truth and with listening to the people who lived through residential schools.
In a post about the Sunset neighbourhood, Jones wrote that its seniors need better accessibility, safer sidewalks and better links between support services. He said he would push for road and infrastructure repairs, better communication between support services, and local artists in City arts and cultural events.
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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
Daily Hive
Vancouver's 2026 civic election candidate list is set: All 130 names in ballot order
The final ballot list places Jones at number 104 on the council ballot as one of the independent candidates.
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 campaign website and the VoteMate biography, both written by the campaign, say Jones grew up in Toronto, has lived in Vancouver on and off for four decades, worked in tenancy, disability and human rights advocacy, and moved back to Vancouver for good in 2019. They name no employer, organization or date, and voche.me found no independent record of that work. On October 3, 2026 voche.me found no news article, interview, forum report or questionnaire answer naming this candidate beyond the ballot list and the Vote Palestine Vancouver listing. HUB Cycling's published Vancouver answers do not include him. The name John Jones is common, and no source was found that links this candidate to any other person of the same name, so no other record has been used here. No elected office is on record in the campaign material or the VoteMate profile, so no voting record was searched. The campaign rewrote its platform page between September 25 and October 3, 2026. Commitments taken from the earlier text say so in their evidence. The City's candidate page returned HTTP 403 to automated reads and needs to be opened by a person. The City documents and figures cited on the platform page have not been opened. The campaign's Instagram account shows 4 posts behind a sign-in page, and its Facebook page could not be read.
Research status
What voche.me has checked
Evidence reviewed on September 25 and October 3, 2026: the campaign website, including its revised platform page and its update posts, the VoteMate profile, the Vote Palestine Vancouver candidate list, and the event listings named under Sources. Biographical claims require corroboration.
Each commitment listed on this page carries the words that support it and the page they came from. The VoteMate biography and reason for running are labelled as submitted by the candidate or their team.
Checks still to do: Separate proposed provincial legislative changes from actions council can take directly; open the City documents and verify the campaign statistics cited on the platform page.
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
Dates not given
Tenancy, disability and human rights advocacy, by the campaign's account
The campaign's Meet John page says Jones spent years with different organizations, helping tenants, people with disabilities and others deal with systems that are hard to use alone. The page names no organization, role or date, and voche.me found no independent record of this work on October 3, 2026.
Proposed questions for a future interview. They have not been sent to the candidate, and no answers have been supplied.
What changes would a ward system require, and how would you maintain fair citywide representation?
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 John Jones 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 Jones's page itself, answered directly rather than left blank.
Is this an official page for John Jones?
No. This page is researched by voche.me from public sources, listed below, and is separate from John Jones's own campaign.
What is John Jones's ballot number for the 2026 Vancouver election?
John Jones is number 104 on the City of Vancouver's official 2026 ballot for City Council.
What party did John Jones run with?
John Jones ran for City Council as an independent, with no party affiliation listed on the City's candidate list.
Does John Jones currently hold public office?
Not according to this profile. voche.me has not listed a current public office for John Jones.
How many sources does this John Jones profile cite?
This profile lists 4 sourced references, each with the date voche.me checked it, in the Sources section below.
Has John Jones filed nomination papers for the 2026 election?
voche.me has not yet added a nomination record for John Jones. 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 Jones's page show no answer?
The "Questions & answers" section on this page lists questions voche.me would put to John Jones 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 Jones 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 checked again: revised platform, new campaign posts and a corrected count
voche.me reread the campaign website on October 3, 2026. The platform page had been rewritten since September 25: 23 commitments from the new text and from the campaign's October 2 post on Sunset and September 26 post on Hogan's Alley were added, plus one entry for the Vote Palestine Vancouver platform, and the legal suite, Renter Office and Hastings-Sunrise entries now cite the new text. Nine commitments whose sentences no longer appear on the platform page stay on this page, and each says so in its evidence. Seven campaign posts and one listing are now recorded as statements, including the Vote Palestine Vancouver list, which records Jones as committing to its full platform on September 27. The biography said Jones was one of seven council candidates without a party on Daily Hive's ballot list. That list shows six, and the line now says six. A repeated biography paragraph on donations was removed, and a paragraph on the campaign's account of his background was added. Three forums dated September 23, September 29 and October 1 were removed from the calendar, because no source shows that Jones took part.
Commitments checked against the campaign site and VoteMate profile
voche.me reread the campaign website, including its platform page and two updates, and the VoteMate profile, and compared each commitment on this page with the text. The tenant entry now follows the site’s wording on co-op leases, and the legal suite and co-op lease goals are now their own entries. The Car 87 entry now says Jones will urge the program to run 24 hours, where it had said he supports it, and the recovery facilities goal is its own entry. The Integrity Commissioner heading on the home page states no action by Jones, so it is recorded as not established, and the Auditor General goal has its own entry. The statement that a ward system needs provincial approval was removed from that entry because neither page says so and voche.me has not checked it. The line that mental health services are funded by the province and the health authority was removed from the Car 87 entry for the same reason. 46 commitments were added from the platform page, the two updates and the VoteMate profile.
