This record covers Joyce Gillespie, ballot number 101, running for Vancouver City Council with ABC Vancouver in the October 17, 2026 election. The evidence base is her campaign website, the ABC candidate page, her VoteMate entry, two Daily Hive reports, a CTV News report on a civil claim against her, the federal register of corporations, the Dunbar Little League history page, and the ABC platform released in September 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 September 25, 2026. The same seven points apply to every candidate for this office.
Housing supply and rental rules2/10
2/2
A position in the candidate’s own words
“keep approvals moving so Vancouver builds more of the homes families need”
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
ABC Vancouver’s platform on housing: 1 commitment, none with a number. Party text earns the candidate the position point only.
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.
Party platform; candidate not quoted. ABC Vancouver publishes 2 commitments on this issue.
0/2
Names a mechanism the office controls
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
0/2
States a measurable target
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
0/1
States a cost or funding source
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
0/1
States a timeline
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
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.
ABC Vancouver’s platform on homelessness and drugs: 2 commitments, at least one with a number. Party text earns the candidate the position point only.
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.
ABC Vancouver’s platform on public safety: 5 commitments, at least one with a number. Party text earns the candidate the position point only.
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.
Party platform; candidate not quoted. ABC Vancouver publishes 2 commitments on this issue.
0/2
Names a mechanism the office controls
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
0/2
States a measurable target
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
0/1
States a cost or funding source
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
0/1
States a timeline
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
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.
ABC Vancouver’s platform on transport: 2 commitments, none with a number. Party text earns the candidate the position point only.
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.
ABC Vancouver’s platform on taxes and budget: 5 commitments, at least one with a number. Party text earns the candidate the position point only.
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.
No position found by voche.me as of September 25, 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. 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.
Party platform; candidate not quoted. ABC Vancouver publishes 2 commitments on this issue.
0/2
Names a mechanism the office controls
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
0/2
States a measurable target
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
0/1
States a cost or funding source
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
0/1
States a timeline
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
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.
ABC Vancouver’s platform on culture: 2 commitments, none with a number. Party text earns the candidate the position point only.
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.
Party platform; candidate not quoted. ABC Vancouver publishes 3 commitments on this issue.
0/2
Names a mechanism the office controls
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
0/2
States a measurable target
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
0/1
States a cost or funding source
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
0/1
States a timeline
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
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.
ABC Vancouver’s platform on child care: 3 commitments, at least one with a number. Party text earns the candidate the position point only.
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 Joyce Gillespie
Joyce Gillespie appears on the City of Vancouver's final 2026 candidate list for City Council, with ballot number 101. The City records the affiliation as ABC Vancouver.
The ABC candidate page says Gillespie has lived on Vancouver's west side since 1994 and graduated from the University of British Columbia in political science. The page says she co-founded a natural skin care company in 2001, worked fourteen years as a project management consultant, and in 2020 co-founded a technology platform that helps Canadians find work and get paid within 24 hours.
Both the ABC page and Daily Hive record two volunteer roles in youth sport: former president of Dunbar Little League and former vice-president of the Vancouver Thunderbirds Minor Hockey Association. The Dunbar Little League's own history page lists her as president for 2020 to 2022.
Daily Hive reported on August 26, 2026 that Gillespie has lived in Vancouver for more than 30 years and is president and co-founder of GigHound, a company that supplies temporary labour across Canada through an online platform and a smartphone app.
CTV News reported on September 28, 2026 that GigHound Inc. is suing Gillespie and two other defendants in a civil claim filed on April 30, 2026. The company says it removed her as president in February 2026. A response filed for her says she was never validly removed. None of the claims has been proven in court. The Accountability section below gives the details and her answer. CTV News also reported that her campaign biography does not name GigHound, and that her nomination papers list GigHound as an asset she holds.
Daily Hive reported that ABC confirmed, in answer to a question about the surname, that Gillespie has no family connection to Ian Gillespie of the development company Westbank.
Daily Hive's ballot order list records Gillespie at number 101 on the City Council ballot, under the ABC Vancouver banner.
voche.me assembled this profile from the official candidate list, the campaign material and the news reports linked under Sources, and the federal register of corporations. 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.
11 commitments shown · Checked Oct 3
2026 · City servicesCampaign pledge
Run City Hall on the basics
The ABC candidate page and Gillespie's VoteMate entry say she believes City Hall should run the way a good organization does: focused on the basics, accountable for results, and respectful of taxpayers.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
Both pages give the statement in the third person, and the VoteMate entry was submitted by the candidate or her team. Neither names a service, a measure of results or a budget.
What still needs checking
Which services Gillespie would count as the basics, and how results would be measured and published.
Gillespie's VoteMate entry says she is running for Vancouver City Council to champion safe streets, reliable services and affordability. The ABC candidate page says she is running because the next generation of Vancouver families deserves safe streets, services that show up, and a city they can afford to stay in.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
Both sentences give reasons for running and set out no action, number or date. Only safe streets falls in a scored issue, so this entry is tagged to public safety. Reliable services and affordability are recorded in the entry titled Safe streets and affordable city.
What still needs checking
What Gillespie would put on a council agenda in the first year for each of the three themes.
ABC's platform, released on September 21, 2026, promises a zero per cent property tax increase in 2027, an end to residential parking permit fees, and the removal of paid parking at beaches and community centres.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
This is the party's platform. The party release and Daily Hive's report quote Mayor Ken Sim and do not quote Gillespie on any item, and the platform page names no candidate. Gillespie's own website does not mention the 2027 property tax freeze or the parking fees.
What still needs checking
Whether Gillespie states a position on how a second tax freeze would be paid for.
The same platform proposes banning open-air hard drug use in public spaces and giving police a streamlined tool to seize hard drugs.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
This is the party's platform. Neither the party release nor Daily Hive's report quotes Gillespie, and the platform page names no candidate. Her campaign website mentions visible policing and does not mention the drug measures.
What still needs checking
Whether Gillespie states a position on the ban on hard drug use in public spaces and on the drug seizure powers.
The platform page says ABC will fight for 100 plus involuntary care beds in Vancouver. Daily Hive's report words it as pushing for at least 100 involuntary care beds.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
This is the party's platform. It gives no cost, site, date or step the City would take on its own vote, and it does not quote Gillespie.
What still needs checking
Whether Gillespie states a position on care beds, who would build and run them, and by when.
2026 · Safe streets and affordable cityCampaign pledge
Safe streets and affordable city
The VoteMate entry says Gillespie is running to champion reliable services and affordability. The ABC candidate page says families deserve services that show up and a city they can afford to stay in.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
Both sentences give reasons for running. Neither names a tax, fee, housing rule, service or budget line, so this entry is tagged to no scored issue. Her campaign website is recorded in separate entries on taxes, approvals, services and small business.
What still needs checking
What would this cost, who would deliver it, and by when?
Safe streets, visible policing and support for people in crisis
Gillespie's campaign website says people should feel safe walking home, riding a bike, taking transit and opening a shop in the morning. It says this means visible policing, real support for people in crisis, and following through on the plans the city already has.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
Public safety is the first of four priorities on the site. The site names no police budget line, program, number of officers or date, and does not say which existing city plans it means.
What still needs checking
What visible policing would cost, which existing city plans Gillespie would follow through on, and what support for people in crisis would consist of.
Gillespie's campaign website lists clean streets, community centres open when families need them, ice rinks, swimming pools, playing fields and parks kept in good shape under the heading Core services, and says she will make sure the basics stay funded.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The site names no budget line, dollar figure, source of money or date.
What still needs checking
Which services count as the basics, what they cost, and where the money would come from.
Keep small business taxes down and storefronts full
Gillespie's campaign website says she will press to keep small business taxes down and Vancouver's storefronts full.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The site says too many small businesses are being pushed out of their communities by taxes. It names no tax, fee, rule, number or date, and does not say how empty storefronts would be filled.
What still needs checking
Which small business taxes Gillespie means, what she would change, and how empty storefronts would be filled.
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.
Article published under her name; role dates from the league's own page
Signed article on Dunbar Little League
Gillespie wrote an article that invites neighbours to join Dunbar Little League, published on the Dunbar Residents' Association site. The league's own history page lists her as its president for 2020 to 2022.
Scope, limits and sources
The association's page shows the dates November 7, 2021 and June 11, 2024 without labels. The earlier date is used here because an update cannot come before the first publication. The article does not state her role, so the role comes from the league's history page. Youth sport is not one of the scored issues, so this entry earns no points.
Read original statements and reporting, or open the publisher’s video. A summary of a speech is labelled separately from a full recording.
Statement
Statement to CTV News on the GigHound lawsuit
Asked by CTV News about the claims against her, Gillespie said she could not comment on a case that is before the courts and that she believes the court will make the right decision.
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.
Civil lawsuit
Civil claim by GigHound Inc.
CTV News reported on September 28, 2026 that GigHound Inc., a company Gillespie helped found, filed a civil claim on April 30, 2026 against her, the company's former chief executive and his company. The claim alleges that between October 2022 and August 2024 the former chief executive used company money for non-business costs, and that Gillespie received or benefited from that money while she knew or should have known about it. It also alleges that loans she made to the company were overpaid, that she and the other defendants broke the duties they owed the company, and that the company removed her as president in February 2026. The company asks for damages, including punitive damages. These are allegations, and none has been proven in court.
Candidate or party response
Gillespie told CTV News: “I cannot comment on active litigation as this is going before the courts.” A response filed for her on May 25, 2026 disputes the claims. It says she was never validly removed as director or president, received no pay as president, and had no knowledge of whether money was taken as alleged. ABC Vancouver told CTV News that Mayor Ken Sim knows about the lawsuit and that it was disclosed during the party's checks on her as a candidate.
Verified status and limits
Not decided as of October 3, 2026. voche.me read the CTV News report and has not opened the court file itself. The federal register of corporations, read on October 3, 2026, names three directors of GigHound Inc., and Gillespie is not one of them. The register does not say why.
A dated reading list from independent publishers. The headings below are voche.me summaries; follow each link for the original article, context and any corrections.
Reporting
Daily Hive
Ken Sim's ABC party names four new Vancouver City Council candidates
Kenneth Chan reported the addition of Gillespie, Arezo Zarrabian, Lorraine Lowe and David Grewal to ABC's council slate, and set out Gillespie's business and volunteer background.
Candidate for Vancouver mayor’s ABC party named in misappropriation lawsuit
Isabella Zavarise reported the civil claim GigHound Inc. filed against Gillespie and others, the response filed for her, her comment and ABC's statement. The report notes that her campaign biography does not name GigHound and that none of the claims has been proven in court.
Sources checked October 3, 2026. Official records establish decisions; campaign material establishes stated positions; reporting adds investigation and context. None alone establishes every claim.
As of October 3, 2026, the only words from Gillespie found in independent media are her short comment to CTV News on the GigHound lawsuit. Her own words on city policy come from three pages the campaign controls: her campaign website, the ABC candidate page and her VoteMate entry. voche.me has not opened the court file in the GigHound case; the claims and responses described here come from the CTV News report, and no ruling was found. Gillespie has not held elected office, so there is no voting record to check. HUB Cycling's published table of Vancouver candidate answers, read on October 3, 2026, holds no answer from Gillespie or any other ABC candidate. Women Transforming Cities reported that an ABC spokesperson said the party's candidates were not signing its Our City Hall Pledge, so there are no survey answers from Gillespie on that organisation's six asks. The ABC page also mentions charity fundraising including an event featuring Archbishop Desmond Tutu; no independent source for that was found, so it is left out of this record. Family details on the ABC page are also left out. The ABC page says she has rented her home in Vancouver for more than thirty years. Her campaign website says she rents now, has owned a home and was a landlord for a period it does not date. voche.me has not reconciled the two accounts. No independent record of the Vancouver Thunderbirds Minor Hockey Association role was found. Her campaign Instagram account shows 8 posts, but the post captions could not be read by an automated read, so a person must read them.
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. 1 stated position and 3 background facts recorded here. This site blocks automated requests, so each quotation was read from the live page twice, independently.
Campaign page read on September 22, 2026. 2 stated positions and 3 background facts recorded here, each checked against a quotation from that page.
Sources reviewed again on October 3, 2026: her campaign website, the ABC candidate page and the party's news releases, her VoteMate profile, the HUB Cycling candidate survey, forum listings, the federal register of corporations and news reports. The CTV News report on a civil claim against her is new since the last review.
Checks still to do: Confirm the named organizational roles and request specific municipal proposals beyond biography.
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
From 2020; whether she still holds the role is disputed in court
President and co-founder, GigHound
Daily Hive reported on August 26, 2026 that she is president and co-founder of the company, which provides temporary labour services across Canada through a digital platform and an app. The ABC page dates the founding of a technology platform for Canadian employment and fast payment to 2020, and the federal register of corporations shows GigHound Inc. was incorporated on September 3, 2020. CTV News reported on September 28, 2026 that the company says in a lawsuit that it removed her as president in February 2026, and that a response filed for her says she was never validly removed as director or president. On October 3, 2026 the federal register named three directors of GigHound Inc., and Gillespie was not one of them.
The ABC page gives the founding year and describes the business as a natural skin care company. The page does not name the company or say whether Gillespie still holds the role.
President of Dunbar Little League 2020 to 2022; other dates not given
Youth sports volunteer leadership
President of Dunbar Little League and vice-president of the Vancouver Thunderbirds Minor Hockey Association. Neither the ABC page nor Daily Hive gives the years served. The Dunbar Little League's own history page lists Gillespie as president for 2020 to 2022. No page found by voche.me gives the years for the Thunderbirds role.
Proposed questions for a future interview. They have not been sent to the candidate, and no answers have been supplied.
Which service failures would you address first, and how would residents measure improvement?
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.
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05 / About this page
Questions about this page
Facts voche.me can state about Joyce Gillespie's page itself, answered directly rather than left blank.
Is this an official page for Joyce Gillespie?
No. This page is researched by voche.me from public sources, listed below, and is separate from Joyce Gillespie's own campaign.
What is Joyce Gillespie's ballot number for the 2026 Vancouver election?
Joyce Gillespie is number 101 on the City of Vancouver's official 2026 ballot for City Council.
What party did Joyce Gillespie run with?
Joyce Gillespie ran for City Council with ABC Vancouver.
Does Joyce Gillespie currently hold public office?
Not according to this profile. voche.me has not listed a current public office for Joyce Gillespie.
How many sources does this Joyce Gillespie profile cite?
This profile lists 4 sourced references, each with the date voche.me checked it, in the Sources section below.
Has Joyce Gillespie filed nomination papers for the 2026 election?
voche.me has not yet added a nomination record for Joyce Gillespie. This does not mean no nomination paper was filed, only that voche.me has not completed that research yet.
Why do some questions on Joyce Gillespie's page show no answer?
The "Questions & answers" section on this page lists questions voche.me would put to Joyce Gillespie 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 Joyce Gillespie 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
Lawsuit report added, GigHound dates corrected, past forums removed
voche.me added the CTV News report of September 28, 2026 on the civil claim that GigHound Inc. filed against Gillespie and others, with her reply and the party's statement, as an accountability entry, a statement and a news item. The experience entry for GigHound said 2020 to 2026. It now says the company claims it removed her as president in February 2026, that her side says she was never validly removed, and that the federal register of corporations no longer names her as a director. The biography repeated the ABC page's business history three times and the volunteer roles twice; each now appears once. Three forums listed on September 23, September 29 and October 1, 2026 were removed from the calendar because they have passed and no source shows Gillespie took part. Stir reported on September 23, 2026 that ABC candidates were absent from that week's arts forum and that the party is not taking part in most all-candidates meetings.
Three pledges were checked against the pages they cite and reworded. The pledge on running City Hall on the basics said the ABC page quotes Gillespie. The page gives the sentence in the third person and a second reading found no quotation marks, so the pledge now says the page says she believes it. The pledge on safe streets said housing affordability, and the second pledge on the same sentence said costs they can pay. The pages say affordability and a city they can afford to stay in, and name no housing measure, so both pledges now follow the words of the ABC page and the VoteMate entry. The platform pledge on public safety was split so that the care beds have their own entry.
Campaign website and VoteMate entry read
voche.me found Gillespie's campaign website and her VoteMate entry and read both in full. The website lists four priorities: public safety, affordability, core services and a stronger economy. Each is now recorded as a commitment in her own words. voche.me found no number, cost or date in any of the four as of September 25, 2026.
