--- title: "Lenny Zhou (周楠) | City Council | Vancouver election 2026 | voche.me" canonical_url: "https://voche.me/candidates/lenny-zhou" last_updated: "2026-09-23T06:07:51.167Z" meta: description: "Lenny Zhou (周楠), ballot number 144 for City Council in Vancouver, ABC Vancouver. Profile focus: Budget decisions and service performance." "og:description": "Lenny Zhou (周楠), ballot number 144 for City Council in Vancouver, ABC Vancouver. Profile focus: Budget decisions and service performance." "og:title": "Lenny Zhou (周楠) | City Council | Vancouver election 2026" "twitter:description": "Lenny Zhou (周楠), ballot number 144 for City Council in Vancouver, ABC Vancouver. Profile focus: Budget decisions and service performance." "twitter:title": "Lenny Zhou (周楠) | City Council | Vancouver election 2026" --- City Council · Vancouver 2026 # Lenny Zhou (周楠) Candidate for Vancouver City Council. Lenny Zhou (周楠), ballot number 144 for City Council in Vancouver, ABC Vancouver. Profile focus: Budget decisions and service performance. Explore the record Public schedule Researched by voche.me · Not a campaign-authored page ABC Vancouver2026 ![Lenny Zhou (周楠), from ABC Vancouver.](https://voche.me/images/candidates/lenny-zhou-640.webp) *Lenny Zhou (周楠)City CouncilBallot no.144* [Image: ABC Vancouver](https://abcvancouver.ca/team/lenny-zhou/) Candidate research / September 22, 2026 This record covers Lenny Zhou's public record as a sitting Vancouver city councillor elected in 2022, the ABC Vancouver biography and 2026 platform, and three dated accountability matters that were reported between 2024 and 2026. **7**Commitments **2**Programs **6**News articles **11**Sources Public schedule / Through election day ## Where can you hear Lenny Zhou (周楠)? No public appearance by this candidate was confirmed in the sources checked on September 22, 2026. The voting dates below apply to every voter. An empty day is a gap in the research, not proof that nothing is happening. Checked September 22, 2026 · All event times are Vancouver local time. Recheck the organizer before travelling. - [Election dates and voting information](https://vancouver.ca/your-government/2026-election.aspx)Official record · City of Vancouver - [Where to vote](https://vancouver.ca/election/2026/where-to-vote.aspx)Official record · City of Vancouver
View every date through Oct 17 1. Sep 22No appearance confirmed 2. Sep 23No appearance confirmed 3. Sep 24No appearance confirmed 4. Sep 25No appearance confirmed 5. Sep 26No appearance confirmed 6. Sep 27No appearance confirmed 7. Sep 28No appearance confirmed 8. Sep 29No appearance confirmed 9. Sep 30No appearance confirmed 10. Oct 1No appearance confirmed 11. Oct 2No appearance confirmed 12. Oct 3Voting day 13. Oct 4No appearance confirmed 14. Oct 5No appearance confirmed 15. Oct 6No appearance confirmed 16. Oct 7Voting day 17. Oct 8No appearance confirmed 18. Oct 9No appearance confirmed 19. Oct 10Voting day 20. Oct 11No appearance confirmed 21. Oct 12No appearance confirmed 22. Oct 13Voting day 23. Oct 14No appearance confirmed 24. Oct 15No appearance confirmed 25. Oct 16No appearance confirmed 26. Oct 17Voting day
### Voting dates - Oct 3Advance voting - Oct 7Advance voting - Oct 10Advance voting - Oct 13Advance voting - Oct 17Election day 8 am to 8 pm at official Vancouver voting places. These dates apply to every voter and are not candidate appearances. [Find your voting place](https://voche.me/where-to-vote) - [Election dates and voting information](https://vancouver.ca/your-government/2026-election.aspx)Official record · City of Vancouver - [Where to vote](https://vancouver.ca/election/2026/where-to-vote.aspx)Official record · City of Vancouver 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 Lenny Zhou (周楠) Lenny Zhou (周楠) appears on the City of Vancouver's final 2026 candidate list for City Council, with ballot number 144. The City records the affiliation as ABC Vancouver. The official roster for the current term lists Lenny Zhou (周楠) as a Vancouver city councillor. That is a separate office from the one on this 2026 ballot entry. The page says Zhou is a city councillor who was first elected in 2022. The page says Zhou came to Vancouver in 2005 to study for a masters degree at the UBC Sauder School of Business. The page says the candidate's working career has been in operations engineering in health care. Zhou is a sitting Vancouver city councillor, first elected in 2022 with ABC Vancouver, and is seeking re election on ABC's 2026 council slate. Zhou holds ballot number 144 for city council in the October 17, 2026 election. The ABC Vancouver page says Zhou came to Vancouver in 2005 as an international student and completed a Master of Management in Operations Research at the University of British Columbia's Sauder School of Business in 2007. The ABC Vancouver page says Zhou worked in healthcare operations, as Manager of Operations Engineering at BC Children's Hospital within the Provincial Health Services Authority and as a Senior Operations Engineer at Fraser Health, and helped with pandemic response planning. The ABC Vancouver page says Zhou is a founding director of the Care to Live Foundation, a non profit working on education and health services, and has organised medical missions abroad. The ABC Vancouver page says Zhou co chairs the Mayor's Budget Task Force. Daily Hive lists Zhou among the ABC incumbents seeking re election in 2026, alongside Lisa Dominato, Sarah Kirby-Yung, Mike Klassen, and Peter Meiszner, with four new candidates joining the slate. 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. Read the sources Promises / Commitments and evidence ## Commitments and the available evidence. 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. 7 commitments shown · Checked Sep 22 2026 · GovernanceCampaign pledge ### Efficiency at City Hall The ABC page says Zhou applies an operations engineering background to make city government work more efficiently.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
This is the party's description of its own councillor. No efficiency measure, saving, or service target is named.
What still needs checking
Which city service Zhou would change first, and what the measured result would be.
- [Lenny Zhou candidate page](https://abcvancouver.ca/team/lenny-zhou/)Campaign · ABC Vancouver 2026 · Public safetyCampaign pledge ### Cost of living, crime, and racist attacks The ABC page says Zhou entered politics because of the rise in the cost of living, violent crime, and racist attacks in Vancouver.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The page gives the motivation. It does not attach a specific policy to any of the three.
What still needs checking
What council action Zhou proposes on hate motivated crime in particular.
- [Lenny Zhou candidate page](https://abcvancouver.ca/team/lenny-zhou/)Campaign · ABC Vancouver 2026 · TaxesCampaign pledge ### Party platform: zero property tax increase in 2027 ABC Vancouver's 2026 platform commits to a zero per cent property tax increase in 2027, free residential permit parking, and removing paid parking at parks and community centres.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
This is the party platform released on September 21, 2026. The release quotes Mayor Ken Sim and does not quote Zhou, so it records the party's commitment.
What still needs checking
Which services would absorb the cost of a zero per cent increase, and whether Zhou states the pledge personally.
- [ABC Vancouver Launches 2026 Platform](https://abcvancouver.ca/2026/09/abc-vancouver-launches-2026-platform-lets-keep-vancouver-moving-forward/)Campaign · ABC Vancouver 2026 · Public safetyCampaign pledge ### Party platform: public drug use and treatment ABC Vancouver's 2026 platform commits to banning open air hard drug use in public spaces, giving police faster ways to seize hard drugs, and creating more involuntary care beds.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
This is the party platform released on September 21, 2026, and it does not quote Zhou. Involuntary care is a provincial responsibility, which the release does not address.
What still needs checking
Which of these steps a city council can take on its own, and which need the province.
- [ABC Vancouver Launches 2026 Platform](https://abcvancouver.ca/2026/09/abc-vancouver-launches-2026-platform-lets-keep-vancouver-moving-forward/)Campaign · ABC Vancouver 2026 · EconomyCampaign pledge ### Party platform: jobs and city facilities ABC Vancouver's 2026 platform commits to rebuilding the Vancouver Aquatic Centre, revitalising Granville Street, and growing the city as a technology centre.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
This is the party platform released on September 21, 2026, with no cost or completion date in the release, and Zhou is not quoted.
What still needs checking
The capital cost of the Aquatic Centre rebuild and where the money comes from.
- [ABC Vancouver Launches 2026 Platform](https://abcvancouver.ca/2026/09/abc-vancouver-launches-2026-platform-lets-keep-vancouver-moving-forward/)Campaign · ABC Vancouver 2026 · Living costs and crimeCampaign pledge ### Living costs and crime The page says Zhou ran for council because living costs rose in Vancouver and because of violent crime and racist attacks.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
Taken from the campaign page listed in the sources. No independent confirmation was found.
What still needs checking
What would this cost, who would deliver it, and by when?
- [Lenny Zhou candidate page](https://abcvancouver.ca/team/lenny-zhou/)Campaign · ABC Vancouver 2026 · Work on the city budgetCampaign pledge ### Work on the city budget The page says Zhou co-chairs the Mayor's Budget Task Force and has worked there on how the city runs its spending.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
Taken from the campaign page listed in the sources. No independent confirmation was found.
What still needs checking
What would this cost, who would deliver it, and by when?
- [Lenny Zhou candidate page](https://abcvancouver.ca/team/lenny-zhou/)Campaign · ABC Vancouver City programs / Scope and delivery ## Policies, budgets & programs 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. Jul 24Approved ### Amendment to pause the integrity commissioner's work At the July 24, 2024 council meeting, ABC councillor Brian Montague moved for an independent review of the scope of the integrity commissioner's office. Zhou moved an amendment to suspend commissioner Lisa Southern's work until that review finished, and the amendment passed.
Scope, limits and sources Vancouver Is Awesome quotes Zhou saying at the time that it is important to have an unobstructed review process and that pausing ongoing investigations would prevent conflicts or overlaps. The commissioner had written in a 2023 annual report that the scope of the role was not always clear.
- [ABC Vancouver councillor attempts to rescind move to suspend work of integrity commissioner](https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/local-news/abc-vancouver-councillor-attempts-to-rescind-move-to-suspend-work-of-integrity-commissioner-lenny-zhou-9573419)Reporting · Vancouver Is Awesome Sep 25Changed approach ### Attempt to withdraw the pause At a special council meeting on September 25, 2024, Zhou tried to rescind the July amendment after hearing from residents. The city clerk ruled that a rescinding motion was out of order because the meeting had been called for a different purpose, and ABC members were also in a conflict because a complaint by councillor Pete Fry was before the commissioner's office.
Scope, limits and sources Mayor Ken Sim told Glacier Media after the meeting that the commissioner's work would proceed with no pause. Discussion of the code of conduct bylaw changes was deferred.
- [ABC Vancouver councillor attempts to rescind move to suspend work of integrity commissioner](https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/local-news/abc-vancouver-councillor-attempts-to-rescind-move-to-suspend-work-of-integrity-commissioner-lenny-zhou-9573419)Reporting · Vancouver Is Awesome Recent appearances / Read and watch ## Talks, interviews & statements Read original statements and reporting, or open the publisher’s video. A summary of a speech is labelled separately from a full recording. Sep 25Statement ### Remarks on pausing the integrity commissioner At the September 25, 2024 council meeting Zhou said residents had told the councillor "loud and clear" that pausing the integrity commissioner's work was the wrong step, and added agreement with them. - [ABC Vancouver councillor attempts to rescind move to suspend work of integrity commissioner](https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/local-news/abc-vancouver-councillor-attempts-to-rescind-move-to-suspend-work-of-integrity-commissioner-lenny-zhou-9573419)Reporting · Vancouver Is Awesome Feb 24Statement ### Written apology for the WeChat video Zhou issued a written statement saying the comments in a WeChat video were based on incorrect information, apologising without qualification, retracting the statement, and taking the video down. The statement also said Zhou still disagreed with colleagues on supportive housing. - [Vancouver city councillor apologizes for calling fellow members 'drug users'](https://globalnews.ca/news/11690626/vancouver-councillor-apologizes-fellow-members-drug-users/)Reporting · Global News - [ABC Councillor Accuses Colleagues of Drug Crimes](https://thetyee.ca/News/2026/02/25/ABC-Councillor-Accuses-Colleagues-Drug-Crimes/)Reporting · The Tyee Accountability / Findings, disputes and responses ## Controversies & public scrutiny Records are labelled by type, including official findings, civil proceedings and political disputes where applicable. Each entry identifies the response found in the sources and the latest status verified for this page. Policy disputeSeptember 25, 2024 ### Move to pause the integrity commissioner's investigations In July 2024 Zhou successfully amended a motion so that the city integrity commissioner's work would stop until an independent review of the office was finished. In September 2024 Zhou tried to take the amendment back, and the clerk ruled the attempt out of order. #### Candidate or party response Zhou said at the September meeting that residents had said "loud and clear" that pausing the work was wrong and that the councillor agreed with them. Green councillor Pete Fry said afterwards that the attempt to withdraw showed character and that Zhou had taken personal criticism for it. #### Verified status and limits Mayor Ken Sim said after the meeting that the commissioner's work would continue with no pause. The independent review of the office was still expected, and the code of conduct bylaw changes were deferred. - [ABC Vancouver councillor attempts to rescind move to suspend work of integrity commissioner](https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/local-news/abc-vancouver-councillor-attempts-to-rescind-move-to-suspend-work-of-integrity-commissioner-lenny-zhou-9573419)Reporting · Vancouver Is Awesome Official findingAugust 27, 2025 ### Integrity commissioner finding on private discussions before council meetings Integrity commissioner Lisa Southern found that the ABC caucus, including Zhou, breached the city's code of conduct on two occasions by working out draft amendments through private email among a quorum of council members before public meetings. Mayor Ken Sim was found to have breached the code on one of the two occasions. #### Candidate or party response No published reply from Zhou to this finding was found in the sources opened for this record. #### Verified status and limits No sanction was imposed. Council disciplines its own members, and a majority of council were the subjects of the finding. The British Columbia Ombudsperson called the situation a repudiation of the rule of law. - [ABC Party found to have breached Vancouver council open meeting rules](https://www.vancitylookout.com/p/abc-party-found-to-have-breached-vancouver-council-open-meeting-rules)Reporting · Vancity Lookout Policy disputeFebruary 24, 2026 ### WeChat video about other councillors and drugs Zhou posted a five minute video in Mandarin on WeChat asking supporters to come to a council committee meeting and oppose a motion on social housing. In the video Zhou said a councillor outside ABC was a drug user who had handed out drugs on the street before Christmas. No councillor was named in the video. #### Candidate or party response Zhou published a written apology about four hours after a press conference by the four non ABC councillors, saying the comments were based on incorrect information, retracting the statement, and taking the video down. Zhou also said the disagreement with colleagues over supportive housing remained. #### Verified status and limits Councillors Rebecca Bligh, Lucy Maloney, Pete Fry, and Sean Orr said they would file code of conduct complaints. Fry's party published a call for an impartial review and censure. Mayor Ken Sim thanked Zhou for taking responsibility. No source opened for this record reports a ruling on those complaints. - [ABC Councillor Accuses Colleagues of Drug Crimes](https://thetyee.ca/News/2026/02/25/ABC-Councillor-Accuses-Colleagues-Drug-Crimes/)Reporting · The Tyee - [Vancouver city councillor apologizes for calling fellow members 'drug users'](https://globalnews.ca/news/11690626/vancouver-councillor-apologizes-fellow-members-drug-users/)Reporting · Global News - [Pete Fry calls for immediate review and censure of Councillor Lenny Zhou's behaviour](https://www.vangreens.ca/pete_fry_calls_for_immediate_review_and_unequivocal_censure_of_councillor_lenny_zhou_s_behaviour)Campaign · Green Party of Vancouver News coverage / Original publishers ## Read the reporting 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. September 25, 2024Reporting Vancouver Is Awesome ### ABC Vancouver councillor attempts to rescind move to suspend work of integrity commissioner Mike Howell reports that Zhou tried to withdraw the July amendment pausing the integrity commissioner and was blocked on procedure and on conflict grounds. Green councillor Pete Fry is quoted saying Zhou took personal criticism for the amendment. - [ABC Vancouver councillor attempts to rescind move to suspend work of integrity commissioner](https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/local-news/abc-vancouver-councillor-attempts-to-rescind-move-to-suspend-work-of-integrity-commissioner-lenny-zhou-9573419)Reporting · Vancouver Is Awesome August 27, 2025Reporting Vancity Lookout ### ABC Party found to have breached Vancouver council open meeting rules Nate Lewis reports the integrity commissioner's finding that the ABC caucus, Zhou included, breached the code of conduct on two occasions by settling amendments by private email before public meetings. - [ABC Party found to have breached Vancouver council open meeting rules](https://www.vancitylookout.com/p/abc-party-found-to-have-breached-vancouver-council-open-meeting-rules)Reporting · Vancity Lookout February 24, 2026Reporting Global News ### Vancouver city councillor apologizes for calling fellow members 'drug users' Travis Prasad and Amy Judd report the WeChat video, the apology, and the reaction from councillors of every other party, who said the statement did not go far enough. - [Vancouver city councillor apologizes for calling fellow members 'drug users'](https://globalnews.ca/news/11690626/vancouver-councillor-apologizes-fellow-members-drug-users/)Reporting · Global News February 25, 2026Reporting The Tyee ### ABC Councillor Accuses Colleagues of Drug Crimes Katie Hyslop reports on the five minute Mandarin language video, the press conference by the four non ABC councillors, their plan to file code of conduct complaints, and the apology Zhou issued about four hours later. - [ABC Councillor Accuses Colleagues of Drug Crimes](https://thetyee.ca/News/2026/02/25/ABC-Councillor-Accuses-Colleagues-Drug-Crimes/)Reporting · The Tyee August 27, 2026Reporting Daily Hive ### Ken Sim's ABC party names four new Vancouver City Council candidates Kenneth Chan reports ABC's council slate for 2026, listing Zhou among the five incumbents seeking re election. - [Ken Sim's ABC party names four new Vancouver City Council candidates](https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/abc-vancouver-city-council-candidates-2026-election-zarrabian-gillespie-lowe-grewal)Reporting · Daily Hive September 22, 2026Reporting Daily Hive ### Vancouver's 2026 civic election candidate list is set: All 130 names in ballot order The published ballot order lists Zhou at number 144 for city council under the ABC Vancouver banner. - [Vancouver's 2026 civic election candidate list in ballot order](https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-2026-civic-election-candidates-ballot-order)Reporting · Daily Hive Research / 11 linked sources ## Check the evidence Sources checked September 22, 2026. Official records establish decisions; campaign material establishes stated positions; reporting adds investigation and context. None alone establishes every claim.
Official record 2 sources - Election dates and voting information City of Vancouver - Where to vote City of Vancouver
Campaign 3 sources - Lenny Zhou candidate page ABC Vancouver - ABC Vancouver Launches 2026 Platform ABC Vancouver · September 21, 2026 - Pete Fry calls for immediate review and censure of Councillor Lenny Zhou's behaviour Green Party of Vancouver · February 24, 2026
Reporting 6 sources - ABC Councillor Accuses Colleagues of Drug Crimes The Tyee · February 25, 2026 - Vancouver city councillor apologizes for calling fellow members 'drug users' Global News · February 24, 2026 - ABC Party found to have breached Vancouver council open meeting rules Vancity Lookout · August 27, 2025 - ABC Vancouver councillor attempts to rescind move to suspend work of integrity commissioner Vancouver Is Awesome · September 25, 2024 - Ken Sim's ABC party names four new Vancouver City Council candidates Daily Hive · August 27, 2026 - Vancouver's 2026 civic election candidate list in ballot order Daily Hive · September 22, 2026
Vancouver.ca and council.vancouver.ca both refuse automated requests, so council minutes, the councillor page, and the voting record could not be read directly, and no vote count from the 2022 election is recorded here. No source opened for this record states the result of the code of conduct complaints filed after the February 2026 video, so the outcome of that matter is still open. ABC's 2026 platform release does not quote Zhou, so the platform items are recorded as the party's. The claim that Zhou co chairs the Mayor's Budget Task Force comes only from the party page and was not confirmed against a city record. Research status ## What voche.me has checked Evidence reviewed on September 22, 2026: Current campaign material; biographical claims require corroboration. Campaign page read on September 22, 2026. 2 stated positions and 3 background facts recorded here. This site blocks automated requests, so each quotation was read from the live page twice, independently. Checks still to do: Check the budget task force report, subsequent decisions and actual service outcomes. 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 Current term ### Vancouver city councillor The official roster lists Lenny Zhou (周楠) in this office during the term that ends with the 2026 election. Individual votes and decisions have not been reviewed for this profile. [City of Vancouver · current city councillors](https://vancouver.ca/your-government/city-councillors.aspx) Dates not stated ### Manager of Operations Engineering, BC Children's Hospital The ABC Vancouver page says the work involved healthcare operations and analytics within the Provincial Health Services Authority. [Lenny Zhou candidate page](https://abcvancouver.ca/team/lenny-zhou/) Dates not stated ### Senior Operations Engineer, Fraser Health The ABC Vancouver page lists this role as part of a career in public healthcare operations. [Lenny Zhou candidate page](https://abcvancouver.ca/team/lenny-zhou/) 04 / Questions & answers ## Questions for the candidate Proposed questions for a future interview. They have not been sent to the candidate, and no answers have been supplied.
Which efficiency measures produced audited savings without reducing service quality? 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.
05 / Candidate contributions ## Space for campaign updates ### No campaign updates yet Announcements, event details and messages can be added here, with their source and publication date. No campaign submission has been added. ## Sources & transparency - [City of Vancouver · official City Council candidate list ](https://vancouver.ca/your-government/2026-candidates-councillor.aspx)Checked September 22, 2026 - [ABC Vancouver · candidate page ](https://abcvancouver.ca/team/lenny-zhou/)Checked September 22, 2026 - [City of Vancouver · current city councillors ](https://vancouver.ca/your-government/city-councillors.aspx)Checked September 22, 2026 Missing information does not imply a candidate’s position. [Read our editorial standards.](https://voche.me/about) Campaign contact ## Campaign links & contact. Find the candidate’s website, social accounts and contact information. [ABC Vancouver · candidate page](https://abcvancouver.ca/team/lenny-zhou/) [ABC Vancouver official website](https://abcvancouver.ca/) ## View more candidates. [All candidate spaces ](https://voche.me/candidates) [City Council**Jarrett Hagglund**](https://voche.me/candidates/jarrett-hagglund) [City Council**Joyce Gillespie**](https://voche.me/candidates/joyce-gillespie) ## Sitemap See the full [sitemap](/sitemap.md) for all pages.