This record covers Lisa Dominato, ballot number 137, a sitting Vancouver city councillor seeking a third council term with ABC Vancouver. It sets out the public career record, the campaign's own account of the term, and two independent records of the council term: reporting on the public safety plebiscite and a road safety group's review of council votes.
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.
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 Lisa Dominato
Lisa Dominato appears on the City of Vancouver's final 2026 candidate list for City Council, with ballot number 137. The City records the affiliation as ABC Vancouver.
The official roster for the current term lists Lisa Dominato as a Vancouver city councillor. That is a separate office from the one on this 2026 ballot entry.
The page says Dominato was first elected to council in 2018 and served as a School Board Trustee the year before that. The page says Dominato held senior management jobs in the BC Public Service working on social policy and was Chief of Staff to members of the provincial cabinet. The page says the candidate spent six years as a board member and board chair of the Kettle Society, working on affordable housing and mental health supports.
Dominato was elected to Vancouver City Council in 2018 and re-elected in 2022, after being elected to the Vancouver School Board in a 2017 by-election. The ABC party page states this sequence, and Wikipedia's 2022 election results confirm the 2022 council win.
In the 2022 council election Dominato received 70,415 votes, 41.05 percent, and was elected.
Wikipedia's article on ABC Vancouver records that the party was formed on April 14, 2021 out of a split in the Non-Partisan Association, and that three NPA councillors, including Dominato, joined it before the 2022 election.
The party page says Dominato held senior management roles in the British Columbia public service working on social policy and served as chief of staff to members of the provincial cabinet. The personal campaign site describes that role as chief of staff to the Deputy Premier and Minister of Education.
The party page says Dominato spent six years with the Kettle Society as a board member and later chair, working on affordable housing and mental health supports. The personal site adds a board role with FamilySmart.
The party page lists a Master of Arts in Leadership from Royal Roads University and a bachelor's degree from the University of British Columbia and the University of Burgundy in Dijon, France.
Daily Hive's ballot order lists Dominato at number 137 for council with ABC Vancouver.
voche.me assembled this profile from the official candidate list and the campaign material linked under Sources. The campaign has not been contacted, and no candidate-supplied content appears on this page.
Published positions and selected commitments, separated by election cycle. Status labels describe the evidence reviewed, not a numerical score or a complete audit of the platform. Council approval is different from delivery.
10 commitments shown · Checked Sep 22
2026 · HousingCampaign pledge
Housing that families and vulnerable residents can afford
The personal campaign site lists enabling affordable, supportive and rental housing for families and vulnerable residents through partnerships, incentives and faster processes.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The priorities page states the aim. It sets no housing target and names no site or programme.
What still needs checking
How many homes, of what kind, and through which city tool?
The re-election announcement says the term's work included speeding up building and development permits to reduce housing costs, and the forward pledge is to keep cutting red tape.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The announcement is the candidate's own account of the record. No independent measure of permit times is cited.
What still needs checking
What are current city permit processing times against 2022?
The re-election announcement says community centre renewal and recreation spaces were a priority in the term, including a turf field at Beaconsfield Park, and the personal priorities page lists continued investment in community centres and public spaces.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
Both pages are the candidate's own. The ABC party platform, reported by Daily Hive on September 22, 2026, commits the party to 400 million dollars for community centres, which is the party's commitment rather than a personal one.
What still needs checking
Which centres are funded in the approved capital plan?
The re-election announcement lists expanding childcare options for families as part of the record and the continuing aim.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The announcement gives no number. The ABC party platform reported by Daily Hive commits the party to doubling 2,000 new childcare spaces, which is a party commitment.
What still needs checking
How many licensed spaces opened in Vancouver during the term?
The re-election announcement says the term doubled road safety investment and tripled the sidewalks and roads budget.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
These figures come from the candidate's own announcement. The road safety group Vision Zero Vancouver published a review on September 16, 2026 that describes a different pattern of votes on street safety measures. The two accounts are not reconciled by any source opened here.
What still needs checking
What do the approved city budgets show for road safety and for sidewalks and roads in 2022 compared with 2026?
The personal priorities page lists working with other levels of government to improve local mental health and addiction services, and the re-election announcement lists investment in police, fire and mental health workers.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
Both are the candidate's own statements. Daily Hive's August 14, 2026 report quotes Dominato saying about 2,500 people were moved from police to health services through such work in the previous year, a figure the article attributes to Dominato.
What still needs checking
Which programme produced the 2,500 figure, and is it published by the city or the health authority?
A 2023 post on the personal site argues that municipalities hold about 60 percent of Canada's public infrastructure on a small share of tax revenue, and calls on the provincial and federal governments to give local government better revenue tools.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The post is the candidate's own writing, dated November 4, 2023. It is an argument rather than a council decision.
What still needs checking
Has any such tool been granted to Vancouver since 2023?
2026 · City spending, housing and child careCampaign pledge
City spending, housing and child care
The page says Dominato has worked on city spending, affordable housing, neighbourhood safety, city services, small business, and child care since being elected.
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?
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.
Motion published by the councillor, council outcome not established here
Motion for a cross-government task force on mental health and addiction
Dominato published a motion asking council to call for an expert-led provincial, federal and municipal emergency task force on mental health and addiction, to look at service delivery, harm reduction, treatment and recovery, and coordination between governments, and to direct the mayor to write to the Premier and the Prime Minister.
Scope, limits and sources
The text is on the councillor's own site. The site does not record whether council passed it, and the city's council record system refused automated access, so the outcome is not confirmed here.
The road safety group Vision Zero Vancouver's review of the full council term says Dominato co-sponsored two motions with ABC colleagues, one to increase the number of leading pedestrian intervals at crossings and one to expand the school active travel programme, and says both passed.
Scope, limits and sources
The date given is the date of the review, because the review does not date the individual motions. The group describes itself as a road safety advocacy organisation, so this is its account of the record.
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Statement
Open letter announcing departure from the NPA
Dominato signed an open letter with two other councillors leaving the Non-Partisan Association. The letter objected to the board choosing a mayoral candidate without the elected caucus, set out 18 months of governance complaints, and said the three would sit as independents.
Reporting on the council decision to put two public safety questions on the October ballot quotes Dominato saying about 2,500 people were moved from police to health services through those programmes in the previous year, and saying there is a silent majority of residents frustrated by provincial inaction.
Dominato announced a re-election bid with ABC Vancouver, listed the term's work on property taxes, permits, public safety, community centres, road safety, childcare and downtown public space, and said the aim for the next term is a safer and more affordable city with less red tape.
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 dispute
Road safety group's assessment of the council voting record
Vision Zero Vancouver, a road safety advocacy group, gave Dominato a grade of C in its review of the full council term. It lists votes against Broadway bike lanes, intersection safety cameras, Halloween block parties, a 30 kilometre per hour limit on Cornwall, and lower speeds on arterial roads in the city's Vision Zero Safe Mobility Plan, and votes for rolling back the Water Street pedestrian zone, for removing the Beach Avenue bike lane, and for the mayor's budget, which the group says cut transportation staff and services. It says these were votes taken with the rest of the ABC group.
Candidate or party response
No published reply from Dominato to this review was found. The campaign's own September 1, 2026 announcement says the term doubled road safety investment and tripled the sidewalks and roads budget.
Verified status and limits
This is one advocacy group's assessment of votes. The individual votes could not be checked against the city's official council minutes, because the city's council record site refuses automated requests.
Dominato signed an open letter with Colleen Hardwick and Sarah Kirby-Yung leaving the NPA caucus. The letter said the party board had selected a 2022 mayoral candidate without the elected councillors, described 18 months of governance complaints including board appointments and resignations, and said the party could not be trusted to govern fairly under its leadership.
Candidate or party response
The letter is Dominato's own published statement. No reply from the NPA board was found in the sources opened here.
Verified status and limits
Wikipedia records that ABC Vancouver was formed on April 14, 2021 from the NPA split and that Dominato was one of three NPA councillors who joined it before the 2022 election. Dominato was elected with ABC in 2022.
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Reporting
Daily Hive
It's official: Vancouver public safety plebiscite approved after heated opposition to ABC plan
The report says council approved two advisory ballot questions for October 17, one on stronger bylaws against open drug use in public and one on asking the province to turn the old St. Paul's Hospital into a secure facility with at least 100 involuntary care beds. It records that the ABC majority approved the questions, that Lucy Maloney voted against, and that three councillors left before the vote. Dominato is quoted in support.
Ken Sim's ABC party names four new Vancouver City Council candidates
The report names Dominato as one of five sitting ABC councillors seeking re-election, alongside Sarah Kirby-Yung, Mike Klassen, Peter Meiszner and Lenny Zhou, bringing the ABC council slate to nine.
A road safety advocacy group reviewed every sitting councillor's votes on street and transport motions across the four year term and gave Dominato a grade of C. It credits two co-sponsored motions that passed and lists a series of votes against street safety measures.
Sources checked September 22, 2026. Official records establish decisions; campaign material establishes stated positions; reporting adds investigation and context. None alone establishes every claim.
The City of Vancouver's council minutes site and its councillor pages refuse automated requests, so individual recorded votes could not be checked against the official record. Several of the claims about the current term, including the road safety and sidewalk budget figures and the number of people moved from police to health services, come from Dominato or from the campaign and were not confirmed against a city document. No 2026 long form interview with Dominato was found. No forum or event listing opened here names Dominato as attending.
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.
Checks still to do: Use original motions, budgets and completion reports to assess record claims.
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 Lisa Dominato in this office during the term that ends with the 2026 election. Individual votes and decisions have not been reviewed for this profile.
The party page says the roles involved developing social policy and serving as chief of staff to members of provincial cabinet. The personal site names the Deputy Premier and the Minister of Education.
