Candidate for Vancouver City Council.
Lorraine Lowe (刘黛明), ballot number 129 for City Council in Vancouver, ABC Vancouver. Profile focus: Cultural institutions and public governance.
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This record covers Lorraine Lowe's leadership roles at the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden and the H.R. MacMillan Space Centre, service on the Vancouver Police Board, a published opinion piece on Chinatown development, and the positions set out for the 2026 council race with ABC Vancouver.
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Lorraine Lowe (刘黛明) appears on the City of Vancouver's final 2026 candidate list for City Council, with ballot number 129. The City records the affiliation as ABC Vancouver.
The page says Lowe is on leave from the jobs of Executive Director of the H.R. MacMillan Space Centre and Vice-Chair of the Vancouver Police Board while running for council. The page says the candidate was Executive Director of the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden. The page says Lowe helped set up a grocery and outreach program for seniors in Chinatown and opened the Garden to the DTES Artist Collective.
The Vancouver Police Board lists Lowe as Vice Chair, appointed in May 2023.
The Georgia Straight reported on July 7, 2021 that Lowe was appointed executive director of the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden after seven months as acting interim director, with eight years of non-profit sector experience and a background in film and television production.
Daily Hive reported on January 29, 2024 that Lowe would become executive director of the H.R. MacMillan Space Centre from March 2024, after more than five years at the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Garden. The recruiting firm's announcement of March 21, 2024 gave a start date of March 25, 2024.
The recruiting firm's announcement says Lowe holds a Bachelor of Arts in Criminology from Simon Fraser University, was previously Head of Operations, Human Resources and Administration at the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Garden, and serves on the Vancouver Police Board, the Dragon Boat Festival board, and a Chinese Canadian policing board.
Daily Hive reports that Lowe is taking a leave of absence from the Space Centre role and from the Vancouver Police Board during the campaign.
Daily Hive describes Lowe as a third-generation Vancouverite who grew up around a family television and electronics store in South Vancouver that operated for 42 years. The ABC campaign page gives the same account.
Lowe appears on the 2026 ballot as council candidate number 129 for ABC Vancouver, listed with the Chinese name 刘黛明.
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The ABC campaign page says Lowe's career has focused on fiscally responsible stewardship across arts, culture and science institutions, and on financial sustainability.
The ABC campaign page says Lowe has worked to get more out of existing public assets and to develop earned-revenue opportunities, while supporting local employment and creative work.
Daily Hive reports that Lowe is running to keep Vancouver safe, affordable and moving forward.
ABC Vancouver's platform promises a zero percent property tax increase in 2027, an end to residential parking permit fees, removal of paid parking at beaches and community centres, and 400 million dollars for community centre improvements.
In a June 2023 opinion piece written while executive director of the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Garden, Lowe argued for the nine-storey mixed-use project at 105 Keefer Street, described the empty lot and the development pause as causes of decline, and argued that cultural heritage rests on community organisations and programming as much as on old buildings.
The campaign describes leadership in cultural institutions and leave from Space Centre and Police Board roles while running.
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Writing as executive director of the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden, Lowe argued that Vancouver's Chinatown needs new development to recover, supported the 105 Keefer Street project as housing, and called for welcoming new businesses alongside heritage preservation.
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Craig Takeuchi reports the appointment after seven months as acting interim director, and describes eight years of non-profit experience and a background in film and television production.
Kenneth Chan reports Lowe's appointment as executive director from March 2024, succeeding Raylene Marchand, and describes the plan to connect arts and culture with space science through community outreach.
Kenneth Chan reports Lowe joining the ABC council slate, the leaves of absence from the Space Centre and the police board, and the record in Chinatown between 2018 and 2024.
Kenneth Chan's ballot order list. Lowe appears as council candidate number 129 for ABC Vancouver.
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Daily Hive · August 27, 2026
Daily Hive · January 29, 2024
Georgia Straight · July 7, 2021
Daily Hive · June 9, 2023
Daily Hive · September 22, 2026
Daily Hive · September 22, 2026
The Tyee · September 18, 2026
Two dates exist for the Space Centre appointment. Daily Hive reported it on January 29, 2024 with a March 2024 effective date, and the recruiting firm announced it on March 21, 2024 with a start date of March 25, 2024. Both dates are recorded here as published. The Chinatown seniors grocery and outreach program and the space given to the Downtown Eastside Artist Collective are described on the ABC campaign page and were not confirmed against an independent record. Search results suggested that holding a police board seat while running for council has drawn criticism, but no article making that criticism could be opened, so no accountability item is recorded. Family details were left out of this record.
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Lowe held the role of Head of Operations, Human Resources and Administration before becoming acting interim director and then executive director in July 2021. Daily Hive reports that from 2018 to 2024 Lowe had a large part in helping Chinatown businesses, community organisations and residents deal with public safety, public disorder, mental health and addictions problems spreading from the neighbouring Downtown Eastside. The ABC campaign page adds that Lowe set up a grocery and outreach program for Chinatown seniors and opened the garden to the Downtown Eastside Artist Collective.
Lorraine Lowe candidate pageAppointed with a start date of March 25, 2024. Daily Hive reported the plan to bring arts and culture together with space science and to increase community outreach. Lowe is on leave from the role during the campaign.
Ken Sim's ABC party names four new Vancouver City Council candidatesThe board's own page lists Lowe as Vice Chair with an appointment in May 2023. Lowe is on leave from the board during the campaign.
Ken Sim's ABC party names four new Vancouver City Council candidatesProposed questions for a future interview. They have not been sent to the candidate, and no answers have been supplied.
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