ABC Vancouver candidate for the Park Board, ballot number 209.
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Marie Rogers, ballot number 209 for Park Board in Vancouver, ABC Vancouver. Profile focus: Facility management and City coordination.
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This record covers Marie Rogers, ballot number 209, running for Vancouver Park Board with ABC Vancouver. Rogers is one of ABC Vancouver's founders and was its board chair until 2024, when she stepped down to seek a federal Conservative nomination. She was the Conservative candidate in Vancouver Granville in the April 2025 federal election.
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.
“she is committed to protecting park lands, planning for facilities across the city, and ensuring Vancouverites have open, accessible places to play, gather and enjoy.”
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Marie Rogers candidate pageNo instrument the office controls is named.
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The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
ABC Vancouver’s platform on parks: 5 commitments, at least one with a number. Party text earns the candidate the position point only.
What this office controls. Vancouver is the only major city in Canada with a separately elected park board. Its seven commissioners control parks, community centres, pools, rinks and beaches.
“Marie believes the Park Board and City Hall need a respectful and collaborative relationship focused on delivering world-class parks, recreation, and public spaces for Vancouver residents and visitors.”
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Marie Rogers candidate pageNo instrument the office controls is named.
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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.
Every Park Board candidate on governance, scored the same way
Party platform; candidate not quoted. ABC Vancouver publishes 5 commitments on this issue.
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No dated public action on this issue found.
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. The Park Board sets its own fees and approves its budget request. Council approves the City budget that funds it and the capital plan that pays for park buildings.
Every Park Board candidate on taxes and budget, scored the same way
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The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
What this office controls. The Park Board manages trees, natural areas and the shoreline inside parks, and its own community centres, pools and rinks. The City’s building bylaw is Council’s.
Party platform; candidate not quoted. ABC Vancouver publishes 5 commitments on this issue.
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No dated public action on this issue found.
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. The Park Board makes the bylaws and rules for parks and beaches and runs the park rangers. Policing is the Vancouver Police Department’s, and Council approves its budget.
Every Park Board candidate on public safety, scored the same way
Party platform; candidate not quoted. ABC Vancouver publishes 2 commitments on this issue.
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
No dated public action on this issue found.
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 Park Board decides the roads, paths and parking inside parks, including Stanley Park Drive. City streets and bike lanes outside parks are Council’s.
Every Park Board candidate on transport, scored the same way
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No upcoming public appearance by Marie Rogers is confirmed in the sources checked on October 3, 2026.
Checked October 3, 2026 · All event times are Vancouver local time. Recheck the organizer before travelling.
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Marie Rogers appears on the City of Vancouver's final 2026 candidate list for Park Board, with ballot number 209. The City records the affiliation as ABC Vancouver. On October 3, 2026 the City's entry listed no social media account and no contact route for her.
The page says Rogers has a management background in the airline and hospitality industries. The page says Rogers has held several leadership roles focused on city spending and on bringing people together.
Daily Hive reported on March 4, 2024 that Rogers, one of the founders of ABC Vancouver, had stepped down as the party's board chair to seek the Conservative Party of Canada nomination in Vancouver Granville. theBreaker.news also described her in May 2024 as having stepped down as chair of ABC.
Bob Mackin's September 2026 report calls Rogers "then-ABC president" when she won the nomination in November 2024. Global News quoted Stephen Molnar as president of ABC Vancouver in January 2025. No source opened for this record says whether Rogers holds any party office in 2026.
The Wikipedia article on ABC Vancouver, checked on October 3, 2026, still lists Rogers as the party's chairperson, with no source given for that line.
Daily Hive described Rogers in 2024 as a former marketing and communications executive. ABC's 2026 candidate page describes management experience in the airline and hospitality industries. Her 2025 federal campaign's biography on VoteMate, submitted by the candidate or her team, says she has a business administration degree and a tourism marketing diploma and worked in communications and public relations in the airline and hotel industries. No employer is named in any of these, and none was confirmed with an employer.
Rogers won the Conservative nomination for Vancouver Granville and was the party's candidate in the April 28, 2025 federal election. Elections Canada's official results give her 17,133 votes (28.8 percent), second of four candidates; Liberal Taleeb Noormohamed won the seat with 37,010 votes.
ABC's candidate page says Rogers has lived in Vancouver for 25 years.
Rogers appears at ballot number 209 on the Park Board ballot, listed with ABC Vancouver.
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13 commitments shown · Checked Oct 3
ABC's candidate page says Rogers wants the Park Board and City Hall to work together respectfully so that parks and recreation services are delivered.
ABC's candidate page says Rogers wants to protect park lands and keep public spaces open and accessible.
ABC's candidate page says Rogers wants recreation facilities planned throughout the city so that places to play and gather are available in every area.
On July 13, 2026 ABC Vancouver announced it would no longer seek to dissolve the elected Park Board and would run Park Board candidates instead.
ABC says drop-in access at public pools should be restored by ending the reservation system and the time limits introduced during the COVID-19 period.
ABC's 2026 platform commits $400 million to renew five community centres (Dunbar, Kerrisdale, Hastings, Roundhouse and Kensington) plus the River District Community Centre, and to permanently repair the Stanley Park Train, alongside continued investment in parks, playgrounds, pools, rinks and recreation facilities.
The page says Rogers wants the Park Board and City Hall to work together well so that parks, recreation, and public spaces are delivered for residents and visitors.
The campaign says Rogers would protect park land, plan facilities across the city, and keep places open for residents to use.
ABC's 2026 platform says it would remove pay parking at beaches and community centres and require one universal parking app across the city.
In a January 30, 2024 interview, as chair of ABC Vancouver's board of directors, Rogers called Mayor Ken Sim's plan to abolish the elected Park Board the right move for the city, for the long-term benefit of parks and recreation services.
ABC's Raising Vancouver plan of September 28, 2026 says the party will give children aged 3 to 12 free access to the first three levels of the Joe Fortes Learn-to-Swim program, restore open access at Kitsilano Pool, build two new outdoor pools in Sunset and Marpole, create a Playground Improvement Fund and double the dog-park and off-leash areas.
ABC's Raising Vancouver plan says the party would set up a committee of several levels of government that meets monthly to track waitlists and access to programs, and would have City Council, the Park Board and the School Board work together.
In an October 1, 2026 Instagram post, ABC Vancouver said it would rebuild the Vancouver Aquatic Centre with a 50 metre pool, in place of the 25 metre pool in the current $171 million plan. The West End Journal reports the party announced this change on September 29.
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Speaking to Daily Hive about the federal nomination contest, Rogers described ABC Vancouver as a grassroots movement started by people who saw a lack of common sense at city hall, and named affordability, public safety and environmental solutions as priorities.
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Kenneth Chan reports that Rogers, ABC Vancouver's board chair and one of its founders, was seeking the Conservative Party of Canada nomination in Vancouver Granville, against at least one other contender, Angela Haer, then a sitting ABC park board commissioner. The article describes Rogers as a former marketing and communications executive.
Mike Howell reports that Rogers, then chair of ABC Vancouver's board, and sitting Park Board commissioner Angela Haer both sought the Conservative nomination in Vancouver Granville. The article quotes Rogers calling Mayor Ken Sim's plan to abolish the elected Park Board the right move for the city.
Bob Mackin reports that Park Board commissioner Angela Haer quit her re-election campaign on September 5, 2026. The article confirms that Rogers won the Conservative nomination for Vancouver Granville in November 2024 as "then-ABC president" but lost the 2025 federal election to incumbent Liberal Taleeb Noormohamed, and that she is now on the ABC ticket for the Park Board election.
Rogers is listed at ballot number 209 for Park Board with ABC Vancouver.
Bob Mackin reports on deleted messages from Park Board commissioner Angela Haer. The article names Rogers only as Haer's opponent for the Conservative nomination in Vancouver Granville and as having stepped down as chair of ABC.
Sources checked October 3, 2026. Official records establish decisions; campaign material establishes stated positions; reporting adds investigation and context. None alone establishes every claim.
City of Vancouver
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ABC Vancouver · July 13, 2026
ABC Vancouver · September 21, 2026
ABC Vancouver
VoteMate
ABC Vancouver · September 28, 2026
ABC Vancouver (Instagram @vote4abc) · October 1, 2026
Daily Hive · March 4, 2024
Vancouver Is Awesome / Mike Howell · January 30, 2024
theBreaker.news / Bob Mackin · September 6, 2026
Daily Hive · September 22, 2026
theBreaker.news / Bob Mackin · May 2, 2024
Global News · January 14, 2025
The West End Journal · October 1, 2026
Kerrisdale Community Centre Society · September 23, 2026
Vancouver Food Justice Coalition
The West End Journal · October 1, 2026
Vancouver Food Justice Coalition, on Eventbrite
Rogers holds no public office, so no Park Board minutes apply. No dated public statement by Rogers in the 2026 campaign was found on October 3, 2026: her VoteMate profile still has no text from her, she is not in the Vancouver Public Space Network Park Board survey, and HUB Cycling's survey page showed no Park Board answers to read. The Kerrisdale Community Centre listed her among 23 Park Board candidates confirmed for its September 29 forum; no recording or report of what she said there was found, so no statement from it is recorded. No independent 2026 reporting about her Park Board campaign was found beyond the ballot-order list and Bob Mackin's September 6 report. ABC's news posts from September 26 to October 3 do not name her. Whether Rogers holds any ABC party office in 2026 is not established: Daily Hive and theBreaker.news said in 2024 that she had stepped down as chair, Bob Mackin's 2026 report calls her "then-ABC president" in November 2024, and Wikipedia still lists her as chairperson with no source. Her career is described three ways (marketing and communications, airline and hospitality management, and airline and hotel communications and public relations), all from her own campaigns or a profile that does not name an employer. No personal campaign website or social media account for the 2026 run was found. The address votemarierogers.ca now opens the Vancouver Granville Conservative riding association site, and Instagram's public page for @votemarierogers says the profile may have been removed. The City's candidate entry links to her nomination papers, which voche.me has not reviewed.
Evidence reviewed on October 3, 2026: the City's candidate entry, ABC's candidate page and its news posts since September 26, ABC's Instagram account, VoteMate, Elections Canada's 2025 results, the Vancouver Public Space Network Park Board survey, HUB Cycling's survey page, forum listings, and news reports.
Campaign page read on September 22 and again on October 3, 2026, with the same text both times. 2 stated positions and 2 background facts recorded here.
Checks still to do: whether Rogers spoke at the September 29 Kerrisdale forum, whether she holds any ABC party office in 2026, and an employer record for her career.
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.
Daily Hive reported on March 4, 2024 that Rogers, one of the party's founders, had stepped down as ABC Vancouver's board chair to seek a federal Conservative nomination. theBreaker.news repeated that she had stepped down as chair in May 2024. A September 2026 report by Bob Mackin calls her "then-ABC president" in November 2024, so the end date is not settled by the sources. No source gives the year the role began.
ABC Vancouver party chair seeking Conservative nominationRogers won the party's nomination in November 2024, as reported by Bob Mackin, and ran in the April 28, 2025 federal election. Elections Canada's official results record 17,133 votes for her (28.8 percent), second of four candidates.
Elections Canada · official voting results, Vancouver Granville, 2025ABC's candidate page describes management experience in these two industries, with an emphasis on budgets and working with others. No employer is named.
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Marie Rogers is number 209 on the City of Vancouver's official 2026 ballot for Park Board.
Marie Rogers ran for Park Board with ABC Vancouver.
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The 2026 Vancouver municipal election, including the Park Board race, was decided on October 17, 2026.
The record said Rogers was ABC Vancouver's board chair from 2021 to 2026, and that Daily Hive reported her as board chair in March 2024. Daily Hive's March 4, 2024 article reports that she had stepped down as board chair to seek the Conservative nomination, and no source gives either 2021 or 2026 as dates of the role. The biography and experience entry now say this. Also added: Elections Canada's official 2025 result for Vancouver Granville, her 2025 campaign biography on VoteMate, Global News naming Stephen Molnar as ABC president in January 2025, the City's candidate entry, two upcoming forums, and three ABC party positions published since September 26.
The parks-spending pledge previously named Jericho Beach and Spanish Banks as sites losing paid parking. Neither the ABC platform page nor the platform launch release names those beaches, so the pledge was corrected and split into a parks-spending item and a separate parking item. Also added independent reporting on Rogers's 2024 Conservative nomination win and 2025 federal election loss, and her 2024 statement supporting the plan to abolish the elected Park Board she is now a candidate for.
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