Candidate for Vancouver City Council.
Moira Stilwell, ballot number 139 for City Council, Vancouver Liberals. Profile focus: Health-related municipal services and government coordination.
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This record covers Moira Stilwell, ballot number 139, running for Vancouver City Council with the Vancouver Liberals. Stilwell is a physician who sat in the British Columbia legislature from 2009 to 2017 and held three cabinet posts, so the provincial record is documented in detail while the 2026 council campaign material is short.
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Moira Stilwell appears on the City of Vancouver's final 2026 candidate list for City Council, with ballot number 139. The City records the affiliation as Vancouver Liberals.
The party page says Stilwell is a physician who practices nuclear medicine at St. Paul’s Hospital. The page says Stilwell was the MLA for Vancouver-Langara from 2009 to 2017 and held cabinet posts including Minister of Advanced Education and Labour Market Development. The page says Stilwell chaired the BC and Yukon chapter of the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation.
The party page says Stilwell is a physician practising nuclear medicine at St. Paul's Hospital with more than 30 years in healthcare and public service.
Wikipedia's biography records training in radiology and nuclear medicine, a medical degree from the University of Calgary, further training at the University of British Columbia and the University of Toronto, and later roles including head of nuclear medicine at St. Paul's Hospital, Surrey Memorial Hospital and Abbotsford Regional Hospital, and clinical assistant professor in the University of British Columbia's department of radiology.
Stilwell was the member of the legislature for Vancouver-Langara from May 2009 to May 2017, first elected in 2009 with 10,615 votes, 58.87 percent, and re-elected in 2013 with 10,234 votes, 52.60 percent.
Wikipedia records that Stilwell was the first declared candidate in the British Columbia Liberal leadership race after Gordon Campbell resigned in November 2010, and withdrew on February 16, 2011, endorsing George Abbott. Christy Clark won that race.
Wikipedia records that Stilwell announced retirement from provincial politics on June 17, 2016.
The party page says Stilwell chaired the British Columbia and Yukon chapter of the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation. Wikipedia records a role as co-chair of the foundation's 2020 Task Force and board positions with cancer research organisations.
The Vancouver Liberals list Stilwell as one of seven council candidates. Daily Hive's ballot order lists Stilwell at number 139.
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The party page says Stilwell would work on an economic future that attracts talent, supports innovation and creates well paid jobs.
The party page says Stilwell wants stronger links between the university and downtown Vancouver so that young professionals stay in the city.
The party page says Stilwell would reassess policies that are not delivering results, and quotes Stilwell saying city hall must do a better job at delivering results.
The Vancouver Liberals' own site sets out the party's four main commitments: hiring 400 unionized front line staff for rubbish collection, road maintenance and parks; action on Bitcoin machines and money laundering as a route into crime; replacing Vancouver's separate building code with the provincial building code; and cancelling a proposed 800 million dollar second city hall.
The campaign says Stilwell wants City Hall to focus on competence, accountability and practical solutions.
The campaign says Stilwell wants UBC connected to downtown Vancouver so that young people can build their futures in the city.
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The Tyee reported that Stilwell wrote a report for the Health Minister recommending easier access to British Columbia residency training for British Columbians who studied medicine abroad, and reported that Stilwell had a personal connection to the group the change would benefit, which had not been disclosed in the report. The article says the Health Minister stated the connection was not known to the minister at the time.
The article records no reply from Stilwell on the conflict of interest point. Stilwell's published position, quoted in the article, is that students who study medicine abroad and their families have real difficulty returning to their home province.
No official finding against Stilwell is recorded in either Tyee article or in the Wikipedia biography. The Tyee's follow up on February 6, 2015 reported that the University of British Columbia treated the filling of one cardiac surgery training position as irregular and added a selection committee for the second matching round. That article concerns the hospital division's conduct, not a ruling about Stilwell.
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The Tyee reported that Stilwell, then a member of the legislature, wrote a document for the Health Minister titled an action plan for repatriating British Columbia medical students studying abroad. The report recommended adding 57 residency positions and basing entry to residency on citizenship rather than on where the medical degree was earned. The article quotes Stilwell's cover letter calling exclusion from policy discussions disappointing and perplexing.
The Tyee reported that a cardiac surgery training position at St. Paul's Hospital was left unfilled in the first matching round so it would be open in the second round. The article says University of British Columbia officials called this disturbing and put a new selection committee in place for the second round. The article describes Stilwell's background as a radiologist and former minister and notes the 2011 report on medical students studying abroad.
The published ballot order lists Stilwell at number 139 for council with the Vancouver Liberals.
Sources checked September 22, 2026. Official records establish decisions; campaign material establishes stated positions; reporting adds investigation and context. None alone establishes every claim.
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The Tyee · April 13, 2012
The Tyee · February 6, 2015
Daily Hive · September 22, 2026
The Vancouver Liberals' candidate page for Stilwell carries no date, and no dated statement, interview or speech by Stilwell in the 2026 campaign was found. The party's news page lists 15 releases and none quotes Stilwell. A Vancouver Sun opinion column about Stilwell's council run is cited by Wikipedia but that site cannot be opened from here, so its content is not used. CityHallWatch's profile of the Vancouver Liberals names no council candidates. The 2012 and 2015 records come from The Tyee's reporting; the underlying university and ministry documents were not opened.
Evidence reviewed on September 22, 2026: Current campaign material; biographical claims require corroboration.
Campaign page read on September 22, 2026. 3 stated positions and 3 background facts recorded here, each checked against a quotation from that page.
Checks still to do: Verify elected-service dates and distinguish municipal commitments from provincial healthcare decisions.
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.
Elected in 2009 and re-elected in 2013, sitting with the British Columbia Liberals. Sat on the back benches for the 40th Parliament after June 2013.
Moira StilwellAppointed in June 2009 under Premier Gordon Campbell, then Minister of Regional Economic and Skills Development from October to November 2010.
Moira StilwellParliamentary secretary for industry, research and innovation from March 2011, parliamentary secretary to the Minister of Health from March 2012, and Minister of Social Development from September 2012 to June 2013 under Premier Christy Clark.
Moira StilwellThe party page says Stilwell practises nuclear medicine at St. Paul's Hospital.
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