City Council · Vancouver 2026

Raj Mundra

Candidate for Vancouver City Council.

Raj Mundra, ballot number 130 for City Council in Vancouver, TEAM for a Livable Vancouver. Profile focus: Building permits and construction costs.

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Raj Mundra, published by the TEAM for a Livable Vancouver campaign.
Raj MundraCity CouncilBallot no.130

This record covers Raj Mundra, a first-time council candidate running with TEAM for a Livable Vancouver in the October 17, 2026 Vancouver election. Almost everything known about this candidacy comes from TEAM's own pages, so each item below says who is making the claim.

Where can you hear Raj Mundra?

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.

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About Raj Mundra

Raj Mundra appears on the City of Vancouver's final 2026 candidate list for City Council, with ballot number 130. The City records the affiliation as TEAM for a Livable Vancouver.

The party page describes Mundra as a civil engineer with close to thirty years of work in the local building industry. The page says Mundra sits on non-profit boards, including the Society of Punjabi Engineers and Technologists of BC, and has volunteered with Diabetes Canada for more than twenty years.

TEAM for a Livable Vancouver announced Mundra as a council candidate on August 26, 2026. The party said it wanted candidates from a range of backgrounds and parts of the city.

The candidate page describes Mundra as a civil engineer with close to thirty years in the local building industry, covering renovations and residential, institutional and commercial projects.

The campaign page says Mundra sits on non-profit boards including the Society of Punjabi Engineers and Technologists of BC, has volunteered with Diabetes Canada for more than twenty years, and is a member of the Indo-Pacific Foundation of Canada. No independent source confirming these roles was found.

The campaign page says Mundra lives in Riley Park. The party announcement describes Mundra as living in South Vancouver and wanting to represent that area and the South Asian community.

Mundra appears at position 130 on the council ballot for the October 17, 2026 election.

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.

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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.

6 commitments shown · Checked Sep 22

Faster building permits

The campaign page says Mundra would work to shorten permit timelines so that residents and small businesses face fewer delays and lower costs.

Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The page states the goal. It gives no target time, no budget and no method.
What still needs checking
What specific change to the permit process is being proposed, and by when.

Build within the zoning already in place

The party announcement says Mundra wants to make building easier within Vancouver's existing zoning capacity, and points to falling housing starts as a sign the current approach is not working.

Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The announcement states the position. It does not cite a housing starts figure or a source for one.
What still needs checking
Which housing starts numbers this claim rests on, and what rule changes would follow.

Clearer city policy

The campaign page says Mundra would work on making city policy easier to understand.

Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The page states the goal without naming a policy document or process to change.
What still needs checking
Which policies Mundra would rewrite first.

Wider public consultation

The campaign page says Mundra would expand community engagement so that more residents take part in city decisions.

Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The page states the goal. No method or budget is described.
What still needs checking
What consultation changes are proposed and how they would be paid for.

Wider community engagement

The page says Mundra would widen public consultation so that more residents take part.

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?

Shorter permit approval times

The page says Mundra would work to shorten permit times to lower delays and costs for residents and small businesses.

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?

Policies, budgets & programs

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No reviewed entries have been added to this section yet. This is a research gap, not a finding about the candidate.

Talks, interviews & statements

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Statement

Statement on joining TEAM

In the party announcement Mundra gave a short statement about choosing to run with TEAM, calling it the grassroots party. The announcement also set out the position on building within existing zoning.

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.

No reviewed entries have been added to this section yet. This is a research gap, not a finding about the candidate.

Read the reporting

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Daily Hive

Vancouver's 2026 civic election candidate list is set: All 130 names in ballot order

A list of all 130 council candidates in ballot order. Mundra is listed at number 130 for TEAM. The article carries no comment on individual candidates.

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
Campaign 2 sources
Reporting 1 sources

A news search returned no article about Mundra other than the full candidate list. No interview, forum appearance or independent profile was found. The engineering career, the non-profit board seats, the Diabetes Canada volunteering and the Indo-Pacific Foundation membership rest on TEAM's own pages alone. The Society of Punjabi Engineers and Technologists of BC does not publish a board list that could be checked against this name. The party announcement and the candidate page give different descriptions of where Mundra lives, South Vancouver in one and Riley Park in the other. No upcoming forum listing names Mundra as attending.

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. 3 stated positions and 2 background facts recorded here, each checked against a quotation from that page.

Checks still to do: Confirm professional status and request evidence for proposed time or cost reductions.

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.

Experience & community

Start year not given, to 2026

Civil engineer

The campaign page says the work covered design, planning, supervising, budgeting and operations management in the local building industry. The page gives no employer and no start year.

Raj Mundra for Council
Dates not given

Board member, Society of Punjabi Engineers and Technologists of BC

Named on the party announcement and the candidate page as one of several non-profit boards. The society's own records were not checked for this name.

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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 permit steps would you change first, and how would safety and consultation be maintained?

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.

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