ROLLERGIRL, ballot number 133 for City Council in Vancouver, no party affiliation listed. Profile focus: A current interview and accessible policy explanation.
This record covers ROLLERGIRL, an independent council candidate on the October 17, 2026 Vancouver ballot. No 2026 campaign page was found, so the positions below come from earlier campaigns and are dated as such.
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 ROLLERGIRL
ROLLERGIRL appears on the City of Vancouver's final 2026 candidate list for City Council, with ballot number 133. The City lists no party affiliation for this candidacy.
The Vancouver Sun reported on September 14, 2026 that council candidate Angela Dawson was allowed to use the usual name Rollergirl on the 2026 ballot. The point came up because Vancouver's chief election officer had gone to court over other candidates' names.
Rollergirl appears at position 133 on the council ballot for October 17, 2026, with no party listed.
Glacier Media has reported that Dawson has directed traffic on rollerblades in bright pink clothing for close to two decades, at Main and Hastings and also at Commercial and Broadway and at Main and 14th.
In 2015 the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal found that Dawson had been discriminated against on the basis of sex in a dealing with Vancouver police, and ordered the Vancouver Police Board to pay 15,000 dollars for injury to dignity, feelings and self-respect.
Election history: 15th of 21 candidates for mayor in 2018 with 686 votes, or 0.40 per cent; a park board run in 2022 with 5,453 votes, or 3.18 per cent, without winning a seat; and the April 2025 council by-election with 404 votes, or 0.59 per cent.
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
Earlier term · TransportationCampaign pledge
More car free days
The 2025 by-election candidate page said Rollergirl would expand Car Free Days to every week through summer and autumn across the city, and keep and grow the Gastown car free zone with vendors.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The page states the position. It gives no cost, no streets beyond Gastown and no schedule.
What still needs checking
Whether the same position is held for 2026 and what it would cost the city.
The 2025 candidate page called for residential tenancy rules that give tenants more protection and for government-funded rent assistance so that people are not forced out of their homes.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The page states the position. Residential tenancy rules are set by the province, not by city council, and the page does not say how a councillor would change them.
What still needs checking
What a Vancouver councillor could do on rules that the province controls.
The 2025 candidate page called for the Carnegie Centre outreach team to be restructured. The page makes an allegation about that team that no other source supports, so this record does not repeat it.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The page states the position. No independent reporting on the claim was found.
What still needs checking
What change to the outreach team is being asked for and on what evidence.
In a 2022 park board campaign interview Rollergirl said greenhouses on park land would give the city a steadier food supply and create year-round jobs.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The interview records the position. No site, cost or operator was named.
In the same 2022 interview Rollergirl said the park board and the school board should work together so residents can use both sets of grounds for recreation, and said off-leash dog areas should be fenced.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The interview records the positions without detail on cost or sites.
What still needs checking
Whether these remain priorities in the 2026 council campaign.
2026 · Reform the Residential Tenancy BoardCampaign pledge
Reform the Residential Tenancy Board
The profile quotes the candidate saying the rules of the Residential Tenancy Board favour management, and lists reform of that board as one of the promises.
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.
No reviewed entries have been added to this section yet. This is a research gap, not a finding about the candidate.
Recent appearances / Read and watch
Talks, interviews & statements
Read original statements and reporting, or open the publisher’s video. A summary of a speech is labelled separately from a full recording.
Interview
Interview outside provincial court
Speaking to Glacier Media after a first court appearance on a charge of unlawfully coasting on a street, Dawson said the stop felt like harassment, said the ticket was unnecessary, and announced a plan to run for city council on human rights and dignity.
Rollergirl set out priorities for the 2022 park board race: green sustainable housing, food growing, safety and equality. The interview also covered tents in parks, which Rollergirl said should be monitored so they do not take over a park, fenced dog areas, and full transparency in park board operations.
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.
News coverage / Original publishers
Read the reporting
A dated reading list from independent publishers. The headings below are voche.me summaries; follow each link for the original article, context and any corrections.
Reporting
Pique Newsmagazine
Vancouver's 'Roller Girl' charged with rollerblading behind truck
Jeremy Hainsworth's report on the charge, Dawson's account of the police stop, and the 2015 human rights tribunal ruling.
Jeremy Hainsworth's profile of the 2022 park board campaign, including the platform, the nomination filing, which listed no assets, income or liabilities, and the outstanding bylaw ticket.
Vancouver takes some civic election candidates to court over Chinese-character names
A report on the chief election officer's court applications over seven candidates' ballot names. OneCity candidate Iona Bonamis is quoted questioning why another council candidate, Angela Dawson, was allowed the usual name Rollergirl.
Sources checked September 22, 2026. Official records establish decisions; campaign material establishes stated positions; reporting adds investigation and context. None alone establishes every claim.
No 2026 campaign page, platform or social media statement could be found, so every policy position recorded here comes from the 2025 by-election candidate page or the 2022 park board campaign, and may no longer be held. No 2026 news article reports on this candidacy other than the ballot list and the passing mention in the Vancouver Sun ballot-names story. The outcome of the 2021 bylaw charge for coasting on a street was not found in any source, so it is not recorded. Women Transforming Cities said independent candidates could not be accommodated in its council debate, and no forum listing names Rollergirl as attending.
Research status
What voche.me has checked
Evidence reviewed on September 22, 2026: Historical or apparently stale campaign material; obtain a dated 2026 update.
Campaign page read on September 22, 2026. 4 stated positions and 0 background facts recorded here, each checked against a quotation from that page.
Checks still to do: Obtain a new statement; do not present old responses as current or confuse the candidate with similarly named businesses.
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
About 2006 to 2026
Traffic direction on rollerblades in Vancouver
Glacier Media described Dawson in 2021 and 2022 as a fixture at Downtown Eastside intersections for almost two decades, directing traffic on skates, and as selling Rollergirl shirts and sweatshirts for a living. The exact start year is not given in either report.
