ROLLERGIRL, ballot number 133, is an independent candidate for Vancouver City Council. The candidate ran for mayor in 2018, for park board in 2022 and for council in the April 2025 by-election. The positions on this page come from those earlier campaigns, because voche.me found no 2026 platform.
This record covers ROLLERGIRL, an independent council candidate on the October 17, 2026 Vancouver ballot. No 2026 campaign page or platform was found, so the positions below come from earlier campaigns and are dated as such. The one 2026 statement found is an Instagram post of September 6, 2026.
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.
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What this office controls. Council sets zoning, approves rezonings and development permits, and makes rental and tenant-protection bylaws under the Vancouver Charter. The province sets rent increase limits and tenancy law.
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What this office controls. Council funds shelter sites, street cleaning and city outreach, and decides where supportive housing is approved. Health services, treatment beds and drug policy are provincial and federal.
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What this office controls. Council approves the police budget. The Vancouver Police Board, not Council, directs the police department. Fire and rescue services report to the city.
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What this office controls. The city owns and designs its streets, bike lanes, sidewalks and parking rules. Buses, SkyTrain and SeaBus are run by TransLink, a regional body the city does not control.
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What this office controls. Council sets the property tax rate each year, approves the operating budget, and approves the multi-year capital plan that pays for buildings and infrastructure.
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What this office controls. Vancouver has its own building bylaw under the Vancouver Charter, so Council can set energy and emissions rules for new buildings that other BC cities cannot.
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What this office controls. The city licenses venues and events, sets noise and business rules, and funds cultural grants and spaces. Liquor licensing is shared with the province.
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What this office controls. The city creates child care spaces through zoning, city-owned buildings and development contributions. Licensing, subsidies and operating funding are provincial.
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What this office controls. Council issues business licences, sets licence and permit fees, zones commercial and industrial land and approves business improvement areas under the Vancouver Charter. Employment law, sales taxes and income taxes are provincial and federal.
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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.
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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.
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, from the City of Vancouver's official result files: 686 votes for mayor in 2018, 12th of 21 candidates and 0.40 per cent of the 173,132 valid votes for mayor; 5,453 votes for park board in 2022, 32nd of 32 candidates, marked on 3.20 per cent of the 170,274 ballots cast, where each voter could choose up to seven; and 404 votes in the April 2025 council by-election, 11th of 13 candidates, marked on 0.59 per cent of the 67,962 ballots cast.
The City's 2026 candidate listing gives no website, social media account or contact for this candidacy. An Instagram account named roller_girl_vancouver, which the candidate gave as a contact on VoteMate in 2025, posted on September 6, 2026 asking people to vote on October 17, 2026.
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.
12 commitments shown · Checked Oct 3
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.
Earlier term · 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?
The 2025 by-election candidate page listed the promise "Snobby business owners should not have a business license". In the quote under it, Rollergirl said owners who cannot run their business to serve people normally should not have a licence.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The page states the position. It does not say who would judge how an owner serves people, what rule would apply, or what it would cost.
What still needs checking
Whether the same position is held for 2026, and what rule would decide which licences are refused.
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.
Answers to the Vancouver Public Space Network park board survey
The Vancouver Public Space Network published Rollergirl's 2022 park board survey entry. The first nine questions show no answer. In the closing statement Rollergirl called for fruit and vegetables grown in greenhouses all year, for the park board and school board to share green space when schools are closed, and for more sports and mental health resources for people in the Downtown Eastside.
In an Instagram post on the roller_girl_vancouver account, the candidate wrote: "If you don't have housing, you're not safe." The post says that lacking housing causes stress, asks people to vote on October 17, 2026 for city council, and in the same sentence includes the words "Pete fry for mayor". The post gives no policy measure.
Listed as deciding on the Vote Palestine Vancouver platform
Vote Palestine Vancouver, a campaign group, lists Roller Girl as an independent council candidate with "Commitment in progress", which the group describes as determining the level of commitment to its four-point platform. The group says its volunteers recorded the positions and that the list is current as of October 1. voche.me found no statement by the candidate on these points.
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.
Roller Girl's rollerblading Vancouver charges dismissed
Jeremy Hainsworth reported that the 2021 charge of coasting on a street, for skating behind a truck at Main and Keefer, was listed as ended on April 12, 2023 with no further proceedings, after 11 court appearances and a planned Charter challenge. The trial had been set for May 31.
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 October 3, 2026. Official records establish decisions; campaign material establishes stated positions; reporting adds investigation and context. None alone establishes every claim.
No 2026 campaign website or platform was found, and the City's 2026 listing gives no website or social media account. 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. The only 2026 statement found is one Instagram post. The candidate's other 2026 Instagram posts are videos that voche.me could not read as text, so a person who watches them can add what they say. No 2026 news article reports on this candidacy other than ballot lists and a passing mention in the Vancouver Sun ballot-names story. No forum listing names Rollergirl as taking part. The nomination papers the City links were not read.
Research status
What voche.me has checked
Evidence reviewed on September 22, 25 and October 3, 2026: the City's 2026 candidate listing, both VoteMate pages, the candidate's public Instagram account, the City's official result files for 2018, 2022 and 2025, a 2022 park board survey, the Vote Palestine Vancouver candidate list, forum listings, and news reports from 2021 to 2026.
Policy positions on this page come from the 2025 by-election VoteMate profile and the 2022 park board campaign. The one 2026 statement found is an Instagram post of September 6, 2026.
Checks still to do: obtain a 2026 statement of priorities from the candidate, and watch the videos on the candidate's Instagram account, which voche.me could not read as text.
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
Almost two decades, as reported in 2021 and 2022
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.
Ran for mayor in 2018, for park board in 2022, in the April 2025 council by-election, and for council in 2026.
04 / Questions & answers
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 of your 2025 proposals remain priorities for the 2026 election?
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.
Have your own question?
Ask ROLLERGIRL directly. We send it to the campaign, and publish the reply here if we get one.
05 / About this page
Questions about this page
Facts voche.me can state about ROLLERGIRL's page itself, answered directly rather than left blank.
Is this an official page for ROLLERGIRL?
No. This page is researched by voche.me from public sources, listed below, and is separate from ROLLERGIRL's own campaign.
What is ROLLERGIRL's ballot number for the 2026 Vancouver election?
ROLLERGIRL is number 133 on the City of Vancouver's official 2026 ballot for City Council.
What party did ROLLERGIRL run with?
ROLLERGIRL ran for City Council as an independent, with no party affiliation listed on the City's candidate list.
Does ROLLERGIRL currently hold public office?
Not according to this profile. voche.me has not listed a current public office for ROLLERGIRL.
How many sources does this ROLLERGIRL profile cite?
This profile lists 2 sourced references, each with the date voche.me checked it, in the Sources section below.
Has ROLLERGIRL filed nomination papers for the 2026 election?
voche.me has not yet added a nomination record for ROLLERGIRL. This does not mean no nomination paper was filed, only that voche.me has not completed that research yet.
Why do some questions on ROLLERGIRL's page show no answer?
The "Questions & answers" section on this page lists questions voche.me would put to ROLLERGIRL in a future interview. They have not been sent yet, so the page says plainly that no answer has been supplied instead of leaving the section blank.
When was the election ROLLERGIRL ran in?
The 2026 Vancouver municipal election, including the City Council race, was decided on October 17, 2026.
06 / Candidate contributions
Space for campaign updates
Election history corrected and new sources added
The City's official result files show 686 votes placed 12th of 21 mayoral candidates in 2018, where this page said 15th, and that the 2022 park board total of 5,453 votes was marked on 3.20 per cent of ballots, where this page said 3.18 per cent. Both are corrected. A biography paragraph that repeated the ballot facts was removed, and source labels that read "None" now name VoteMate. Added: a September 6, 2026 Instagram post, the 2022 Vancouver Public Space Network survey entry, the Vote Palestine Vancouver listing, a 2023 report that the 2021 skating charge ended with no further proceedings, an earlier-term promise on business licences, and the October 13 food policy town hall as an unconfirmed event. No calendar event dated before October 3 needed to be moved or removed.
Corrected the cycle on four commitments
Four commitments about car free days, the Gastown car free zone, business licensing and the Residential Tenancy Board were labelled cycle 2026. Their only source is the 2025 by-election VoteMate profile, and the candidate's 2026 VoteMate listing carries no submitted content, so no 2026 page repeats or links to this material. The cycle on all four is corrected to Earlier term.
