Stephanie Smith, ballot number 147 for City Council in Vancouver, Green Party of Vancouver. Profile focus: Tenant protection and community-owned housing.
This record covers the Green Party of Vancouver candidate page for Stephanie Smith, the March 2026 report on the party's council nomination contest, and the earlier 2022 council run with the same party.
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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01 / Introduction
About Stephanie Smith
Stephanie Smith appears on the City of Vancouver's final 2026 candidate list for City Council, with ballot number 147. The City records the affiliation as Green Party of Vancouver.
The campaign says Smith has worked as a legal advocate for tenants who faced eviction so their building could be renovated or torn down. The page says Smith has served with the BC Poverty Reduction Coalition, the Vancouver and District Labour Council, and REACH Community Health Centre. The page says Smith has been a director of the Co-operative Housing Federation of BC and the Community Land Trust since 2022.
Smith is a candidate for Vancouver city council with the Green Party of Vancouver and holds ballot number 147 in the October 17, 2026 election.
The Green Party page says Smith was born at St. Paul's Hospital, grew up around a family small business on Granville Street, and came of age in East Vancouver.
The Green Party page says Smith has worked for almost thirty years as a legal advocate helping tenants who face renovictions and demovictions, and has trained advocates and law students and organised community legal clinics.
The Green Party page says Smith has represented workers and bargained collective agreements, and has served with the BC Poverty Reduction Coalition, the Vancouver and District Labour Council, and REACH Community Health Centre.
The Green Party page says that since 2022 Smith has been a director of the Co-operative Housing Federation of BC and of the Community Land Trust, and is president of a housing co-op.
Smith ran for Vancouver city council with the Greens in 2022. The Wikipedia article on that election says the party nominated Adriane Carr, Pete Fry, Michael Wiebe, Stephanie Smith, and Devyani Singh for council. The Green Party page says Pete Fry asked Smith to run that year.
Daily Hive reported on March 24, 2026 that Smith was one of seven people seeking the Green nomination for council, describing Smith as an activist working on housing, labour, and social justice issues.
The Green Party site lists Smith on a 2026 council slate with Camil Dumont, Bridget Burns, and Annette Reilly, with Pete Fry as the party's candidate for mayor.
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.
6 commitments shown · Checked Sep 22
2026 · HousingCampaign pledge
Keep Vancouver affordable enough to stay in
Smith says the purpose of the campaign is to make Vancouver a city where everyday people can afford to stay, and says the career so far has solved that problem one household at a time.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The Green Party page states the aim. It lists no target number of homes, no rent level, and no bylaw change.
What still needs checking
Which council decision Smith would bring forward first on housing costs.
Tenant protection from renoviction and demoviction
Smith's stated background is almost thirty years of helping tenants who face renoviction and demoviction, and the campaign presents that work as the basis for the council run.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The Green Party page describes the work and the reason for running. It does not set out a specific tenant protection policy for council to adopt.
What still needs checking
Whether Smith proposes changes to the city's tenant relocation and protection policy, and what they are.
Smith's directorships at the Co-operative Housing Federation of BC and the Community Land Trust are presented on the campaign page as work building community owned affordable housing, and as experience to bring to council.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The Green Party page describes the roles. No city program, land contribution, or funding commitment is named.
What still needs checking
Whether Smith proposes that the city give land or capital to co-op housing, and on what terms.
The Green Party released a housing plan on September 16, 2026 that would offer pre approved housing designs including prefabricated options, streamline permits for low rise apartments, row homes, townhomes and infill, update lot size and building form rules, and prioritise mass timber and wood frame construction.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
This is the party's plan and the release quotes mayoral candidate Pete Fry, not Smith, so it records the party's position.
What still needs checking
Whether Smith states support for each part of the plan in the candidate's own words.
The Green Party released an economic plan on September 16, 2026 that would use the city's annual purchasing, which the party puts at nearly 800 million dollars a year, to favour Canadian suppliers, bring back Community Benefit Agreements on major developments, and prioritise British Columbia mass timber in city projects.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
This is the party's plan, quoting mayoral candidate Pete Fry. The 800 million dollar figure is the party's own and the release gives no source for it. Smith is not quoted.
What still needs checking
Where the annual purchasing figure comes from, and whether Smith supports reinstating Community Benefit Agreements.
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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.
Recent appearances / Read and watch
Talks, interviews & statements
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Accountability / Findings, disputes and responses
Controversies & public scrutiny
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News coverage / Original publishers
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Reporting
Daily Hive
Green party names seven Vancouver City Council nomination hopefuls for election
Kenneth Chan reports the seven people seeking the Green council nomination and describes Smith as an activist working on housing, labour, and social justice issues.
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 vote total from the 2022 council run is recorded here, because the City of Vancouver results site refuses automated requests. The Green Party page does not name the organisation where the legal advocacy work was done, and no independent source confirms the length of that work, the directorships, or the co-op presidency. The party's events page for the remaining campaign lists canvasses and party events, none of which name Smith, so no event is listed. The party's September 2026 housing and economic releases quote the mayoral candidate rather than Smith. Other public figures in British Columbia share the name Stephanie Smith, so no biographical detail was taken from any source that does not clearly refer to this candidate.
Research status
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. 1 stated position and 3 background facts recorded here, each checked against a quotation from that page.
Checks still to do: Confirm housing-organization roles and request specific policy language and funding needs.
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 thirty years, exact dates not stated
Legal advocate
The Green Party page says the work involved keeping tenants in their homes when facing renoviction and demoviction, training other advocates and law students, running community legal clinics, and working with city and provincial partners on law and policy.
Smith was one of five Green council candidates in the October 2022 Vancouver civic election, with Adriane Carr, Pete Fry, Michael Wiebe, and Devyani Singh.
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 tenant protections require City action, and which require provincial legislation?
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.
05 / Candidate contributions
Space for campaign updates
No campaign updates yet
Announcements, event details and messages can be added here, with their source and publication date. No campaign submission has been added.
