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City Council · Vancouver 2026
# Stephanie Smith
Candidate for Vancouver City Council.
Stephanie Smith, ballot number 147 for City Council in Vancouver, Green Party of Vancouver. Profile focus: Tenant protection and community-owned housing.
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Green Party of Vancouver2026
*Stephanie SmithCity CouncilBallot no.147*
[Image: Green Party of Vancouver campaign](https://www.vangreens.ca/stephanie_smith)
Candidate research / September 22, 2026
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.
**6**Commitments **2**News articles **7**Sources
Public schedule / Through election day
## Where can you hear Stephanie Smith?
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.
- [Election dates and voting information](https://vancouver.ca/your-government/2026-election.aspx)Official record · City of Vancouver
- [Where to vote](https://vancouver.ca/election/2026/where-to-vote.aspx)Official record · City of Vancouver
View every date through Oct 17
1. Sep 22No appearance confirmed
2. Sep 23No appearance confirmed
3. Sep 24No appearance confirmed
4. Sep 25No appearance confirmed
5. Sep 26No appearance confirmed
6. Sep 27No appearance confirmed
7. Sep 28No appearance confirmed
8. Sep 29No appearance confirmed
9. Sep 30No appearance confirmed
10. Oct 1No appearance confirmed
11. Oct 2No appearance confirmed
12. Oct 3Voting day
13. Oct 4No appearance confirmed
14. Oct 5No appearance confirmed
15. Oct 6No appearance confirmed
16. Oct 7Voting day
17. Oct 8No appearance confirmed
18. Oct 9No appearance confirmed
19. Oct 10Voting day
20. Oct 11No appearance confirmed
21. Oct 12No appearance confirmed
22. Oct 13Voting day
23. Oct 14No appearance confirmed
24. Oct 15No appearance confirmed
25. Oct 16No appearance confirmed
26. Oct 17Voting day
### Voting dates
- Oct 3Advance voting
- Oct 7Advance voting
- Oct 10Advance voting
- Oct 13Advance voting
- Oct 17Election day
8 am to 8 pm at official Vancouver voting places. These dates apply to every voter and are not candidate appearances. [Find your voting place](https://voche.me/where-to-vote)
- [Election dates and voting information](https://vancouver.ca/your-government/2026-election.aspx)Official record · City of Vancouver
- [Where to vote](https://vancouver.ca/election/2026/where-to-vote.aspx)Official record · City of Vancouver
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 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.
Read the sources
Promises / Commitments and evidence
## 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
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.
- [Stephanie Smith candidate page](https://www.vangreens.ca/stephanie_smith)Campaign · Green Party of Vancouver
2026 · HousingCampaign pledge
### 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.
- [Stephanie Smith candidate page](https://www.vangreens.ca/stephanie_smith)Campaign · Green Party of Vancouver
2026 · HousingCampaign pledge
### Community owned and co-op housing
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.
- [Stephanie Smith candidate page](https://www.vangreens.ca/stephanie_smith)Campaign · Green Party of Vancouver
2026 · HousingCampaign pledge
### Party platform: faster and cheaper home building
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.
- [Vancouver Greens: Building the Housing We Need at Home](https://www.vangreens.ca/vancouver_greens_building_the_housing_we_need_at_home)Campaign · Green Party of Vancouver
2026 · EconomyCampaign pledge
### Party platform: buy local with city purchasing
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.
- [Vancouver Greens Launch Buy Vancouver, Build Canada Economic Strategy](https://www.vangreens.ca/vancouver_greens_launch_buy_vancouver_build_canada_economic_strategy)Campaign · Green Party of Vancouver
2026 · Housing that people can affordCampaign pledge
### Housing that people can afford
The campaign says Smith is running so that people with ordinary incomes can afford to keep living in Vancouver.
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?
- [Stephanie Smith candidate page](https://www.vangreens.ca/stephanie_smith)Campaign · Green Party of Vancouver
City programs / Scope and delivery
## Policies, budgets & programs
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.
No reviewed entries have been added to this section yet. This is a research gap, not a finding about the candidate.
Accountability / Findings, disputes and responses
## 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.
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.
March 24, 2026Reporting
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.
- [Green party names seven Vancouver City Council nomination hopefuls for election](https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/green-party-vancouver-city-council-candidates-2026)Reporting · Daily Hive
September 22, 2026Reporting
Daily Hive
### Vancouver's 2026 civic election candidate list is set: All 130 names in ballot order
The published ballot order lists Smith at number 147 for city council under the Green banner.
- [Vancouver's 2026 civic election candidate list in ballot order](https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-2026-civic-election-candidates-ballot-order)Reporting · Daily Hive
Research / 7 linked sources
## 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
- Election dates and voting information
City of Vancouver
- Where to vote
City of Vancouver
Campaign 3 sources
- Stephanie Smith candidate page
Green Party of Vancouver
- Vancouver Greens: Building the Housing We Need at Home
Green Party of Vancouver · September 16, 2026
- Vancouver Greens Launch Buy Vancouver, Build Canada Economic Strategy
Green Party of Vancouver · September 16, 2026
Reporting 2 sources
- Green party names seven Vancouver City Council nomination hopefuls for election
Daily Hive · March 24, 2026
- Vancouver's 2026 civic election candidate list in ballot order
Daily Hive · September 22, 2026
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.
[Stephanie Smith candidate page](https://www.vangreens.ca/stephanie_smith)
2022 to 2026
### Director, Co-operative Housing Federation of BC
The Green Party page says the role is part of building community owned housing across the province.
[Stephanie Smith candidate page](https://www.vangreens.ca/stephanie_smith)
2022 to 2026
### Director, Community Land Trust
The Green Party page lists this directorship alongside the co-op housing federation role.
[Stephanie Smith candidate page](https://www.vangreens.ca/stephanie_smith)
2022
### Green Party council candidate
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.
## Sources & transparency
- [City of Vancouver · official City Council candidate list ](https://vancouver.ca/your-government/2026-candidates-councillor.aspx)Checked September 22, 2026
- [Green Party of Vancouver · candidate page ](https://www.vangreens.ca/stephanie_smith)Checked September 22, 2026
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Campaign contact
## Campaign links & contact.
Find the candidate’s website, social accounts and contact information.
[Green Party of Vancouver · candidate page](https://www.vangreens.ca/stephanie_smith) [Green Party of Vancouver official website](https://www.vangreens.ca/)
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