Vote Vancouver candidate for the Park Board, ballot number 200.
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Stephen Menon, ballot number 200 for Park Board in Vancouver, Vote Vancouver. Profile focus: Recreation services and financial management.
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Stephen Menon is the Vote Vancouver candidate for Park Board, ballot number 200, in the October 17, 2026 election. This record covers the career the campaign describes and what independent sources confirm of it, the park and recreation promises published for this election, and the news reports that name Menon.
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.
“ensuring that our most important community spaces (parks, beaches, community centre’s) are set up to meet current and future needs”
Stated by the candidate.
Stephen Menon candidate pageNo instrument the office controls is named.
“the removal of the over 5500 stumps”
Stated by the candidate.
Joint Instagram post on stump removalNo cost or funding source.
“over our four year term”
Stated by the candidate.
Joint Instagram post on 40 arboristsNo dated public action on this issue found.
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
Vote Vancouver’s platform on parks: 1 commitment, none with a number. Party text earns the candidate the position point only.
What this office controls. Vancouver is the only major city in Canada with a separately elected park board. Its seven commissioners control parks, community centres, pools, rinks and beaches.
“an independent park board that focuses on improving citizen experiences both in person and digitally”
Stated by the candidate.
Stephen Menon candidate pageNo instrument the office controls is named.
No number for what would exist or change.
No cost or funding source.
No date or term milestone.
No dated public action on this issue found.
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.
Every Park Board candidate on governance, scored the same way
“making capital investments that the city can afford”
Stated by the candidate.
Stephen Menon candidate pageNo instrument the office controls is named.
No number for what would exist or change.
No cost or funding source.
No date or term milestone.
No dated public action on this issue found.
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
Vote Vancouver’s platform on taxes and budget: 1 commitment, none with a number. Party text earns the candidate the position point only.
What this office controls. The Park Board sets its own fees and approves its budget request. Council approves the City budget that funds it and the capital plan that pays for park buildings.
Every Park Board candidate on taxes and budget, scored the same way
Party platform; candidate not quoted. Vote Vancouver publishes 2 commitments on this issue.
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
No dated public action on this issue found.
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
Vote Vancouver’s platform on climate: 2 commitments, none with a number. Party text earns the candidate the position point only.
What this office controls. The Park Board manages trees, natural areas and the shoreline inside parks, and its own community centres, pools and rinks. The City’s building bylaw is Council’s.
Party platform; candidate not quoted. Vote Vancouver publishes 4 commitments on this issue.
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
No dated public action on this issue found.
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
Vote Vancouver’s platform on public safety: 4 commitments, none with a number. Party text earns the candidate the position point only.
What this office controls. The Park Board makes the bylaws and rules for parks and beaches and runs the park rangers. Policing is the Vancouver Police Department’s, and Council approves its budget.
Every Park Board candidate on public safety, scored the same way
Party platform; candidate not quoted. Vote Vancouver publishes 1 commitment on this issue.
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
No dated public action on this issue found.
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
Vote Vancouver’s platform on transport: 1 commitment, none with a number. Party text earns the candidate the position point only.
What this office controls. The Park Board decides the roads, paths and parking inside parks, including Stanley Park Drive. City streets and bike lanes outside parks are Council’s.
Every Park Board candidate on transport, scored the same way
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No upcoming public appearance by Stephen Menon is confirmed in the sources checked on October 3, 2026.
Checked October 3, 2026 · All event times are Vancouver local time. Recheck the organizer before travelling.
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Stephen Menon appears on the City of Vancouver's final 2026 candidate list for Park Board, with ballot number 200. The City records the affiliation as Vote Vancouver.
The party page says Menon graduated from Queen's with a commerce degree. The party page says Menon moved into executive roles in banking, working on the rules banks must follow and on running national teams. The party page says Menon has served more than ten years on non-profit boards as treasurer and planner, including Qmunity in Vancouver.
Daily Hive's published ballot order lists Menon at number 200 for Park Board with Vote Vancouver.
Vote Vancouver announced its first nine candidates on May 25, 2026. Kenneth Chan of Daily Hive listed Menon as one of three park board candidates and described Menon as a product development leader and a Qmunity board member.
The campaign page says Menon holds a commerce degree from Queen's University and was the first Canadian invited into MBNA's management programme.
QMUNITY, the Vancouver non-profit the campaign names, lists Menon on its board of directors on its own website, read on October 3, 2026. The page gives no start date and no board office, so the treasurer and planner roles rest on the campaign's account.
Business in Vancouver's own 2019 Forty under 40 profile confirms Menon won the award that year, when he was vice-president of product at Finn AI. The profile, written from an interview with him, says he started at MBNA as the first Canadian in its management development program and was one of the strategy leads for TD Bank Financial Group's Aeroplan launch, the consumer product the campaign page leaves unnamed.
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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.
27 commitments shown · Checked Oct 3
Deliver a 50 metre pool for Vancouver.
Commit to pools at Sunset Community Centre and Marpole Community Centre.
Restore full public access to Kitsilano Pool.
Build more public washrooms in and near shopping streets, parks, the Downtown Eastside, community centres, pedestrian plazas and other busy public areas.
Keep Vancouver's 30 percent tree canopy target and count mature trees separately from newly planted ones.
Protect the Champlain Heights forest and its trail network.
Introduce a prepaid parking pass so people who do not use smartphones can park without an app.
Keep parking affordable near medical facilities and places seniors go, and set a two hour maximum in short term parking areas.
Run a free seasonal bike valet service in EasyPark spaces that are not being used.
Fix cycling safety problems including blocked sightlines, signal timing and gaps between routes.
Keep the park board independent and focus it on improving how residents experience parks in person and online, while keeping capital spending within what the city can afford.
The campaign says Menon wants a park board that keeps its own decision making and improves how residents are served in person and online.
The campaign says Menon would keep building and repair spending within what the city can pay for.
The campaign says Menon wants parks, beaches and community centres set up to meet needs now and later.
Vote Vancouver's platform lists fully funding lifeguards to keep them on public beaches by summer 2027 among the short list of things it says should just get done.
Vote Vancouver's policy document says the party will keep the Park Board independently elected and properly funded, so that it answers to residents.
Advance the renewal of the Britannia Community Services Centre and work to keep pools open wherever possible while the work is done.
Make recreation more affordable for families and youth.
Deliver a Community Health in Our Parks Plan with outdoor fitness and calisthenics equipment.
Set clear standards for maintaining parks, beaches, trails and recreation facilities.
Increase the number of designated dog-friendly spaces in Vancouver's parks.
Provide dedicated municipal funding for the environmental care of local green spaces.
Invest in the long-term health of Vancouver's urban forest.
In Vote Vancouver's answer to The West End Journal, signed by mayoral candidate Rebecca Bligh, the party says it will respect the Park Board's decision, build the new Vancouver Aquatic Centre with public reports on schedule and cost, support the independent audit, and consult user groups before any 50 metre pool design is fixed. Bligh writes that she supports the centre keeping a 50 metre pool.
In Vote Vancouver's answer to The West End Journal, signed by Rebecca Bligh, the party says it will publish a report on the 8 million dollars BC Hydro paid the Park Board in 2022 for West End parks, start the promised Nelson Park master plan consultation, replace every removed tree in the West End and publish how many survive, move gardeners before their plots are lost, and publish an update every three months on BC Hydro's construction commitments.
A joint Instagram post by Menon and his running mate Summit Wannamaker says that, with Vote Vancouver, they commit to removing the more than 5,500 stumps across the city.
A joint Instagram post by Menon and Summit Wannamaker announces a Vote Vancouver arborist policy that promises 40 arborists over the four-year term.
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In an Instagram post published jointly with his running mate Summit Wannamaker, the two Vote Vancouver Park Board candidates announce a party policy promising 40 arborists over the four-year term and ask voters to vote for both of them.
In a joint Instagram post with Summit Wannamaker, the two candidates say that with Vote Vancouver they commit to removing the more than 5,500 stumps across the city.
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Menon is listed at ballot number 200 for Park Board with Vote Vancouver.
Kenneth Chan reported the first nine Vote Vancouver candidates. Menon is named as a park board candidate and described as a product development leader and Qmunity board member. The article quotes party founder and mayoral candidate Rebecca Bligh on the team.
Business in Vancouver's own profile confirms Menon's 2019 Forty under 40 award and names the product the campaign page describes without naming: TD's Aeroplan launch.
Sources checked October 3, 2026. Official records establish decisions; campaign material establishes stated positions; reporting adds investigation and context. None alone establishes every claim.
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Stephen Menon
Summit Wannamaker and Stephen Menon, Instagram · September 28, 2026
Summit Wannamaker and Stephen Menon, Instagram · September 29, 2026
Daily Hive · September 22, 2026
Daily Hive · May 25, 2026
Business in Vancouver · December 3, 2019
The West End Journal · October 1, 2026
Kerrisdale Community Centre · September 23, 2026
The West End Journal · October 1, 2026
No interview, speech or report of a debate appearance by Menon was found. Kerrisdale Community Centre listed him on September 23, 2026 among 23 candidates who confirmed for its September 29 Park Board meeting, but no report or recording of the meeting was found, so it is not recorded as an appearance. Vote Vancouver's events page lists no event after September 20, 2026. QMUNITY confirms his board seat, and Business in Vancouver confirms his 2019 Forty under 40 award; the treasurer and strategic planner roles and the other non-profit boards come from the campaign only. The park promises on VoteMate are labelled as Vote Vancouver's, and they match the Park Board section of the party's policy document. The stump and arborist commitments come from joint Instagram posts written in the plural from his running mate's account. His Facebook and LinkedIn pages were not read because they require a sign-in. The City's page links his nomination papers, which voche.me has not reviewed.
Evidence reviewed on October 3, 2026: the City's candidate page, the party's candidate page, platform page and policy document, the VoteMate profile, Menon's Instagram account, QMUNITY's board list, The West End Journal's party answers and forum notice, and Kerrisdale Community Centre's forum page.
Three stated positions come from the party's candidate page, which writes about Menon in the third person. Two more come from Instagram posts published jointly by Menon and his running mate Summit Wannamaker. VoteMate labels its policy list as Vote Vancouver's own promises, so those items, and the Park Board items in the party's policy document, are recorded as party positions.
Checks still to do: a voche.me questionnaire has not been sent. No dated public action by Menon tied to a Park Board issue was found. The Vancouver Public Space Network's Park Board survey had no answers from him when it was last updated on September 29, 2026.
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, except where a source other than the campaign is named.
Business in Vancouver's 2019 Forty under 40 profile names the product and employer the campaign page leaves out: Menon was a strategy lead for TD Bank Financial Group's Aeroplan launch, which he called one of the largest consumer product launches in Canadian history.
Stephen Menon, Business in Vancouver Forty under 40, 2019The campaign page says Menon held executive roles in banking covering regulatory compliance, service improvement, cost reduction and management of national teams.
Stephen Menon candidate pageThe campaign page says Menon moved into technology and helped start-ups grow.
Stephen Menon candidate pageQMUNITY's own website lists Menon among its board of directors. The page names no board office and no start date.
QMUNITY · About, board of directorsBusiness in Vancouver's 2019 Forty under 40 profile names him vice-president of product at Finn AI, a technology company, at the time of the award.
Stephen Menon, Business in Vancouver Forty under 40, 2019Business in Vancouver reports, from its interview with Menon, that he started at MBNA America in Delaware as the first Canadian in its management development program, then helped lead its work in Canada and at one point ran all of the bank's call centres in Canada. TD Bank Financial Group recruited him in 2011.
Stephen Menon, Business in Vancouver Forty under 40, 2019Proposed questions for a future interview. They have not been sent to the candidate, and no answers have been supplied.
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Stephen Menon is number 200 on the City of Vancouver's official 2026 ballot for Park Board.
Stephen Menon ran for Park Board with Vote Vancouver.
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The 2026 Vancouver municipal election, including the Park Board race, was decided on October 17, 2026.
Added: the City's candidate page, read through a reader service, which lists his Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn accounts; two joint Instagram posts with Summit Wannamaker, on 40 arborists and on removing more than 5,500 stumps; eight Park Board items from the party's policy document and two party answers from The West End Journal, all recorded as party positions; QMUNITY's own board list, which names him; and a Park Board forum on October 3. Corrections: the research notes said the park promises came from Menon's own VoteMate answers, but VoteMate labels them as Vote Vancouver's promises. The notes also said his Forty under 40 award was not confirmed outside the campaign, but Business in Vancouver's own profile confirms it. The washroom promise listed four kinds of place and the source lists six. The four parking and cycling promises are now marked as outside the Park Board's power, because City streets and parking are decided by Council.
Read the updateBusiness in Vancouver's own 2019 Forty under 40 profile of Menon confirms the award the campaign page claims and identifies the consumer product the campaign page does not name: TD Bank Financial Group's Aeroplan launch.
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