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Tricia Barker

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Vancouver Liberals candidate for the Park Board, ballot number 229.

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Tricia Barker, ballot number 229 for Park Board in Vancouver, Vancouver Liberals. Profile focus: Age-friendly and accessible recreation.

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Candidate research / October 3, 2026

Tricia Barker is a Vancouver Liberals candidate for Park Board commissioner, ballot number 229, and served one term on the board from 2018 to 2022. This record covers the campaign page and launch video, her answers to the Vancouver Public Space Network survey, five CKNW radio interviews from 2023 to 2026, the 2018 and 2022 election results, the 2022 move from the NPA to TEAM, and motions and votes from her term taken from the Park Board's own decision records, among them the cenotaph access, park path safety and seniors heat safety motions she moved and her votes on golf courses and Stanley Park traffic.

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Issue scores / How the plan is scored

How complete is the published plan?

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.

  1. Parks and recreation3/10
    • 2/2
      A position in the candidate’s own words

      “Tricia wants to become a Park Board Commissioner to make parks and community assets more accessible to seniors and people with disabilities.”

      Stated by the candidate.

      Candidate page for Tricia Barker
    • 0/2
      Names a mechanism the office controls

      No instrument the office controls is named.

    • 0/2
      States a measurable target

      No number for what would exist or change.

    • 0/1
      States a cost or funding source

      No cost or funding source.

    • 0/1
      States a timeline

      No date or term milestone.

    • 1/1
      A dated, sourced action on the issue

      “Moved the motion for wheelchair and walker access at the Memorial South Park cenotaph”

      Passed unanimously, April 1, 2019.

      Accessibility Improvements to the Memorial South Park Cenotaph, decision excerpted from minutes
    • 0/1
      Answered the voche.me question on the issue

      The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.

    Vancouver Liberals’s platform on parks: 7 commitments, at least one 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.

    Every Park Board candidate on parks, scored the same way

  2. Governance and City Hall3/10
    • 2/2
      A position in the candidate’s own words

      “I plan to fight to keep the Park Board!”

      Stated by the candidate.

      2026 Park Board Candidate Survey: Tricia Barker (229), Vancouver Liberals
    • 0/2
      Names a mechanism the office controls

      No instrument the office controls is named.

    • 0/2
      States a measurable target

      No number for what would exist or change.

    • 0/1
      States a cost or funding source

      No cost or funding source.

    • 0/1
      States a timeline

      No date or term milestone.

    • 1/1
      A dated, sourced action on the issue

      “Voted against the update of the Park Board meeting rules”

      Carried; Barker and Coupar opposed, March 8, 2021.

      Park Board Procedure By-law Update, Report Back, decision excerpted from minutes
    • 0/1
      Answered the voche.me question on the issue

      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

  3. City taxes and the capital plan3/10
    • 2/2
      A position in the candidate’s own words

      “The Vancouver Liberals have a plan to reinstate the finances that that been removed from the Park Board.”

      Stated by the candidate.

      2026 Park Board Candidate Survey: Tricia Barker (229), Vancouver Liberals
    • 0/2
      Names a mechanism the office controls

      No instrument the office controls is named.

    • 0/2
      States a measurable target

      No number for what would exist or change.

    • 0/1
      States a cost or funding source

      No cost or funding source.

    • 0/1
      States a timeline

      No date or term milestone.

    • 1/1
      A dated, sourced action on the issue

      “Voted against two golf fund changes in the 2021 budget”

      Carried; Barker and Coupar opposed parts F and G, November 30, 2020.

      2021 Operating and Capital Budgets, Parks and Recreation, decision excerpted from minutes
    • 0/1
      Answered the voche.me question on the issue

      The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.

    Vancouver Liberals’s platform on taxes and budget: 2 commitments, at least one 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

  4. Climate and buildings3/10
    • 2/2
      A position in the candidate’s own words

      “The Park Board can and should work with experts in these fields to present the best way forward.”

      Stated by the candidate.

      2026 Park Board Candidate Survey: Tricia Barker (229), Vancouver Liberals
    • 0/2
      Names a mechanism the office controls

      No instrument the office controls is named.

    • 0/2
      States a measurable target

      No number for what would exist or change.

    • 0/1
      States a cost or funding source

      No cost or funding source.

    • 0/1
      States a timeline

      No date or term milestone.

    • 1/1
      A dated, sourced action on the issue

      “Moved the motion on seniors' safety in heat waves”

      Passed unanimously as amended, July 19, 2021.

      Senior's Safety in a Climate Emergency, decision excerpted from minutes
    • 0/1
      Answered the voche.me question on the issue

      The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.

    Vancouver Liberals’s platform on climate: 1 commitment, 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.

    Every Park Board candidate on climate, scored the same way

  5. Policing and public safety2/10
    • 1/2
      A position in the candidate’s own words

      Party platform; candidate not quoted. Vancouver Liberals publishes 2 commitments on this issue.

    • 0/2
      Names a mechanism the office controls

      Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.

    • 0/2
      States a measurable target

      Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.

    • 0/1
      States a cost or funding source

      Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.

    • 0/1
      States a timeline

      Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.

    • 1/1
      A dated, sourced action on the issue

      “Moved the motion restricting cannabis sales at the 4/20 event at Sunset Beach”

      Passed 5 to 2 on directing park staff to control the sales; passed 7 to 0 on asking the City for a new venue, February 11, 2019.

      Future of the 420 Cannabis Event, decision excerpted from minutes
    • 0/1
      Answered the voche.me question on the issue

      The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.

    Vancouver Liberals’s platform on public safety: 2 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

  6. Transport and street design2/10
    • 1/2
      A position in the candidate’s own words

      Party platform; candidate not quoted. Vancouver Liberals publishes 1 commitment on this issue.

    • 0/2
      Names a mechanism the office controls

      Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.

    • 0/2
      States a measurable target

      Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.

    • 0/1
      States a cost or funding source

      Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.

    • 0/1
      States a timeline

      Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.

    • 1/1
      A dated, sourced action on the issue

      “Moved to delay, then voted against, the study of fewer cars in Stanley Park”

      Referral defeated 2 to 5; amended motion passed 5 to 2, Barker opposed, June 8, 2020.

      Regular Board meeting minutes, June 8, 2020
    • 0/1
      Answered the voche.me question on the issue

      The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.

    Vancouver Liberals’s platform on transport: 1 commitment, at least one 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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Public schedule / Through election day

Where can you hear Tricia Barker?

No upcoming public appearance by Tricia Barker is confirmed in the sources checked on October 3, 2026.

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01 / Introduction

About Tricia Barker

Tricia Barker appears on the City of Vancouver's final 2026 candidate list for Park Board, with ballot number 229. The City records the affiliation as Vancouver Liberals.

Her Vancouver Liberals candidate page says Barker works as a personal trainer, was a Park Board commissioner from 2018 to 2022, and worked in radio and television as a recording engineer and advertising producer.

The Vancouver Liberals campaign page describes Barker as a 68-year-old personal trainer who works with seniors and with people who have terminal illnesses.

The Vancouver Liberals campaign page says Barker worked in radio and television as a recording engineer and advertising producer before moving into health work and politics, and later acted as a liaison between the Scottish government and businesses on Canada's west coast.

The Georgia Straight described Barker as a former advertising agency producer who was first elected to the Park Board in 2018 on the Non-Partisan Association slate.

The published results table for the 2018 civic election records 48,738 votes for Barker, fifth among the seven commissioners elected.

CBC News and the Georgia Straight reported that Barker, then a first-term commissioner, moved a motion the Park Board passed in February 2019 to restrict cannabis sales at the 4/20 event at Sunset Beach and to ask the City to keep looking for another venue for the event.

The City of Vancouver's own record of Park Board commissioners by term, read through an Internet Archive copy because the City's site refuses automated requests, lists Barker among the commissioners who served the 2018 to 2022 term.

On September 1, 2022 Barker and fellow candidate Kumi Kimura left the NPA to run for TEAM for a Livable Vancouver. Global News reported that the move left the NPA with no sitting park commissioner seeking re-election.

In the October 2022 election Barker ran for TEAM and was not elected. The published results table records 25,615 votes.

Global News identified Barker as the Park Board's vice chair in an October 2022 report on a rally about Stanley Park access.

The Vancouver Liberals page describes Barker as seeking re-election as Park Board commissioner. Barker's term on the board ran from 2018 to 2022, and the 2022 results show Barker was not elected that year.

Barker appears on the 2026 ballot at number 229 as a Vancouver Liberals candidate for Park Board commissioner.

Official Park Board decision records, read through Internet Archive copies because the Park Board's meeting site refuses automated requests, name Barker as the mover of motions on wheelchair and walker access at the Memorial South Park cenotaph (April 2019), safety signs on park paths (June 2021) and the safety of seniors in heat waves (July 2021). The same records show her votes against a 2019 study of other uses for Park Board golf courses and against the 2020 and 2021 steps toward fewer cars in Stanley Park.

From 2023 to 2026 Barker was a guest, as a former commissioner, on five episodes of CKNW's Jill Bennett Show found by voche.me. She spoke about an encampment in Vanier Park, a water tunnel project in Stanley Park, the closure of the Vancouver Aquatic Centre in November 2025, and paid parking at Spanish Banks.

The Save Our Park Board campaign lists Barker in its Coalition of Former Park Board Commissioners, a group that opposes City Council's vote to abolish the elected Park Board. In her 2026 launch video Barker says the former commissioners came together to keep the elected board.

In a March 2026 post on her personal website, Barker writes that she was once president of the St. Andrew's and Caledonian Society and that she stepped away from board roles and event work in 2025. voche.me did not check this with the society.

In her answers to the Vancouver Public Space Network's Park Board survey, published September 29, 2026, Barker says her first change would be cleaner, more accessible washrooms along Spanish Banks, and that she will fight to keep the elected Park Board.

voche.me assembled this profile from the official candidate list, Park Board decision records, published interviews, reporting 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.

12 commitments shown · Checked Oct 3

2026 · AccessibilityCampaign pledge

Parks and facilities usable by seniors and people with disabilities

Barker says the aim is to make parks and community assets more accessible to seniors and to people with disabilities.

Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The Vancouver Liberals candidate page states the goal. The page does not name specific parks, budgets or design standards.
What still needs checking
Which facilities would be changed first and what the changes would cost.
2026 · SeniorsCampaign pledge

Age as a factor in park decisions

Barker says the goal is to make sure ageism plays no part in how Vancouver's parks are developed and run.

Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
This comes from the candidate page alone. The page gives no example of a decision Barker would change.
What still needs checking
What test the Park Board would apply, and which past decisions Barker says failed it.
2026 · Recreation facilitiesCampaign pledge

Keep golf courses and pools

Barker says facilities such as golf courses and pools should be protected because they matter to the health and wellbeing of many seniors.

Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The candidate page states the position. No source was found showing Barker naming a specific course or pool that is at risk.
What still needs checking
Which facilities Barker considers threatened and by what decision.
Earlier term · Parks and transportCampaign pledge

Restore vehicle access in Stanley Park

During the 2022 campaign Barker said the separated bike lane in Stanley Park should be removed and the road returned to its earlier layout, and said the issue would stay a priority.

Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
Global News reported the position in July 2022 and again at an October 2022 rally, including the argument that the lane hurt businesses, increased congestion and made access harder for seniors and people with mobility needs. The Vancouver Liberals 2026 page does not restate this position.
What still needs checking
Whether Barker still seeks removal of the Stanley Park bike lane in 2026.
2026 · Park access for seniorsCampaign pledge

Park access for seniors

The campaign says Barker would make parks and community assets easier to reach and use for seniors and people with disabilities.

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?
2026 · Keeping age out of park planningCampaign pledge

Keeping age out of park planning

The campaign says Barker would work so that age is not a factor in how Vancouver parks are built and run.

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?
2026 · Protecting golf courses and poolsCampaign pledge

Protecting golf courses and pools

The campaign says Barker would protect facilities such as golf courses and pools that matter to many seniors.

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?
2026 · Parks and recreationCampaign pledge

Clean, accessible washrooms at Spanish Banks

In her survey answers, Barker says her first change as a commissioner would be to make the washrooms along Spanish Banks cleaner and more accessible. In her launch video she says parks need more washrooms, and cleaner, upgraded ones, because many seniors will not go out for a walk without one.

Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The survey answer names one place and one kind of facility. Neither source gives a cost, a number of washrooms or a date.
What still needs checking
Which washrooms would be rebuilt or cleaned more often, what it would cost, and when.
2026 · Parks and recreationCampaign pledge

Park Board action on the isolation of seniors

Barker says the Park Board should do more about social isolation among seniors, should take up this and other issues that affect seniors as official board business, and should act fast without waiting two years for a report.

Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The survey answer names no program, budget or date.
What still needs checking
What the board would do first, at which facilities, and when.
2026 · GovernanceCampaign pledge

Keep the elected Park Board

Barker says she will fight to keep the elected Park Board, because good commissioners give the public a voice in how parks are run. In her launch video she says she joined the other former commissioners who came together against the plan to end the elected board.

Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The Save Our Park Board campaign lists her in its Coalition of Former Park Board Commissioners. The survey answer names no step the board itself would take.
What still needs checking
What she would do on the board if the Province moves to end it.
2026 · Parks and recreationCampaign pledge

Restore money taken from the Park Board budget

Asked how she would pay for her priorities, Barker says the Vancouver Liberals have a plan to restore the money that has been removed from the Park Board.

Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The answer refers to her party's plan and gives no figure, no budget line and no date of its own.
What still needs checking
How much money she means, and from which part of the City budget.
2026 · ClimateCampaign pledge

Work with experts on heat, rain and smoke in parks

Asked whether parks should help the city cope with heavier rain, heat and wildfire smoke, Barker says the Park Board should work with experts in these fields to find the best way forward.

Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The answer names no project, budget or date.
What still needs checking
Which experts, which parks and what changes.
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.

Passed 5 to 2 on directing park staff to control the sales; passed 7 to 0 on asking the City for a new venue

Moved the motion restricting cannabis sales at the 4/20 event at Sunset Beach

Barker, then a first-term NPA commissioner, filed a notice of motion directing Park Board staff to explore options to stop the sale of cannabis and cannabis-related products at the 2019 4/20 event at Sunset Beach. Commissioners passed that direction on February 11, 2019 by a vote of 5 to 2, and passed a second part of the motion, asking Vancouver's mayor and city council to keep looking for another venue for the event outside city parks, without a single vote against it.

Scope, limits and sources

COPE commissioners John Irwin and Gwen Giesbrecht cast the two votes against directing park staff to control the sales, with Irwin saying enforcement was a job for police rather than park rangers. Barker told CBC News parks would never allow the event to sell cannabis.

Passed unanimously

Moved the motion for wheelchair and walker access at the Memorial South Park cenotaph

Barker moved, and John Coupar seconded, a motion directing Park Board staff to consult the Army, Navy and Air Force Veterans in Canada and upgrade the Memorial South Park cenotaph so that it is fully accessible for aging and injured veterans. The board passed it unanimously after Stuart Mackinnon amended its timing.

Scope, limits and sources

The motion said the area had no curb cut and a paved area so narrow that laying a wreath meant stepping onto wet, uneven grass. In a November 2025 CKNW interview Barker said she went to the site often to check the work. voche.me did not find a record of when the upgrade was finished.

Passed unanimously as amended

Moved the motion on artistic additions to dedicated park benches

Barker moved a motion, seconded by John Coupar, directing staff to look at ways to allow artistic additions to dedicated memorial park benches without paint or coatings on the wood, and to report back by December 2019. It also kept a painted memorial bench at Kitsilano Beach Park in place while staff worked with the family. The board passed it unanimously after an amendment by Gwen Giesbrecht.

Scope, limits and sources

The motion followed the case of a family told that the memorial bench they had paid to dedicate and then painted would be removed. The motion gives the dedication fee as $5,500 for ten years.

Passed 5 to 2, Barker opposed

Voted against a review of other uses for Park Board golf courses

Barker and John Coupar voted against Dave Demers' motion directing staff to study the benefits and costs of Park Board land used for golf, and to include at least one option for other park uses at Langara Golf Course in the public consultation on the golf strategy planned for 2020.

Scope, limits and sources

Daily Hive reported that Barker said in the debate that many seniors use the public golf courses for recreation and social contact, and that she was worried about scaling them back.

Referral defeated 2 to 5; amended motion passed 5 to 2, Barker opposed

Moved to delay, then voted against, the study of fewer cars in Stanley Park

When John Irwin and Stuart Mackinnon brought a motion asking staff to study cutting car traffic in Stanley Park over the long term, including reducing roads to one lane, Barker moved to put it off to a committee meeting where the public could speak in person. The board defeated that, with only Barker and John Coupar in favour. Barker and Coupar then voted against the amended motion, which passed.

Scope, limits and sources

The minutes record how each commissioner voted. Before the meeting the board received 88 letters opposing the motion, 57 supporting it and 8 neutral.

Replaced by a substitute motion; Barker opposed its parts B and C

Seconded a motion to return Stanley Park to its pre-pandemic road access

At a special meeting Barker seconded John Coupar's motion asking the acting general manager to return Stanley Park to its road and access plan from before COVID-19, before the weekend of June 20 and 21, 2020. The board instead passed Dave Demers' substitute motion, which kept staff's own reopening plan. Barker and Coupar voted against its parts B and C.

Scope, limits and sources

The substitute motion directed staff to carry out the reopening plan presented on June 8 and 18, 2020, and to bring any major delay or change back to the board.

Carried; Barker, Coupar and Irwin opposed

Voted against changes to the park bylaw on temporary shelters

Barker, John Coupar and John Irwin voted against amendments to the Parks Control By-law on temporary shelters in parks, which the board approved at its meeting of July 13, reconvened July 14, 2020.

Scope, limits and sources

The decision record does not list the bylaw changes, which were in an appendix to the staff report, and does not give Barker's reasons.

Defeated

Moved a motion to put seniors and people with disabilities first in City transportation planning

Barker moved a motion asking Mayor and Council to put seniors with health limits and people with disabilities at the top of the City's order of priority for transportation. It also asked that pandemic road changes that took away services these groups need be reversed, as the City's seniors and disability advisory committees had recommended. The board defeated both parts.

Scope, limits and sources

Dave Demers, Camil Dumont, Gwen Giesbrecht and John Irwin voted against part A; those four and Stuart Mackinnon voted against part B. The motion pointed to the disabled parking spaces on Beach Avenue, which were then behind locked gates.

Carried; Barker and Coupar opposed parts F and G

Voted against two golf fund changes in the 2021 budget

When the board approved its 2021 operating budget of $136,236,910 and its capital budgets, Barker and John Coupar voted against two parts added by Dave Demers: putting off non-essential spending from the golf course reserve fund until the golf strategy was finished, and using money from that fund to pay for the golf strategy.

Scope, limits and sources

The decision record lists Barker and Coupar as opposed to parts F and G only.

Carried; Barker and Coupar opposed

Voted against the update of the Park Board meeting rules

Barker and John Coupar voted against approving, in principle, a new Park Board Procedure By-law, which sets the rules for board meetings, and against asking for Vancouver Charter changes on who can call special meetings and on electronic meetings.

Scope, limits and sources

The decision record covers the meeting of March 8 and 9, 2021, and does not give Barker's reasons.

Part A passed unanimously; part B defeated

Moved the motion on safety signs and speed measures on park paths

Barker moved a motion on safety on the Seaside Greenway and other park paths. The board passed unanimously the part directing staff to work with the City and report back on measures such as clearer signs at crossings, rumble strips and a posted seawall speed limit. The part asking for the report in time to start work in the first quarter of 2022 was defeated.

Scope, limits and sources

Dave Demers, Camil Dumont, Gwen Giesbrecht, John Irwin and Stuart Mackinnon voted against part B. The motion pointed to e-bikes, e-scooters and other fast electric devices on the seawall bike path.

Passed unanimously as amended

Moved the motion on seniors' safety in heat waves

After the heat wave of late June 2021, Barker moved a motion that the Park Board, with community centre associations, work with the City and the Province on a way to coordinate existing services, so that isolated seniors and people with disabilities get help in heat waves and other climate emergencies. Staff were to work with the City's seniors and disability advisory committees and report back. The board passed it unanimously after amendments by Gwen Giesbrecht and Dave Demers.

Scope, limits and sources

The motion cited the Chief Coroner's report of more than 700 sudden deaths in British Columbia from June 25 to July 1, 2021.

Carried; Barker and Coupar opposed the amended part A(ii) and part C

Moved the staff plan to expand the park ranger service

Barker moved the staff recommendation to add full-time park rangers for year-round coverage and to seek $1.8 million more for this in the 2022 budget. After amendments by Camil Dumont and Dave Demers, Barker and John Coupar voted against the parts on exploring new positions with stronger bylaw enforcement powers and on a report back about those positions.

Scope, limits and sources

The decision record does not give Barker's reasons for opposing the amended parts.

Carried; Barker and Coupar opposed

Voted against keeping the temporary Stanley Park bike lane

Barker and John Coupar voted against the motion by John Irwin and Camil Dumont to keep the temporary bike lane on Stanley Park Drive until the Stanley Park Mobility Study was finished.

Scope, limits and sources

Barker argued against the lane again in 2022; see the talks and coverage below.

Approved

Kitsilano Beach Park bike lane alignment

The Park Board approved the staff recommended alignment for a separated bike lane through Kitsilano Beach Park in a 6 to 1 vote, with Barker the only commissioner opposed.

Scope, limits and sources

Barker raised conflicts between fast moving cycles and the many pedestrians in the area, including residents of an adjacent private hospital and care home, and called for lower cycling speed limits and enforcement. The Park Board's decision record shows that Barker moved the amendment, which the board added, requiring the City's Persons with Disabilities Advisory Committee to assess the site before work began, and that she was the only commissioner opposed to the final motion.

Passed unanimously as amended

Moved to refer, then amended, the motion on accessible playgrounds

On June 20, 2022, when John Irwin moved a motion directing staff to develop accessible and inclusive design guidelines for new and renewed playgrounds, Barker moved to refer it to a future committee meeting. The referral carried, with Dave Demers, Camil Dumont and Irwin opposed. On July 4, 2022 Barker moved an amendment, and the board passed the amended motion unanimously.

Scope, limits and sources

The final motion directs staff to work with the Persons with Disabilities Advisory Committee and the Children, Youth and Family Advisory Committee to take immediate steps on accessible and inclusive design for playgrounds. The decision record does not show which words Barker's amendment changed.

Carried; Barker and Coupar opposed

Voted against the guiding principles of the Stanley Park Mobility Study

At the meeting of July 18 and 19, 2022, Barker and John Coupar voted against receiving the first findings of the Stanley Park Mobility Study and approving its draft guiding principles for future options.

Scope, limits and sources

Global News reported on the same meeting and quoted Barker; see the talks and coverage below.

Carried; Barker the only commissioner opposed

Voted against a climate audit of park projects

Barker was the only commissioner to vote against Camil Dumont's motion directing staff to audit park capital projects and operations for greenhouse gas reduction and climate change, add a climate section to all board reports, and report progress each year on a dashboard.

Scope, limits and sources

John Coupar was on leave. The decision record gives no reason for Barker's vote.

Recent appearances / Read and watch

Talks, interviews & statements

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Interview

Global News comments on the Stanley Park mobility study

Barker told Global News that Stanley Park worked well before the pandemic and that there was no reason to reduce vehicle traffic, and said the separated bike lane had harmed businesses and access.

Statement

Statement and radio interview on leaving the NPA

Barker announced the departure from the NPA in a short statement and, on CKNW's Jill Bennett Show, said the change was about having room to be heard on personal priorities, adding that the decision might have been different had John Coupar still been in the race.

Interview

CKNW interview on an encampment in Vanier Park

On CKNW's Jill Bennett Show, Barker said she had photographed an encampment that was still standing in a wooded part of Vanier Park after reports that it had been removed. She said she first told Park Board staff about it in November, that open fires there were a risk to the forest and to the people living there.

Interview

CKNW interview on the closure of the Vancouver Aquatic Centre

On CKNW's Jill Bennett Show, after concrete fell from the ceiling of the Vancouver Aquatic Centre, Barker said she was not surprised, that the roof had problems during her term, that commissioners should press staff for answers, and that a new pool should have been built by now. She posted on Bluesky the same day that she had been on CKNW to speak about the centre.

Interview

CKNW interview on parking prices at Spanish Banks

On CKNW's Jill Bennett Show, Barker said she expected prices to rise once parking meters went in at Spanish Banks. She said commissioners should visit such places themselves and push to bring the rate back to the $1 to $1.50 an hour that was promised, and that the lots inside the park should cost the same as City street parking across the road.

Interview

CKNW interview on parking meters at beaches and community centres

On CKNW's Jill Bennett Show, Barker said she had told Kareem Allam that many seniors have no mobile phone and cannot use pay-by-app parking, and that she was glad his campaign then promised to remove parking meters at beaches and community centres. She said the meters should be removed and other ways found to raise the money.

Statement

Campaign launch video

In a video the Vancouver Liberals posted, Barker says she is running to be a voice for seniors and people with disabilities, that parks need more and cleaner washrooms, that the former commissioners came together to keep the elected Park Board, and that keeping the public golf courses was one of her main fights on the board.

Statement

Answers to the Vancouver Public Space Network Park Board survey

Barker answered all 10 questions. Her first change would be cleaner, more accessible washrooms along Spanish Banks. She says Vancouver has not kept up with its aging population, that the Park Board should work with experts on climate effects in parks, that her party plans to restore money taken from the Park Board, and that she will fight to keep the elected board. She says staff are doing good work on reconciliation with the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh Nations and that she would support it, and that the board should act fast on the isolation of seniors.

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.

Campaign dispute

Departure from the NPA during the 2022 campaign

Barker left the NPA with six weeks to go in the 2022 campaign and joined TEAM for a Livable Vancouver, after the NPA replaced its mayoral candidate. The departure left the NPA with no sitting park commissioner seeking re-election.

Candidate or party response

Barker said the move was about being heard on personal priorities, said the decision might have been different had John Coupar stayed in the race, and said it did not feel like a betrayal.

Verified status and limits

Barker ran for TEAM in October 2022 and was not elected, recording 25,615 votes. Barker is running for the Vancouver Liberals in 2026.

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Reporting
Daily Hive

Vancouver's Langara Golf Course to be considered for other uses

Kenneth Chan reported the Park Board's 5 to 2 vote to study other uses for its golf courses, with Barker and John Coupar opposed, and quoted Barker on the value of public golf courses to seniors.

Research / 51 linked sources

Check the evidence

Sources checked October 3, 2026. Official records establish decisions; campaign material establishes stated positions; reporting adds investigation and context. None alone establishes every claim.

Official record 22 sources
Campaign 10 sources
Reporting 11 sources
Interview 5 sources
Event organizer 2 sources
Event listing 1 sources

The CKNW interviews were summarised from a machine transcript made by voche.me, which has no speaker labels, so no sentence from them is quoted or scored; a person who listens to the episodes can add her positions on parking meters as commitments. The campaign page claims about the radio and television career, the Scottish government liaison work, the personal training clients and the St. Andrew's and Caledonian Society presidency were not confirmed by any independent source. Park Board minutes were read through Internet Archive copies; decision records for the rest of her term were not all opened. Her Instagram posts found on October 3, 2026 are a voting reminder, walking photos and posts by running mate Amanda Bains that list her as a co-author but carry Bains' words. No organizer has named her as a speaker at a 2026 forum. The 2018 and 2022 vote totals come from published results tables that cite the City of Vancouver; the City's own results pages could not be opened.

Research status

What voche.me has checked

Evidence reviewed on October 3, 2026: the 2026 campaign page and launch video, her Vancouver Public Space Network survey answers, five CKNW interviews from 2023 to 2026, her personal website and Bluesky and Instagram accounts, the Save Our Park Board coalition list, and 19 Park Board decision records and minutes from her 2018 to 2022 term, read through Internet Archive copies. Earlier review on September 26, 2026 covered VoteMate, the City record of past commissioners and reporting on her term.

Each stated position is checked against the wording of its source. Votes and motions from her term are taken from the Park Board's own decision records, which name the mover and the commissioners opposed.

Checks still to do: listen to the CKNW interviews to record her exact words on parking meters, and confirm whether she attended any 2026 forum.

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 unless the record says so.

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04 / Questions & answers

Questions for the candidate

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Which accessibility changes would you prioritize for seniors, and how would you measure their use?

No response has been submitted.

How would you divide funding between existing-facility maintenance, affordable access and new construction?

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What is Tricia Barker's ballot number for the 2026 Vancouver election?

Tricia Barker is number 229 on the City of Vancouver's official 2026 ballot for Park Board.

What party did Tricia Barker run with?

Tricia Barker ran for Park Board with Vancouver Liberals.

Does Tricia Barker currently hold public office?

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How many sources does this Tricia Barker profile cite?

This profile lists 3 sourced references, each with the date voche.me checked it, in the Sources section below.

Has Tricia Barker filed nomination papers for the 2026 election?

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Why do some questions on Tricia Barker's page show no answer?

The "Questions & answers" section on this page lists questions voche.me would put to Tricia Barker 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 Tricia Barker ran in?

The 2026 Vancouver municipal election, including the Park Board race, was decided on October 17, 2026.

06 / Candidate contributions

Space for campaign updates

Added Park Board records, interviews, survey answers and forums; corrected two details

Added 16 votes and motions from her 2018 to 2022 term taken from the Park Board's own decision records, five CKNW radio interviews from 2023 to 2026, her campaign launch video, her Vancouver Public Space Network survey answers with five new commitments, a 2019 Daily Hive report on the golf course vote, the Save Our Park Board coalition listing, her Instagram, X and Bluesky links, and two upcoming forums with attendance unconfirmed. Corrected the date of the Kitsilano Beach Park bike lane vote from April 12 to April 11, 2022, the date of the board meeting, and added that Barker moved the amendment requiring an accessibility assessment of the site. Rewrote a biography sentence that said "the page" without naming which page.

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