Candidate for the Vancouver Park Board.
Tyler Petersen, ballot number 214 for Park Board in Vancouver, OneCity. Profile focus: Recreation affordability and workforce decisions.
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This record covers Tyler Petersen, the OneCity candidate for Park Board at ballot number 214 in the October 17, 2026 Vancouver election. It sets out the party biography, the platform themes filed with VoteMate, one dated public statement, and the reporting that names the candidate.
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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Tyler Petersen appears on the City of Vancouver's final 2026 candidate list for Park Board, with ballot number 214. The City records the affiliation as OneCity.
The page says Petersen is a biologist, a labour activist and a union leader who has negotiated agreements.
The OneCity candidate page describes Petersen as a biologist, labour activist and union leader.
The OneCity candidate page says Petersen's union work involved negotiating, building agreement between people and getting results at the bargaining table. The page does not name the union.
The VoteMate profile describes Petersen as a biologist, labour activist and environmentalist, and states an aim to be a voice for accessibility, accountability, transparency and inclusion on the Park Board.
The Georgia Straight reported on May 11, 2026 and Daily Hive on May 12, 2026 that OneCity members selected Petersen for the Park Board alongside former commissioner John Irwin and BC NDP constituency advisor Dominic Denofrio. Both reports describe Petersen as a biologist and labour activist.
Daily Hive published the final ballot order on September 22, 2026, listing Tyler Petersen at number 214 for Park Board under OneCity.
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8 commitments shown · Checked Sep 22
Improve affordability in what the Park Board runs.
Advance equity in Park Board decisions.
Work on transparency and accountability in order to rebuild the trust that the campaign says past city governments have lost.
Make sure community services run by the Park Board are funded.
Invest in parks, community centres and swimming pools.
Make sure community centres and libraries that are designated places of refuge are themselves safe during extreme heat, extreme cold, poor air quality and earthquakes.
The page says Petersen would bring a negotiating approach to the Park Board to make parks cheaper to use and fairer for everyone.
The page says Petersen would work to rebuild the trust that past city governments lost.
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In the party announcement, Petersen said that many community centres and libraries are designated places of refuge for times such as extreme heat, cold, poor air quality and earthquakes, and that making those buildings safe themselves is the point. The statement supports a four year party strategy to set one air quality and temperature standard across City, Park Board and School Board buildings.
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Nathan Caddell reported OneCity's full slate of 13 candidates and named Petersen as one of three Park Board candidates, described as a biologist and labour activist.
Kenneth Chan set out OneCity's confirmed slate with short descriptions of each candidate. Petersen is described as a biologist and labour activist, running for Park Board with John Irwin and Dominic Denofrio.
The published ballot order lists Tyler Petersen at number 214 for Park Board under OneCity.
Sources checked September 22, 2026. Official records establish decisions; campaign material establishes stated positions; reporting adds investigation and context. None alone establishes every claim.
City of Vancouver
City of Vancouver
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OneCity Vancouver · August 5, 2026
The Georgia Straight · May 11, 2026
Daily Hive · May 12, 2026
Daily Hive · September 22, 2026
No source names the union Petersen led or the employer behind the biologist description, so those roles could not be confirmed with an independent body. The VoteMate profile records no detailed policy answers, so the commitments above stay at the level of themes. No interview, debate appearance or opinion piece by Petersen was found beyond the August 5 party announcement. OneCity's own site has no standing Park Board platform page; the party pages that could be opened list candidates and news only. The Mount Pleasant Community Centre Association all candidates meeting on September 23 names John Irwin as the OneCity Park Board participant, so Petersen's attendance at a forum is not confirmed. No public accountability record was found.
Evidence reviewed on September 22, 2026: Current campaign material; biographical claims require corroboration.
Campaign page read on September 22, 2026. 2 stated positions and 1 background fact recorded here, each checked against a quotation from that page.
Checks still to do: Verify organizational roles and obtain costed operating proposals.
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.
The OneCity candidate page, the VoteMate profile and both news reports describe Petersen as a biologist. No employer, field of study or number of years is given in any of them.
Candidate page for Tyler PetersenThe OneCity candidate page describes Petersen as a union leader whose work involved bargaining and building agreement. The union is not named on the page or in the news reports.
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