TEAM for a Livable Vancouver candidate for the Park Board, ballot number 233.
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Wah Gee, ballot number 233 for Park Board in Vancouver, TEAM for a Livable Vancouver. Profile focus: Affordable recreation for young people and older residents.
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Wah Gee is a TEAM for a Livable Vancouver candidate for Park Board commissioner, ballot number 233, running for public office for the first time on this record. This record covers the TEAM campaign page, TEAM's August 2026 announcements, Gee's VoteMate profile and Vote4Tomorrow answers, his Instagram posts, independent reporting from Daily Hive and Global News, and two City of Vancouver committee minutes that show Gee's record as a member of the Children, Youth and Families Advisory Committee.
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.
“One of his priorities if elected is to keep parks and recreation affordable and accessible, especially for low-income families, seniors and youth.”
Stated by the candidate.
Wah Gee for Park Board“working to permanently protect parkland that doesn’t currently have that legal protection”
Stated by the candidate.
Wah Gee, TEAM for Vancouver Parks BoardNo number for what would exist or change.
“TEAM is committed to making parks and recreation a major priority in the city's long-term capital planning”
Stated by the candidate.
Wah Gee, TEAM for Vancouver Parks BoardNo date or term milestone.
No dated public action on this issue found.
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
TEAM for a Livable Vancouver’s platform on parks: 9 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.
“He would bring to Park Board an approachable, practical, and collaborative perspective—listening carefully to residents, considering different viewpoints, and focusing on decisions that keep these spaces accessible, welcoming, and well maintained for everyone.”
Stated by the candidate.
Wah Gee for Park BoardNo instrument the office controls is named.
No number for what would exist or change.
No cost or funding source.
No date or term milestone.
“Seconded a motion on committee decision-making procedure at the Children, Youth and Families Advisory Committee”
Carried unanimously and by the required majority, September 25, 2025.
Children, Youth and Families Advisory Committee minutes, September 25, 2025The 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
Party platform; candidate not quoted. TEAM for a Livable Vancouver publishes 5 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.
TEAM for a Livable Vancouver’s platform on taxes and budget: 5 commitments, 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
“Expand and protect tree canopy, parks, and green infrastructure to cool neighbourhoods, clean air, and manage stormwater.”
Stated by the candidate.
Wah Gee, answers to the Vote4Tomorrow climate voter guideNo 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.
TEAM for a Livable Vancouver’s platform on climate: 7 commitments, at least one 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. TEAM for a Livable 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.
TEAM for a Livable 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. TEAM for a Livable Vancouver publishes 5 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.
TEAM for a Livable Vancouver’s platform on transport: 5 commitments, 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 Wah Gee is confirmed in the sources checked on October 3, 2026.
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Wah Gee appears on the City of Vancouver's final 2026 candidate list for Park Board, with ballot number 233. The City records the affiliation as TEAM for a Livable Vancouver.
The TEAM campaign page says Gee holds UBC undergraduate degrees in marine biology and elementary education and a master's degree in educational leadership and administration. It says Gee teaches in the Surrey school district, coaches student activities, and is an Indigenous Lead Teacher. It also says Gee serves on the City of Vancouver's Children, Youth and Families Advisory Committee.
The TEAM campaign page says Gee was born in Hong Kong, grew up in North Vancouver and Maple Ridge, and has lived in Vancouver for 35 years.
Daily Hive reported that Gee has lived in the Hastings-Sunrise neighbourhood for 25 years and works as an elementary school teacher in the Surrey school district, where Gee is also an Indigenous lead teacher.
The City of Vancouver's membership list for its Children, Youth and Families Advisory Committee, as archived on January 9, 2026, names Wah Gee among the members aged 22 and up.
TEAM announced Gee and Alex Tkach as Park Board candidates in early August 2026, bringing the party's announced Park Board line-up to two at that point.
Global News reported on March 10, 2025 that Gee had worked as a volunteer for ABC Vancouver in its 2022 election campaign and was backing TEAM for a Livable Vancouver in the April 2025 Council by-election.
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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.
17 commitments shown · Checked Oct 3
Gee says one of his priorities if elected is to keep parks and recreation affordable and accessible, especially for low income families, seniors and youth.
Gee says safe, inclusive parks, streets and community facilities that feel welcoming to people of all ages, abilities and backgrounds are essential to the livability of a city.
The page says Gee would bring an approachable, practical and collaborative perspective to Park Board, listening to residents and weighing different viewpoints when deciding how these spaces are kept up.
Gee says he joined TEAM because he believes the party can elect candidates who will bring meaningful, practical change.
Gee's platform answer on VoteMate says TEAM will protect Vancouver's parks by defending an independent, elected Park Board.
Gee's platform answer on VoteMate says TEAM will work to give permanent legal protection to parkland that does not currently have it.
Gee's platform answer on VoteMate says TEAM will make parks and recreation a major priority in the city's long-term capital planning, addressing years of deferred maintenance and investing in facilities such as pools and community centres.
Gee's platform answer on VoteMate says TEAM will keep parks and recreation accessible and affordable regardless of income, age, ability or neighbourhood, including more opportunities for children to swim, play sports and develop healthy, active lifestyles.
TEAM's Park Board platform says it will withdraw the City's request to the Province to eliminate the elected Park Board, and keep Park Board assets publicly owned and operated.
TEAM's Park Board platform says it will transfer finance, operations and facilities back under Park Board control from the City's planning, real estate and facilities departments, with line by line budget review, and will push for secure, ongoing Park Board funding as a set share of the City tax base.
TEAM's Park Board platform says it will assess and plan for the impact of climate change on Vancouver's parks, beaches and seawalls, limit tree removal in Stanley Park to trees judged imminently dangerous, and protect and expand the tree canopy.
TEAM's Park Board platform says it will expand maintenance and garbage pickup, enforce bylaws, and increase the number of park rangers and lifeguards, including fencing on parks next to busy roads.
TEAM's Park Board platform says it will restore the vehicle access to Stanley Park Drive and Beach Avenue that existed before the pandemic, while adding separate paths for cycling and walking.
TEAM's Park Board platform says it will advocate and plan for new parks and recreation facilities as the population grows, striving for a ratio of 1.1 hectares of parks per 1,000 people.
On the Vote4Tomorrow climate voter guide, Gee is marked supportive of expanding and protecting the tree canopy, parks and green infrastructure, of planting native trees first where tree cover is low, and of linked greenways for people and wildlife.
TEAM's parks plan of August 17, 2026 says the party will invest at least $739 million over four years in parks and recreation, including $496 million for recreation buildings in the Park Board's draft 2027 to 2030 capital plan, and will increase neighbourhood park space by at least 20 percent.
TEAM's parks plan of August 17, 2026 says the party will cut parking fees at Spanish Banks and Jericho Beach and review park parking with the goal of restoring free public access.
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As a member of the City of Vancouver's Children, Youth and Families Advisory Committee, Gee seconded a motion to suspend the committee's normal procedure rule so it could use modified decision-making methods during the meeting.
The Children, Youth and Families Advisory Committee advises Council on matters involving children, youth and families. It is a separate body from the Park Board Gee is running for, and the minutes name him as the seconder of this motion.
As a member of the Children, Youth and Families Advisory Committee, Gee seconded a motion to receive an Engineering Services presentation on the Gastown Public Spaces Plan for information and invite staff back for a progress update.
The Children, Youth and Families Advisory Committee advises Council on matters involving children, youth and families. The motion received an Engineering Services presentation for information, a procedural step, and the minutes name Gee as the seconder.
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In an Instagram post tagged at the West End Community Centre Association on the afternoon of October 3, 2026, Gee wrote that the all candidates Park Board gathering that day was productive and that he spoke at it. The post does not say what he said. The West End Journal had announced a Park Board candidates forum there at 11 am that day.
Gee reposted a campaign video recorded on August 10, 2026, writing that he knows how important it is to keep an independent Park Board in Vancouver. He asked voters to read each candidate's profile and said TEAM would like their support. voche.me read the caption only and did not watch the video.
Gee marked himself supportive of all 17 policy statements in the guide, from building electrification to tree planting and safe bike routes. In his own short introduction he says he has lived in Hastings-Sunrise for 35 years, teaches elementary school in Surrey, sits on the City's Children, Youth and Families Advisory Committee and supports working with residents. His six written answers are TEAM's text, word for word the same as those on Colleen Hardwick's and Kathleen Larsen's pages: support for a pause on AI data centres, repeal of the Villages Plan, and lower emissions from new buildings. The page shows no date, so this date is the day voche.me read it.
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Kenneth Chan reported TEAM's nomination of five more candidates, including Gee and Alex Tkach for Park Board, and gave Gee's neighbourhood, teaching role and Indigenous lead teacher role.
Simon Little and Sarah MacDonald reported that ABC Vancouver put up signs for registered supporters from 2022 unless they opted out. Gee, described as a 2022 ABC campaign volunteer now backing TEAM, said a sign went up for him without a request, called the practice sneaky and said the volunteer removed it when asked.
Kenneth Chan listed all 130 candidates in ballot order, with Gee at number 233 for Park Board under TEAM.
Sources checked October 3, 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
City of Vancouver · September 25, 2025
City of Vancouver · November 9, 2023
City of Vancouver
TEAM for a Livable Vancouver
VoteMate
TEAM for a Livable Vancouver · August 4, 2026
TEAM for a Livable Vancouver
Wah Gee (Instagram, wgee) · October 3, 2026
Wah Gee (Instagram, wgee) · October 3, 2026
TEAM for a Livable Vancouver · August 17, 2026
Daily Hive · August 6, 2026
Global News · March 10, 2025
Daily Hive · September 22, 2026
Vote4Tomorrow (Doctors for Planetary Health, West Coast)
Kerrisdale Community Centre
Kerrisdale Community Centre · September 23, 2026
Vancouver Food Justice Coalition
The West End Journal · October 1, 2026
Women Transforming Cities
No interview or news report quotes Gee about the 2026 Park Board race beyond the party's own material. The only independent report that quotes him is a Global News story from March 2025 about ABC Vancouver's lawn signs. The UBC degrees, the staff and union leadership positions, and his union involvement have not been confirmed by an independent source. Sources differ on how long Gee has lived in Hastings-Sunrise: TEAM's August 4, 2026 release and Daily Hive say 25 years, and his VoteMate and Vote4Tomorrow entries say 35 years. Kerrisdale Community Centre listed Gee among 23 confirmed speakers for its September 29, 2026 Park Board meeting, and its thank-you post afterward names no candidate. No source read by voche.me shows that he took part, so that event is no longer listed. Gee's own Instagram post shows he spoke at the West End Park Board forum on October 3, 2026, but no record of what he said was found. The City's candidate list names his X account (wahgee88), Facebook page and LinkedIn profile. X blocked automated reads on October 3, 2026, and Facebook and LinkedIn require signing in, so none of them were read. Gee did not appear in the Vancouver Public Space Network Park Board survey, the HUB Cycling guide or the Women Transforming Cities pledge results checked on October 3, 2026. A search of Sing Tao and Ming Pao found no article naming him. Two Children, Youth and Families Advisory Committee minutes, from November 9, 2023 and September 25, 2025, were read through an Internet Archive snapshot because vancouver.ca returns HTTP 403 to direct requests.
Evidence reviewed on October 3, 2026: the City's Park Board candidate list, the TEAM candidate page, every news post on TEAM's site, TEAM's August 17, 2026 parks plan, Gee's VoteMate profile, his Vote4Tomorrow answers, his recent Instagram posts, Kerrisdale Community Centre's speaker list and thank-you post, The West End Journal's forum notice, Global News and Daily Hive reporting, and the Vancouver Public Space Network survey. Two City committee minutes were reviewed on September 26, 2026.
Commitments are tagged as Gee's own words only where a page he wrote or answered names him. Party platform positions he has not restated are tagged as party positions. Two dated committee actions come from official minutes.
Checks still to do: independent confirmation of the UBC degrees and the staff and union roles named on the campaign page, his X, Facebook and LinkedIn accounts, and any record of what he said at the October 3 West End 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, except where a source other than the campaign is named.
Daily Hive reported the teaching role and the Indigenous lead teacher role. The TEAM page adds coaching and sponsoring of extracurricular activities and says Gee holds staff and union leadership positions.
Candidate page for Wah GeeThe City's committee page lists Gee as a public member. The committee holds six regular meetings a year plus working sessions, and advises on matters affecting children, youth and families in Vancouver.
Global News reported in March 2025 that Gee worked as a volunteer for ABC Vancouver in its 2022 election campaign. By the 2025 by-election he was backing TEAM.
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Wah Gee is number 233 on the City of Vancouver's official 2026 ballot for Park Board.
Wah Gee ran for Park Board with TEAM for a Livable Vancouver.
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The 2026 Vancouver municipal election, including the Park Board race, was decided on October 17, 2026.
Added Gee's Vote4Tomorrow climate guide answers, two of his Instagram posts, TEAM's August 17, 2026 parks plan as party positions, a Global News story from March 2025 that quotes him, the Daily Hive ballot list, and the social media accounts listed for him on the City's candidate list. Marked his attendance at the October 3 West End Park Board forum as confirmed from his own post, and added the October 13 online food systems town hall as unconfirmed. Removed the September 29 Kerrisdale meeting from the calendar: the organizer listed him as a confirmed speaker beforehand, but no source shows he took part. Removed two biography paragraphs that repeated earlier ones, and named the TEAM page as the source of the education paragraph. The X account earlier described as unverified is the one the City's candidate list names for him.
Merged a duplicate commitment that restated the same sentence from the TEAM candidate page under two ids, tagged every remaining commitment with an issue and whether it is Gee's own words, and added the three commitments in his platform answer on VoteMate. Added two City of Vancouver committee minutes, read through an Internet Archive snapshot because vancouver.ca refuses automated requests, that show Gee seconding motions at Children, Youth and Families Advisory Committee meetings in 2023 and 2025. Added six commitments from TEAM's Park Board platform page that Gee has not personally restated, each tagged as the party's position rather than his own.
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