Candidate for Vancouver City Council.
Yadwinder Mangat, ballot number 116 for City Council in Vancouver, Bright Future Vancouver. Profile focus: Housing affordability and newcomer services.
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This record covers Yadwinder Mangat, candidate number 116 for Vancouver City Council with Bright Future Vancouver. The only material found about this candidate is the party's own candidates page and the published ballot list.
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.
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Yadwinder Mangat appears on the City of Vancouver's final 2026 candidate list for City Council, with ballot number 116. The City records the affiliation as Bright Future Vancouver.
The party page says Mangat came to Vancouver from India at age 15. The page says Mangat worked in restaurants, retail, security, and as a city cab driver. The page says Mangat became a licensed realtor in 2010 and has since helped families buy homes.
The Bright Future Vancouver candidates page says Mangat moved to Vancouver from India at the age of 15 with parents looking for opportunity.
The party page says Mangat worked in restaurants, retail and security and drove a city cab before becoming a licensed realtor in 2010.
The party page says Mangat has volunteered on political campaigns and served as a member of an electoral district association. It does not name the party or the district.
The party home page says Bright Future Vancouver is led by mayoral candidate Muhammad Ahmad and lists Mohammad Shahed Foroughi-Jahromi as financial agent.
Daily Hive published the full ballot order on September 22, 2026, listing Mangat at number 116 for council with Bright Future Vancouver.
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8 commitments shown · Checked Sep 22
Work on affordable housing as a council priority.
Make streets safer for people on foot and on bicycles.
Improve access to city services for newcomers, and give newcomer and diverse communities a stronger voice at city hall.
Hold city government to account and deliver services more efficiently.
Bright Future Vancouver, the party Mangat is running with, sets out five planks: rent-to-own housing with 20 percent equity and local-first housing protections, free transit for residents with faster buses and a path for SkyTrain to UBC, night-shift and 24-hour childcare with a treatment-first crisis response, a 21-day permit rule with cheaper building costs and food access measures, and a 2 percent fair share surcharge funding clean water and lead-free schools.
The party page lists affordable housing and safer streets for people walking and cycling among Mangat's priorities.
The page says Mangat wants newcomers to reach city services more easily and wants the city to deliver the basic services residents rely on.
The page says Mangat is running so that newcomers and diverse communities are heard at City Hall.
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Nothing was found about Mangat beyond the party's candidates page and the published ballot list. No news story, interview, speech, forum appearance or campaign event naming Mangat was found. The 2010 licence year, the brokerage worked for, and the electoral district association mentioned on the party page were not confirmed by any independent record, and no regulator listing was checked. The party's events calendar showed no scheduled events.
Evidence reviewed on September 22, 2026: Current campaign material; biographical claims require corroboration.
Campaign page read on September 22, 2026. 3 stated positions and 3 background facts recorded here, each checked against a quotation from that page.
Checks still to do: Confirm professional licensing and distinguish personal proposals from the shared BFV platform.
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 party page says Mangat has been a licensed realtor since 2010 and has helped families through the Vancouver housing market. No brokerage is named.
City council candidates pageThe party page lists restaurant, retail and security work and driving a city cab.
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