--- title: "COPE candidates in the Vancouver 2026 election | voche.me" canonical_url: "https://voche.me/parties/cope/candidates" last_updated: "2026-09-23T06:08:05.590Z" meta: description: "All 12 COPE candidates on the October 17, 2026 Vancouver ballot, grouped by office with ballot numbers and links to each profile." "og:description": "All 12 COPE candidates on the October 17, 2026 Vancouver ballot, grouped by office with ballot numbers and links to each profile." "og:title": "COPE candidates in the Vancouver 2026 election" "twitter:description": "All 12 COPE candidates on the October 17, 2026 Vancouver ballot, grouped by office with ballot numbers and links to each profile." "twitter:title": "COPE candidates in the Vancouver 2026 election" --- COPE · Vancouver 2026 # Every COPE candidate 12 candidates on the October 17, 2026 ballot, in ballot order. Each one links to a full profile with their own background, priorities and sources. [Back to COPE ](https://voche.me/parties/cope) [**12**Candidates](https://voche.me/parties/cope/candidates) [**9/10**Issues with published policy](https://voche.me/parties/cope/platform) [**6**Sources on file](https://voche.me/parties/cope/money) **9**Questions answered THE SHAPE OF THIS SLATE ## What COPE is asking for COPE is running 12 candidates across 3 of the four races on the ballot: 4 for City Council, 4 for Park Board, 4 for School Board. Its Park Board slate of 4 is large enough to take a majority if every one of those candidates won. COPE is not running a candidate for mayor, so it is contesting City Council and Park Board and School Board only. A party can hold seats on any of those bodies without contesting the mayoralty, and two parties on this ballot are doing exactly that. 4 OF 10 SEATS CONTESTED ## City Council [111**Sean Orr**Ballot 111 · Vancouver city councillor](https://voche.me/candidates/sean-orr) [121**Devyani Singh**Ballot 121](https://voche.me/candidates/devyani-singh) [124**Chloe Leslie**Ballot 124](https://voche.me/candidates/chloe-leslie) [155**Solomon Yi-Kieran**Ballot 155](https://voche.me/candidates/solomon-yi-kieran) 4 OF 7 SEATS CONTESTED ## Park Board [203**T'uy't'tanat Cease Wyss**Ballot 203](https://voche.me/candidates/t-uy-t-tanat-cease-wyss) [205**Jamie Han**Ballot 205](https://voche.me/candidates/jamie-han) [206**Tamiko Suzuki**Ballot 206](https://voche.me/candidates/tamiko-suzuki) [215**Sacia Burton**Ballot 215](https://voche.me/candidates/sacia-burton) 4 OF 9 SEATS CONTESTED ## School Board [304**Suzie Mah**Ballot 304 · Vancouver School Board trustee](https://voche.me/candidates/suzie-mah) [314**Melanie Cheng**Ballot 314](https://voche.me/candidates/melanie-cheng) [323**Derrick O'Keefe**Ballot 323](https://voche.me/candidates/derrick-o-keefe) [324**Gwen Giesbrecht**Ballot 324](https://voche.me/candidates/gwen-giesbrecht) ### COPE is not running for Mayor No COPE candidate appears on the official City of Vancouver candidate list for this race. A blank here records that, and nothing more. ### How a candidate is linked to a party Only the official City of Vancouver candidate list decides which party a candidate belongs to on this site. A party's own list of candidates is not enough on its own, and a candidate running with no party is never attached to one. ## Sources A source marked SAYS SO ITSELF is the party's own material. It proves what the party claims, not that the claim is true. 1. [COPE home page ](https://www.votecope.ca/)SAYS SO ITSELFCOPE · checked September 22, 2026 2. [COPE platform (April 2025 by-election platform, still published September 2026) ](https://www.votecope.ca/platform)SAYS SO ITSELFCOPE · published April 5, 2025 · checked September 22, 2026 3. [Who is running: official 2026 candidate list ](https://vancouver.ca/your-government/2026-candidate-information.aspx)City of Vancouver · checked September 22, 2026 4. [Local elections disclosure statement search ](https://contributions.electionsbc.gov.bc.ca/pcs/LESearch.aspx)Elections BC · checked September 22, 2026 5. [Elector organizations: registration and financial reporting duties ](https://elections.bc.ca/local-elections/elector-organizations/)Elections BC · checked September 22, 2026 6. [Making a campaign contribution ](https://elections.bc.ca/local-elections/making-a-campaign-contribution/)Elections BC · checked September 22, 2026 ## Sitemap See the full [sitemap](/sitemap.md) for all pages.