The Vancouver Liberal Electors Association, commonly known as Vancouver Liberals, is a municipal political party in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It is not affiliated with either the provincial BC United (formerly known as the BC Liberals) or the federal Liberal Party of Canada.
The party was founded by political strategist and lobbyist Kareem Allam, the former chief of staff to ABC Vancouver leader Ken Sim. He left his role in Sim's mayoral office in February 2023, following a dispute with the mayor. Allam was the campaign manager for ABC Vancouver in 2022. He was also the campaign manager for Erin O'Toole and Kevin Falcon's respective party leadership campaigns. Sim filed a lawsuit against Allam in 2025 over alleged defamatory comments that claimed he had been pulled over by police for driving under the influence and used his position as mayor to cover it up. Allam announced that he will be the party's candidate for mayor in the 2026 Vancouver municipal election. He had endorsed the BC NDP in the 2024 provincial election, describing himself as an opponent of Trumpism and a supporter of big-tent political parties. Park board commissioner Scott Jensen joined the party in January 2026. School Board chair Victoria Jung announced that she would seek the party's nomination to run for city council in late January 2026. On February 17, 2026, independent park board commissioner Brennan Bastyovanszky announced that he had joined the party in advance of the 2026 elections. On August 27, 2026, the party announced former MLA and provincial cabinet minister Michelle Mungall and advocate Arminder Randhawa as honorary co-chairs of its 2026 campaign.
Current candidates The party is running a slate of candidates in the 2026 Vancouver municipal election, scheduled for October 17, 2026.
Mayor Kareem Allam
City council Devin Clemens, a graduate programs manager at the University of British Columbia John Coupar, former Non-Partisan Association Vancouver Park Board commissioner and Conservative Party of British Columbia candidate in the 2024 British Columbia election for Vancouver-Little Mountain Victoria Jung, the current chair of the Vancouver School Board Moira Stilwell, a physician and former provincial cabinet minister Armor Valor, a cook at BC Children's Hospital and Hospital Employees' Union member Jessica Walton, a political strategist and government copywriter Michael Wu, an entrepreneur and 2024 BC Conservative candidate in Burnaby North
Park board Amanda Bains, a small business owner and Hospital Employees' Union member Amir Bajehkian, a Vancouver International Airport flight data analyst and civic engagement advocate for new Canadians Tricia Barker, a personal trainer and former Vancouver Park Board commissioner (2018–2022) with the NPA and park board candidate for TEAM for a Livable Vancouver in the 2022 election Brennan Bastyovanszky, a current Vancouver Park Board commissioner and former chair originally elected as part of ABC Vancouver Shayla Bird, an educator and public historian specializing in Black history in British Columbia Mark Halyk, a former senior leader in Commercial Services at the Vancouver Park Board Scott Jensen, the sitting park board commissioner and the board's first Indigenous chair
School board Joshua Cameron, a hospitality industry worker and University of Victoria political science graduate Isabel Ochoa, who works in Vancouver's sport and culture sector Ishi Dinim, a longtime member of the Vancouver School Board's District Parent Advisory Council Darren Boidman, a talent manager in the film and television industry Noosha Mehdian, an educator and researcher in higher education
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