Michael Wiebe is a Canadian politician in Vancouver, British Columbia, who was elected to Vancouver City Council running under the Vancouver Green Party slate in the October 2018 municipal election. Wiebe had previously served on the Vancouver Park Board as a commissioner.[1][2][3][4]

Michael Wiebe
Vancouver City Councillor
In office
November 5, 2018 – November 7, 2022
Personal details
Political partyGreen Party
ResidenceVancouver

In 2020, an independent conflict-of-interest investigation concluded that Wiebe had violated conflict-of-interest rules, and recommended his resignation or removal.[5][6] Wiebe denied wrongdoing saying that he had a "good faith belief that [he] did not have a conflict".[7][5]

He was defeated in the 2022 Vancouver municipal election.[8]

Electoral record edit

2018 Vancouver municipal election: Vancouver City Council
Party Candidate Votes Elected
Green Adriane Carr 69,739  Y
Green Pete Fry 61,806  Y
NPA Melissa De Genova 53,251  Y
COPE Jean Swanson 48,865  Y
NPA Colleen Hardwick 47,747  Y
Green Michael Wiebe 45,593  Y
OneCity Christine Boyle 45,455  Y
NPA Lisa Dominato 44,689  Y
NPA Rebecca Bligh 44,053  Y
NPA Sarah Kirby-Yung 43,581  Y
2014 Vancouver municipal election: Vancouver Park Board
Party Candidate Votes Elected
Vision Catherine Evans 64,707  Y
NPA John Coupar 62,970  Y
NPA Casey Crawford 59,882  Y
NPA Sarah Kirby-Yung 56,828  Y
NPA Erin Shum 56,762  Y
Green Stuart Mackinnon 56,406  Y
Green Michael Wiebe 55,607  Y
Vision Brent Granby 54,215

References edit

  1. ^ City of Vancouver (2019). "Councillor Michael Wiebe". City of Vancouver. Retrieved March 22, 2019.
  2. ^ Lupick, Travis (April 25, 2018). "Vancouver park commissioner Michael Wiebe says he wants to become a city councillor with the Greens". Georgia Straight. Retrieved March 22, 2019.
  3. ^ Chan, Cheryl (October 21, 2018). "Green power: Voters send Vancouver Greens to council, school and park boards in greater numbers". Vancouver Sun. Retrieved March 22, 2019.
  4. ^ O’Connor, Naoibh (October 23, 2018). "Vancouver Green Party councillors to push for citywide plan". Vancouver Courier. Retrieved March 25, 2019.
  5. ^ a b Ballard, Joel (September 20, 2020). "Vancouver city councillor should resign over conflict of interest: independent investigation". CBC News. Retrieved September 20, 2020.
  6. ^ Smith, Charlie (September 20, 2020). "Report for Vancouver mayor's office recommends Coun. Michael Wiebe resign his seat". The Georgia Straight. Retrieved September 20, 2020.
  7. ^ Wiebe, Michael (September 21, 2020). "Coun. Michael Wiebe issues statement in response to conflict-of-interest probe". The Georgia Straight. Retrieved September 21, 2020.
  8. ^ "Official 2022 Vancouver election results". vancouver.ca. City of Vancouver. Retrieved October 20, 2022.