Michael Wiebe

Michael Wiebe
Michael Wiebe
Vancouver City Councillor
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; November 2018
Personal details
Political party	Green Party
Residence	Vancouver

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]

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]

Electoral record

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

City of Vancouver (2019). "Councillor Michael Wiebe". City of Vancouver. Retrieved March 22, 2019.
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.
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.
O’Connor, Naoibh (October 23, 2018). "Vancouver Green Party councillors to push for citywide plan". Vancouver Courier. Retrieved March 25, 2019.
Ballard, Joel (September 20, 2020). "Vancouver city councillor should resign over conflict of interest: independent investigation". CBC News. Retrieved September 20, 2020.
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.
Wiebe, Michael (September 21, 2020). "Coun. Michael Wiebe issues statement in response to conflict-of-interest probe". The Georgia Straight. Retrieved September 21, 2020.

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[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.

[CBCcoi-5] 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.