Peter Meiszner
Peter Meiszner is a Canadian politician, who was elected to Vancouver City Council in the 2022 Vancouver municipal election.[1] He is a member of ABC Vancouver.[2]
Peter Meiszner | |
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| Vancouver City Councillor | |
| Assumed office November 7, 2022 | |
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| Born | January 9, 1983 Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada |
| Political party | ABC Vancouver |
| Residence(s) | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
Originally from Nanaimo, British Columbia, Meiszner moved to Vancouver in 2002 after facing difficulty with his family when he came out as gay.[3] To make ends meet, he worked several jobs, including at Hudson's Bay menswear department at the Bay Building in downtown Vancouver. He studied broadcast journalism at the British Columbia Institute of Technology,[3] and worked as a television journalist for Global BC before leaving to join the University of British Columbia as a senior digital strategist and communications manager.[2] He was also the publisher of urbanYVR, a website focused on housing and urban development issues in the Lower Mainland.[2] During this time, he served as vice-chair of the Gastown Historic Area Planning Committee.
Upon assuming office as a Vancouver city councillor, he was appointed as an alternate representative to the Metro Vancouver Regional District board, as well as appointments to the board of the Vancouver Public Library, Federation of Canadian Municipalities and EasyPark.
References
- "Vancouver Election Results: Ken Sim rolls over Kennedy Stewart, vows to act fast to add police officers". Vancouver Sun, October 17, 2022.
- Kenneth Chan, "Peter Meiszner to run for Vancouver City Council under A Better City party". Daily Hive, May 2, 2022.
- Mike Howell, "Meet Vancouver’s four new city councillors". Vancouver Is Awesome, October 28, 2022.