Councillor Sean Orr

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September 18 2025 - This morning in a private ceremony in Council Chambers, City Council bestowed the Freedom of the City on Kitsilano's very own Ryan Reynolds.

Roundup of Business at City Council for the week of September 15, 2025

September 18 2025 - City Council met this week to hear and discuss a variety of topics during Council and Standing Committee on Policy and Strategic Priorities.

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About Councillor Orr

Biography

Sean Orr is a housing activist, working-class dishwasher, and columnist who has been writing about Vancouver for 20 years. He’s known in Vancouver for being an outspoken and sincere advocate for people. He’s not afraid to be outspoken or fight for what is right.

Born in Surrey to working-class parents who immigrated to Canada from Northern Ireland in 1978, Sean Orr has lived in Gastown for most of his adult life. He has been a columnist and housing advocate for over 20 years and has worked as a dishwasher and landscaper in addition to being a writer and musician.

Sean’s “Tea and Two Slices” column in Scout Magazine developed a dedicated readership as a round-up of political and cultural news in Vancouver. Sean is a musician and the lead singer of the band NEEDS. Sean earned a Bachelor of Arts with distinction in Political Science and Geography from Simon Fraser University in 2025.

As a private citizen well known for his public affairs advocacy, Sean Orr is respected for always siding with the oppressed and the marginalized, and for courageously taking on bigots and bullies of all types. He looks forward to carrying on this work with a new role and new platform at City Hall.
Oath of office
Advisory boards and committees
City advisory boards and committees
- Intergovernmental Task Force
- Council Liaison, Older Persons and Elders Advisory Committee
- Council Liaison, Persons with Disabilities Advisory Committee
- Council Liaison, Vancouver Food Policy Council
Financial disclosure
Annual financial disclosure statements are submitted each year on January 15 by the incumbent mayor and councillors pursuant to the BC Financial Disclosure Act .

View Councillor Orr's financial disclosure statements:
- 2025 financial disclosure statement (344 KB)
Calendars
2025
Gift disclosure
2025

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3rd Floor, City Hall
453 West 12th Ave
Vancouver, BC V5Y 1V4

604-873-7242