Anne Roberts

Anne Roberts is a retired journalism instructor and former Vancouver city councillor.

Before serving on the city council, Roberts was active in education issues as chair of her children's parent advisory committees and as chair of the District Parent Representatives at the Vancouver School Board, on which she was an elected trustee.

Chair of the Planning and Environment Committee, Roberts was appointed by council as a delegate to the Greater Vancouver Regional District.

On council, she spearheaded expansion of child care spaces, advocated that transit money to be spent on buses rather than mega-projects such as RAV (now called the Canada Line), and convinced a majority of city council to deny Wal-Mart's application to build a new store.

Roberts ran for re-election in 2005 placing 19th among 36 candidates with 41,739 votes, thus losing her seat.