Sam Sullivan CM (born November 13, 1959[2]) is a Canadian politician who served as the MLA for Vancouver-False Creek.

[6] After a seven-year struggle with depression,[5] he successfully completed a Bachelor of Business Administration degree at Simon Fraser University.

[7] Sullivan later founded six non-profit organizations dedicated to improving the quality of life for disabled people in North America.

[10] Organizations he created include the following: In recognition of these achievements, Sullivan was inducted into the Terry Fox Hall of Fame in 2000 and won the Christopher Reeve Award in 2008.

[19] Sullivan was first elected to Vancouver City Council in 1993 as a member of the Non-Partisan Association (NPA), and served for 15 years total.

Sullivan beat former BC Liberal Party deputy-Premier Christy Clark for the NPA mayoral nomination.

[citation needed] Sullivan also gave money to a severely addicted crack cocaine user so he did not have to steal, and let him smoke in his van.

[citation needed] In the election, Sullivan ran against several candidates, the most prominent of which was Vision Vancouver councillor Jim Green.

[21] No allegations were ever proven that Sullivan was supporting the independent candidate James Green, and both men denied any wrongdoing.

[24] In a move that was roundly criticized by both community members and the local media, Sullivan's staff registered the term "EcoDensity" with the patent office, under his name.

He formed a group called Inner Change which raised several million dollars to support the SALOME drug trials.

In December 2009, The Tyee published a letter from Sullivan in which he explained the background behind the Nanitch Policy Society, and in particular the donation made to the NPA.

In November 2009, Sullivan formed the Global Civic Policy Society with a $500,000 startup grant from the Annenberg Foundation of California.

[46] The presentations are featured on a 1/2 hour weekly television program on Shaw TV called Sam Sullivan's Public Salons.

[50][51] Its Early Documents Transcription Program is putting the oldest Vancouver City Council Minutes online for free access to the public.

In February 2011, Sullivan founded the Centre for Fourth Wave Reform to explore ideas for change in municipal governance.

[55] In June 2012, Sullivan began hiring individuals and later recruiting volunteers to transcribe handwritten Vancouver City Council Minutes from 1886 to 1891.

His goal was to make the achievements of David Oppenheimer, Vancouver's second Mayor, accessible online free of charge to the public.

In December 2015 he announced the completion of the first four years of Minutes and the creation of Transcribimus to recruit more volunteers to transcribe additional handwritten documents of Vancouver.

The series includes a video channel[58] and articles[59] about British Columbia's history, public policy, and general knowledge.

[65] His tenure in cabinet was short lived as the Liberal minority government of Christy Clark was defeated in a confidence motion on June 29, 2017.

"Sam Sullivan entered to raise issues, not win, and finished sixth, which is probably where he expected to be," Vancouver Sun columnist Vaughn Palmer would write.