Elizabeth Ball

Elizabeth Ball is a Canadian politician, actress, and founder of several theatre companies. She served on Vancouver city council 2005 to 2018. Career Ball was elected to Vancouver City Council in 2005 and re-elected in 2011 and 2014. She ran with the Non-Partisan Association (NPA). Ball did not seek re-election in 2008. A graduate of The Playhouse Theatre, she taught Theatre in Education at the University of British Columbia for many years. She founded the Carousel Theatre Company and School and co-founded the Waterfront Theatre on Granville Island. Ball has developed productions on First Nations, AIDS, eating disorders and youth violence, as well as modern-dress Shakespeare productions. She led her company to receive the City of Vancouver's Cultural Harmony Award. Ball has served on the advisory committees for Seniors; Women; Children, Youth, and Families; the Arts and Culture Policy Council; the Hastings Institute; and Vancouver Civic Theatres. She is vice-chair of the Standing Committee on Planning, Transportation, and Environment. She established the Poet Laureate Program for Vancouver. She helped to found and serves on the Metro Vancouver Cultural Committee. Ball has worked with the BC Entertainment Hall of Fame, the Vancouver Heritage Foundation, the Mavor Moore Theatre Company, and the Minerva Foundation for BC Women. Ball has served on Vancouver Public Library Board; Co-chair, Mayor's Task force on Children and Childcare; Vancouver Heritage Foundation Board; Co-chair, City of Vancouver Film Task Force; Co-chair, City of Vancouver Creative Task Force; Director, Greater Vancouver Regional District Metro; Director, Metro Labour Relations Bureau; Director, Metro Parks Committee; Vice-chair, Metro Regional Cultural Task Force and Inaugural Committee; President, BC Entertainment Hall of Fame; and Executive, Minerva Foundation for BC Women.