Cary Moore. (Image Credit: Cary Moore.)
By Mike Vanden Bosch
Municipal election

Entrepreneur, foster parent to seek seat on Chilliwack Board of Education

Aug 27, 2026 | 10:04 AM

CHILLIWACK – A longtime Chilliwack resident, entrepreneur, and foster parent who served on the Chilliwack District Parent Advisory Council has announced he will run for school board this fall.

A long-time resident since 1985, husband, father and foster parent for 35 years, Cary Moore and his wife raised 64 foster children and adopted four kids, including two brothers high on the FASD spectrum and a daughter with complex special needs. They have two biological children who are now in their thirties with families of their own. Based on their lived experience, Cary and his wife have been strong advocates for inclusion and parental support.

Moore was part-owner of Valley Water, a local water-delivery company, and later owned Rocky Mountain Water Systems, which designed and installed water-purification plants across North America, Australia, Saudi Arabia and the Philippines.

In those years, Moore says he hired many young people right out of high school, something he concedes was his first real contact with the next generation entering the workforce. That experience informed his belief that education must be grounded in competence and merit, not ideology or identity checkboxes.

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As a former business owner who later worked for 20 years as a WestJet cabin crew member, Moore eventually pivoted into a real estate career. He joined the Strathcona PAC, was elected district PAC representative for the school, and soon after was elected to the DPAC executive as its Indigenous representative.

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“Having worked directly with the school trustees on the DPAC executive and being the Indigenous rep and BCCPAC rep over the past few years, I’ve learned the importance of the role. If done right, we have the capacity to influence the system for better outcomes for the minds of our future,” said Moore, who says he has a neurodiverse child in Grade 10 and a child in Grade 6. “I want my children and their peers to have the best possible outcome by the time they graduate.”

Moore is one of five independent candidates running as part of the Trustees for Change platform locally, which aims to campaign on positive ideas to improve local schools and refocus SD333’s priorities on academic fundamentals.

“The steep learning curve opened his eyes to the real influence parents can have on policy and board direction,” Trustees for Change said of Moore. “He is running because he believes that influence should be used to strengthen academics, protect parental rights, and ensure that students with special needs or difficult home circumstances receive practical, effective support rather than symbolic gestures.”

According to the Trustees for Change website, Moore believes education should equip every student, including the next generation of Indigenous kids, to prosper and flourish through skill, character and merit.

“If you want a school board focused on teaching children to read, write, calculate and think critically, join Cary’s campaign today,” the Trustees for Change website said.

by Mike Vanden Bosch

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