Candidates
BC election candidates 2026
Nominations closed October 3 at 1 p.m. Pacific time. Elections BC now publishes the final candidate list for the October 24 general election. See the official candidate list.
Where things stand
Under Elections BC's process, a nomination is official once Elections BC accepts it; see candidate nominations and the current candidate list. Elections BC initially confirmed 355 candidates in 93 ridings on October 4 (official announcement). Its current downloadable list has 353 names across 93 ridings as checked October 17. Subsequent additions and withdrawals changed the list; some withdrawn names may still appear on printed ballots (Elections BC update). Check the live official record for each riding and affiliation.
The official list is the authoritative source for ballot candidates and affiliations. The Abbotsford-Mission by-election, which had five confirmed candidates, was cancelled September 22 when the general election was called; see the Abbotsford-Mission page.
Final candidates by riding
Source: Elections BC candidate list; checked October 17, 2026. Each riding link also shows the 2024 result.
| Riding | 2026 candidates (party) |
|---|---|
| Abbotsford-Mission | Pam Alexis (BC NDP); Virender Dass (OneBC); Lakhwinder Jhaj (CentreBC); Darryl Kropp (Conservative Party); Jeff Monds (Libertarian) |
| Abbotsford South | Leah Ballantyne (BC NDP); Bruce Banman (Conservative Party); Robin Roy (OneBC) |
| Abbotsford West | Gurpreet Chahal (CentreBC); Jules Côté (BC NDP); Korky Neufeld (Conservative Party) |
| Boundary-Similkameen | Keith Pomeroy (OneBC); Roly Russell (BC NDP); Donegal Wilson (Conservative Party) |
| Bulkley Valley-Stikine | Frankie Abel (BC NDP); Ed Ewald (Christian Heritage Party of BC); Sharon Hartwell (Conservative Party) |
| Burnaby Centre | Joshua Domnich (Conservative Party); Vikas Gautam (CentreBC); Anne Kang (BC NDP); Shila Taheri (BC Green Party) |
| Burnaby East | Rohini Reah Arora (BC NDP); De Ding (OneBC); Javad Shushtarian (BC Green Party); Peter Si (Conservative Party) |
| Burnaby-New Westminster | Raj Chouhan (BC NDP); Joe Latam (Conservative Party) |
| Burnaby North | Simon Chandler (Conservative Party); Maddy Kennedy-Parrott (BC Green Party); Janet Routledge (BC NDP); Jenny Yamagata (OneBC) |
| Burnaby South-Metrotown | Paul Choi (BC NDP); Bryan Fockler (BC Green Party); Andrew Rose (OneBC); David Xie (Conservative Party) |
| Cariboo-Chilcotin | Kathryn Askew (BC NDP); Lorne Doerkson (Conservative Party); Douglas Gook (BC Green Party) |
| Chilliwack-Cultus Lake | Kelli Paddon (BC NDP); A'aliya Warbus (Conservative Party) |
| Chilliwack North | Dan Grice (CentreBC); Heather Maahs (Conservative Party); Adila Shaukat (BC NDP) |
| Columbia River-Revelstoke | Andrea Dunlop (BC NDP); Scott McInnis (Conservative Party); Rana Nelson (BC Green Party) |
| Coquitlam-Burke Mountain | Kaden Mann (CentreBC); Valerie Morrison (BC Green Party); Ryan Peterson (Conservative Party); Jodie Wickens (BC NDP) |
| Coquitlam-Maillardville | Jennifer Blatherwick (BC NDP); Matt Liang (Conservative Party); Nicola Spurling (BC Green Party) |
| Courtenay-Comox | Will Cole-Hamilton (BC NDP); Jason Cook (CentreBC); Brennan Day (Conservative Party); Jay Van Oostdam (BC Green Party) |
| Cowichan Valley | Bert Chen (Conservative Party); James Chumsa (Communist Party of BC); Justin Douglas (BC Green Party); Debra Toporowski (BC NDP) |
| Delta North | Monica Mohan (Conservative Party); Kuldeep Rangi (CentreBC); Todd Schierling (BC NDP) |
| Delta South | Skadi Green (BC Green Party); Jason McCormick (BC NDP); Jim McMurtry (OneBC); Ian Paton (Conservative Party) |
| Esquimalt-Colwood | Sidney Coles (BC Green Party); Dave Johnston (Conservative Party); Darlene Rotchford (BC NDP); Sid Tobias (CentreBC) |
| Fraser-Nicola | Jason Leboe (BC NDP); Tony Luck (Conservative Party); Patrick Michell (BC Green Party) |
| Juan de Fuca-Malahat | Jeff Brown (Christian Heritage Party of BC); David Evans (BC Green Party); Shane Friesen (OneBC); Mike Hicks (Conservative Party); Dana Lajeunesse (BC NDP) |
| Kamloops Centre | Annelise Beach (BC Green Party); Rocky McAfee (OneBC); Peter Milobar (Conservative Party); Thaelo Proctor (Independent); Mike Wisla (BC NDP) |
| Kamloops-North Thompson | Kory Clark (BC NDP); Deborah Friesen (OneBC); Ward Stamer (Conservative Party) |
| Kelowna Centre | Bill Desrosiers (OneBC); Kristina Loewen (Conservative Party); Loyal Wooldridge (BC NDP) |
| Kelowna-Lake Country-Coldstream | Binny Boparai (BC NDP); Carter Mochinski (BC Green Party); Pavneet Singh (Conservative Party); Alexandra Wright (OneBC) |
| Kelowna-Mission | Gavin Dew (Conservative Party); Saoirse MacKinnon (BC Green Party); Abraham Nordine (OneBC); Miriam Rycroft (BC NDP) |
| Kootenay Central | Brittny Anderson (BC NDP); Nicole Charlwood (BC Green Party); Hunter Corrigal (OneBC); Gordon Skulnec (Conservative Party) |
| Kootenay-Monashee | Stephen Hill (OneBC); Connie Larochelle (BC Green Party); Warren Mirko (Conservative Party); Steve Morissette (BC NDP) |
| Kootenay-Rockies | Norma Blissett (BC NDP); Pete Davis (Conservative Party); Keenan Dennehy (BC Green Party); Paul Heywood (CentreBC); AJ Wolfe (OneBC) |
| Ladysmith-Oceanside | Stephanie Higginson (BC NDP); Kris McNichol (Conservative Party); Charlene Smylie (BC Green Party) |
| Langford-Highlands | Sean Flynn (CentreBC); Christian McCay (Christian Heritage Party of BC); Christopher Moon (BC Green Party); Ravi Parmar (BC NDP); Cindy Scott (Conservative Party); Alex Thurlborn (Independent) |
| Langley-Abbotsford | Harman Bhangu (Conservative Party); Shelly Jan (OneBC); Alex Joehl (Libertarian); Erin Osborne (BC NDP); Melissa Snazell (BC Green Party) |
| Langley-Walnut Grove | Holly Isaac (BC NDP); Sam Meyer (BC Green Party); Kyle Stevenson (CentreBC); Misty Van Popta (Conservative Party) |
| Langley-Willowbrook | Shubham Joshi (OneBC); Andrew Mercier (BC NDP); Anisha Sandhu (BC Green Party); Jody Toor (Conservative Party) |
| Maple Ridge East | Hudson Campbell (BC NDP); Chris Hatchwell (Independent); Daniel Kite (BC Green Party); Lawrence Mok (Conservative Party) |
| Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows | Lisa Beare (BC NDP); Susan Einarsson (OneBC); Doug Morneau (Conservative Party); Jordan Simmons (CentreBC) |
| Mid Island-Pacific Rim | Joshua Dahling (Conservative Party); Gracie MacDonald (BC Green Party); Josie Osborne (BC NDP) |
| Nanaimo-Gabriola Island | Mark MacDonald (Conservative Party); Sheila Malcolmson (BC NDP); Anna Mary McKenzie (BC Green Party) |
| Nanaimo-Lantzville | George Anderson (BC NDP); Kelsey Pringle (Conservative Party); Pepper Saltman (Communist Party of BC); Sharleen Weatherley (BC Green Party) |
| Nechako Lakes | Diane Black (Conservative Party); Jesse Gervais (BC NDP); Clint Lambert (Unaffiliated) |
| New Westminster-Coquitlam | Maureen Curran (BC Green Party); Michele Lau (Conservative Party); Jennifer Whiteside (BC NDP) |
| North Coast-Haida Gwaii | Tamara Davidson (BC NDP); Rodney Proskiw (Conservative Party); Francis Racy (BC Green Party) |
| North Island | Anna Kindy (Conservative Party); Richard Lambert (Independent); Sara Lopez (BC NDP); Benjamin Olsson (BC Green Party) |
| North Vancouver-Lonsdale | Joshua A Singer Johnson (BC Green Party); Bowinn Ma (BC NDP); Trevor Withers (Conservative Party) |
| North Vancouver-Seymour | Lynne Block (Conservative Party); Susie Chant (BC NDP); Lori Climenhaga (CentreBC); Ben Holt (BC Green Party) |
| Oak Bay-Gordon Head | Andrew Appleton (BC Green Party); Diana Gibson (BC NDP); Stan Sipos (Conservative Party); Andrew Weaver (CentreBC) |
| Peace River North | Jordan Kealy (Independent); Curtis Whitford (Conservative Party) |
| Peace River South | Marsha Rose Dufresne (BC NDP); Larry Neufeld (Conservative Party); Helen Scott (Unaffiliated) |
| Penticton-Summerland | Bradley Sean Bartsch (BC Green Party); Warren Hamm (OneBC); Tina Lee (BC NDP); Tracy St Claire (Conservative Party) |
| Port Coquitlam | Keenan Adams (Conservative Party); Lee-Ann Bates (Unaffiliated); Lewis C. Dahlby (Libertarian); Mike Farnworth (BC NDP); Stephanie Hendy (BC Green Party) |
| Port Moody-Burquitlam | Wei Chou (BC Green Party); Rick Glumac (BC NDP); John McEwen (Conservative Party); Freddy Rawji (CentreBC) |
| Powell River-Sunshine Coast | John Henderson (Conservative Party); Griffin Leonard Lea (BC Green Party); Randene Neill (BC NDP) |
| Prince George-Mackenzie | Kiel Giddens (Conservative Party); Ian McMahon (BC NDP); Teri Young (BC Green Party) |
| Prince George-North Cariboo | Denice Bardua (BC NDP); Sheldon Clare (Conservative Party); Randy Thompson (BC Green Party) |
| Prince George-Valemount | Rosalyn Bird (Conservative Party); Carol Bourque (BC NDP); Jodie Capling (BC Green Party); Mitchell Lukoni (OneBC) |
| Richmond-Bridgeport | Linda Li (BC NDP); Teresa Wat (Conservative Party) |
| Richmond Centre | Lawrence Chen (CWP); Calvin Dang (BC Green Party); Sacha Peter (Conservative Party); Henry Yao (BC NDP) |
| Richmond-Queensborough | Luc Burns (BC Green Party); Dhar Grewal (BC NDP); Steve Kooner (Conservative Party) |
| Richmond-Steveston | Robert Evans (Independent); Bruce Kong (BC NDP); Barry Wosk (CentreBC); Keenan Yang (CWP); Gordon Zhang (Conservative Party) |
| Saanich North and the Islands | Kala Bryson (BC NDP); Emily Lowan (BC Green Party); Richard Smith (CentreBC); Ryan Windsor (Conservative Party) |
| Saanich South | Lisa Lapointe (BC Green Party); Cathie Ounsted (Conservative Party); Richard Zussman (BC NDP) |
| Salmon Arm-Shuswap | Gloria Morgan (BC NDP); Barbara Presch (OneBC); Denise Reimer (CentreBC); Jed Wiebe (BC Green Party); David L Williams (Conservative Party) |
| Skeena | Nick Gottlieb (BC Green Party); Claire Rattée (Conservative Party); Larry Eugene Taylor (OneBC); Sarah Zimmerman (BC NDP) |
| Surrey City Centre | Amna Shah (BC NDP); Raman Sharma (CentreBC); Zeeshan Wahla (Conservative Party); Oliver Wildfong (OneBC) |
| Surrey-Cloverdale | Nicholas Cartmell (Conservative Party); Sargy Chima (CentreBC); Stephen Dooley (BC NDP); Travis Marchenski (OneBC); Pat McCutcheon (BC Green Party) |
| Surrey-Fleetwood | Tim Binnema (BC Green Party); Jagrup Brar (BC NDP); Paul Brar (CentreBC); Carolyn Hofbauer (OneBC); Garry Purewal (Conservative Party) |
| Surrey-Guildford | Garry Begg (BC NDP); Jodi Murphy (BC Green Party); Garry Thind (Conservative Party); James Yaroshuk (Unaffiliated) |
| Surrey-Newton | Harj Dhaliwal (Conservative Party); Harman Preet Singh (CentreBC); Jessie Sunner (BC NDP) |
| Surrey North | Jag Bhandari (Unaffiliated); Parm Bhandol (CentreBC); Mandeep Singh Dhaliwal (Conservative Party); Yudhbir Gill (BC Green Party); Tanya Gupta (OneBC); Sahib Thind (BC NDP) |
| Surrey-Panorama | Manav Manro (CentreBC); Nolen Scott (BC Green Party); Jinny Sims (BC NDP); Bryan Tepper (Conservative Party) |
| Surrey-Serpentine River | Judy Higginbotham (CentreBC); Todd Holowchak (OneBC); Sikander Kang (BC NDP); Errol Povah (Freedom Party of BC); Jessy Sahota (Conservative Party) |
| Surrey South | Denis R Hurtubise (Unaffiliated); Megan Knight (Conservative Party); Bill McConnell (BC Green Party); Elenore Sturko (CentreBC); Parik Tahlan (BC NDP) |
| Surrey-White Rock | Kevin Diakiw (Independent); Trevor Halford (Conservative Party); Amanda James (OneBC); Christine Kinnie (BC Green Party); Waqas Rana (CentreBC); Darryl Walker (BC NDP) |
| Vancouver-Fraserview | Francoise Raunet (BC Green Party); Deep Sandhu (Conservative Party); Aman Singh (BC NDP) |
| Vancouver-Hastings | Christian Bosio (CentreBC); Kimball Cariou (Communist Party of BC); Kyra Philbert (BC Green Party); Niki Sharma (BC NDP); Phyllis Tang (Conservative Party); Phil Webb (Libertarian) |
| Vancouver-Kensington | Mable Elmore (BC NDP); Adam Hawk (BC Green Party); Aron Lageri (Conservative Party) |
| Vancouver-Langara | John Atoyebi (BC Green Party); Alan Beesley (CentreBC); Sunita Dhir (BC NDP); Jaime Stein (Conservative Party) |
| Vancouver-Little Mountain | Christine Boyle (BC NDP); Sarah MacLeod (BC Green Party); Alex Muir (Conservative Party) |
| Vancouver-Point Grey | Michael Davis (CentreBC); David Eby (BC NDP); Alex McMillan (Conservative Party); Beatrice Sharpe (BC Green Party) |
| Vancouver-Quilchena | Carson Binda (Conservative Party); Dallas Brodie (OneBC); Douglas Courtemanche (BC Green Party); Petra Kuret (CentreBC); Callista Ryan (BC NDP) |
| Vancouver-Renfrew | Adrian Dix (BC NDP); Rebecca Haber (BC Green Party); Tom Ikonomou (Conservative Party); Lisa Prescott (CentreBC) |
| Vancouver-South Granville | Maria J Cruz (BC Green Party); Lara Honrado (BC NDP); Lisa Phillips (Conservative Party); Colin Smith (CentreBC); Salvatore Vetro (OneBC) |
| Vancouver-Strathcona | Amanda Burrows (BC NDP); Robert Crooks (Communist Party of BC); Jordan Zheng McIntosh (Conservative Party); Tanya Webking (BC Green Party) |
| Vancouver-West End | Spencer Chandra Herbert (BC NDP); Scott MacDonald (BC Green Party); Dion Weisner (Conservative Party) |
| Vancouver-Yaletown | Sam Chandola (CentreBC); Margareta Dovgal (Conservative Party); Priyan Samarakoone (BC Green Party); Terry Yung (BC NDP) |
| Vernon-Lumby | Kevin Acton (Conservative Party); Chantel Gibbs (OneBC); Harwinder Sandhu (BC NDP); Blair Visscher (BC Green Party) |
| Victoria-Beacon Hill | Joachim Agou (Conservative Party); Grace Lore (BC NDP); Rajinder S. Sahota (BC Green Party) |
| Victoria-Swan Lake | Carolyn Howe (BC Green Party); Nina Krieger (BC NDP); Tim Taylor (Conservative Party) |
| West Kelowna-Peachland | Adam Frank (BC Green Party); Macklin McCall (Conservative Party); George Morgan (BC NDP) |
| West Vancouver-Capilano | Honieh Barzegari (BC NDP); Naomi Chocyk (OneBC); Caroline Elliott (Conservative Party); Arwa Shurab (BC Green Party) |
| West Vancouver-Sea to Sky | Ayla Dumais (Conservative Party); Michelle Livaja (BC NDP); Jeremy Valeriote (BC Green Party); Dan Wood (CentreBC) |
Who is leading the parties
The party leaders are the people voters will see across the campaign. See BC party leaders 2026. For polling see BC election polls, and for key dates see the BC election 2026 guide.
There are 93 electoral districts in BC; each elects one MLA. Riding information, including the 2024 result for each seat, is on the BC ridings page.