Candidates of the 2024 British Columbia general election

Candidates of the 2024 British Columbia general election

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The following tables list by region the nominated candidates for the 2024 British Columbia general election.

Key

• Names in bold are outgoing cabinet ministers, and names in italics are party leaders. The premier is in both.
  • Candidate names and results per Elections BC final statement of votes. ^[1]
• † denotes incumbent MLAs who are not seeking re-election.
• ‡ denotes incumbent MLAs who are seeking re-election in a different riding.
• †† denotes a former BC United candidate at the time of the party campaign suspension. ^[2]

Candidates

Northern British Columbia

Electoral district	Candidates								Incumbent
	NDP		Green		Conservative		Other
Bulkley Valley-Stikine		Nathan Cullen		Gamlakyeltxw Wilhelm Marsden		Sharon L. Hartwell		Rod Taylor (CHP)		Nathan Cullen Stikine
Nechako Lakes		Murphy Abraham		Douglas Gook		John Rustad				John Rustad
North Coast-Haida Gwaii		Tamara Davidson				Christopher Jason Sankey				Jennifer Rice † North Coast
Peace River North		Ian McMahon				Jordan Kealy		Dan Davies (ind.)††		Dan Davies
Peace River South		Marshall Bigsby				Larry Neufeld		Mike Bernier (Un.)††		Mike Bernier
Skeena		Sarah Zimmerman		Teri Young		Claire Rattée		Irwin Jeffrey (CHP)		Ellis Ross †

Prince George and the Cariboo

Electoral district	Candidates								Incumbent
	NDP		Green		Conservative		Other
Cariboo-Chilcotin		Michael Moses				Lorne Doerkson				Lorne Doerkson
Prince George-Mackenzie		Shar McCrory		James Steidle		Kiel Giddens††		Rachael Weber (Un.)		Mike Morris †
Prince George-North Cariboo		Denice Bardua		Randy Thompson		Sheldon Clare		Coralee Oakes (ind.)††		Coralee Oakes Cariboo North
Prince George-Valemount		Clay Pountney		Gwen Johansson		Rosalyn Bird				Shirley Bond †

The Kootenays

Electoral district	Candidates								Incumbent
	NDP		Green		Conservative		Independent
Columbia River-Revelstoke		Andrea Dunlop		Calvin Beauchesne		Scott McInnis††				Doug Clovechok †
Kootenay Central		Brittny Anderson		Nicole Charlwood		Kelly Vandenberghe		Corinne Mori		Brittny Anderson Nelson-Creston
Kootenay-Monashee		Steve Morissette		Donovan Cavers		Glen Byle				Katrine Conroy † Kootenay West
Kootenay-Rockies		Sam Atwal		Kerri Wall		Pete Davis		Tom Shypitka††		Tom Shypitka Kootenay East

Thompson, Okanagan, Shuswap and Boundary

Electoral district	Candidates								Incumbent
	NDP		Green		Conservative		Other
Boundary-Similkameen		Roly Russell		Kevin Eastwood		Donegal Wilson		Sean Taylor (ind.)		Roly Russell
Fraser-Nicola		Francyne Joe		Jonah Timms		Tony Luck				Jackie Tegart †
Kamloops Centre		Kamal Grewal		Randy Sunderman		Peter Milobar††				Todd Stone † Kamloops-South Thompson
Kamloops-North Thompson		Maddi Genn		Tristan Cavers		Ward Stamer				Peter Milobar ‡
Kelowna Centre		Loyal Wooldridge		Bryce Tippe		Kristina Loewen		Michael Humor (Un.)††		New district
Kelowna-Lake Country-Coldstream		Anna Warwick Sears		Andrew Rose		Tara Armstrong		Kevin Kraft (ind.)		Norm Letnick † Kelowna-Lake Country
Kelowna-Mission		Harpreet Badohal		Billy Young		Gavin Dew		Ashley Ramsay (Un.)††		Renee Merrifield †
Penticton-Summerland		Tina Lee		Bradley Bartsch		Amelia Boultbee		Roger Harrington (ind.)		Dan Ashton † Penticton
								Anna Paddon (ind.)
								Tracy St Claire (Un.)††
Salmon Arm-Shuswap		Sylvia Lindgren		Jed Wiebe		David L. Williams		Greg McCune (ind.)††		Greg Kyllo † Shuswap
								Sherry Roy (ind.)
Vernon-Lumby		Harwinder Sandhu				Dennis Giesbrecht		Robert Johnson (Ltn.)		Harwinder Sandhu Vernon-Monashee
								Kevin Acton (Un.)††
West Kelowna-Peachland		Krystal Smith				Macklin McCall		Stephen Johnston (Un.)††		Ben Stewart † Kelowna West

Fraser Valley-Langley-Maple Ridge

Electoral district	Candidates								Incumbent
	NDP		Green		Conservative		Other
Abbotsford-Mission		Pam Alexis				Reann Gasper				Pam Alexis
Abbotsford South		Sarah Kooner				Bruce Banman		Amandeep Singh (ind.)		Bruce Banman
Abbotsford West		Graeme Hutchison				Korky Neufeld		James Davison (ind.)		Mike de Jong †
Chilliwack-Cultus Lake		Kelli Paddon				Á'a:líya Warbus				Kelli Paddon Chilliwack-Kent
Chilliwack North		Dan Coulter		Tim Cooper		Heather Maahs		Dan Grice (ind.)		Dan Coulter Chilliwack
Langley-Abbotsford		John Aldag		Melissa Snazell		Harman Bhangu		Alex Joehl (Ltn.)		New district
								Karen Long (ind.)††
								Shelly Jan (Un.) (withdrew) [a]
Langley-Walnut Grove		Megan Dykeman		Rylee Mac Lean		Misty Van Popta		Carlos Suarez Rubio (ind.)		Megan Dykeman Langley East
Langley-Willowbrook		Andrew Mercier		Petrina Arnason		Jody Toor				Andrew Mercier Langley
Maple Ridge East		Bob D'Eith		Kylee Williams		Lawrence Mok				Bob D'Eith Maple Ridge-Mission
Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows		Lisa Beare				Mike Morden				Lisa Beare

Surrey

Electoral district	Candidates								Incumbent
	NDP		Green		Conservative		Other
Surrey City Centre		Amna Shah [4]		Colin Boyd [5]		Zeeshan Wahla [6]		Ryan Abbott (Comm.) [7] Saeed Naguib (ind.) [8]		Bruce Ralston † Surrey-Whalley
Surrey-Cloverdale		Mike Starchuk [9]		Pat McCutcheon [10]		Elenore Sturko [11]		Judy Meilleur (Freedom) [12]		Mike Starchuk
Surrey-Fleetwood		Jagrup Brar [13]		Tim Binnema [14]		Avtar Gill [6]				Jagrup Brar
Surrey-Guildford		Garry Begg [15]		Manjeet Singh Sahota [16]		Honveer Singh Randhawa [6]		Kabir Qurban (ind.) [8]		Garry Begg
Surrey-Newton		Jessie Sunner [4]				Tegjot Bal [6]		Amrit Birring (Freedom) [12] Joginder Singh Randhawa (ind.) [8] Japreet Lehal (Un.)†† [17]		Harry Bains †
Surrey North		Rachna Singh [18]		Sim Sandhu [14]		Mandeep Dhaliwal [6]		Kiran Hundal (Freedom) [12] Hobby Nijjar (ind.) [8]		Rachna Singh Surrey-Green Timbers
Surrey-Panorama		Jinny Sims [19]				Bryan Tepper [20]		Paramjit Rai (Freedom) [12]		Jinny Sims
Surrey-Serpentine River		Baltej Singh Dhillon [21]				Linda Hepner [6]		Jim McMurtry (ind.) [8]		New district
Surrey South		Haroon Ghaffar [22]				Brent Chapman [6]				Elenore Sturko ‡
Surrey-White Rock		Darryl Walker [23]				Trevor Halford†† [20]		Damyn Tassie (Ltn.) [8]		Trevor Halford

Richmond and Delta

Electoral district	Candidates								Incumbent
	NDP		Green		Conservative		Other
Delta North		Ravi Kahlon [24]		Nick Dickinson-Wilde [25]		Raj Veauli [6]		Manqoosh Khan (Freedom) [12]		Ravi Kahlon
Delta South		Jason McCormick [26]				Ian Paton†† [20]				Ian Paton
Richmond-Bridgeport		Linda Li [27]		Tamás Revóczi [28]		Teresa Wat [6]		Glynnis Hoi Sum Chan (ind.) [8] Charlie Smith (ind.) [8]		Teresa Wat Richmond North Centre
Richmond Centre		Henry Yao [29]				Hon Chan [30]		Dickens Cheung (ind.) [8] Sunny Ho (ind.) [8] Wendy Yuan (Un.)†† [31]		Henry Yao Richmond South Centre
Richmond-Queensborough		Aman Singh [32]				Steve Kooner [6]		Errol E. Povah (ind.) [33] Cindy Wu (ind.) [8]		Aman Singh
Richmond-Steveston		Kelly Greene [32]		Elodie Vaudandaine [8]		Michelle Mollineaux [6]		Jackie Lee (Un.)†† [34]		Kelly Greene

Burnaby-New Westminster-Tri-Cities

Electoral district	Candidates								Incumbent
	NDP		Green		Conservative		Other
Burnaby Centre		Anne Kang				Dharam Kajal				Anne Kang Burnaby-Deer Lake
Burnaby East		Rohini Arora		Tara Shushtarian		Simon Chandler				Katrina Chen † Burnaby-Lougheed
Burnaby-New Westminster		Raj Chouhan				Deepak Suri		Daniel Kofi Ampong (ind.)††		Raj Chouhan Burnaby-Edmonds
Burnaby North		Janet Routledge				Michael Wu††		Martin Kendell (ind.)		Janet Routledge
Burnaby South-Metrotown		Paul Choi		Carrie McLaren		Han Lee		MichaelAngelo Abc RobinHood (ind.)		New district
								Meiling Chia (Un.)††
Coquitlam-Burke Mountain		Jodie Wickens				Stephen Frolek				Fin Donnelly †
Coquitlam-Maillardville		Jennifer Blatherwick		Nicola Spurling		Hamed Najafi		Ken Holowanky (ind.)		Selina Robinson †
New Westminster-Coquitlam		Jennifer Whiteside		Maureen Curran		Ndellie Massey				Jennifer Whiteside New Westminster
Port Coquitlam		Mike Farnworth		Adam Bremner-Akins		Keenan Adams††		Lewis Dahlby (Ltn.)		Mike Farnworth
Port Moody-Burquitlam		Rick Glumac		Samantha Agtarap		Kerry van Aswegen				Rick Glumac Port Moody-Coquitlam

Vancouver

Electoral district	Candidates								Incumbent
	NDP		Green		Conservative		Other
Vancouver-Fraserview		George Chow		Francoise Raunet		Jag S. Sanghera				George Chow
Vancouver-Hastings		Niki Sharma		Bridget Burns		Jacob Burdge		Zsolt Kiss (ind.)		Niki Sharma
Vancouver-Kensington		Mable Elmore		Amy Fox [25]		Syed Mohsin [6]				Mable Elmore
Vancouver-Langara		Sunita Dhir		Scottford Price		Bryan Breguet				Michael Lee †
Vancouver-Little Mountain		Christine Boyle		Wendy Hayko		John Coupar				George Heyman † Vancouver-Fairview
Vancouver-Point Grey		David Eby		Devyani Singh		Paul Ratchford				David Eby
Vancouver-Quilchena		Callista Ryan		Michael Barkusky		Dallas Brodie		Caroline Ying-Mei Wang (ind.)		Kevin Falcon †
Vancouver-Renfrew		Adrian Dix		Lawrence Taylor		Tom Ikonomou				Adrian Dix Vancouver-Kingsway
Vancouver-South Granville		Brenda Bailey		Adam Hawk		Aron Lageri††				Brenda Bailey Vancouver-False Creek
Vancouver-Strathcona		Joan Phillip		Simon de Weerdt [35]		Scott Muller		Kimball Cariou (Comm.)		Joan Phillip Vancouver-Mount Pleasant
Vancouver-West End		Spencer Chandra Herbert		Eoin O'Dwyer		Jon Ellacott		Carl Turnbull (ind.)		Spencer Chandra Herbert
Vancouver-Yaletown		Terry Yung		Dana-Lyn Mackenzie		Melissa De Genova				New district

North Shore-Sea to Sky-Sunshine Coast

Electoral district	Candidates								Incumbent
	NDP		Green		Conservative		Independent
North Vancouver-Lonsdale		Bowinn Ma				David Splett				Bowinn Ma
North Vancouver-Seymour		Susie Chant		Subhadarshi Tripathy		Sam Chandola		Mitchell Baker		Susie Chant
Powell River-Sunshine Coast		Randene Neill		Chris Hergesheimer		Chris Moore		Greg Reid		Nicholas Simons †
West Vancouver-Capilano		Sara Eftekhar		Archie Kaario		Lynne Block		Karin Kirkpatrick		Karin Kirkpatrick
West Vancouver-Sea to Sky		Jen Ford		Jeremy Valeriote		Yuri Fulmer				Jordan Sturdy †

Vancouver Island

Electoral district	Candidates								Incumbent
	NDP		Green		Conservative		Other
Courtenay-Comox		Ronna-Rae Leonard		Arzeena Hamir		Brennan Day		John Hedican (ind.)		Ronna-Rae Leonard
								Devin Howell (ind.)
Cowichan Valley		Debra Toporowski		Cammy Lockwood		John Koury		Eden Haythornthwaite (ind.)		Sonia Furstenau ‡
								Jon Coleman (Un.)††
Ladysmith-Oceanside		Stephanie Higginson		Laura Ferreira		Brett Fee		Adam Walker (ind.)		Doug Routley † Nanaimo-North Cowichan
									Merged district
										Adam Walker Parksville-Qualicum
Mid Island-Pacific Rim		Josie Osborne		Ross Reid		Adam Hayduk				Josie Osborne
Nanaimo-Gabriola Island		Sheila Malcolmson		Shirley Lambrecht		Dale Parker††				Sheila Malcolmson Nanaimo
Nanaimo-Lantzville		George Anderson		Lia Versaevel		Gwen O'Mahony				New district
North Island		Michele Babchuk		Nic Dedeluk		Anna Kindy				Michele Babchuk

Greater Victoria

Electoral district	Candidates								Incumbent
	NDP		Green		Conservative		Other
Esquimalt-Colwood		Darlene Rotchford		Camille Currie		John Wilson				Mitzi Dean † Esquimalt-Metchosin
Juan de Fuca-Malahat		Dana Lajeunesse		David Evans		Marina Sapozhnikov				New district
Langford-Highlands		Ravi Parmar		Erin Cassels		Mike Harris				Ravi Parmar Langford-Juan de Fuca
Oak Bay-Gordon Head		Diana Gibson		Lisa Gunderson		Stephen Andrew				Murray Rankin †
Saanich North and the Islands		Sarah Riddell		Rob Botterell		David Busch		Amy Haysom (ind.)		Adam Olsen †
Saanich South		Lana Popham		Ned Taylor		Adam Kubel				Lana Popham
Victoria-Beacon Hill		Grace Lore		Sonia Furstenau		Tim Thielmann				Grace Lore
Victoria-Swan Lake		Nina Krieger		Christina Winter		Tim Taylor		Robert Crooks (Comm.)		Rob Fleming †

Notes

1. "Shelly Jan has withdrawn as a candidate in Langley-Abbotsford...Ballot printing for the election began on September 29 and is now complete. As a result, Shelly Jan will appear on the ballot for Langley-Abbotsford." ^[3]

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