Re-elected school trustee of Langley Township on October 17, 2026, with 16,528 votes, the most of the 15 trustee candidates. A Langley teacher and principal from 1973 to 2007, a Township councillor from 2005 to 2018 and a trustee since a 2021 byelection, he ran with Langley Strong on school sites secured before neighbourhoods fill up, staff recruitment and budget reports released before the vote.
Charlie Fox was re-elected to the Langley Board of Education on October 17, 2026, with 16,528 votes, the most of the 15 candidates for the Township's five seats, in the Township's official count, declared by the Chief Election Officer on October 21, 2026. The Township's results page prints Langley Strong as his elector organization. The Langley School District's trustee page lists him as a trustee. The Aldergrove Star reported that he won a byelection in February 2021 with 896 votes and was sworn in on March 11, 2021, and the Township's 2022 results give him 9,980 votes and the third of five seats. The Star described him as a teacher and principal in Langley schools for more than 30 years who retired as principal of Aldergrove Community Secondary, and as a Township councillor for several terms who left Council in 2018; by his own account he served four terms from 2005 to 2018 and chairs the Board's Finance and Audit Committee. On his Langley Strong page he lists seven things he will keep pushing for, among them school sites secured before neighbourhoods fill up, staff recruitment and mentoring, inclusion with the staffing to make it work, and budget reports released before Board votes.
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On his Langley Strong page he writes that he will keep pushing for school sites secured and school funding sought before new neighbourhoods fill up, working with the Township early in the planning process, with sites identified and a clear plan for getting schools built.
“Secure sites and advocate for school funding before new neighbourhoods fill up.”
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Langley Strong · Charlie Fox, Elect Charlie Fox for Township Trustee (opens in a new tab).
On his page he writes that he will keep pushing to recruit strong teachers, education assistants and support staff, to mentor new teachers through their first two years and to give people the support to build a career in Langley. In the trustee platform release of September 19, 2026 he said strong staff means attracting good people and keeping them.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Langley Strong · Charlie Fox, Elect Charlie Fox for Township Trustee (opens in a new tab), Langley Strong · Langley Strong trustees release Keep Langley Schools Strong, a five-pillar plan, September 19, 2026 (opens in a new tab).
On his page he writes that he will keep pushing for students with diverse abilities and additional needs to learn alongside their peers, with the staffing, resources and individual support that make inclusion work.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Langley Strong · Charlie Fox, Elect Charlie Fox for Township Trustee (opens in a new tab).
On his page he writes that he will keep pushing for safe, welcoming schools, with physical safety and bullying prevention as priorities, alongside counselling and mental health supports that help students stay connected to school.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Langley Strong · Charlie Fox, Elect Charlie Fox for Township Trustee (opens in a new tab).
On his page he writes that he will keep pushing for balanced budgets that account for the ongoing costs of operating new schools, with budget reports released before Board votes so families can understand the decisions.
“Deliver balanced budgets, account for the ongoing costs of operating new schools, and release budget reports before board votes so families can understand the decisions.”
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Langley Strong · Charlie Fox, Elect Charlie Fox for Township Trustee (opens in a new tab).
On his page he writes that he will keep pushing to turn the District's commitments to Indigenous students and families into clear actions, with progress the Board can measure and report.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Langley Strong · Charlie Fox, Elect Charlie Fox for Township Trustee (opens in a new tab).
Pillar 1 of the Langley Strong trustee platform, Keep Langley Schools Strong, promises to use district and provincial information to identify students who need extra help and to strengthen the support that helps them graduate.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Langley Strong · Keep Langley Schools Strong, trustee platform (PDF), September 18, 2026 (opens in a new tab), Langley Strong · Langley Strong trustees release Keep Langley Schools Strong, a five-pillar plan, September 19, 2026 (opens in a new tab).
Pillar 1 promises to support safe, inclusive school communities and to keep strengthening programs for students with diverse learning and support needs, and Pillar 2 promises to give staff the help they need to meet those needs.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Langley Strong · Keep Langley Schools Strong, trustee platform (PDF), September 18, 2026 (opens in a new tab).
Pillar 1 promises to strengthen mental health support, to help students earlier and make support easier to reach, building on the counsellors and clinicians added last term, and to advocate for more school counsellors and psychologists.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Langley Strong · Keep Langley Schools Strong, trustee platform (PDF), September 18, 2026 (opens in a new tab), Langley Strong · Langley Strong trustees release Keep Langley Schools Strong, a five-pillar plan, September 19, 2026 (opens in a new tab).
Pillar 1 promises to work more closely with Foundry and health care providers so that students and families get the support they need.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Langley Strong · Keep Langley Schools Strong, trustee platform (PDF), September 18, 2026 (opens in a new tab).
Pillar 1 promises to continue supporting and implementing the Aboriginal Enhancement Agreement, working with ya:yestel, the Indigenous Education Council, on reconciliation, belonging and graduation rates.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Langley Strong · Keep Langley Schools Strong, trustee platform (PDF), September 18, 2026 (opens in a new tab).
Pillar 1 promises to protect and expand different paths to success, including choice programs, trades, career education, online learning and alternate programs, building on the Youth in Trades welding program and a health science dual credit program with Kwantlen Polytechnic University.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Langley Strong · Keep Langley Schools Strong, trustee platform (PDF), September 18, 2026 (opens in a new tab).
Pillar 1 promises to be accountable for results and to report publicly on what is working, what needs to change and where attention, funding and support are needed most.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Langley Strong · Keep Langley Schools Strong, trustee platform (PDF), September 18, 2026 (opens in a new tab), Langley Strong · Langley Strong trustees release Keep Langley Schools Strong, a five-pillar plan, September 19, 2026 (opens in a new tab).
Pillar 2 promises to make Langley a welcoming place to build a career in public education and to keep finding ways to attract and keep talented people, building on support for new teachers and the Healthy Staff Healthy Schools program.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Langley Strong · Keep Langley Schools Strong, trustee platform (PDF), September 18, 2026 (opens in a new tab), Langley Strong · Langley Strong trustees release Keep Langley Schools Strong, a five-pillar plan, September 19, 2026 (opens in a new tab).
Pillar 2 promises to work with colleges, universities and the Province to create more spaces in training programs for teachers, education assistants, early childhood educators, counsellors, psychologists and other specialists.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Langley Strong · Keep Langley Schools Strong, trustee platform (PDF), September 18, 2026 (opens in a new tab), Langley Strong · Langley Strong trustees release Keep Langley Schools Strong, a five-pillar plan, September 19, 2026 (opens in a new tab).
Pillar 2 promises to address workplace violence and safety concerns directly, with a focus on prevention, timely support and safe places to work and learn for staff and students.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Langley Strong · Keep Langley Schools Strong, trustee platform (PDF), September 18, 2026 (opens in a new tab), Langley Strong · Langley Strong trustees release Keep Langley Schools Strong, a five-pillar plan, September 19, 2026 (opens in a new tab).
Pillar 2 promises to make sure staff voices help shape Board decisions and district priorities.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Langley Strong · Keep Langley Schools Strong, trustee platform (PDF), September 18, 2026 (opens in a new tab).
Pillar 2 promises to support professional development in restorative approaches: ways to build relationships, resolve conflict, take responsibility and repair harm.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Langley Strong · Keep Langley Schools Strong, trustee platform (PDF), September 18, 2026 (opens in a new tab).
Pillar 3 promises to move priority school projects forward in Willoughby, Brookswood-Fernridge, Aldergrove and Langley City, including new schools, additions and land for future schools.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Langley Strong · Keep Langley Schools Strong, trustee platform (PDF), September 18, 2026 (opens in a new tab), Langley Strong · Langley Strong trustees release Keep Langley Schools Strong, a five-pillar plan, September 19, 2026 (opens in a new tab).
Pillar 3 promises to work with the Langley Strong council team and both municipalities to push for new schools, expansions and faster provincial approvals.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Langley Strong · Keep Langley Schools Strong, trustee platform (PDF), September 18, 2026 (opens in a new tab), Langley Strong · Langley Strong trustees release Keep Langley Schools Strong, a five-pillar plan, September 19, 2026 (opens in a new tab).
Pillar 3 promises to plan ahead for school sites, working with local and provincial governments to secure land earlier, before growing neighbourhoods run out of room and costs rise, and to keep school planning in step with new housing.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Langley Strong · Keep Langley Schools Strong, trustee platform (PDF), September 18, 2026 (opens in a new tab), Langley Strong · Langley Strong trustees release Keep Langley Schools Strong, a five-pillar plan, September 19, 2026 (opens in a new tab).
Pillar 3 promises to push the Province to fund the purchase and placement of portables so those costs do not take money away from students' education.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Langley Strong · Keep Langley Schools Strong, trustee platform (PDF), September 18, 2026 (opens in a new tab), Langley Strong · Langley Strong trustees release Keep Langley Schools Strong, a five-pillar plan, September 19, 2026 (opens in a new tab).
Pillar 3 promises to care for the schools the district already has, pushing for funding to update existing buildings, complete renovations and improve earthquake safety.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Langley Strong · Keep Langley Schools Strong, trustee platform (PDF), September 18, 2026 (opens in a new tab).
Pillar 4 promises to maintain and strengthen the two joint school district and municipal liaison committees, one with the City of Langley and one with the Township, and to meet at least three times a year through each.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Langley Strong · Keep Langley Schools Strong, trustee platform (PDF), September 18, 2026 (opens in a new tab), Langley Strong · Langley Strong trustees release Keep Langley Schools Strong, a five-pillar plan, September 19, 2026 (opens in a new tab).
Pillar 4 promises to plan new schools as community hubs, working with both municipalities to plan parks, sidewalks, child care and recreation alongside new schools.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Langley Strong · Keep Langley Schools Strong, trustee platform (PDF), September 18, 2026 (opens in a new tab), Langley Strong · Langley Strong trustees release Keep Langley Schools Strong, a five-pillar plan, September 19, 2026 (opens in a new tab).
Pillar 4 promises to make school sites more useful for families by building on programs such as Active Beyond the Bell and working with partners to expand School Age Care on school grounds.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Langley Strong · Keep Langley Schools Strong, trustee platform (PDF), September 18, 2026 (opens in a new tab).
Pillar 4 promises to continue to include child care in school building plans where appropriate, so new schools are planned with the child care spaces growing families need.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Langley Strong · Keep Langley Schools Strong, trustee platform (PDF), September 18, 2026 (opens in a new tab).
Pillar 5 promises to continue to advocate for predictable provincial funding that keeps pace with inflation, actual enrolment, rising costs and the complexity of students' support needs, including students whose needs do not qualify for extra funding.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Langley Strong · Keep Langley Schools Strong, trustee platform (PDF), September 18, 2026 (opens in a new tab), Langley Strong · Langley Strong trustees release Keep Langley Schools Strong, a five-pillar plan, September 19, 2026 (opens in a new tab).
Pillar 5 promises to make funding gaps clear to the public, with evidence showing where resources fall short.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Langley Strong · Keep Langley Schools Strong, trustee platform (PDF), September 18, 2026 (opens in a new tab).
Pillar 5 promises to push for stable, long-term funding for the supports students depend on, so that successful programs do not end when the next grant deadline passes.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Langley Strong · Keep Langley Schools Strong, trustee platform (PDF), September 18, 2026 (opens in a new tab).
Pillar 5 promises to keep budgeting transparent and responsible and to continue offering accessible budget information, real consultation and the chance to ask questions before major decisions are made.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Langley Strong · Keep Langley Schools Strong, trustee platform (PDF), September 18, 2026 (opens in a new tab).
Charlie Fox was re-elected to the Langley Board of Education on October 17, 2026, with 16,528 votes, first of the 15 candidates for the five Township seats, in the Township's official results declared on October 21, 2026. The Langley Advance Times reported that Langley Strong swept all five Township seats on the Board, which has two more seats elected in Langley City, and won the mayor's chair and six of the eight council seats. The new Board's inaugural meeting is on November 3, 2026, by the District's meeting schedule.
The Aldergrove Star reported that he won the February 2021 byelection for the seat Megan Dykeman left when she became an MLA, with 896 votes against six other candidates, and was sworn in on March 11, 2021; that he had been a teacher and principal in Langley schools for more than 30 years, retiring as principal of Aldergrove Community Secondary; and that he had been a Township councillor for many years before leaving before the 2018 election. The Township's 2022 results give him 9,980 votes and the third of the five Township seats. The District's trustee page lists him as a trustee on October 30, 2026. By his own account on the Langley Strong site, he moved to the Township in 1973 to teach at Aldergrove Elementary, retired in 2007, served four terms on Council from 2005 to 2018, and in this term chaired the Board's Finance and Audit Committee, represented the Board to the District Parent Advisory Council and was Langley's representative to the BC School Trustees Association and the BC Public School Employers' Association. voche.me has not checked the committee roles or the council terms against the District's or the Township's records.
Langley Strong announced on May 26, 2026 that he was its first school board candidate, and the Advance Times reported on September 2 that Holly Dickinson joined him and Candy Ashdown on the slate. On his page he writes that he had always run as an independent, that joining the team had not changed his duty to make his own decisions, and that what changed was his view of how closely the Board and Council need to work together. In the Advance Times' candidate profile of October 8 he wrote that his six years as a trustee had been enjoyable and productive. In the organization's trustee platform release of September 19 he said strong staff means attracting good people, keeping them, making sure they go home safe and letting the people doing the work help write the plan.
On his page he lists seven things he will keep pushing for: student achievement in literacy, numeracy and graduation; school sites secured and funding sought before new neighbourhoods fill up; recruiting and keeping teachers, education assistants and support staff, with mentoring for new teachers; students with diverse abilities learning alongside their peers, with the staffing to make it work; physical safety, bullying prevention and counselling; balanced budgets that account for the cost of running new schools, with budget reports released before Board votes; and measurable action on the District's commitments to Indigenous students. He also writes that he coordinates Aldergrove Rotary's Starfish Backpack program in four Aldergrove schools, which by his account has sent home more than 25,000 backpacks of food; that is his own account. No report of a court matter names him.
Summarized from the campaign’s published profile. These are stated positions, not an assessment of results or a complete platform.
On his Langley Strong page he writes that he will secure sites and advocate for school funding before new neighbourhoods fill up, working with the Township early in the planning process, and that Willoughby shows why: homes arrived quickly and school capacity has been catching up since.
Langley Strong · Charlie Fox, Elect Charlie Fox for Township TrusteeHe writes that he will push to recruit strong teachers, education assistants and support staff, to mentor new teachers through their first two years and to help staff build careers in Langley. In the trustee platform release of September 19, 2026 he said strong staff means attracting good people, keeping them and making sure they go home safe.
Langley Strong · Charlie Fox, Elect Charlie Fox for Township TrusteeHe writes that responsible budgeting means delivering balanced budgets, accounting for the ongoing cost of operating new schools and releasing budget reports before Board votes so families can understand the decisions.
Langley Strong · Charlie Fox, Elect Charlie Fox for Township TrusteeHe writes that he will support students with diverse abilities to learn alongside their peers, with the staffing and individual support that make inclusion work, and will make physical safety, bullying prevention and counselling priorities.
Langley Strong · Charlie Fox, Elect Charlie Fox for Township TrusteeHe lists literacy, numeracy, graduation and students leaving school ready for their next step as the first of his seven priorities. The Star reported in August 2022 that he named student achievement, staff recruitment, safe schools, new school sites, a balanced budget and reconciliation as his focus then too.
Langley Strong · Charlie Fox, Elect Charlie Fox for Township TrusteeResearched on 2026-10-30 through the seven search steps listed below: the Township's results page, declaration of candidates and About the Candidates page; the Township's 2022 results page; the Langley School District's trustee page and board meetings page; his page on the Langley Strong site, the team page, the trustee platform, its release of September 19 and the announcement of May 26, 2026; the Fraser Valley News Network's copy of that announcement; his VoteMate page; the Advance Times' candidate profile of October 8 and its reports of September 2 and October 17, 2026; and the Aldergrove Star's reports of March 2021, August 2022 and October 2022, read from Internet Archive copies because the Star's old addresses now open its home page.
His byelection win, his 2022 count and his listing as a trustee come from the Star, the Township and the District. His teaching career and his years on Council are reported by the Star without dates; the dates, his committee roles and the backpack program are his own account. His Facebook page, the one he gave the Township, was not read, because the site shows a login page to scripts. The District's site publishes a meeting schedule and no minutes were found on it, so no Board vote was read. No report of a 2026 trustee all-candidates meeting quoting him was found.
The Aldergrove Star reported that he won the February 2021 byelection with 896 votes and was sworn in on March 11, 2021. The Township's 2022 results give him 9,980 votes and the third of five seats. The District's trustee page lists him as a trustee. By his own account he chairs the Board's Finance and Audit Committee and represents the Board to the District Parent Advisory Council.
Aldergrove Star · Fox sworn in as Langley trustee after byelection win, by Matthew Claxton, March 2021 (Internet Archive copy)The Star reported that he was a Township councillor for many years and left Council before the 2018 election. The years and the count of four terms are his own account on the Langley Strong site, where he writes that he chaired the Youth Advisory Committee.
Aldergrove Star · Fox sworn in as Langley trustee after byelection win, by Matthew Claxton, March 2021 (Internet Archive copy)The Star reported that he taught and led schools in Langley for more than 30 years and retired as principal of Aldergrove Community Secondary. By his own account he began at Aldergrove Elementary in 1973 and retired in 2007.
Aldergrove Star · Fox sworn in as Langley trustee after byelection win, by Matthew Claxton, March 2021 (Internet Archive copy)Proposed questions for a future interview. They have not been sent to the candidate, and no answers have been supplied.
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Charlie Fox was elected School Trustee with 16,528 votes, 1st of 15 in the official count. The Township of Langley published the count, and every candidate's total is on the results page.
No. This page is researched by voche.me from public sources, listed below, and is separate from Charlie Fox's own campaign.
Charlie Fox ran for School Trustee with Langley Strong.
Yes. Charlie Fox currently serves as Trustee, Langley Board of Education.
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