Re-elected school trustee of Langley Township on October 17, 2026, with 15,287 votes, second of the 15 trustee candidates. Elected in 2022 with Eric Woodward's Contract With Langley, she left that slate in December 2023 and ran with Langley Strong, the only member of the Board teaching full time. She ran on new schools funded ahead of growth, completion rates for Indigenous students and students with diverse abilities, and mental health support students can reach.
Holly Dickinson was re-elected to the Langley Board of Education on October 17, 2026, with 15,287 votes, second 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 her elector organization. The Langley School District's trustee page lists her as a trustee, and the Township's 2022 results give her 11,159 votes, the most of the Township's trustee candidates that year. The Aldergrove Star reported that she was elected in 2022 as a member of Contract With Langley, the organization now named Progress for Langley, and that she left it on December 23, 2023, citing differences in vision and values. The Langley Advance Times reported on September 2, 2026 that she joined Langley Strong, that she has taught since 2012 in the Surrey School District, which makes her the only member of the Board who works in a classroom, and that she has served as the Board's vice-chair. The Board's letter of June 4, 2025 records the motion, carried unanimously on May 27, 2025, asking the Province to fund the schools in Langley's capital plan; by her own account she brought it forward.
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Tracked since October 18, 2026. Every change of status links to the vote, motion or report behind it.
The Advance Times reported on September 2, 2026 that her first focus for a second term would be continued advocacy for new school construction in Willoughby and the District's other fast-growing communities. On her page she writes that she will keep pushing for capacity that arrives when the neighbourhood does, with no wait of years.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Langley Advance Times · School trustee joins Langley Strong slate, by Heather Colpitts, September 2, 2026 (opens in a new tab), Langley Strong · Classroom teacher and Trustee Holly Dickinson seeks second term with Langley Strong, August 28, 2026 (opens in a new tab), Langley Strong · Holly Dickinson, Elect Holly Dickinson for Township Trustee (opens in a new tab).
The Advance Times reported that her second focus would be raising completion rates for Indigenous students and students with diverse abilities. On her page she writes that she will keep pushing for focused work on graduation and completion for Indigenous students, youth in care and students with diverse abilities.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Langley Advance Times · School trustee joins Langley Strong slate, by Heather Colpitts, September 2, 2026 (opens in a new tab), Langley Strong · Classroom teacher and Trustee Holly Dickinson seeks second term with Langley Strong, August 28, 2026 (opens in a new tab), Langley Strong · Holly Dickinson, Elect Holly Dickinson for Township Trustee (opens in a new tab).
The Advance Times reported that her third focus would be expanding mental health supports in Langley schools. On her page she writes that she will keep pushing for counselling and mental health resources in schools that students can reach.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Langley Advance Times · School trustee joins Langley Strong slate, by Heather Colpitts, September 2, 2026 (opens in a new tab), Langley Strong · Classroom teacher and Trustee Holly Dickinson seeks second term with Langley Strong, August 28, 2026 (opens in a new tab), Langley Strong · Holly Dickinson, Elect Holly Dickinson for Township Trustee (opens in a new tab).
On her page she writes that she will keep pushing for a provincial funding model where support for students with intensive needs reflects the level of support those students require.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Langley Strong · Holly Dickinson, Elect Holly Dickinson for Township Trustee (opens in a new tab).
On her page she writes that she will keep pushing for targeted funding so that schools receiving newcomer and refugee students have the staffing and resources those classrooms need.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Langley Strong · Holly Dickinson, Elect Holly Dickinson for Township Trustee (opens in a new tab).
On her page she writes that she will keep pushing for recruiting and keeping good staff: hiring well, supporting teachers, education assistants and support staff early in their careers and giving them reasons to stay.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Langley Strong · Holly Dickinson, Elect Holly Dickinson for Township Trustee (opens in a new tab).
On her page she writes that she will keep pushing for budgets that hold up over years, capital plans that account for what a building costs to run, and reports released before the vote so families can follow the reasoning.
“Budgets that hold up over years, capital plans that account for what a building costs to run, and reports out before the vote so families can follow the reasoning.”
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Langley Strong · Holly Dickinson, Elect Holly Dickinson 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).
Holly Dickinson was re-elected to the Langley Board of Education on October 17, 2026, with 15,287 votes, second 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 Township's 2022 results give her 11,159 votes, first of the Township's trustee candidates, and the District's trustee page lists her as a trustee on October 30, 2026. The Aldergrove Star reported that she placed fifth of seven in the February 2021 byelection, with 332 votes, and that in October 2022 she was one of three Contract With Langley members elected to the Board, with Joel Neufeld and Sarb Rai. On December 29, 2023 the Star reported that she had left Contract With Langley on December 23, citing what she called fundamental differences in vision and values, and that she said she and Mayor Eric Woodward had different beliefs about governance. Woodward said he respected her decision and that she had agreed at the start of the term to rotate the vice-chair post with Neufeld and Rai and had not followed through; she answered that the whole Board elects the vice-chair and that her decision had nothing to do with conflict with other trustees. The Advance Times reported on September 2, 2026 that she had served as vice-chair and represents the Board on the BC School Trustees Association's Provincial Council, the Langley Local Immigration Partnership and the District's 2SLGBTQ+ committee.
The Advance Times reported that she has been a teacher since 2012 and works in the Surrey School District, which makes her the only member of the Board who works in a classroom; trustees in BC cannot work for the district they govern. By her own account on the Langley Strong site, she grew up in Brookswood, went to Langley schools from kindergarten to grade 12, studied psychology at Simon Fraser University and completed a Bachelor of Education at the University of British Columbia, and before teaching worked in human resources, where she recruited more than a thousand workers, many for a venue of the 2010 Winter Games. voche.me has not checked the degrees or the earlier work.
The Board's letter of June 4, 2025 to the Premier and three ministers records a motion carried unanimously on May 27, 2025, asking the Province to reconsider its response to Langley's 2025/26 capital plan and fund the schools in it at once; Langley Strong's release of August 28, 2026 says she brought the motion forward, which is her own account. The release also says she advanced two resolutions through the BC School Trustees Association, on federal funding for newcomer students learning English and on the Province's funding model for students with intensive needs; voche.me has not checked them against the association's records. No report of a court matter names her.
Langley Strong announced on August 28, 2026 that she would seek a second term with the team, joining Charlie Fox and Candy Ashdown, and said she had sat as an independent since 2023. The Advance Times reported that her focus for a second term would be new school construction in Willoughby and the District's other fast-growing communities, completion rates for Indigenous students and students with diverse abilities, and mental health supports in Langley schools. On her page she lists eight things she will keep pushing for, including a provincial funding model that matches the support students with intensive needs require, targeted funding for schools taking in newcomer and refugee students, staff recruitment and budgets that hold up over years with reports released before the vote. In the organization's trustee platform release of September 19 she said strong students means every child learns, belongs and has a caring adult to turn to on the hard days. In the Advance Times' candidate profile of October 8 she wrote that public education is her passion and that students and staff deserve strong voices at the Board table.
Summarized from the campaign’s published profile. These are stated positions, not an assessment of results or a complete platform.
The Advance Times reported on September 2, 2026 that her first focus for a second term is continued advocacy for new school construction in Willoughby and the District's other fast-growing communities. On her page she writes that capacity should arrive when the neighbourhood does, with no wait of years.
Langley Advance Times · School trustee joins Langley Strong slate, by Heather Colpitts, September 2, 2026Her second focus, the Advance Times reported: raising completion rates for Indigenous students and students with diverse abilities. On her page she adds youth in care.
Langley Advance Times · School trustee joins Langley Strong slate, by Heather Colpitts, September 2, 2026Her third focus, the Advance Times reported: expanding mental health supports in Langley schools. On her page she writes that counselling and mental health resources should be easy to reach in schools.
Langley Advance Times · School trustee joins Langley Strong slate, by Heather Colpitts, September 2, 2026On her page she writes that she will push for a provincial funding model where support for students with intensive needs reflects the support they require, and for targeted funding so that schools taking in newcomer and refugee students have the staffing those classrooms need.
Langley Strong · Holly Dickinson, Elect Holly Dickinson for Township TrusteeShe writes that she will push for budgets that hold up over years, capital plans that account for what a building costs to run, and reports released before the vote so families can follow the reasoning, and for hiring well and keeping staff.
Langley Strong · Holly Dickinson, Elect Holly Dickinson 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, its board meetings page and the Board's letter of June 4, 2025 to the Province; her page on the Langley Strong site, the team page, the trustee platform, its release of September 19 and her announcement of August 28, 2026; her VoteMate page; the Advance Times' candidate profile of October 8 and its reports of September 2 and October 17, 2026; the Aldergrove Star's report of December 29, 2023; and its reports of March 2021 and October 2022, read from Internet Archive copies because the Star's old addresses now open its home page.
Her 2022 count, her listing as a trustee and the Board's motion of May 27, 2025 come from the Township and the District. Her teaching career and her vice-chair role are reported by the Advance Times; her degrees, her earlier work, her part in the 2025 motion and her resolutions at the trustees' association are her own account. Her Instagram account, the one she gave the Township, and the Facebook page named in the Advance Times profile were not read, because both sites show a login page to scripts. No minutes were found on the District's site, so no Board vote other than the one the letter records was read. No report of a 2026 trustee all-candidates meeting quoting her was found.
The Township's 2022 results give her 11,159 votes, first of the Township's trustee candidates. The Aldergrove Star reported that she was elected with Contract With Langley and left it in December 2023. The Advance Times reported that she has served as the Board's vice-chair and represents it on the BC School Trustees Association's Provincial Council.
Langley School District · TrusteesThe Advance Times reported that she has taught since 2012 in the Surrey School District, which makes her the only member of the Board who works in a classroom. By her own account she worked in human resources before teaching.
Langley Advance Times · School trustee joins Langley Strong slate, by Heather Colpitts, September 2, 2026Proposed questions for a future interview. They have not been sent to the candidate, and no answers have been supplied.
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Holly Dickinson was elected School Trustee with 15,287 votes, 2nd 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 Holly Dickinson's own campaign.
Holly Dickinson ran for School Trustee with Langley Strong.
Yes. Holly Dickinson currently serves as Trustee, Langley Board of Education.
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