MLA in Chilliwack-Cultus Lake · BC provincial 2026
A'aliya Warbus
MLA for Chilliwack-Cultus Lake since 2024, running again for the Conservative Party of BC.
A'aliya Warbus won Chilliwack-Cultus Lake for the Conservative Party in 2024 and was the Official Opposition's House Leader until the role was handed to Sheldon Clare, as My Cariboo Now reported on June 29, 2026. She left the Conservative caucus on August 31, 2026, joined CentreBC on September 18 and returned to the Conservative Party of BC on September 22. The Elections BC list of October 3, 2026 gives her affiliation as Conservative Party, and the legislature's member record read on the same day still lists her as Independent. In the legislature in 2026 she spoke on freedom of information, the K'ómoks Treaty Act, ferry service, education assistants, supportive housing and mental health care.
A researched record of A'aliya Warbus's 15 commitments, 21 dated actions and 18 public statements, with 7 news items and 1 public dispute. Most come from the legislature record.
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01 / Introduction
About A'aliya Warbus
A'aliya Warbus is the Conservative Party candidate in Chilliwack-Cultus Lake on the Elections BC candidate list dated October 3, 2026, and the sitting member for the riding. The Elections BC statement of votes shows that she won the riding for the Conservative Party in 2024 with 13,656 votes, 54.58% of the valid vote, ahead of Kelli Paddon of the BC NDP with 11,366 votes, 45.42%. Paddon is also on the 2026 list for the riding.
The name on the Elections BC list is A'aliya Warbus. The legislature and Hansard print Á'a:líya Warbus, and the Conservative Party of BC candidate page prints Á'a:líya (A'aliya) Warbus. That page names her as the candidate for Chilliwack-Cultus Lake and ties the two spellings together.
The legislature's member record, read on October 3, 2026, lists her in the 43rd Parliament as Independent in Chilliwack-Cultus Lake, and records her 2024 election for the Conservative Party of British Columbia. The Elections BC list of the same day gives her affiliation as Conservative Party. Reporting by CBC, CTV, The Canadian Press and Chilliwack Progress says she left the Conservative caucus (the party's group of MLAs) on August 31, 2026 to sit as an Independent, and Chilliwack Progress reported that she joined CentreBC with other former Conservative MLAs on September 18. Black Press reported that on September 22, hours after Premier David Eby called the election, she announced her return to the Conservative Party of BC. The reasons given here are the ones she gave: on August 31 she said she had lost confidence in leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay, and on September 22 she said that with Lorne Doerkson named interim leader the party can reset.
According to Chilliwack Progress, she was named House Leader in John Rustad's shadow cabinet on November 19, 2024. A House Leader plans and manages her party's business in the legislature. On April 14, 2026 she called herself House Leader for the official opposition in the House, and My Cariboo Now reported on June 29, 2026 that the role had been handed to Sheldon Clare. In 2026 Hansard (the official transcript of the legislature) records her speaking on the budget estimates of two ministries, the Merit Commissioner, freedom of information, environmental assessment, the K'ómoks Treaty Act, ferry service, DRIPA, education assistants, supportive housing and mental health care. She voted no on the budget bills and the Supply Act and yes on first reading of three bills introduced by other members, which the programs section lists with their context.
CBC and The Canadian Press describe her as a member of the Stó:lō Nation, and The Canadian Press called her the Opposition's only Indigenous MLA. Her own website and the party's candidate page say she holds a Master of Fine Arts in film production from the University of British Columbia, worked as Director of Cultural Communications for the Stó:lō Xwexwilmexw Government and taught in the Indigenous digital film department at Capilano University. Those are the campaign's own statements, and voche.me has not checked them with those bodies.
Published positions and selected commitments, separated by election cycle. Status labels describe the evidence reviewed, not a numerical score or a complete audit of the platform. Council approval is different from delivery.
15 commitments shown · Checked Oct 3
2026 · GovernanceCampaign pledge
Legislation on Aboriginal title must work for everyone
In her statement of September 22, 2026, reported by Black Press, Warbus said that any legislation that addresses Aboriginal title (Indigenous rights to land) must be "practical, transparent and capable of bringing Indigenous and non-Indigenous British Columbians together." She also said that if the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (DRIPA) is not the answer, British Columbia needs an acceptable framework to move reconciliation and the land question forward.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
She names no bill, date or cost. The Conservative Party of BC says in its release of September 23, 2026 that it will run on a plan to repeal DRIPA. voche.me found no statement from Warbus on whether she backs that repeal. On April 22, 2026 she voted yes at first reading of a bill to repeal DRIPA, which is the vote that allows a bill to be introduced.
What still needs checking
Does her campaign say whether DRIPA would be repealed, amended or kept, and when?
Treatment for people with mental illness and addiction
On September 22, 2026 Warbus said her priorities have not changed and listed this one among them: too many people are suffering from mental illness and addiction and are left without meaningful treatment.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
She names no program, number of treatment places or date.
What still needs checking
Which treatment measures does her campaign propose, and what do they cost?
On September 22, 2026 Warbus said her priorities have not changed and listed among them the province's serious challenges with government money (she used the word fiscal).
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
She names no budget figure, tax change or date.
What still needs checking
Does her campaign state a deficit target or a spending or tax measure?
In the debate on Bill 9 on May 4, 2026, Warbus said freedom-of-information laws are one of the foundations of government accountability and one of the main ways the public can understand how decisions are made. She said the bill gives public bodies new discretion to refuse requests, weakens response timelines, widens the categories of requests that may be disregarded and allows fees for records that were free. She voted no at second reading and at third reading.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
She spoke against the bill and voted against it. The bill passed. voche.me found no bill or amendment of her own on this subject.
What still needs checking
Does her campaign say what it would change in the freedom of information law?
Keep the Merit Commissioner as an independent check on public service hiring
In question period (the daily time when members question ministers) on February 24, 2026, Warbus said the Merit Commissioner has the role of keeping the government accountable and asked the Minister of Finance whether she was saying the commissioner is incorrect. On March 31, 2026 she voted yes on Motion M203, Merit oversight in public service. The motion lost, 45 yes to 46 no.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The transcripts give the title and sponsor of Motion M203 (the member for Fraser-Nicola). voche.me did not open the debate that gives its full wording. The figure of nearly 3,000 appointments she cited is her reading of the commissioner's report, and voche.me did not check it against the report.
What still needs checking
What does the full text of Motion M203 ask the government to do?
A timeline for funding of not-for-profit dental clinics
On March 31, 2026, in estimates (the committee review of a ministry's budget), Warbus read a letter from the Stó:lō Dental clinic and asked the Minister of Social Development and Poverty Reduction to commit to a timeline for reinstating funding for not-for-profit dental clinics.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
Minister Sheila Malcolmson replied that her ministry had paid year-end grants to these clinics in earlier years, was giving none that year, and was working with the Ministry of Health to find a path forward. She gave no timeline. The figures in the clinic's letter come from the clinic.
What still needs checking
Does the government or her campaign state a date and an amount for this funding?
Raise the shelter allowance for people with disabilities
On February 26, 2026 Warbus tabled a petition (a request signed by members of the public) asking the government to raise the persons with disability shelter allowance so that it reflects current rents.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The transcript records the tabling of the petition. It gives no amount and no date.
What still needs checking
What amount does she propose for the shelter allowance?
Education assistants in every kindergarten to grade 3 classroom
On May 25, 2026 Warbus said that two years had passed since the government promised an education assistant in every kindergarten to grade 3 classroom, and asked the Minister of Education when the promise will be delivered.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The promise she refers to is the government's. Her question asks the government to deliver it. She names no cost or date of her own.
What still needs checking
Does her campaign state how many assistants it would fund and when?
A date for acting on recommendations about families and mental health care
On May 5, 2026 Warbus asked the minister why the government had not acted on recommendations from coroners' inquests and the Ombudsperson that call for better communication with families when a person in a mental health crisis is discharged, and asked for a date when they will come before the House.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The transcript records her question. voche.me did not open the minister's answer or the recommendations.
What still needs checking
Which recommendations does she want carried out, and by what date?
Change how supportive housing is provided in single-room occupancy buildings
On March 3, 2026 Warbus said single-room occupancy buildings (rooms in buildings first built as hotels or apartments) are used for a purpose they were never designed for. She said that open drug use in them leads to fires, overdoses and medical emergencies, and asked the minister to admit that the government's approach has failed.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The transcript records her question and her description of the buildings. The claims about fires and overdoses are hers, and voche.me did not check them. She names no alternative program, number of homes or date.
What still needs checking
What alternative to single-room occupancy buildings does her campaign propose?
Questions on funding for talks with First Nations and local governments
On March 4, 2026, in estimates (the committee review of a ministry's budget) of the Ministry of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation, Warbus asked whether a $1.1 million cut covers a line item for local government and regional district talks, and asked how many nations the ministry had engaged and where the money for next year would go.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The $1.1 million figure comes from her question, and voche.me did not check it against the budget. She asked questions and stated no commitment of her own on the amount.
What still needs checking
Does her campaign state what level of funding these talks should receive?
The Conservative Party of BC said on September 23, 2026 that it will run on a clear plan to repeal DRIPA, along with getting the economy working and ending ideological politics.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
This is the party's statement. It names no date. Warbus's own words on DRIPA are in the first commitment above.
A plan to end the overdose and addictions crisis (party)
The Conservative Party of BC platform page lists "BC Recovers" as a plan to end the overdose and addictions crisis, save lives and help people get their lives back on track.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The platform page lists headings with one-line summaries. voche.me did not open the detail pages, and the page does not name Warbus.
What still needs checking
What does the full BC Recovers plan commit to, and does Warbus repeat it in her own words?
Recorded votes and actions in the legislature where an official source names her. The recorded vote index is the legislature's list of votes where each member's name is recorded, and a recorded vote belongs to the member whose name is listed. Votes taken by voice name nobody, and none is attributed to her.
Role named in reporting
Named House Leader of the Conservative Party of BC
Chilliwack Progress reported that she was named House Leader on November 19, 2024, which it called the top leadership position in John Rustad's shadow cabinet. A House Leader plans and manages her party's business in the legislature. A shadow cabinet is the opposition's team of critics, and the Official Opposition is the largest party outside the government.
Scope, limits and sources
The legislature's member record lists no roles for her. On April 14, 2026 she called herself House Leader for the official opposition in the House. My Cariboo Now reported on June 29, 2026 that the role had been handed to Sheldon Clare, and The Canadian Press called her a former House leader on August 31, 2026.
Moved the motion to appoint Lorne Doerkson as Assistant Deputy Speaker
The transcript records Warbus moving that Lorne Doerkson, member for Cariboo-Chilcotin, be appointed Assistant Deputy Speaker for the session. The motion was approved.
Scope, limits and sources
The member for Port Coquitlam seconded the motion.
Voted yes at first reading of the Gender Ideology and Child Protection Act
The recorded vote index lists Warbus voting yes. The transcript records 38 yes and 49 no, and the motion was defeated.
Scope, limits and sources
First reading is the vote that allows a bill to be introduced. Later votes decide whether it becomes law. The sponsor, Tara Armstrong, said the bill aims to protect children from "gender ideology" in courts, schools and health care. The 2026 speech index lists no speech by Warbus on this bill.
Voted yes at first reading of the Human Rights Code Repeal Act
The recorded vote index lists Warbus voting yes. The transcript records 37 yes and 50 no, and the motion was defeated.
Scope, limits and sources
First reading is the vote that allows a bill to be introduced. The sponsor, Tara Armstrong, said the bill would repeal the Human Rights Code, abolish the Human Rights Tribunal and end the position of Human Rights Commissioner. On March 12, 2026 Warbus moved an amendment to a government motion that affirms support for the code (see the talks section). The 2026 speech index lists no speech by her on this bill.
The recorded vote index lists Warbus voting no on the budget motion. The transcript records 46 yes and 46 no, and the Speaker cast the deciding vote in favour.
Scope, limits and sources
The Speaker said the motion was a confidence matter, which is a vote that tests whether the government still has the support of the House, and that the Chair's vote should not decide that alone. A casting vote by the Speaker follows the rules of the House.
Voted no on Bill 3, Budget Measures Implementation Act (No. 2), 2026
The recorded vote index lists Warbus voting no at second reading (February 26, 43 no) and at third reading (March 5, 42 no). The government side voted yes, and the bill passed.
Scope, limits and sources
The bill puts parts of the budget into law. Second reading is the vote on the bill's main idea, and third reading is the final vote. The vote counts come from the transcripts of February 26 and March 5, 2026.
Voted no on Bill 2, Budget Measures Implementation Act, 2026
The recorded vote index lists Warbus voting no at second reading (March 9, 45 no) and at third reading (April 1, 46 no).
Scope, limits and sources
The vote at third reading was 46 yes and 46 no, and the Speaker cast the deciding vote in favour because the bill was a confidence matter (a vote that tests whether the government keeps the support of the House). A casting vote by the Speaker follows the rules of the House.
Moved an amendment to Motion 13 on the Human Rights Code
Warbus moved to delete the words after "Human Rights Code" in the government motion and substitute "and protecting all people from hate and discrimination." The amendment lost, with 36 yes and 50 no. She voted yes on the amendment and yes on the motion, which passed 83 to 3.
Scope, limits and sources
The government motion affirmed support for the Human Rights Code and its tribunal and listed protected groups. Warbus said her amendment simplifies the motion to one idea, and later raised a point of order (a member's formal comment on the rules of the House) to put on record what the amended motion says: that the House affirms its support for the code. Minister Spencer Chandra Herbert replied that the amendment removes the list of groups the code protects.
Voted yes at first reading of the DRIPA Repeal Act
The recorded vote index lists Warbus voting yes. The transcript records 44 yes and 47 no, and the motion was defeated.
Scope, limits and sources
First reading is the vote that allows a bill to be introduced. The sponsor, Trevor Halford, said the bill would repeal the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act. The 2026 speech index lists no speech by Warbus on this bill. On September 22, 2026 she said that if DRIPA is not the answer, an acceptable framework is needed.
Warbus spoke against Motion 15 and voted no. The transcript records the motion passing, 49 yes to 42 no.
Scope, limits and sources
Motion 15 sent Bill M237, a private member's bill (a bill from a member who is not a minister), to the Special Committee to Review Provisions of the Insurance (Vehicle) Act, which had to report it back by the committee's deadline. Warbus said the bill is a minor change that can proceed without waiting for that committee, and that she worried about protection for future private members' bills.
Voted against Bill 9, Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Amendment Act, 2026
The recorded vote index lists Warbus voting no at second reading (early on May 7, 42 no) and at third reading (May 28, 46 no). She voted yes on an amendment to delay second reading by six months, which lost 42 to 48. She also voted no on a motion to send the bill to the Committee of the Whole House (the next stage, where the House studies a bill in detail), and spoke against the bill on May 4.
Scope, limits and sources
The vote at third reading was 46 yes and 46 no, and the Speaker cast the deciding vote in favour because the bill was a confidence matter (a vote that tests whether the government keeps the support of the House). A casting vote by the Speaker follows the rules of the House. The votes at second reading took place overnight in the sitting that began on May 6, 2026.
On May 20, 2026 Warbus voted yes on an amendment to send the bill to the Select Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs instead of reading it a second time (lost, 44 yes to 48 no), and then no at second reading (42 no, 48 yes). On May 28, 2026 she voted yes at third reading (53 yes, 39 no).
Scope, limits and sources
On April 14, 2026 she spoke in the House about the bill and called it "a bright light" in the history between Indigenous nations, British Columbia and Canada. voche.me found no statement from her that explains the vote at second reading.
Tabled the Official Opposition's letter on committee membership
The transcript records Warbus asking leave to table (formally present) a letter from the Official Opposition on the practice that committees reflect the makeup of the House. Leave was granted.
Scope, limits and sources
The transcript gives her description of the letter. voche.me did not open the letter.
Hosted a campaign office opening and Bannock and Tea Social
Chilliwack Progress reported on October 2, 2026 that Warbus was opening her campaign office at Beethoven's Pizza on Columbia Valley Highway at Cultus Lake that day from 5:00 to 7:00 pm PT. She invited the public to say hello, ask questions, meet the team and pick up a lawn sign.
Scope, limits and sources
The report was written on the day of the event, and voche.me found no report written after it. The date is before the first date of the schedule section, so it is listed here as a past action.
Reported by CBC, CTV, Chilliwack Progress and The Canadian Press
Left the Conservative caucus to sit as an Independent
On August 31, 2026 Warbus announced that she was leaving the Conservative caucus (the party's group of MLAs). CBC reported that she said she had lost confidence in leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay. The Canadian Press quoted her statement that the decision to postpone the caucus meeting "reflects the lack of value being placed on caucus members and their opinions."
Scope, limits and sources
Her reasons are those she gave in her statement and interviews. The Canadian Press reported that her statement also raised concern about the circumstances of the resignation of the MLA Reann Gasper, which made room for Findlay to stand in a byelection. CBC reported that Findlay has denied allegations of that kind, calling them a political smear. Black Press asked Findlay for comment and received no response.
Joined CentreBC with other former Conservative MLAs
Chilliwack Progress reported on September 18, 2026 that Warbus was among the former Conservative MLAs joining CentreBC, with Peter Milobar as its new leader.
Scope, limits and sources
The report lists her with seven other sitting MLAs who left the Conservatives. Black Press reported on September 23 that on September 4 she and four other sitting MLAs who had left the party formed a new party, which merged with CentreBC on September 18. voche.me did not open a statement from her on this step.
Announced her return to the Conservative Party of BC
Black Press reported that on September 22, 2026, hours after Premier David Eby called the election, Warbus announced she was returning to the Conservative Party of BC. She said she was returning "with my values intact" and gave Lorne Doerkson's appointment as interim leader as the reason the party can reset.
Scope, limits and sources
Kerry-Lynne Findlay stepped down as leader on September 20 and Lorne Doerkson was named interim leader the next day. The Conservative Party of BC said on September 23 that every sitting member of its caucus was approved to run as a candidate. The legislature's member record read on October 3, 2026 still lists her as Independent.
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Speech
Question on the grocery rebate and food banks
Warbus quoted the Minister of Finance saying families are struggling and said that in her community the concern is growing lineups at food banks. She said families were promised a $1,000 grocery rebate and received a 12 percent income tax increase. Those figures are her claims, and voche.me did not check them.
Warbus questioned the Minister of Finance on the Merit Commissioner's audit of public service hiring. She said the report found nearly 3,000 public sector workers appointed without merit and with errors in the process, and asked whether the minister was saying the commissioner is wrong.
Question on supportive housing in single-room occupancy buildings
Warbus said her side is opposed to the style of housing and the way the government provides it, and described single-room occupancy buildings as built as hotels or apartments, without the care environments people with acute mental illness and substance use challenges need.
Questions in estimates of the Ministry of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation
In estimates (the committee review of a ministry's budget), Warbus asked about reductions in the government-to-government and community relations division and in strategic policy tools, and about how many nations the ministry had engaged. She said she spoke as the MLA for an area that includes part of Stó:lō Nation.
Warbus spoke about the Chilliwack-Cultus Lake group Community Angels and its support for seniors who face food insecurity, and said she wants to continue that work with members from every party.
Warbus said human rights are "non-negotiable" and moved an amendment to shorten the government motion. During the debate she raised a point of order (a member's formal comment on the rules of the House) to put on record that the amended motion still affirms support for the code.
Question on the Ksi Lisims liquefied natural gas (LNG) project
Warbus quoted the federal NDP leader Avi Lewis on the Ksi Lisims LNG project and asked the government to denounce his comments. In a second question she asked where the contradiction lies between the provincial NDP and the federal NDP position.
Questions in estimates of the Ministry of Social Development and Poverty Reduction
Warbus read a letter from the Stó:lō Dental clinic, which says the ministry's dental fees have been frozen for 19 years and that its grant is at risk, and asked the minister for a timeline to reinstate the funding.
Speech on Bill 15, Environmental Assessment Amendment Act, 2026
Warbus said environmental assessment matters, said she had questions about the bill that the opposition must raise before it can support it, and said any change should add clarity without adding more process or paperwork.
Warbus spoke part of her statement in Halq'eméylem and then said the K'ómoks treaty work spans generations. She called it "a bright light" in the history of the relationship between Indigenous nations, British Columbia and Canada.
Warbus said repeated mechanical failures were happening under the government's approved service contract and asked who is accountable if the contract does not hold the ferries commission to basic standards. Minister Mike Farnworth answered that B.C. Ferries operates as an independent company under the Coastal Ferry Act.
Warbus said the Premier had no viable plan on changes to DRIPA and asked who is running the government. Premier David Eby replied that the delay allows time to work with First Nations on a solution to the Gitxaała court decision.
Speech on Bill 9, Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Amendment Act, 2026
Warbus said the bill is more than technical housekeeping and said it creates new discretion to refuse requests, weakens timelines, widens the categories of requests that may be disregarded and allows fees for records that were available without charge.
Question on communication with families of people in mental health crisis
Warbus said that across British Columbia families are shut out of a person's care and tragedies occur shortly after discharge. She asked the minister why the government had not acted on coroners' inquest and Ombudsperson recommendations and asked for a date.
Warbus described the services of the Chilliwack Hospice Society, which she said has served since 1986, for people who are dying, their loved ones and people in grief, and thanked its staff, volunteers and donors.
Questions on education assistants and school funding
Warbus asked when the Minister of Education will deliver an education assistant in every kindergarten to grade 3 classroom, said Surrey had let education assistants go, and quoted the B.C. federation of teachers calling the budget a maintenance budget for public education.
Statement and interviews on leaving the Conservative caucus
Warbus said in her statement that the decision to postpone a caucus meeting reflected a lack of value placed on caucus members, and told CBC she was not getting direct updates on staffing, operations, transparency and accountability. CBC reported that she would not speculate on returning under a new leader. She told Black Press she had taken personal attacks on who she is as an Indigenous woman.
Statement on returning to the Conservative Party of BC
Warbus said she left the caucus because she believed she had to and stands by that decision. She said she trusts Lorne Doerkson and that her priorities have not changed. She said any change on Aboriginal title must be practical and transparent, and that she wants to be at the table.
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Policy dispute
Minister reads a 2020 Facebook post and calls her a pipeline protester
On May 20, 2026, in question period, Minister of Jobs Ravi Kahlon said the Conservatives' House Leader had been one of the people protesting the Coastal GasLink pipeline. He read from a Facebook post that he dated to February 2020 and attributed to the House Leader. As he read it, the post opposes poisoning the land to gain money from natural gas sales to Asia. He spoke after the Conservative MLA Kiel Giddens asked about an unsolved 2022 attack on a pipeline work site, and the Hansard members index lists the exchange under Warbus.
Candidate or party response
The transcript of May 20 records no reply from Warbus. voche.me did not find a statement from her on the post in the transcripts or reports it opened, and did not open the original post.
Verified status and limits
No official finding. The exchange is a dispute between ministers and the opposition. The text of the post is as the minister read it into the record, and voche.me could not confirm that Warbus wrote it.
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Reporting
Chilliwack Progress
Chilliwack MLA Warbus named house leader in Rustad's shadow cabinet
Reports that she was named House Leader on November 19, 2024 and lists the members of John Rustad's shadow cabinet.
Chilliwack-Cultus Lake MLA Á'a:líya Warbus latest to quit Findlay's B.C. Conservatives
Reports her letter, her statement that the decision reflected a lack of value placed on caucus members, and her account of personal attacks on her as an Indigenous woman.
'Implosion': Warbus is seventh B.C. Conservative to quit caucus, blaming Findlay
Reports her statement and interview on leaving, and calls her one of the Opposition's most prominent legislators as its only Indigenous MLA and former House leader.
Sources checked October 3, 2026. Official records establish decisions; campaign material establishes stated positions; reporting adds investigation and context. None alone establishes every claim.
Her own website, aaliyawarbus.com, answered HTTP 403 to direct requests and was read through the WebFetch tool. It is the website of her office as MLA and holds a short biography, a help request form and news items. It lists no campaign platform and no events. voche.me found no separate 2026 campaign website. The Conservative Party of BC candidate page holds a biography and a donation form, and its news list reads "No data was found". Its platform page lists headings with one-line summaries, and voche.me did not open the detail pages. The party's events page was not read. Instagram shows a profile description that calls her a Conservative candidate for Chilliwack Cultus Lake, and none of its posts could be read. The Facebook page returned no readable text, and her website's footer names Facebook and X without addresses voche.me could read. No social media post is used. The legislature's member record lists no roles for her. Her House Leader title comes from Chilliwack Progress (2024), her own words in the House (April 14, 2026) and My Cariboo Now (June 29, 2026), and the exact date the role ended was not found. The legislature record still lists her as Independent on 2026-10-03, while the Elections BC list and the party page name her as a Conservative candidate. voche.me found no legislature notice that explains the difference and did not open her own post of September 22. The May 20, 2026 Facebook post read by Minister Ravi Kahlon was not opened and its authorship is not confirmed. The index lists a vote on third reading of Bill 14 on April 21, 2026, and the transcript opened (issue 159) shows no division list that names her, so that vote is not used. The vote on Bill 6 comes from the vote index alone. No ministry release naming her was found. The 2025 speech and vote indexes, her 2024 and 2025 speeches, and the debate that gives the full text of Motion M203 were not opened. Her biography (her Master of Fine Arts, her earlier work for the Stó:lō Xwexwilmexw Government and her teaching at Capilano University) comes from her own website and the party page, and voche.me did not check it with those bodies. Wikipedia was read as a pointer and is not used as a source. voche.me did not search court or regulator registers for her name, and no such record appears in the sources opened. Campaign finances and endorsements were not reviewed, and the questionnaire has not been sent.
Research status
What voche.me has checked
Evidence reviewed on 2026-10-03: the Elections BC candidate list dated October 3, 2026 and the 2024 statement of votes, the legislature's member record, its 2026 speech and vote indexes, 27 transcripts of the 2026 sitting, her own website, the Conservative Party of BC candidate page, team page, platform page and release of September 23, and news reports from 2024 and 2026 by Chilliwack Progress, CBC, CTV, The Canadian Press and My Cariboo Now.
Party label. The legislature's member record read on October 3, 2026 lists her as Independent in the 43rd Parliament. The Elections BC list of October 3, 2026 gives her affiliation as Conservative Party, and the Conservative Party of BC names her as its candidate. Chilliwack Progress reported that she announced her return to the party on September 22, 2026. voche.me did not find a legislature notice that explains the difference, so this page shows both records.
Her commitments on this page come from what she said in the legislature in 2026 and from her statement of September 22, 2026 as reported by Black Press. Her website and the party page set out no platform of her own. The accountability section holds one public dispute and no official finding. Her social media accounts could not be read, her website answered HTTP 403 to direct requests and was read through the WebFetch tool, and the questionnaire has not been sent.
Elected in 2024 for the Conservative Party with 13,656 votes, 54.58% of the valid vote. The legislature lists her as an active member of the 43rd Parliament.
House Leader of the Conservative Party of BC (Official Opposition)
Named on November 19, 2024 according to Chilliwack Progress. My Cariboo Now reported on June 29, 2026 that the role had been handed to Sheldon Clare. The legislature's member record lists no roles for her.
Left the Conservative caucus on August 31, 2026 to sit as an Independent, joined CentreBC on September 18 and announced her return to the Conservative Party of BC on September 22, according to news reports.
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What party is A'aliya Warbus running with?
A'aliya Warbus is running for MLA with Conservative Party of BC.
Does A'aliya Warbus currently hold public office?
Yes. A'aliya Warbus currently serves as MLA for Chilliwack-Cultus Lake.
How many sources does this A'aliya Warbus profile cite?
This profile lists 6 sourced references, each with the date voche.me checked it, in the Sources section below.
Why do some questions on A'aliya Warbus's page show no answer?
The "Questions & answers" section on this page lists questions voche.me would put to A'aliya Warbus in a future interview. They have not been sent yet, so the page says plainly that no answer has been supplied instead of leaving the section blank.
When is the election A'aliya Warbus is running in?
The 2026 British Columbia election, including the MLA race, is decided on October 24, 2026.
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Party label: the legislature record and Elections BC differ
The legislature's member record, read on October 3, 2026, lists A'aliya Warbus as Independent in the 43rd Parliament. The Elections BC candidate list of October 3, 2026 gives her affiliation as Conservative Party. Chilliwack Progress reported that she announced her return to the Conservative Party of BC on September 22, 2026. This page shows the party the ballot and the party list give, and the legislature's label.
