Centre BC candidate for MLA in Vancouver-Langara. His party page says he practised law in Vancouver and later ran businesses in Tofino.
Alan Beesley is the Centre BC candidate in Vancouver-Langara, against Sunita Dhir of the BC NDP, who won the district in 2024, Jaime Stein of the Conservative Party and John Atoyebi of the BC Green Party. His party page says he practised law in Vancouver for more than ten years, then ran a fish buying station and a restaurant in Tofino. The page says he is concerned about the provincial deficit and United States tariffs, and opposes selling ICBC or BC Hydro. voche.me found no other statement from him on 2026-10-18.
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01 / Introduction
About Alan Beesley
Elections BC lists Alan Beesley in Vancouver-Langara with the affiliation CentreBC. The list, read on October 18, 2026, also names John Atoyebi (BC Green Party), Sunita Dhir (BC NDP) and Jaime Stein (Conservative Party). Elections BC's statement of votes shows that Dhir won the district in 2024 with 8,506 votes (48.43 percent), 419 more than Bryan Breguet of the Conservative Party. Alan Beesley was not a candidate in 2024.
The CentreBC page about him says he practised law in Vancouver for more than ten years and was admitted to the bar in British Columbia in 1989 and in New York in 1991. It says he holds a B.A. and a law degree from UBC. It says he then rezoned real estate in Tofino, owned and ran a fish buying station, and opened the Ice House Oyster Bar, a restaurant with 35 employees. These are the party's statements. voche.me has not checked them with the Law Society of British Columbia, UBC or any business record.
The page says he volunteered as a Red Cross site team lead at Fraser Regional Correctional Centre, served as an international election observer for presidential elections in Ukraine, and gave legal help at the Carnegie Centre while in law school. voche.me has not checked these roles.
The page quotes him saying that CentreBC gives voters a party they can vote for. It says he invites all candidates in Vancouver-Langara to debate policy. voche.me found no campaign website, social media account or news report quoting him, and has not contacted the campaign.
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.
14 commitments shown · Checked Oct 18
2026 · EconomyCampaign pledge
Concern about the deficit and United States tariffs
The party's page about him says he is concerned about the Province's financial strength and that the $13.4 billion deficit will limit British Columbia's options against United States tariffs.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The party's page about him. It names a problem and no measure, cost or date.
What still needs checking
Does the candidate give a cost or a date for this during the campaign?
The page says selling ICBC or BC Hydro would only lead to higher rates, as in Alberta, and says the Conservatives should say which services they would cut or which assets they would sell.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The party's page about him. It states a position and names no measure or date.
What still needs checking
Does the candidate give a cost or a date for this during the campaign?
The CentreBC platform page says the party would raise the renter's tax credit from $400 to $600 a year, with the full credit for households earning up to $80,000.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
This is the party's platform page. It does not name Alan Beesley, and voche.me found no statement by Alan Beesley that repeats it.
What still needs checking
Does Alan Beesley repeat this commitment during the campaign?
Party platform: time limits for rezonings and building permits
The platform page says the party would set provincial standards of six months for rezonings and eight weeks for building permits by January 1, 2028, and double BC Builds to 20,000 below-market homes by 2031.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
This is the party's platform page. It does not name Alan Beesley, and voche.me found no statement by Alan Beesley that repeats it.
What still needs checking
Does Alan Beesley repeat this commitment during the campaign?
The platform page says the party would set a 2030 milestone of emissions 20 percent below 2007 and create an independent Climate Accountability Office.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
This is the party's platform page. It does not name Alan Beesley, and voche.me found no statement by Alan Beesley that repeats it.
What still needs checking
Does Alan Beesley repeat this commitment during the campaign?
The platform page says the party would pursue negotiated modern treaties, protect private land and homeowners, and publish draft agreements at least 60 days before signing.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
This is the party's platform page. It does not name Alan Beesley, and voche.me found no statement by Alan Beesley that repeats it.
What still needs checking
Does Alan Beesley repeat this commitment during the campaign?
voche.me found no elected or appointed public office for this candidate in the sources read on 2026-10-18, and so found no voting record to review. BC Ballot says it found no earlier run by him in provincial, federal or local election records.
No reviewed entries have been added to this section yet. This is a research gap, not a finding about the candidate.
Recent appearances / Read and watch
Talks, interviews & statements
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Accountability / Findings, disputes and responses
Controversies & public scrutiny
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News coverage / Original publishers
Read the reporting
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Research / 7 linked sources
Check the evidence
Sources checked October 18, 2026. Official records establish decisions; campaign material establishes stated positions; reporting adds investigation and context. None alone establishes every claim.
His law career, his bar admissions, his Tofino businesses, his degrees and his volunteer roles come only from the party's page about him and were not checked with the Law Society of British Columbia, UBC, the Red Cross or any business record. An automated request to the Law Society's lawyer search returned an error page, so the bar admissions were not checked. voche.me found no campaign website, social media account, interview, debate or news report of his own. A news search for his name found only a South African politician with the same name. The party's news posts do not name him. All-candidates meetings in the district, campaign finances and endorsements were not found on this date. The questionnaire has not been sent.
Research status
What voche.me has checked
Evidence reviewed on 2026-10-18: the Elections BC candidate list (stamped October 18, 2026, 12:00 PM), key dates page and 2024 statement of votes; the CentreBC page about him, the party's candidates page, its 2026 platform page and a search of the party's news posts; BC Ballot's page for him and its list of debates; and news and web searches for his name.
His career and volunteer roles come only from the party's page about him and were not checked. An empty section records what voche.me did not find on this date.
03 / Background
Experience & community
More than ten years, by the party's account
Lawyer in Vancouver
The party's page says he practised law in Vancouver and was admitted to the bar in British Columbia in 1989 and in New York in 1991. It names no firm. voche.me has not checked this with the Law Society of British Columbia.
The party's page says he rezoned real estate in Tofino, owned and ran a fish buying station that made ice for the commercial fishery, and opened the Ice House Oyster Bar, a restaurant with 35 employees. voche.me has not checked this with any business record.
The party's page names a Red Cross site team lead role at Fraser Regional Correctional Centre and work as an international election observer in Ukraine. voche.me has not checked these with the Red Cross or the observer missions.
Proposed questions for a future interview. They have not been sent to the candidate, and no answers have been supplied.
What would you do first about the deficit, and by which year would you expect to see results?
No response has been submitted.
Which provincial rules for business would you remove, and what would that save?
No response has been submitted.
Which parts of the CentreBC platform do you support most for Vancouver-Langara, and where do you differ from it?
No response has been submitted.
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05 / About this page
Questions about this page
Facts voche.me can state about Alan Beesley's page itself, answered directly rather than left blank.
Is this an official page for Alan Beesley?
No. This page is researched by voche.me from public sources, listed below, and is separate from Alan Beesley's own campaign.
What party is Alan Beesley running with?
Alan Beesley is running for MLA with Centre BC.
Does Alan Beesley currently hold public office?
Not according to this profile. voche.me has not listed a current public office for Alan Beesley.
How many sources does this Alan Beesley profile cite?
This profile lists 5 sourced references, each with the date voche.me checked it, in the Sources section below.
Why do some questions on Alan Beesley's page show no answer?
The "Questions & answers" section on this page lists questions voche.me would put to Alan Beesley 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 Alan Beesley is running in?
The 2026 British Columbia election, including the MLA race, is decided on October 24, 2026.
06 / Candidate contributions
Space for campaign updates
No campaign updates yet
Announcements, event details and messages can be added here, with their source and publication date. No campaign submission has been added.
