BC Green Party candidate for MLA in Oak Bay-Gordon Head. Oak Bay councillor since November 2018 and Greater Victoria Public Library board chair in 2024.
Andrew Appleton is the BC Green Party candidate in Oak Bay-Gordon Head, one of four names on Elections BC's list at 2:00 PM PT on October 3, 2026, after nominations closed at 1 p.m. The District of Oak Bay lists him as a councillor since November 2018, re-elected in November 2022. He says he is not seeking re-election in the local election on October 17, and the party named him as its provincial candidate on September 29. In a statement to Oak Bay News he named housing affordability, active transportation and climate action as the work he has championed. voche.me found no provincial measure in his own words yet, so the commitments listed on this page are the BC Green Party's platform.
A researched record of Andrew Appleton's candidacy in Oak Bay-Gordon Head. Elections BC lists him with the affiliation BC Green Party. His public record is eight years on Oak Bay council and a term chairing the Greater Victoria Public Library board. The commitments below are the BC Green Party's platform, plus one statement of his own that names no measure.
On dates without a confirmed appearance the public schedule is unknown; the candidate may still have activities that day. This static page changes only when its research is updated.
01 / Introduction
About Andrew Appleton
Elections BC lists Andrew Appleton as the BC Green Party candidate in Oak Bay-Gordon Head. On the copy of the list stamped October 3, 2026 2:00:06 PM, which is after nominations closed at 1 p.m. that day, the district shows four candidates: Andrew Appleton (BC Green Party), Diana Gibson (BC NDP), Stan Sipos (Conservative Party) and Andrew Weaver (CentreBC). In 2024 Diana Gibson won the district for the BC NDP with 14,519 votes (49.10 percent). Stephen Andrew (Conservative Party) received 8,542 votes (28.89 percent) and Lisa Gunderson, the BC Green candidate, received 6,509 votes (22.01 percent), according to Elections BC's statement of votes.
The District of Oak Bay's council profile page lists Councillor Andrew Appleton with council service commenced in November 2018 and re-election in November 2022. Its 2026 appointments for him include the Greater Victoria Public Library Board and the Capital Regional District's Inter-Municipal Climate Action Steering Committee. On September 8, 2026 he wrote on his website that he had decided not to seek re-election, and the Times Colonist listed him on September 29 among three councillors not running on October 17. The party announced his provincial candidacy the same day.
News reports from 2024 name him as chair of the Greater Victoria Public Library board. The campaign says he held that post in 2023 and 2024, and that he chaired Oak Bay's Community Climate Action Working Group, which launched the Coolkit community climate program. voche.me has not checked the working group or Coolkit claims with the District of Oak Bay.
The party's candidate page says he has worked more than 25 years in environmental protection and conservation, at all four levels of government and for a decade in the non-profit sector. His council campaign website says he works as a regional manager in the province's Recreation Sites and Trails program, and in a 2022 Times Colonist questionnaire he said he worked for the provincial Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy in that branch. voche.me has not checked his employment or career history with an employer.
voche.me has not contacted the campaign. The party's candidate page lists no events and no platform of his own.
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.
8 commitments shown · Checked Oct 3
2026 · GovernanceCampaign pledge
Put Oak Bay-Gordon Head priorities first
His party candidate page quotes him saying: "I will keep Oak Bay-Gordon Head priorities front and centre, with a willingness to speak up on issues that matter to this community."
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
This is the campaign's own statement. It names no policy, number, cost or date, so no provincial measure can be checked against it.
What still needs checking
Which provincial measures does he name for the district?
The BC Greens platform page says the party's Fair Share Act would make the few hundred richest people in British Columbia pay their fair share, and that it would bring in a windfall tax on mega-corporations.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
This is the party's platform page. It does not name Andrew Appleton, and voche.me found no statement in his own words that repeats it.
What still needs checking
Does he repeat this commitment in his own campaign?
His offices have been municipal and library board posts. The District of Oak Bay lists him as a councillor since November 2018, re-elected in November 2022. Six dated actions come from independent news reports: five council votes or motions and one library board announcement. None is a provincial measure, so each is tagged other and earns no provincial score. voche.me opened no council or board minutes, and found no allegation, finding or lawsuit about him in the sources read.
Reported by an independent news outlet
Moved a Cadboro Bay Road bikeway ahead of a Henderson Road route
Victoria News reports that Councillor Appleton moved to replace the Henderson Road bikeway with a Cadboro Bay Road connection in Oak Bay's list of near-term projects. The motion was defeated, with Councillors Green, Watson and Paterson and Mayor Murdoch opposed.
Scope, limits and sources
A municipal vote with no provincial power behind it, so it earns no provincial score. voche.me has not opened the council minutes.
Library board ends overdue fines, with Appleton as board chair
The Times Colonist reports that the Greater Victoria Public Library would end overdue fines, clear existing fines and unblock suspended accounts from January 10, 2024. It names Appleton as board chair and quotes his statement on the goal of reducing barriers to using libraries.
Scope, limits and sources
The report names him as chair and as the author of a statement for the library. It does not say how he voted. voche.me has not opened the board minutes.
Put forward motions asking staff for tax projections at 8 and 10 percent
Oak Bay News reports that on February 23, 2026 council voted in favour of motions Appleton put forward. They direct staff to show what the district would cut to limit tax increases to 8 percent and to 10 percent. He had called the preliminary 11.3 percent increase a long-term untenable number for the community.
Scope, limits and sources
A municipal budget action. voche.me has not opened the council minutes.
Opposed draft rules limiting election signs to 10 locations
Oak Bay News reports that on May 19, 2026 council gave first reading (the first formal vote) to a draft bylaw limiting election signs on public property, and that Councillors Appleton, Smart and Watson opposed it.
Scope, limits and sources
The article names the three councillors who opposed the draft. The report quotes Councillor Watson's reasons and quotes no reasons from Appleton. voche.me has not opened the minutes.
Voted against denying a five-storey proposal on Cadboro Bay Road
Oak Bay News reports that council denied the application with Councillors Watson, Appleton and Smart opposed. He said the community plan reduced the density available on some lots, and supported sending the proposal back to staff.
Scope, limits and sources
A municipal land use vote. The article names the three councillors who opposed the denial. voche.me has not opened the minutes.
Moved approval of a temporary fire training permit with conditions
Oak Bay News reports that Appleton moved to approve the temporary use permit for firefighter training at a district-owned house, on condition that the district hold a public information session and look at options to increase site maintenance. The report says it passed unanimously.
Scope, limits and sources
The article describes the meeting held on July 27, 2026. voche.me has not opened the minutes.
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Statement
Statement on being named the BC Green candidate
Oak Bay News quotes him saying he has seen how provincial policies created issues for residents, and that as a councillor he championed housing affordability, active transportation and climate action.
He wrote on Bluesky that he was grateful to have the opportunity to have Oak Bay-Gordon Head "go Green again", and invited people to arrange a meeting with him to discuss the issues. The post time is 8:54 PM PT.
Bluesky post on a failed Union of BC Municipalities resolution
He wrote that he was disappointed a resolution to pursue a class action lawsuit against fossil fuel corporations failed, and asked how the argument about energy sovereignty works when the responsible corporations are large multinationals. voche.me did not open the resolution.
Website post: not seeking re-election as councillor
He wrote that after reflection he decided not to seek re-election as councillor, citing the time of holding a full-time job alongside council, and that he intends to stay engaged and advocate for issues important to residents.
Election 2026Campaign · Andrew Appleton (appleton4oakbay.ca)
Accountability / Findings, disputes and responses
Controversies & public scrutiny
Records are labelled by type, including official findings, civil proceedings and political disputes where applicable. Each entry identifies the response found in the sources and the latest status verified for this page.
No reviewed entries have been added to this section yet. This is a research gap, not a finding about the candidate.
News coverage / Original publishers
Read the reporting
A dated reading list from independent publishers. The headings below are voche.me summaries; follow each link for the original article, context and any corrections.
Reporting
Oak Bay News · staff, on Vancouver Island Free Daily
BC Greens announce councillor, journalist as provincial candidates in Greater Victoria
Reports that the party's leader announced him as the candidate in Oak Bay-Gordon Head and quotes his statement. The party's description of his record is attributed to the party.
His own answers to the Times Colonist's candidate questionnaire in the 2022 local election: housing, active transportation and sustainability as his top issues, and his work for a provincial ministry. These are his statements from 2022 and are not provincial campaign commitments.
Sources checked October 3, 2026. Official records establish decisions; campaign material establishes stated positions; reporting adds investigation and context. None alone establishes every claim.
The name search was limited: the WebSearch tool had reached its usage limit, so voche.me used Google News pages, the party's pages and his own website. Bing and DuckDuckGo returned no readable result list. His Instagram page (linked from the party's candidate page) showed no readable text and his LinkedIn page (linked from his website) refused the request (HTTP 999), so nothing from either is used. His campaign contact details exist on his website and are left out. No all-candidates meeting, event or endorsement for him in this district was found. The District of Oak Bay council and committee minutes and the Greater Victoria Public Library board minutes were not opened, so each vote above rests on one news report. His claims of chairing the Community Climate Action Working Group, launching Coolkit, working more than 25 years in environmental protection, serving with the Langley Environmental Partners Society, the Jericho Stewardship Group and the Greater Victoria Placemaking Network, and coaching with Bays United and Beacon Hill Little League come from the party's page or his website and were not checked with those bodies. His employment with the province comes from his own website and a 2022 questionnaire. The goals page on his website describes council goals, carries no date, and is cited only for the five-year route network statement. His Bluesky post of August 20, 2026 says a news story concerned a different Andrew Appleton; nothing about that person is used here. The party's plan page says the full platform is coming soon, and it does not name him. The questionnaire has not been sent.
Research status
What voche.me has checked
Evidence reviewed on 2026-10-03: the Elections BC candidate list, key dates page and 2024 statement of votes; the BC Green Party's candidate page for him, candidates page and plan page; the District of Oak Bay's council profiles page; his website, including the September 8, 2026 post and the goals page; his public Bluesky posts; and news reports from the Oak Bay News, Times Colonist and Victoria News. The name search was limited: the WebSearch tool had reached its usage limit, so voche.me used Google News pages and the party and candidate sites directly. Bing and DuckDuckGo returned no readable result list.
His Instagram page (linked from the party's candidate page) and LinkedIn page (linked from his website) could not be read, so nothing from either is used. Oak Bay council and library board minutes were not opened. His votes and motions come from news reports, each named in the entry. An empty section records what voche.me did not find on this date. The candidate may have published material that these searches did not reach.
03 / Background
Experience & community
November 2018 to 2026
Councillor, District of Oak Bay
The District of Oak Bay's council profile page lists council service commenced in November 2018 and re-election in November 2022. The Times Colonist reported his re-election on October 16, 2022. He says he is not seeking re-election on October 17, 2026.
Trustee and board chair, Greater Victoria Public Library
The Times Colonist named him board chair on January 3 and August 27, 2024. The District of Oak Bay lists the library board among his 2026 appointments. The campaign says he was chair in 2023 and 2024.
Chair, Community Climate Action Working Group, District of Oak Bay
The party's candidate page and the party's announcement say he chaired the working group, which launched the Coolkit community climate program. voche.me has not checked this with the District of Oak Bay.
The party's candidate page says he has worked more than 25 years in environmental protection and conservation, including roles at all four levels of government and a decade in the non-profit sector. voche.me has not checked this with an employer.
Proposed questions for a future interview. They have not been sent to the candidate, and no answers have been supplied.
Which provincial housing measure would you push for first as MLA for Oak Bay-Gordon Head, and how would it be paid for?
No response has been submitted.
Which provincial laws or budget lines would you change to help local councils build more housing and active transportation routes?
No response has been submitted.
Which parts of the BC Green Party plan matter most for this district, 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 Andrew Appleton's page itself, answered directly rather than left blank.
Is this an official page for Andrew Appleton?
No. This page is researched by voche.me from public sources, listed below, and is separate from Andrew Appleton's own campaign.
What party is Andrew Appleton running with?
Andrew Appleton is running for MLA with BC Green Party.
Does Andrew Appleton currently hold public office?
Yes. Andrew Appleton currently serves as Councillor, District of Oak Bay (says he is not seeking re-election on October 17, 2026).
How many sources does this Andrew Appleton profile cite?
This profile lists 8 sourced references, each with the date voche.me checked it, in the Sources section below.
Why do some questions on Andrew Appleton's page show no answer?
The "Questions & answers" section on this page lists questions voche.me would put to Andrew Appleton 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 Andrew Appleton 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.
