Former MLA for Langley, running again for the BC NDP in Langley-Willowbrook.
Andrew Mercier was the MLA for Langley from 2020 to 2024 and served as Parliamentary Secretary for Skills Training and then as a minister of state, first for workforce development and then for sustainable forestry innovation. In 2024 he lost the new Langley-Willowbrook district to Conservative Jody Toor by 867 votes. In July 2026 the Premier's office named him the Premier's chief of staff. His 2026 campaign statements focus on United States tariffs and jobs.
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BC NDP2026
Andrew MercierBritish Columbia provincial election
Andrew MercierMLAv.
Candidate research / October 1, 2026
A researched record of Andrew Mercier's candidacy in Langley-Willowbrook for the BC NDP, with 8 commitments, 1 dated action, 5 public statements and 3 news items. One commitment is his own, from his 2026 campaign statement. The rest are the party's platform text.
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 Mercier
Elections BC lists Andrew Mercier as the BC NDP candidate in Langley-Willowbrook. The copy of the list voche.me read is stamped October 1, 2026 09:00:07 PM. It also lists Shubham Joshi (OneBC) and Jody Toor (Conservative Party) in the district.
He won the Langley district in the 2020 election with 11,089 votes (47.17 percent), according to the Elections BC statement of votes. The legislature's member record lists him as the BC NDP member for Langley in the 42nd Parliament.
In 2024 he ran in the new district of Langley-Willowbrook as the sitting member. Jody Toor of the Conservative Party won with 10,979 votes (48.24 percent). He had 10,112 votes (44.43 percent), and BC Green candidate Petrina Arnason had 1,670 (7.34 percent).
Government releases name him Parliamentary Secretary for Skills Training on November 26, 2020, Minister of State for Workforce Development on December 7, 2022, and Minister of State for Sustainable Forestry Innovation on January 15, 2024. As minister of state, he introduced Bill 38, the International Credentials Recognition Act, on October 23, 2023. The law received royal assent on November 8, 2023. It limits Canadian work experience rules and repeat English tests for people trained in other countries in the professions it covers.
A government release of July 20, 2026 says he was appointed chief of staff to Premier David Eby. The Langley Advance Times called him the Premier's chief of staff when his candidacy was announced on September 25, 2026. voche.me did not find a record of whether or when he left that job.
The legislature's member biography says he is a labour lawyer, worked as legal counsel for Teamsters Local Union No. 213, and was executive director of the BC Building Trades Council. It says he studied at the University of the Fraser Valley and holds a law degree from Dalhousie University. The Langley Advance Times reports that he once ran for office in Langley City. voche.me did not check these points with the employers, the schools or the City.
On October 29, 2024, Langley City Mayor Nathan Pachal thanked him for his service on behalf of council and credited him with work on SkyTrain to Langley City, child care, the expansion of Nicomekl Elementary and funding for the Fraser Highway One-Way. Those are the mayor's words.
voche.me has not contacted the campaign. His 2026 statements below come from news reporting and a BC NDP release.
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 1
2026 · EconomyCampaign pledge
Support workers and businesses hit by United States tariffs
In the statement that announced his candidacy on September 25, 2026, Mercier said working people in Langley feel the effects of United States tariffs and that the BC NDP has a plan to support workers and businesses, grow new markets for B.C. products and protect public services.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
His words, as quoted by the Langley Advance Times. He names no program, no dollar amount, no number and no date.
What still needs checking
Which tariff measure does Mercier name for Langley, with a cost and a date?
The BC NDP platform page lists protection from rising costs as one of its headings and says more than 560,000 renters get up to $400 from the renter's tax credit. The page does not name Mercier.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
Party text. voche.me found no 2026 statement by Mercier with a cost of living measure.
What still needs checking
Does Mercier name a cost of living measure during the campaign?
The BC NDP platform page lists health care as one of its headings and describes the hiring and training of doctors, nurses and other health workers. The page does not name Mercier.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
Party text. voche.me found no 2026 statement by Mercier on health care.
What still needs checking
Does Mercier speak on Langley Memorial Hospital or health care during the campaign?
The BC NDP platform page lists safe, inclusive communities as one of its headings and says the Province hired over 250 more RCMP officers. The page does not name Mercier.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
Party text. voche.me found no 2026 statement by Mercier on public safety.
What still needs checking
Does Mercier speak on public safety in Langley during the campaign?
The BC NDP platform page lists jobs and opportunity as one of its headings and gives a goal of $200 billion in major project investment by 2035. The page does not name Mercier.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
Party text. His own statement on tariffs and jobs is listed above as a separate entry.
What still needs checking
Does Mercier name an economic measure for Langley during the campaign?
Actions from his term as MLA for Langley from 2020 to 2024, where the legislature record or the law names him.
Law; royal assent on November 8, 2023
International Credentials Recognition Act (Bill 38)
As Minister of State for Workforce Development, Mercier introduced Bill 38 on October 23, 2023. He told the House it applies to 18 regulatory bodies and 29 professions, limits Canadian work experience requirements and repeat English tests, and creates a superintendent to enforce the rules.
Scope, limits and sources
The transcript records him presenting the bill and moving first reading. The law as published by BC Laws shows it as chapter 39 of 2023, assented to on November 8, 2023. The figures are from his speech.
Read original statements and reporting, or open the publisher’s video. A summary of a speech is labelled separately from a full recording.
Speech
Throne speech debate
As MLA for Langley, Mercier spoke on the SkyTrain extension to Langley, child care spaces at the Douglas Recreation Centre, an affordable rental building in Langley City and training for skilled trades.
Answering opposition questions on mill closures, Mercier said the government changed the Interior Appraisal Manual to speed up salvage of wildfire-damaged timber and that 30 BC Timber Sales licences were being prepared after the 2023 fires.
Press conference on Conservative candidates and the trade war
Mercier asked Conservative leader Lorne Doerkson to have Langley's three Conservative candidates retract and apologize for social media posts about the trade war and the Prime Minister.
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.
Campaign dispute
Call on Langley's Conservative candidates to retract trade war posts
At a press conference on September 29, 2026, Mercier named social media posts by Harman Bhangu, Misty Van Popta and Jody Toor about the trade war, the border and Prime Minister Mark Carney, and asked Lorne Doerkson to have them retract and apologize. The Langley Advance Times and a BC NDP release reported the call. This is one campaign criticizing another.
Candidate or party response
The Langley Advance Times report carried no reply from the three candidates to the call. At a joint event with them that day, Doerkson said he thinks Trump is a bully and argued that the NDP has done too little for people hurt by the trade war.
Verified status and limits
voche.me found no retraction or apology on 2026-10-01.
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
Langley Advance Times (Black Press) · Heather Colpitts
NDP candidate critical of Langley's three Tory MLAs trade war stance
Reports his press conference and Doerkson's remarks at a Conservative event in Langley the same day.
Sources checked October 1, 2026. Official records establish decisions; campaign material establishes stated positions; reporting adds investigation and context. None alone establishes every claim.
Aldergrove Star (Black Press) · Heather Colpitts · July 22, 2026
The party candidate list held 51 profiles on 2026-10-01 and none for Langley-Willowbrook. The address andrewmercier.bcndp.ca opens the Langley-Willowbrook riding page, which does not name him. voche.me found no campaign website of his own. His X, Facebook and Instagram pages show a login page to a direct read, so nothing from them is used. No portrait was found that the candidate, the campaign or the party published. The legislature's member data gives no start or end dates for his roles, so the start dates come from government releases and the end dates were not found. voche.me did not find a record of whether or when he left the job of chief of staff to the Premier. The speech indexes for 2022, 2023 and 2024 were read; three transcripts were opened, and the committee debates on Bill 38 were not read. The 2021 speech index, the vote records of his term and his estimates debates as minister of state were not read. Statements by the legislature's member biography about his schools, his past jobs and his community roles, and the report that he once ran for office in Langley City, were not checked with those bodies. Figures he gave in debate were not checked. voche.me found no 2026 statement by him on housing, health care, public safety, education or the environment. No all-candidates meeting in Langley-Willowbrook was found. Campaign finances and endorsements were not reviewed. Nominations close at 1 p.m. on October 3, 2026, so other candidates may still be added. The questionnaire has not been sent.
Research status
What voche.me has checked
Evidence reviewed on 2026-10-01: the Elections BC candidate list and key dates page, the 2020 and 2024 statements of votes, the legislature's member data, the legislature's speech indexes for 2022, 2023 and 2024, three transcripts from his term, the law on international credentials, four government releases, the BC NDP candidate list, releases page, platform page and Langley-Willowbrook page, a City of Langley news page, and three reports from Black Press papers.
His 2026 commitment on this page comes from his campaign statement as reported by the Langley Advance Times. The other commitments are the BC NDP's own text, and none of it names him. Sections with no entry record that voche.me found nothing on this date.
Proposed questions for a future interview. They have not been sent to the candidate, and no answers have been supplied.
Why are you running again in Langley-Willowbrook, and what would you do first as MLA?
No response has been submitted.
What would you ask the Province to fund for workers and businesses in Langley hurt by United States tariffs, and by when?
No response has been submitted.
What should the Province do for Langley Memorial Hospital and health care in Langley in the next term?
No response has been submitted.
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05 / About this page
Questions about this page
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Is this an official page for Andrew Mercier?
No. This page is researched by voche.me from public sources, listed below, and is separate from Andrew Mercier's own campaign.
What party is Andrew Mercier running with?
Andrew Mercier is running for MLA with BC NDP.
Does Andrew Mercier currently hold public office?
Not according to this profile. voche.me has not listed a current public office for Andrew Mercier.
How many sources does this Andrew Mercier 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 Andrew Mercier's page show no answer?
The "Questions & answers" section on this page lists questions voche.me would put to Andrew Mercier 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 Mercier is running in?
The 2026 British Columbia election, including the MLA race, is decided on October 24, 2026.
06 / Candidate contributions
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