Centre BC candidate for MLA in Oak Bay-Gordon Head, who held the seat for the BC Green Party from 2013 to 2020.
Andrew Weaver is the CentreBC candidate in Oak Bay-Gordon Head. Elections BC records show he won the district for the BC Green Party in 2013 and 2017. Diana Gibson of the BC NDP won it in 2024 with 14,519 votes (49.10 percent). On his own site he says he is running because he disagrees with the early election call and admires party leader Elenore Sturko. He writes that housing policy should be planned with local governments, and he promises to explain his decisions openly. voche.me found no measure from him with a number, a cost or a date on 2026-10-01.
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A researched record of Andrew Weaver’s candidacy in Oak Bay-Gordon Head. Elections BC lists him with the affiliation CentreBC. His 2026 positions come from his own website and from reporting that quotes him. None names a measure with a number, a cost or a date.
No public appearance by the candidate was confirmed on 2026-10-01. The two voting dates come from Elections BC.
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Elections BC lists Andrew Weaver as the CentreBC candidate in Oak Bay-Gordon Head. On the list stamped October 1, 2026 02:00:07 PM, the other accepted nomination in the district is Diana Gibson of the BC NDP. Nominations close at 1 p.m. on October 3, 2026, so more candidates may be added. The Times Colonist list of Vancouver Island candidates, updated October 1, also names Andrew Appleton of the BC Green Party and Stan Sipos of the Conservative Party as running there.
Diana Gibson won the district in 2024 with 14,519 votes (49.10 percent), according to Elections BC’s statement of votes. Stephen Andrew of the Conservative Party received 8,542 votes (28.89 percent) and Lisa Gunderson of the BC Green Party received 6,509 (22.01 percent). A search of that statement for the name Weaver found no match.
The party’s release of 2026-09-23 says he represented Oak Bay-Gordon Head in the legislature from 2013 to 2020. That release ties this candidacy to the earlier term. The legislature’s member data lists one Andrew Weaver, for Oak Bay-Gordon Head, elected in 2013 and 2017, a member of the 40th Parliament (2013 to 2017) and the 41st Parliament (2017 to 2020). That data gives his party as Independent in both parliaments.
Elections BC’s statements of votes show him elected as the Green Party candidate both times. In 2013 he received 10,722 votes (40.43 percent). In 2017, under the ballot name Andrew John Weaver, he received 15,405 votes (52.20 percent). The Times Colonist reports that he led the BC Greens for the last five years of his time in office, and that in January 2020 he stepped down to sit as an independent and did not run again.
In 2019 he introduced two private member’s bills that passed third reading, according to the legislature’s transcripts. Bill M209 would let British Columbia companies incorporate as benefit companies, which commit in their rules to social and environmental goals. Bill M206 would let a tenant end a fixed-term lease when staying in the home is a threat to their safety.
He told The Tyee he joined CentreBC in December 2025 and decided to run the day before he announced it, after the MLAs who had come to CentreBC from the BC Conservatives went back to that party. On his own site he says the early election had no public-interest reason, that he admires Elenore Sturko for staying with CentreBC, and that he wants to return to helping constituents. In a later post he writes that he has always been a federal Liberal and that he no longer feels the BC Greens, under their current direction, represent him.
The University of Victoria lists him as a professor in Earth and Ocean Sciences. The Province’s list of Order of British Columbia members shows his appointment in 2008. The party says he was a lead author on four reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. voche.me has not checked those two claims with the bodies that would know. voche.me has not contacted the campaign.
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On his own site he writes that, if elected, he will put the community first, work for the collective good and explain his decisions openly.
In the post that announced his campaign he calls for a return to evidence-based decision-making, and says the legislature has become dysfunctional.
He writes that housing policy should bring the provincial government, local governments, builders and communities together to plan for growth, connected with transportation, water, sewer, schools and services. He says voters he meets while knocking on doors raise Bill 44 and the provincial government’s approach to housing, and that he shares their frustration.
In the same post he writes that the province needs more housing that younger people, working families and people on fixed incomes can afford.
The Times Colonist reports that he said he could not stand by and watch the BC NDP make an already “outrageous” $13.8 billion deficit larger.
In an opinion piece he wrote with Myles Allen, published on his site on 2026-02-09, before his candidacy, the authors argue that fossil fuel producers should be required to capture and store carbon dioxide as a condition of their licence, starting with a share and rising over time.
In a post of 2026-09-17, before his candidacy, he writes that governments should require independent safety checks, secure testing areas and prompt reporting of failures for the most powerful artificial intelligence systems.
He was the MLA for Oak Bay-Gordon Head from 2013 to 2020, according to the legislature and Elections BC. The two dated actions are private member’s bills he introduced in 2019, which the legislature’s transcripts show passing third reading.
He introduced Bill M209 on 2019-04-10. The transcript records him saying it adds a part to the Business Corporations Act so that companies can incorporate as benefit companies, which commit in their rules to social and environmental goals. The transcript of 2019-05-15 records that the bill was read a third time and passed unanimously on a division.
A private member’s bill from his earlier term as the Green MLA for Oak Bay-Gordon Head. The transcript names him as the member who introduced it. The names of each member who voted are in the Votes and Proceedings, which voche.me did not open.
He moved second reading of Bill M206 on 2019-05-14, saying he had introduced it on March 7. He said it lets a tenant end a fixed-term lease when staying in the rental unit is a threat to their safety or security. The committee reported it complete with amendments on 2019-05-29, and the transcript of 2019-05-30 records that it was read a third time and passed.
A private member’s bill from his earlier term. He said it was developed with West Coast LEAF and the Ending Violence Association of British Columbia. Those are his words in the transcript.
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He announced his candidacy to reporters in Oak Bay. The Times Colonist and The Tyee report that he said he had no campaign manager, financial agent or money, criticised the early election call, and praised Elenore Sturko. The Tyee quotes him saying he would criticise opponents on their records and avoid personal attacks.
A post on his own site giving his reasons for running: the early election call, the departure of NDP MLAs he worked with, his respect for Elenore Sturko, and his wish to serve constituents again. He commits to civility in the campaign.
A campaign post. He says he is collecting nomination signatures and still needs a financial agent, and he sets out his view on housing policy and Bill 44.
A campaign post on why he chose CentreBC. He writes that he has always been a federal Liberal, explains his 2024 support for Conservative candidate Stephen Andrew, and says he no longer feels the BC Greens represent him.
A campaign post that answers the claim that a vote for a small party splits the vote. He uses Elections BC turnout figures from 2009, 2013 and 2017 to argue that voters should choose the candidate they prefer.
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Report on his launch. It quotes him on starting with no money or campaign team, and on his view that the election was called for reasons other than United States tariffs.
Report on his candidacy with background on his years as Green MLA and on CentreBC leader Elenore Sturko.
Report on his return to provincial politics. It says that after he left the Green caucus he publicly criticised his former Green colleagues, and quotes him in May 2025 saying there was no rift.
Report that quotes him on why he decided to run, on Premier David Eby’s election call, on vote splitting, and on his praise for BC Green leader Emily Lowan. It says he joined CentreBC in December.
Report on his launch. It quotes him on the deficit and on “complete chaos in the province”, and notes that he supported Conservative candidate Stephen Andrew in the district in 2024.
Report on how parties chose candidates for the early election. Royal Roads professor David Black uses his late nomination as an example and says he doubts the party ran a full selection process.
Candidate list by district, updated October 1, 2026. It lists him for CentreBC in Oak Bay-Gordon Head with candidates of the BC Green Party, the BC NDP and the Conservative Party.
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CHEK News · Laura Brougham · September 23, 2026
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CentreBC has published no 2026 platform: its policy page says its Policy Committee is still writing its first policy areas. His views on health care, the cost of living, education, public safety, Indigenous reconciliation and transportation were not found in his 2026 posts or in reporting on 2026-10-01. His earlier term was read only in part: the 2019 and 2020 speech indexes and five transcripts from 2019. The speech indexes for 2013 to 2018, his recorded votes and the Votes and Proceedings that list who voted on his bills were not opened. Speeches from that term are not scored, because positions from an earlier term count only when a 2026 page repeats them. He writes that a later post will set out what he did from 2013 to 2020; it was not published on 2026-10-01. The party’s claims that he was a lead author on four reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and won the awards named on its page were not checked with those bodies. The dates of his leadership of the BC Greens come from reporting and the party release, not from a BC Green Party record. The reason he left the Green caucus in 2020 is not given here: the legislature record states no reason. His X and Facebook accounts, linked from his site, could not be read without signing in. A CTV News report of 2026-09-23 showed no article text to a direct read. Castanet and Business Examiner reports returned HTTP 403. No all-candidates meeting for the district in 2026 was found on 2026-10-01; the meetings found in a search were from 2024. Campaign finances and endorsements were not found. Nominations close October 3, 2026, so other candidates may still be added. The questionnaire has not been sent.
Evidence reviewed on 2026-10-01: the Elections BC candidate list and key dates page, the statements of votes for 2013, 2017 and 2024, the legislature’s member data, its 2019 and 2020 speech indexes and five transcripts from 2019, the CentreBC candidate, team, policy and news pages, the party’s release about him, his own website and its five posts from September 2026, his public Bluesky posts, the University of Victoria faculty list, the Order of British Columbia member list, and reports by The Tyee, the Times Colonist, Oak Bay News, Vista Radio and CHEK News.
His 2026 positions on this page come from his own website and from reporting that quotes him. CentreBC has published no 2026 platform. His positions from his earlier term are listed as part of his record and are not scored as 2026 commitments. An empty section records what voche.me did not find on this date.
The legislature’s member data lists him for Oak Bay-Gordon Head in the 40th and 41st Parliaments, elected in 2013 and 2017. Elections BC shows him elected as the Green Party candidate both times. The legislature data gives his party as Independent.
Legislative Assembly of BC, member pageReported by the Times Colonist and stated in the CentreBC release. voche.me did not open a BC Green Party record of the dates.
Times Colonist, 2026-09-24The university’s faculty list names him as a professor in Earth and Ocean Sciences. The Order of British Columbia citation from 2008 says he then held the Canada Research Chair in Climate Modelling and Analysis.
University of Victoria, faculty listThe Province’s member list shows the appointment in 2008, with Victoria as his city.
Province of BC, Order of British Columbia members T to ZHe told The Tyee he joined CentreBC in December 2025. voche.me has not seen a party record of the date.
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