MLA in West Vancouver-Sea to Sky · BC provincial 2026
Ayla Dumais
Conservative Party of BC candidate for MLA in West Vancouver-Sea to Sky, named by the party on September 24, 2026.
Ayla Dumais is the Conservative Party of BC candidate in West Vancouver-Sea to Sky, and Elections BC lists her nomination as accepted. Her campaign website names four priorities: cost of living, property rights, health care and education. It says she would cut taxes for middle class British Columbians and repeal DRIPA, the initials of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act. Prophet River First Nation described her as one of its members in a 2024 profile. The party says she works as a policy and stakeholder relations advisor in the Office of the Leader of the Official Opposition. voche.me found no number, cost or date in her commitments on 2026-10-01.
A researched record of Ayla Dumais's 2026 candidacy in West Vancouver-Sea to Sky. Her campaign website lists commitments under four headings, and two of them name a step the legislature can take: a tax cut and the repeal of an act. voche.me found no number, cost or date.
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01 / Introduction
About Ayla Dumais
Elections BC lists Ayla Dumais as the Conservative Party candidate in West Vancouver-Sea to Sky. The copy of the list read on 2026-10-01, stamped October 1, 2026 12:00:07 PM, shows two accepted nominations in the district: Ayla Dumais and Jeremy Valeriote of the BC Green Party. Nominations close at 1 p.m. on October 3, 2026, so more candidates may be added.
The Western Standard reports that the party's account on X named her as its candidate at 5 p.m. Pacific time on Thursday, September 24, 2026. A Canadian Press report published on September 26 says she will run against Jeremy Valeriote, whom it calls the incumbent MLA. The Western Standard also reports that CentreBC named Dan Wood in the district on September 25. The Elections BC copy read on October 1 did not yet show him.
The party's candidate page says she was raised in Squamish and is a member of Prophet River First Nation. The First Nation published a profile of her on March 22, 2024 that calls her a member. That profile says she was then a first-year student at the University of British Columbia, planned a degree in political science, and had been accepted into the Conservative Party of Canada internship program, with a summer placement in the Opposition Leader's Office in Ottawa. The profile names Squamish and Woodfibre LNG, as the party page does, and the Western Standard treats the 2024 profile as being about this candidate.
The party says she works in the Office of the Leader of the Official Opposition as a Policy and Stakeholder Relations Advisor, on subjects that include Indigenous relations, property rights, natural resources and the environment. The party page does not say whether that office is federal or provincial. The Western Standard describes it as work under the federal Conservative leader, Pierre Poilievre. The party also says she worked before that in community relations at Woodfibre LNG in Squamish. voche.me has not checked these jobs with the employers.
Her campaign website lists commitments under four headings. Under cost of living it lists a stop to what it calls inflationary spending by the current government, tax cuts for middle class British Columbians, and the removal of regulations it calls unnecessary. Under property rights it lists repealing DRIPA, protecting access to Crown land and public parks, and working directly with First Nations. It also lists commitments on health care and on schools. The site gives no number, cost or date for any of them.
In the 2024 election Jeremy Valeriote won West Vancouver-Sea to Sky with 10,438 votes (38.08 percent), according to Elections BC's statement of votes. Yuri Fulmer, the Conservative Party candidate that year, received 9,762 votes (35.61 percent), and Jen Ford of the BC NDP received 7,213 votes (26.31 percent). voche.me searched the whole statement for the name Dumais and found no match.
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17 commitments shown · Checked Oct 1
2026 · HousingCampaign pledge
Speak for affordability
Her campaign website says she will speak for the district on affordability, and that her campaign is for younger British Columbians who worry that they cannot stay in the province. The site lists spending, taxes and regulation under the heading Cost of Living, and those three are recorded as their own commitments.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
Her own campaign website, read on 2026-10-01. The sentence names no price, rate, rebate, number, cost or date.
What still needs checking
Which cost would she lower first, by how much and by when?
Her campaign website says she would cut taxes for middle class British Columbians.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
Her own campaign website, under the heading Cost of Living. The legislature sets tax rates, so the pledge names a step the legislature can take. The site does not say which tax, what income counts as middle class, the size of the cut, its cost or its date.
What still needs checking
Which tax would be cut, by how much, and what would it cost the budget?
Her campaign website says she would repeal DRIPA. Those letters are the initials of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act. The provincial government's page on the act says it became law in November 2019 and makes the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples the basis for the Province's work on reconciliation.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
Her own campaign website, under the heading Property Rights. Repealing an act takes a bill in the legislature, so the pledge names a step the legislature can take. The site does not spell out the name of the act, and gives no date and no replacement.
What still needs checking
What would replace the act, and when would a repeal bill be introduced?
Her campaign website says she would protect access to Crown land and public parks. A post on her campaign account on X, dated September 25, says she is ready to defend property rights.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
Her own campaign website and her campaign account on X. Neither names a law, a rule, a number, a cost or a date. This subject is outside the eleven scored issues, so it earns no score.
What still needs checking
Which rule on access to Crown land would she change or keep?
Her campaign website lists three health care points: better access to family doctors and primary care, shorter waits for diagnosis, specialists and treatment, and more health care capacity as communities grow.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
Her own campaign website, under the heading Healthcare. It names no program, number of doctors, wait time, cost or date.
What still needs checking
Which measure would bring more family doctors to the district, and by when?
Academic achievement, openness with parents and school buildings
Her campaign website lists three education points: put academic achievement, literacy and numeracy first, tell parents what is being taught, and make sure there are enough school buildings as the population grows.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
Her own campaign website, under the heading Education. It names no program, school, number, cost or date.
What still needs checking
Which schools in the district need new space, and how would she fund it?
The party's platform page lists a plan titled Get BC Building, described as a plan to end the housing shortage and make life more affordable. The page says the platform is coming soon and does not name Dumais.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
Party text. voche.me found no 2026 statement by Dumais on housing. The page gives no measure, number, cost or date.
What still needs checking
Does the party publish the plan, and does Dumais speak on housing?
The party's platform page lists a plan titled Putting Patients First, on access to care and wait times. The page says the platform is coming soon and does not name Dumais.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
Party text. Her own health care commitments are listed separately. The page gives no measure, number, cost or date.
The party's platform page lists a plan titled Safe and Secure, described as a plan to restore public safety and confidence in the justice system. The page says the platform is coming soon and does not name Dumais.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
Party text. voche.me found no 2026 statement by Dumais on public safety. The page gives no measure, number, cost or date.
The party's platform page lists a plan titled A Free and Prosperous BC that says the party will encourage investment and grow living standards. The page says the platform is coming soon and does not name Dumais.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
Party text. Her own commitment on regulation is listed separately. The page gives no measure, number, cost or date.
The party's platform page lists a plan titled Powering BC, for what it calls a clean and affordable energy future. The page says the platform is coming soon and does not name Dumais.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
Party text. voche.me found no 2026 statement by Dumais on climate or energy. The page gives no measure, number, cost or date.
Conservative Party of BC plan on economic reconciliation
The party's platform page lists a plan titled Economic Reconciliation, Healthy Communities, for partnerships, economic development and respect for Indigenous governance. The page says the platform is coming soon and does not name Dumais.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
Party text. Her own commitments on DRIPA and on work with First Nations are listed separately. The page gives no measure, number, cost or date.
voche.me found no public office held by this candidate in the sources read on 2026-10-01, so no voting record was reviewed. Her past roles come from the party's candidate page and from a 2024 profile by Prophet River First Nation.
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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Statement
Posts on X after the party named her
Two posts on her campaign account dated September 25. One says she is ready to defend property rights and to speak for the future of young people. The other says she and party leader Lorne Doerkson will work for change in the district.
A post on her campaign account says she is honoured to represent the North Shore and West Vancouver-Sea to Sky, and calls October 24 a chance for change. It shares a post by Lynne Block about four Conservative candidates on the North Shore.
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
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Reporting
Western Standard · Alex Zoltan
Party names her in West Vancouver-Sea to Sky
Campaign report that records the party's account naming her on September 24, repeats the party's description of her, and gives the 2024 result in the district. It carries no quote from her.
Canadian Press names her as the Conservative candidate
A report on Caroline Elliott's candidacy that says in one sentence the Conservatives nominated Dumais to run against Jeremy Valeriote. It carries no quote from her.
Campaign report that cites the March 2024 Prophet River First Nation profile of her as a university student and describes her as a First Nations candidate on the Conservative slate. It carries no quote from her.
A profile on the First Nation's website that calls her a member, says she was a first-year student at the University of British Columbia, and says she was accepted into the Conservative Party of Canada internship program for the summer of 2024.
Sources checked October 1, 2026. Official records establish decisions; campaign material establishes stated positions; reporting adds investigation and context. None alone establishes every claim.
The Canadian Press, on CHEK News · September 26, 2026
Her campaign website, ayladumais.ca, has two pages: a home page and a volunteer page. Its two "Learn more" buttons opened no further page on 2026-10-01. The site gives no number, cost or date for any commitment. Her campaign account on X lists 7 posts and showed three of them to a direct request without signing in, so the others were not read. Her Instagram and Facebook accounts showed only a sign-in page, and her LinkedIn profile returned HTTP 999, so nothing from them is used. The party's candidate page labels her "Interim Conservative Party Leader". The party's own team page names Lorne Doerkson as leader and lists Dumais only as the West Vancouver-Sea to Sky candidate, so voche.me does not repeat that label. Her job in the Office of the Leader of the Official Opposition and her earlier work at Woodfibre LNG are stated by the party; voche.me has not checked them with the employers, and the party page does not say whether the office is federal or provincial. Her university studies come from a 2024 profile by Prophet River First Nation; voche.me found no source that says whether she finished a degree. A second 2024 post on the First Nation's website about her internship is a message from a relative, and voche.me does not use it. A 2017 Squamish Chief article names a Grade 6 student called Ayla Dumais. No page read on this date says that student is this candidate, so the article is left out of the profile. A post on X by the account @bobzimmermp asks voters in the district to vote for her. voche.me did not confirm who holds the account, so the page does not describe the post. The search pages of the Squamish Chief, Pique Newsmagazine and the North Shore News returned HTTP 403, so those sites were not searched for her name. Searches of the Squamish Reporter and CityNews Vancouver sites for her surname showed no article about her. No interview or news story that quotes her was found. The party's platform page says the platform is coming soon and does not name her, and the party news page does not name her. All-candidates meetings in West Vancouver-Sea to Sky, campaign finances and endorsements were not found on this date. Nominations close 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 2024 statement of votes, her campaign website, the party's candidate, team, platform and news pages, her campaign account on X, a 2024 profile published by Prophet River First Nation, three Western Standard campaign reports, a Canadian Press report, and the provincial government's page on the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act.
Her campaign website has two pages and gives no number, cost or date. Her Instagram and Facebook accounts showed only a sign-in page, and LinkedIn returned HTTP 999. The search pages of the Squamish Chief, Pique Newsmagazine and the North Shore News returned HTTP 403, so voche.me could not search those three sites for her name. An empty section records what voche.me did not find on this date.
03 / Background
Experience & community
2026, by the party's account
Policy and Stakeholder Relations Advisor, Office of the Leader of the Official Opposition
Stated by the party, which does not say whether the office is federal or provincial. The Western Standard describes it as work under the federal Conservative leader. voche.me has not checked it with the employer.
Accepted into the Conservative Party of Canada internship program
A profile published by Prophet River First Nation on March 22, 2024 says she was accepted into the program and would spend that summer working in the Opposition Leader's Office in Ottawa.
The same profile says she was a first-year student who planned a degree in political science. voche.me found no source on 2026-10-01 that says whether she finished the degree.
Proposed questions for a future interview. They have not been sent to the candidate, and no answers have been supplied.
Which taxes would you cut, by how much and by when?
No response has been submitted.
What would replace the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act if it were repealed?
No response has been submitted.
Which measure would you support to improve access to family doctors in the Sea to Sky area, and by when?
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 Ayla Dumais?
No. This page is researched by voche.me from public sources, listed below, and is separate from Ayla Dumais's own campaign.
What party is Ayla Dumais running with?
Ayla Dumais is running for MLA with Conservative Party of BC.
Does Ayla Dumais currently hold public office?
Not according to this profile. voche.me has not listed a current public office for Ayla Dumais.
How many sources does this Ayla Dumais 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 Ayla Dumais's page show no answer?
The "Questions & answers" section on this page lists questions voche.me would put to Ayla Dumais 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 Ayla Dumais 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.
