MLA in West Vancouver-Capilano · BC provincial 2026
Caroline Elliott
Conservative Party of BC candidate for MLA in West Vancouver-Capilano, and runner-up in the party's 2026 leadership vote.
Caroline Elliott is the Conservative Party of BC candidate in West Vancouver-Capilano. She finished second to Kerry-Lynne Findlay in the party's May 2026 leadership vote, with 49.0 percent of points in the last round. She has not held elected office. As a leadership candidate she pledged to repeal DRIPA, end the BC Step Code and CleanBC, and add training spaces for doctors and nurses.
A researched record of the commitments Caroline Elliott made in 2026, most of them during her run for party leader, with the coverage of her West Vancouver-Capilano candidacy. voche.me found no elected office in her record, so it found no voting record to review.
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01 / Introduction
About Caroline Elliott
Elections BC lists Caroline Elliott as the Conservative Party of BC candidate in West Vancouver-Capilano. The party named her on September 25, 2026. On the same day it moved the district's sitting MLA, Lynne Block, to North Vancouver-Seymour, according to North Shore News.
She ran for leader of the Conservative Party of BC in 2026. The party's published results show she finished second to Kerry-Lynne Findlay in the fourth and last round, with 4,514.49 points (49.0 percent) to 4,696.51 (51.0 percent).
Before that she was a vice-president of BC United, the party earlier called the BC Liberals, according to Sitka Media and AM 1150. North Shore News reports that she was nominated as the BC United candidate in West Vancouver-Capilano for 2024 before that party stopped running candidates. Her name is not on the 2024 ballot results for the district, where Lynne Block won with 12,049 votes (46.67 percent).
The Prince George Citizen reports that she advised the provincial ministers of transportation and environment in the Gordon Campbell government and worked at BC Hydro on the early stages of the Site C dam. The party says she holds a doctorate in political science from Simon Fraser University. The Vancouver Sun reports that she is a senior fellow with the Aristotle Foundation for Public Policy.
voche.me has not contacted the campaign. Her commitments below come from her 2026 leadership campaign unless the entry says otherwise.
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 Sep 30
2026 · HousingCampaign pledge
End the BC Step Code
Said she would end the BC Step Code, the provincial building energy rules, as her first housing step. She said the rules can add up to $50,000 to the cost of a new home.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
She said this in May 2026 as a candidate for party leader, describing what she would do as premier. voche.me has not found a statement from her West Vancouver-Capilano campaign that repeats it. The source gives no date beyond "Day 1", no count of homes and no cost of the change.
What still needs checking
Does her 2026 MLA campaign repeat this, and what would replace the energy rules?
Said she would lower household costs by reversing what she called a tax increase of more than $4 billion in the NDP government's last budget.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
She said this in May 2026 as a candidate for party leader, describing what she would do as premier. voche.me has not found a statement from her West Vancouver-Capilano campaign that repeats it. The source does not name which taxes, and gives no date.
What still needs checking
Which tax changes would be reversed, and in which budget?
Named the reversal of the recent provincial sales tax expansion, which she put at $1.2 billion, as one of the first government policies she would undo.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
She said this in May 2026 as a candidate for party leader, describing what she would do as premier. voche.me has not found a statement from her West Vancouver-Capilano campaign that repeats it. The source gives no date and no cost of the change to the budget.
What still needs checking
Does her MLA campaign repeat this, and how would the lost revenue be replaced?
Said her goal would be to balance the provincial budget, ideally by the end of a first full term in government.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
She said this in May 2026 as a candidate for party leader, describing what she would do as premier. voche.me has not found a statement from her West Vancouver-Capilano campaign that repeats it. The source names no spending cuts or tax measures to reach balance.
What still needs checking
Which measures would close the deficit, and by how much each year?
Said she would replace the Metro Vancouver regional government with utilities that answer to the public, to save taxpayers money and make decisions easier to see.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
She said this in May 2026 as a candidate for party leader, describing what she would do as premier. voche.me has not found a statement from her West Vancouver-Capilano campaign that repeats it. The source gives no date, no cost and no plan for the services Metro Vancouver runs today.
What still needs checking
Which body would run water, sewage and garbage services, and how would it be governed?
Said she would appoint a cabinet minister responsible for economic growth, with the job of cutting rules and speeding up projects.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
She said this in May 2026 as a candidate for party leader, describing what she would do as premier. voche.me has not found a statement from her West Vancouver-Capilano campaign that repeats it. The source gives no date and no target for approval times.
What still needs checking
Which approval times would the minister be measured against?
Said British Columbia should look again at which ways of making electricity it allows, and questioned the rule against using natural gas to generate power.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
She said this in a May 2026 interview as a candidate for party leader. She named no bill, date or amount of power. voche.me has not found a statement from her West Vancouver-Capilano campaign that repeats it.
What still needs checking
Would she change the law on natural gas power, and by when?
Said she would end CleanBC, the provincial climate plan, and said British Columbia should instead supply resources with lower emissions to world markets.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
She said this in May 2026 as a candidate for party leader, describing what she would do as premier. voche.me has not found a statement from her West Vancouver-Capilano campaign that repeats it. The source gives no date and does not say what would replace the plan's emission targets.
What still needs checking
Which parts of CleanBC would end, and what emission targets would remain?
Said she would add training spaces for doctors and nurses at BC universities, give BC students priority, and remove barriers for Canadians who studied medicine abroad.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
She said this in May 2026 as a candidate for party leader, describing what she would do as premier. voche.me has not found a statement from her West Vancouver-Capilano campaign that repeats it. The source gives no number of spaces, no cost and no date.
What still needs checking
How many new spaces, at which schools, and at what cost?
Said she would recognize the credentials of qualified health workers from other provinces and from countries with similar systems, so they can work in BC.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
She said this in May 2026 as a candidate for party leader, describing what she would do as premier. voche.me has not found a statement from her West Vancouver-Capilano campaign that repeats it. The source gives no number of workers and no cost. It says "immediately" without a date.
What still needs checking
Which countries count as peer nations, and which regulator rules would change?
More addiction and mental health treatment centres
Said she would open more addiction and mental health treatment centres across the province, including a new use of the Riverview Hospital site, paid for by moving money from current programs in the Downtown Eastside and other places.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
She said this in May 2026 as a candidate for party leader, describing what she would do as premier. voche.me has not found a statement from her West Vancouver-Capilano campaign that repeats it. The source gives no number of centres or beds, no dollar amount and no date.
What still needs checking
How many beds, where, and which current programs would lose funding?
Said she would end public drug use and have police use the Mental Health Act to move people who use drugs in public and are in visible distress into care.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
She said this in May 2026 as a candidate for party leader, describing what she would do as premier. voche.me has not found a statement from her West Vancouver-Capilano campaign that repeats it. The source gives no date, no cost and no number of people or places.
What still needs checking
What change to the Mental Health Act or police direction would this need?
Said she would repeal the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act, the provincial law that adopts the UN declaration, and return to the rules for consultation used before it.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
She said this in May 2026 as a candidate for party leader, describing what she would do as premier. voche.me has not found a statement from her West Vancouver-Capilano campaign that repeats it. The source gives no date for the repeal bill.
What still needs checking
Does her MLA campaign repeat this, and what would replace the law's agreements already signed?
The National Post editorial board quotes her leadership platform as pledging to repeal parts of agreements with Indigenous governments that give a veto over public land, threaten private property or work against the public interest.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The words are from her platform as quoted by the National Post editorial board in April 2026. voche.me could not open the platform itself, because her leadership campaign site does not answer. The source names no agreement, date or cost.
What still needs checking
Which signed agreements hold the terms she would remove?
Her past roles come from reporting and from the party. The one dated action is a party role and earns no score.
Reported by independent news outlets
BC United representative in 2024 talks with the Conservatives
The Vancouver Sun reports that she represented BC United leader Kevin Falcon in the August 2024 talks with the BC Conservatives, after which BC United stopped running candidates. North Shore News reports that she helped arrange that deal.
Scope, limits and sources
The date marks the month the Sun names; the exact day is not given. A role in party talks is not a public office, so this entry earns no score.
Black Press Media reports that she declared her leadership bid in a video on social media and criticized what she called the government's "radical reconciliation" agenda. An Indo-Canadian Voice article quotes her on cost of living, housing, health care and public safety.
Written answers on housing, household costs, the economy, doctors, the budget, DRIPA and drug policy. Business in Vancouver says it condensed and edited the answers.
A column she wrote before her 2026 campaigns, arguing that provincial land agreements with Indigenous governments give them a veto over public land. It is earlier material and is not counted as a 2026 commitment.
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
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Reporting
North Shore News · Brent Richter
Conservatives move the sitting MLA so Elliott can run
Reports that the party moved sitting MLA Lynne Block to North Vancouver-Seymour and named Elliott in West Vancouver-Capilano.
Sources checked September 30, 2026. Official records establish decisions; campaign material establishes stated positions; reporting adds investigation and context. None alone establishes every claim.
No campaign website for her West Vancouver-Capilano run was found. Her leadership campaign site, winforbc.ca, did not answer on 2026-09-30, so her leadership platform was read only through quotes in reporting. Her X account (@NVanCaroline) and Facebook page could not be read without signing in, so no post 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 The Canadian Press calls him interim leader, so voche.me does not repeat that label. The party page says she is a board director of a group on property rights and public land use. The Public Land Use Society's board list, read on 2026-09-30, does not name her, so that role is left out. Her doctorate from Simon Fraser University and her work at BC Hydro and as a ministerial adviser are stated by the party and by reporting; voche.me has not checked them with SFU, BC Hydro or government records. Her 2026 statements as an MLA candidate, all-candidates meetings in the district, campaign finances and endorsements were not found on this date.
Research status
What voche.me has checked
Evidence reviewed on 2026-09-30: the Elections BC candidate list, the party's candidate, team and platform pages, the party's leadership results, the 2024 statement of votes, and reporting from North Shore News, The Canadian Press, Sitka Media, the Western Standard, Business in Vancouver, the Prince George Citizen, the Vancouver Sun, Juno News, the National Post, Black Press Media and AM 1150.
Most commitments on this page come from her 2026 run for party leader. No campaign website or statement from her West Vancouver-Capilano campaign was found, and her social media accounts could not be read. An empty section records what voche.me did not find on this date.
03 / Background
Experience & community
2026
Candidate for leader, Conservative Party of BC
Finished second of five in the May 30, 2026 vote, with 49.0 percent of points in the last round.
Reported by Sitka Media, AM 1150 and Black Press Media. North Shore News reports she was also nominated as the party's 2024 candidate in West Vancouver-Capilano.
Proposed questions for a future interview. They have not been sent to the candidate, and no answers have been supplied.
Which of your 2026 leadership pledges will you carry into your campaign in West Vancouver-Capilano?
No response has been submitted.
How many new training spaces for doctors and nurses would you fund, and at what cost?
No response has been submitted.
What would replace Metro Vancouver's water, sewage and garbage services, and who would run them?
No response has been submitted.
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05 / About this page
Questions about this page
Facts voche.me can state about Caroline Elliott's page itself, answered directly rather than left blank.
Is this an official page for Caroline Elliott?
No. This page is researched by voche.me from public sources, listed below, and is separate from Caroline Elliott's own campaign.
What party is Caroline Elliott running with?
Caroline Elliott is running for MLA with Conservative Party of BC.
Does Caroline Elliott currently hold public office?
Not according to this profile. voche.me has not listed a current public office for Caroline Elliott.
How many sources does this Caroline Elliott 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 Caroline Elliott's page show no answer?
The "Questions & answers" section on this page lists questions voche.me would put to Caroline Elliott 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 Caroline Elliott 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.
