--- title: "Carolyn Hofbauer: candidate for MLA in Surrey-Fleetwood, BC provincial 2026 | voche.me" canonical_url: "https://voche.me/bc/provincial-2026/candidates/carolyn-hofbauer" last_updated: "2026-10-10T04:04:50.595Z" meta: description: "Carolyn Hofbauer is the OneBC candidate in Surrey-Fleetwood. Four other candidates are on the Elections BC list for the district, including Jagrup Brar of..." "og:description": "Carolyn Hofbauer is the OneBC candidate in Surrey-Fleetwood. Four other candidates are on the Elections BC list for the district, including Jagrup Brar of..." "og:title": "Carolyn Hofbauer: candidate for MLA in Surrey-Fleetwood, BC provincial 2026" "twitter:description": "Carolyn Hofbauer is the OneBC candidate in Surrey-Fleetwood. Four other candidates are on the Elections BC list for the district, including Jagrup Brar of..." "twitter:title": "Carolyn Hofbauer: candidate for MLA in Surrey-Fleetwood, BC provincial 2026" --- ** MLA in Surrey-Fleetwood · BC provincial 2026 # Carolyn Hofbauer OneBC candidate for MLA in Surrey-Fleetwood, who says she grew up in Surrey, is a former head chef and manages a family business. Carolyn Hofbauer is the OneBC candidate in Surrey-Fleetwood. Four other candidates are on the Elections BC list for the district, including Jagrup Brar of the BC NDP, who won it in 2024. Her OneBC page describes her as a lifelong Surrey resident, a former head chef and a manager of a family business. It states no policy position of her own. voche.me found no public office held by her and no earlier run for office on 2026-10-03. Explore the record Public schedule Researched by voche.me · Not a campaign-authored page OneBC2026 ![Carolyn Hofbauer, from the OneBC candidate page.](https://voche.me/bc/provincial-2026/images/candidates/carolyn-hofbauer-640.webp) *Carolyn HofbauerMLAv.* [Image: OneBC](https://1bc.ca/candidates/chofbauer) Candidate research / October 3, 2026 A researched record of Carolyn Hofbauer's OneBC candidacy in Surrey-Fleetwood, her OneBC candidate page and the OneBC platform. voche.me found no public office held by her, so it found no voting record to review, on 2026-10-03. **10**Commitments **1**News articles **9**Sources Public schedule / Through election day ## Where can you hear Carolyn Hofbauer? No public appearance by the candidate was confirmed on 2026-10-03. The two voting dates come from Elections BC. Checked October 3, 2026 · All event times are Pacific time. Recheck the organizer before travelling. - [2026 provincial election: key dates](https://elections.bc.ca/2026-provincial-election/)Official record · Elections BC
View every date through Oct 24 1. Oct 9No appearance confirmed 2. Oct 10No appearance confirmed 3. Oct 11No appearance confirmed 4. Oct 12No appearance confirmed 5. Oct 13No appearance confirmed 6. Oct 14No appearance confirmed 7. Oct 15No appearance confirmed 8. Oct 16Voting day 9. Oct 17No appearance confirmed 10. Oct 18No appearance confirmed 11. Oct 19No appearance confirmed 12. Oct 20No appearance confirmed 13. Oct 21No appearance confirmed 14. Oct 22No appearance confirmed 15. Oct 23No appearance confirmed 16. Oct 24Voting day
### Voting dates - Oct 16Advance voting opens - Oct 24Final Voting Day At official British Columbia voting places. These dates apply to every voter and are not candidate appearances. [Find your voting place](https://elections.bc.ca/2026-provincial-election/where-to-vote/) - [2026 provincial election: key dates](https://elections.bc.ca/2026-provincial-election/)Official record · Elections BC 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 Carolyn Hofbauer Elections BC lists Carolyn Hofbauer as the OneBC candidate in Surrey-Fleetwood. On the copy of its candidate list stamped October 3, 2026 at 4:00 p.m., four other candidates are accepted in the district: Tim Binnema (BC Green Party), Jagrup Brar (BC NDP), Paul Brar (CentreBC) and Garry Purewal (Conservative Party). The Surrey Now-Leader reported on September 28, 2026 that OneBC had announced her as its candidate. Jagrup Brar won Surrey-Fleetwood in 2024 with 9,923 votes (48.61 percent). Avtar Gill of the Conservative Party had 9,170 votes (44.92 percent) and Tim Binnema of the BC Green Party had 1,321 votes (6.47 percent). No candidate named Hofbauer appears in the district's 2024 results. BC Ballot, a candidate tracker, shows no previous run on record for her. Her OneBC page says she grew up in Surrey's Newton neighbourhood, attended Frank Hurt Secondary School and later studied music, English and history at what is now Kwantlen Polytechnic University. It says she worked as a substitute teacher during those years. It says she worked as a chef at Fresgo Inn, then as head chef at The Vault Restaurant in Cloverdale for nearly a decade, and that she now manages BC Firearms Academy with her husband, a family business. The page says her involvement in politics began in college, and that she has since volunteered on campaigns, knocked on doors, made calls and worked in campaign offices. It does not name the campaigns. It says she is running to bring her experience as a mother, small business owner and lifelong Surrey resident to provincial politics. voche.me has not confirmed her education, her jobs or her business role with the schools, employers or registries that would hold those records. voche.me has not contacted the campaign. Read the sources Promises / Commitments and evidence ## Commitments and the available evidence. 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. 10 commitments shown · Checked Oct 3 2026 · EconomyCampaign pledge ### Cut taxes by 25 percent (party platform) OneBC's priorities page lists: 25 percent tax cuts for every tax bracket, including corporate tax.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
This is the party's platform. The page does not name Carolyn Hofbauer, and her own candidate page does not repeat it. voche.me found no statement in which she repeats it.
What still needs checking
Does she support this, and how would the lost revenue be replaced?
- [Our Priorities page](https://1bc.ca/priorities)Campaign · OneBC 2026 · HousingCampaign pledge ### Cut the provincial sales tax by 2 points (party platform) OneBC's priorities page lists: 2 percentage points off the provincial sales tax.
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Evidence reviewed
This is the party's platform. The page does not name Carolyn Hofbauer, and her own candidate page does not repeat it. voche.me found no statement in which she repeats it.
What still needs checking
Does she support this, and from what date?
- [Our Priorities page](https://1bc.ca/priorities)Campaign · OneBC 2026 · EconomyCampaign pledge ### Audit the province's regulations (party platform) OneBC's priorities page lists: an audit of British Columbia's more than 176,000 regulations to reduce what it calls bureaucratic bloat.
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Evidence reviewed
This is the party's platform. The page does not name Carolyn Hofbauer, and her own candidate page does not repeat it. voche.me found no statement in which she repeats it.
What still needs checking
Does she support this, and which regulations affect small employers most?
- [Our Priorities page](https://1bc.ca/priorities)Campaign · OneBC 2026 · EconomyCampaign pledge ### Balanced budget in 4 years (party platform) OneBC's priorities page lists: balanced budgets within 4 years, with part of later surpluses used to pay down debt.
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Evidence reviewed
This is the party's platform. The page does not name Carolyn Hofbauer, and her own candidate page does not repeat it. voche.me found no statement in which she repeats it.
What still needs checking
Does she support this, and which spending would change?
- [Our Priorities page](https://1bc.ca/priorities)Campaign · OneBC 2026 · Public servicesCampaign pledge ### Private health care beside public care (party platform) OneBC's priorities page lists: private health care alongside fully funded public health care, and moving administration and human resources spending to frontline employees.
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Evidence reviewed
This is the party's platform. The page does not name Carolyn Hofbauer, and her own candidate page does not repeat it. voche.me found no statement in which she repeats it.
What still needs checking
Does she support this, and what would it mean for hospitals in Surrey?
- [Our Priorities page](https://1bc.ca/priorities)Campaign · OneBC 2026 · EducationCampaign pledge ### Standardized testing in schools (party platform) OneBC's priorities page lists: bringing back standardized testing in reading, writing and mathematics, and removing SOGI 123 and politicized content from classrooms.
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Evidence reviewed
This is the party's platform. The page does not name Carolyn Hofbauer, and her own candidate page does not repeat it. voche.me found no statement in which she repeats it.
What still needs checking
Does she support this, and from which school year?
- [Our Priorities page](https://1bc.ca/priorities)Campaign · OneBC 2026 · Public safetyCampaign pledge ### End safe supply and consumption sites (party platform) OneBC's priorities page lists: an end to safe supply and drug consumption programs, a roll back of decriminalization, and involuntary drug rehabilitation and housing for the severely addicted.
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Evidence reviewed
This is the party's platform. The page does not name Carolyn Hofbauer, and her own candidate page does not repeat it. voche.me found no statement in which she repeats it.
What still needs checking
Does she support this, and what treatment would be offered in Surrey?
- [Our Priorities page](https://1bc.ca/priorities)Campaign · OneBC 2026 · Public safetyCampaign pledge ### Firearms owners and the federal buy-back (party platform) OneBC's priorities page lists: no provincial participation in any federal buy-back or confiscation program for legally acquired firearms, provincial legal representation for firearms owners, and a provincial firearms storage program.
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Evidence reviewed
This is the party's platform. The page does not name Carolyn Hofbauer, and her own candidate page does not repeat it. voche.me found no statement in which she repeats it.
What still needs checking
Does she support this, and how would a provincial storage program be run and paid for?
- [Our Priorities page](https://1bc.ca/priorities)Campaign · OneBC 2026 · GovernanceCampaign pledge ### Repeal DRIPA (party platform) OneBC's priorities page lists: repeal DRIPA and declare UNDRIP to have no force and effect in BC. The page uses these short names and does not spell them out.
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Evidence reviewed
This is the party's platform. The page does not name Carolyn Hofbauer, and her own candidate page does not repeat it. voche.me found no statement in which she repeats it.
What still needs checking
Does she support this, and what would happen to agreements already signed?
- [Our Priorities page](https://1bc.ca/priorities)Campaign · OneBC 2026 · HousingCampaign pledge ### End the Step Code (party platform) OneBC's priorities page lists: eliminate the Step Code, which the page says raises housing costs with unnecessary green building requirements.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
This is the party's platform. The page does not name Carolyn Hofbauer, and her own candidate page does not repeat it. voche.me found no statement in which she repeats it.
What still needs checking
Does she support this, and what would replace the rules?
- [Our Priorities page](https://1bc.ca/priorities)Campaign · OneBC City programs / Scope and delivery ## Policies, budgets & programs Her work history comes from her own OneBC page. voche.me found no dated public action by her on 2026-10-03, so no record entry earns a score. 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 Read original statements and reporting, or open the publisher’s video. A summary of a speech is labelled separately from a full recording. No reviewed entries have been added to this section yet. This is a research gap, not a finding about the candidate. 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. September 28, 2026Reporting Surrey Now-Leader · Tom Zillich ### OneBC announces Hofbauer in Surrey-Fleetwood Lists the candidates in the Surrey ridings. For Surrey-Fleetwood it says OneBC has announced Carolyn Hofbauer as its candidate, and gives no other detail about her. - [B.C. votes: Who's running in Surrey ridings Oct. 24 and what happened last election](https://surreynowleader.com/2026/09/28/b-c-votes-whos-running-in-surrey-ridings-oct-24-and-what-happened-last-election/)Reporting · Surrey Now-Leader · Tom Zillich Research / 9 linked sources ## Check the evidence Sources checked October 3, 2026. Official records establish decisions; campaign material establishes stated positions; reporting adds investigation and context. None alone establishes every claim.
Official record 3 sources - Provincial candidate list Elections BC - 2026 provincial election: key dates Elections BC - Statement of Votes, 2024 provincial general election Elections BC
Campaign 4 sources - Candidate page: Carolyn Hofbauer OneBC - Candidates page OneBC - Home page OneBC - Our Priorities page OneBC
Reporting 1 sources - B.C. votes: Who's running in Surrey ridings Oct. 24 and what happened last election Surrey Now-Leader · Tom Zillich · September 28, 2026
Event listing 1 sources - Surrey-Fleetwood: candidates, last MLA and how to vote BC Ballot
No campaign website was found by search or on the OneBC pages. The OneBC pages link only to the party's own social media accounts, and voche.me found no account of hers that a page ties to this candidacy. A Facebook search address returned HTTP 404. Four full web search engines could not be used for her name on this date: DuckDuckGo returned a challenge page, Bing returned unrelated pages, Mojeek returned HTTP 403 and Brave returned HTTP 429. The name search used Google News, which found one report of her candidacy, and direct reads of the party, Elections BC, Surrey Now-Leader and BC Ballot pages. A Google News search also returned an obituary for a person named Carolyn Hofbauer in Illinois. It has no stated link to this candidate and voche.me left it out. Her OneBC page says she manages BC Firearms Academy. voche.me read the home page of bcfirearmsacademy.ca, which describes a firearms safety course school with a location in Surrey. The page does not name her, so voche.me could not confirm her role. Her education, her jobs, the campaigns she volunteered on, her positions on the OneBC platform, all-candidates meetings in Surrey-Fleetwood, campaign finances and endorsements were not found on this date. Research status ## What voche.me has checked Evidence reviewed on 2026-10-03: the Elections BC candidate list, the 2024 statement of votes, Elections BC's page of key dates, OneBC's candidate page on her, its candidates, home and priorities pages, the Surrey Now-Leader report of September 28, 2026 and the BC Ballot page for the district. No campaign website or social media account of hers was found. The statements about her life and work are on her OneBC page and are the campaign's account. voche.me could not use a full web search engine for her name on this date, so the name search used a news search and direct page reads. An empty section records what voche.me did not find on this date. 03 / Background ## Experience & community 2026 ### OneBC candidate, Surrey-Fleetwood Listed by Elections BC with the affiliation OneBC. The Surrey Now-Leader reported on September 28, 2026 that OneBC had announced her as its candidate. [Elections BC candidate list](https://www.elections.bc.ca/docs/fin/GE-2026-10-24-Candidate-Website-Report.PDF) Before 2026 ### Chef, then head chef at The Vault Restaurant, Cloverdale Her OneBC page says she worked as a chef at Fresgo Inn and then as head chef at The Vault Restaurant in Cloverdale for nearly a decade. voche.me has not confirmed these jobs with the employers. [OneBC candidate page](https://1bc.ca/candidates/chofbauer) Before 2026 ### Manager, BC Firearms Academy Her OneBC page says she manages BC Firearms Academy, a family business, with her husband. voche.me has not confirmed this with a business registry or the business. [OneBC candidate page](https://1bc.ca/candidates/chofbauer) Before 2026 ### Campaign volunteer Her OneBC page says she has volunteered on campaigns, knocked on doors, made calls and worked in campaign offices. It names no campaign or year. [OneBC candidate page](https://1bc.ca/candidates/chofbauer) 04 / Questions & answers ## Questions for the candidate Proposed questions for a future interview. They have not been sent to the candidate, and no answers have been supplied.
Which provincial measure would you introduce first to help small employers, and at what cost? No response has been submitted.
Which parts of the OneBC priorities do you support in your own words, and which would you change? No response has been submitted.
Which campaigns have you volunteered on, and in which years? No response has been submitted.
### Have your own question? Ask Carolyn Hofbauer directly. We send it to the campaign, and publish the reply here if we get one. 05 / About this page ## Questions about this page Facts voche.me can state about Carolyn Hofbauer's page itself, answered directly rather than left blank.
Is this an official page for Carolyn Hofbauer? No. This page is researched by voche.me from public sources, listed below, and is separate from Carolyn Hofbauer's own campaign.
What party is Carolyn Hofbauer running with? Carolyn Hofbauer is running for MLA with OneBC.
Does Carolyn Hofbauer currently hold public office? Not according to this profile. voche.me has not listed a current public office for Carolyn Hofbauer.
How many sources does this Carolyn Hofbauer profile cite? This profile lists 4 sourced references, each with the date voche.me checked it, in the Sources section below.
Why do some questions on Carolyn Hofbauer's page show no answer? The "Questions & answers" section on this page lists questions voche.me would put to Carolyn Hofbauer 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 Carolyn Hofbauer 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. ## Sources & transparency - [Elections BC · provincial candidate list ](https://www.elections.bc.ca/docs/fin/GE-2026-10-24-Candidate-Website-Report.PDF)Checked October 3, 2026 - [OneBC · candidate page ](https://1bc.ca/candidates/chofbauer)Checked October 3, 2026 - [Surrey Now-Leader · Who's running in Surrey ridings ](https://surreynowleader.com/2026/09/28/b-c-votes-whos-running-in-surrey-ridings-oct-24-and-what-happened-last-election/)Checked October 3, 2026 - [Elections BC · 2024 statement of votes ](https://elections.bc.ca/docs/rpt/statement-of-votes-2024-provincial-election.pdf)Checked October 3, 2026 Missing information does not imply a candidate’s position. [Read our editorial standards.](https://voche.me/bc/provincial-2026/about) Campaign contact ## Campaign links & contact. Find the candidate’s website, social accounts and contact information. [OneBC candidate page](https://1bc.ca/candidates/chofbauer) ## View more candidates. [All candidate spaces ](https://voche.me/bc/provincial-2026/candidates) [MLA**A'aliya Warbus**](https://voche.me/bc/provincial-2026/candidates/a-aliya-warbus) [MLA**Abraham Nordine**](https://voche.me/bc/provincial-2026/candidates/abraham-nordine) Candidate Q&A ## Ask Carolyn Hofbauer a question. Give your name, email and question. We send it to the campaign, and publish their answer here if we get one. ## Sitemap See the full [sitemap](/bc/provincial-2026/sitemap.md) for all pages.