--- title: "Chantel Gibbs: candidate for MLA in Vernon-Lumby, BC provincial 2026 | voche.me" canonical_url: "https://voche.me/bc/provincial-2026/candidates/chantel-gibbs" last_updated: "2026-10-10T04:05:08.197Z" meta: description: "Chantel Gibbs is on Elections BC's list of accepted nominations for Vernon-Lumby with the affiliation OneBC. OneBC's page on her says she was born and rais..." "og:description": "Chantel Gibbs is on Elections BC's list of accepted nominations for Vernon-Lumby with the affiliation OneBC. OneBC's page on her says she was born and rais..." "og:title": "Chantel Gibbs: candidate for MLA in Vernon-Lumby, BC provincial 2026" "twitter:description": "Chantel Gibbs is on Elections BC's list of accepted nominations for Vernon-Lumby with the affiliation OneBC. OneBC's page on her says she was born and rais..." "twitter:title": "Chantel Gibbs: candidate for MLA in Vernon-Lumby, BC provincial 2026" --- ** MLA in Vernon-Lumby · BC provincial 2026 # Chantel Gibbs OneBC candidate for MLA in Vernon-Lumby. Her campaign says she is a chartered professional accountant from Vernon. Chantel Gibbs is on Elections BC's list of accepted nominations for Vernon-Lumby with the affiliation OneBC. OneBC's page on her says she was born and raised in Vernon, holds two degrees from Trinity Western University and has been a chartered professional accountant since 2016. voche.me found no policy statement from her, no website of her own and no news report about her beyond the candidate list. Kevin Acton (Conservative Party) and Harwinder Sandhu (BC NDP) are the other candidates on the list. Explore the record Public schedule Researched by voche.me · Not a campaign-authored page OneBC2026 ![Chantel Gibbs, from the OneBC candidate page.](https://voche.me/bc/provincial-2026/images/candidates/chantel-gibbs-640.webp) *Chantel GibbsMLAv.* [Image: OneBC](https://1bc.ca/candidates/cgibbs) Candidate research / October 3, 2026 A researched record of Chantel Gibbs's OneBC candidacy in Vernon-Lumby. voche.me found one page about her, written by OneBC, and no statement of policy from her. The commitments listed are the party's. **5**Commitments **1**News articles **7**Sources Public schedule / Through election day ## Where can you hear Chantel Gibbs? 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 Chantel Gibbs Elections BC lists Chantel Gibbs as a candidate in Vernon-Lumby with the affiliation OneBC. The list shows nominations that Elections BC has accepted, and nominations stayed open until 1 p.m. on October 3, 2026. The Vernon Morning Star published the three Vernon-Lumby names on October 3, 2026: Kevin Acton (Conservative Party), Chantel Gibbs (OneBC) and Harwinder Sandhu (BC NDP). OneBC's page on her, read on 2026-10-03, says she was born and raised in Vernon, finished school there and went to Trinity Western University, where she earned a B.A. in Business Administration and a B.Sc. in Chemistry. It says she obtained her CPA, CGA designation in 2016 and lived and worked in Vancouver for a number of years before returning to Vernon in 2024. These are the campaign's statements. voche.me has not checked them against the university or the accountants' member directory. The same page says she has volunteered through her local church and Toastmasters and serves as a volunteer director with the Canadian National Christian Foundation. It says her family has a long connection to Vernon through their business and has supported local organizations, including Vernon Jubilee Hospital and Vernon Search and Rescue, through large donations. Those are also the party's words, and voche.me found no second source for them. The page says she describes her motivation as giving voters an alternative to the established parties and stating truly conservative views openly and consistently through the campaign, whatever the result. It names no policy of hers. The commitments listed on this page are OneBC's platform. 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. 5 commitments shown · Checked Oct 3 2026 · EconomyCampaign pledge ### Cut income taxes by 25 percent (party platform) OneBC's priorities page lists: 25% tax cuts for every single tax bracket, including corporate.
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This is the party's platform. The priorities page does not name Chantel Gibbs, and voche.me found no statement in which she repeats it.
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Does she support this, and by what date?
- [Our Priorities page](https://1bc.ca/priorities)Campaign · OneBC 2026 · HousingCampaign pledge ### Cut the PST by 2 points (party platform) OneBC's priorities page lists: 2% off the Provincial Sales Tax (PST).
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This is the party's platform. The priorities page does not name Chantel Gibbs, and voche.me found no statement in which she repeats it.
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Does she support this, and by what date?
- [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 an aim towards running surplus budgets, and a portion of surpluses put towards debt repayment.
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This is the party's platform. The priorities page does not name Chantel Gibbs, and voche.me found no statement in which she repeats it.
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Does she support this, and by what date?
- [Our Priorities page](https://1bc.ca/priorities)Campaign · OneBC 2026 · Public servicesCampaign pledge ### Private health care alongside public (party platform) OneBC's priorities page lists: private healthcare alongside fully-funded public healthcare, and a shift of administration and human resources spending to frontline employees and resources.
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This is the party's platform. The priorities page does not name Chantel Gibbs, and voche.me found no statement in which she repeats it.
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Does she support this, and by what date?
- [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 that is raising housing costs with unnecessary green building requirements.
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This is the party's platform. The priorities page does not name Chantel Gibbs, and voche.me found no statement in which she repeats it.
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Does she support this, and by what date?
- [Our Priorities page](https://1bc.ca/priorities)Campaign · OneBC City programs / Scope and delivery ## Policies, budgets & programs No public office is on record in this profile, so there is no voting record or minutes to review. 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. October 3, 2026Reporting Vernon Morning Star · Logan Lockhart ### Candidates finalized in 2 Vernon-area ridings for B.C. snap election Lists the three finalized Vernon-Lumby candidates: Kevin Acton (Conservative Party), Chantel Gibbs (OneBC) and Harwinder Sandhu (BC NDP). The article gives no other detail about her. - [Candidates finalized in 2 Vernon-area ridings for B.C. snap election](https://vernonmorningstar.com/2026/10/03/candidates-finalized-in-2-vernon-area-ridings-for-b-c-snap-election/)Reporting · Vernon Morning Star Research / 7 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 2 sources - Provincial candidate list Elections BC - 2026 provincial election: key dates Elections BC
Campaign 4 sources - Chantel Gibbs candidate page OneBC - Candidates page OneBC - Home page OneBC - Our Priorities page OneBC
Reporting 1 sources - Candidates finalized in 2 Vernon-area ridings for B.C. snap election Vernon Morning Star
No website of her own, public social media account, news report beyond the list of local candidates, or all-candidates meeting naming Chantel Gibbs was found on 2026-10-03. Her degrees, her accountant's designation, her volunteer director role and her family's donations come only from OneBC's page on her and were not confirmed by the university, the accountants' member directory (it needs a user agreement and a form, and was not searched), the foundation's website (it shows no board list) or the organizations named. The name search was limited because the search tool had reached its usage limit; it was run through public search pages (Bing returned results about other subjects, DuckDuckGo showed a challenge page, Google returned no results page) and the Vernon Morning Star's news pages. Castanet's search returned HTTP 403. Her positions on issues, endorsements and campaign finances were not found. Any public record under the same name was left out because no source opened in this review ties it to the candidate. Research status ## What voche.me has checked Evidence reviewed on 2026-10-03: the Elections BC candidate list (it shows Chantel Gibbs in Vernon-Lumby as OneBC), OneBC's candidates, priorities and home pages and its page on her, the Vernon Morning Star's list of local candidates, and Elections BC's key dates page. No website or public social media account of her own was found, and the name search was limited: the search tool used for earlier candidates had reached its usage limit, so the name was searched through public search pages and the sites above. Those searches returned no page about her beyond the ones cited. The accountants' member directory needs a user agreement and a form, and was not searched. An empty section records what voche.me did not find on this date. The candidate may still have pages that these searches did not reach. 03 / Background ## Experience & community 2026 ### OneBC candidate, Vernon-Lumby Listed by Elections BC as an accepted nomination with the affiliation OneBC, and named on OneBC's candidates page. [Elections BC candidate list](https://www.elections.bc.ca/docs/fin/GE-2026-10-24-Candidate-Website-Report.PDF) 2016 onward ### Chartered professional accountant (CPA, CGA) OneBC's page on her says she obtained the designation in 2016. voche.me has not checked it against the accountants' member directory. [OneBC candidate page](https://1bc.ca/candidates/cgibbs) Before 2026 ### B.A. in Business Administration and B.Sc. in Chemistry, Trinity Western University According to OneBC's page on her. voche.me has not checked the degrees with the university. [OneBC candidate page](https://1bc.ca/candidates/cgibbs) Current ### Volunteer director, Canadian National Christian Foundation According to OneBC's page on her. The foundation's public website opened on 2026-10-03 shows no board list, so the role is unconfirmed. The page also says she has volunteered through her local church and Toastmasters. [OneBC candidate page](https://1bc.ca/candidates/cgibbs) 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 of OneBC's priorities would you work on first for Vernon-Lumby? No response has been submitted.
What would you change about health care in the North Okanagan, and by when? No response has been submitted.
Which provincial taxes would you cut, and which services would you pay for with the remaining revenue? No response has been submitted.
### Have your own question? Ask Chantel Gibbs 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 Chantel Gibbs's page itself, answered directly rather than left blank.
Is this an official page for Chantel Gibbs? No. This page is researched by voche.me from public sources, listed below, and is separate from Chantel Gibbs's own campaign.
What party is Chantel Gibbs running with? Chantel Gibbs is running for MLA with OneBC.
Does Chantel Gibbs currently hold public office? Not according to this profile. voche.me has not listed a current public office for Chantel Gibbs.
How many sources does this Chantel Gibbs 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 Chantel Gibbs's page show no answer? The "Questions & answers" section on this page lists questions voche.me would put to Chantel Gibbs 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 Chantel Gibbs 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 · Chantel Gibbs candidate page ](https://1bc.ca/candidates/cgibbs)Checked October 3, 2026 - [OneBC · candidates page ](https://1bc.ca/candidates)Checked October 3, 2026 - [OneBC · priorities page ](https://1bc.ca/priorities)Checked October 3, 2026 - [Vernon Morning Star · candidates finalized in 2 Vernon-area ridings ](https://vernonmorningstar.com/2026/10/03/candidates-finalized-in-2-vernon-area-ridings-for-b-c-snap-election/)Checked October 3, 2026 - [Elections BC · 2026 provincial election, key dates ](https://elections.bc.ca/2026-provincial-election/)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/cgibbs) ## 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 Chantel Gibbs 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.