MLA in Vancouver-South Granville · BC provincial 2026
Colin Smith
CentreBC candidate for MLA in Vancouver-South Granville. His party page says he owns a construction management firm in Kitsilano and wants affordability, attainable homeownership and effective health care.
Colin Smith is the CentreBC candidate in Vancouver-South Granville, one of five names on Elections BC's list stamped 9:00 PM PT on October 3, 2026, after nominations closed at 1 p.m. The only source that describes him is his CentreBC candidate page, so everything below about his work, studies and volunteering is the party's account. The page says he owns and operates a construction management firm in Kitsilano, has volunteered on community boards, and wants to work on affordability, attainable homeownership, responsible quality development, health care, education and community services. voche.me found no news report, own website or social account for him, and CentreBC has not yet published a platform.
A researched record of Colin Smith's candidacy in Vancouver-South Granville. Elections BC lists him with the affiliation CentreBC. The only source that describes him is his CentreBC candidate page, which is the campaign's own account, so its claims about his work, studies and volunteering are attributed to the party. The three positions below come from that page, and none names a measure, a cost or a date.
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 Colin Smith
Elections BC lists Colin Smith as the CentreBC candidate in Vancouver-South Granville. On the copy of the list stamped October 3, 2026 9:00:06 PM PT, which is after nominations closed at 1 p.m. that day, the district shows five candidates: Maria J Cruz (BC Green Party), Lara Honrado (BC NDP), Lisa Phillips (Conservative Party), Colin Smith (CentreBC) and Salvatore Vetro (OneBC).
His CentreBC candidate page says he owns and operates a construction management firm in Kitsilano and has an academic background in law, international relations and sociology. It says he volunteers and serves on community boards, including the Kitsilano Area Childcare Society, and has lived in the Vancouver-South Granville area for over 30 years. It names no firm, school, degree, dates or board role. voche.me has not checked any of this with a school, a company or a society.
The page says he is raising a young family and that he has seen drug paraphernalia where family outings used to be child friendly, and people experiencing homelessness, mental illness and addiction near school drop-offs with no meaningful solutions. It says his family struggles to find a family doctor, and that he questions whether his family can keep thriving in Vancouver. It describes nine years of NDP leadership, and the conservative governments before it, as having reduced quality of life, and says he wants a balanced approach to governance that delivers evidence-based solutions. These are the party's words about him.
voche.me has not contacted the campaign. CentreBC's policy page says the party is still writing its first policy areas, so no party platform item is listed for him.
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.
3 commitments shown · Checked Oct 3
2026 · HousingCampaign pledge
Affordability, attainable homeownership and responsible quality development
His CentreBC candidate page says he is running to champion affordability, attainable homeownership and responsible quality development.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
This is a statement on his candidate page, written by the party about him. It names no measure, amount or date.
What still needs checking
Which provincial measures would he use to make homes attainable?
No public office, board role, or court or regulator record is tied to him by any source voche.me opened. His work, studies and volunteering come from the party's page only, and voche.me found no independent report about him.
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
Biography and reasons for running on his CentreBC candidate page
The page, written in the third person, says he is running to champion affordability, attainable homeownership and responsible quality development, and describes his work, studies and volunteering. It names no policy measure. The page shows no publication date, so the date is the day voche.me read it.
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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No reviewed entries have been added to this section yet. This is a research gap, not a finding about the candidate.
Research / 6 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.
The name search was limited: the WebSearch tool had reached its usage limit, so voche.me read Google News result lists and the party's pages directly. Searches for his name with CentreBC and Vancouver-South Granville returned no report that names him. Bing returned unrelated results and DuckDuckGo showed a verification challenge. The party site's own search returned only his candidate page, and its News page does not name him. His party page links no website or social account for him, so none was read. A search for the Kitsilano Area Childcare Society returned one unrelated 2016 item, and no society page naming a board member was found, so his board role is unchecked. His construction management firm, his studies, his volunteering and his residence come from his party page and were not checked with a business registry, a school or the society. Colin Smith is a common name, so no record of any other Colin Smith was matched to him: no public record was attributed to him without a source that ties it to this candidate. CentreBC's policy page says its Policy Committee is still writing its first policy areas, so no party platform item was available. No event or all-candidates meeting for him was found. His page and the party's Our Team page show no publication date, so the dates below are the day voche.me read them. Nominations may still change the list. The questionnaire has not been sent.
Research status
What voche.me has checked
Evidence reviewed on 2026-10-03: the Elections BC candidate list and key dates page; CentreBC's candidate page for him, its Our Team, Our Policy and News pages. The name search was limited: the WebSearch tool had reached its usage limit, so voche.me read Google News result lists and the party's pages directly. Bing returned unrelated results, DuckDuckGo showed a verification challenge, and the party site's own search returned only his candidate page.
No news report, own website or public social account for him was found. His party page links none. He holds no public role on record in the profile, so no minutes were searched. Colin Smith is a common name, so no public record was attached to him without a source that ties it to this candidate. An empty section records what voche.me did not find on this date. The candidate may have published material that these searches did not reach.
03 / Background
Experience & community
Not dated
Owner and operator of a construction management firm in Kitsilano (party's description)
His CentreBC candidate page says he owns and operates a construction management firm in Kitsilano. It names no firm and gives no dates, so voche.me has not checked it with a business registry or a client.
Volunteer and community board service, including the Kitsilano Area Childcare Society (party's description)
The page says he takes pride in volunteering and serving on community boards, including the Kitsilano Area Childcare Society. It gives no role title or dates. voche.me has not checked it with the society.
Proposed questions for a future interview. They have not been sent to the candidate, and no answers have been supplied.
What does attainable homeownership mean to you in Vancouver-South Granville, and which provincial measures would you use to reach it?
No response has been submitted.
Which health care changes would you ask the Province to make first, and how would you pay for them?
No response has been submitted.
You describe a balanced approach to governance. Which current provincial policies would you keep, change or end?
No response has been submitted.
Have your own question?
Ask Colin Smith 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 Colin Smith's page itself, answered directly rather than left blank.
Is this an official page for Colin Smith?
No. This page is researched by voche.me from public sources, listed below, and is separate from Colin Smith's own campaign.
What party is Colin Smith running with?
Colin Smith is running for MLA with Centre BC.
Does Colin Smith currently hold public office?
Not according to this profile. voche.me has not listed a current public office for Colin Smith.
How many sources does this Colin Smith 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 Colin Smith's page show no answer?
The "Questions & answers" section on this page lists questions voche.me would put to Colin Smith 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 Colin Smith 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.
