BC Green Party candidate for MLA in Kootenay-Monashee, where BC NDP MLA Steve Morissette holds the seat.
Connie Larochelle is the BC Green Party candidate in Kootenay-Monashee. Her party page describes her as a retired public servant, researcher and community volunteer who lives in Trail and retired in 2020 as a Senior Research Advisor with the provincial government. The page names food security, land and water, and responsible use of natural resources as her focus, and it states no measure, cost or date. voche.me found no elected office held by her on 2026-10-03.
A researched record of Connie Larochelle's 2026 candidacy in Kootenay-Monashee. Her own campaign has published one statement of its focus, on the party's candidate page. The party commitments below come from the BC Green Party's Our Plan page and carry the party's name, because no statement of hers repeats them.
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 Connie Larochelle
Elections BC lists Connie Larochelle as the BC Green Party candidate in Kootenay-Monashee. The copy of the list read on 2026-10-03, stamped October 3, 2026 1:00:06 PM, which is after nominations closed at 1 p.m., shows three accepted nominations in the district: Connie Larochelle of the BC Green Party, Warren Mirko of the Conservative Party and Steve Morissette of the BC NDP.
In 2024 Steve Morissette won Kootenay-Monashee for the BC NDP with 10,202 votes (52.04 percent), according to the Elections BC statement of votes. Glen Byle of the Conservative Party received 7,616 votes (38.85 percent) and Donovan Cavers of the BC Green Party received 1,785 votes (9.11 percent). The surname Larochelle does not appear in the 2024 statement. The Trail Times called Morissette the district's incumbent on September 28, 2026.
The BC Green Party's candidate page says she is a retired public servant, researcher and community volunteer who lives in Trail. It says she spent her career with the provincial government and retired in 2020 as a Senior Research Advisor in Victoria. It says she holds a Master of Arts in Environment and Management from Royal Roads University and a Bachelor of Natural Resource Sciences from Thompson Rivers University, and that she was a finalist in the Institute of Public Administration of Canada's Policy Pitch competition for work on business intelligence tools in the public service. These are the party's statements. voche.me has not checked the employment, the degrees or the finalist placement with the province, the universities or the Institute.
The same page says that since retiring she has focused her community involvement on food security and practical sustainability. It lists advocating for urban hens in Trail, organizing an annual Pumpkins for Farmers delivery and promoting hügelkultur gardening (growing plants on buried wood to hold water) as examples. These are also the party's statements, and voche.me found no news report or public record that confirms them.
The page says she is running to bring her public service, environmental research and community advocacy to the Legislature, with a focus on sustainability, responsible resource management and practical solutions for local communities. It names no bill, budget amount, number or date. voche.me has not contacted the campaign.
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.
7 commitments shown · Checked Oct 3
2026 · ClimateCampaign pledge
Bring sustainability and responsible resource management to the Legislature
Her party page says she is running to bring her public service, environmental research and community advocacy into the Legislature, with a focus on sustainability, responsible resource management and practical solutions for local communities.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The statement is on the BC Green Party's candidate page, written about her in the third person. It names no bill, budget amount, number or date.
What still needs checking
Does the campaign publish a measure, a cost or a date for this focus?
The BC Green Party's Our Plan page says the party would build and protect 26,000 permanently affordable, non-market homes a year and make it easier and quicker to build all forms of housing.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
This is the BC Green Party's Our Plan page. It does not name Connie Larochelle, and voche.me found no statement in her own words that repeats it.
What still needs checking
Does she repeat this commitment in her own campaign?
Party platform: limit ownership of large farmland parcels
The Trail Times reports that the BC Green platform on food security includes limiting Agricultural Land Reserve parcels larger than four hectares to citizens and permanent residents, and making food sovereignty part of the Agricultural Land Commission's mandate.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The Trail Times report of October 2, 2026 describes the party's announcement by its leader. It does not name Connie Larochelle, and voche.me found no statement in her own words that repeats it.
What still needs checking
Does she repeat this commitment in her own campaign?
voche.me found no elected office held by this candidate in the sources read on 2026-10-03, so no minutes or voting record was reviewed. Her past work comes from the BC Green Party's candidate page, which is the campaign's own statement.
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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Accountability / Findings, disputes and responses
Controversies & public scrutiny
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News coverage / Original publishers
Read the reporting
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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.
Trail Times · Lauren Collins, Black Press · October 2, 2026
The party's candidate page is the only source of her biography. It states her provincial government career, two degrees, a Policy Pitch finalist placement and three volunteer activities, and voche.me has not confirmed any of them with the province, the universities, the Institute of Public Administration of Canada, the City of Trail or a news report. She has no website of her own that voche.me could find, and the party page links only to the party's accounts. The party's Our Plan page says the full platform is coming soon and does not name her. The Trail Times report of September 28, 2026 on the BC NDP incumbent and the Trail Times report of October 2, 2026 on BC Green food production and toxic drug policies do not name her. The name search was limited because the search tool's usage limit was reached. voche.me searched the Trail Times, Nelson Star, Castlegar News, Castlegar Source and BC Green Party sites by name, tried Bing, Google and DuckDuckGo pages, which returned unrelated results or no results, and tried the City of Trail site for urban hens, which returned documents that do not name her. Results for the surname alone on local news sites were hockey reports about a goalie named Larochelle and a 2015 concert notice for Cecile Larochelle. No source ties any of them to this candidate, so none is used. No interview, all-candidates meeting, endorsement or campaign finance return was found on this date. The questionnaire has not been sent.
Research status
What voche.me has checked
Evidence reviewed on 2026-10-03: the Elections BC candidate list stamped October 3, 2026 1:00:06 PM, the 2024 statement of votes, the Elections BC key dates page, her candidate page on the BC Green Party site, the party's Our Plan page, a Trail Times report of September 28, 2026 on the BC NDP incumbent and a Trail Times report of October 2, 2026 on two BC Green platform announcements.
She has no website of her own that voche.me could find, and the party page links to no personal social media account. Her commitments on this page come from that party page and from the party platform. The party's Our Plan page says the full platform is coming soon and does not name her. An empty section records what voche.me did not find on this date.
Senior Research Advisor, provincial government, Victoria
The party page says she spent her career with the provincial government and retired in 2020 from this role. voche.me has not checked the dates or the title with the province.
Finalist, Policy Pitch competition, Institute of Public Administration of Canada
The party page says she was a finalist for work on business intelligence tools in the public service. voche.me found no page from the Institute that confirms it.
Community volunteer on food security and sustainability
The party page lists advocacy for urban hens in Trail, an annual Pumpkins for Farmers delivery and promotion of hügelkultur gardening. voche.me found no news report or public record that confirms these activities.
Proposed questions for a future interview. They have not been sent to the candidate, and no answers have been supplied.
Which provincial rule or law would you change first to protect farmland and water in Kootenay-Monashee, and by when?
No response has been submitted.
What would you ask the BC Green caucus to do first to bring more people in Kootenay-Monashee a family doctor, and by when?
No response has been submitted.
How would you pay for the party's promise of 26,000 non-market homes a year, and how many of them should be built in Kootenay-Monashee?
No response has been submitted.
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05 / About this page
Questions about this page
Facts voche.me can state about Connie Larochelle's page itself, answered directly rather than left blank.
Is this an official page for Connie Larochelle?
No. This page is researched by voche.me from public sources, listed below, and is separate from Connie Larochelle's own campaign.
What party is Connie Larochelle running with?
Connie Larochelle is running for MLA with BC Green Party.
Does Connie Larochelle currently hold public office?
Not according to this profile. voche.me has not listed a current public office for Connie Larochelle.
How many sources does this Connie Larochelle 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 Connie Larochelle's page show no answer?
The "Questions & answers" section on this page lists questions voche.me would put to Connie Larochelle 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 Connie Larochelle 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.
