Conservative Party of BC candidate for MLA in Peace River North, with 36 years of work in the oil and gas industry, by the party's account.
Curtis Whitford is the Conservative Party of BC candidate in Peace River North. The party named him on September 27, 2026. He has not held elected office and was not on the 2024 ballot. The party says he has worked 36 years in oil and gas in Northeast BC. voche.me found no statement of his own campaign commitments on 2026-09-30.
A researched record of Curtis Whitford's 2026 candidacy. voche.me found no elected office in his record, so it found no voting record to review, and no commitment in his own words was found on this date.
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01 / Introduction
About Curtis Whitford
Elections BC lists Curtis Whitford as the Conservative Party of BC candidate in Peace River North. Energeticcity.ca reports that the party announced him on September 27, 2026. He runs against the sitting MLA, Jordan Kealy, who won the district for the Conservatives in 2024 and now runs as an Independent.
The party says he has lived in Fort St. John and Northeast BC through his career, with 36 years in the oil and gas industry. By the party's account he started in oilfield construction and maintenance, trained as a fourth class power engineer at SAIT in Calgary, and later worked as a field operator, in gas plant operations, in oilfield waste management and as a regional manager with an oilfield engineering firm.
The party also says he joined the board of a local co-operative serving the Fort St. John area, and that he coached and sat on the board of minor hockey and served as Transportation Director for the Regional Trackers hockey program. CJDC-TV reports the same roles. voche.me has not checked them with the co-operative or the hockey program.
His name is not in the 2024 statement of votes. In 2024 Jordan Kealy won Peace River North with 11,213 votes (74.36 percent).
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.
1 commitments shown · Checked Sep 30
2026 · EconomyCampaign pledge
Party plan: grow LNG production
CJDC-TV reports that the Conservative Party of BC plans to double the province's LNG production by 2032 and triple it by 2035, through faster project approvals, new infrastructure and more partnerships with First Nations.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
This is the party's plan as CJDC-TV describes it in its report on his candidacy. The report does not quote him on it, and voche.me has not found a statement in which he repeats it. The report gives no cost.
What still needs checking
Does he state this plan as his own, and which projects in Peace River North would it include?
His past roles come from the party and from reporting. None is a public office, so none earns a score.
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Accountability / Findings, disputes and responses
Controversies & public scrutiny
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News coverage / Original publishers
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Reporting
Energeticcity.ca · Caitlin Coombes
Three candidates in Peace River North
Reports that the party announced him on September 27, and names Jordan Kealy and Wayne Bell as the other two candidates who had announced by September 28.
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 was found by search or on the party page, and three likely web addresses did not answer. The party candidate page links only to the party's own social media accounts, and no personal account of his was found, so no post is used. The party's platform page says the platform is coming soon and does not name him. No party news release naming him was found; the party announcement of September 27, 2026 was read only through Energeticcity.ca and CJDC-TV. The party candidate page labels him "Interim Conservative Party Leader". The party's own team page names Lorne Doerkson as leader, so voche.me does not repeat that label. His 36 years in oil and gas, his SAIT training, his co-operative board seat and his hockey roles come from the party, and CJDC-TV repeats them; voche.me has not checked them with SAIT, the co-operative or the hockey program. Energeticcity.ca reported in October 2024 that a Curtis Whitford of the Fort St. John Petroleum Association moderated the 2024 Peace River North all-candidates forum. No source read on this date says that person is this candidate, so the role is left out. Energeticcity.ca says it has asked all candidates for interviews; none with him was published by this date. 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 and key dates, the 2024 statement of votes, the party's candidate, team and platform pages, and reporting from Energeticcity.ca and CJDC-TV.
No campaign website, personal social media account or statement in his own words was found on this date. The party's platform page says the full platform is coming soon. An empty section records what voche.me did not find on this date.
03 / Background
Experience & community
36 years, by the party's account
Oil and gas industry, Northeast BC
The party lists work in oilfield construction and maintenance, as a field operator, in gas plant operations, in oilfield waste management and as a regional manager with an oilfield engineering firm.
Proposed questions for a future interview. They have not been sent to the candidate, and no answers have been supplied.
What are your top three commitments for Peace River North, and how would you pay for each?
No response has been submitted.
Which parts of the party's plan to grow LNG production would affect Northeast BC, and by when?
No response has been submitted.
Which co-operative board do you sit on?
No response has been submitted.
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05 / About this page
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Is this an official page for Curtis Whitford?
No. This page is researched by voche.me from public sources, listed below, and is separate from Curtis Whitford's own campaign.
What party is Curtis Whitford running with?
Curtis Whitford is running for MLA with Conservative Party of BC.
Does Curtis Whitford currently hold public office?
Not according to this profile. voche.me has not listed a current public office for Curtis Whitford.
How many sources does this Curtis Whitford 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 Curtis Whitford's page show no answer?
The "Questions & answers" section on this page lists questions voche.me would put to Curtis Whitford 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 Curtis Whitford 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.
