MLA in West Vancouver-Sea to Sky · BC provincial 2026
Dan Wood
Centre BC candidate for MLA in West Vancouver-Sea to Sky, who says he works on affordable housing at a provincial Crown corporation.
Dan Wood is the CentreBC candidate in West Vancouver-Sea to Sky. Jeremy Valeriote of the BC Green Party won the district in 2024 with 10,438 votes (38.08 percent). His campaign says he finds land for affordable housing at a provincial Crown corporation, founded a food company in 2020 and moved to West Vancouver in 2023. His campaign website lists commitments on ten subjects, led by workforce housing, the paused Squamish long-term care home and Highway 99. voche.me found no cost or date in any of them on 2026-10-02.
A researched record of Dan Wood’s candidacy in West Vancouver-Sea to Sky. Elections BC lists him with the affiliation CentreBC. His commitments here come from his campaign website. Each names what he would push for, and none gives a cost or a date.
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01 / Introduction
About Dan Wood
Elections BC lists Dan Wood as the CentreBC candidate in West Vancouver-Sea to Sky. On the list stamped October 1, 2026 11:00:06 PM, the other accepted nominations in the district are Ayla Dumais of the Conservative Party and Jeremy Valeriote of the BC Green Party. Nominations close at 1 p.m. on October 3, 2026, so more candidates may be added. The Western Standard reported that CentreBC named him in the district on Friday, September 25, 2026.
Jeremy Valeriote of the BC Green Party won the district in 2024 with 10,438 votes (38.08 percent), according to Elections BC’s statement of votes. Yuri Fulmer of the Conservative Party received 9,762 votes (35.61 percent) and Jen Ford of the BC NDP 7,213 (26.31 percent). A search of that statement for the surname Wood found no candidate.
His campaign website says he works as a property agent at a provincial Crown corporation, where he finds land and arranges the studies, checks and agreements that lead to affordable homes. It does not name the corporation. The party’s page about him describes the same work and says he holds a master’s degree from the University of British Columbia. The campaign says he founded a food company, Strong Foods, in 2020, and that its process received a Canadian patent. These are the campaign’s and the party’s statements, and voche.me has not checked them with the employer, the university or the patent office.
The campaign says he moved to West Vancouver in 2023. It says he has been a CentreBC member since the party was founded and sits on its provincial executive as Communications Chair. A party release of 2026-06-20 lists a Daniel Wood as Communications Chair, with the status “To be Appointed”.
His campaign website sets out commitments on housing, the cost of living, health care, transportation, the economy, the environment, public safety, education and Indigenous partnerships. They include a provincial housing program for workers in resort towns, a restart of the paused Squamish long-term care home, steady funding for search and rescue teams, and a yearly public report on Highway 99 closures. The site says these are things an MLA can push for, and it gives no cost and no date for any of them. 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.
34 commitments shown · Checked Oct 2
2026 · HousingCampaign pledge
A provincial housing program for workers in resort towns
His campaign site says he would push for a provincial housing program for resort and tourism towns, designed around the needs of seasonal and year-round staff.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
A provincial housing program is a step the provincial government can take on its own. The page gives no number of homes, no cost and no date.
What still needs checking
How many homes would the program build in this district, at what cost, and by when?
A public list of provincial land that could hold housing
His campaign site says he would publish a list of land the Province controls in the district that is suitable for housing, with the reason each piece of land is not in use.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
Publishing such a list is a step the provincial government can take. The page gives no cost and no date.
A different way to pay for services to new housing
His campaign site says he would press for a fairer way to pay for the roads, water, sewers and other services that new housing needs, so the cost is not added to the price of each new home.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The page names no replacement charge or law. The page gives no cost and no date.
What still needs checking
Which charge would change, and who would pay instead?
Factory-built and mass timber construction for public housing
His campaign site says he would push the Province to make factory-built, modular and British Columbia mass timber construction a normal way to deliver public and non-profit housing.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The page names no program or rule. The page gives no cost and no date.
What still needs checking
What share of public housing should use these methods, and from which year?
A published cost of living study for corridor towns
His campaign site says he would have a study done and published that compares the cost of fuel, groceries, insurance, heating and travel for care in corridor towns with the provincial average.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
Commissioning a study is a step the provincial government can take. The page gives no cost and no date.
His campaign site says he would press the Province to restart the paused long-term care home in Squamish, with a published building date, and to build it in modules so beds open in stages.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
Restarting a provincial building project is a step the provincial government can take. The page says the home was planned with 152 beds, but it gives no bed count, cost or date for the restart.
What still needs checking
By which year should the home open, and with how many beds?
His campaign site says he would advocate that health sites in the corridor be funded by the number of patients they treat, with visitors counted along with residents.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
A funding formula is set by the provincial government. The page gives no cost and no date.
What still needs checking
How much more money would corridor health sites receive under the new formula?
More travelling specialist clinics and virtual care
His campaign site says he would press for more travelling specialist clinics and more care by video or phone, so that a routine follow-up does not cost a day of work.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
Health programs are run by the Province and its health authorities. The page gives no cost and no date.
His campaign site says he would champion frequent bus service along the corridor, with shared fares, linking every town in the district to each other and to Metro Vancouver.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The page gives no number of buses, no cost and no date.
What still needs checking
How many trips a day, at what cost, and starting when?
Steady funding for search and rescue and volunteer fire services
His campaign site says he would advocate steady funding over several years for search and rescue teams and volunteer fire services in the Sea to Sky area, in place of yearly grants.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
A multi-year funding line is a step the provincial government can take. The page gives no amount and no date.
His campaign site says he would advocate a review of rules for businesses with fewer than twenty employees, with a published list of the rules removed or made simpler.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
A regulation review is a step the provincial government can take. The page gives no cost and no date.
What still needs checking
Which rules would be reviewed first, and when would the list be published?
His campaign site says he would work to make provincial contracts reachable for small corridor businesses, with a requirement to report where contracts go.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
A reporting requirement on contracts is a step the provincial government can take. The page gives no cost and no date.
Assess the combined effect of projects across the corridor
His campaign site says he would advocate that the combined effect of many projects be assessed for the whole corridor, with First Nations and local governments.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The page names no law or program. The page gives no cost and no date.
His campaign site says he would push for work to reduce wildfire fuel around every corridor town, on a published schedule with published completion rates.
His campaign site says he supports restoring and adding to FireSmart funding, the money that helps towns prepare for wildfire, so no corridor town faces a fire season without the tools it asked for.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
A provincial funding line is a step the provincial government can take. The page gives no amount and no date.
His campaign site says he supports finishing British Columbia’s treaty work through negotiated modern treaties, so that basic questions are not left to the courts.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The page names no treaty table and gives no date.
What still needs checking
Which treaty talks in the district would he push to finish first?
One provincial framework for treaties and agreements
His campaign site says he would press for one provincial framework for treaties and reconciliation agreements, so that mandates, funding and timelines sit in one place.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
A single framework is a step the provincial government can take. The page gives no cost and no date.
What still needs checking
Which ministry would hold the framework, and by when?
His campaign site says he agrees with CentreBC that a promise to repeal DRIPA, the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act, is political messaging, and that he would rather spend the time negotiating lasting agreements. The provincial government’s page says the act became law in November 2019.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The page states a position and names no measure. It gives no date.
What still needs checking
Would he support any change to the Declaration Act?
Meet Squamish Nation and Líl’wat Nation leaders first
His campaign site says he would meet Squamish Nation and Líl’wat Nation leaders, on their terms and timelines, before settling any position that touches their territory. The site says he has not yet met them about these subjects.
voche.me found no elected office held by him in the sources read on 2026-10-02, so voche.me found no voting record to review. voche.me found no dated action by him that an independent source confirms.
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
Post on a meeting with Patrick Weiler
A post on his campaign home page, dated October 1, 2026, says he met Patrick Weiler, whom it calls an MP, that morning. It says they talked about regional transportation, supportive housing, and readiness for wildfires and floods.
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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Reporting
Western Standard · Alex Zoltan
CentreBC names Dan Wood in West Vancouver-Sea to Sky
Campaign report that says CentreBC named him in the district on the Friday, the day after the Conservatives named Ayla Dumais.
Election guide that names three candidates in the district and quotes the party’s page about him on his work in real estate, facilities and emergency planning.
Sources checked October 2, 2026. Official records establish decisions; campaign material establishes stated positions; reporting adds investigation and context. None alone establishes every claim.
voche.me found no interview, debate or news report quoting him as a 2026 candidate on 2026-10-02. The campaign’s statements about his work are unchecked: the name of the Crown corporation where he says he works, his master’s degree from the University of British Columbia, the company Strong Foods and its Canadian patent. A web search shows patent listings under the name Daniel Wood for food products, but no page voche.me read ties them to this candidate, so they are left out. A party release of 2026-06-20 lists a Daniel Wood as Communications Chair, and party releases of 2026-07-18, 2026-08-30 and 2026-09-22 list a Dan Wood as media contact. His campaign says he is the party’s Communications Chair, but no page names him as the media contact, so that role is left out. CentreBC has published no 2026 election platform: its policy page says its Policy Committee is still writing its first policy areas. His health care page refers to a party proposal for modular care homes, which voche.me did not find on the party’s site. The campaign site lists a LinkedIn profile in its page code, which returned HTTP 999 and was not read. No Facebook, Instagram, X or Bluesky account of his own was found. The party’s X account could not be read without signing in. All-candidates meetings in the district, campaign finances and endorsements were not found on this date. Nominations close October 3, 2026, so other candidates may still be added. The questionnaire has not been sent.
Research status
What voche.me has checked
Evidence reviewed on 2026-10-02: the Elections BC candidate list and key dates page, the 2024 statement of votes, his campaign website (home, about, contact, volunteer and all ten priority pages), the CentreBC candidates, team, policy and news pages, the party’s page about him, four party releases, the party’s 100 newest public Bluesky posts, two Western Standard campaign reports, a Squamish Chief report, the BC Ballot candidate list, the provincial government’s page on the Declaration Act, and web searches for his name with the district, the party, 2026, MLA and housing.
His positions on this page come from his campaign website. Each one names what he would push for, and none gives a cost or a date. His work history and his party role come from the campaign and the party, and voche.me has not checked them with the bodies that would know. An empty section records what voche.me did not find on this date.
03 / Background
Experience & community
Dates not given
Property agent at a provincial Crown corporation
His campaign says he finds land and arranges agreements for affordable housing at a provincial Crown corporation. The party’s page describes leasing and property work for a government organization. Neither names the employer, and voche.me has not checked it.
The campaign says he founded this food technology company in 2020 and that its process received a Canadian patent. voche.me has not checked either claim with a company or patent record.
A party release of 2026-06-20 lists a Daniel Wood as Communications Chair, to be appointed. His campaign says he serves on the provincial executive in that role.
Proposed questions for a future interview. They have not been sent to the candidate, and no answers have been supplied.
Your site says you would push for a provincial housing program for workers in resort towns. How many homes should it build in this district, at what cost, and by which year?
No response has been submitted.
By which year should the paused Squamish long-term care home open, and how many beds should it have?
No response has been submitted.
How much more money a year should search and rescue teams and volunteer fire services in the corridor receive from the Province?
No response has been submitted.
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05 / About this page
Questions about this page
Facts voche.me can state about Dan Wood's page itself, answered directly rather than left blank.
Is this an official page for Dan Wood?
No. This page is researched by voche.me from public sources, listed below, and is separate from Dan Wood's own campaign.
What party is Dan Wood running with?
Dan Wood is running for MLA with Centre BC.
Does Dan Wood currently hold public office?
Not according to this profile. voche.me has not listed a current public office for Dan Wood.
How many sources does this Dan Wood profile cite?
This profile lists 8 sourced references, each with the date voche.me checked it, in the Sources section below.
Why do some questions on Dan Wood's page show no answer?
The "Questions & answers" section on this page lists questions voche.me would put to Dan Wood 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 Dan Wood 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.
