Premier of British Columbia and BC NDP leader, running again in Vancouver-Point Grey.
David Eby has been premier since November 18, 2022 and MLA for Vancouver-Point Grey since 2013. On September 22, 2026 he asked for the legislature to be dissolved, two years before the fixed election date. In 2026 he answered for the budget, public sector cuts and his plan to change the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act. As party leader he has promised a tax on unsold condos, a cut to the gas tax and a larger campaign to hire American health workers.
A researched record of David Eby's 32 commitments, 17 dated actions and 13 public statements, with 6 news items. Most come from the legislature record of 2026, government releases that quote him and BC NDP releases that quote him as party leader.
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 David Eby
David Eby is the BC NDP candidate in Vancouver-Point Grey on Elections BC's list for the general election of October 24, 2026. The copy of the list read on October 1, 2026 also names Michael Davis of CentreBC in the district.
He won the district in 2024 with 12,538 votes, 56.77% of the valid vote, according to the Elections BC statement of votes. Paul Ratchford of the Conservative Party had 7,622 votes and Devyani Singh of the BC Green Party had 1,925. The legislature record lists his election years as 2013, 2017, 2020 and 2024.
The legislature record shows him as Premier and President of the Executive Council, with a start date of November 18, 2024 in the current Parliament. A government release says he was first sworn in as premier on November 18, 2022. The legislature's member page says he became BC NDP leader in 2022. Earlier, the legislature record lists him as Attorney General in the 41st Parliament, CBC News reported his appointment on July 18, 2017, and a government release of November 26, 2020 names him Attorney General and Minister Responsible for Housing.
On September 22, 2026 he visited the Lieutenant Governor and asked her to dissolve the legislature, as CBC News and The Rocky Mountain Goat reported. Elections BC lists that day as the day the election was called. The BC NDP release that day quotes him calling the trade conflict with the United States an existential moment. CBC News reported that he later said the one-vote majority had stopped the government from doing what needs to be done.
In the legislature in 2026 he answered questions on the budget and deficit, on a court ruling about the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (DRIPA), on Indigenous title and private property, and on health care. He planned a bill to pause parts of DRIPA, then delayed it and set the fall 2026 sitting as the deadline to agree on changes with First Nations leaders.
His campaign page says he worked as a human rights lawyer in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside before politics and that he led changes at ICBC and a crackdown on money laundering in casinos as Attorney General. Those are statements by his 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.
32 commitments shown · Checked Oct 1
2026 · HousingCampaign pledge
A new tax on finished condos left unsold
A BC NDP release of September 25, 2026 quotes Eby on a new Unsold Condo Tax. It would apply to finished condos left empty for more than a year, start at 2 percent and rise by 1 percent each further year. The release says this could put up to 5,000 condos on the market.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The release gives the rate, the yearly increase and the 5,000 figure. It gives no start date and no estimate of the money the tax would raise. The 5,000 figure is the party's estimate.
What still needs checking
Is a bill for the tax introduced after the election, and how many condos are sold or rented in its first year?
In the budget debate of May 28, 2026, Eby said Budget 2026 raised the speculation and vacancy tax rate for owners who do not pay income tax in British Columbia from 3 percent to 4 percent. The BC NDP release of September 25, 2026 says he will raise it by one more percentage point: to 2 percent for domestic speculators and 5 percent for foreign speculators.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The rates are stated. The release says new revenue goes to affordable homes but gives no amount and no date.
What still needs checking
Is the higher rate in the first budget after the election, and how many empty homes are rented as a result?
In the budget debate of May 27, 2026, Eby said the Province is working with the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh and səlilwətaɬ Nations on an affordable homeownership program, and that he expects 2,600 families to benefit.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
He gives the number of families. He gives no cost and no date for the first homes.
A BC NDP release of October 1, 2026 says Eby will suspend 10 cents a litre of the provincial motor fuel tax on gasoline and diesel and give the BC Utilities Commission power to cap fuel company margins. The release says the two steps together could save drivers up to 30 cents a litre.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The release gives the tax cut and the saving. It gives no cost to the provincial budget, no start date and no end date for the suspension.
What still needs checking
How much tax revenue does the suspension cost, and how long does it last?
In the budget debate of May 27, 2026, Eby said Budget 2026 raised a tax credit for people earning under $25,000 by $115, to $690. CBC News reported the same change in the budget.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The change is in Budget 2026. It describes a step already taken.
Lower hydro bills through a BC Hydro savings program
In the budget debate of May 27, 2026, Eby said a new BC Hydro program gives free digital thermostats to people with electric baseboard heat and cash rewards for using less power, and that it can cut a bill by as much as one third.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
He names the program. He gives no cost and no number of households to reach.
What still needs checking
How many households have joined the program, and what is their average saving?
Triple the campaign to hire health workers from the United States
A BC NDP release of September 23, 2026 says Eby will make the recruitment campaign for American health workers three times larger, add loan forgiveness and moving help for Canadian health workers in the United States, and have Health Match BC offer a free relocation service.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The release names the steps. It gives no cost, no hiring number to reach and no date. The release says more than 800 health workers from the United States have accepted jobs; that figure is the party's.
What still needs checking
How many health workers accept jobs through the larger campaign, and what does it cost?
100 involuntary care beds in Surrey and Prince George
In the budget debate of May 28, 2026, Eby said Budget 2026 pays for 100 beds for people who need addiction or mental health care but cannot ask for it themselves, at two sites in Surrey and Prince George.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
He gives the number of beds and names the budget. He gives no opening date.
What still needs checking
When do the two sites open, and how many people do they treat?
Expand the Access Central treatment line to Northern Health
In the budget debate of May 28, 2026, Eby said the Access Central phone line, which connects people to detox and addiction treatment, now covers Fraser, Interior and Island Health, and that work is under way to add Northern Health.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
He names the program and the regions. He gives no cost and no date for Northern Health.
What still needs checking
When does the line open in the Northern Health region?
End cervical cancer in British Columbia within ten years
In the budget debate of May 28, 2026, Eby said free HPV vaccines for people aged 9 to 26 and home screening kits support a plan to eliminate cervical cancer in the province within the next decade.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
He gives the goal and the time. He gives no cost.
What still needs checking
What share of people aged 9 to 26 are vaccinated each year, and how many cases are found?
A program for people who commit property crime again and again
In the budget debate of May 28, 2026, Eby said Budget 2026 creates a chronic property offending program, built on the program for repeat violent offenders, with $16 million over two years. He said its aim is to steer people into support or into jail.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
He gives the cost and the period. He gives no target for fewer offences.
What still needs checking
How many people does the program follow, and does property crime fall where it runs?
More police and prosecution work against hate crimes
In the budget debate of May 27, 2026, Eby listed steps against antisemitism and hate: a prosecution policy on hate crimes, security money for places of worship, and $734,000 to grow the provincial hate crimes unit from two officers to eight.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
He gives the cost of the unit. Most steps he named were already taken, so no target is scored.
What still needs checking
How many hate crime charges are approved each year?
In question period on February 26, 2026, Eby committed to use a coroner's inquest or a public inquiry to answer all questions about the Tumbler Ridge shootings, after the police investigation ends.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
He named no date, because the inquiry waits for the police investigation and any trials.
What still needs checking
Is a public inquiry or an inquest called, and when?
A BC NDP release of September 28, 2026 says Eby will double production and export of critical minerals within five years. It says environmental reviews and permits would run at the same time to cut approval times by more than 60 percent.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The release gives the goal, the time and the faster approvals. It gives no cost. Its figure of 18 new and expanded mines is the party's.
What still needs checking
What are critical mineral exports in 2026, and by how much do they grow each year?
Buying rules that favour goods made in B.C. and Canada
A BC NDP release of September 24, 2026 says Eby will require ministries, Crown agencies and health authorities to use B.C. and Canadian materials on public projects where a supplier can deliver on budget and on time, and will direct BC Hydro to build the North Coast Transmission Line towers with Canadian steel.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The release gives the steel shares for the transmission line. It gives no cost and no date for the rules.
What still needs checking
Are the rules in force, and what share of public project materials comes from Canada?
$90 million for businesses hurt by United States tariffs
A government release of September 18, 2026 quotes Eby on a $90 million package for businesses hurt by United States tariffs, with $30 million more for the BC Manufacturing Jobs Fund. Applications from forestry businesses are reviewed first.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The release gives the money. It gives no number of jobs to protect. The release is the government's own account.
What still needs checking
How much of the $90 million is paid out, and to how many businesses?
A government release of September 3, 2026 quotes Eby on the start of construction of a new power line in northern B.C. The release says the line will support projects that create 9,700 full-time jobs, and that the federal government helps pay for the first two phases.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The job figure is the government's estimate. The release gives no total cost and no finish date.
What still needs checking
What is the cost of the line, and when does each phase carry power?
In question period on May 28, 2026, Eby said the new natural gas royalty system, which he described as a fair return to British Columbians from a publicly owned resource, is on track to start on January 1, 2027.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
He gives the start date. He gives no figure for the money the new system will raise.
What still needs checking
Does the new royalty system start on January 1, 2027, and what does it raise in its first year?
In the budget debate of May 27, 2026, Eby said 5,000 new trades training seats are being added so people in British Columbia can take jobs on energy projects, and that training is a key part of the budget.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
He gives the number of seats and names the budget. He gives no date when all seats are open.
A government release of September 1, 2026 quotes Eby marking 250 school building projects finished or under way since 2017. He said the work must continue.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The 250 projects describe work already done or started, so they are no target. He gives no new number, cost or date.
In question period on May 28, 2026, Eby defended the carbon pricing system for large industrial emitters, which charges them less when they cut pollution. He said it pays for public services and lowers carbon pollution.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
He names the system. He gives no emissions target and no date.
What still needs checking
How much do industrial emissions fall under the system each year?
A $36 billion BC Hydro building plan for clean power
In the budget debate of May 27, 2026, Eby pointed to BC Hydro's $36 billion capital plan, 14 clean energy projects mostly owned by First Nations, and a call for proposals for new power that he hopes will include hydro and geothermal.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
He gives the size of the plan. He gives no date for the new power and no emissions figure.
What still needs checking
Which projects win the call for firm power, and when do they deliver electricity?
Change the Declaration Act with First Nations leaders by the fall session
In the budget debate of May 27, 2026, Eby said the government had dropped its plan to suspend parts of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (DRIPA) for now, set the fall 2026 sitting of the legislature as the deadline to agree on lasting changes with First Nations leaders, and won leave to appeal the Gitxaała court ruling to the Supreme Court of Canada.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
He gives the deadline. He gives no draft and no cost. The legislature was dissolved on September 22, 2026, before a fall sitting.
What still needs checking
Does a bill to change the act come to the legislature, and what do First Nations leaders say about it?
In statements to the legislature on April 14 and 15, 2026, Eby spoke in support of the K'ómoks and Kitselas treaty acts. The vote index records him voting yes at second and third reading of the K'ómoks Treaty Act.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The treaties set out land and self-government. He gave no cost in the statements.
A government release of September 15, 2026 quotes Eby naming the Surrey to Langley SkyTrain extension after former premier Dave Barrett. The release says the line adds 16 kilometres and eight stations. In the budget debate of May 27 he also said he supports a new transit service on the Sea to Sky corridor, which the Ministry of Transportation leads.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The release gives the length and the stations. It gives no cost and no opening date.
What still needs checking
When does the extension open, and does the Sea to Sky transit service get funding?
In the budget debate of May 27, 2026, Eby said the target is 15,000 fewer positions in the broader public sector and 2,500 fewer in the public service, mostly through people leaving and not being replaced. He said the public service was 1,857 people smaller at the end of April. CBC News reported the cuts are over three years.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
He gives the targets and progress. The three-year period comes from the CBC report of the budget.
What still needs checking
How many positions are cut by March 2027, and are front-line jobs affected?
A government release of September 18, 2026 quotes Eby on delaying the expansion of the provincial sales tax (PST) to professional services, which Budget 2026 had set for October 1, 2026. The release says a temporary regulation does this.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The release names the regulation. It gives no new start date and no figure for the revenue given up.
What still needs checking
When, if ever, does the tax on professional services start?
In question period on February 19, 2026, Eby said the deficit is a challenge, that health care and education would be protected, and that economic growth is the long-term answer.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
He gives no date to balance the budget and no deficit target. CBC News reported that the budget forecast deficits for the years ahead.
What still needs checking
What is the deficit in the first budget after the election, and when does it plan a balanced budget?
In the budget debate of May 27, 2026, Eby said politicians, political staff and public servants must buy their own tickets to the FIFA World Cup matches in Vancouver, except for a short list of officials on official duty named in the government's policy.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
He read the policy into the record. The matches took place in June and July 2026.
What still needs checking
Does the government publish who used the provincial tickets?
On September 22, 2026 Eby asked the Lieutenant Governor to dissolve the legislature, two years before the fixed election date, as CBC News and The Rocky Mountain Goat reported. The BC NDP launch release quotes him saying British Columbians deserve a say on the response to the trade war.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
This is a statement of his reason. It has no measure, cost or date beyond the election itself.
What still needs checking
Does the new legislature act faster on trade measures than the last one?
Recorded votes and government actions where an official source names him. A government program is listed here only where a release quotes him or the transcript shows him answering for it.
Done
Asked the Lieutenant Governor to dissolve the legislature
Eby asked Lieutenant Governor Wendy Cocchia to dissolve the legislature, which started the election. Elections BC lists September 22, 2026 as the day the election was called and October 24, 2026 as Final Voting Day.
Scope, limits and sources
CBC News and The Rocky Mountain Goat reported the election as two years before the fixed date. Mayors in Delta, Victoria and Valemount criticized the overlap with the municipal elections of October 17.
One million people connected to primary care since 2018
A Ministry of Health release quotes Eby on one million more people connected to a family doctor or nurse practitioner since 2018. The release says the first 48 students have started at the new medical school at Simon Fraser University in Surrey.
Scope, limits and sources
The figures are the ministry's. voche.me did not check them against the registry data.
Voted yes on third reading of the K'ómoks Treaty Act (Bill 20)
The recorded vote index lists Eby voting yes at second and third reading, and no on an amendment at second reading. He spoke for the treaty on April 14.
Voted yes on third reading of the freedom of information bill (Bill 9)
The recorded vote index lists Eby voting yes at second and third reading of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Amendment Act, 2026, and yes on two amendments to the bill.
Scope, limits and sources
voche.me did not read the bill, so its content is left out here.
Voted yes on third reading of the Safe Access to Schools Amendment Act, 2026 (Bill 12)
The recorded vote index lists Eby voting yes. In the budget debate of May 27 he described the law passed in March as protecting access to places of worship and schools.
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Statement
Statement for the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
A BC NDP statement in his name called for facing the history of residential schools and condemned masked white nationalists who appeared on Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc lands.
Over two days Eby answered questions on taxes, DRIPA, public sector cuts, World Cup costs, health care, long-term care, addiction treatment and natural gas royalties.
Asked about claims by a former Vancouver mayor, Eby said the national police and security service had never raised a concern with him about any cabinet or caucus member.
Question period on Tumbler Ridge and the human rights code
Eby committed to an inquest or public inquiry on Tumbler Ridge and said the Conservatives owe an apology for voting to debate a bill to repeal the Human Rights Code.
Eby said growth and partnerships with First Nations on major projects are the answer to the deficit, and that health care and education would be protected.
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.
Policy dispute
Criticism of the early election date
CBC News reported that the mayors of Delta and Victoria criticized holding the provincial vote one week after the municipal elections of October 17. The Rocky Mountain Goat reported the same criticism from the mayor of Valemount, who also named the cost of the election. CBC News reported Green leader Emily Lowan calling the election cynical.
Candidate or party response
Eby said a one-vote majority had stopped the government from doing what needs to be done, according to CBC News, and the BC NDP launch release quotes him saying voters deserve a say on the trade war.
Verified status and limits
Elections BC lists October 24, 2026 as Final Voting Day. voche.me found no ruling or official review of this dispute on 2026-10-01.
After a B.C. Court of Appeal ruling in the Gitxaała case, Eby said a bill to pause parts of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act was urgent and would be a confidence vote. The Tyee reported that First Nations Summit leader Robert Phillips and Union of BC Indian Chiefs president Stewart Phillip opposed the plan, and that NDP MLA Joan Phillip would not support it. The Conservative opposition wants to repeal the act.
Candidate or party response
The Tyee reported that Government House Leader Mike Farnworth said the bill would not come that week and would not be a confidence vote, and that Eby still said parts of the act must be paused. On May 27 Eby told the legislature the government had won leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada and would seek a lasting solution with First Nations leaders by the fall sitting.
Verified status and limits
voche.me found no bill to pause the act introduced before the election call on 2026-10-01.
Conflict of interest complaint over recall law, 2018
Global News reported that in November 2018 BC Liberal leader Andrew Wilkinson asked the Conflict of Interest Commissioner whether Eby, then Attorney General, should take part in debate on a bill limiting donations to recall campaigns while a recall campaign against him was planned.
Candidate or party response
Global News quotes Eby saying he was disappointed by the complaint and that it had no basis.
Verified status and limits
Global News reported that Commissioner Paul Fraser dismissed the complaint in a letter, saying it was filed under the wrong act and was premature. voche.me did not open the commissioner's letter itself.
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Reporting
CBC News · Arden McLeod
First weekend of the provincial campaigns
Reports Eby defending the early election in Prince Rupert and criticizing the Conservative pledge of no new taxes.
Sources checked October 1, 2026. Official records establish decisions; campaign material establishes stated positions; reporting adds investigation and context. None alone establishes every claim.
His public record is larger than this page. The Office of the Premier budget debate (May 27 and 28, 2026) and his question period answers were read for his own words; other transcripts where the index lists him were opened only where cited here. voche.me did not read his 2026 statements on the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) title agreement with the federal government, the Cowichan (Quw'utsun) title ruling, or his Iran and Lapu-Lapu Day statements line by line. Figures he gave in debate and figures in BC NDP releases (rents, doctors hired, jobs, taxes paid by families, 800 American health workers, 5,000 condos) are his or the party's and were not checked against source data. BC NDP releases before September 22, 2026 were not listed on the party's media page, and the government news site said it was not being updated during the election, so earlier 2026 releases that quote him may be missing. The campaign page biography says he reduced average car insurance rates by 20 percent and that he was the longest-serving Attorney General in 30 years; voche.me has not confirmed those claims. The legislature's member page lists his work before politics, including at the BC Civil Liberties Association and Pivot Legal Society; voche.me did not check it with those groups. The Attorney General start date of July 18, 2017 comes from CBC reporting, and the legislature record gives no dates for his roles before 2024; voche.me did not open an official record of the date he left the Attorney General and housing posts. His 2013, 2017 and 2020 vote totals were not opened. The 2018 conflict of interest decision is known from Global News; the commissioner's letter was not opened. A Castanet report on the election call answered HTTP 403 and was not used. His Facebook page showed no readable text, his X page showed only a profile line, and his Instagram page needs a login, so nothing from them is used. No 2026 all-candidates meeting for Vancouver-Point Grey was found. Campaign finances and endorsements were not reviewed. The questionnaire has not been sent.
Research status
What voche.me has checked
Evidence reviewed on 2026-10-01: the Elections BC candidate list (copy stamped October 1, 2026, 3:00 p.m.), the 2024 statement of votes, the legislature's member data and its 2026 speech and vote indexes, 11 transcripts of 2026 sittings including the full Office of the Premier budget debate, 8 government releases, his campaign page, the BC NDP platform page and 8 party releases that quote him, and reports from CBC News, The Tyee, The Rocky Mountain Goat and Global News.
His commitments on this page come from what he said in the legislature, in government releases and in BC NDP releases in 2026. Two items are party platform text that does not name him. Sections with no entry record that voche.me found nothing on this date.
Sworn in on November 18, 2022, according to the government release. The legislature record lists the role as Premier and President of the Executive Council from November 18, 2024 in the current Parliament.
Named Attorney General and Minister Responsible for Housing in the cabinet of November 26, 2020, according to the government release. voche.me did not open a record of the end date.
The legislature record lists him as Attorney General in the 41st Parliament. CBC News reported his appointment when the cabinet was sworn in on July 18, 2017. voche.me did not open a record of the end date.
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05 / About this page
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Facts voche.me can state about David Eby's page itself, answered directly rather than left blank.
Is this an official page for David Eby?
No. This page is researched by voche.me from public sources, listed below, and is separate from David Eby's own campaign.
What party is David Eby running with?
David Eby is running for MLA with BC NDP.
Does David Eby currently hold public office?
Yes. David Eby currently serves as Premier and President of the Executive Council; MLA for Vancouver-Point Grey.
How many sources does this David Eby profile cite?
This profile lists 5 sourced references, each with the date voche.me checked it, in the Sources section below.
Why do some questions on David Eby's page show no answer?
The "Questions & answers" section on this page lists questions voche.me would put to David Eby 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 David Eby is running in?
The 2026 British Columbia election, including the MLA race, is decided on October 24, 2026.
06 / Candidate contributions
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