BC Green Party candidate for MLA in Juan de Fuca-Malahat, where he also ran for the party in 2024 and finished third.
David Evans is the BC Green Party candidate in Juan de Fuca-Malahat. He ran for the same party in the same district in 2024 and finished third with 5,522 votes, 23.01 percent of the valid votes. He owned the Stick in the Mud café in Sooke until a community co-operative bought it in 2023. voche.me found no public office held by him. His 2026 campaign statement found so far is one quote in the party's announcement; most of his stated positions date from the 2024 campaign.
A researched record of David Evans's 2026 candidacy and his 2024 campaign in Juan de Fuca-Malahat. voche.me found no public office held by him, so it found no voting record to review.
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 Evans
Elections BC lists David Evans as the BC Green Party candidate in Juan de Fuca-Malahat. The party announced his candidacy on September 24, 2026. In that release he says politicians have let global corporations take value from the province while inequality grows and good jobs disappear.
He was also the party's candidate in the district in 2024. The 2024 statement of votes gives him 5,522 votes, or 23.01 percent, in third place. Dana Lajeunesse of the BC NDP won with 9,308 votes (38.79 percent), ahead of Marina Sapozhnikov of the Conservative Party with 9,167 votes (38.20 percent). The party says he won its 2024 nomination contest with 70.2 percent of the vote, and the Sooke News Mirror reported that the nomination meeting was held in Metchosin on May 11, 2024.
The Sooke News Mirror reported in 2024 that he moved to Sooke in 1997 and ran the Stick in the Mud coffee business there. A 2025 Sooke News Mirror article says a community co-operative was set up in 2023 to buy the Stick in the Mud café from him, and that the café now runs as Cafe Vosino. In a 2024 questionnaire he told the Times Colonist that he opened the café in 2007 and kept a wholesale coffee roasting business after the sale.
The party says he worked in radio and as distribution supervisor at the Vancouver Food Bank, started a landscaping company in Victoria, and holds an Applied Arts Degree from Toronto Metropolitan University. voche.me has not checked these statements with the employers or the university.
voche.me has not contacted the campaign. Commitments marked as 2024 material come from his last campaign and are shown without a score as his own words.
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.
14 commitments shown · Checked Sep 30
2026 · EconomyCampaign pledge
A government that serves people before corporations
In the party's 2026 announcement he says politicians have let global corporations take value from the province while inequality grows, resources are wasted and good jobs disappear, and that government should serve real people.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
A statement of his reasons for running, quoted in a party release. It names no measure, number, cost or date.
What still needs checking
Which provincial measures would he propose on jobs and on resource revenue?
In 2024 he said the Province should build an integrated transit system on the south Island to cut traffic on Sooke Road and the Malahat, and listed a free transit system across BC as a four-year goal.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
He said this during the 2024 campaign. voche.me has not found a 2026 statement from him that repeats it, so it is shown as earlier material without his own-words score. The 2024 sources give no cost and no route plan.
What still needs checking
Does his 2026 campaign repeat the transit plan, with a cost and a date?
In 2024 he listed a network of community health centres across the province, and immediate support for mental health and addictions, as four-year goals.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
He said this during the 2024 campaign. voche.me has not found a 2026 statement from him that repeats it, so it is shown as earlier material without his own-words score. The source gives no number of centres and no cost.
What still needs checking
How many community health centres would the district get, and when?
Non-market housing built by community groups (2024)
In 2024 he said non-market, subsidized homes should be built by community groups, non-profits, co-ops and churches with money from governments including the Province, and listed buying property for subsidized housing as a four-year goal.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
He said this during the 2024 campaign. voche.me has not found a 2026 statement from him that repeats it, so it is shown as earlier material without his own-words score. The source gives no number of homes and no cost.
What still needs checking
How many non-market homes would he ask the Province to fund in the district?
Move oil and gas subsidies to public services (2024)
In 2024 he said the Province should end subsidies to oil and gas, including fracking, and spend the money on health care, housing, transportation, infrastructure and renewable energy.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
He said this during the 2024 campaign. voche.me has not found a 2026 statement from him that repeats it, so it is shown as earlier material without his own-words score. The sources give no dollar figure for the subsidies and no date.
What still needs checking
Which subsidies would end first, and how much money would move?
In 2024 he said the Province should require Step Code 4, a high level of the provincial building energy rules, in all new buildings as soon as possible.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
He said this during the 2024 campaign. voche.me has not found a 2026 statement from him that repeats it, so it is shown as earlier material without his own-words score. The source gives no date and no cost.
What still needs checking
Does he still support this rule for new homes, and from which year?
In 2024 he listed the protection and enhancement of farmland as a four-year goal. The Westshore reported that he wants farming to be affordable enough that farmland is kept for farming.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
He said this during the 2024 campaign. voche.me has not found a 2026 statement from him that repeats it, so it is shown as earlier material without his own-words score. The sources name no law, program or cost.
What still needs checking
Which provincial program or rule would he use to keep farmland in farming?
The BC Greens platform page says the party would restart the $10-a-day child care pledge and move toward universal coverage, with fair pay for early childhood educators.
The BC Greens platform page says a Fair Share Act would tax British Columbians worth more than $100 million and large corporations, and that it would raise more than $13 billion.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
Party text. It does not name Evans.
What still needs checking
Over how many years would the $13 billion be raised?
The one dated action is a private business sale reported by the Sooke News Mirror. It earns no score.
Reported by an independent news outlet
Sale of the Stick in the Mud café to a community co-operative
The Sooke News Mirror reports that Sooke residents set up a community co-operative in 2023 to buy the Stick in the Mud café from him, and that it now runs as Cafe Vosino.
Scope, limits and sources
The date marks the year the source gives; the exact day is not given. A private business sale is no public action, so this entry earns no score.
He wrote that linked regional transit on the south Island would remove the need for more highway lanes, and asked for transit between the Capital and Cowichan Valley regions over the Malahat. This is earlier material and is not counted as a 2026 commitment.
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
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Reporting
Sooke News Mirror · Evan Lindsay
Cafe Vosino co-operative looks for board members
Reports that the co-operative that bought the Stick in the Mud café from him in 2023 runs it as Cafe Vosino.
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 of his own was found by search or on the party page. His Facebook page (DavidEvansJFM) and Instagram account (davidevansjfm), both linked from the party page, show no posts without signing in, so nothing from them is used. Five Island Social Trends articles about his 2024 campaign returned HTTP 503 to direct reads and to the WebFetch tool on 2026-09-30, so they are not used. Two Goldstream News Gazette links redirect to that site's home page; the Sooke News Mirror copies of the same stories were read instead. Apart from one quote in the party's announcement, no 2026 statement of his on a provincial issue was found, so his transit, housing, health and climate positions are shown as 2024 material. No 2026 all-candidates meeting in the district was found on this date. The party's statements that he worked in radio and at the Vancouver Food Bank, started a landscaping company, employed up to 20 people, and holds a degree from Toronto Metropolitan University have not been checked with those employers or the university. His 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, the 2024 statement of votes, the BC Green Party candidate page, candidate list, platform page and two releases that name him, his Bluesky account, and reporting from the Sooke News Mirror, the Times Colonist, The Westshore and The Discourse.
No campaign website of his own was found. His Facebook and Instagram pages show no posts without signing in, so nothing from them is used. Most of his stated positions come from the 2024 campaign and are marked that way. An empty section records what voche.me did not find on this date.
03 / Background
Experience & community
2024
BC Green Party candidate, Juan de Fuca-Malahat
Finished third of three with 5,522 votes (23.01 percent), according to the statement of votes.
He told the Times Colonist in 2024 that he kept a wholesale coffee roasting business after selling the café. The party says he runs a retail and wholesale roasting business.
The party says he worked in radio, was distribution supervisor at the Vancouver Food Bank, and started a landscaping company in Victoria. voche.me has not checked this.
Proposed questions for a future interview. They have not been sent to the candidate, and no answers have been supplied.
Which of the BC Green Party platform commitments will you work on first for Juan de Fuca-Malahat?
No response has been submitted.
You called traffic on Sooke Road and the Malahat the biggest local issue in 2024. What should the Province build or fund, and by when?
No response has been submitted.
How many non-market homes should the Province fund in the district, and who should build them?
No response has been submitted.
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05 / About this page
Questions about this page
Facts voche.me can state about David Evans's page itself, answered directly rather than left blank.
Is this an official page for David Evans?
No. This page is researched by voche.me from public sources, listed below, and is separate from David Evans's own campaign.
What party is David Evans running with?
David Evans is running for MLA with BC Green Party.
Does David Evans currently hold public office?
Not according to this profile. voche.me has not listed a current public office for David Evans.
How many sources does this David Evans profile cite?
This profile lists 7 sourced references, each with the date voche.me checked it, in the Sources section below.
Why do some questions on David Evans's page show no answer?
The "Questions & answers" section on this page lists questions voche.me would put to David Evans 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 Evans 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.
