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MLA in Burnaby South-Metrotown · BC provincial 2026
# David Xie
Conservative Party of BC candidate for MLA in Burnaby South-Metrotown, also a New Burnaby City Council candidate until October 1, 2026.
David Xie is the Conservative Party of BC candidate in Burnaby South-Metrotown, where the BC NDP's Paul Choi won in 2024 by 1,187 votes. The party says he has worked in recruitment and talent acquisition for more than a decade. He had also entered Burnaby's October 17 civic election as a New Burnaby City Council candidate. He told Daily Hive on October 1, 2026 that he is no longer seeking that seat, and that his name stays on the civic ballot because it is too late to remove it. voche.me found no provincial measure, number, cost or date from him on 2026-10-03.
Explore the record Public schedule
Researched by voche.me · Not a campaign-authored page
Conservative Party of BC2026
*David XieMLAv.*
[Image: Conservative Party of BC](https://conservativebc.ca/candidate/david-xie/)
Candidate research / October 3, 2026
A researched record of David Xie's 2026 candidacy in Burnaby South-Metrotown. voche.me found no statement of provincial policy in his own words on 2026-10-03, so the commitments section holds no entries. His statements from the Burnaby civic race are listed under talks and coverage, because they concern a council seat.
**1**News articles **10**Sources
Public schedule / Through election day
## Where can you hear David Xie?
No public appearance by the candidate in the provincial race was confirmed on 2026-10-03. The three voting dates come from Elections BC and Daily Hive.
Checked October 3, 2026 · All event times are Pacific time. Recheck the organizer before travelling.
- [2026 provincial election: key dates](https://elections.bc.ca/2026-provincial-election/)Official record · Elections BC
- [B.C. Conservative MLA candidate's name to also appear on Burnaby civic election ballot](https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/david-xie-bc-conservative-burnaby-south-metrotown)Reporting · Daily Hive Urbanized · Kenneth Chan
View every date through Oct 24
1. Oct 9No appearance confirmed
2. Oct 10No appearance confirmed
3. Oct 11No appearance confirmed
4. Oct 12No appearance confirmed
5. Oct 13No appearance confirmed
6. Oct 14No appearance confirmed
7. Oct 15No appearance confirmed
8. Oct 16Voting day
9. Oct 17Voting day
10. Oct 18No appearance confirmed
11. Oct 19No appearance confirmed
12. Oct 20No appearance confirmed
13. Oct 21No appearance confirmed
14. Oct 22No appearance confirmed
15. Oct 23No appearance confirmed
16. Oct 24Voting day
### Voting dates
- Oct 17Burnaby civic general election day
- Oct 16Advance voting opens
- Oct 24Final Voting Day
At official British Columbia voting places. These dates apply to every voter and are not candidate appearances. [Find your voting place](https://elections.bc.ca/2026-provincial-election/where-to-vote/)
- [B.C. Conservative MLA candidate's name to also appear on Burnaby civic election ballot](https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/david-xie-bc-conservative-burnaby-south-metrotown)Reporting · Daily Hive Urbanized · Kenneth Chan
- [2026 provincial election: key dates](https://elections.bc.ca/2026-provincial-election/)Official record · Elections BC
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 Xie
Elections BC lists David Xie as the Conservative Party candidate in Burnaby South-Metrotown. The copy of the list read on 2026-10-03, stamped October 3, 2026 07:00:07 PM, after nominations closed at 1 p.m. that day, shows four accepted nominations in the district: Paul Choi of the BC NDP, Bryan Fockler of the BC Green Party, Andrew Rose of OneBC and David Xie.
The party's candidate page says he has lived in Burnaby for nearly a decade, grew up in Metro Vancouver and graduated from the University of British Columbia. It says he has worked in recruitment and talent acquisition for more than a decade, with businesses and professionals in Canada and internationally, and that his community involvement began with working alongside residents on neighbourhood and family issues. These are the party's statements. voche.me has not checked them with an employer or a university.
Daily Hive reported on October 2, 2026 that Xie had entered the municipal race under the New Burnaby civic party and is also the Conservative Party's confirmed candidate in Burnaby South-Metrotown. It says the Conservatives announced him on Wednesday, September 30. The same report says the Burnaby Citizens Association civic party called on him on October 1 to state his plans before advance voting for the civic election began, and that the Eligibility to Hold Public Office Act, in force since May 2025, prevents a person from serving as both an MLA and an elected municipal official. Daily Hive quotes his emailed reply: "While it is unfortunately too late to be removed from the municipal ballot, I can confirm that I am no longer seeking a seat on City Council." On 2026-10-03 the New Burnaby candidate page still described him as a City Council candidate.
The New Burnaby page says he has been active in grassroots organizing and provincial politics, is a recognized community advocate on public safety, health care, government accountability and neighbourhood planning, and has advocated for the completion of Burnaby Hospital Phase 2. These are the civic party's statements. voche.me found no source that confirms them.
Paul Choi won the district in 2024 with 7,560 votes (49.33 percent), according to Elections BC's statement of votes. Han Lee of the Conservative Party received 6,373 votes (41.59 percent) and Carrie McLaren of the BC Green Party received 960 (6.26 percent). Two other candidates received 432 votes between them. The whole 2024 statement holds no match for the surname Xie.
voche.me has not contacted the campaign.
Read the sources
Promises / Commitments and evidence
## Commitments and the available evidence.
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.
0 commitments shown · Checked Oct 3
No reviewed entries have been added to this section yet. This is a research gap, not a finding about the candidate.
City programs / Scope and delivery
## Policies, budgets & programs
voche.me found no elected or appointed public office held by this candidate in the sources read on 2026-10-03, so no voting record was reviewed. He was a candidate for Burnaby City Council with the New Burnaby party, and Daily Hive reports his name stays on that civic ballot.
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
Read original statements and reporting, or open the publisher’s video. A summary of a speech is labelled separately from a full recording.
Sep 29Interview
### Interview with CJSF as a Burnaby City Council candidate
Frequency's page says that in the interview he outlined goals if elected to council, such as a one-year property tax increase freeze and making it easier for businesses to open in Burnaby. These are municipal goals, and the page gives a summary only. voche.me did not hear the audio.
- [Burnaby Councillor Candidate Interviews: David Xie](https://www.frequencynews.ca/news/burnaby-councillor-candidate-interviews-david-xie/)Reporting · Frequency (CJSF) · Danny Nesvaderani
Oct 1Statement
### Emailed reply to Daily Hive on the two elections
He wrote to Daily Hive that "Nobody anticipated David Eby calling a cynical, opportunistic election two years early." He also wrote that it is too late to be removed from the municipal ballot and that he is no longer seeking a seat on City Council.
- [B.C. Conservative MLA candidate's name to also appear on Burnaby civic election ballot](https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/david-xie-bc-conservative-burnaby-south-metrotown)Reporting · Daily Hive Urbanized · Kenneth Chan
Accountability / Findings, disputes and responses
## Controversies & public scrutiny
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
A dated reading list from independent publishers. The headings below are voche.me summaries; follow each link for the original article, context and any corrections.
October 2, 2026Reporting
Daily Hive Urbanized · Kenneth Chan
### Conservative MLA candidate's name stays on the Burnaby civic ballot
Reports that he entered the civic race under New Burnaby and is now the Conservative candidate in Burnaby South-Metrotown, that his name stays on the October 17 ballot, that the Burnaby Citizens Association asked him to state his plans, and what the Eligibility to Hold Public Office Act says. Includes his emailed reply.
- [B.C. Conservative MLA candidate's name to also appear on Burnaby civic election ballot](https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/david-xie-bc-conservative-burnaby-south-metrotown)Reporting · Daily Hive Urbanized · Kenneth Chan
Research / 10 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.
Official record 3 sources
- Provincial candidate list
Elections BC
- 2026 provincial election: key dates
Elections BC
- Statement of Votes, 2024 provincial general election
Elections BC
Campaign 5 sources
- Candidate page: David Xie
Conservative Party of BC
- Our Team page
Conservative Party of BC
- Our Platform page
Conservative Party of BC
- Latest News and Updates page
Conservative Party of BC
- Candidate page: David Xie
New Burnaby · September 2, 2026
Reporting 2 sources
- B.C. Conservative MLA candidate's name to also appear on Burnaby civic election ballot
Daily Hive Urbanized · Kenneth Chan · October 2, 2026
- Burnaby Councillor Candidate Interviews: David Xie
Frequency (CJSF) · Danny Nesvaderani · September 29, 2026
No campaign website of his own was found on 2026-10-03. The party's candidate page links only to the party's own social media accounts. The New Burnaby page links to an Instagram account named davidforburnaby, whose public profile line reads that he is the BC Conservative candidate for Burnaby South-Metrotown. Instagram shows its posts only after sign-in, so nothing beyond that profile line was read and nothing from the account is used. The party's platform page says the platform is coming soon and does not name him. None of the releases listed on the party's news page on 2026-10-03 names him. His work history, degree and years in Burnaby come from the party and the New Burnaby page, and voche.me has not checked them with an employer, a university or any other body. The Frequency page for the CJSF interview of September 29, 2026 gives a written summary only. The audio was not heard, so only that summary is used, and it concerns a council seat. A CityNews Vancouver report of May 24, 2026 on the Burnaby Hospital expansion quotes a David Xie described as a spokesman for Burnaby neighbourhood watch. No source read states that this is the candidate, so nothing from that report is used. The City of Burnaby's candidate list page loaded without candidate names, so his place on the civic ballot rests on Daily Hive's report. Whether his name will be withdrawn from the civic ballot, and what the Eligibility to Hold Public Office Act would mean for a candidate elected to both offices, are matters for the election officials. voche.me did not find an official statement on either. All-candidates meetings in Burnaby South-Metrotown, campaign finances and endorsements were not 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 and key dates page, the 2024 statement of votes, the party's candidate, team, platform and news pages, the New Burnaby civic party's candidate page, a Daily Hive report of October 2, 2026, a Frequency (CJSF) interview page of September 29, 2026 and the BC Ballot candidate listing.
No campaign website of his own was found. An Instagram account named davidforburnaby, linked from the New Burnaby page, loads only a profile line and requires sign-in for posts, so nothing from it is used. The name search tool was limited on 2026-10-03, so the name search relied on public news search pages and the sites above. An empty section records what voche.me did not find on this date.
03 / Background
## Experience & community
More than a decade, by the party's account
### Recruitment and talent acquisition
The party says he has worked in recruitment and talent acquisition with businesses and professionals in Canada and internationally. It names no employer and no years. voche.me has not checked it.
[Party candidate page](https://conservativebc.ca/candidate/david-xie/)
2026
### New Burnaby candidate for Burnaby City Council
Daily Hive reports he entered the civic race under the New Burnaby party. On October 1, 2026 he wrote to Daily Hive that he is no longer seeking a seat on City Council. His name is still on the civic ballot.
[Daily Hive report](https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/david-xie-bc-conservative-burnaby-south-metrotown)
Dates not given
### Community work with residents
The party says his involvement began with working alongside residents on local neighbourhood and family issues. It names no group, place or year. voche.me has not checked it.
[Party candidate page](https://conservativebc.ca/candidate/david-xie/)
04 / Questions & answers
## Questions for the candidate
Proposed questions for a future interview. They have not been sent to the candidate, and no answers have been supplied.
Which three measures would you ask your party to put in its first provincial budget?
No response has been submitted.
What would you do as MLA to get Burnaby Hospital Phase 2 built, and by when?
No response has been submitted.
If you are elected MLA, what happens to the Burnaby City Council seat that stays on the October 17 ballot with your name?
No response has been submitted.
### Have your own question?
Ask David Xie directly. We send it to the campaign, and publish the reply here if we get one.
05 / About this page
## Questions about this page
Facts voche.me can state about David Xie's page itself, answered directly rather than left blank.
Is this an official page for David Xie?
No. This page is researched by voche.me from public sources, listed below, and is separate from David Xie's own campaign.
What party is David Xie running with?
David Xie is running for MLA with Conservative Party of BC.
Does David Xie currently hold public office?
Not according to this profile. voche.me has not listed a current public office for David Xie.
How many sources does this David Xie 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 David Xie's page show no answer?
The "Questions & answers" section on this page lists questions voche.me would put to David Xie 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 Xie 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.
## Sources & transparency
- [Elections BC · provincial candidate list ](https://www.elections.bc.ca/docs/fin/GE-2026-10-24-Candidate-Website-Report.PDF)Checked October 3, 2026
- [Conservative Party of BC · candidate page ](https://conservativebc.ca/candidate/david-xie/)Checked October 3, 2026
- [Elections BC · 2024 statement of votes ](https://elections.bc.ca/docs/rpt/statement-of-votes-2024-provincial-election.pdf)Checked October 3, 2026
- [Daily Hive · report of October 2, 2026 ](https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/david-xie-bc-conservative-burnaby-south-metrotown)Checked October 3, 2026
- [New Burnaby · candidate page ](https://newburnaby.ca/candidate/david-xie/)Checked October 3, 2026
- [Frequency (CJSF) · Burnaby councillor candidate interview, September 29, 2026 ](https://www.frequencynews.ca/news/burnaby-councillor-candidate-interviews-david-xie/)Checked October 3, 2026
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Campaign contact
## Campaign links & contact.
Find the candidate’s website, social accounts and contact information.
[Party candidate page](https://conservativebc.ca/candidate/david-xie/) [New Burnaby candidate page (civic election)](https://newburnaby.ca/candidate/david-xie/)
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