MLA for Cowichan Valley since 2024, running again for the BC NDP.
Debra Toporowski won Cowichan Valley for the BC NDP in 2024 with 40.51% of the valid vote. The Province's profile names her Parliamentary Secretary for Rural Health. In 2026 she spoke in the legislature on the budget bill, forestry, project labour agreements, a bill that amends several laws and Indigenous reconciliation, voted with the government on the budget and on the K'ómoks Treaty Act, and chaired committee sittings in 15 of the 33 transcripts voche.me opened.
A researched record of Debra Toporowski's 19 commitments, 29 dated actions and 18 public statements, with 6 news items. Most come from the legislature record.
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01 / Introduction
About Debra Toporowski
Debra Toporowski is the BC NDP candidate in Cowichan Valley on Elections BC's candidate list dated October 3, 2026, and the sitting member for the district. The Elections BC statement of votes shows that she won Cowichan Valley for the BC NDP in 2024 with 11,795 votes, 40.51% of the valid vote, ahead of John Koury (Conservative Party, 10,946 votes) and Cammy Lockwood (BC Green Party, 5,773 votes). The legislature lists her as the member for Cowichan Valley, elected in 2024, under the name Qwulti'stunaat - Debra Toporowski. Its debates index prints Debra Toporowski / Qwulti'stunaat, which ties the two names to one member. The name on the ballot is Debra Toporowski.
The Province's profile of her says she was appointed Parliamentary Secretary for Rural Health in November 2024, and a letter from the Premier dated November 18, 2024 congratulates her on that appointment in the Ministry of Health. A government release of October 20, 2025 quotes her under the same title. The legislature's member record lists no roles for her. In 2026 Hansard, the official record of debates, shows her in the chair, presiding over a committee, in 15 of the 33 transcripts voche.me opened, and in two of them the vote index records her casting the deciding vote as Chair after a tie.
Before 2024 she sat on two councils. The Municipality of North Cowichan's results page for October 2022 lists her among the six elected councillors with 3,903 votes, and its release of October 31, 2024 says she was first elected in 2018, took a leave of absence from September 5 to campaign, and resigned her seat after the provincial election. The Victoria Times Colonist reported on November 30, 2024 that she was a five-term councillor of Cowichan Tribes and that D'Arcy Joe Jr. took her seat. The Cowichan Tribes past council index lists a Toporowski in five councils, from 2013 to 2015 to the council of 2024 to 2028, where the entry reads Debra-Ann Toporowski (Resigned November 2024). The page spells the surname Toporoski in three of the entries, so the match rests on the resignation date. The Province's profile adds that she was acting mayor of North Cowichan in 2022, was appointed Indigenous Watershed Champion in 2021 and was appointed to the Pacific Salmon Commission in 2020. voche.me did not check the watershed and salmon commission items with the bodies concerned. The municipal release confirms that she served as acting mayor and gives no year.
In the legislature in 2026 she spoke for the budget in the debate on Bill 2 on March 5, for Bill 14 on B.C. Timber Sales on April 15, and for Bill 16, a bill of amendments to several laws, on April 16. On April 13 she spoke against Bill M233, a private member's bill on public construction contracts. She made members' statements on residential school denialism, organ donation, International Women's Day, the loss of heritage, local journalism, reconciliation and local groups in the Cowichan Valley. The 2026 speech index lists no speech by her on Bill 9, the K'ómoks Treaty Act or the budget motion, on which the vote index records her voting yes.
Her campaign page says she is a member of the Cowichan Tribes, a two-term councillor in North Cowichan and a five-time councillor of Cowichan Tribes, and calls her a champion for Indigenous watersheds. Those are the campaign's own statements.
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.
19 commitments shown · Checked Oct 3
2026 · Public servicesIn progress
Finish the Quw'utsun Valley Hospital near Duncan
In the debate on Bill 2 on March 5, 2026, Toporowski said Budget 2026 keeps the new Cowichan hospital project on schedule, that construction is anticipated to be completed in 2026, and that the doors open to patients in 2027. A government release of May 29, 2026 quotes her and says construction is 90% complete, with opening to patients expected in mid-2027.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The $1.4 billion total and the date of mid-2027 come from the May 29 release. The 90% figure is the Ministry of Infrastructure's. voche.me did not open the project's contract or schedule.
In the March 5, 2026 debate, Toporowski described the Cowichan Urgent and Primary Care Centre in Duncan as a new service, with over $12 million in start-up and improvements and a team of 30 health professionals. The October 20, 2025 release quotes her, as MLA and parliamentary secretary for rural health, welcoming the centre for the First Nations around Duncan.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The centre opened on October 20, 2025 by appointment, and the release says it will be staffed by more than 30 full-time-equivalent providers as hiring progresses. voche.me found no later staffing count.
What still needs checking
How many providers work at the centre once hiring is complete?
Stabilize child care funding and pause new providers
In the March 5, 2026 debate, Toporowski said Budget 2026 adds another $330 million to stabilize the child care system, that the Province will pause enrolment of new providers into operating funding models and the $10-a-day ChildCareBC program, and that families and providers now in the program will see no changes.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
She gives the amount and the pause. She gives no end date for the pause.
The Chemainus Valley Courier reported on September 27, 2026 and quotes Toporowski on 51 new before-and-after school childcare spaces at Tansor Elementary and Chemainus Elementary Community School for the coming school year.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The Courier reports $5 million in capital funding and $20 million in operating costs over three years. voche.me did not find the Province's own announcement.
What still needs checking
Do the 51 spaces open in the school year that follows?
In the March 5, 2026 debate, Toporowski said Budget 2026 includes $634 million in new funding for teachers, student services and inclusive learning, with $169 million in the classroom enhancement fund and $3.9 billion in capital funding for seismic upgrades and growth.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
She names the amounts. She gives no number of teachers or date.
What still needs checking
How many teachers does the $169 million pay for in School District 79?
Local jobs and mills through B.C. Timber Sales changes
In debate on April 15, 2026, Toporowski spoke for Bill 14, the Forests Statutes Amendment Act, which lets B.C. Timber Sales develop new timber sale licences. She said the changes would increase fibre supply by as much as 500,000 cubic metres and support local mills, contractors and wildfire risk reduction. The vote index records her voting yes at third reading on April 21, 2026, when the transcript records the bill approved unanimously on a division.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
She gives the supply figure and says the changes will not by themselves end mill curtailments. voche.me did not open the bill's royal assent or the Ministry of Forests figures.
What still needs checking
Does fibre supply to local mills rise by the stated amount?
In debate on April 13, 2026, Toporowski spoke against Bill M233, a private member's bill that would stop the Province from using project labour agreements and community benefits agreements on public building projects. She said these agreements bring local hiring, training and good wages. The House rejected the bill at second reading on April 20, 2026 by 42 votes to 48, and she voted no.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
A position on a bill. She names no new measure, cost or date. The result comes from the April 20 transcript.
What still needs checking
Would a new government keep community benefits agreements on major projects?
In the March 5, 2026 debate, Toporowski said Budget 2026 provides $139 million over three years to reduce repeat violent offending and chronic property crime and to support timely access to justice, including $16 million for a new chronic property offending intervention initiative.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
She names the amounts. She gives no target for fewer offences.
What still needs checking
Does repeat offending fall in the Cowichan Valley?
A government release of March 16, 2026 quotes Toporowski on 48 new permanent supportive homes at 260 White Rd. in Duncan, which she said give people experiencing or at risk of homelessness a safe place indoors. The release gives the week of March 23, 2026 for move-in.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The release names grants from the Province through BC Housing and from the federal government. voche.me did not confirm that residents moved in.
In the March 5, 2026 debate, Toporowski named a $74 million project to build nearly 200 homes for Cowichan Tribes at River's Edge, and a 92-unit co-op housing development on Sherman Road in North Cowichan, as projects that moved forward.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
She describes projects underway and gives no completion date. voche.me did not open a record from BC Housing or the Tribes.
In a column signed by Toporowski on May 19, 2026, she wrote about a $400,000 investment in the Halalt Nation for a Chemainus River flood resilience project, paid through the Province's Disaster Resilience and Innovation Funding program, and wrote that the Province must keep investing in projects that protect communities.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
She gives the amount for one project and says more than $18 million is invested through the program this year. She gives no amount for future years.
What still needs checking
Does the Province fund further flood projects in the Cowichan Valley?
The Chemainus Valley Courier reported on September 26, 2026 that Toporowski said Cowichan Tribes will receive $32,000 from the Community Emergency Preparedness Fund for evacuation route mapping and a public notification plan.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The amount comes from her statement as the Courier reports it. voche.me did not find the Province's own announcement.
In a members' statement on May 21, 2026, Toporowski said the song Beds Are Burning connects directly to the work of reconciliation, to the question of land and title and to the need for meaningful partnership with Indigenous Peoples.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
A statement of position. She names no bill, cost or date.
What still needs checking
Does she name a provincial measure on land and title?
Truth-telling about residential schools in schools
In a members' statement on February 23, 2026, Toporowski said truth-telling should be at the centre of education and that schools, workplaces and communities should create space for honest discussion of the residential school system's legacy.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
A statement of position. She names no curriculum change, cost or date.
What still needs checking
Does she propose a change to the school curriculum?
In a statement on March 9, 2026, Toporowski said Indigenous women have called for the full implementation of the calls for justice of the national inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls, and that the Legislature should be serious about changing the systems that harmed them.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
A statement of position. She names no provincial bill, cost or date.
What still needs checking
Which calls for justice does she say the Province should carry out?
In second reading debate on April 16, 2026, Toporowski spoke for Bill 16, the Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, which among other changes sets a 60-day deadline for most judicial review applications and lets the Utilities Commission charge fuel producers fees.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
She reads the bill's purposes. The vote index records her casting the deciding vote as Chair on clause 3 in committee on April 28, 2026. voche.me did not open the third reading or royal assent.
What still needs checking
Did Bill 16 pass third reading, and with which changes?
The BC NDP platform page, read on 2026-10-03, says David Eby's housing plan removed local zoning barriers to build 300,000 more middle-class homes and says the conservative parties would scrap it. The page does not name Toporowski.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
Party text. Her 2026 statements on housing cover supportive homes in Duncan and homes for Cowichan Tribes only.
What still needs checking
Does she speak on housing supply during the campaign?
The BC NDP platform page says to keep recruiting and training more doctors, nurses and health care workers, and lists 24 new and expanded hospitals and 48 urgent primary care centres. The page does not name Toporowski.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
Party text. Her own 2026 statements on health cover the Cowichan hospital and the Duncan primary care centre.
What still needs checking
Does she name a rural health measure of her own during the campaign?
The BC NDP platform page lists Protecting our air, land, and water as a heading and says the party has protected 20% of B.C.'s land and water and aims for 30% by 2030. The heading also appears on her campaign page. Neither page states a measure of her own.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
Party text. Her 2026 flood resilience column is the nearest statement of her own.
What still needs checking
Does she name a climate measure of her own during the campaign?
Recorded votes and actions in the legislature where an official source names her, and releases that quote her. A government program belongs to the government. It is listed here only where a release quotes her or the record names her.
Recorded vote, yes
Voted yes on the 2026 budget motion
The vote index lists Toporowski voting yes on the budget motion. The transcript of February 26 records a tie of 46 to 46, and the Speaker cast the deciding vote in favour.
Scope, limits and sources
The Speaker said the motion was a confidence matter, a vote that tests whether the government still has the support of the House.
Voted yes on second and third reading of the Budget Measures Implementation Act (No. 2), 2026 (Bill 3)
The vote index lists Toporowski voting yes at second reading and at third reading. The transcripts record 48 to 43 at second reading on February 26 and 46 to 42 at third reading on March 5.
Voted yes on second and third reading of the Budget Measures Implementation Act, 2026 (Bill 2)
The vote index lists Toporowski voting yes at second reading and at third reading. The transcripts record 46 to 45 at second reading on March 9 and a tie of 46 to 46 at third reading on April 1, when the Speaker cast the deciding vote in favour.
Scope, limits and sources
The Speaker said Bill 2 was a confidence matter. Her speech of March 5 was in the debate on Bill 2.
Voted yes on third reading of the Forests Statutes Amendment Act, 2026 (Bill 14)
The vote index lists Toporowski voting yes at third reading. The transcript records the bill approved unanimously on a division. She spoke for the bill on April 15, 2026.
Scope, limits and sources
The bill lets B.C. Timber Sales develop new kinds of timber sale licences.
Voted on the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Amendment Act, 2026 (Bill 9) at several stages
The vote index lists Toporowski voting no on an amendment to second reading and yes at second reading, on the motion to send the bill to Committee of the Whole, on amendments to clauses 2 and 13 moved by Gibson, and yes at third reading. The transcripts record 48 to 42 at second reading, shortly after 3 a.m. on May 7, and a tie of 46 to 46 at third reading on May 28, when the Speaker cast the deciding vote in favour.
Scope, limits and sources
The Speaker said Bill 9 had been declared a confidence matter. The 2026 speech index lists no speech by her on the bill.
Voted yes on second and third reading of the K'ómoks Treaty Act (Bill 20)
The vote index lists Toporowski voting no on an amendment moved by Van Popta and yes at second reading on May 20 and at third reading on May 28, 2026. The transcripts record 44 to 48 against the amendment, 48 to 42 at second reading and 53 to 39 at third reading.
Scope, limits and sources
The 2026 speech index lists no speech by her on the bill.
Voted no on first reading of a bill to repeal DRIPA
The vote index lists Toporowski voting no at first reading of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Repeal Act. The House rejected first reading by 44 votes to 47.
Scope, limits and sources
First reading is the vote to introduce a bill for debate.
Voted yes on the motion for a required MLA orientation course (Motion M205)
The vote index lists Toporowski voting yes on the motion, yes on an amendment moved by Blatherwick and no on a subamendment moved by Giddens. The transcripts record the subamendment tied 45 to 45 on April 27, the amendment passing 46 to 45 on May 4, and the motion as amended passing 48 to 40 on May 25.
Scope, limits and sources
The amendment added public policy topics to the course.
The vote index lists a casting vote as Chair by Toporowski on clause 3 of the Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2026. The transcript records a committee division of 5 to 5, and the Chair voting in favour of the clause.
Scope, limits and sources
The Chair said the vote keeps the bill in its original form, as adopted at second reading. A casting vote is the deciding vote when a vote is tied. It follows the rules of the House and states no position of the member.
Casting vote as Chair on an amendment to clause 13 of Bill 9
The vote index lists a casting vote as Chair by Toporowski on an amendment to clause 13 of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Amendment Act, 2026 moved by Botterell. The transcript records a committee division of 5 to 5, and the Chair voting against the amendment.
Scope, limits and sources
The Chair said the vote keeps the bill in its original form, as adopted at second reading. A casting vote is the deciding vote when a vote is tied. It follows the rules of the House and states no position of the member.
Hansard records Debra Toporowski / Qwulti'stunaat in the chair, presiding over a committee, in 15 of the 33 transcripts of 2026 sittings that voche.me opened: February 26, March 5, March 9, March 12, March 30, April 13, April 16, April 20, April 21, April 27, April 28, May 4, May 6, May 25 and May 26, 2026.
Scope, limits and sources
The transcripts name no title for the role, and the legislature's member record lists no roles for her. The count covers the 33 transcripts voche.me opened, which are not every 2026 sitting.
Appointed Parliamentary Secretary for Rural Health
The Premier's letter of November 18, 2024 congratulates Toporowski on her appointment as Parliamentary Secretary for Rural Health in the Ministry of Health. The Province's profile, last updated November 19, 2024, gives the same title and month.
Scope, limits and sources
The legislature's member record lists no roles for her. A government release of October 20, 2025 quotes her under the same title.
Cowichan Urgent and Primary Care Centre opens in Duncan
The Ministry of Health release says the centre opened on October 20, 2025 and will be staffed by more than 30 full-time-equivalent providers as hiring progresses. It quotes Toporowski, as MLA and parliamentary secretary for rural health.
Scope, limits and sources
The centre belongs to the Ministry of Health and Island Health. The release names no role of hers in the work.
New Cowichan hospital named Quw'utsun Valley Hospital
A release of November 12, 2025 gives the hospital the name Quw'utsun Valley Hospital, in Hul'q'umi'num' Quw'utsun Hulitun-ew't-hw, and says construction was 75% complete. It quotes Toporowski on the naming.
Scope, limits and sources
The project belongs to the Ministry of Infrastructure and Island Health. The release names no role of hers in the work.
A release of May 29, 2026 says construction of the 204-bed hospital is 90% complete and that it is expected to open to patients in mid-2027. It quotes Toporowski.
Scope, limits and sources
The project belongs to the Ministry of Infrastructure and Island Health. The release names no role of hers in the work.
A release of March 16, 2026 announces 48 permanent supportive homes in Duncan and North Cowichan, with residents expected to move in the week of March 23, 2026. It quotes Toporowski.
Scope, limits and sources
The homes belong to BC Housing and are run by Connective. The release names no role of hers in the work.
Toporowski wrote in a signed column that a $400,000 investment in the Halalt Nation for the Silaqwa'ulh (Chemainus) riverscape and flood resilience project is paid through the Province's Disaster Resilience and Innovation Funding program.
Scope, limits and sources
The column is her own account. voche.me did not open the Province's release for the grant.
The Chemainus Valley Courier reports that Cowichan Tribes will receive $32,000 from the Community Emergency Preparedness Fund and quotes Toporowski on the funding.
Scope, limits and sources
The fund belongs to the Province's emergency management ministry. The article names no role of hers in the work.
North Cowichan's release says she stepped down from council effective immediately after her election as MLA, after a leave of absence from September 5, 2024 to campaign. Council made new appointments on November 6, 2024 and said a by-election would follow.
Scope, limits and sources
The release lists committees she served on, including chair of the First Nations Committee, and says she served as acting mayor.
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Statement
Statement on her BC NDP nomination
In the party's release she said people in the Cowichan Valley face housing, health care and affordability challenges and that she was ready to work for them. The release is campaign material.
Answers at the 2024 all-candidates meeting on holding two council seats
Asked about conflict of interest (a clash between two duties) and holding several roles, she said she had stepped out of council debates involving the Tribes and that she would step down from North Cowichan if she won the seat.
Toporowski said denial of the residential school system distorts history and harms survivors, and called for truth-telling in education and support for Indigenous-led education groups.
Toporowski urged people to register as organ donors with B.C. Transplant and to tell their families, and said more than one million people have registered.
Toporowski spoke for Budget 2026 and its effects in the Cowichan Valley: the new hospital, the primary care centre, schools, child care, rural economic funds, public safety funds and housing.
Statement on International Women's Day and Indigenous women
Toporowski spoke about Indigenous women's leadership and the history of laws that harmed them, and said the calls for justice of the national inquiry should be fully carried out.
Toporowski described the Cowichan Valley's landscape and the responsibility to protect it, referring to the Cowichan Tribes' long relationship with the land.
Toporowski spoke against Bill M233 and for project labour and community benefits agreements on public projects, and read a letter from a construction electrician working on the Cowichan hospital.
Toporowski spoke for Bill 16, covering the changes to the Judicial Review Procedure Act, the Fuel Price Transparency Act, the University Endowment Land Act and the Correction Act.
Toporowski thanked a local journalist for his writing on Cowichan Valley history and said local newspapers connect neighbours and make civic life visible.
Toporowski wrote that a $400,000 investment in a Halalt Nation flood resilience project responds to a long history of flooding on the Chemainus River, and that the Province must keep investing in such projects.
Toporowski said her favourite song, Beds Are Burning by Midnight Oil, speaks to land, justice and reconciliation, and thanked a member across the House who had named the same song.
Toporowski told the Chemainus Valley Courier that Cowichan Tribes would receive $32,000 and that the money helps communities prepare evacuation plans and emergency notices.
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Reporting
sixmountains.ca
Future of North Cowichan council potentially linked to Cowichan Tribes election
Reports that she sat on both councils and was among nine candidates for Chief of Cowichan Tribes in the election of December 3, 2021, while also running for councillor. It reports that she stepped out of a North Cowichan vote in October 2020 on consultation with First Nations about the municipal forest reserve, and did not take part in a later decision to sign an agreement with local First Nations on the reserve.
Cowichan Tribes council fills seat left vacant by newly elected MLA
Reports that D'Arcy Joe Jr. took her Cowichan Tribes council seat after her election as MLA and that she also resigned from North Cowichan council on October 31.
Sources checked October 3, 2026. Official records establish decisions; campaign material establishes stated positions; reporting adds investigation and context. None alone establishes every claim.
The campaign page lists no events and no platform of her own, and its events search returned no results. Her Facebook, Instagram and X pages showed a login screen or no posts and were not read. The caucus page for her answered HTTP 503 and was not read. The legislature's member record lists no roles for her, so her title as Parliamentary Secretary for Rural Health rests on the Province's profile, the Premier's letter and a government release. Her title in the chair of committee sittings is not stated in the transcripts opened, and the count of 15 sittings covers the 33 transcripts voche.me opened, not every 2026 sitting. Transcripts of 2025 were not opened, although the 2025 index lists speeches by her, including her first speech. The Province's profile says she was appointed Indigenous Watershed Champion in 2021 and to the Pacific Salmon Commission in 2020 and was a member of the Cowichan Watershed Board. None of these was checked with the body concerned. Whether she won a seat or the chief's post in the Cowichan Tribes election of December 2021 was not checked beyond the council index, which lists a Toporowski in the council of 2019 to 2022 and none in 2022 to 2024. The Cowichan Tribes index spells her surname three ways, so the match rests on the resignation date reported by the Times Colonist. The 2026 speech index lists no speech by her on Bill 9, Bill 20 or the budget motion, on which she voted. The text of Bill 16 and its third reading were not opened. The amounts quoted from the Chemainus Valley Courier come from its report of releases, and the releases themselves were not opened. Campaign finances for 2026 and endorsements were not reviewed. The questionnaire has not been sent.
Research status
What voche.me has checked
Evidence reviewed on 2026-10-03: the Elections BC candidate list dated October 3, 2026 and the 2024 statement of votes, the legislature's member record, its 2025 and 2026 speech indexes and its 2026 vote index, 33 transcripts of the 2026 sittings, the Province's profile and the Premier's letter of appointment, 9 government and municipal pages and releases, the Cowichan Tribes past council index, her campaign page, the BC NDP platform page, her signed column of May 19, 2026, and news reports from 2021, 2024 and 2026. Her Facebook, Instagram and X pages showed a login screen or no posts and were not used.
The name on the ballot is Debra Toporowski. The legislature prints Qwulti'stunaat - Debra Toporowski and Hansard prints Debra Toporowski / Qwulti'stunaat. Her public roles before 2024 come from the Province's profile, from North Cowichan's own pages and from the Times Colonist. Her Tribes seat is listed on the Cowichan Tribes past council index, which spells her surname three ways, and in the Times Colonist report.
Her commitments come from what she said in the legislature in 2026, her signed column and government releases that quote her. Her 2026 votes come from the vote index and the transcripts that print each division. voche.me found no complaint, lawsuit or official finding about her in the sources it opened, so the accountability section is empty. An empty section records only that none was found. The BC NDP platform page and her campaign page name no measure of her own.
The Province's profile says she was appointed in November 2024. The Premier's letter of November 18, 2024 congratulates her on the appointment in the Ministry of Health. The legislature's member record lists no roles for her.
Hansard records Debra Toporowski / Qwulti'stunaat in the chair in 15 of the 33 transcripts of 2026 sittings that voche.me opened, from February 26 to May 26, 2026. The transcripts give no title for the role.
First elected in 2018 and elected again in October 2022 with 3,903 votes. The municipality's release says she served as acting mayor and chaired its First Nations Committee, took leave from September 5, 2024 to campaign, and resigned after the provincial election.
The Victoria Times Colonist reported on November 30, 2024 that she was a five-term councillor and that her seat was filled by D'Arcy Joe Jr. after her election as MLA. The Cowichan Tribes past council index lists a Toporowski in five councils and marks the entry in the 2024 to 2028 council Resigned November 2024.
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What party is Debra Toporowski running with?
Debra Toporowski is running for MLA with BC NDP.
Does Debra Toporowski currently hold public office?
Yes. Debra Toporowski currently serves as MLA for Cowichan Valley.
How many sources does this Debra Toporowski 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 Debra Toporowski's page show no answer?
The "Questions & answers" section on this page lists questions voche.me would put to Debra Toporowski 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 Debra Toporowski is running in?
The 2026 British Columbia election, including the MLA race, is decided on October 24, 2026.
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