--- title: "Elenore Sturko: candidate for MLA in Surrey South, BC provincial 2026 | voche.me" canonical_url: "https://voche.me/bc/provincial-2026/candidates/elenore-sturko" last_updated: "2026-10-10T04:04:56.772Z" meta: description: "Elenore Sturko is the leader of CentreBC and the sitting MLA for Surrey-Cloverdale, a seat she won in 2024 for the Conservative Party with 10,268 votes (48..." "og:description": "Elenore Sturko is the leader of CentreBC and the sitting MLA for Surrey-Cloverdale, a seat she won in 2024 for the Conservative Party with 10,268 votes (48..." "og:title": "Elenore Sturko: candidate for MLA in Surrey South, BC provincial 2026" "twitter:description": "Elenore Sturko is the leader of CentreBC and the sitting MLA for Surrey-Cloverdale, a seat she won in 2024 for the Conservative Party with 10,268 votes (48..." "twitter:title": "Elenore Sturko: candidate for MLA in Surrey South, BC provincial 2026" --- ** MLA in Surrey South · BC provincial 2026 # Elenore Sturko Leader of CentreBC and sitting MLA, running in Surrey South. Elenore Sturko is the leader of CentreBC and the sitting MLA for Surrey-Cloverdale, a seat she won in 2024 for the Conservative Party with 10,268 votes (48.31 percent). In 2026 she is running in Surrey South, the district she first won in a 2022 by-election. John Rustad removed her from the Conservative caucus on September 22, 2025, she sat as an Independent, joined CentreBC on September 18, 2026, and took over as its leader on September 22, 2026. Explore the record Public schedule Researched by voche.me · Not a campaign-authored page Centre BC2026 ![Elenore Sturko, from the CentreBC leader page.](https://voche.me/bc/provincial-2026/images/candidates/elenore-sturko-640.webp) *Elenore SturkoMLAv.* [Image: CentreBC](https://www.centrebc.ca/leader/) Candidate research / October 3, 2026 A researched record of Elenore Sturko’s 14 commitments (11 in her own words in the legislature and 3 from CentreBC pages), 18 dated actions, 21 public statements and 9 news items, with 1 public dispute. Most of the record comes from the legislature. **14**Commitments **18**Programs **9**News articles **49**Sources Public schedule / Through election day ## Where can you hear Elenore Sturko? No campaign event for Elenore Sturko was confirmed by an organizer on 2026-10-03. The dates below are voting days. Checked October 3, 2026 · All event times are Pacific time. Recheck the organizer before travelling. - [2026 provincial general election: key dates](https://elections.bc.ca/2026-provincial-election/)Official record · Elections BC
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 17No appearance confirmed 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 16Advance voting begins - Oct 24General 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/) - [2026 provincial general 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 Elenore Sturko Elections BC’s candidate list, printed on October 3, 2026, shows Elenore Sturko as a candidate in Surrey South with the affiliation CentreBC. The list shows four other candidates in the district: Denis R Hurtubise (OneBC), Megan Knight (Conservative Party), Bill McConnell (BC Green Party) and Parik Tahlan (BC NDP). She is the sitting member for Surrey-Cloverdale. The 2024 statement of votes shows that she won Surrey-Cloverdale for the Conservative Party with 10,268 votes, 48.31 percent of the valid vote, ahead of Mike Starchuk of the BC NDP with 9,682 votes (45.56 percent). In 2026 she is running in a different district, Surrey South. Peace Arch News reported on September 25, 2026 that she was first elected in Surrey South in a 2022 by-election, and quoted her: “I wanted to campaign where I began my political career, here in Surrey South.” The records show these party labels, in this order. In the Surrey South by-election of September 10, 2022, the Elections BC statement of votes lists her under the code LIB, with 5,568 votes (51.83 percent). CBC and the Times Colonist report that she left BC United and joined the BC Conservatives in June 2024. CBC reported that she said she joined because of a promise that members would keep their own values and still have a voice in the party. The legislature’s data service lists her 2024 election under the Conservative Party of British Columbia, in Surrey-Cloverdale. On September 22, 2025 the Conservative leader, John Rustad, removed her from the caucus (the group of the party’s MLAs), and the legislature now lists her as Independent. Rustad said he needed the caucus united, and she said he accused her of plotting against his leadership, which she denies. The accountability section gives both accounts. On September 18, 2026 she and seven other former Conservative MLAs joined CentreBC, and Peter Milobar became its leader (CBC, AM 1150). On September 22, 2026, the day the election was called, the other seven returned to the Conservatives and she stayed, according to The Canadian Press. CBC reported her saying her values no longer align with the Conservatives and that she cannot trust them. She became CentreBC’s leader and its only sitting MLA. The legislature’s data service, read on October 3, 2026, lists no active member under CentreBC and lists her as Independent. CBC’s profile of September 22, 2026 says she was a reservist in the Royal Canadian Air Force in Yellowknife and the Northwest Territories, joined the RCMP in Langley in 2009, worked as a frontline officer in Yellowknife until 2018, then in Metro Vancouver, including media relations for the Surrey RCMP, before entering politics. CentreBC’s own page gives a similar outline and says 13 years with the RCMP. Those are the campaign’s statements, and voche.me did not check them with the RCMP. In the 2026 sitting of the legislature, the speech index lists her on the budget debate, the estimates (the committee review of a ministry’s budget) of the Attorney General, Health and Public Safety and Solicitor General ministries, Bill 9 on freedom of information, the K’ómoks Treaty Act, Surrey Memorial Hospital, cardiac care south of the Fraser River, a review of the mental health system and the provincial sales tax on services. She introduced her own bill on April 13, 2026, the Interpretation Amendment Act, 2026 (Bill M241). On February 19, 2026 the House named her convener (the member who leads the committee) of the Special Committee on Police Complaints. [Opinion: The Green leader has no seat and is in the debate. Two leaders with seats are left out. Publish the rule ](https://voche.me/bc/provincial-2026/news/opinion-debate-rule-green-leader-no-seat) [Opinion: One debate, 105 minutes, three leaders. BC voters should get a second one ](https://voche.me/bc/provincial-2026/news/opinion-one-leaders-debate-105-minutes) 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. 14 commitments shown · Checked Oct 3 2026 · GovernanceNot established ### Repeal section 8.1 of the Interpretation Act On April 13, 2026 Sturko introduced the Interpretation Amendment Act, 2026 (Bill M241) to repeal section 8.1 of the Interpretation Act. She said the section requires every act and regulation to be interpreted consistently with the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act, and that it moves decisions from negotiations with government into the courts. First reading was approved unanimously on a division, and she moved that the bill be listed for second reading, the next stage.
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Evidence reviewed
The transcript of April 13 records the first reading and her speech. voche.me found no later stage for the bill in the 2026 indexes.
What still needs checking
Does the bill reach second reading in the next sitting?
- [Debates of April 13, 2026 (afternoon): first reading of the Interpretation Amendment Act, 2026 (Bill M241)](https://www.leg.bc.ca/hansard-content/Debates/43rd2nd/20260413pm-Hansard-n150.html)Official record · Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Hansard - [Index of recorded votes by member, 2026, entry for Elenore Sturko](https://api.lims.leg.bc.ca/hdms/file/Index/43rd2nd/2026-Votess.htm)Official record · Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Hansard 2026 · Public servicesCampaign pledge ### A legislative committee to review the mental health care system On April 30, 2026 Sturko asked the Premier in question period to convene a special legislative committee on mental health care to review the system and make recommendations. Minister Josie Osborne answered that the government has said it will review the Mental Health Act and that the system needs continual review.
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Evidence reviewed
She names a committee. She gives no date, cost or number of members. The reply in the transcript does not agree to a special committee.
What still needs checking
Does she repeat the proposal in the campaign and give a date?
- [Debates of April 30, 2026 (morning): question period on a review of the mental health care system](https://www.leg.bc.ca/hansard-content/Debates/43rd2nd/20260430am-Hansard-n168.html)Official record · Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Hansard 2026 · Public safetyCampaign pledge ### Live-in treatment units in B.C. Corrections In the budget debate on February 24, 2026 Sturko said she would have liked to see funding in the budget for live-in treatment units within B.C. Corrections, where a person sentenced to two years less a day could receive treatment and mental health care. She noted that 10 beds for people brought in by police who need immediate mental health treatment opened at Surrey Pretrial in 2025.
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Evidence reviewed
She states the idea and says the budget did not fund it. She gives no cost, number of units or date.
What still needs checking
Does she name a number of units or a cost for the units in the campaign?
- [Debates of February 24, 2026 (afternoon): budget debate speech](https://www.leg.bc.ca/hansard-content/Debates/43rd2nd/20260224pm-Hansard-n124.html)Official record · Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Hansard 2026 · Public safetyCampaign pledge ### More provincially funded RCMP officers In the budget debate on February 24, 2026 Sturko said the government is failing by not increasing the number of provincially funded RCMP officers, and that the provincial line needs more resources. She said the line has stayed at 2,602 members since 2012.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
She gives the current number and no target, cost or date.
What still needs checking
How many officers does she propose to add, and at what cost?
- [Debates of February 24, 2026 (afternoon): budget debate speech](https://www.leg.bc.ca/hansard-content/Debates/43rd2nd/20260224pm-Hansard-n124.html)Official record · Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Hansard 2026 · Public safetyCampaign pledge ### A larger provincial firearms program In the budget debate on February 24, 2026 Sturko said the Province needs to increase its firearms program to address illegal firearms from the United States, 3D-printed guns and straw buyers, people who buy guns legally and pass them to others. She called the $600,000 for the Surrey gun lab too little.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
She names the three problems and a current amount. She gives no target amount or date for the increase.
What still needs checking
What amount does she propose for the firearms program?
- [Debates of February 24, 2026 (afternoon): budget debate speech](https://www.leg.bc.ca/hansard-content/Debates/43rd2nd/20260224pm-Hansard-n124.html)Official record · Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Hansard 2026 · Public safetyCampaign pledge ### Surrey police transition on schedule, with enough staff In the budget debate on February 24, 2026 Sturko said Surrey-Cloverdale residents welcome the transition to the Surrey Police Service continuing on April 1, and asked the government to show that the transition is fully staffed on the front line. In the Public Safety estimates on May 19, 2026 she said the gang enforcement team had been stripped back because the police chief did not have the number of officers he felt the transition needed.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
A position and a request to the government. She names no provincial measure, cost or date of her own.
What still needs checking
Does she propose a provincial measure for staffing during the transition?
- [Debates of February 24, 2026 (afternoon): budget debate speech](https://www.leg.bc.ca/hansard-content/Debates/43rd2nd/20260224pm-Hansard-n124.html)Official record · Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Hansard - [Debates of May 19, 2026 (afternoon): Public Safety and Solicitor General Ministry estimates](https://www.leg.bc.ca/hansard-content/Debates/43rd2nd/20260519pm-Hansard-n178.html)Official record · Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Hansard 2026 · EconomyCampaign pledge ### Pause the sales tax on services On May 21, 2026 Sturko asked the Premier in question period to pause the expansion of the provincial sales tax to services, which was due on October 1, 2026. She said business owners had written to her office about the cost.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
She asks for a pause. She gives no revenue figure or end date for the pause. The transcript does not show a pause.
What still needs checking
Did the tax expansion take effect on October 1, 2026? voche.me has not checked.
- [Debates of May 21, 2026 (morning): question period on the provincial sales tax and vote on a Bill 9 amendment](https://www.leg.bc.ca/hansard-content/Debates/43rd2nd/20260521am-Hansard-n180.html)Official record · Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Hansard 2026 · EconomyCampaign pledge ### Opposes the 2026 budget In the budget debate on February 24, 2026 Sturko said the budget’s projected deficit of $13.3 billion is the largest in the province’s history and said she does not support it. The vote index records her voting Nay on the budget motion on February 26, 2026.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
A position on the budget. She names items she would have funded, listed in the entries above, and gives no overall alternative budget or deficit target.
What still needs checking
What deficit would she plan for in a new term?
- [Debates of February 24, 2026 (afternoon): budget debate speech](https://www.leg.bc.ca/hansard-content/Debates/43rd2nd/20260224pm-Hansard-n124.html)Official record · Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Hansard - [Index of recorded votes by member, 2026, entry for Elenore Sturko](https://api.lims.leg.bc.ca/hdms/file/Index/43rd2nd/2026-Votess.htm)Official record · Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Hansard - [Debates of February 26, 2026 (morning): votes on the Human Rights Code Repeal Act and the budget motion](https://www.leg.bc.ca/hansard-content/Debates/43rd2nd/20260226am-Hansard-n126.html)Official record · Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Hansard 2026 · GovernanceNot established ### No fees for records disclosed without a request On May 26, 2026, in committee on Bill 9, Sturko moved an amendment to clause 21 so that the head of a public body must not require a person who asks for a copy of a record available without a freedom of information request to pay a fee. She said she does not vote in that committee. The minister said the government could not support the amendment because the 2,900 public bodies had not been consulted, and the amendment was defeated.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The transcript records the amendment and its defeat. She states no cost of the change.
What still needs checking
Does she repeat the proposal in the campaign?
- [Debates of May 26, 2026 (afternoon): Bill 9 in committee](https://www.leg.bc.ca/hansard-content/Debates/43rd2nd/20260526pm-Hansard-n185.html)Official record · Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Hansard 2026 · GovernanceNot established ### Send the K’ómoks Treaty Act to a committee On May 20, 2026 Sturko spoke for a motion to send Bill 20, the K’ómoks Treaty Act, to the Select Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs. She said she met Chief Roberts of the Wei Wai Kum First Nation, which raised a concern about overlapping territory, and that passing the act before the dispute is resolved is likely to lead to long, costly court cases. The motion failed 44 to 48. She voted no at second reading (48 to 42) and at third reading (53 to 39), and the act received royal assent, the step that makes it law, on May 28, 2026.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The transcripts record the speech, the votes and the royal assent. voche.me did not open the act or the dispute record.
What still needs checking
Does the Wei Wai Kum First Nation take court action over the overlapping territory?
- [Debates of May 20, 2026 (afternoon): Bill 20, the K’ómoks Treaty Act, second reading](https://www.leg.bc.ca/hansard-content/Debates/43rd2nd/20260520pm-Hansard-n179.html)Official record · Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Hansard - [Index of recorded votes by member, 2026, entry for Elenore Sturko](https://api.lims.leg.bc.ca/hdms/file/Index/43rd2nd/2026-Votess.htm)Official record · Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Hansard - [Debates of May 28, 2026 (afternoon): third reading votes on Bill 20, Bill 9 and Bill 22, and royal assent](https://www.leg.bc.ca/hansard-content/Debates/43rd2nd/20260528pm-Hansard-n188.html)Official record · Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Hansard 2026 · GovernanceApproved ### Support for the B.C. Human Rights Code On March 12, 2026 Sturko spoke for Motion 13, which affirms support for the B.C. Human Rights Code and the tribunal that enforces it. She voted yes on the motion, which passed 83 to 3, and no on an amendment, which failed 36 to 50. She also voted no on first reading of a bill to repeal the code on February 26, 2026.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
A position and recorded votes. She names no new measure.
What still needs checking
Does she name any change to the code or the tribunal?
- [Debates of March 12, 2026 (afternoon): Motion 13 on the Human Rights Code](https://www.leg.bc.ca/hansard-content/Debates/43rd2nd/20260312pm-Hansard-n141.html)Official record · Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Hansard - [Index of recorded votes by member, 2026, entry for Elenore Sturko](https://api.lims.leg.bc.ca/hdms/file/Index/43rd2nd/2026-Votess.htm)Official record · Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Hansard - [Debates of February 26, 2026 (morning): votes on the Human Rights Code Repeal Act and the budget motion](https://www.leg.bc.ca/hansard-content/Debates/43rd2nd/20260226am-Hansard-n126.html)Official record · Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Hansard 2026 · Public servicesCampaign pledge ### CentreBC health care heading The CentreBC vision page lists “Accessible, well-funded healthcare and mental health supports” under its vision. The page names no measure, number or date. The page does not name Sturko.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
Party text. CentreBC’s policy page says its policy areas, including healthcare, are still being developed.
What still needs checking
Does CentreBC publish a health care platform before October 24, 2026?
- [Our Vision for B.C.](https://www.centrebc.ca/vision/)Campaign · CentreBC - [Our Policy Philosophy and Process](https://www.centrebc.ca/our-policy/)Campaign · CentreBC 2026 · Public safetyCampaign pledge ### CentreBC public safety heading The CentreBC vision page lists “Public safety backed by strong justice and treatment systems” under its vision. The page names no measure, number or date.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
Party text. No public safety policy from CentreBC beyond this heading was found. Sturko’s own statements on public safety are in the entries above.
What still needs checking
Does CentreBC publish a public safety platform before October 24, 2026?
- [Our Vision for B.C.](https://www.centrebc.ca/vision/)Campaign · CentreBC - [Our Policy Philosophy and Process](https://www.centrebc.ca/our-policy/)Campaign · CentreBC 2026 · EconomyCampaign pledge ### CentreBC budget position The CentreBC vision page says the party believes in responsible financial management, “balancing the budget over the long term through smarter investments and spending”. It gives no deficit figure or date.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
Party text. The policy page lists fiscal responsibility among the areas still being developed.
What still needs checking
Does CentreBC publish a budget plan with numbers before October 24, 2026?
- [Our Vision for B.C.](https://www.centrebc.ca/vision/)Campaign · CentreBC - [Our Policy Philosophy and Process](https://www.centrebc.ca/our-policy/)Campaign · CentreBC City programs / Scope and delivery ## Policies, budgets & programs Recorded votes and actions in the legislature where an official source names her. A recorded vote belongs to the member named in the vote index. A bill has three readings: first reading is the vote to introduce it for debate, second reading is the vote on its main idea, and third reading is the final vote before it can become law. Apr 13First reading approved ### Introduced the Interpretation Amendment Act, 2026 (Bill M241) Sturko moved first reading of a bill to repeal section 8.1 of the Interpretation Act. First reading was approved unanimously on a division, and she moved that the bill be listed for second reading, the next stage. The vote index lists her voting yes.
Scope, limits and sources First reading is the vote to introduce a bill for debate. The 2026 indexes list no later stage for the bill.
- [Debates of April 13, 2026 (afternoon): first reading of the Interpretation Amendment Act, 2026 (Bill M241)](https://www.leg.bc.ca/hansard-content/Debates/43rd2nd/20260413pm-Hansard-n150.html)Official record · Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Hansard - [Index of recorded votes by member, 2026, entry for Elenore Sturko](https://api.lims.leg.bc.ca/hdms/file/Index/43rd2nd/2026-Votess.htm)Official record · Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Hansard Feb 19Named in a motion ### Named convener of the Special Committee on Police Complaints The House approved Motion 9 on February 19, 2026, appointing a Special Committee on Police Complaints to audit how randomly selected police complaints and investigations were resolved. The motion names Sturko as convener, with Garry Begg, Steve Kooner, Macklin McCall and Darlene Rotchford, and sets a report date of November 23, 2026.
Scope, limits and sources Hon. Mike Farnworth moved the motion. voche.me did not open committee records, so it does not know how many meetings the committee has held.
- [Debates of February 19, 2026 (morning): first reading vote on the Gender Ideology and Child Protection Act and Motion 9 on the Special Committee on Police Complaints](https://www.leg.bc.ca/hansard-content/Debates/43rd2nd/20260219am-Hansard-n119.html)Official record · Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Hansard Mar 31Petition presented ### Presented a petition on a hydro substation in Cloverdale On March 31, 2026 Sturko presented a petition with over 500 signatures of Cloverdale residents who oppose the construction of B.C. Hydro’s Willoughby substation on residential property.
Scope, limits and sources The petition is the residents’ request. The transcript records no response from the government.
- [Debates of March 31, 2026 (morning): petition on a hydro substation in Cloverdale](https://www.leg.bc.ca/hansard-content/Debates/43rd2nd/20260331am-Hansard-n144.html)Official record · Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Hansard Feb 26Recorded vote, no ### Voted no on the 2026 budget motion The vote index lists Sturko voting Nay on the motion that the Speaker leave the Chair for the House to go into Committee of Supply, where the House reviews the spending in the budget. The transcript records 46 yeas and 46 nays, 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. She spoke against the budget on February 24.
- [Index of recorded votes by member, 2026, entry for Elenore Sturko](https://api.lims.leg.bc.ca/hdms/file/Index/43rd2nd/2026-Votess.htm)Official record · Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Hansard - [Debates of February 26, 2026 (morning): votes on the Human Rights Code Repeal Act and the budget motion](https://www.leg.bc.ca/hansard-content/Debates/43rd2nd/20260226am-Hansard-n126.html)Official record · Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Hansard - [Debates of February 24, 2026 (afternoon): budget debate speech](https://www.leg.bc.ca/hansard-content/Debates/43rd2nd/20260224pm-Hansard-n124.html)Official record · Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Hansard Mar 5Recorded vote, no ### Voted no on the Budget Measures Implementation Act (No. 2), 2026 (Bill 3) The vote index lists Sturko voting Nay at second reading on February 26 and at third reading on March 5, 2026. The transcripts record second reading passing 48 to 43 and third reading passing 46 to 42.
Scope, limits and sources In the second reading debate a government member described a strategic investments fund in the bill. The 2026 speech index lists no speech by Sturko on the bill.
- [Index of recorded votes by member, 2026, entry for Elenore Sturko](https://api.lims.leg.bc.ca/hdms/file/Index/43rd2nd/2026-Votess.htm)Official record · Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Hansard - [Debates of February 26, 2026 (afternoon): second reading vote on Bill 3](https://www.leg.bc.ca/hansard-content/Debates/43rd2nd/20260226pm-Hansard-n127.html)Official record · Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Hansard - [Debates of March 5, 2026 (afternoon): third reading vote on Bill 3](https://www.leg.bc.ca/hansard-content/Debates/43rd2nd/20260305pm-Hansard-n134.html)Official record · Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Hansard Apr 1Recorded vote, no ### Voted no on third reading of the Budget Measures Implementation Act, 2026 (Bill 2) The vote index lists Sturko voting Nay at third reading. The transcript records 46 yeas and 46 nays, and the Speaker cast the deciding vote in favour.
Scope, limits and sources The Speaker said Bill 2 was a confidence matter, a vote that tests whether the government still has the support of the House. The 2026 speech index lists no speech by Sturko on the bill.
- [Index of recorded votes by member, 2026, entry for Elenore Sturko](https://api.lims.leg.bc.ca/hdms/file/Index/43rd2nd/2026-Votess.htm)Official record · Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Hansard - [Debates of April 1, 2026 (afternoon): third reading votes on Bill 2 and Bill 12](https://www.leg.bc.ca/hansard-content/Debates/43rd2nd/20260401pm-Hansard-n146.html)Official record · Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Hansard May 28Recorded vote, no ### Voted no on third reading of the Supply Act, 2026-2027 (Bill 22) The vote index lists Sturko voting Nay at third reading. The transcript records the bill passing 46 to 45.
Scope, limits and sources The Supply Act approves the spending in the budget.
- [Index of recorded votes by member, 2026, entry for Elenore Sturko](https://api.lims.leg.bc.ca/hdms/file/Index/43rd2nd/2026-Votess.htm)Official record · Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Hansard - [Debates of May 28, 2026 (afternoon): third reading votes on Bill 20, Bill 9 and Bill 22, and royal assent](https://www.leg.bc.ca/hansard-content/Debates/43rd2nd/20260528pm-Hansard-n188.html)Official record · Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Hansard May 28Recorded votes, mixed ### Votes on the freedom of information bill (Bill 9) The vote index lists Sturko voting Nay on the motion to delay second reading by six months, which failed 42 to 48. It lists her voting yes at second reading (48 to 42), yes on the motion to send the bill to committee (48 to 42), yes on two amendments moved by the Minister of Citizens’ Services (49 to 42 on May 21 and 48 to 41 on May 26), and Nay at third reading on May 28. The third reading vote was tied at 46 to 46 and the Speaker cast the deciding vote in favour.
Scope, limits and sources Bill 9 is the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Amendment Act, 2026. The Speaker said the government had declared it a confidence matter, a vote that tests whether the government still has the support of the House. On May 26 she moved her own amendment to clause 21, and the committee defeated it.
- [Index of recorded votes by member, 2026, entry for Elenore Sturko](https://api.lims.leg.bc.ca/hdms/file/Index/43rd2nd/2026-Votess.htm)Official record · Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Hansard - [Debates of May 6, 2026 (afternoon): Bill 9 on freedom of information, motion to delay second reading and second reading vote](https://www.leg.bc.ca/hansard-content/Debates/43rd2nd/20260506pm-Hansard-n174.html)Official record · Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Hansard - [Debates of May 21, 2026 (morning): question period on the provincial sales tax and vote on a Bill 9 amendment](https://www.leg.bc.ca/hansard-content/Debates/43rd2nd/20260521am-Hansard-n180.html)Official record · Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Hansard - [Debates of May 26, 2026 (afternoon): Bill 9 in committee](https://www.leg.bc.ca/hansard-content/Debates/43rd2nd/20260526pm-Hansard-n185.html)Official record · Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Hansard - [Debates of May 28, 2026 (afternoon): third reading votes on Bill 20, Bill 9 and Bill 22, and royal assent](https://www.leg.bc.ca/hansard-content/Debates/43rd2nd/20260528pm-Hansard-n188.html)Official record · Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Hansard May 28Recorded votes, mixed ### Votes on the K’ómoks Treaty Act (Bill 20) The vote index lists Sturko voting yes on the amendment to send the bill to the Select Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs, which failed 44 to 48 on May 20, and Nay at second reading (48 to 42) and at third reading (53 to 39, on May 28).
Scope, limits and sources The transcript of May 28 records royal assent, the step that makes a bill law, for the act that day. She spoke on May 20 for sending the bill to committee.
- [Index of recorded votes by member, 2026, entry for Elenore Sturko](https://api.lims.leg.bc.ca/hdms/file/Index/43rd2nd/2026-Votess.htm)Official record · Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Hansard - [Debates of May 20, 2026 (afternoon): Bill 20, the K’ómoks Treaty Act, second reading](https://www.leg.bc.ca/hansard-content/Debates/43rd2nd/20260520pm-Hansard-n179.html)Official record · Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Hansard - [Debates of May 28, 2026 (afternoon): third reading votes on Bill 20, Bill 9 and Bill 22, and royal assent](https://www.leg.bc.ca/hansard-content/Debates/43rd2nd/20260528pm-Hansard-n188.html)Official record · Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Hansard Apr 22Recorded vote, yes ### Voted yes on first reading of a bill to repeal the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (DRIPA) The vote index lists Sturko voting yes at first reading of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Repeal Act, introduced by Trevor Halford. 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. She introduced her own bill on section 8.1 of the Interpretation Act on April 13.
- [Index of recorded votes by member, 2026, entry for Elenore Sturko](https://api.lims.leg.bc.ca/hdms/file/Index/43rd2nd/2026-Votess.htm)Official record · Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Hansard - [Debates of April 22, 2026 (afternoon): first reading vote on a bill to repeal DRIPA](https://www.leg.bc.ca/hansard-content/Debates/43rd2nd/20260422pm-Hansard-n160.html)Official record · Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Hansard Feb 26Recorded vote, no ### Voted no on first reading of the Human Rights Code Repeal Act The vote index lists Sturko voting Nay at first reading of a bill introduced by Tara Armstrong. The House rejected first reading by 37 votes to 50.
Scope, limits and sources First reading is the vote to introduce a bill for debate.
- [Index of recorded votes by member, 2026, entry for Elenore Sturko](https://api.lims.leg.bc.ca/hdms/file/Index/43rd2nd/2026-Votess.htm)Official record · Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Hansard - [Debates of February 26, 2026 (morning): votes on the Human Rights Code Repeal Act and the budget motion](https://www.leg.bc.ca/hansard-content/Debates/43rd2nd/20260226am-Hansard-n126.html)Official record · Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Hansard Feb 19Recorded vote, no ### Voted no on first reading of the Gender Ideology and Child Protection Act The vote index lists Sturko voting Nay at first reading of a bill introduced by Tara Armstrong. The House rejected first reading by 38 votes to 49.
Scope, limits and sources First reading is the vote to introduce a bill for debate.
- [Index of recorded votes by member, 2026, entry for Elenore Sturko](https://api.lims.leg.bc.ca/hdms/file/Index/43rd2nd/2026-Votess.htm)Official record · Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Hansard - [Debates of February 19, 2026 (morning): first reading vote on the Gender Ideology and Child Protection Act and Motion 9 on the Special Committee on Police Complaints](https://www.leg.bc.ca/hansard-content/Debates/43rd2nd/20260219am-Hansard-n119.html)Official record · Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Hansard Mar 12Recorded vote, no ### Voted no on first reading of the Defunding Aboriginal Title Claims Affecting Private Property Act The vote index lists Sturko voting Nay at first reading of a bill introduced by Tara Armstrong. The House rejected first reading by 38 votes to 49.
Scope, limits and sources First reading is the vote to introduce a bill for debate.
- [Index of recorded votes by member, 2026, entry for Elenore Sturko](https://api.lims.leg.bc.ca/hdms/file/Index/43rd2nd/2026-Votess.htm)Official record · Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Hansard - [Debates of March 12, 2026 (morning): first reading vote on the Defunding Aboriginal Title Claims Affecting Private Property Act](https://www.leg.bc.ca/hansard-content/Debates/43rd2nd/20260312am-Hansard-n140.html)Official record · Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Hansard Mar 12Recorded vote, yes ### Voted yes on Motion 13 supporting the B.C. Human Rights Code The vote index lists Sturko voting yes on Motion 13 and no on an amendment to it. The motion passed 83 to 3 and the amendment failed 36 to 50.
Scope, limits and sources She spoke for the motion that afternoon.
- [Index of recorded votes by member, 2026, entry for Elenore Sturko](https://api.lims.leg.bc.ca/hdms/file/Index/43rd2nd/2026-Votess.htm)Official record · Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Hansard - [Debates of March 12, 2026 (afternoon): Motion 13 on the Human Rights Code](https://www.leg.bc.ca/hansard-content/Debates/43rd2nd/20260312pm-Hansard-n141.html)Official record · Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Hansard Mar 5Recorded vote, yes ### Voted yes on first reading of the Drug Recovery and Community Safety Act (Bill M235) The vote index lists Sturko voting yes at first reading of a bill introduced by Tara Armstrong, which, according to its mover, would end provincial funding for unlawful drug use and shut down authorized drug consumption sites. First reading passed 84 to 2.
Scope, limits and sources First reading is the vote to introduce a bill for debate. The index lists no later vote by her on the bill.
- [Index of recorded votes by member, 2026, entry for Elenore Sturko](https://api.lims.leg.bc.ca/hdms/file/Index/43rd2nd/2026-Votess.htm)Official record · Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Hansard - [Debates of March 5, 2026 (morning): question period on Surrey Memorial Hospital and home support, and first reading vote on Bill M235](https://www.leg.bc.ca/hansard-content/Debates/43rd2nd/20260305am-Hansard-n133.html)Official record · Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Hansard Apr 20Recorded vote, yes ### Voted yes on second reading of Bill M233, the Public Sector Construction Projects Procurement Act The vote index lists Sturko voting yes at second reading of a private member’s bill moved by Kiel Giddens on fair and open tendering of public construction projects. The bill failed at second reading by 42 votes to 48.
Scope, limits and sources The 2026 speech index lists no speech by Sturko on the bill. She mentioned community benefits agreements in her budget speech.
- [Index of recorded votes by member, 2026, entry for Elenore Sturko](https://api.lims.leg.bc.ca/hdms/file/Index/43rd2nd/2026-Votess.htm)Official record · Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Hansard - [Debates of April 13, 2026 (morning): second reading debate on Bill M233](https://www.leg.bc.ca/hansard-content/Debates/43rd2nd/20260413am-Hansard-n149.html)Official record · Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Hansard - [Debates of April 20, 2026 (afternoon): second reading vote on Bill M233](https://www.leg.bc.ca/hansard-content/Debates/43rd2nd/20260420pm-Hansard-n157.html)Official record · Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Hansard - [Debates of February 24, 2026 (afternoon): budget debate speech](https://www.leg.bc.ca/hansard-content/Debates/43rd2nd/20260224pm-Hansard-n124.html)Official record · Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Hansard Apr 1Recorded vote, yes ### Voted yes on third reading of the Safe Access to Schools Amendment Act, 2026 (Bill 12) The vote index lists Sturko voting yes at third reading. The bill passed on a recorded vote by 86 votes to 4.
Scope, limits and sources The 2026 speech index lists no speech by Sturko on the bill.
- [Index of recorded votes by member, 2026, entry for Elenore Sturko](https://api.lims.leg.bc.ca/hdms/file/Index/43rd2nd/2026-Votess.htm)Official record · Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Hansard - [Debates of April 1, 2026 (afternoon): third reading votes on Bill 2 and Bill 12](https://www.leg.bc.ca/hansard-content/Debates/43rd2nd/20260401pm-Hansard-n146.html)Official record · Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Hansard May 25Recorded votes, mixed ### Votes on the motion for a mandatory orientation course for MLAs (Motion M205) The vote index lists Sturko voting yes on a subamendment, which was tied 45 to 45 on April 27 and defeated when the Chair cast the deciding vote against it, Nay on an amendment moved by Blatherwick, which passed 46 to 45 on May 4, and Nay on the motion as amended, which passed 48 to 40 on May 25.
Scope, limits and sources A subamendment is a change to a proposed change. The Chair said that by established practice the deciding vote went against the subamendment. The 2026 speech index lists no speech by Sturko on the motion.
- [Index of recorded votes by member, 2026, entry for Elenore Sturko](https://api.lims.leg.bc.ca/hdms/file/Index/43rd2nd/2026-Votess.htm)Official record · Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Hansard - [Debates of April 27, 2026 (afternoon): vote on a subamendment to Motion M205](https://www.leg.bc.ca/hansard-content/Debates/43rd2nd/20260427pm-Hansard-n164.html)Official record · Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Hansard - [Debates of May 4, 2026 (afternoon): Health Ministry estimates and vote on an amendment to Motion M205](https://www.leg.bc.ca/hansard-content/Debates/43rd2nd/20260504pm-Hansard-n171.html)Official record · Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Hansard - [Debates of May 25, 2026 (afternoon): vote on Motion M205 as amended](https://www.leg.bc.ca/hansard-content/Debates/43rd2nd/20260525pm-Hansard-n183.html)Official record · Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Hansard 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 22Statement ### Remarks to reporters after her removal from the Conservative caucus Outside the legislature Sturko said Rustad accused her of plotting against his leadership, which she denied. She said she had talked with other MLAs about his leadership and was not organizing against him, and that she was blindsided and felt a deep sense of hurt. - [John Rustad says he booted Elenore Sturko from BC Conservatives to ensure party unity](https://globalnews.ca/news/11445820/john-rustad-booted-elenore-sturko-bc-conservatives-party-unity/)Reporting · Global News (The Canadian Press) - [‘No chains’: Elenore Sturko speaks out after ousting from B.C. Conservative caucus](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/elenore-sturko-removed-conservative-b-c-john-rustad-1.7641432)Reporting · CBC News Sep 23Interview ### CBC Radio interview on her removal On CBC’s The Early Edition she said she was prevented from voicing her more socially liberal beliefs while in the Conservative caucus, and that as an Independent she would be a critic of everything. - [‘No chains’: Elenore Sturko speaks out after ousting from B.C. Conservative caucus](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/elenore-sturko-removed-conservative-b-c-john-rustad-1.7641432)Reporting · CBC News Sep 24Interview ### The Tyee interview on the Conservative leadership review She told The Tyee she wanted more investigation into allegations about the party’s membership sign-ups before the leadership review, and had wanted a secret ballot vote on Rustad’s leadership within the caucus. The Tyee reported that it could not independently confirm one of the allegations. - [Inside the BC Conservative crisis: Elenore Sturko and John Rustad](https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/09/24/Inside-BC-Conservative-Crisis-Elenore-Sturko-John-Rustad/)Reporting · The Tyee Feb 24Speech ### Budget debate speech Sturko spoke against Budget 2026: the deficit, public safety funding in Cloverdale, the Surrey police transition, mental health and addictions funding, hospital and long-term care delays, and the provincial sales tax on services such as security guards. - [Debates of February 24, 2026 (afternoon): budget debate speech](https://www.leg.bc.ca/hansard-content/Debates/43rd2nd/20260224pm-Hansard-n124.html)Official record · Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Hansard Mar 3Debate coverage ### Questions in the Attorney General Ministry estimates She asked the Attorney General about bail reform data, charges for drug possession after the decriminalization pilot ended, community courts, the review of an intimate-partner violence case, the settlement of a class action on segregation in correctional centres, and the Review Board of British Columbia’s annual report. - [Debates of March 3, 2026 (afternoon): Attorney General Ministry estimates](https://www.leg.bc.ca/hansard-content/Debates/43rd2nd/20260303pm-Hansard-n131.html)Official record · Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Hansard Mar 5Debate coverage ### Question period on Surrey Memorial Hospital and home support Sturko said Surrey Memorial’s family birthing unit has turned single rooms into double rooms, that the 2024 announcement of a new acute care tower said the project would proceed to the business planning phase within 15 to 18 months, and asked whether the tower is one of the government’s re-paced (delayed) projects. She then asked about a constituent’s home support hours. - [Debates of March 5, 2026 (morning): question period on Surrey Memorial Hospital and home support, and first reading vote on Bill M235](https://www.leg.bc.ca/hansard-content/Debates/43rd2nd/20260305am-Hansard-n133.html)Official record · Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Hansard Mar 12Speech ### Speech on Motion 13 and the Human Rights Code Sturko spoke for the government’s motion to affirm the B.C. Human Rights Code and the tribunal, and said she disagreed with the defence offered by members who voted to introduce a bill to repeal the code. - [Debates of March 12, 2026 (afternoon): Motion 13 on the Human Rights Code](https://www.leg.bc.ca/hansard-content/Debates/43rd2nd/20260312pm-Hansard-n141.html)Official record · Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Hansard Apr 2Debate coverage ### Question period on cardiac care south of the Fraser River Sturko told the House a heart attack patient on the way from Surrey to Royal Columbian Hospital was diverted because of a staffing shortage, and said the new cardiac catheterization labs in Surrey (rooms where heart procedures are done) are staffed Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. She asked when the government will deliver timely and equitable access to health care south of the Fraser. - [Debates of April 2, 2026 (morning): question period on cardiac care in Surrey](https://www.leg.bc.ca/hansard-content/Debates/43rd2nd/20260402am-Hansard-n147.html)Official record · Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Hansard Apr 13Speech ### Introduction of her bill on section 8.1 of the Interpretation Act Sturko introduced the Interpretation Amendment Act, 2026 and read from the Cowichan Tribes v. Canada decision to explain why she says section 8.1 must be repealed. - [Debates of April 13, 2026 (afternoon): first reading of the Interpretation Amendment Act, 2026 (Bill M241)](https://www.leg.bc.ca/hansard-content/Debates/43rd2nd/20260413pm-Hansard-n150.html)Official record · Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Hansard Apr 30Debate coverage ### Question period on a review of the mental health care system After the Lapu-Lapu Day festival attack and the shootings in Tumbler Ridge, Sturko asked the Premier to commit to a review of the mental health care system and a special legislative committee. Minister Josie Osborne replied that the government had said it will review the Mental Health Act. - [Debates of April 30, 2026 (morning): question period on a review of the mental health care system](https://www.leg.bc.ca/hansard-content/Debates/43rd2nd/20260430am-Hansard-n168.html)Official record · Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Hansard May 4Debate coverage ### Questions in the Health Ministry estimates She asked the Minister of Health about the Surrey Memorial tower, a regional model for maternity care, involuntary care (treatment a person does not choose), beds for people in the justice system who need psychiatric care, and the shingles vaccine. - [Debates of May 4, 2026 (afternoon): Health Ministry estimates and vote on an amendment to Motion M205](https://www.leg.bc.ca/hansard-content/Debates/43rd2nd/20260504pm-Hansard-n171.html)Official record · Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Hansard May 6Speech ### Speech against delaying the freedom of information bill Sturko said she did not support the motion to delay second reading of Bill 9 by six months. She said she had spoken with government members and with the independent office of the Privacy Commissioner, and wanted the bill to go to committee. - [Debates of May 6, 2026 (afternoon): Bill 9 on freedom of information, motion to delay second reading and second reading vote](https://www.leg.bc.ca/hansard-content/Debates/43rd2nd/20260506pm-Hansard-n174.html)Official record · Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Hansard May 19Debate coverage ### Questions in the Public Safety and Solicitor General Ministry estimates Sturko asked about extortion in Surrey, saying 133 extortions and 49 extortion-related shootings were reported in 2025, about the criteria for the provincial extortion task force, and about the gang enforcement team in Surrey. - [Debates of May 19, 2026 (afternoon): Public Safety and Solicitor General Ministry estimates](https://www.leg.bc.ca/hansard-content/Debates/43rd2nd/20260519pm-Hansard-n178.html)Official record · Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Hansard May 20Speech ### Speech on sending the K’ómoks Treaty Act to a committee Sturko spoke for a motion to send Bill 20 to the Select Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs, citing a territory dispute raised by the Wei Wai Kum First Nation and her concern about court action and about the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act. - [Debates of May 20, 2026 (afternoon): Bill 20, the K’ómoks Treaty Act, second reading](https://www.leg.bc.ca/hansard-content/Debates/43rd2nd/20260520pm-Hansard-n179.html)Official record · Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Hansard May 21Debate coverage ### Question period on the provincial sales tax on services Sturko asked the Premier to pause the expansion of the provincial sales tax to services on October 1, citing letters from business owners and the share of the province’s economic output that small business produces. - [Debates of May 21, 2026 (morning): question period on the provincial sales tax and vote on a Bill 9 amendment](https://www.leg.bc.ca/hansard-content/Debates/43rd2nd/20260521am-Hansard-n180.html)Official record · Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Hansard May 26Speech ### Speeches on her fee amendment to Bill 9 In committee Sturko moved and defended an amendment barring fees on records disclosed without a request, quoting Privacy Commissioner Michael Harvey and saying even small fees can put information out of reach. - [Debates of May 26, 2026 (afternoon): Bill 9 in committee](https://www.leg.bc.ca/hansard-content/Debates/43rd2nd/20260526pm-Hansard-n185.html)Official record · Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Hansard Sep 18Press conference ### Remarks at the CentreBC announcement Sturko told reporters that CentreBC will put professionalism and British Columbians first, and that when Milobar and the team asked her to join, she said yes because it is time to put professionalism first and work together to defeat the NDP. - [Centrists, former B.C. Conservatives join forces under Milobar as snap election speculation swirls (live story, September 18)](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/livestory/british-columbia-politics-independents-bc-centre-conservatives-9.7350118)Reporting · CBC News - [Former B.C. Conservatives join forces with CentreBC, with Milobar tapped as new leader](https://www.am1150.ca/89429/news/politics/former-b-c-conservatives-join-forces-with-centrebc-with-milobar-tapped-as-new-leader/)Reporting · AM 1150 (Vista Radio) Sep 22Statement ### Statement that she will not rejoin the Conservatives On September 22, 2026 Sturko said she would lead CentreBC and that her values no longer align with the Conservatives. CBC quotes her: “I can’t trust the Conservatives.” - [Meet the party leaders running in B.C.’s provincial election](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-provincial-election-party-leaders-list-9.7354333)Reporting · CBC News (The Canadian Press) - [CentreBC MLAs defect back to the B.C. Conservatives after snap election call](https://www.am1150.ca/89578/news/politics/centrebc-mlas-defect-back-to-the-b-c-conservatives-after-snap-election-call/)Reporting · AM 1150 (Vista Radio) Sep 25Interview ### Canadian Press interview on becoming leader Sturko described the past days as emotionally hard, said she was disappointed to see the other MLAs return to the Conservatives, and said she decided to stay. She said she and Rustad settled their differences and she holds no ill will. - [Elenore Sturko’s roller-coaster political ride lands her as leader of CentreBC](https://www.timescolonist.com/2026-bc-votes/elenore-sturkos-roller-coaster-political-ride-lands-her-as-leader-of-centrebc-12824686)Reporting · Victoria Times Colonist (The Canadian Press) Sep 25Interview ### Peace Arch News interview on running in Surrey South Sturko said she is running in Surrey South because it is where she began her political career, and that CentreBC offers an alternative to voters who do not want to vote for the NDP or the Conservatives. - [Centre BC leader Elenore Sturko running in Surrey South for provincial election](https://peacearchnews.com/2026/09/25/centre-bc-leader-elenore-sturko-running-in-surrey-south-for-provincial-election/)Reporting · Peace Arch News Sep 23Statement ### CentreBC release welcoming Andrew Weaver as a candidate A CentreBC release quotes Sturko welcoming Andrew Weaver as the party’s candidate in Oak Bay-Gordon Head. - [News release: CentreBC Leader Elenore Sturko welcomes Andrew Weaver as candidate in Oak Bay-Gordon Head](https://www.centrebc.ca/news/news-release/centrebc-announces-andrew-weaver-as-candidate-in-oak-bay-gordon-head/)Campaign · CentreBC 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. Policy disputeSeptember 22, 2025 ### Removed from the Conservative caucus On September 22, 2025, after the party’s leadership review gave him 70.66 percent support, Conservative leader John Rustad removed Sturko from the caucus and from her post as public safety critic. Rustad told reporters he needed the caucus united to defeat the NDP, that she was an effective critic, and that he welcomes disagreement and criticism. Sturko said Rustad accused her of plotting against his leadership. The Tyee reported that she wanted more investigation of allegations about party memberships before the vote, and that she had wanted a secret ballot on his leadership within the caucus. #### Candidate or party response Sturko denied the accusation. She told reporters she had talked with other MLAs about Rustad’s leadership and was not organizing against him. She also said she was prevented from voicing her more socially liberal beliefs in the caucus. Rustad said he did not silence anyone. Rustad did not respond directly when asked about her account (Global News). #### Verified status and limits No official body has ruled on it. In September 2026 she told The Canadian Press that she and Rustad settled their differences in a recent meeting and that she holds no ill will. A CBC profile of September 22, 2026 gives the date of the removal as September 23, 2025, while the reports of September 23 and 24, 2025 describe Monday, September 22. - [‘No chains’: Elenore Sturko speaks out after ousting from B.C. Conservative caucus](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/elenore-sturko-removed-conservative-b-c-john-rustad-1.7641432)Reporting · CBC News - [John Rustad says he booted Elenore Sturko from BC Conservatives to ensure party unity](https://globalnews.ca/news/11445820/john-rustad-booted-elenore-sturko-bc-conservatives-party-unity/)Reporting · Global News (The Canadian Press) - [Inside the BC Conservative crisis: Elenore Sturko and John Rustad](https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/09/24/Inside-BC-Conservative-Crisis-Elenore-Sturko-John-Rustad/)Reporting · The Tyee - [Elenore Sturko’s roller-coaster political ride lands her as leader of CentreBC](https://www.timescolonist.com/2026-bc-votes/elenore-sturkos-roller-coaster-political-ride-lands-her-as-leader-of-centrebc-12824686)Reporting · Victoria Times Colonist (The Canadian Press) - [Meet the party leaders running in B.C.’s provincial election](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-provincial-election-party-leaders-list-9.7354333)Reporting · CBC News (The Canadian Press) 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. September 23, 2025Reporting CBC News ### ‘No chains’: Elenore Sturko speaks out after ousting from B.C. Conservative caucus Reports her removal, her denial of plotting against Rustad, and her statement that her socially liberal beliefs were silenced. Includes Rustad’s reply. - [‘No chains’: Elenore Sturko speaks out after ousting from B.C. Conservative caucus](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/elenore-sturko-removed-conservative-b-c-john-rustad-1.7641432)Reporting · CBC News September 23, 2025Reporting Global News (The Canadian Press) ### John Rustad says he booted Elenore Sturko from BC Conservatives to ensure party unity Reports Rustad’s account of why he removed her and her account of what he accused her of. - [John Rustad says he booted Elenore Sturko from BC Conservatives to ensure party unity](https://globalnews.ca/news/11445820/john-rustad-booted-elenore-sturko-bc-conservatives-party-unity/)Reporting · Global News (The Canadian Press) September 24, 2025Reporting The Tyee ### Inside the BC Conservative crisis Reports her removal, her call for more investigation into membership allegations, and her 2024 move from BC United to the Conservatives. - [Inside the BC Conservative crisis: Elenore Sturko and John Rustad](https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/09/24/Inside-BC-Conservative-Crisis-Elenore-Sturko-John-Rustad/)Reporting · The Tyee September 18, 2026Reporting AM 1150 (Vista Radio) ### Former B.C. Conservatives join forces with CentreBC, with Milobar tapped as new leader Reports that she and seven other former Conservative MLAs joined CentreBC, and her reason for joining. - [Former B.C. Conservatives join forces with CentreBC, with Milobar tapped as new leader](https://www.am1150.ca/89429/news/politics/former-b-c-conservatives-join-forces-with-centrebc-with-milobar-tapped-as-new-leader/)Reporting · AM 1150 (Vista Radio) - [Centrists, former B.C. Conservatives join forces under Milobar as snap election speculation swirls (live story, September 18)](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/livestory/british-columbia-politics-independents-bc-centre-conservatives-9.7350118)Reporting · CBC News September 22, 2026Reporting AM 1150 (Vista Radio) ### CentreBC MLAs defect back to the B.C. Conservatives after snap election call Reports that the other MLAs returned to the Conservatives and that Sturko said she would remain with CentreBC. - [CentreBC MLAs defect back to the B.C. Conservatives after snap election call](https://www.am1150.ca/89578/news/politics/centrebc-mlas-defect-back-to-the-b-c-conservatives-after-snap-election-call/)Reporting · AM 1150 (Vista Radio) September 22, 2026Reporting CBC News ### Confused by what’s going on in B.C. politics? Catch up on the disarray Gives a timeline of the Conservative split, including her removal in September 2025 and her name among the former Conservatives in CentreBC on September 22, 2026. - [Confused by what’s going on in B.C. politics? Catch up on the disarray](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-election-why-conservatives-resigned-9.7353012)Reporting · CBC News September 22, 2026Reporting CBC News (The Canadian Press) ### Meet the party leaders running in B.C.’s provincial election Profiles her as CentreBC leader, with her work history, her reason for staying out of the Conservatives and the background of her removal in 2025. - [Meet the party leaders running in B.C.’s provincial election](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-provincial-election-party-leaders-list-9.7354333)Reporting · CBC News (The Canadian Press) September 25, 2026Reporting Victoria Times Colonist (The Canadian Press) ### Elenore Sturko’s roller-coaster political ride lands her as leader of CentreBC Reports her account of the week in which CentreBC grew to eight MLAs and then fell back to one. - [Elenore Sturko’s roller-coaster political ride lands her as leader of CentreBC](https://www.timescolonist.com/2026-bc-votes/elenore-sturkos-roller-coaster-political-ride-lands-her-as-leader-of-centrebc-12824686)Reporting · Victoria Times Colonist (The Canadian Press) September 25, 2026Reporting Peace Arch News ### Centre BC leader Elenore Sturko running in Surrey South for provincial election Reports why she chose Surrey South and her view of CentreBC as an alternative. - [Centre BC leader Elenore Sturko running in Surrey South for provincial election](https://peacearchnews.com/2026/09/25/centre-bc-leader-elenore-sturko-running-in-surrey-south-for-provincial-election/)Reporting · Peace Arch News Research / 49 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 33 sources - Provincial candidate list, 2026 general election (list printed October 3, 2026) Elections BC · October 3, 2026 - 2026 provincial general election: key dates Elections BC - Statement of votes, 2024 provincial general election, Surrey-Cloverdale Elections BC - Statement of votes, Surrey South by-election of September 10, 2022 Elections BC · September 10, 2022 - Member record for Elenore Sturko, 42nd and 43rd Parliaments Legislative Assembly of British Columbia - Members index to debates, 2026, entry for Elenore Sturko Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Hansard - Index of recorded votes by member, 2026, entry for Elenore Sturko Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Hansard - Debates of February 19, 2026 (morning): first reading vote on the Gender Ideology and Child Protection Act and Motion 9 on the Special Committee on Police Complaints Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Hansard · February 19, 2026 - Debates of February 24, 2026 (afternoon): budget debate speech Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Hansard · February 24, 2026 - Debates of February 26, 2026 (morning): votes on the Human Rights Code Repeal Act and the budget motion Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Hansard · February 26, 2026 - Debates of February 26, 2026 (afternoon): second reading vote on Bill 3 Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Hansard · February 26, 2026 - Debates of March 3, 2026 (afternoon): Attorney General Ministry estimates Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Hansard · March 3, 2026 - Debates of March 5, 2026 (morning): question period on Surrey Memorial Hospital and home support, and first reading vote on Bill M235 Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Hansard · March 5, 2026 - Debates of March 5, 2026 (afternoon): third reading vote on Bill 3 Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Hansard · March 5, 2026 - Debates of March 12, 2026 (morning): first reading vote on the Defunding Aboriginal Title Claims Affecting Private Property Act Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Hansard · March 12, 2026 - Debates of March 12, 2026 (afternoon): Motion 13 on the Human Rights Code Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Hansard · March 12, 2026 - Debates of March 31, 2026 (morning): petition on a hydro substation in Cloverdale Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Hansard · March 31, 2026 - Debates of April 1, 2026 (afternoon): third reading votes on Bill 2 and Bill 12 Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Hansard · April 1, 2026 - Debates of April 2, 2026 (morning): question period on cardiac care in Surrey Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Hansard · April 2, 2026 - Debates of April 13, 2026 (morning): second reading debate on Bill M233 Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Hansard · April 13, 2026 - Debates of April 13, 2026 (afternoon): first reading of the Interpretation Amendment Act, 2026 (Bill M241) Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Hansard · April 13, 2026 - Debates of April 20, 2026 (afternoon): second reading vote on Bill M233 Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Hansard · April 20, 2026 - Debates of April 22, 2026 (afternoon): first reading vote on a bill to repeal DRIPA Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Hansard · April 22, 2026 - Debates of April 27, 2026 (afternoon): vote on a subamendment to Motion M205 Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Hansard · April 27, 2026 - Debates of April 30, 2026 (morning): question period on a review of the mental health care system Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Hansard · April 30, 2026 - Debates of May 4, 2026 (afternoon): Health Ministry estimates and vote on an amendment to Motion M205 Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Hansard · May 4, 2026 - Debates of May 6, 2026 (afternoon): Bill 9 on freedom of information, motion to delay second reading and second reading vote Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Hansard · May 6, 2026 - Debates of May 19, 2026 (afternoon): Public Safety and Solicitor General Ministry estimates Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Hansard · May 19, 2026 - Debates of May 20, 2026 (afternoon): Bill 20, the K’ómoks Treaty Act, second reading Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Hansard · May 20, 2026 - Debates of May 21, 2026 (morning): question period on the provincial sales tax and vote on a Bill 9 amendment Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Hansard · May 21, 2026 - Debates of May 25, 2026 (afternoon): vote on Motion M205 as amended Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Hansard · May 25, 2026 - Debates of May 26, 2026 (afternoon): Bill 9 in committee Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Hansard · May 26, 2026 - Debates of May 28, 2026 (afternoon): third reading votes on Bill 20, Bill 9 and Bill 22, and royal assent Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Hansard · May 28, 2026
Campaign 6 sources - Get to Know Elenore Sturko (CentreBC leader page) CentreBC - CentreBC team page CentreBC - CentreBC news page CentreBC - News release: CentreBC Leader Elenore Sturko welcomes Andrew Weaver as candidate in Oak Bay-Gordon Head CentreBC · September 23, 2026 - Our Vision for B.C. CentreBC - Our Policy Philosophy and Process CentreBC
Reporting 10 sources - ‘No chains’: Elenore Sturko speaks out after ousting from B.C. Conservative caucus CBC News · September 23, 2025 - John Rustad says he booted Elenore Sturko from BC Conservatives to ensure party unity Global News (The Canadian Press) · September 23, 2025 - Inside the BC Conservative crisis: Elenore Sturko and John Rustad The Tyee · September 24, 2025 - Centrists, former B.C. Conservatives join forces under Milobar as snap election speculation swirls (live story, September 18) CBC News · September 18, 2026 - Former B.C. Conservatives join forces with CentreBC, with Milobar tapped as new leader AM 1150 (Vista Radio) · September 18, 2026 - CentreBC MLAs defect back to the B.C. Conservatives after snap election call AM 1150 (Vista Radio) · September 22, 2026 - Confused by what’s going on in B.C. politics? Catch up on the disarray CBC News · September 22, 2026 - Meet the party leaders running in B.C.’s provincial election CBC News (The Canadian Press) · September 22, 2026 - Elenore Sturko’s roller-coaster political ride lands her as leader of CentreBC Victoria Times Colonist (The Canadian Press) · September 25, 2026 - Centre BC leader Elenore Sturko running in Surrey South for provincial election Peace Arch News · September 25, 2026
The name search was limited. The search tool voche.me uses for name searches had reached its usage limit on the day of the research. Result pages of the Bing search engine for five queries were read through a page-reading tool, and the DuckDuckGo search engine showed a check that asks for a human. No personal campaign website was found: elenoresturko.ca and elenoresturko.com redirect to a placeholder page with no campaign content. Her X page answered the page-reading tool with an error (HTTP 402), her Facebook page returned only her name and Instagram was not opened, so nothing from social media is used. CentreBC’s policy page says its first policy areas are still being written, so no platform from her or the party was available on 2026-10-03; the party entries are headings from the vision page. The legislature’s member page loads its names by script, so the member record was read from the data service behind it. That record still carries the older party British Columbia United and the district Surrey South at member level, while its 43rd Parliament entry lists Independent and Surrey-Cloverdale and its 42nd Parliament entry lists the Conservative Party of British Columbia. The same service lists no active member of the 43rd Parliament under CentreBC. The reports give two dates for her removal from the Conservative caucus: Monday, September 22, 2025 in the reports of September 23 and 24, 2025, and September 23, 2025 in the CBC profile of September 22, 2026. The record uses September 22. No government news release quoting her was found; a Bing search of news.gov.bc.ca returned none. The Prince George Citizen copy of the Canadian Press story answered with an error (HTTP 403) and was not read. Her service in the RCMP and the Royal Canadian Air Force Reserve comes from CBC and the CentreBC page and was not checked with either force. The Special Committee on Police Complaints entry rests on the motion of February 19, 2026. voche.me did not open committee records. Her 2025 speeches and votes and the 2022 to 2024 record were not reviewed. No 2026 all-candidates meeting for Surrey South 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 2026-10-03: the Elections BC candidate list printed on October 3, 2026, the 2024 statement of votes for Surrey-Cloverdale, the statement of votes for the 2022 Surrey South by-election, the legislature’s member record from its data service, the 2026 speech index and recorded vote index for her, 26 transcripts, the CentreBC leader, team, vision and policy pages and its release of September 23, 2026, and reports from CBC, Global News, The Tyee, the Times Colonist (The Canadian Press), Peace Arch News and AM 1150 from 2025 and 2026. The name search was limited. The search tool voche.me uses for name searches had reached its usage limit on the day of the research, so the search used Bing result pages read through a page-reading tool. No personal campaign website was found, and her X and Facebook pages gave no readable posts. Her commitments on this page come from her words in the legislature in 2026. CentreBC’s policy page says its first policy areas are still being written, so the party entries are headings from its vision page. The accountability section holds one dispute, her removal from the Conservative caucus, and no official body has ruled on it. [Hansard members index, 2026](https://api.lims.leg.bc.ca/hdms/file/Index/43rd2nd/2026-Members-Indexs.htm) [Recorded votes index, 2026](https://api.lims.leg.bc.ca/hdms/file/Index/43rd2nd/2026-Votess.htm) [Elections BC candidate list](https://www.elections.bc.ca/docs/fin/GE-2026-10-24-Candidate-Website-Report.PDF) 03 / Background ## Experience & community 2024 to present ### MLA for Surrey-Cloverdale Won the district in 2024 for the Conservative Party with 10,268 votes, 48.31 percent of the valid vote. In the 43rd Parliament the legislature lists her as Independent. [Elections BC statement of votes, 2024](https://elections.bc.ca/docs/rpt/statement-of-votes-2024-provincial-election.pdf) 2022 to 2024 ### MLA for Surrey South Elected in the by-election of September 10, 2022 with 5,568 votes, 51.83 percent of the valid vote. The statement of votes lists her under the code LIB. [Elections BC statement of votes, Surrey South by-election, 2022](https://elections.bc.ca/docs/rpt/PBY-SUS-2022-SOV.pdf) June 2024 to September 2025 ### BC Conservative MLA and public safety critic CBC reports that she left BC United in June 2024 to join the BC Conservatives. It also reports that Rustad removed her from caucus and from her post as public safety critic on September 22, 2025. [CBC News, September 23, 2025](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/elenore-sturko-removed-conservative-b-c-john-rustad-1.7641432) September 2025 to September 2026 ### Independent MLA Sat as an Independent after the removal. The legislature’s record for the 43rd Parliament lists her as Independent. [Legislative Assembly member record](https://www.leg.bc.ca/members) 2026 ### Convener named to the Special Committee on Police Complaints Motion 9, approved on February 19, 2026, names her convener of the committee, which reports to the House by November 23, 2026. [Hansard, February 19, 2026](https://www.leg.bc.ca/hansard-content/Debates/43rd2nd/20260219am-Hansard-n119.html) September 2026 to present ### Leader of CentreBC Joined CentreBC on September 18, 2026. The Canadian Press and CBC report that she took over as leader after Peter Milobar and the other MLAs returned to the Conservatives on September 22, 2026. [Times Colonist, September 25, 2026](https://www.timescolonist.com/2026-bc-votes/elenore-sturkos-roller-coaster-political-ride-lands-her-as-leader-of-centrebc-12824686) Before 2022 ### RCMP officer and Royal Canadian Air Force reservist According to CBC. CentreBC’s own page says 13 years with the RCMP. [CBC News, September 22, 2026](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-provincial-election-party-leaders-list-9.7354333) 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. No questions and answers have been supplied. ### Have your own question? Ask Elenore Sturko 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 Elenore Sturko's page itself, answered directly rather than left blank.
Is this an official page for Elenore Sturko? No. This page is researched by voche.me from public sources, listed below, and is separate from Elenore Sturko's own campaign.
What party is Elenore Sturko running with? Elenore Sturko is running for MLA with Centre BC.
Does Elenore Sturko currently hold public office? Yes. Elenore Sturko currently serves as MLA for Surrey-Cloverdale; leader of CentreBC.
How many sources does this Elenore Sturko 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 Elenore Sturko's page show no answer? The "Questions & answers" section on this page lists questions voche.me would put to Elenore Sturko 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 Elenore Sturko 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 - [Elections BC · statement of votes, 2024 ](https://elections.bc.ca/docs/rpt/statement-of-votes-2024-provincial-election.pdf)Checked October 3, 2026 - [Elections BC · Surrey South by-election, 2022 ](https://elections.bc.ca/docs/rpt/PBY-SUS-2022-SOV.pdf)Checked October 3, 2026 - [Hansard members index, 2026 ](https://api.lims.leg.bc.ca/hdms/file/Index/43rd2nd/2026-Members-Indexs.htm)Checked October 3, 2026 - [Hansard recorded votes index, 2026 ](https://api.lims.leg.bc.ca/hdms/file/Index/43rd2nd/2026-Votess.htm)Checked October 3, 2026 - [CentreBC leader page ](https://www.centrebc.ca/leader/)Checked October 3, 2026 Missing information does not imply a candidate’s position. [Read our editorial standards.](https://voche.me/bc/provincial-2026/about) Campaign contact ## Campaign links & contact. Find the candidate’s website, social accounts and contact information. [CentreBC leader page](https://www.centrebc.ca/leader/) ## View more candidates. [All candidate spaces ](https://voche.me/bc/provincial-2026/candidates) [MLA**A'aliya Warbus**](https://voche.me/bc/provincial-2026/candidates/a-aliya-warbus) [MLA**Abraham Nordine**](https://voche.me/bc/provincial-2026/candidates/abraham-nordine) Candidate Q&A ## Ask Elenore Sturko a question. Give your name, email and question. We send it to the campaign, and publish their answer here if we get one. ## Sitemap See the full [sitemap](/bc/provincial-2026/sitemap.md) for all pages.