BC NDP candidate for MLA in Salmon Arm-Shuswap. Former chief (Kukpi7) of Splatsin First Nation and 2024 British Columbia Reconciliation Award recipient, according to the awarding body and local news reports.
Gloria Morgan is the BC NDP candidate in Salmon Arm-Shuswap, one of four names on Elections BC’s list at 4:00 PM PT on October 3, 2026, after nominations closed at 1 p.m. The Salmon Arm Observer describes her as a former chief (Kukpi7) of Splatsin. The BC Achievement Foundation lists her as a 2024 British Columbia Reconciliation Award recipient and describes a career as an RCMP officer, a lawyer and Splatsin chief. In 2025 she was the Liberal Party of Canada candidate in Similkameen-South Okanagan-West Kootenay and came second. voche.me found no campaign website and no provincial commitment in her own words, so the commitments on this page are the BC NDP’s.
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BC NDP2026
Gloria MorganBritish Columbia provincial election
Gloria MorganMLAv.
Candidate research / October 3, 2026
A researched record of Gloria Morgan’s candidacy in Salmon Arm-Shuswap. Elections BC lists her with the affiliation BC NDP. Her public record is a former chief of Splatsin First Nation, a 2024 British Columbia Reconciliation Award, and a 2025 federal campaign for the Liberal Party of Canada. The commitments below are the BC NDP’s platform. voche.me found no commitment in her own words.
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 Gloria Morgan
Elections BC lists Gloria Morgan as the BC NDP candidate in Salmon Arm-Shuswap. On the copy of the list stamped October 3, 2026 4:00:07 PM, which is after nominations closed at 1 p.m. that day, the district shows four candidates: Gloria Morgan (BC NDP), Barbara Presch (OneBC), Jed Wiebe (BC Green Party) and David L Williams (Conservative Party). In 2024 David L. Williams won the district for the Conservative Party with 16,566 votes (52.1 percent). Sylvia Lindgren (BC NDP) received 9,677 votes (30.4 percent) and Jed Wiebe (BC Green Party) received 2,250 votes (7.0 percent), according to Elections BC’s statement of votes.
The Salmon Arm Observer reported on October 3, 2026 that she is a former chief (Kukpi7) of Splatsin. Splatsin is a First Nation next to Enderby. The Observer, Penticton Western News and Vernon Morning Star each name a Gloria Morgan as a former Splatsin chief, and voche.me treats the public record below as hers on the strength of the Observer’s description. The BC NDP has published no page that confirms the link.
The BC Achievement Foundation lists Gloria Morgan as a 2024 British Columbia Reconciliation Award recipient. Its page says she is a survivor of St. Eugene’s Indian Residential School and the Sixties Scoop, served 11 years as an RCMP officer, moved into law in 1994, practised until 2001, and was then elected chief of the Splatsin First Nation, serving two terms. It also says she worked as a federal adjudicator for Indian Residential Schools Resolution Canada and was a Provincial Health Services Authority board member when the award was announced. The Vernon Morning Star reported in November 2024 that she was one of five members of the Elders and Knowledge Keepers Council of the B.C. First Nations Justice Council, and an Elder Knowledge Keeper for School District 83. These descriptions come from the foundation’s page and from her own interview. voche.me has not checked her career or her board roles with the RCMP, the law society, the health authority or the justice council.
In 2025 she ran for the Liberal Party of Canada in Similkameen-South Okanagan-West Kootenay. The Similkameen Spotlight reported preliminary results on April 29, 2025 that put her second with 25,390 votes (37 percent), behind Conservative Helena Konanz with 30,073 votes (44 percent). In an April 2025 interview the Times Chronicle quoted her saying she is a provincial NDP “because I don’t have a choice”, and that she had been a federal Liberal for more than 30 years. The Salmon Arm Observer’s October 3, 2026 report says she ran for the NDP in 2025. The Summerland Review, Similkameen Spotlight, Times Chronicle and Penticton Western News name her as the Liberal candidate, so this page uses the Liberal party for 2025.
voche.me has not contacted the campaign. The BC NDP’s team page listed 59 candidate profiles on October 3, 2026 and none was for Salmon Arm-Shuswap, so the party has published no page about her and no platform of her own.
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.
2 commitments shown · Checked Oct 3
2026 · EconomyCampaign pledge
Party platform: double skilled trades training by 2028-29
The BC NDP’s Action for You page says the party is doubling skilled trades training by 2028-29, to create family-supporting jobs from major projects.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
This is the party’s Action for You page. It does not name Gloria Morgan, and voche.me found no statement in her own words that repeats it.
What still needs checking
Does she repeat this commitment in her own campaign?
Her public record comes from the BC Achievement Foundation, which gave her the 2024 award, and from local news reports. None of it is a provincial office or vote, so each entry is tagged other and earns no provincial score. voche.me found no allegation, finding or lawsuit about her in the sources read.
No reviewed entries have been added to this section yet. This is a research gap, not a finding about the candidate.
Recent appearances / Read and watch
Talks, interviews & statements
Read original statements and reporting, or open the publisher’s video. A summary of a speech is labelled separately from a full recording.
Interview
Interview on her Reconciliation Award
The Vernon Morning Star interviewed her after the award was announced. She said education is key to reconciliation, described inviting women from Enderby to tea at Splatsin when she was chief, and described the aims of the B.C. First Nations Justice Council’s Elders and Knowledge Keepers Council.
The Times Chronicle interviewed her as the Liberal candidate in Similkameen-South Okanagan-West Kootenay. She said she is a federal Liberal of more than 30 years and a provincial NDP “because I don’t have a choice”.
Records are labelled by type, including official findings, civil proceedings and political disputes where applicable. Each entry identifies the response found in the sources and the latest status verified for this page.
No reviewed entries have been added to this section yet. This is a research gap, not a finding about the candidate.
News coverage / Original publishers
Read the reporting
A dated reading list from independent publishers. The headings below are voche.me summaries; follow each link for the original article, context and any corrections.
Reporting
Salmon Arm Observer
4 Salmon Arm-Shuswap candidates populate the ballot for provincial snap election
Lists the four candidates at the 1 p.m. deadline and describes Morgan as a former chief (Kukpi7) of Splatsin. It says she ran for the NDP in the 2025 federal election, which four other outlets contradict.
Former Splatsin chief among recipients of Reconciliation Award
Reports that the Office of the Lieutenant Governor named her one of four 2024 British Columbia Reconciliation Award recipients and summarises the office’s description of her career.
Reports preliminary results: Konanz first and Morgan, the Liberal candidate, second, and Morgan’s pledge to watch closely and hold the winner to her promises.
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 name search was limited: the WebSearch tool had reached its usage limit, so voche.me used Google News feeds and the news sites directly. Bing and DuckDuckGo returned no readable result list. No campaign website, social media account or BC NDP candidate page for her was found: the BC NDP team page listed 59 candidate profiles on 2026-10-03 and none was for Salmon Arm-Shuswap. The link between the candidate and the former Splatsin chief rests on the Salmon Arm Observer’s description of her as a former Kukpi7 of Splatsin, together with the same name in the other reports. The BC NDP has published nothing that confirms it. The Observer says she ran for the NDP in 2025, while four other outlets name her as the Liberal candidate. The campaign has not been asked to confirm it. Her career, board roles and RCMP service come from the BC Achievement Foundation page and local news, and were not checked with the RCMP, the Law Society of British Columbia, the health authority, the justice council or the school district. The 2025 vote counts are the Similkameen Spotlight’s preliminary figures and were not checked against Elections Canada’s official results, which could not be read. The Castanet report on the Splatsin election refused the request (HTTP 403) and nothing from it is used. No all-candidates meeting, event or endorsement for her in this district was found. The BC NDP platform page names no candidate. The questionnaire has not been sent.
Research status
What voche.me has checked
Evidence reviewed on 2026-10-03: the Elections BC candidate list, key dates page and 2024 statement of votes; the BC NDP’s team page (its 2026 candidate profiles, 59 of them) and its Action for You page; the BC Achievement Foundation’s page on her award; and reports from the Salmon Arm Observer, CFJC Today, Penticton Western News, Vernon Matters, Vernon Morning Star, Times Chronicle, Summerland Review and Similkameen Spotlight. The name search was limited: the WebSearch tool had reached its usage limit, so voche.me used Google News feeds and the news sites directly. Bing and DuckDuckGo returned no readable result list.
No campaign website, social media account or BC NDP candidate page for her was found, so nothing from the campaign itself is used. The Splatsin and RCMP record comes from the BC Achievement Foundation and from news reports. The Castanet report on the January 2026 Splatsin election refused the request (HTTP 403) and nothing from it is used. An empty section records what voche.me did not find on this date. The candidate may have published material that these searches did not reach.
03 / Background
Experience & community
Until 1994 (11 years)
RCMP officer
The BC Achievement Foundation’s page says she served 11 years as an RCMP officer before moving into law in 1994. voche.me has not checked this with the RCMP.
The foundation’s page says she was elected chief in 2001 and served two terms. The Salmon Arm Observer wrote in February 2026 that she led Splatsin from 2001 to 2005.
Board member, Provincial Health Services Authority
The foundation’s page, published when the award was announced in November 2024, lists her as a current board member. voche.me has not checked whether she holds the role in 2026.
Member, Elders and Knowledge Keepers Council, B.C. First Nations Justice Council
The Vernon Morning Star reported that the council has five members and was formed in 2024, and quoted her describing its aims. voche.me has not checked this with the justice council.
The Vernon Morning Star reported that she works in this role and teaches grade one students about Indigenous history. voche.me has not checked this with the school district.
Liberal Party of Canada candidate, Similkameen-South Okanagan-West Kootenay
The Similkameen Spotlight reported preliminary results putting her second with 25,390 votes (37 percent) behind Conservative Helena Konanz with 30,073 votes (44 percent).
The BC Achievement Foundation publishes a page for her as a 2024 recipient of this award. Vernon Matters reported on November 5, 2024 that the Office of the Lieutenant Governor named four recipients that year.
Proposed questions for a future interview. They have not been sent to the candidate, and no answers have been supplied.
Which provincial measure would you push for first as MLA for Salmon Arm-Shuswap, and how would it be paid for?
No response has been submitted.
Which parts of the BC NDP platform matter most for this district, and where do you differ from it?
No response has been submitted.
You ran for the Liberal Party of Canada in 2025 and are the BC NDP candidate in 2026. How do you describe your party history to voters?
No response has been submitted.
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05 / About this page
Questions about this page
Facts voche.me can state about Gloria Morgan's page itself, answered directly rather than left blank.
Is this an official page for Gloria Morgan?
No. This page is researched by voche.me from public sources, listed below, and is separate from Gloria Morgan's own campaign.
What party is Gloria Morgan running with?
Gloria Morgan is running for MLA with BC NDP.
Does Gloria Morgan currently hold public office?
Not according to this profile. voche.me has not listed a current public office for Gloria Morgan.
How many sources does this Gloria Morgan 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 Gloria Morgan's page show no answer?
The "Questions & answers" section on this page lists questions voche.me would put to Gloria Morgan 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 Gloria Morgan 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.
