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MLA in West Vancouver-Capilano · BC provincial 2026
# Honieh Barzegari
BC NDP candidate for MLA in West Vancouver-Capilano. A physician by training, a former ministerial advisor and a member of the Langara College board.
Honieh Barzegari is the BC NDP candidate for West Vancouver-Capilano on the Elections BC candidate list stamped October 7, 2026, which also lists Naomi Chocyk (OneBC), Caroline Elliott (Conservative Party) and Arwa Shurab (BC Green Party). The BC Lobbyists Registry names her as a Ministerial Advisor in provincial ministers' offices in 21 lobbying activity reports dated from March 31, 2023 to August 22, 2025. Langara College says the provincial government appointed her to its Board of Governors for a term to July 31, 2027. She ran for Vancouver City Council in 2022 for Vision Vancouver and received 6,831 votes, 49th of 59 candidates. The BC NDP published her candidate page after October 2, 2026. voche.me found no statement from her about this campaign and no news report that it could read on October 7, 2026.
Explore the record Public schedule
Researched by voche.me · Not a campaign-authored page
BC NDP2026
*Honieh BarzegariMLAv.*
[Image: BC NDP campaign](https://honiehbarzegari.bcndp.ca/)
Candidate research / October 7, 2026
A researched record of Honieh Barzegari's candidacy in West Vancouver-Capilano for the BC NDP. voche.me found no published commitment from her on 2026-10-07. The commitments below are the party's, from its platform page and one party release, and none of them names her. Her public record holds a ministerial advisor role in provincial ministers' offices, a seat on the Langara College board and a 2022 run for Vancouver City Council.
**7**Commitments **2**Programs **17**Sources
Public schedule / Through election day
## Where can you hear Honieh Barzegari?
No public appearance by the candidate was confirmed on 2026-10-07. The two voting dates come from Elections BC.
Checked October 7, 2026 · All event times are Pacific time. Recheck the organizer before travelling.
- [2026 provincial election: key dates](https://elections.bc.ca/2026-provincial-election/)Official record · Elections BC
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 opens
- Oct 24Final Voting Day
At official British Columbia voting places. These dates apply to every voter and are not candidate appearances. [Find your voting place](https://elections.bc.ca/2026-provincial-election/where-to-vote/)
- [2026 provincial election: key dates](https://elections.bc.ca/2026-provincial-election/)Official record · Elections BC
On dates without a confirmed appearance the public schedule is unknown; the candidate may still have activities that day. This static page changes only when its research is updated.
01 / Introduction
## About Honieh Barzegari
Elections BC lists Honieh Barzegari as the BC NDP candidate for MLA in West Vancouver-Capilano. The copy of the list voche.me read is stamped October 7, 2026 at 2:00 p.m., after nominations closed on October 3. It shows four candidates in the district: Honieh Barzegari for the BC NDP, Naomi Chocyk for OneBC, Caroline Elliott for the Conservative Party and Arwa Shurab for the BC Green Party.
In 2024, Conservative Lynne Block won West Vancouver-Capilano with 12,049 votes (46.67 percent). Karin Kirkpatrick, the member before that election, ran as an independent and received 5,326 votes (20.63 percent). The BC NDP candidate that year, Sara Eftekhar, received 7,006 votes (27.14 percent), and Archie Kaario of the BC Green Party received 1,435 votes (5.56 percent). The name Barzegari does not appear in the 2024 statement of votes.
The BC NDP candidate page, read on October 7, 2026, describes her as a Canadian woman of Iranian origin and a physician by training with more than 20 years of experience in medicine, health care, life sciences, health technology, business, public policy, government and governance. It says she began her career practising medicine in rural communities in Iran, served as a Ministerial Advisor with the Government of British Columbia, sits on the Langara College Board of Governors and co-chairs KPU's Health and Science Committee. The page lists no commitment of her own for the district. Her employer's page at Earnscliffe, a public affairs firm, lists her as Principal, Public Affairs, and in her profile there she says she moved to Vancouver from Tehran in 2015 and became a Canadian citizen in 2019.
Two public records support parts of that account. The BC Lobbyists Registry, which records who lobbyists met in government, names her as a senior public office holder with the title Ministerial Advisor in 21 lobbying activity reports dated from March 31, 2023 to August 22, 2025: in the Ministry of Jobs, Economic Development and Innovation from 2023 to January 2024, in Municipal Affairs and in Housing and Municipal Affairs in 2024, and in Tourism, Arts, Culture and Sport in 2025. Langara College announced on August 5, 2026 that the provincial government had appointed her to its Board of Governors for a one-year term to July 31, 2027, and the College's board members page lists her as a member. voche.me found no page on the Kwantlen Polytechnic University website that names her, so the committee role rests on the party page alone.
She ran for Vancouver City Council in the October 15, 2022 municipal election for Vision Vancouver. The City's candidate list printed her name as BARZEGARI, Honieh هانیه برزگری, and the City's official results give her 6,831 votes, 49th of 59 council candidates, with ten seats filled. At a forum at UBC on October 11, 2022, The Ubyssey reported that she said Vision Vancouver would ask for a rezoning throughout the city within its first 90 days on council.
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.
7 commitments shown · Checked Oct 7
2026 · HousingCampaign pledge
### BC NDP housing position
The BC NDP platform page says zoning changes adopted by 97 percent of local governments are making way for 300,000 more homes across B.C. The page does not name Barzegari.
Evidence & next checks
- Evidence reviewed
- Party text. voche.me found no 2026 statement by Barzegari on housing.
- What still needs checking
- Does Barzegari speak on housing in the district during the campaign?
- [Platform page, Action for You](https://www.bcndp.ca/action-for-you)Campaign · BC NDP
2026 · HousingCampaign pledge
### BC NDP gas tax cut
A BC NDP release of October 1, 2026 says the party leader's plan includes suspending the provincial motor fuel tax by 10 cents per litre on gasoline and diesel, with new pricing rules enforced by the BC Utilities Commission. The release does not name Barzegari.
Evidence & next checks
- Evidence reviewed
- Party text. voche.me found no 2026 statement by Barzegari on the cost of living.
- What still needs checking
- Does Barzegari name a cost of living measure for the district during the campaign?
- [Eby's plan will cut gas prices by up to 30 cents a litre, crack down on gouging](https://www.bcndp.ca/releases/ebys-plan-will-cut-gas-prices-30-cents-litre-crack-down-gouging)Campaign · BC NDP
2026 · Public servicesCampaign pledge
### BC NDP health care position
The BC NDP platform page says the party will keep recruiting and training more doctors, nurses and other health care workers. The page does not name Barzegari.
Evidence & next checks
- Evidence reviewed
- Party text. voche.me found no 2026 statement by Barzegari on health care.
- What still needs checking
- Does Barzegari speak on health care in the district during the campaign?
- [Platform page, Action for You](https://www.bcndp.ca/action-for-you)Campaign · BC NDP
2026 · Public safetyCampaign pledge
### BC NDP public safety position
The BC NDP platform page lists safe, inclusive communities as one of its headings and says the government hired more than 250 more RCMP officers. The page does not name Barzegari.
Evidence & next checks
- Evidence reviewed
- Party text. voche.me found no 2026 statement by Barzegari on public safety.
- What still needs checking
- Does Barzegari speak on public safety during the campaign?
- [Platform page, Action for You](https://www.bcndp.ca/action-for-you)Campaign · BC NDP
2026 · EconomyCampaign pledge
### BC NDP economy position
The BC NDP platform page says the party is doubling skilled trades training by 2028-29 and sets a goal of $200 billion in major project investment by 2035. The page does not name Barzegari.
Evidence & next checks
- Evidence reviewed
- Party text. voche.me found no 2026 statement by Barzegari on jobs or the economy.
- What still needs checking
- Does Barzegari name an economic measure for the district during the campaign?
- [Platform page, Action for You](https://www.bcndp.ca/action-for-you)Campaign · BC NDP
2026 · EducationCampaign pledge
### BC NDP education position
The BC NDP platform page says the party is hiring teachers and building schools to support smaller class sizes. The page does not name Barzegari.
Evidence & next checks
- Evidence reviewed
- Party text. voche.me found no 2026 statement by Barzegari on schools.
- What still needs checking
- Does Barzegari speak on schools in the district during the campaign?
- [Platform page, Action for You](https://www.bcndp.ca/action-for-you)Campaign · BC NDP
2026 · ClimateCampaign pledge
### BC NDP climate position
The BC NDP platform page says the party has protected 20 percent of B.C. land and water and is on its way to 30 percent by 2030. The page does not name Barzegari.
Evidence & next checks
- Evidence reviewed
- Party text. voche.me found no 2026 statement by Barzegari on climate or the environment.
- What still needs checking
- Does Barzegari name a climate or environment measure during the campaign?
- [Platform page, Action for You](https://www.bcndp.ca/action-for-you)Campaign · BC NDP
City programs / Scope and delivery
## Policies, budgets & programs
This candidate has held no elected office. The BC Lobbyists Registry names her as a Ministerial Advisor in provincial ministers' offices in reports dated from March 31, 2023 to August 22, 2025, and Langara College lists her on its Board of Governors from August 2026. Neither role leaves a voting record. The one past statement on record is from a council candidates' forum at UBC in October 2022, reported by The Ubyssey.
Aug 5Term to July 31, 2027
### Appointed to the Langara College Board of Governors
Langara College announced that the provincial government appointed her to its Board of Governors for a one-year term, and the College's board members page lists her as a member.
Scope, limits and sources
The College's announcement describes her as principal of public affairs at Earnscliffe, a physician by training who has served in senior advisory roles with the Government of British Columbia. The appointment is a government action; it is listed here because it is her current public role.
- [Langara College Board of Governors re-elects Scott Murray as Chair and welcomes two new appointees](https://langara.ca/news-events/news/2026-board-of-governors-update)Official record · Langara College
- [Board members](https://langara.ca/leadership/board-governors/board-members)Official record · Langara College
Aug 22Last report dated August 22, 2025
### Ministerial Advisor in provincial ministers' offices
The BC Lobbyists Registry names her as a Ministerial Advisor in 21 lobbying activity reports dated from March 31, 2023 to August 22, 2025, in Jobs, Economic Development and Innovation, Municipal Affairs, Housing and Municipal Affairs, and Tourism, Arts, Culture and Sport.
Scope, limits and sources
The registry records lobbyists' meetings with public office holders. It shows the title and ministry on each date and nothing about the work itself, and it does not say when the role began or ended.
- [Lobbying activity reports naming Honieh Barzegari as a senior public office holder](https://www.lobbyistsregistrar.bc.ca/app/secure/orl/lrs/do/advSrch?adv_3001_level1comlog=dpohName&documentType=comlog&adv_3001_dpohName=BARZEGARI&b_adv_3001_dpohName=HONIEH&srch=Search)Official record · Office of the Registrar of Lobbying of BC
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.
Oct 11Debate coverage
### Vancouver council candidates' forum at UBC
As a Vision Vancouver council candidate, she said the party would ask for a rezoning throughout the city within its first 90 days on council, and promised with other candidates to make development permits faster and to plant trees in parts of the city with little shade, The Ubyssey reported on October 12, 2022.
- [Vancouver City Council candidates discuss housing, climate and reconciliation at UBC forum](https://ubyssey.ca/news/vancouver-city-council-candidates-discuss-housing-climate-and-reconciliation-at-ubc-forum/)Reporting · The Ubyssey
Accountability / Findings, disputes and responses
## Controversies & public scrutiny
Records are labelled by type, including official findings, civil proceedings and political disputes where applicable. Each entry identifies the response found in the sources and the latest status verified for this page.
No reviewed entries have been added to this section yet. This is a research gap, not a finding about the candidate.
News coverage / Original publishers
## Read the reporting
A dated reading list from independent publishers. The headings below are voche.me summaries; follow each link for the original article, context and any corrections.
No reviewed entries have been added to this section yet. This is a research gap, not a finding about the candidate.
Research / 17 linked sources
## Check the evidence
Sources checked October 7, 2026. Official records establish decisions; campaign material establishes stated positions; reporting adds investigation and context. None alone establishes every claim.
Official record 8 sources
- Provincial candidate list, stamped October 7, 2026 2:00 p.m.
Elections BC · October 7, 2026
- 2026 provincial election: key dates
Elections BC
- Statement of Votes, 2024 provincial general election
Elections BC
- Lobbying activity reports naming Honieh Barzegari as a senior public office holder
Office of the Registrar of Lobbying of BC
- Langara College Board of Governors re-elects Scott Murray as Chair and welcomes two new appointees
Langara College · August 5, 2026
- Board members
Langara College
- 2022 election candidates: Councillor
City of Vancouver
- 2022 Municipal Election Results, councillor totals (City open data file, read through the Internet Archive because the City's server returned HTTP 403)
City of Vancouver
Campaign 8 sources
- Our BC NDP team: candidate list
BC NDP
- West Vancouver-Capilano BC NDP page (sends readers to the candidate page since October 7, 2026)
BC NDP
- Releases page
BC NDP
- Platform page, Action for You
BC NDP
- Eby's plan will cut gas prices by up to 30 cents a litre, crack down on gouging
BC NDP · October 1, 2026
- Honieh Barzegari and David Eby's BC NDP team
BC NDP
- Our team
Earnscliffe
- Honieh Barzegari, M.D. (profile)
Earnscliffe
Reporting 1 sources
- Vancouver City Council candidates discuss housing, climate and reconciliation at UBC forum
The Ubyssey · October 12, 2022
voche.me found no statement from this candidate about the 2026 campaign on 2026-10-07: no release, interview, social media post that could be read, or news report that could be opened. Her positions on the scored issues are unknown. The North Shore News article of October 6, 2026 listing North Shore candidates answered HTTP 403 and could not be read. Her Facebook page needs a login. The party page's claims that she co-chairs KPU's Health and Science Committee, held leadership roles in biopharmaceutical and health technology companies and holds a medical degree were not checked with those bodies; no page on the KPU website names her. All-candidates meetings in the district, campaign finances and endorsements were not found on this date. The questionnaire has not been sent.
Research status
## What voche.me has checked
Evidence reviewed on 2026-10-07: the Elections BC candidate list stamped October 7, 2026 and its key dates page, the 2024 statement of votes, the BC NDP candidate page, candidate list, releases page and platform page, the BC Lobbyists Registry search for her name, Langara College's board announcement of August 5, 2026 and board members page, the Earnscliffe team page and profile, the City of Vancouver's 2022 candidate list and official results, The Ubyssey's report of October 12, 2022, and web searches for her name alone, with the district, 2026, NDP, MLA and the 2022 election.
The BC NDP candidate page, which showed no page on October 2, 2026, was live on October 7 and the party's West Vancouver-Capilano address now sends readers to it. Its biography is the campaign's own account. Two parts were checked against the bodies that would know: the Lobbyists Registry confirms the ministerial advisor role, and Langara College confirms the board seat. The KPU committee role, the medical degree and the private sector roles were not checked.
No statement from the candidate about this campaign was found. The North Shore News published a list of North Shore candidates on October 6, 2026, but its server answered HTTP 403 and the article could not be read, so nothing from it is used. Her Facebook page shows a login wall. Elections BC lists four candidates in the district. The questionnaire has not been sent.
[BC Lobbyists Registry search](https://www.lobbyistsregistrar.bc.ca/app/secure/orl/lrs/do/advSrch?adv_3001_level1comlog=dpohName&documentType=comlog&adv_3001_dpohName=BARZEGARI&b_adv_3001_dpohName=HONIEH&srch=Search) [Langara College board members](https://langara.ca/leadership/board-governors/board-members)
03 / Background
## Experience & community
August 2026 to July 2027
### Member, Langara College Board of Governors
Langara College announced on August 5, 2026 that the provincial government appointed her for a one-year term to July 31, 2027. The College's board members page lists her as a member.
[Langara College, August 5, 2026](https://langara.ca/news-events/news/2026-board-of-governors-update)
2023 to 2025
### Ministerial Advisor, Government of British Columbia
The BC Lobbyists Registry names her as a Ministerial Advisor in 21 lobbying activity reports dated from March 31, 2023 to August 22, 2025, in the ministries of Jobs, Economic Development and Innovation; Municipal Affairs; Housing and Municipal Affairs; and Tourism, Arts, Culture and Sport. The registry records meetings and says nothing about when the job began or ended.
[BC Lobbyists Registry](https://www.lobbyistsregistrar.bc.ca/app/secure/orl/lrs/do/advSrch?adv_3001_level1comlog=dpohName&documentType=comlog&adv_3001_dpohName=BARZEGARI&b_adv_3001_dpohName=HONIEH&srch=Search)
Current on October 7, 2026
### Principal, Public Affairs, Earnscliffe
The firm's team page lists her under this title. The firm's profile of her, written in her own account, says she has held leadership roles in the biopharmaceutical and health technology sectors and led a national digital health initiative through Canada's Digital Technology Cluster. voche.me has not checked those roles with the companies.
[Earnscliffe team page](https://earnscliffe.ca/team/)
2022
### Candidate for Vancouver City Council, Vision Vancouver
Received 6,831 votes in the October 15, 2022 election, 49th of 59 council candidates, with ten seats filled, according to the City's official results.
[City of Vancouver, 2022 election results](https://webtransfer.vancouver.ca/OpenData/csv/2022MunicipalElectionResults.zip)
Before moving to Canada
### Physician in rural Iran
The party page says she practised medicine in rural communities in Iran, and Langara College's announcement says she holds a Doctor of Medicine degree. voche.me has not checked either with a medical regulator.
[BC NDP candidate page](https://honiehbarzegari.bcndp.ca/)
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.
Why are you running in West Vancouver-Capilano, and what would you do first as MLA?
No response has been submitted.
Which measure would you ask the Province to adopt so that families can afford a home on the North Shore, and by when?
No response has been submitted.
What would you do for people who travel between the North Shore and Vancouver for work, school or a hospital visit?
No response has been submitted.
### Have your own question?
Ask Honieh Barzegari 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 Honieh Barzegari's page itself, answered directly rather than left blank.
Is this an official page for Honieh Barzegari?
No. This page is researched by voche.me from public sources, listed below, and is separate from Honieh Barzegari's own campaign.
What party is Honieh Barzegari running with?
Honieh Barzegari is running for MLA with BC NDP.
Does Honieh Barzegari currently hold public office?
Not according to this profile. voche.me has not listed a current public office for Honieh Barzegari.
How many sources does this Honieh Barzegari profile cite?
This profile lists 7 sourced references, each with the date voche.me checked it, in the Sources section below.
Why do some questions on Honieh Barzegari's page show no answer?
The "Questions & answers" section on this page lists questions voche.me would put to Honieh Barzegari 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 Honieh Barzegari 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
October 7, 2026
### Party page found and background verified
The BC NDP published her candidate page after voche.me's first review on October 2, 2026. This update adds her biography from that page, her ministerial advisor role from the BC Lobbyists Registry, her Langara College board seat from the College's announcement, her 2022 Vancouver council run from the City's results, a portrait from the party page, and the three other candidates Elections BC lists in the district.
## Sources & transparency
- [Elections BC · provincial candidate list ](https://www.elections.bc.ca/docs/fin/GE-2026-10-24-Candidate-Website-Report.PDF)Checked October 7, 2026
- [Elections BC · 2024 statement of votes ](https://elections.bc.ca/docs/rpt/statement-of-votes-2024-provincial-election.pdf)Checked October 2, 2026
- [BC NDP · Honieh Barzegari candidate page ](https://honiehbarzegari.bcndp.ca/)Checked October 7, 2026
- [BC Lobbyists Registry · reports naming Honieh Barzegari ](https://www.lobbyistsregistrar.bc.ca/app/secure/orl/lrs/do/advSrch?adv_3001_level1comlog=dpohName&documentType=comlog&adv_3001_dpohName=BARZEGARI&b_adv_3001_dpohName=HONIEH&srch=Search)Checked October 7, 2026
- [Langara College · board appointments, August 5, 2026 ](https://langara.ca/news-events/news/2026-board-of-governors-update)Checked October 7, 2026
- [City of Vancouver · 2022 election results (open data) ](https://webtransfer.vancouver.ca/OpenData/csv/2022MunicipalElectionResults.zip)Checked October 3, 2026
- [BC NDP · platform page ](https://www.bcndp.ca/action-for-you)Checked October 7, 2026
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Campaign contact
## Campaign links & contact.
Find the candidate’s website, social accounts and contact information.
[BC NDP candidate page](https://honiehbarzegari.bcndp.ca/) [Facebook (needs a login to read)](https://www.facebook.com/honieh.barzegari) [Earnscliffe profile](https://earnscliffe.ca/team/honieh-barzegari/)
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