Independent MLA for Peace River North, running for re-election as an independent.
Jordan Kealy won Peace River North for the Conservative Party in 2024 and has sat as an independent since March 2025. In the legislature in 2026 he pressed for a new Taylor Bridge, spoke on northern health care, introduced two bills and voted against the freedom of information changes and the K’ómoks Treaty. In June 2026 he was charged with one count of sexual assault; he says he is innocent, and the case is before the court.
A researched record of Jordan Kealy’s commitments, recorded votes and statements in the legislature in 2026, his campaign website, and news reports from 2025 and 2026.
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01 / Introduction
About Jordan Kealy
Jordan Kealy is on Elections BC’s list for Peace River North in the general election of October 24, 2026, with his affiliation given as Independent. He won the district in 2024 for the Conservative Party with 11,213 votes, 74.36% of the valid vote, according to the Elections BC statement of votes.
Before 2024 he was the Peace River Regional District director for Electoral Area B, according to CBC News and Energeticcity.ca. His campaign website says he is a farmer who raises cattle in the Peace River region.
On March 7, 2025, he left the Conservative Party after the party removed Dallas Brodie from its caucus, CBC News reported, and he wrote that the party had become “toxic”. In April 2026 he endorsed Kerry-Lynne Findlay for the party leadership, Energeticcity.ca reported, and said he would consider rejoining if she won.
On June 4, 2026, the BC Prosecution Service announced that he had been charged with one count of sexual assault for an alleged offence in 2024, before his election, CBC News reported. He said he is innocent and would not resign. The Conservative Party then said he would not join its caucus or party. He chose a trial by judge and jury, and Energeticcity.ca reported a pre-trial conference set for October 20, 2026. The charge is an allegation that no court has decided.
In the legislature in 2026 he introduced bills on school entry controls and on repealing the Health Professions and Occupations Act, asked questions about the Taylor Bridge and the Old Fort landslide, and spoke against Budget 2026, the freedom of information changes in Bill 9 and the K’ómoks Treaty Act.
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.
18 commitments shown · Checked Sep 30
2026 · TransportationCampaign pledge
Replace the Taylor Bridge
In question period on April 2, 2026, Kealy asked the Transportation minister to commit to replacing the Taylor Bridge on Highway 97 with a new bridge built for the loads of the region. He raised the bridge again on April 23 and May 21, 2026.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
A demand made in question period. He names no cost, no date and no budget line for a new bridge.
What still needs checking
Does the provincial capital plan name a replacement for the Taylor Bridge, with a cost and a date?
Fund the Peace Villa long-term care expansion from administration savings
In the budget debate on February 25, 2026, Kealy said Budget 2026 removed the start dates for a Fort St. John long-term care facility planned for 84 beds and a 30-space adult day program. In the Health estimates on May 4, 2026, he said the government should cut administration costs and put the money into the Peace Villa expansion, more long-term care beds and front-line staff.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
He names the money source as savings from fewer health authority executives, but gives no dollar figure and no date. The 84 beds are the project scope he describes, not a figure he sets himself.
What still needs checking
Does the next provincial capital plan give the Peace Villa expansion a start date?
On March 10, 2026, Kealy introduced Bill M238, the Health Professions and Occupations Repeal Act (No. 2), to repeal the law that changed how health professions are regulated. He said doctors may leave the province because of the law.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The bill passed first reading, according to Energeticcity.ca. The vote index shows no recorded vote on it, and voche.me found no second reading. It gives no cost.
What still needs checking
Does the bill reach second reading in the next legislature?
On March 5, 2026, after the Tumbler Ridge shooting, Kealy introduced Bill M234, the School Amendment Act, 2026. He said it would require controlled entry points at schools so that visitors are checked before they reach students or staff.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The bill passed first reading, according to Energeticcity.ca. voche.me found no second reading. The bill text and its cost were not opened.
What still needs checking
Does the bill return in the next legislature, and what would controlled entry cost school districts?
Kealy introduced a bill to repeal the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act in November 2025. In the Bill 14 debate on April 16, 2026, he said the act should be repealed and replaced with new legislation. His campaign website lists repealing DRIPA as a priority.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
He names a bill as the tool. He does not say what the new law would contain, what it would cost or when it would pass.
In the debate on Bill 20, the K’ómoks Treaty Act, on May 20, 2026, Kealy said he would vote against the treaty and keep opposing it. The vote index records him voting against the bill at second and third reading.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
A position, with his recorded votes. It names no other measure.
What still needs checking
Would he seek to change the treaty after it took effect?
In the debate on Bill 9, which changed the freedom of information law, Kealy said on March 4, 2026 that response standards should be clear, refusal powers narrow and delays reported in public. On May 6, 2026 he spoke for an amendment to delay the bill by six months.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
He names an amendment to the bill as his tool. He gives no cost and no target.
What still needs checking
Would he move to reverse the Bill 9 changes in the next legislature?
In the Bill 14 debate on April 16, 2026, Kealy said the Province should cut red tape, raise sustainable harvest levels where science supports it and give priority to processing logs in British Columbia.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
A statement of approach. It names no harvest number, cost or date.
What still needs checking
What harvest level would he set, and by what rule?
In the Agriculture and Food estimates on April 15, 2026, Kealy said British Columbia should process more of its own food, including abattoirs and grain mills, instead of exporting raw farm products.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
A position stated in questions to the minister. It names no program, cost or date.
What still needs checking
Which provincial program would pay for northern abattoirs or mills?
In the Agriculture and Food estimates on April 15, 2026, Kealy asked the government to remove the cost of its industrial carbon pricing from the fuel farmers buy.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
A request to the minister. It names no rate, cost or date.
What still needs checking
What would the change cost, and how would it be applied at the pump?
His campaign website lists community safety as a priority. In question period on February 26, 2026, he asked the Premier when the government would restore law and order, after naming shootings in Fort St. John.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
A statement of approach. It names no measure, cost or date.
What still needs checking
Which policing, court or drug policy measure does he propose?
Bills he introduced and votes where the legislature’s vote index records his name.
Defeated at first reading
Bill to repeal DRIPA introduced and defeated at first reading
Kealy introduced the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Statute Repeal Act. The House voted 48 to 43 against first reading, according to Energeticcity.ca.
Scope, limits and sources
The 2025 transcript was not opened; the vote count is from the report.
The vote index records Kealy voting against the budget motion, against Bills 2 and 3 that carried out budget measures, and against the Supply Act, 2026-2027 at third reading.
Scope, limits and sources
The vote index gives each vote; the transcripts of the votes were not opened.
Voted for the Forests Statutes Amendment Act at third reading
The vote index records Kealy voting for Bill 14 at third reading. In second reading debate on April 16 he called the bill an administrative change that falls short.
Scope, limits and sources
The transcript of the third reading vote was not opened.
Voted against Bill 9, the freedom of information changes
The vote index records Kealy voting for the amendment to delay Bill 9, then against it at second reading, against two amendments moved by Gibson, and against it at third reading.
Scope, limits and sources
The second reading votes were taken in the sitting that began on May 6, 2026.
Voted to let several private members’ bills pass first reading
The vote index records Kealy voting yes at first reading on bills including the Human Rights Code Repeal Act, the Drug Recovery and Community Safety Act and the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Repeal Act. He told Energeticcity.ca that he votes yes at first reading on every bill so that it can be debated.
Scope, limits and sources
A first reading vote lets a bill be printed and debated. His reason is his own account.
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Speech
Budget debate speech
Kealy spoke against Budget 2026: health care and long-term care in the North, youth mental health, the Taylor Bridge, forestry job losses, farm costs and the wider provincial sales tax.
Kealy asked about lower crop insurance coverage for wildlife damage, farmland lost to Site C, farm status rules, PST on farm inputs and northern food processing.
Kealy asked about Northern Health executive pay, emergency room and maternity ward closures, the cost of the Health Professions and Occupations Act, and the Peace Villa expansion.
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Reporting
CBC News
Two MLAs leave the B.C. Conservatives
Reports that Kealy left the party after Dallas Brodie was removed from caucus, and that he wrote the party had become "toxic".
Reports the charge announced by the BC Prosecution Service, his statement that he is innocent, and the Conservative Party statement that he will not join its caucus or party.
Sources checked September 30, 2026. Official records establish decisions; campaign material establishes stated positions; reporting adds investigation and context. None alone establishes every claim.
The BC Prosecution Service charged Kealy with one count of sexual assault in June 2026. He says he is innocent, and the case is before the court. The record schema has no category for a criminal charge, so the case appears in the biography and in news coverage, with no entry in the accountability list. The campaign website’s Updates, Press Releases, Events and Bills Archive pages load no posts for a direct read. His Facebook page showed a sign-in page, his X account answered as not found, and his YouTube page showed no readable text, so no social media post is used. His November 2025 speech on the DRIPA repeal bill is taken from Energeticcity.ca; the 2025 transcript was not opened. Votes are taken from the 2026 vote index; the transcripts of the votes were not opened. The text of his bills M234 and M238 was not opened. His start date as Peace River Regional District director, and the campaign’s statement that he has raised cattle since 2008, were not checked against an official record. No 2026 all-candidates meeting for Peace River North 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 2026-09-30: the Elections BC candidate list and 2024 statement of votes, the legislature’s 2026 speech and vote indexes, 15 transcripts from 2026 where he spoke, his campaign website, and news reports from CBC News and Energeticcity.ca from 2025 and 2026.
His commitments on this page come from what he said in the legislature in 2026 and from his campaign website. Sections with no entry record that voche.me found nothing on this date.
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05 / About this page
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Is this an official page for Jordan Kealy?
No. This page is researched by voche.me from public sources, listed below, and is separate from Jordan Kealy's own campaign.
What party is Jordan Kealy running with?
Jordan Kealy is running for MLA as an independent, with no party affiliation listed on the City's candidate list.
Does Jordan Kealy currently hold public office?
Yes. Jordan Kealy currently serves as MLA for Peace River North.
How many sources does this Jordan Kealy profile cite?
This profile lists 5 sourced references, each with the date voche.me checked it, in the Sources section below.
Why do some questions on Jordan Kealy's page show no answer?
The "Questions & answers" section on this page lists questions voche.me would put to Jordan Kealy 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 Jordan Kealy is running in?
The 2026 British Columbia election, including the MLA race, is decided on October 24, 2026.
06 / Candidate contributions
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