MLA in Prince George-Mackenzie · BC provincial 2026
Kiel Giddens
Conservative MLA for Prince George-Mackenzie since 2024, running again; the party's Shadow Minister for Labour and for Economic Development.
Kiel Giddens won Prince George-Mackenzie in 2024 with 60.92% of the vote. In the legislature in 2026 he introduced a bill for open tendering on public construction, spoke against the budget and for forestry and LNG jobs, and asked for the Merit Commissioner to be restored.
A researched record of Kiel Giddens's 23 commitments, 12 dated actions and 8 public statements from 2026, with 4 news items. Most come from the legislature record and caucus releases that quote him.
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01 / Introduction
About Kiel Giddens
Kiel Giddens is the Conservative Party of BC candidate in Prince George-Mackenzie on Elections BC's list for the general election of October 24, 2026. He won the district in 2024 with 11,307 votes, 60.92% of the valid vote, according to the Elections BC statement of votes.
My Prince George Now reported on September 4, 2024 that he accepted the Conservative nomination after first being named the BC United candidate. The legislature record lists his election year as 2024. CKPG Today reported on August 25, 2026 that party leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay named him Shadow Minister for Economic Development, and that he keeps the Labour portfolio.
In the legislature in 2026 he introduced Bill M233 on open tendering for public construction, which was defeated at second reading. He asked questions on the budget, debt and credit ratings, forestry jobs, pipelines, LNG royalties and long-term care, and voted against the budget.
The party and caucus pages say he spent more than a decade working on B.C.'s LNG industry, was president of the Prince George Chamber of Commerce, and was chief of staff to the Minister of Environment and the Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure. Those are the party's own statements. In the legislature he said he worked in the LNG sector for 12 years.
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.
23 commitments shown · Checked Sep 30
2026 · EconomyNot established
Open tendering on public construction projects (Bill M233)
On March 5, 2026 Giddens introduced Bill M233, the Public Sector Construction Projects Procurement Act. It would stop public bodies from requiring union-only or non-union-only labour as a condition of bidding on publicly funded construction work.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The bill was defeated at second reading on April 20, 2026, 42 votes to 48, and Giddens voted for it. He gives no dollar saving, number of projects or date.
In question period on March 10, 2026 Giddens asked the government to pause the zero carbon step code at level EL-2. He said home builders want the code to be voluntary and based on incentives.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
He names the building rule to pause. He gives no cost, number of homes or date.
What still needs checking
Does the Conservative platform repeat this measure?
Giddens asked the Finance Minister on February 24, 2026 to reinstate the Merit Commissioner, an office the 2026 budget removed. On March 30, 2026 he spoke for a motion supporting independent oversight of public service hiring and firing.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
He names the office to restore. He gives no cost or date. The caucus release gives the office budget as $1.7 million.
What still needs checking
Is the office restored by law or kept inside government?
Raise the forest harvest toward the 45 million cubic metre mandate
Giddens asked in the legislature whether the Forests Minister would resign if he cannot meet the Premier's mandate of a 45 million cubic metre harvest. A July 2026 caucus release quotes him saying the industry is struggling to reach 29 million cubic metres.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The 45 million figure is the government's own mandate, which he asks it to meet. He names no instrument, cost or date of his own.
What still needs checking
Does he say how a Conservative government would set harvest levels?
In question period on May 28, 2026 Giddens asked the Energy Minister to end the new royalty structure for natural gas. He said it puts LNG investment decisions at risk.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
He names the royalty system to end. He gives no rate, cost or date.
Let buyers choose their vehicles, with no sales mandates
In the debate on Bill 16 on April 20, 2026 Giddens asked why the government does not drop its zero-emission vehicle sales mandates further. He said northern buyers need vehicles that suit long distances and cold winters.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
He gives no measure, cost or date. The bill already lowered the 2035 target to 75 percent.
What still needs checking
Does he propose repealing the Zero-Emission Vehicles Act?
Giddens asked the government in April and May 2026 to work with Alberta and the federal government on a pipeline to the coast. A July 2026 caucus release quotes him on jobs from a new pipeline.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
A pipeline needs federal approval and a private builder, so this is outside the Province's own decision. He gives no cost or date.
What still needs checking
Does a project reach the federal major projects office?
As Labour critic, Giddens opposed the 2026 budget cut to the employment standards branch. In the Bill 10 debate he said the government should make sure the branch has the capacity to do its job.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
He names the branch. He gives no budget figure, staff number or date. The 80 percent target he quotes is the ministry's own.
Bring the provincial budget back to long-term fiscal balance
In his budget speech on February 18, 2026 Giddens said he could not support the budget because it raises taxes and debt, and said he would push for a return to long-term fiscal sustainability.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
He gives no deficit target, tax rate or date.
What still needs checking
Does the Conservative platform give a date for a balanced budget?
Oppose the cut to the northern and rural homeowner benefit
Giddens said in question period on February 18, 2026 that working families in the North will pay $200 more after the cut to the northern and rural homeowner benefit.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
He states the size of the cut. He does not say he would restore the benefit, and gives no date.
On March 9, 2026 Giddens spoke for Bill M232, the Long Term Care Access and Transparency Act, a bill from another member. He said its monthly reports on wait-lists would help families plan.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The bill is another member's. He gives no cost, number of beds or date.
In a statement on May 25, 2026 Giddens asked the minister to reconsider ending provincial grants to not-for-profit dental clinics, including the Emergency Dental Outreach Clinic in Prince George.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
He gives the Prince George clinic's grant as $25,000 a year. He gives no province-wide cost or date.
More psychiatric and involuntary care beds in the North
A May 2026 caucus release quotes Giddens saying the province needs more psychiatric care beds, including involuntary care, in the North. In his budget speech he asked for timelines for the promised Prince George beds.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
He gives no number of beds, cost or date of his own.
What still needs checking
Does the government give a date for the Prince George facility?
A March 2026 caucus release quotes Giddens asking that all occupational cancers be covered for firefighters, with screening and mental health supports written into law, and a minimum of 2 years of service to qualify.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The release gives the years of service. It gives no cost or date.
What still needs checking
Does the government add more cancers to the regulation?
Repeal DRIPA and drop the Heritage Conservation Act changes
In question period on May 4, 2026 Giddens asked the government to abandon its changes to the Heritage Conservation Act, and said the changes were another reason to repeal DRIPA, the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act. He voted for first reading of a bill to repeal DRIPA on April 22, 2026.
Support treaties, with more time and talks with neighbouring nations
In the K'ómoks Treaty Act debate on April 23, 2026 Giddens said he supports treaties, and that the government should take time to engage with neighbouring First Nations that raised concerns. He voted against the bill at second and third reading.
Provincial resources for downtown Prince George enforcement
A June 2026 caucus release says the Prince George Conservative MLAs, including Giddens, asked the Public Safety Minister to review bail practices for repeat offenders and to put provincial resources into downtown enforcement after a series of arson fires.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The ask is in the release text, which names the three MLAs together. Bail law is federal. No cost, number or date is given.
Reopen the investigation into the 2022 Coastal GasLink worksite attack
In question period on May 20, 2026 Giddens asked the Attorney General to reopen the criminal investigation into the 2022 attack on a Coastal GasLink pipeline worksite.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
He gives no measure the Province would fund, no cost and no date.
Delay the freedom of information bill (Bill 9) by six months
On May 6, 2026 Giddens spoke for an amendment to delay Bill 9, the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Amendment Act, by six months. He voted for that amendment and against the bill at second and third reading.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The amendment and the bill outcome are in the vote index: he voted against the bill, which passed.
What still needs checking
Does he propose changes to the access law after the election?
On April 27, 2026 Giddens moved a subamendment to Motion M205 so that the required course for newly elected MLAs would keep its focus on economics, public finance and numeracy.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The vote index lists him voting yes on his subamendment and no on the final motion. It gives no cost or date.
What still needs checking
Does a course for new members start after the election?
In the Bill M233 debate on April 13, 2026 Giddens said the promised four-laning from Cache Creek to Prince George vanished from the government's capital program.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
He states the gap. He gives no cost or date of his own.
The recorded vote index lists Giddens voting yes on an amendment to send the bill to a committee, and no at second reading on May 20 and third reading on May 28, 2026.
Scope, limits and sources
He spoke in the second reading debate on April 23, 2026.
Voted yes on first reading of the Drug Recovery and Community Safety Act (Bill M235)
The recorded vote index lists Giddens voting yes at first reading of a Conservative member's bill. Its sponsor said it would close all 58 provincially authorized drug consumption sites within six months.
Scope, limits and sources
First reading is the vote to introduce a bill for debate.
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News coverage / Original publishers
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Reporting
My Prince George Now
Giddens to run as Conservative candidate in Prince George-Mackenzie
Reports that Giddens accepted the Conservative nomination after first being named the BC United candidate.
Sources checked September 30, 2026. Official records establish decisions; campaign material establishes stated positions; reporting adds investigation and context. None alone establishes every claim.
No campaign website of his own was found; the party candidate page is the only campaign page. The party candidate page labels him "Interim Conservative Party Leader", which no other source supports, so that label is left out. His posts on X, Facebook and Instagram could not be read, because each shows a sign-in page. The Labour and Mining estimates debates (April and May 2026), the Bill 10 committee stage, the Bill 5 and Bill 2 debates, the motions on human rights and liquor in theatres, and the Lobbyists Transparency Act committee report were not read line by line. Several Prince George Citizen articles returned HTTP 403 and were not used. The party platform page says the platform is coming soon and does not name him. No 2026 all-candidates meeting for Prince George-Mackenzie was found. His work in the LNG sector, his time as chief of staff to two ministers, his term as Prince George Chamber of Commerce president and his board roles come from his own and his party's pages and were not checked against the bodies involved. 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, 26 transcripts from 2026 where he spoke, his party candidate page and platform page, his caucus page and 14 caucus releases from 2026, and news reports from CKPG Today and My Prince George Now.
His commitments on this page come from what he said in the legislature and in caucus releases that quote him. He is in opposition, so his record is his speeches, his own bill and his recorded votes. Sections with no entry record that voche.me found nothing on this date.
The party candidate page says he worked on the LNG industry for more than a decade, served as Prince George Chamber of Commerce president and was chief of staff to two ministers. These are the party's own statements.
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05 / About this page
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What party is Kiel Giddens running with?
Kiel Giddens is running for MLA with Conservative Party of BC.
Does Kiel Giddens currently hold public office?
Yes. Kiel Giddens currently serves as MLA for Prince George-Mackenzie.
How many sources does this Kiel Giddens profile cite?
This profile lists 4 sourced references, each with the date voche.me checked it, in the Sources section below.
Why do some questions on Kiel Giddens's page show no answer?
The "Questions & answers" section on this page lists questions voche.me would put to Kiel Giddens 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 Kiel Giddens 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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