MLA for Abbotsford West since 2024 and a former Abbotsford school trustee, running again for the Conservative Party of BC.
Korky Neufeld won Abbotsford West for the Conservative Party in 2024 with 11,483 of 19,678 valid votes (58.35%). The legislature lists him as an active member for the Conservative Party of British Columbia. He was also an Abbotsford school trustee until the City of Abbotsford recorded him as deemed to have resigned that office when a provincial law took effect on May 29, 2025. A Conservative caucus release of June 30, 2026 named him critic for post-secondary education and international credentials. In 2026 the vote index records him voting against the budget bills, the K'ómoks Treaty Act and the freedom of information bill, and for first reading of a bill to repeal the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (DRIPA). His X page says he will fight for lower taxes, better healthcare, parental rights, the repeal of DRIPA and safer streets. Jules Côté of the BC NDP is the other accepted candidate in the district on the Elections BC list of October 3, 2026.
A researched record of Korky Neufeld's candidacy for the Conservative Party of BC in Abbotsford West, with 12 commitments (10 from his own words or his party candidate page and 2 from the party's platform page), 6 entries of recorded votes, 13 public statements and 4 news items. Question period is the daily time when members ask ministers questions. Most entries come from what he said in the legislature in 2026, his caucus statement of April 17, 2026, his X posts of September 2026 and his party candidate page.
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 Korky Neufeld
Korky Neufeld is the Conservative Party candidate in Abbotsford West on the Elections BC candidate list stamped October 3, 2026 9:00:10 AM. Two nominations are accepted in the district on that copy: Jules Côté of the BC NDP and Neufeld. Nominations close at 1 p.m. on October 3, 2026, so the list may grow.
Elections BC statements of votes show he won Abbotsford West in 2024 with 11,483 of 19,678 valid votes (58.35%), ahead of Graeme Hutchison of the BC NDP with 7,255 votes and independent James Davison with 940. The legislature's member data lists him as active in the 43rd Parliament for the Conservative Party of British Columbia.
Before provincial office he was an Abbotsford school trustee. The Abbotsford News reported in 2018 that he was elected to the board three times from 2005, did not run in 2014, sought the federal Conservative nomination in Mission-Matsqui-Fraser Canyon for 2015 (it went to Liv Grewal) and was running for the board again in 2018. The school district says he stepped aside as Chair effective January 31, 2024, after declaring his candidacy for the Conservative Party. The City of Abbotsford says the Eligibility to Hold Public Office Act, which received royal assent (became law) on May 29, 2025, bars an MLA from holding a local elected office, so he was deemed to have resigned as trustee. A by-election followed on October 11, 2025, and the district's meeting summary of October 21, 2025 says Arsh Kaler replaced him. His party page says he served 15 years as a trustee, and the BC School Trustees Association says over 13 years.
In the legislature in 2026 he spoke on the budget, the sales tax on strata costs and on items seniors use, DRIPA and mineral claims, Bill 7 on international students, Bill 13 on safe access to places of worship, the Mental Health Act review, a supportive housing proposal in Abbotsford and the post-secondary education budget. The vote index records him voting against the 2026 budget motion and budget bills, the K'ómoks Treaty Act and, at third reading, the freedom of information bill (Bill 9).
The Conservative caucus (the party's group of MLAs) named him Critic for Artificial Intelligence on October 1, 2025 and Critic for Post Secondary Education and International Credentials on June 30, 2026. A critic is the opposition member who follows one ministry or topic. On December 3, 2025 CBC reported that he said he still considered John Rustad the party's leader after the party's board said it had removed him. A columnist on ArmchairMayor.ca listed him on May 25, 2026 among four MLAs supporting Iain Black in the party's leadership race. The party's release of September 27, 2026 names Lorne Doerkson as its leader.
His party page says he began as a church pastor, worked in construction and is a construction manager for Servicemaster Restore of the Fraser Valley. These are the party's descriptions. His X profile reads "BC Conservative Candidate for Abbotsford West", and on the morning of October 3, 2026 it showed a post from the previous day saying he is on the ballot.
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.
12 commitments shown · Checked Oct 3
2026 · EconomyCampaign pledge
No new taxes for the whole term of a Conservative government
In an X post of September 28, 2026, Neufeld wrote that a Conservative Party of BC government will never raise taxes on British Columbians. The party's release of September 27, 2026 quotes leader Lorne Doerkson making the same pledge.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
It is a pledge about tax rates for the whole term. It gives no spending cut, no cost and no list of which taxes it covers.
What still needs checking
Does the party or Neufeld say which services would be paid for within the no-new-taxes limit?
His party candidate page lists lower taxes and smaller government as a policy priority, and says wasteful spending should be cut and the savings returned to taxpayers. His X post of September 26, 2026 says he will fight for lower taxes.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The page states a position. It gives no amount, no named spending cut and no date. The same priorities were reported on February 12, 2024, so they predate this campaign.
Repeal the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act
His X post of September 26, 2026 says he will fight for the repeal of DRIPA, the provincial law that adopts the United Nations declaration on the rights of Indigenous peoples. The vote index shows he voted for first reading of a bill to repeal that act on April 22, 2026.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
He wrote this on X on September 26, 2026. The post gives no date and no plan for treaty or title agreements. A first reading vote lets a bill be introduced for debate. Later votes decide its final form.
His X post of September 26, 2026 says he will fight for better healthcare. His party candidate page lists the priority "More doctors, more nurses", prioritizing government funding and support for post-secondary programs and students.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
He wrote this on X on September 26, 2026. The page gives no number of doctors or nurses, no cost and no date.
What still needs checking
How many new doctors and nurses, and paid for from which budget line?
Parents decide how and where children are educated
His X post of September 26, 2026 says he will fight for parental rights. His party candidate page says parents have the right to determine how and where their children will be educated, and that ideology should be removed from classrooms.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
He wrote this on X on September 26, 2026. Neither source says which rules or school programs would change. They give no date.
What still needs checking
Which provincial rule or school program would he change?
Oppose the sales tax on strata costs and on items seniors use
In question period on March 10, 2026 Neufeld said strata councils he heard from are paying $6,000 more because of the provincial sales tax on strata management, entry phones and building security. On May 26, 2026 he asked why the government was taking money from seniors through the sales tax on cable, land-line phones and yarn.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
Both are questions to ministers in the legislature. The $6,000 figure is his own account of what strata councils told him. The minister replied on both days. He gives no cost of an alternative and no date.
In a caucus statement of April 17, 2026, Neufeld said the provincial government must support in-home hospice care programs, and urged the Minister of Health to act.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
He cites a pilot run by the Abbotsford Hospice and Grief Support Society and says the model reduces costs by up to 49%. That figure is his own and voche.me did not check it. The statement gives no amount of funding and no date.
What still needs checking
Does the Ministry of Health fund in-home hospice care in the Fraser Health region?
In question period on March 3, 2026, Neufeld said Abbotsford is the latest municipality to oppose single-room occupancy housing, cited a project on Martens Street, and asked the minister to commit to working more closely with municipalities, with no surprises.
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Evidence reviewed
Hon. Christine Boyle replied that the proposed project was housing for seniors who are experiencing homelessness, and she disputed his description of it as single-room occupancy. He gives no cost, number of homes or date.
What still needs checking
Does the Province change how it consults a city before it proposes a project?
Conservative Party platform: Putting Patients First
The party's platform page lists a plan titled Putting Patients First, described as expanding access to care and ending long wait times. The page does not name Neufeld.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
Party text. The page was marked coming soon on 2026-10-03 and gives the headings only.
The party's platform page lists a plan titled Unlocking BC Mining, described as a mining superpower that unlocks the potential of the province's industry. The page does not name Neufeld.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
Party text. The page was marked coming soon on 2026-10-03 and gives the headings only.
Recorded votes where the legislature's vote index names him. A vote records how he voted, with no reason attached. A bill is voted on at first, second and third reading. Votes taken without a recorded count name nobody and are not listed.
Recorded votes: Nay
Voted against the 2026 budget motion and budget bills
The vote index records Neufeld voting Nay on the budget motion (February 26), on Bill 3 at second reading (February 26) and third reading (March 5), and on Bill 2 at second reading (March 9) and third reading (April 1). It also records Nay on the Supply Act, 2026-2027 at third reading (May 28).
Scope, limits and sources
The vote index lists standing votes, where each member's name is recorded. A vote records how he voted and adds no reason. Each vote is the sitting date shown in the index entry.
Voted for first reading of a bill to repeal the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act
The vote index records Neufeld voting Yea at first reading of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Repeal Act on April 22, 2026. It also records Yea at first reading of the Defunding Aboriginal Title Claims Affecting Private Property Act on March 12, 2026.
Scope, limits and sources
The vote index lists standing votes, where each member's name is recorded. A vote records how he voted and adds no reason. First reading lets a bill be introduced for debate, and later votes decide its final form. The index lists the bills by title and does not name the member who introduced each.
The vote index records Neufeld voting Yea on an amendment to second reading moved by Van Popta (May 20), then Nay at second reading (May 20) and Nay at third reading (May 28).
Scope, limits and sources
The vote index lists standing votes, where each member's name is recorded. A vote records how he voted and adds no reason.
Voted against the freedom of information bill at second and third reading
The vote index records Neufeld voting Yea on an amendment to second reading of Bill 9, the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Amendment Act, 2026, and Nay at second reading (sitting of May 6), on the motion to send it to the committee stage, on two amendments moved by Gibson, and at third reading (May 28).
Scope, limits and sources
The vote index lists standing votes, where each member's name is recorded. A vote records how he voted and adds no reason. The 2026 members index lists his remarks on Bill 9 in four transcripts, and voche.me did not open them.
Voted against the Safe Access to Schools Amendment Act, 2026 at third reading
The vote index records Neufeld voting Nay at third reading of Bill 12 on April 1, 2026. The 2026 members index lists his remarks on the bill in transcript 143.
Scope, limits and sources
The vote index lists standing votes, where each member's name is recorded. A vote records how he voted and adds no reason. voche.me did not open transcript 143, so no reason for the vote is recorded here.
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Speech
Question period on the 2026 budget
Neufeld said the Vancouver Board of Trade gave the budget a D, called it a failing grade and put a question to the Premier about the minister's report card. Hon. Brenda Bailey answered that the government heard from people who wanted deep cuts.
Neufeld said his side supports quality degree assurance for international students, said the federal cap on study permits had unintended results for British Columbia institutions, and asked whether the bill's enforcement powers fit its aim.
Question on a supportive housing proposal in Abbotsford
Neufeld said Abbotsford is the latest municipality to oppose single-room occupancy housing and that the Martens Street project is 100 metres from a middle school, with a consumption space. He asked the minister to work with municipalities. Hon. Christine Boyle replied that the proposed project was housing for seniors experiencing homelessness.
Questions in the review of the post-secondary budget
As critic for post-secondary, Neufeld asked Minister Jessie Sunner about a $40 million decrease in the ministry budget, funding for private training institutions and the cost per seat in skilled trades training.
Neufeld said strata councils he heard from are paying $6,000 more because of the sales tax on strata management, entry phones and building security. Hon. Brenda Bailey answered with the government's affordability measures.
Speech on Bill 13, safe access to places of public worship
Neufeld said every person deserves to reach a place of worship free from fear, described the 20 metre access zones, and asked why existing laws were not enforced and whether the bill's definition of interference protects free expression. He called the bill's intent understandable and in many respects commendable.
Neufeld said he strongly supports an Abbotsford Hospice and Grief Support Society pilot to expand in-home hospice care across the Fraser Health region, and urged the Minister of Health to act.
Neufeld quoted the president of the Association for Mineral Exploration and asked the Minister of Indigenous Relations whether First Nations have a veto over mineral claims decisions, yes or no. Hon. Spencer Chandra Herbert answered that a veto would mean no consultation and said First Nations lead in mining.
Neufeld asked the minister about a Fraser Health claim for more than $200,000 in court costs against a couple in his district. Hon. Josie Osborne said she cannot discuss specific court cases in the House and would keep working with him through her office.
Neufeld said the government postponed changes to DRIPA for six months and asked the Attorney General whether she was dismissing comments by Robin Junger, a former chief provincial treaty negotiator. Hon. Niki Sharma answered yes. In a second question he cited a Tāłtān Nation release on the Eskay Creek mine and asked whether the agreement gives the Tāłtān a veto. She answered with figures on mining investment.
Neufeld asked the minister whether it is acceptable for a family to learn only afterward that a relative had been discharged from care. Hon. Josie Osborne said the government has committed to a review of the Mental Health Act.
Neufeld said basic cable, land-line phones and yarn are now taxed, and asked why the government was taking money from seniors. Hon. Brenda Bailey answered that the province has one of the smallest sales tax bases and pointed to health care spending.
Between September 26 and October 2, 2026 his X page posted that he asks for votes in a snap election and will fight for lower taxes, better healthcare, parental rights, the repeal of DRIPA and safer streets, that a Conservative government will never raise taxes, that he invited the public to a campaign kickoff on Saturday, and that he is on the ballot.
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Video report
CBC News
Korky Neufeld says he still considers Rustad leader of B.C. Conservatives
A 40 second CBC video page says Neufeld still considered John Rustad leader of the party after the party's board said it had removed him. The page carries no more text and voche.me could not hear the video.
Who's supporting who as leadership race down to the wire
A column lists Neufeld among four Conservative MLAs supporting Iain Black in the party's leadership race. The column says 26 of the 39 caucus MLAs supported candidates. voche.me found no statement by Neufeld on this.
Korky Neufeld seeks re-election for Abbotsford schools
Reports that he was elected to the Abbotsford school board three times from 2005, did not run in 2014, sought the federal Conservative nomination in Mission-Matsqui-Fraser Canyon for 2015 and was running again in 2018.
Abbotsford school board trustee, construction manager to run as an MLA candidate
Reports his acclamation as the Conservative candidate for the October 2024 election against Mike de Jong of BC United, and repeats the party's description of his background and platform.
Sources checked October 3, 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 address korkyneufeld.ca answers and then sends the reader to a page with no text. His Facebook and Instagram pages show a login page with no posts, so nothing from them is used. His X page showed posts from September 26 to October 2, 2026 to a visitor who was not signed in, and those posts are the only campaign statements of his own read here. His party candidate page was read directly. It carries a 2026 donation notice and the same biography and priorities that Fraser Valley Today reported in February 2024, so its priorities come from the party's own text and may predate the 2026 campaign. Its biography (church pastor, construction manager at Servicemaster Restore of the Fraser Valley, the length of his school board service, his work with community groups) is the party's own account, and voche.me did not check it with the employer, the school district or the groups named. Its figure of 15 years as a trustee differs from the BC School Trustees Association, which says over 13 years, and from the Abbotsford News of 2018, which dates his first election to 2005 and says he skipped the 2014 race. voche.me did not open school board election results to settle the count. No party release read names him. voche.me read the party's list of 15 news headlines from September 23 to October 2, 2026, the platform page (marked coming soon, headings only) and the September 27 release on taxes, and opened no other release. His committee work and his speeches from 2024 and 2025 were not read. The 2026 members index lists 33 transcripts for him. voche.me read 11 of them and used the vote index for the rest, so remarks on the Bill 9 debate, Bill 12, Bill 8, Bill 10, Bill 11, the budget speech, his members' statements and his petition on a liquor licence in Abbotsford were not read. Critic roles come from two caucus releases (October 1, 2025 and June 30, 2026). voche.me did not find a source on whether the roles changed after the caucus departures of August and September 2026. The June 30 release names him critic for post-secondary education, and in the March 3, 2026 estimates he described himself as critic for post-secondary, so the roles in between are not documented. The columnist who listed him as a supporter of Iain Black is a commentator, and voche.me found no statement by Neufeld or by the Black campaign on it. The CBC page for his remark on John Rustad is a video page with a one sentence summary, and voche.me did not hear the video. The Hansard index has a separate entry for Larry Neufeld, MLA for Peace River South, and only the entry for Korky Neufeld was used. Searches on the surname also return a different Neufeld who served on a school board in another district. No source read ties that person to this candidate, and nothing about him is used here. No accountability entry was found for this candidate on 2026-10-03, which records only that voche.me found none in the sources above. Campaign finances, endorsements, the Abbotsford West all-candidates meetings and the registration page for the October 3 kickoff were not found or not readable. Nominations close at 1 p.m. on October 3, 2026, so more candidates may be added. The questionnaire has not been sent.
Research status
What voche.me has checked
Evidence reviewed on 2026-10-03: the Elections BC candidate list and key dates page, the 2024 statement of votes, his record in the legislature's data service, the 2026 speech and vote indexes and 11 transcripts from 2026, the party's candidate, platform and news pages and its release of September 27, 2026, two caucus releases and one caucus statement, his X page, a City of Abbotsford notice, two Abbotsford School District pages, and reports from the Abbotsford News, Fraser Valley Today, CBC and ArmchairMayor.ca.
His own words on this page come from the legislature in 2026, his caucus statement of April 17, 2026, his X posts of September 26 to October 2, 2026 and his party candidate page. No campaign website of his own was found. Sections with no entry record that voche.me found nothing on this date.
2005 to May 29, 2025 (the Abbotsford News dates the first election to 2005; the party says 15 years)
Abbotsford school trustee
The City of Abbotsford says he was deemed to have resigned as trustee on May 29, 2025, when the Eligibility to Hold Public Office Act took effect. He stepped aside as Chair effective January 31, 2024, according to the school district.
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Is this an official page for Korky Neufeld?
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What party is Korky Neufeld running with?
Korky Neufeld is running for MLA with Conservative Party of BC.
Does Korky Neufeld currently hold public office?
Yes. Korky Neufeld currently serves as MLA for Abbotsford West.
How many sources does this Korky Neufeld 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 Korky Neufeld's page show no answer?
The "Questions & answers" section on this page lists questions voche.me would put to Korky Neufeld 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 Korky Neufeld 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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