MLA in Kamloops-North Thompson · BC provincial 2026
Kory Clark
BC NDP candidate for MLA in Kamloops-North Thompson, on his first run for political office, according to CFJC News.
Kory Clark is the BC NDP candidate in Kamloops-North Thompson, a district where the BC Conservatives won 59.74 percent of the vote in 2024. CFJC Today Kamloops reports that this is his first run for political office. He told the station he wants to speak for younger voters and named housing and the cost of living as local priorities. voche.me found no campaign website or social media account of his.
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BC NDP2026
Kory ClarkBritish Columbia provincial election
Kory ClarkMLAv.
Candidate research / October 3, 2026
A record of what voche.me could verify about Kory Clark's 2026 candidacy for the BC NDP in Kamloops-North Thompson. CFJC Today Kamloops calls it his first run for political office. The two statements of his own come from one CFJC News interview. The party items are the BC NDP's text, and none of them names him.
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 Kory Clark
Elections BC lists Kory Clark as the BC NDP candidate in Kamloops-North Thompson. CFJC Today Kamloops reported on October 1, 2026 that the BC New Democrats had named him, and described the nomination as his first run for political office.
In 2024 the district's ballot listed Tristan Cavers (BC Green Party), Maddi Genn (BC NDP) and Ward Stamer (Conservative Party). Elections BC's statement of votes gives Stamer 17,930 votes (59.74 percent) and Genn 9,874 votes (32.90 percent), a gap of 8,056 votes. CFJC reports that the Conservatives won the seat by more than 25 percent.
Clark told CFJC News that he wants to represent young people: "A lot of people my age are a little disengaged, they don't see themselves up in Victoria, in Ottawa." On local priorities he named housing and the cost of living. These are his words as the station printed them.
Elections BC lists two other candidates in the district: Deborah Friesen (OneBC) and Ward Stamer (Conservative), the sitting MLA. CFJC's list of Kamloops-area candidates, published on October 3, 2026, shows the same three names.
voche.me found no campaign website, party candidate page, social media account or published biography for Clark. His age, work history and community roles are therefore absent from this record. voche.me has not contacted the campaign.
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 · HousingCampaign pledge
BC NDP housing plan
The BC NDP platform page says the party's housing plan is lowering rents, with average asking rents down over 10% in the last 3 years, and says the conservative parties would cancel that plan. The page does not name Clark.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
Party text. The page does not name Clark. In his CFJC News interview he named housing as a local priority and gave no measure.
What still needs checking
Does Clark name a housing measure for Kamloops-North Thompson during the campaign?
The BC NDP platform page lists reduced ICBC rates by $500 and rates frozen for 7 years, and says more than 560,000 renters get up to $400 from the renter's tax credit. The page does not name Clark.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
Party text. The page does not name Clark. In his CFJC News interview he named the cost of living as a local priority and gave no measure.
What still needs checking
Does Clark say which cost-of-living measures he would act on?
No public office or dated public action by him was found on 2026-10-03, and CFJC describes this as his first run for political office. The member record of the 43rd Parliament lists no member named Clark for this district, so no legislature speech or vote record applies.
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
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Interview
Interview with CFJC News on his BC NDP nomination
Clark told CFJC News he is running to represent young people who feel disengaged from politics. He named housing and the cost of living as the things people in the district think about, and said the BC NDP has "a plan" and "a vision for a stronger B.C." The report prints no detail of the plan.
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.
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News coverage / Original publishers
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Reporting
CFJC Today Kamloops
Kamloops-area candidates announced for 2026 provincial election
Lists the people who had filed nomination papers in the Kamloops area. For Kamloops-North Thompson it names Kory Clark (BC NDP), Deborah Friesen (OneBC) and Ward Stamer (BC Conservatives), marking Stamer as the incumbent.
BC NDP name two rookie candidates to face Kamloops incumbents
Reports that the BC NDP named Clark for Kamloops-North Thompson and Mike Wisla for Kamloops Centre. Calls the seat tougher ground for the NDP, which has not held the area since 1996, and says this is Clark's first run for political office. Quotes Clark on young voters, housing and the cost of living.
Sources checked October 3, 2026. Official records establish decisions; campaign material establishes stated positions; reporting adds investigation and context. None alone establishes every claim.
CFJC Today Kamloops · Elora McCormack · October 3, 2026
The name search was limited because the WebSearch tool had reached its usage limit. voche.me read a Google News feed for his name, the site search of CFJC Today and the pages those results named. No campaign website of his own was found. The address pattern the BC NDP uses for candidate pages, korycclark.bcndp.ca and similar spellings, answered HTTP 302 and sent every request back to itself, so no page could be read. The party's team page loads its profiles from a feed that held 59 profiles on 2026-10-03, and none named him. A Castanet Kamloops report with the headline "BC NDP names Mike Wisla, Kory Clark as candidates in Kamloops ridings" answered HTTP 403 and was not read, so nothing from it is used. No social media account tied to this candidacy was found, so none is used. His age, work history, community roles and any earlier public role are not stated in any source read. His platform beyond the two priorities he named, all-candidates meetings in the district, endorsements and campaign finances were not found on this date. No published photo that voche.me can credit was found, so the page has no portrait.
Research status
What voche.me has checked
Evidence reviewed on 2026-10-03: the Elections BC candidate list (document stamp October 3, 2026 07:00:07 PM) and key dates page, the 2024 statement of votes, the BC NDP platform page and the feed behind the party's team page, and two CFJC Today Kamloops reports of October 1 and October 3, 2026. The first report names him and quotes him.
The name search was limited. The WebSearch tool had reached its usage limit, so voche.me read a Google News feed for his name, the site search of CFJC Today and the pages those results named. A Castanet Kamloops report with the headline "BC NDP names Mike Wisla, Kory Clark as candidates in Kamloops ridings" answered HTTP 403 and was not read. No campaign website, social media account tied to this candidacy or party candidate page was found. An empty section records what voche.me did not find on this date, and it leaves open what the candidate has said elsewhere.
03 / Background
Experience & community
Background not supplied
Work, public service and community involvement will appear here when supplied. No experience has been added to this profile.
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.
Which housing measure would you ask the Province to adopt first for Kamloops-North Thompson, and by when?
No response has been submitted.
What do you mean by "a plan" for the cost of living, and which parts of it would you act on first?
No response has been submitted.
Which parts of the BC NDP platform do you support, and where do you differ from it?
No response has been submitted.
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05 / About this page
Questions about this page
Facts voche.me can state about Kory Clark's page itself, answered directly rather than left blank.
Is this an official page for Kory Clark?
No. This page is researched by voche.me from public sources, listed below, and is separate from Kory Clark's own campaign.
What party is Kory Clark running with?
Kory Clark is running for MLA with BC NDP.
Does Kory Clark currently hold public office?
Not according to this profile. voche.me has not listed a current public office for Kory Clark.
How many sources does this Kory Clark 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 Kory Clark's page show no answer?
The "Questions & answers" section on this page lists questions voche.me would put to Kory Clark 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 Kory Clark 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.
