Conservative Party of BC candidate for MLA in Ladysmith-Oceanside, and the Conservative candidate in Courtenay-Alberni in the 2025 federal election.
Kris McNichol is the Conservative Party of BC candidate in Ladysmith-Oceanside. In the April 2025 federal election he ran for the Conservative Party of Canada in Courtenay-Alberni and finished second, with 28,028 votes (35.1 percent). He has not held elected office. The party describes him as a Parksville-area business owner and says he is running on accountable government spending.
A researched record of Kris McNichol's 2026 candidacy in Ladysmith-Oceanside, with his 2025 federal campaign in Courtenay-Alberni. voche.me found no elected office in his record, so it found no voting record to review.
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01 / Introduction
About Kris McNichol
Elections BC lists Kris McNichol as the Conservative Party of BC candidate in Ladysmith-Oceanside. The party's candidate page and its team page name him for the district. The Western Standard reports that the party's account named him as the candidate on Saturday, September 26, 2026. The sitting MLA, Stephanie Higginson of the BC NDP, is also on the Elections BC list for the district.
In 2025 he ran federally. Nanaimo News Now reported in October 2024 that party members chose him as the Conservative candidate for Courtenay-Alberni over Joshua Dahling and former Parksville mayor Ed Mayne. Elections Canada's official results for the April 28, 2025 election give him 28,028 votes (35.1 percent), second to Gord Johns of the NDP with 31,617 votes (39.6 percent). Black Press Media reported it was his first time running for office.
He was not a candidate in the 2024 provincial election. In Ladysmith-Oceanside that year, Stephanie Higginson won with 14,144 votes (41.49 percent), and the Conservative candidate, Brett Fee, had 12,097 (35.48 percent).
The party says he has lived in the Parksville and Nanoose Bay area for more than 30 years and has run CPI Equipment, a Nanoose Bay business selling pumps, piping and water systems, for 25 years. The party also says he coaches a girls softball team, is president of the Oceanside Minor Softball Association, led the Sproat Lake Water Sports Association and is a volunteer firefighter. In 2025 the Times Colonist reported him saying he started his first company in aquaculture at 27 and has interests in four Parksville businesses and the Sproat Lake Marina. voche.me has not checked these roles with the business registry or the groups named.
voche.me has not contacted the campaign. No statement in his own words from the 2026 campaign was found on 2026-09-30.
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.
1 commitments shown · Checked Sep 30
2026 · EconomyCampaign pledge
Accountable government spending
The party's candidate page says he is running provincially on the message that government spending needs to be accountable and that leadership needs to focus on results.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The words are on the party's candidate page for him, written about him by the party. The page names no spending change, no amount, no cost and no date.
What still needs checking
Which provincial spending would he change, and by how much?
His business and community roles are stated by the party and by 2025 reporting. No dated public action that a record could check was found.
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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Speech
First meet and greet of his federal campaign
Black Press Media reports he spoke to a crowd in Port Alberni about the cost of living, his work in aquaculture and his wish to speak for young people. This was his 2025 federal campaign and is not counted as a 2026 commitment.
In written answers for his 2025 federal campaign, he said he would fight to lower taxes and end the federal carbon tax. These are federal positions from an earlier campaign.
A first-person profile from his 2025 campaign website, printed by the PQB News, on his community roles and the cost of housing, food and doing business.
Black Press Media reports he accepted the result, said he would return to work, and said he felt for young people in the riding who cannot afford a home.
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.
Reporting
Western Standard · Alex Zoltan
Conservatives name more candidates
Campaign diary that lists him among the candidates the party named on September 26, 2026.
NDP MP criticizes his absence from candidate meetings
Reports that he did not attend two all-candidates events in Port Alberni during the 2025 federal campaign, and quotes Gord Johns criticizing this. The outlet says his campaign did not answer its questions.
Reports his business background, his focus on housing costs for people under 40, and that he went to a public safety town hall in Nanoose Bay instead of a chamber of commerce candidates meeting. He told the paper his campaign focused on reaching voters directly.
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 was found. krismcnichol.ca, the site named in 2025 reporting, now redirects to the party's candidate page. His Facebook page and Instagram account describe him as the Conservative candidate for Ladysmith-Oceanside, but their posts cannot be read without signing in, so nothing from them is used. No 2026 statement in his own words was found in reporting on 2026-09-30, and the party's candidate page holds no news release naming him. The party's candidate page labels him "Interim Conservative Party Leader", a label the party also shows on Caroline Elliott's candidate page; the party's team page names Lorne Doerkson as leader, so voche.me does not repeat that label. His business (CPI Equipment) and his roles with the Oceanside Minor Softball Association, the Sproat Lake Water Sports Association and a fire department are stated by the party and by 2025 reporting; voche.me has not checked them with the BC business registry or those groups. A 2025 release from the Courtenay-Alberni Conservative Association about a public safety town hall in Nanoose Bay returned HTTP 404. No all-candidates meeting for the district was found for 2026. His platform, campaign finances and endorsements were not found on this date. The Times Colonist lists Kim Lockhart of CentreBC in the district; she was not on the Elections BC list read on 2026-09-30.
Research status
What voche.me has checked
Evidence reviewed on 2026-09-30: the Elections BC candidate list and key dates page, the 2024 statement of votes, Elections Canada's 2025 results for Courtenay-Alberni, the party's candidate, team and platform pages, and reporting from the Times Colonist, the Western Standard, Nanaimo News Now, Black Press Media, CHEK News and CHLY.
No campaign website was found: his old address, krismcnichol.ca, now sends readers to the party page. His Facebook and Instagram posts could not be read without signing in. Most of what he has said in public comes from his 2025 federal campaign. An empty section records what voche.me did not find on this date.
03 / Background
Experience & community
2025
Conservative candidate, Courtenay-Alberni, federal election
Finished second of seven with 28,028 votes (35.1 percent), according to Elections Canada's official results.
The party says he and his family built and run this Nanoose Bay business selling pumps, piping and water systems. Not checked against the business registry.
The party says he coaches a girls softball team, is president of the Oceanside Minor Softball Association, led the Sproat Lake Water Sports Association and is a volunteer firefighter. Not checked with those groups.
Proposed questions for a future interview. They have not been sent to the candidate, and no answers have been supplied.
Which spending would you change to make provincial spending more accountable, and by how much?
No response has been submitted.
What would you do as MLA to lower housing costs for people under 40 in Ladysmith-Oceanside?
No response has been submitted.
Will you take part in all-candidates meetings in Ladysmith-Oceanside during this campaign?
No response has been submitted.
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05 / About this page
Questions about this page
Facts voche.me can state about Kris McNichol's page itself, answered directly rather than left blank.
Is this an official page for Kris McNichol?
No. This page is researched by voche.me from public sources, listed below, and is separate from Kris McNichol's own campaign.
What party is Kris McNichol running with?
Kris McNichol is running for MLA with Conservative Party of BC.
Does Kris McNichol currently hold public office?
Not according to this profile. voche.me has not listed a current public office for Kris McNichol.
How many sources does this Kris McNichol 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 Kris McNichol's page show no answer?
The "Questions & answers" section on this page lists questions voche.me would put to Kris McNichol 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 Kris McNichol 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.
