MLA in North Vancouver-Seymour · BC provincial 2026
Lynne Block
Conservative MLA for West Vancouver-Capilano since 2024, now the Conservative Party of BC candidate in North Vancouver-Seymour.
Lynne Block won West Vancouver-Capilano for the Conservatives in 2024 with 12,049 votes, 46.67% of the valid vote. On September 25, 2026 the party announced she would run in North Vancouver-Seymour instead, where Susie Chant of the BC NDP is the sitting member, according to the North Shore News. The legislature lists her as the Official Opposition critic for education, arts, culture and film. In 2026 she spoke against the budget, for a six-month delay of the freedom of information bill and against the K’ómoks Treaty Act, and she voted no on the Supply Act, on third reading of the K’ómoks Treaty Act and on third reading of the freedom of information bill.
A researched record of Lynne Block's 13 commitments, 15 dated actions and 11 public statements, with 6 news items. Most come from the legislature record. Three commitments are the party's.
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01 / Introduction
About Lynne Block
Lynne Block is the Conservative Party of BC candidate in North Vancouver-Seymour on Elections BC's candidate list dated October 3, 2026, which was stamped after nominations closed at 1 p.m. (PT) that day. The list shows Susie Chant of the BC NDP and Ben Holt of the BC Green Party in the district with her. Chant won North Vancouver-Seymour in 2024 with 16,210 votes (52.77%), ahead of the Conservative candidate Sam Chandola with 10,995 (35.79%), according to the Elections BC statement of votes.
She is also the sitting MLA for another district. The statement of votes shows that she won West Vancouver-Capilano in 2024 for the Conservative Party with 12,049 votes (46.67%), ahead of Sara Eftekhar of the BC NDP with 7,006 and Karin Kirkpatrick, an Independent, with 5,326. The legislature's member page calls her the MLA for West Vancouver-Capilano, first elected in 2024. The North Shore News reported on September 25, 2026 that the party announced she would run in North Vancouver-Seymour, which freed the West Vancouver-Capilano nomination for Caroline Elliott. The Vancouver Sun's Vaughn Palmer wrote on September 28 that Elliott called Block's willingness to switch a crucial consideration in her own decision to run.
The legislature's member page says she is the Official Opposition Critic for Education, Arts, Culture and Film. A critic is the opposition member who speaks for the party on one ministry. Caucus announcements of October 1, 2025 and June 30, 2026 list her as critic for education. The page says she holds a BA and a Master of Education Administration from UBC, taught and trained at the elementary, secondary and post-secondary levels, co-founded a business and education consulting company and was serving her second term as an elected school trustee in the West Vancouver School District before the 2024 election. The North Shore News reported in November 2024 that she had been a West Vancouver Schools trustee for six years, and in January 2025 that she resigned from the board a month after the October 19, 2024 election. In a 2022 candidate questionnaire she said she first put her name forward for the board in 2018.
The party's candidate page adds that she immigrated to Canada from England as a child, received the Prime Minister's Award for Teaching Excellence, founded the Youth Engaged in Social Responsibility Forums, served on the North Shore Youth Justice and Family Court Committee and was British Columbia's United Nations Representative for Women Educators International. Those are the party's statements, and voche.me has not checked them with the awarding or listed bodies.
In the 2026 sittings the legislature's speech index lists her speeches on Budget 2026, the education estimates, Bills 9, 11, 12, 14 and 20, and her questions on the autism funding model, transit police, Bowser Island and the Victoria school trustees court case. The vote index records her voting yes on first reading of four bills introduced by Tara Armstrong (three) and Trevor Halford (one), and no on third reading of the Supply Act, the K’ómoks Treaty Act and the freedom of information bill.
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13 commitments shown · Checked Oct 3
2026 · EducationCampaign pledge
High standards in schools
In the education estimates debate on March 5, 2026 (estimates are the committee review of a ministry’s budget), Block said opportunity should be open to every child and that standards must remain high for every child. She asked the minister how reading progress is evaluated before, during and after instruction, and said she would like to see a way to evaluate improvements by grade level.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
A statement of principle in her own words. She names no measure, number, cost or date. The minister, Lisa Beare, answered that the Pathways literacy framework is a tool for teachers to use when teaching and to assess proficiency.
What still needs checking
Does Block name a test, a reporting rule or a date for measuring reading and mathematics results?
Faster permits and steadier wood supply for forestry
In debate on Bill 14, the Forests Statutes Amendment Act, 2026, on April 16, 2026, Block listed changes she wants. They are simpler permits, removal of discretionary mandates that go beyond the law, a supply of wood that matches permitted cut targets, and audits of every dollar spent by BC Timber Sales. She said the bill needs amendments at committee stage. The vote index records her voting yes at third reading on April 21, 2026, when the bill passed unanimously in a recorded vote.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
She names the changes and the bill but gives no number, cost or date.
What still needs checking
Does she propose these changes as amendments in writing, and does a Conservative platform adopt them?
Prevent wildfire with thinning and prescribed burns
In the same Bill 14 debate on April 16, 2026, Block said the bill should move policy from reacting to fires to science-based fuel management, including thinning and prescribed burns, and said she hoped later amendments would address it.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
She names the methods. She gives no area, budget or date.
What still needs checking
How much land would she thin or burn, and who would pay for it?
Six-month delay of the freedom of information bill
In debate on May 6, 2026, Block spoke for an amendment that would put second reading of Bill 9, the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Amendment Act, 2026, off for six months. She said the government was correcting its own bill in real time and that the delay would give time to define terms such as abusive and unreasonable requests. The amendment failed 42 to 48 in the division held between 3:05 a.m. and 3:10 a.m. (PT) on May 7, with Block voting yes. She voted no at second reading and at third reading on May 28, 2026.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The vote counts come from the transcripts of May 6 to 7 and May 28. At third reading the vote was tied 46 to 46 and the Speaker voted in favour.
What still needs checking
Would a Conservative government change the same sections of the act?
Keep independent oversight of public service hiring
In debate on March 30, 2026, Block spoke for Motion M203, which asked that hiring in the B.C. public service be based on merit and be overseen independently. She called the decision to eliminate the Office of the Merit Commissioner deeply concerning. The motion failed 45 to 46 on March 31, 2026, with Block voting yes.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The vote count comes from the transcript of March 31. She gives no bill number or cost for restoring the office.
What still needs checking
Would a Conservative government restore the office?
In debate on May 25, 2026, Block spoke for Motion M205, which asked for a mandatory orientation course for new MLAs on economics, public finance and numeracy. The House changed the motion by adding public policy topics, and the amended motion passed 48 to 40 on May 25. The vote index records Block voting no on the amended motion and on the amendment.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The wording voted on was the amended text. The transcript of May 25 gives the 48 to 40 result. voche.me did not open a record showing whether the Legislative Assembly Management Committee has set up the course.
What still needs checking
Does the committee set up a course, and which topics does it cover?
In debate on April 23, 2026, Block said reconciliation and treaties matter and listed ten flaws in Bill 20, the K’ómoks Treaty Act. They include cabinet powers to make regulations, treaty rules that override provincial law, removal of agricultural land reserve protection, and overlapping approvals that she said delay permits. She voted yes on an amendment to send the bill to a committee, which failed 44 to 48 on May 20. She voted no at second reading (passed 48 to 42) and at third reading (passed 53 to 39 on May 28).
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
She names flaws but no amendment text, cost or date. The vote counts come from the transcripts of May 20 and May 28.
What still needs checking
Does she say what a Conservative government would change in the treaty or in the act?
Define supportive housing terms in the Residential Tenancy Act
In debate on April 2, 2026, Block said Bill 11, the Residential Tenancy Amendment Act, 2026, leaves terms such as housing stability support, supportive housing operator and transitional housing to later regulations. She said they should be defined in the act, and described the bill as more punishing than supportive.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
A position on a bill. She names no number, cost or date.
What still needs checking
Does she propose amendments with the wording she wants?
In the budget debate on February 23, 2026, Block said the Conservative caucus has always stood for responsible budgeting, predictable taxation and strong investment in core public services. She said Budget 2026 raises the lowest personal income tax rate, extends the provincial sales tax (PST) to professional services and raises the property tax deferment rate from 2.9 percent to 6.9 percent, and that these costs fall on seniors, young families and small businesses.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The tax figures are her description of the budget. She gives no Conservative figure, cost or date.
What still needs checking
Which taxes would a Conservative government reverse, and at what cost to the budget?
In the education estimates debate on March 5, 2026, Block said she would keep advocating that the government support everyone involved in the Tumbler Ridge tragedy, including teachers, children and parents, for as long as they need it.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
A pledge to advocate. She names no program, amount or date.
The party’s platform page lists a plan titled Excellence in Education, described as a plan for common sense change to put learning first and restore excellence in education. The page says the platform is coming soon and does not name Block.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
Party text. Block spoke on education as critic in 2026, but voche.me found no statement by her that repeats the plan. The page gives no measure, number, cost or date.
The party’s platform page lists a plan titled Standing Up for Seniors, described as standing up for seniors where the NDP have failed. The page says the platform is coming soon and does not name Block.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
Party text. Block spoke about seniors in the budget debate of February 23, 2026, and the page gives no measure, number, cost or date.
Party leader Lorne Doerkson said in a release dated September 27, 2026 that his government would never raise taxes on British Columbians. The release does not name Block.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The promise is the leader’s. The release gives no budget figure.
What still needs checking
How would the party pay for its plans without new revenue?
Recorded votes and speeches in the legislature where an official source names her. She is the sitting MLA for West Vancouver-Capilano and the candidate in North Vancouver-Seymour.
Recorded vote, no
Voted no on the budget motion
The recorded vote index lists Block voting no on the budget motion. The transcript of February 26 records a tie of 46 to 46, and the Speaker voted in favour.
Scope, limits and sources
The motion was that the Speaker leave the Chair for the House to go into Committee of Supply. The Speaker said it was a confidence matter, which is a vote that tests whether the government still has the support of the House, and that the Chair’s vote should not decide that alone.
Voted no on Bill 2, the Budget Measures Implementation Act, 2026
The recorded vote index lists Block voting no at second reading and at third reading. The transcripts record second reading passing 46 to 45 on March 9 and third reading tied 46 to 46 on April 1, when the Speaker voted in favour.
Scope, limits and sources
The Speaker said Bill 2 was a confidence matter. Block spoke against the budget on February 23, 2026. Second reading is the vote on a bill’s main idea and third reading is the final vote.
Voted no on third reading of the K’ómoks Treaty Act (Bill 20)
The recorded vote index lists Block voting yes on an amendment moved by Van Popta, and no at second reading on May 20 and at third reading on May 28, 2026. The transcripts give the results: 44 to 48 against the amendment, 48 to 42 at second reading and 53 to 39 at third reading.
Scope, limits and sources
She also spoke on the bill on April 23, 2026. The transcript of May 28 records royal assent that day, the last step that makes a bill law.
Voted no on third reading of the freedom of information bill (Bill 9)
The recorded vote index lists Block voting yes on the six-month delay amendment (failed 42 to 48), and no at second reading (passed 48 to 42, early on May 7) and at third reading on May 28, 2026. Third reading was tied 46 to 46 and the Speaker voted in favour.
Scope, limits and sources
She spoke for the delay on May 6, 2026. The Speaker said the government had declared Bill 9 a confidence matter.
Voted yes on third reading of the Safe Access to Schools Amendment Act, 2026 (Bill 12)
The recorded vote index lists Block voting yes at third reading. The transcript of April 1 records the result as 86 to 4.
Scope, limits and sources
The bill extends the repeal date of the Safe Access to Schools Act from July 1, 2026 to July 1, 2028, according to Block’s own description in debate on March 30, 2026.
Voted no on Motion M205 as amended (course for new MLAs)
The recorded vote index lists Block voting no on the amendment and on the motion as amended. The transcript records the motion as amended passing 48 to 40 on May 25.
Scope, limits and sources
Block spoke for the course in debate that morning.
Voted yes on first reading of the Gender Ideology and Child Protection Act
The recorded vote index lists Block voting yes at first reading of a bill introduced by Tara Armstrong. The House rejected first reading by 38 votes to 49.
Scope, limits and sources
Armstrong said the bill would amend the Family Law Act and the Child, Family and Community Service Act. First reading is the vote to introduce a bill for debate. The 2026 speech index lists no speech by Block on this bill.
Voted yes on first reading of the Human Rights Code Repeal Act
The recorded vote index lists Block voting yes at first reading of the Human Rights Code Repeal Act, introduced by Tara Armstrong. The House rejected first reading by 37 votes to 50.
Scope, limits and sources
First reading is the vote to introduce a bill for debate. The 2026 speech index lists no speech by Block on this bill. On March 12, 2026 she voted yes on Motion 13, which affirmed support for the Human Rights Code.
Voted yes on first reading of the Defunding Aboriginal Title Claims Affecting Private Property Act
The recorded vote index lists Block voting yes at first reading of a bill introduced by Tara Armstrong. The House rejected first reading by 38 votes to 49.
Scope, limits and sources
First reading is the vote to introduce a bill for debate. The 2026 speech index lists no speech by Block on this bill.
Voted yes on first reading of a bill to repeal the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act
The recorded vote index lists Block voting yes at first reading of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Repeal Act, introduced by Trevor Halford. The House rejected first reading by 44 votes to 47.
Scope, limits and sources
First reading is the vote to introduce a bill for debate. The 2026 speech index lists no speech by Block on this bill.
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Speech
Budget 2026 debate speech
Block said Budget 2026 burdens seniors, young families and small businesses. She cited the $13.3 billion projected deficit, the provincial sales tax on professional services and the rise in the property tax deferment rate from 2.9 percent to 6.9 percent, and described cases her constituency office handled for seniors and a family with a medically complex child.
As Official Opposition education critic she questioned the minister in the committee review of the ministry’s budget on the per-pupil operating grant, the funding model for districts with static enrolment, teacher mentoring, literacy and the proficiency scale, school counselling, and rural funding.
In question period she said many families would still lose funding under the new model and cited a family with two autistic children that received $22,000 and $6,000 and would receive nothing. Minister Jodie Wickens replied that the description as a cut is inaccurate and that 80 percent of families now receiving autism funding will receive direct funding through one of two new benefits.
Speech on Bill 11, the Residential Tenancy Amendment Act, 2026
Block said the bill relies on later regulations for its main terms and called the approach more prohibitive and punishing than supportive. She cited New Zealand as an example of tenancy laws that set out rights in the law itself.
Speech on Bill 14, the Forests Statutes Amendment Act, 2026
Block said she prepared the speech with the Conservative forestry critic and a man in his 90s in her riding who has spent his life in the forestry sector, said it puts more emphasis on administrative control than on prevention, and listed the changes she wants. She moved to adjourn the debate and finished her speech that afternoon.
Block said reconciliation, treaties and negotiated settlements matter, said being labelled a racist for pointing out flaws in the bill is disappointing, and listed ten flaws. She raised the removal of K’ómoks lands from the agricultural land reserve and the powers given to cabinet.
Block spoke for the amendment to put second reading of the freedom of information bill off for six months, saying the government was correcting its own bill during debate. She said terms such as abusive and unreasonable need clear definitions and that journalists and researchers could be caught by the new grounds for refusing requests.
In question period she asked whether the government would follow Ontario and require transit police to arrest people openly using illegal drugs. Minister Mike Farnworth replied that transit police enforce the laws of the province every day and will continue to.
In question period she asked whether the minister would commit to having the Bowser Island encampment in her riding cleaned up by June 30, 2026. Minister Christine Boyle replied that the government shares her concerns and is working with the District of North Vancouver on shelter and supportive housing, and offered to follow up on details.
Questions on the Victoria school trustees court case
In question period she asked whether Education Minister Lisa Beare was involved in withholding court-ordered documents. Beare replied “No” and said an inadvertent error in the ministry’s document production was found in the previous few days and that the government acted to correct it.
School board candidate questions and answers, 2022
In a Bowen Island Undercurrent questionnaire for the 2022 West Vancouver school board election she listed her priorities as excellence in education, innovation in programming, more provincial funding for the district and safe, caring schools. She said she first put her name forward in 2018.
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Reporting
North Shore News
Conservatives move West Van MLA to run Caroline Elliott
Reports that the party announced Block would run in North Vancouver-Seymour, freeing West Vancouver-Capilano for Caroline Elliott, and gives her 2024 share of the vote.
Reports that she resigned from the West Vancouver Schools board a month after the October 19, 2024 election and that a byelection was set for April 5, 2025.
Know Lynne Block, BC Conservative MLA candidate for West Vancouver-Capilano
A 2024 profile that quotes her on high taxes and the cost of living and says she planned to prioritize tax reductions, support the Rustad housing rebate and balance the provincial budget if elected.
Sources checked October 3, 2026. Official records establish decisions; campaign material establishes stated positions; reporting adds investigation and context. None alone establishes every claim.
Her X, Facebook and Instagram accounts are linked from the party's candidate page. X answered HTTP 404 to a direct read and a second attempt through another tool received HTTP 402, and Facebook and Instagram returned no readable text, so nothing from them is used. Her MLA website, lynneblock.ca, shows a notice that the legislature is dissolved and that the site will not be updated until after October 24, 2026; its About and News pages load their text through a script and showed none. The party's candidate page lists no events, and its news box says "No data was found". The party's platform page says the platform is coming soon and does not name her, and no party release on the news page of 2026-10-03 names her. The statement that Lynne Block of the legislature and Lynne Block on the Elections BC list are one person rests on the exact name, the party's candidate page (which says she was elected a Conservative MLA in 2024 and was a West Vancouver School District trustee) and the North Shore News, CHEK News and Vancouver Sun reports of September 25 to 28, 2026. The North Shore News article spells her first name Lynn once in its text and Lynne elsewhere. Her trustee terms come from the legislature's member page, the party's page, her 2022 questionnaire answers and the North Shore News. voche.me did not open West Vancouver School District minutes or an official election result for 2018 or 2022. The Prime Minister's Award for Teaching Excellence, the Youth Engaged in Social Responsibility Forums, her committee and volunteer roles and her degrees come from the party's page, the legislature's member page and her 2022 answers, and were not checked with the awarding or listed bodies. The Bowen Island Undercurrent page answered HTTP 403 and was read from an Internet Archive copy. The North Shore Daily Post profile of October 1, 2024 quotes her campaign statements of that year. Her 2026 speeches and votes come from the 2026 speech and vote indexes and 31 transcripts of 2026. Her 2025 speeches, the 2026 recorded votes on Bills 3, 6, 7 and M217, and her members' statements were not opened. A point of order of May 28, 2025 about a question she asked another member was read; the Speaker called it a disagreement between two members and did not rule, and the other member's own statement was not opened, so nothing from it is used. The legislature's member record lists no role entries for her, so her role as Official Opposition critic for education, arts, culture and film comes from the member page's text and from caucus announcements of October 1, 2025 and June 30, 2026. No all-candidates meeting for North Vancouver-Seymour was found on 2026-10-03. Campaign finances and endorsements were not reviewed. The questionnaire has not been sent.
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What voche.me has checked
Evidence reviewed on 2026-10-03: the Elections BC candidate list dated October 3, 2026 and the 2024 statement of votes, the Elections BC key dates page, the legislature's member record, its 2026 speech and vote indexes and 31 transcripts of 2026, the party's candidate, team, platform and news pages, the party release of September 27, 2026 on taxes, two caucus announcements of critics, her MLA website, news reports from 2022, 2024, 2025 and 2026, and a 2022 candidate questionnaire.
Her X, Facebook and Instagram accounts could not be read, and her MLA website shows only a notice that the legislature is dissolved. Her commitments on this page come from what she said in the legislature in 2026. Three entries are the party's platform and leader's release. The accountability section is empty because no allegation, ruling or finding about her was found on 2026-10-03. An empty section records what voche.me did not find on this date.
The legislature's member page names her Official Opposition Critic for Education, Arts, Culture and Film. The North Shore News reported her appointment as education critic on November 20, 2024.
The legislature's member page says she was serving a second term before the 2024 election. The North Shore News reported six years as a trustee and her resignation a month after the October 19, 2024 election.
The legislature's member page says she taught and trained at the elementary, secondary and post-secondary levels and co-founded a business and education consulting company. It gives no dates or names.
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05 / About this page
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Is this an official page for Lynne Block?
No. This page is researched by voche.me from public sources, listed below, and is separate from Lynne Block's own campaign.
What party is Lynne Block running with?
Lynne Block is running for MLA with Conservative Party of BC.
Does Lynne Block currently hold public office?
Yes. Lynne Block currently serves as MLA for West Vancouver-Capilano.
How many sources does this Lynne Block profile cite?
This profile lists 6 sourced references, each with the date voche.me checked it, in the Sources section below.
Why do some questions on Lynne Block's page show no answer?
The "Questions & answers" section on this page lists questions voche.me would put to Lynne Block 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 Lynne Block 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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District differs between the legislature and the candidate list
The legislature lists Lynne Block as the MLA for West Vancouver-Capilano. The Elections BC candidate list dated October 3, 2026 shows her as the Conservative Party candidate in North Vancouver-Seymour, and the North Shore News reported on September 25, 2026 that the party moved her. This page uses the district on the Elections BC list.
