Deputy Speaker and MLA for Vancouver-Kensington since 2009, running again for the BC NDP.
Mable Elmore has represented Vancouver-Kensington in the legislature since 2009 and has been Deputy Speaker since February 2025. In 2026 she chaired the committee that reviewed the part of the Human Rights Code on the Human Rights Commissioner, and asked groups that received donations after the 2025 Lapu-Lapu Day attack to return unspent money for survivors and families.
A researched record of Mable Elmore's 10 commitments, 16 dated actions and 8 public statements, with 8 news items. Most come from the legislature record of 2026 and from news reports.
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 Mable Elmore
Mable Elmore is the BC NDP candidate in Vancouver-Kensington on Elections BC's list for the general election of October 24, 2026. She is the only accepted candidate in the district on the copy of the list stamped October 1, 2026 11:00:06 PM. Nominations close at 1 p.m. on October 3, 2026.
She won the district in 2024 with 11,713 votes, 60.90% of the valid vote, according to the Elections BC statement of votes. Syed Mohsin of the Conservative Party had 6,061 votes and Amy Fox of the BC Green Party had 1,458.
The legislature record lists her election years as 2009, 2013, 2017, 2020 and 2024, all in Vancouver-Kensington, and lists no cabinet role for her. The House appointed her Deputy Speaker on February 18, 2025, and again for the new session on February 12, 2026.
Government releases name her Parliamentary Secretary for Poverty Reduction in the cabinet of July 18, 2017, Parliamentary Secretary for Seniors Services and Long-Term Care in the cabinet of November 26, 2020, and Parliamentary Secretary for Anti-Racism Initiatives in the cabinet of December 7, 2022. Her member page on the legislature site lists these as past roles.
Her speeches in the legislature in 2026 were statements about her district: local news, the 100th year of Memorial South Park, a local business, environmental activists, and the first anniversary of the Lapu-Lapu Day attack. On April 30, 2026, as Chair of a special committee, she presented its review of the Human Rights Code sections on the Human Rights Commissioner, and the House adopted the report.
News reports in March and April 2026 quote her asking for a pause of the 2026 Lapu-Lapu Day festival and asking groups funded after the 2025 attack to return unspent donations to survivors and families. The Canadian Press reports that she became the first MLA of Filipino heritage in British Columbia in 2009.
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.
10 commitments shown · Checked Oct 2
2026 · ClimateCampaign pledge
Support for climate action by local activists
In a statement in the legislature on Earth Day, April 22, 2026, Elmore praised three environmental activists from her district, read from a B.C. climate emergency campaign report that they brought to her, and said young people should be encouraged to speak up for the environment.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
A statement of approach. She names no measure, number, cost or date of her own.
What still needs checking
Does Elmore name a climate measure she will support during the campaign?
Unspent Lapu-Lapu Day donations to go to survivors and families
In a letter to United Way BC in April 2026, reported by Global News, CityNews and Daily Hive, Elmore asked the groups that received money from the Kapwa Strong Fund after the April 26, 2025 attack at the Lapu-Lapu Day festival to return unspent money, so that United Way BC can pay it directly to survivors and families.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
A request to a charity and the groups it funded. The decision rests with them, so it is tagged other.
What still needs checking
Did United Way BC or the funded groups answer her request?
The BC NDP platform page says the party removed local zoning barriers to build 300,000 more middle-class homes, and that the Speculation and Vacancy Tax helped turn 20,000 empty units into homes in Metro Vancouver. The page does not name Elmore.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
Party text. voche.me found no 2026 statement by Elmore on housing.
What still needs checking
Does Elmore speak on housing in Vancouver-Kensington during the campaign?
The BC NDP platform page says the party lowered ICBC car insurance rates by $500 and then froze them for seven years, and cut child care costs in half. The page does not name Elmore.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
Party text. voche.me found no 2026 statement by Elmore on the cost of living.
What still needs checking
Does Elmore speak on the cost of living during the campaign?
The BC NDP platform page says one million more people have a family doctor or nurse practitioner since 2018, and that 24 new and expanded hospitals are complete or underway. The page does not name Elmore.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
Party text. voche.me found no 2026 statement by Elmore on health care.
What still needs checking
Does Elmore speak on health care during the campaign?
The BC NDP platform page says the party hired over 250 more Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers and added 240 police training seats. The page does not name Elmore.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
Party text. voche.me found no 2026 statement by Elmore on policing or crime.
What still needs checking
Does Elmore speak on public safety during the campaign?
The BC NDP platform page says the party is doubling skilled trades training by 2028-29 and has a goal of $200 billion in major project investment by 2035. The page does not name Elmore.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
Party text. voche.me found no 2026 statement by Elmore on jobs or major projects.
The BC NDP platform page says the party is expanding Guardian programs with First Nations, which monitor and care for land and water. The page does not name Elmore.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
Party text. voche.me found no 2026 statement by Elmore on reconciliation.
What still needs checking
Does Elmore speak on agreements with First Nations during the campaign?
The BC NDP platform page says the $1 billion Growing Communities Fund lets local governments build child care, recreation centres and transportation networks. The page does not name Elmore.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
Party text. voche.me found no 2026 statement by Elmore on transit or roads.
What still needs checking
Does Elmore speak on transit in southeast Vancouver during the campaign?
Recorded votes and committee work where an official source names her. A vote is listed only where the vote index records her name.
Report adopted by the House
Presented the Human Rights Code review report as committee Chair
As Chair of the special committee that reviewed sections 47.01 to 47.24 of the Human Rights Code, which set out the appointment, mandate and powers of the Human Rights Commissioner, Elmore presented its report and moved that it be adopted. The House approved the motion.
Scope, limits and sources
She told the House the committee found these sections are working and made a small number of recommendations: to make access to information clearer, to protect people who take part in an inquiry, and to make any future human rights advisory council represent people across B.C. voche.me did not open the report itself.
The House approved a motion by Mike Farnworth that Elmore be Deputy Speaker for the session. A motion of February 18, 2025 had appointed her for the first session.
Scope, limits and sources
An appointment to a role. The transcripts show her presiding over the House and over a budget committee on some days in 2026.
Voted yes on third reading of the K'ómoks Treaty Act (Bill 20)
The recorded vote index lists Elmore voting yes at second reading on May 20 and at third reading on May 28, 2026, and no on an amendment at second reading moved by Van Popta.
Voted yes on third reading of the freedom of information bill (Bill 9)
The recorded vote index lists Elmore voting yes at second and third reading of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Amendment Act, 2026, no on an amendment at second reading, and yes on two amendments moved by Gibson.
Scope, limits and sources
The index does not describe what each amendment changed.
Voted yes on the motion for a mandatory orientation course for MLAs (Motion M205)
The recorded vote index lists Elmore voting yes on the motion as amended on May 25, yes on an amendment moved by Blatherwick, and no on a subamendment moved by Giddens.
Scope, limits and sources
The index does not describe what the amendments changed.
Press conference with survivors of the Lapu-Lapu Day attack
Survivors spoke at her community office, according to the Vancouver Sun. The Sun quotes her saying questions about how donations were shared must be answered and that remaining money should go to victims and their families.
The Canadian Press reports that Elmore signed a petition asking the organizer, Filipino BC, to pause the April 19 festival, and asked people to attend a community gathering on April 12 instead. The organizer said in a statement that healing looks different for everyone.
Elmore asked United Way BC to ask groups funded by its Kapwa Strong Fund to return unspent money so it can go directly to survivors and families. She spoke to reporters the same day.
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.
Policy dispute
Dispute over the Filipino Cultural Centre proposal
CBC News reported on December 10, 2025 that Elmore supported a Filipino Cultural Centre proposal by the Filipino Legacy Society, backed by the Mayor of Vancouver, while other groups, including Filipino B.C., opposed it. CBC reported that she sent text messages to Filipino B.C. board members saying the group's relationship with the City was at risk, after the group criticized a City memorial concert. The chair of Filipino B.C., RJ Aquino, and a former board member gave CBC their account of the split.
Candidate or party response
CBC reports that Elmore said the two matters were not connected, that she gives advice to many Filipino groups, and that the Filipino Legacy Society proposal was the only one ready to come before City Council. She did not comment directly on the text messages.
Verified status and limits
No official finding. CBC reported that a Vancouver City Council vote on working with the Filipino Legacy Society was set for December 10, 2025. voche.me did not open the City record of that vote.
Meal payments claimed during a 2017 welfare food challenge
The Canadian Press reported on November 7, 2018 that the Opposition BC Liberals released expense documents showing Elmore received a meal payment of $61 a day for four days in November 2017, while she took part in a challenge to live on $19 of food for a week.
Candidate or party response
Elmore said staff submitted the payments as a matter of course, that she did not spend the money on food, and that she would return the $244.
Verified status and limits
voche.me did not find a record confirming the repayment on 2026-10-02.
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Reporting
Vancouver Sun · Sarah Grochowski
Survivors oppose the 2026 Lapu-Lapu Day festival
Reports a press conference at her community office and quotes her on how donations were shared.
Reports that she joined a protest by survivors and families at the April 19, 2026 festival, and her letter on unspent funds. Daily Hive said it asked United Way BC and Filipino BC for comment.
Sources checked October 2, 2026. Official records establish decisions; campaign material establishes stated positions; reporting adds investigation and context. None alone establishes every claim.
Her campaign page lists no platform of her own and no events. Her MLA website, mableelmore.ca, answered HTTP 503 on this date. Her X, Facebook and Instagram pages show no readable posts to a direct read, so nothing from them is used. The WebSearch tool had no searches left, so the name search used Google News, Bing and DuckDuckGo; Bing and DuckDuckGo returned no result for her name. Her introductions of visitors in seven 2026 transcripts were not read. One members' statement of March 3, 2026 is a tribute to a friend and is left out. Votes are taken from the vote index only; the transcripts of those votes were not opened, and the bills were not read. The committee report of April 30, 2026 was not opened. Her work as a parliamentary secretary from 2017 to 2024 was not reviewed, and government statements issued in her name in 2023 and 2024 were not opened. Her campaign page says she is the first person of Asian heritage to be Deputy Speaker; voche.me has not confirmed this. Her legislature member page says she worked as a transit operator for 10 years and was active in Canadian Auto Workers Local 111; voche.me did not check this with the union or the employer. A CBC video interview of November 5, 2025 on the cultural centre was not watched. No 2026 all-candidates meeting for Vancouver-Kensington was found. Campaign finances and endorsements were not reviewed. The questionnaire has not been sent.
Research status
What voche.me has checked
Evidence reviewed on 2026-10-02: the Elections BC candidate list and 2024 statement of votes, the legislature member data, the 2025 and 2026 speech indexes, the 2026 vote index, nine transcripts of sittings where she spoke or was appointed, three government cabinet releases, her campaign page, the BC NDP platform page and release list, and reports from CBC News, the Vancouver Sun, The Canadian Press, Global News, CityNews, CTV News and Daily Hive.
Her own commitments on this page come from what she said in the legislature and to reporters in 2026. Her campaign page states no measure of its own. Sections with no entry record that voche.me found nothing on this date.
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05 / About this page
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Is this an official page for Mable Elmore?
No. This page is researched by voche.me from public sources, listed below, and is separate from Mable Elmore's own campaign.
What party is Mable Elmore running with?
Mable Elmore is running for MLA with BC NDP.
Does Mable Elmore currently hold public office?
Yes. Mable Elmore currently serves as Deputy Speaker; MLA for Vancouver-Kensington.
How many sources does this Mable Elmore 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 Mable Elmore's page show no answer?
The "Questions & answers" section on this page lists questions voche.me would put to Mable Elmore 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 Mable Elmore 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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