MLA in West Kelowna-Peachland · BC provincial 2026
Macklin McCall
MLA for West Kelowna-Peachland since 2024, running again for the Conservative Party of BC.
Macklin McCall won West Kelowna-Peachland in 2024 with 50.85% of the vote. He told the legislature he served 19 years with the RCMP. In 2026 he spoke for his caucus on public safety, asking about RCMP numbers, World Cup security costs and civil forfeiture, and in June 2026 the caucus named him Official Opposition Whip.
A researched record of Macklin McCall’s 20 commitments, 11 recorded actions and 14 public statements, with 9 news items. Most come from the legislature record and Conservative caucus releases from 2026.
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 Macklin McCall
Elections BC lists Macklin McCall as the Conservative Party candidate in West Kelowna-Peachland for the general election of October 24, 2026. He won the district in 2024 with 13,475 votes, 50.85% of the valid vote, according to the Elections BC statement of votes. Independent Stephen Johnston had 21.25% and the BC NDP candidate 27.90%.
The legislature record lists him as a Conservative member elected in 2024. In the Public Safety estimates debate on May 7, 2026 he said he served 19 years with the RCMP in the Penticton, Kelowna, West Kelowna and Lake Country detachments, including bike patrol, a crime reduction unit, a police and mental health nurse team, and the tactical team. The party page says he grew up on a farm in Okanagan Falls and studied criminology, psychology and sociology at Okanagan University College in Penticton. These are his own and his party’s statements.
KamloopsBCNow reported in October 2025 that he had been named the caucus critic for Public Safety and Solicitor General. Caucus releases list him in that role until June 2026, when party leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay named him Official Opposition Whip. A caucus list of September 9, 2026 still gives him that role.
In the legislature in 2026 he asked about the number of provincial RCMP officers, World Cup security costs, long-term care and water at Lake Okanagan Resort. He moved two amendments to the civil forfeiture bill, both defeated. The vote index records him voting against the budget, the Supply Act and the freedom of information bill.
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.
20 commitments shown · Checked Sep 30
2026 · Public safetyCampaign pledge
More provincial RCMP officers
In question period on February 25, 2026, McCall asked how many of the 256 RCMP officers promised in the 2023 budget had been hired, and said police deserve the resources they were promised. In his budget speech the same day he said provincial police numbers should match demand.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
He gives no number of officers he would add, no cost and no date. The figure of 2,602 officers comes from his own statement and the caucus release, which cite a government report that voche.me did not open.
What still needs checking
Does his 2026 campaign state how many officers he would fund, and when?
Hansard, issue 125Official record · Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
Let Vancouver open its own police training academy
A caucus statement on February 6, 2026 quotes McCall saying the Province should allow Vancouver to open its own police training academy, so that more seats at the Justice Institute of British Columbia are free for other police forces.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The statement names the step but gives no number of recruits, no cost and no date.
What still needs checking
Has the Province or the City of Vancouver acted on a Vancouver police academy?
A caucus release on June 11, 2026 quotes McCall saying the justice system gives repeat offenders too many chances and should hold prolific offenders accountable.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The release names no law, program, number, cost or date.
What still needs checking
Does he name a provincial measure for repeat offenders during the campaign?
Publish the security plan and costs for the FIFA World Cup
In the Public Safety estimates debate on May 7, 2026 and in a caucus release on April 29, 2026, McCall asked the government to publish a breakdown of security and policing costs for the Vancouver World Cup matches.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
He asked for figures but proposed no amount, rule or date of his own.
What still needs checking
Did the government publish a security cost breakdown for the matches?
Hansard, issue 176Official record · Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
A caucus release on July 2, 2026 says McCall wrote to the ministers of education and public safety asking them to reject calls for a province-wide ban on School Liaison Officers.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The release gives no number of officers, no cost and no date.
What still needs checking
Does the government decide on the program before or after the election?
In the budget debate on February 25, 2026, McCall said a budget with a deficit of more than $13 billion needs more discipline, and that debt interest takes money from roads, nurses and police.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
He names no spending cut, deficit target or date.
What still needs checking
Does his campaign name a deficit target or a spending measure?
Hansard, issue 125Official record · Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
2026 · EconomyCampaign pledge
Opposes the sales tax on security services
In question period on May 6, 2026, McCall said the expansion of the provincial sales tax to security services will push business costs onto customers.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
He asked a question and did not say he would remove the tax, or when.
What still needs checking
Does his campaign commit to removing the tax on security services?
Hansard, issue 174Official record · Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
2026 · TransportationCampaign pledge
Build the Highway 97 interchanges in West Kelowna
In the budget debate on February 25, 2026, McCall said two Highway 97 interchanges planned after the new Kelowna bridge opened are still in planning after 16 years, and named congestion at Westlake Road, Boucherie Road and Bridge Hill.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
He gives no cost or date for building them.
What still needs checking
Does the Province set a construction date for either interchange?
Hansard, issue 125Official record · Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
2026 · Public servicesCampaign pledge
More local mental health services
In the budget debate on February 25, 2026, McCall said his district lacks local mental health services and objected to a cut in mental health funding under Children and Family Development.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
He gives no amount, number of services or date.
What still needs checking
Does his campaign name a mental health service for West Kelowna or Peachland?
Hansard, issue 125Official record · Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
2026 · Public servicesCampaign pledge
Build the promised long-term care homes
In question period on March 2, 2026, McCall described a constituent paying for a private long-term care bed while waiting for a public one, and asked when the government will build the homes it promised.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
He asked a question and gave no number of beds, cost or date of his own.
What still needs checking
Does his campaign state a number of long-term care beds for the district?
Hansard, issue 129Official record · Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
2026 · HousingCampaign pledge
Use emergency law to restore water at Lake Okanagan Resort
McCall asked the Premier and the emergency management minister to use the Emergency and Disaster Management Act to restore drinking water at Lake Okanagan Resort, so that homes lost in the 2023 McDougall Creek wildfire can be rebuilt. He asked the same in question period on March 12, 2026.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The caucus release lists three steps, including a recovery period under the act and provincial work paid back by the owner. iNFOnews reports his figure of 150 units that cannot be rebuilt. No date is given.
What still needs checking
Has the Province used the act, and is water restored?
Define a weapon clearly in the supportive housing law
In the debate on Bill 11 on April 2, 2026, McCall said the bill lets a tenancy in supportive housing end because of a weapon but does not define a weapon, and that the law must say clearly what triggers an eviction.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
He proposed no wording of his own in this speech and gave no date.
What still needs checking
Did the final law or its regulation define a weapon?
Hansard, issue 148Official record · Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
2026 · GovernanceNot established
Annual public report on civil forfeiture
In committee on Bill 8 on April 1, 2026, McCall moved an amendment requiring the minister to publish a yearly report on civil forfeiture: cases started, orders granted, the value of property taken and an itemized list of grants with recipients.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The amendment was defeated 4 to 5 in committee, as the transcript records. It gives no cost.
What still needs checking
Does the government publish the wider yearly figures the minister described in her reply?
Hansard, issue 146Official record · Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
2026 · GovernanceCampaign pledge
Keep public records easy to get
In the debate on Bill 9 on March 11, 2026, McCall argued against changes to freedom of information law, including new fees, and said records released by the government on its own should be free and simple to reach.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
He gives no measure, cost or date of his own. The vote index records him voting against the bill at second and third reading.
What still needs checking
Does his campaign commit to reversing the Bill 9 changes?
Hansard, issue 139Official record · Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
Keep independent oversight of public service hiring
In the budget debate on February 25, 2026, McCall objected to closing the Office of the Merit Commissioner, which reviews hiring in the public service.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
He gives no measure, cost or date. The vote index records him voting for Motion M203 on merit oversight on March 31, 2026.
What still needs checking
Does his campaign commit to restoring the office?
Hansard, issue 125Official record · Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
Provincial state of emergency for the Bald Range fire
A caucus release on August 8, 2026 quotes McCall and party leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay asking the Premier to declare a provincial state of emergency for the Bald Range wildfire near Summerland and Peachland.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The release names the step but no cost or date beyond "now". voche.me did not check whether a provincial emergency was declared.
What still needs checking
Was a provincial state of emergency declared for this fire?
A caucus release on August 17, 2026 calls for emergency relief for businesses hit by the fires and quotes McCall on a Peachland bakery losing customers while the highway was closed.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The call for relief is the caucus’s. McCall’s quote describes the harm and names no program, amount or date.
What still needs checking
Does his campaign name a relief program for fire-hit businesses?
Deportation, mandatory sentences and bail reform for extortion
In November 2025 McCall told CBC that the party was pushing to deport foreign criminals, set mandatory sentences for extortion, reform bail and assign dedicated prosecutors.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
This is from 2025, before the 2026 campaign, so it is listed as an earlier statement. Deportation, sentencing and bail are federal law.
The party platform page lists a plan titled "Safe and Secure" to restore public safety. The page says the platform is coming soon and does not name McCall.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
Party text with no detail and no candidate name.
What still needs checking
Does the party publish the plan, and does McCall speak to it?
Recorded votes and amendments where the legislature record names him. A vote by his party is listed here only where the vote index names him.
Amendments defeated
Moved amendments to the civil forfeiture bill
McCall moved amendments to Bill 8 in committee: one to require notice to people with an interest in property before a default forfeiture order, and one to require a yearly public report. Both were defeated.
Scope, limits and sources
The transcript records the second amendment defeated 4 to 5.
Hansard, issue 146Official record · Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
Recorded vote
Voted against the 2026 budget motion
The vote index records McCall voting Nay on the budget motion.
Scope, limits and sources
The vote index records each member who stood. It does not give his reasons.
Read original statements and reporting, or open the publisher’s video. A summary of a speech is labelled separately from a full recording.
Speech
Speech for the Veterans and First Responders Month Act
Spoke in support of Bill M231 and described his own work with fire, ambulance and search and rescue crews.
Hansard, issue 121Official record · Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
Speech
Budget debate speech
Spoke on debt and the deficit, Highway 97 interchanges, provincial policing, mental health services and the closing of the Merit Commissioner’s office.
Hansard, issue 125Official record · Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
Debate coverage
Question period on RCMP officers
Asked how many of the 256 RCMP officers promised in 2023 had been hired.
Hansard, issue 125Official record · Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
Debate coverage
Question period on long-term care
Asked about the cost of private long-term care beds and the wait for public beds.
Hansard, issue 129Official record · Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
Speech
Second reading speech on civil forfeiture
Spoke on Bill 8 and asked for clear reporting of how forfeited money reaches police.
Hansard, issue 129Official record · Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
Speech
Speech on the Motor Vehicle Amendment Act
Spoke on Bill 6 and asked how digital driver licensing will protect personal information.
Hansard, issue 132Official record · Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
Speech
Speech on the freedom of information bill
Spoke against Bill 9 and its new limits and fees on access to records.
Hansard, issue 139Official record · Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
Debate coverage
Question period on water at Lake Okanagan Resort
Asked the minister to use emergency law to restore water so homes can be rebuilt.
Hansard, issue 140Official record · Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
Speech
Speech on the Safe Access to Places of Public Worship Act
Spoke on Bill 13 and said existing law should be used and police given enough resources.
Hansard, issue 145Official record · Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
Speech
Speech on the Residential Tenancy Amendment Act
Spoke on Bill 11 and said the bill needs a clear definition of a weapon.
Hansard, issue 148Official record · Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
Statement
Statement on seniors’ services in West Kelowna and Peachland
Recognized the Westside Health Network and the Peachland Wellness Centre.
Hansard, issue 157Official record · Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
Debate coverage
Question period on foreign interference claims
Asked the Attorney General about claims made by former Vancouver mayor Kennedy Stewart about a cabinet minister.
Hansard, issue 172Official record · Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
Debate coverage
Public Safety estimates debate
Questioned the minister on World Cup security costs and RCMP staffing. Opened by describing his 19 years with the RCMP.
Hansard, issue 176Official record · Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
Hansard, issue 178Official record · Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
Debate coverage
Question period on emergency calls in the Downtown Eastside
Asked how the government will respond after Vancouver Fire Rescue Services cut back responses to some medical calls.
Hansard, issue 180Official record · Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
Accountability / Findings, disputes and responses
Controversies & public scrutiny
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.
Interview
KamloopsBCNow
New public safety critic interviewed
Interview with McCall after he was named public safety critic, on bail, decriminalization and organized crime.
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 of his own was found; the party candidate page holds a biography and no commitments, and it labels him "Interim Conservative Party Leader", which no other source supports. His X, Instagram and Facebook pages show a sign-in page or a profile line with no readable posts, so nothing from them is used. The Public Safety estimates debates (May 7 and May 19, 2026) and the committee debates on Bills 8, 9 and 16 were read for his questions only, not line by line. Votes are taken from the vote index; the transcripts of most votes were not opened. His 19 years with the RCMP, his studies at Okanagan University College and his upbringing in Okanagan Falls come from his own words in the legislature and on the party page; voche.me did not check them with the RCMP or the college. His caucus roles (public safety critic, then Official Opposition Whip from June 2026) come from caucus releases and reporting; the legislature data lists no role for him. A Castanet story and a KelownaNow story on Lake Okanagan Resort answered HTTP 403, and a party release on extortion answered HTTP 404 on the party site; the caucus copy was used. No 2026 all-candidates meeting for West Kelowna-Peachland was found. The Westside Road meeting of March 18, 2026 was announced, but no source confirms it took place. Campaign finances and endorsements were not reviewed. The questionnaire has not been sent.
Research status
What voche.me has checked
Evidence reviewed on 2026-09-30: the Elections BC candidate list and 2024 statement of votes, the legislature’s 2026 speech and vote indexes, 19 transcripts of 2026 sittings where he spoke, the party’s candidate, team and platform pages, 15 caucus releases from 2026 that name him, and reporting from CBC News, KamloopsBCNow, West K News, iNFOnews, PentictonNow, Vernon Matters and the Western Standard.
His commitments on this page come from what he said in the legislature and in caucus releases. No campaign website of his own was found, and his social media posts could not be read. Sections with no entry record that voche.me found nothing on this date.
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05 / About this page
Questions about this page
Facts voche.me can state about Macklin McCall's page itself, answered directly rather than left blank.
Is this an official page for Macklin McCall?
No. This page is researched by voche.me from public sources, listed below, and is separate from Macklin McCall's own campaign.
What party is Macklin McCall running with?
Macklin McCall is running for MLA with Conservative Party of BC.
Does Macklin McCall currently hold public office?
Yes. Macklin McCall currently serves as MLA for West Kelowna-Peachland.
How many sources does this Macklin McCall 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 Macklin McCall's page show no answer?
The "Questions & answers" section on this page lists questions voche.me would put to Macklin McCall 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 Macklin McCall 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
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