MLA in Vancouver-South Granville · BC provincial 2026
Maria J Cruz
BC Green Party candidate for MLA in Vancouver-South Granville.
Maria J Cruz is the BC Green Party candidate for Vancouver-South Granville on Elections BC's list of accepted nominations. Her BC Green Party candidate page describes her as an artist, educator and longtime renter in the district, and lists stronger renter protections, more social housing, accessible healthcare and a climate-resilient future as her priorities. Those are the campaign's own statements. She has no earlier run for provincial office in the 2024 statement of votes.
A researched record of Maria J Cruz's candidacy in Vancouver-South Granville for the BC Green Party. Her BC Green Party candidate page quotes her on 2026-10-03 saying she will fight for access to community services such as healthcare, social housing and education. It names no bill, program or date. The other commitments below are the party's, from its Our Plan page, and none of them names her.
No public appearance by the candidate was confirmed on 2026-10-03. Her party's candidate page shows no upcoming events. The voting dates come from Elections BC.
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01 / Introduction
About Maria J Cruz
Elections BC lists Maria J Cruz as the BC Green Party candidate for MLA in Vancouver-South Granville, on its candidate list stamped October 3, 2026 09:00:06 PM. The list shows nominations that Elections BC has accepted. On that copy the other accepted candidates in the district are Lara Honrado of the BC NDP, Lisa Phillips of the Conservative Party and Colin Smith of CentreBC. The party's own page prints her name as Maria J. Cruz and Elections BC prints it as Maria J Cruz.
Her BC Green Party candidate page says she is an artist, educator, public servant, community advocate and longtime renter in Vancouver-South Granville, that she grew up in Mount Pleasant and has lived in South Granville for 15 years. It says she works as an Outreach Worker in the Vancouver School Board's Adult Education program. It also says she holds a Bachelor's degree in Theatre and Art History from the University of British Columbia and a Master of Museum Studies from the University of Toronto, has written arts policy for communities across British Columbia as a culture and heritage planner, and has been a member of UBCP/ACTRA for nearly 30 years. voche.me has not checked these claims against the school board, the universities or the union, so they are the campaign's account.
In 2024 the BC NDP's Brenda Bailey won Vancouver-South Granville with 17,208 votes (64.31 percent). The BC Green Party's candidate, Adam Hawk, received 2,872 (10.73 percent). The statement of votes lists no candidate named Cruz in the district. The campaign has not been contacted.
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.
7 commitments shown · Checked Oct 3
2026 · HousingCampaign pledge
Fight for access to social housing
Her BC Green Party candidate page quotes her as saying that, if elected, she will fight for everyone's access to vital community services like social housing.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
This is a quotation on her BC Green Party candidate page. It names no bill, program, amount or date, so voche.me cannot say what she would do or by when.
What still needs checking
Which social housing measures does she name, and how many homes?
Her BC Green Party candidate page quotes her as saying that, if elected, she will fight for everyone's access to vital community services like solid healthcare.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
This is a quotation on her BC Green Party candidate page. It names no bill, program, amount or date, so voche.me cannot say what she would do or by when.
What still needs checking
Which healthcare measures does she name, and by when?
Her BC Green Party candidate page quotes her as saying that, if elected, she will fight for everyone's access to vital community services like education.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
This is a quotation on her BC Green Party candidate page. It names no bill, program, amount or date, so voche.me cannot say what she would do or by when.
What still needs checking
Which education measures does she name, and by when?
The BC Greens platform page says the party would build and protect 26,000 permanently affordable, non-market homes a year.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
This is the party's platform page. It does not name Maria J Cruz, and voche.me found no statement in her own words that repeats this commitment. Her candidate page lists the same subject as a priority in general terms.
What still needs checking
Does she repeat this commitment in her own campaign?
The BC Greens platform page says the party would pass vacancy control, so landlords cannot raise the rent each time a tenant moves out.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
This is the party's platform page. It does not name Maria J Cruz, and voche.me found no statement in her own words that repeats this commitment. Her candidate page lists the same subject as a priority in general terms.
What still needs checking
Does she repeat this commitment in her own campaign?
Party platform: community health centres in every region
The BC Greens platform page says the party would build community health centres in every region, with team-based care and long-term support.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
This is the party's platform page. It does not name Maria J Cruz, and voche.me found no statement in her own words that repeats this commitment. Her candidate page lists the same subject as a priority in general terms.
What still needs checking
Does she repeat this commitment in her own campaign?
The BC Greens platform page says the party would stop new fossil fuel development.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
This is the party's platform page. It does not name Maria J Cruz, and voche.me found no statement in her own words that repeats this commitment. Her candidate page lists the same subject as a priority in general terms.
What still needs checking
Does she repeat this commitment in her own campaign?
voche.me found no public role on record for this candidate in the sources it read on 2026-10-03, so it found no voting record to review. BC Ballot, a voter-information site, says it found no previous run, term or finance report for her. The 2024 statement of votes lists no candidate named Cruz in Vancouver-South Granville.
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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Accountability / Findings, disputes and responses
Controversies & public scrutiny
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News coverage / Original publishers
Read the reporting
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Reporting
BC Ballot
Maria J Cruz: Candidate in Vancouver-South Granville
BC Ballot, a voter-information site that says it endorses no one, lists Maria J Cruz as the BC Green Party candidate, filed with Elections BC by October 3, 2026, and says it found no previous run, term or finance report on record. The page gives no background or positions for her.
Sources checked October 3, 2026. Official records establish decisions; campaign material establishes stated positions; reporting adds investigation and context. None alone establishes every claim.
No campaign website of her own, social media account tied to this candidacy, interview, news report or public statement beyond her party's candidate page was found on 2026-10-03. Her job, degrees, heritage planning work, union membership and festival performance come only from that page and were not checked with the Vancouver School Board, the two universities, UBCP/ACTRA or the festival. Her page gives no employers, dates or places for the planning work. Her positions beyond the one quotation on that page, including the renter protections she would pass, are unknown. The general web search tool was at its usage limit, so the name search used Bing and Google News, and DuckDuckGo showed a verification challenge. The name Maria Cruz is shared by many people, and no page voche.me read ties any other record, role or public item under that name to this candidate, so none is used. Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn were not opened, so nothing from them is used. All-candidates meetings, campaign finances and endorsements were not found on this date. Elections BC says it is still reviewing the nominations it received, so the list may change. The questionnaire has not been sent.
Research status
What voche.me has checked
Evidence reviewed on 2026-10-03: the Elections BC candidate list (copy stamped October 3, 2026 09:00:06 PM), the Elections BC key dates page, the 2024 statement of votes, the BC Green Party's candidates page, her page on it, its Vancouver riding association page and its Our Plan page, and the BC Ballot voter-information page for her.
The name search was limited: the general web search tool had reached its usage limit, so the name was searched through Bing, Google News and the sites above. DuckDuckGo showed a verification challenge. The searches returned no page that names her beyond those listed. She has no campaign website of her own that voche.me could find, and Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn were not opened. Everything about her background comes from her party's page and is the campaign's account. An empty section records what voche.me did not find on this date.
03 / Background
Experience & community
Current
Outreach Worker, Vancouver School Board Adult Education program
Her BC Green Party candidate page says she holds this job and helps newcomers and lifelong learners build skills. voche.me has not checked it with the school board.
Culture and heritage planner and collections care consultant
Her candidate page says she has written arts policy for communities across British Columbia and has helped manage public and private collections. It gives no employers, communities or dates.
Member of UBCP/ACTRA, working as actor, writer, producer and director
Her candidate page says she has worked in film, television and theatre, and performed a one-woman show at the Azores International Fringe Festival. voche.me has not checked this with the union or the festival.
Proposed questions for a future interview. They have not been sent to the candidate, and no answers have been supplied.
Why are you running in Vancouver-South Granville, and what would you do first as MLA?
No response has been submitted.
Which stronger renter protections would you ask the Province to pass, and by when?
No response has been submitted.
How would you shorten waits for a family doctor and for emergency care in this district?
No response has been submitted.
Have your own question?
Ask Maria J Cruz directly. We send it to the campaign, and publish the reply here if we get one.
05 / About this page
Questions about this page
Facts voche.me can state about Maria J Cruz's page itself, answered directly rather than left blank.
Is this an official page for Maria J Cruz?
No. This page is researched by voche.me from public sources, listed below, and is separate from Maria J Cruz's own campaign.
What party is Maria J Cruz running with?
Maria J Cruz is running for MLA with BC Green Party.
Does Maria J Cruz currently hold public office?
Not according to this profile. voche.me has not listed a current public office for Maria J Cruz.
How many sources does this Maria J Cruz profile cite?
This profile lists 8 sourced references, each with the date voche.me checked it, in the Sources section below.
Why do some questions on Maria J Cruz's page show no answer?
The "Questions & answers" section on this page lists questions voche.me would put to Maria J Cruz 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 Maria J Cruz 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.
