MLA in New Westminster-Coquitlam · BC provincial 2026
Maureen Curran
BC Green Party candidate for MLA in New Westminster-Coquitlam, who ran in the same district in 2024 and received 11.03 percent of the vote.
Maureen Curran is the BC Green Party candidate in New Westminster-Coquitlam on Elections BC's list, which was stamped October 3, 2026 at 1:00:06 PM, after nominations closed. In 2024 she ran in the same district and received 2,380 votes, 11.03 percent, third of three, according to Elections BC. Her BC Green Party candidate page says she has taught science and mathematics in Coquitlam for 25 years and lists her community work. Her own quoted aim is government that makes decisions based on facts and evidence. Her other commitments on this page come from that page or from the party plan, and the party plan does not name her. voche.me found no campaign website and no public office held by her.
A researched record of Maureen Curran's candidacy in New Westminster-Coquitlam. Elections BC lists her with the affiliation BC Green Party. Her own quoted aims come from her BC Green Party candidate page. The other commitments are the party's platform.
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 Maureen Curran
Elections BC lists Maureen Curran as the BC Green Party candidate in New Westminster-Coquitlam. On the copy of the list stamped October 3, 2026 at 1:00:06 PM, after nominations closed at 1 p.m., three candidates appear for the district: Maureen Curran (BC Green Party), Michele Lau (Conservative Party) and Jennifer Whiteside (BC NDP).
She ran in the same district for the BC Greens in 2024. Elections BC's statement of votes gives her 2,380 votes, 11.03 percent, the third of three candidates. Jennifer Whiteside of the BC NDP won with 12,757 votes (59.13 percent). Ndellie Massey of the Conservative Party received 6,438 votes (29.84 percent). The district had 21,575 valid votes.
Her BC Green Party candidate page calls her a scientist, educator, mother and longtime community advocate. The page says she has taught science and mathematics in Coquitlam for 25 years and spent four years with Simon Fraser University's teacher education program. It says she holds a Bachelor of Science from McGill University and a Master's degree in physics from the University of Victoria, and that she did nuclear physics research at TRIUMF. These are the campaign's statements. voche.me has not checked them with a school district or a university.
The page also lists community work in New Westminster: coaching Little League, fundraising for an accessible playground, cycling advocacy, and contributions to New West Environmental Partners and the Climate Action HUB. It says that from 2019 to 2023 she took part alongside people working to protect forest corridors and salmon-bearing streams affected by a proposed pipeline expansion, and that she helped bring activists together to create the Climate Safe Cities Coalition. voche.me found no independent source for these items.
voche.me found no campaign website and no public office held by her. On 2026-10-03 it checked the current Coquitlam school board trustee list and the New Westminster mayor and councillor pages, and her name is on neither. voche.me has not contacted the campaign.
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.
13 commitments shown · Checked Oct 3
2026 · GovernanceCampaign pledge
Decisions based on facts and evidence
Her candidate page quotes her saying it is time for governments that collaborate, plan for the future, and make decisions based on facts and evidence.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
This is a statement of approach. This comes from her candidate page on the BC Green Party site, which is campaign material. It names no law, cost or date.
What still needs checking
Which law, rule or process would she change to put this into practice?
Her candidate page says she is running to advocate for stronger public services.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The page does not say which services. This comes from her candidate page on the BC Green Party site, which is campaign material. It names no law, cost or date.
What still needs checking
Which services, and what funding or staffing change?
Her candidate page says she is running to advocate for affordable housing.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The page gives no number of homes, program or rent rule. This comes from her candidate page on the BC Green Party site, which is campaign material. It names no law, cost or date.
What still needs checking
Which housing measure would she push for, and how many homes?
Her candidate page says she is running to advocate for environmental stewardship.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The page names no program, target or law. This comes from her candidate page on the BC Green Party site, which is campaign material. It names no law, cost or date.
What still needs checking
Which emissions or land measure would she push for?
Her candidate page says she wants a future where young people have access to good jobs.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The page names no program or measure. This comes from her candidate page on the BC Green Party site, which is campaign material. It names no law, cost or date.
The BC Greens platform page says a Fair Share Act would make people worth more than $100 million pay their fair share, and that it would raise more than $13 billion.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
This is the party's platform page. It does not name Maureen Curran, and voche.me found no statement in her own words that repeats it.
What still needs checking
Does she repeat this commitment in her own campaign?
voche.me found no public office held by this candidate in the sources read on 2026-10-03, and so found no voting record to review. Her earlier candidacy that voche.me tied to her is the 2024 provincial election, which she did not win.
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
Read original statements and reporting, or open the publisher’s video. A summary of a speech is labelled separately from a full recording.
No reviewed entries have been added to this section yet. This is a research gap, not a finding about the candidate.
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.
No reviewed entries have been added to this section yet. This is a research gap, not a finding about the candidate.
Research / 10 linked sources
Check the evidence
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 was found. The BC Green Party site carries her candidate page, which has no events listed and links one Facebook page, facebook.com/MaureenCurran4NewWestCoquitlam. That page needs a sign-in for its posts and was not read, so nothing from it is used. The WebSearch tool was at its limit for the session, so the name search used Google News headline listings and direct reads of local news sites. Three headlines turned up that voche.me could not open: a Vancouver Is Awesome candidate profile of October 10, 2024, a Vancouver Is Awesome candidate Q&A of September 15, 2021, and a Burnaby Beacon profile of January 24, 2023. The news site addresses could not be resolved or returned errors, so none of them is used and her own statements from those interviews are missing. Elections Canada's results for the 44th general election list a Maureen Curran of the Green Party in Burnaby South, with 1,175 votes, 2.9 percent, and the occupation Teacher With SD43. BC Ballot also lists a 2021 federal run under her name. No source voche.me opened says in one line that this is the same person as the 2026 candidate, so the 2021 run is not in her experience. Her candidate page does say she teaches in Coquitlam. A Freshet News article of September 8, 2026 quotes a Maureen Curran as an organizer of the Glenbrook Ravine Eco-Fest in New Westminster and lists New West Environmental Partners and the New Westminster Climate Action Hub among the groups taking part. It does not say she is the candidate, so it is not used. Her teaching career, degrees, community work and coalition role come from her candidate page only and were not checked with a school district, a university or the coalition. The Climate Safe Cities Coalition website could not be reached. The Coquitlam school board trustee page and the New Westminster councillor and mayor pages do not list her. voche.me did not search Burnaby or Coquitlam council pages. The portrait is the photo on her BC Green Party candidate page, whose file name shows an upload in August 2024. Campaign finances, endorsements and all-candidates meetings were not found on this date. The questionnaire has not been sent.
Research status
What voche.me has checked
Evidence reviewed on 2026-10-03: the Elections BC candidate list (stamped October 3, 2026 at 1:00:06 PM) and key dates page; Elections BC's 2024 statement of votes; the BC Green Party's candidates page, her candidate page and its plan page; BC Ballot; Elections Canada's 2021 results for Burnaby South; the Coquitlam school board trustee page; the City of New Westminster's mayor and councillor pages; and a Freshet News article of September 8, 2026.
Her candidate page and her Facebook page are the campaign's own channels. The Facebook page needs a sign-in and was not read. The WebSearch tool was at its limit, so the name search was limited to Google News headlines and direct reads of local news sites. An empty section records what voche.me did not find on this date.
03 / Background
Experience & community
2024
BC Green Party candidate, New Westminster-Coquitlam
Received 2,380 votes, 11.03 percent, third of three candidates, in the provincial election of October 19, 2024, according to Elections BC's statement of votes. She was not elected.
Her BC Green Party candidate page says she has taught science and mathematics in Coquitlam for 25 years. voche.me has not checked this with the school district.
Bachelor of Science, McGill University; Master's degree in physics, University of Victoria
Her candidate page says she earned both degrees and later did nuclear physics research at TRIUMF on the UBC campus. voche.me has not checked these with the universities or TRIUMF.
Her candidate page says she helped bring activists from communities across British Columbia together to create the coalition. It describes the coalition as growing from a campaign supporting the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty into a province-wide effort working with municipal councils. voche.me has not checked this with the coalition.
Proposed questions for a future interview. They have not been sent to the candidate, and no answers have been supplied.
Why are you running for the BC Green Party in New Westminster-Coquitlam, and what would you do first as MLA?
No response has been submitted.
Which provincial law or program would you change first to make decisions based on facts and evidence, and by when?
No response has been submitted.
Which parts of the BC Green Party plan matter most for New Westminster and Coquitlam, and where do you differ from it?
No response has been submitted.
Have your own question?
Ask Maureen Curran 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 Maureen Curran's page itself, answered directly rather than left blank.
Is this an official page for Maureen Curran?
No. This page is researched by voche.me from public sources, listed below, and is separate from Maureen Curran's own campaign.
What party is Maureen Curran running with?
Maureen Curran is running for MLA with BC Green Party.
Does Maureen Curran currently hold public office?
Not according to this profile. voche.me has not listed a current public office for Maureen Curran.
How many sources does this Maureen Curran 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 Maureen Curran's page show no answer?
The "Questions & answers" section on this page lists questions voche.me would put to Maureen Curran 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 Maureen Curran 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.
