--- title: "Michelle Livaja: candidate for MLA in West Vancouver-Sea to Sky, BC provincial 2026 | voche.me" canonical_url: "https://voche.me/bc/provincial-2026/candidates/michelle-livaja" last_updated: "2026-10-10T04:05:13.513Z" meta: description: "Michelle Livaja is the BC NDP candidate in West Vancouver-Sea to Sky, where Elections BC's list of 2026-10-03 shows three other accepted candidates: Ayla D..." "og:description": "Michelle Livaja is the BC NDP candidate in West Vancouver-Sea to Sky, where Elections BC's list of 2026-10-03 shows three other accepted candidates: Ayla D..." "og:title": "Michelle Livaja: candidate for MLA in West Vancouver-Sea to Sky, BC provincial 2026" "twitter:description": "Michelle Livaja is the BC NDP candidate in West Vancouver-Sea to Sky, where Elections BC's list of 2026-10-03 shows three other accepted candidates: Ayla D..." "twitter:title": "Michelle Livaja: candidate for MLA in West Vancouver-Sea to Sky, BC provincial 2026" --- ** MLA in West Vancouver-Sea to Sky · BC provincial 2026 # Michelle Livaja BC NDP candidate for MLA in West Vancouver-Sea to Sky. She ran for the NDP in this district in 2017 and finished third. Michelle Livaja is the BC NDP candidate in West Vancouver-Sea to Sky, where Elections BC's list of 2026-10-03 shows three other accepted candidates: Ayla Dumais (Conservative Party), Jeremy Valeriote (BC Green Party, the sitting member) and Dan Wood (CentreBC). Elections BC's 2017 statement of votes shows her third in this district that year, with 6,532 votes (26.93 percent). Pique Newsmagazine reports, from a biography the NDP supplied, that she works in the Minister's Office at the Ministry of Infrastructure and that the NDP lists strengthening health care, reducing costs and responding to the trade war as her priorities. voche.me found no campaign website of her own and no published plan with figures or dates. Explore the record Public schedule Researched by voche.me · Not a campaign-authored page BC NDP2026 Michelle LivajaBritish Columbia provincial election *Michelle LivajaMLAv.* Candidate research / October 3, 2026 A researched record of Michelle Livaja's 2026 candidacy for the BC NDP in West Vancouver-Sea to Sky. She was the NDP candidate in the same district in 2017. The three priorities listed here come from a party biography as reported by Pique Newsmagazine, so they are the party's words about her. No statement of hers from 2026 was found. **4**Commitments **2**News articles **7**Sources Public schedule / Through election day ## Where can you hear Michelle Livaja? No public appearance by the candidate was confirmed on 2026-10-03. The two voting dates come from Elections BC. Checked October 3, 2026 · All event times are Pacific time. Recheck the organizer before travelling. - [2026 provincial election: key dates](https://elections.bc.ca/2026-provincial-election/)Official record · Elections BC
View every date through Oct 24 1. Oct 9No appearance confirmed 2. Oct 10No appearance confirmed 3. Oct 11No appearance confirmed 4. Oct 12No appearance confirmed 5. Oct 13No appearance confirmed 6. Oct 14No appearance confirmed 7. Oct 15No appearance confirmed 8. Oct 16Voting day 9. Oct 17No appearance confirmed 10. Oct 18No appearance confirmed 11. Oct 19No appearance confirmed 12. Oct 20No appearance confirmed 13. Oct 21No appearance confirmed 14. Oct 22No appearance confirmed 15. Oct 23No appearance confirmed 16. Oct 24Voting day
### Voting dates - Oct 16Advance voting opens - Oct 24Final Voting Day At official British Columbia voting places. These dates apply to every voter and are not candidate appearances. [Find your voting place](https://elections.bc.ca/2026-provincial-election/where-to-vote/) - [2026 provincial election: key dates](https://elections.bc.ca/2026-provincial-election/)Official record · Elections BC 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 Michelle Livaja Elections BC lists Michelle Livaja as the BC NDP candidate for MLA in West Vancouver-Sea to Sky, on its candidate list stamped October 3, 2026 6:00:07 PM. Nominations could be submitted until 1 p.m. that day. The other accepted candidates in the district are Ayla Dumais (Conservative Party), Jeremy Valeriote (BC Green Party) and Dan Wood (CentreBC). Pique Newsmagazine reported on October 2, 2026 that Valeriote is the incumbent and won the riding in 2024. Pique's report names Livaja as the BC NDP candidate and says she previously ran in the riding in the 2017 election, finishing third. That report is the link between the 2026 candidacy and the 2017 one. The Elections BC statement of votes for 2017 lists Michelle Livaja (NDP) with 6,532 votes, 26.93 percent of the valid vote. Jordan Sturdy (Liberal) won with 10,449 votes (43.08 percent) and Dana Moore Taylor (Green) received 6,947 (28.64 percent). Pique writes that she was born and raised in the Lower Mainland and has lived on Bowen Island for 26 years. It also reports that, according to a biography provided by the NDP, she works in the Minister's Office at the Ministry of Infrastructure after four years as a constituency assistant in North Vancouver-Lonsdale, and that her leadership experience includes her union's executive council, a delegate seat at the local labour council and a board seat at Metro Vancouver Alliance. These details are the party's account. voche.me did not find a government, union or Alliance record that confirms them. In a column she wrote for the Squamish Chief in May 2017, she described herself as a union steward, executive councillor and delegate to the Vancouver District Labour Council, with 30 years in the workforce that included City Hall, the Board of Trade and the BC Nurses' Union. Those are her own words from 2017. For 2026, the NDP says her priorities include strengthening health care, reducing costs and responding to the trade war, as Pique reports. voche.me has not contacted the campaign. Read the sources Promises / Commitments and evidence ## Commitments and the available evidence. 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. 4 commitments shown · Checked Oct 3 2026 · Public servicesCampaign pledge ### NDP priority for Livaja: strengthen health care Pique reports that the NDP says her priorities include strengthening health care. The report gives no hospital, measure, figure or date.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The NDP's words about her, as summarized by the newspaper. voche.me found no 2026 statement of hers on health care.
What still needs checking
Does Livaja name a health care measure for the Sea to Sky corridor or Bowen Island during the campaign?
- [Four candidates announced in West Vancouver-Sea to Sky provincial race](https://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/local-news/four-candidates-announced-in-west-vancouver-sea-to-sky-provincial-race-12848838)Reporting · Pique Newsmagazine 2026 · HousingCampaign pledge ### NDP priority for Livaja: reduce costs Pique reports that the NDP says her priorities include reducing costs. The report gives no cost, rate, measure or date.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The NDP's words about her, as summarized by the newspaper. voche.me found no 2026 statement of hers on costs.
What still needs checking
Which costs does Livaja say she would reduce, and with what provincial measure?
- [Four candidates announced in West Vancouver-Sea to Sky provincial race](https://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/local-news/four-candidates-announced-in-west-vancouver-sea-to-sky-provincial-race-12848838)Reporting · Pique Newsmagazine 2026 · EconomyCampaign pledge ### NDP priority for Livaja: respond to the trade war Pique reports that the NDP says her priorities include responding to the trade war. The report names no measure or date.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The NDP's words about her, as summarized by the newspaper. voche.me found no 2026 statement of hers on trade or jobs.
What still needs checking
Does Livaja say what the Province would do for jobs in the district in response to the trade war?
- [Four candidates announced in West Vancouver-Sea to Sky provincial race](https://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/local-news/four-candidates-announced-in-west-vancouver-sea-to-sky-provincial-race-12848838)Reporting · Pique Newsmagazine 2026 · Public servicesCampaign pledge ### BC NDP health care position The BC NDP platform page says the party will keep recruiting and training more doctors, nurses and healthcare workers of all kinds. The page does not name Livaja.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
Party text. voche.me found no Livaja statement that repeats it.
What still needs checking
Does Livaja say how the party's health care plan applies to the district?
- [Platform page, Fighting for You and Your Family](https://www.bcndp.ca/action-for-you)Campaign · BC NDP City programs / Scope and delivery ## Policies, budgets & programs Livaja has held no elected office that voche.me found. The 43rd Parliament member record lists no member of this name, so no legislature speech or vote record applies. The jobs in the NDP biography are staff positions, and voche.me did not open any record of them. Her one public record is the 2017 statement of votes. 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. May 4Statement ### Column to the Squamish Chief for the 2017 election As the 2017 NDP candidate, she wrote that she had lived on Bowen Island for 17 years, listed her roles as union steward, executive councillor and delegate to the Vancouver District Labour Council, and named better health care, affordable housing and family-supporting jobs as priorities. She wrote that the NDP planned 114,000 housing units, a $15 minimum wage and $10 a day child care, and she criticized the Liberal government on LNG and forestry jobs. These are 2017 statements and are not 2026 commitments. - [Candidates reveal most pressing issues for Squamish in their own words](https://www.squamishchief.com/local-news/candidates-reveal-most-pressing-issues-for-squamish-in-their-own-words-3346659)Reporting · Squamish Chief 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. October 2, 2026Reporting Pique Newsmagazine ### Four candidates announced in West Vancouver-Sea to Sky provincial race Names Livaja as the BC NDP candidate with Valeriote, Dumais and Wood, says she ran in the riding in 2017 and finished third, and gives her background and priorities from an NDP biography. - [Four candidates announced in West Vancouver-Sea to Sky provincial race](https://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/local-news/four-candidates-announced-in-west-vancouver-sea-to-sky-provincial-race-12848838)Reporting · Pique Newsmagazine May 4, 2017Reporting Squamish Chief ### Candidates reveal most pressing issues for Squamish in their own words Prints columns from four of the five candidates in the riding in 2017, including one signed by Michelle Livaja for the NDP. The Libertarian candidate sent none. - [Candidates reveal most pressing issues for Squamish in their own words](https://www.squamishchief.com/local-news/candidates-reveal-most-pressing-issues-for-squamish-in-their-own-words-3346659)Reporting · Squamish Chief Research / 7 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.
Official record 3 sources - Provincial candidate list Elections BC · October 3, 2026 - 2026 provincial election: key dates Elections BC - Statement of Votes, 2017 provincial general election Elections BC
Campaign 2 sources - West Vancouver-Sea to Sky BC NDP page BC NDP - Platform page, Fighting for You and Your Family BC NDP
Reporting 2 sources - Four candidates announced in West Vancouver-Sea to Sky provincial race Pique Newsmagazine · October 2, 2026 - Candidates reveal most pressing issues for Squamish in their own words Squamish Chief · May 4, 2017
No campaign website of her own was found. The BC NDP West Vancouver-Sea to Sky page carries David Eby's name and the line "We're David Eby's team here in West Vancouver-Sea to Sky", and no page of that site names her. The party's team page showed no entry for her. No social media account that a party page, Pique or her own page links to was found, so none is used. The biography Pique quotes (Ministry of Infrastructure office, constituency assistant work, union executive council, labour council and Metro Vancouver Alliance roles, 26 years on Bowen Island) comes from the NDP, and no government, union or Alliance record was opened. Pique does not name the MLA she assisted. Her 2017 column gives 17 years on Bowen Island, which fits the 26 years in the 2026 report, but that is a calculation and no source states it. The statement that the NDP lists her priorities as health care, costs and the trade war is Pique's summary, and the NDP release or page behind it was not found. Positions on housing, public safety, education, climate, transportation, taxes and governance are unknown. No portrait was found that the candidate or the party published. All-candidates meetings, endorsements and campaign finances for 2026 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 (stamp October 3, 2026 6:00:07 PM) and key dates page, the 2017 statement of votes, the BC NDP West Vancouver-Sea to Sky page (home, team, events, latest and about pages), the party's team page and platform page, Pique Newsmagazine's report of October 2, 2026 and her 2017 column in the Squamish Chief. The name search was limited. The WebSearch tool had reached its usage limit, so voche.me read a Google News feed for her name, the site search pages that answered, and the pages those results named. Two news sites, one of them the Squamish Chief's own search page, refused the search request. No campaign website of her own, no social media account tied to this candidacy and no party candidate page were found. An empty section records what voche.me did not find on this date, and it leaves open what the candidate has said elsewhere. [Elections BC candidate list](https://www.elections.bc.ca/docs/fin/GE-2026-10-24-Candidate-Website-Report.PDF) [Elections BC 2017 statement of votes](https://elections.bc.ca/docs/rpt/2017-election-report/pdf/2017-provincial-general-election-sov.pdf) [Pique Newsmagazine, October 2, 2026](https://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/local-news/four-candidates-announced-in-west-vancouver-sea-to-sky-provincial-race-12848838) 03 / Background ## Experience & community 2017 ### BC NDP candidate in West Vancouver-Sea to Sky Third place with 6,532 votes (26.93 percent). Jordan Sturdy of the Liberal Party won with 10,449 votes. [Elections BC 2017 statement of votes](https://elections.bc.ca/docs/rpt/2017-election-report/pdf/2017-provincial-general-election-sov.pdf) Current, as of October 2026 ### Works in the Minister's Office, Ministry of Infrastructure From a biography the NDP provided to Pique. voche.me found no government record that confirms the position. [Pique Newsmagazine, October 2, 2026](https://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/local-news/four-candidates-announced-in-west-vancouver-sea-to-sky-provincial-race-12848838) Four years, dates not stated ### Constituency assistant, North Vancouver-Lonsdale From the same NDP biography, which says the four years included the COVID-19 pandemic. The report does not name the MLA, and voche.me did not find a record of the position. [Pique Newsmagazine, October 2, 2026](https://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/local-news/four-candidates-announced-in-west-vancouver-sea-to-sky-provincial-race-12848838) Dates not stated ### Union executive council, labour council delegate, Metro Vancouver Alliance board From the NDP biography as reported by Pique. In 2017 she wrote in the Squamish Chief that she was a union steward, executive councillor and delegate to the Vancouver District Labour Council, and that she worked with the Metro Vancouver Alliance. No union or Alliance record was opened. [Pique Newsmagazine, October 2, 2026](https://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/local-news/four-candidates-announced-in-west-vancouver-sea-to-sky-provincial-race-12848838) 04 / Questions & answers ## Questions for the candidate Proposed questions for a future interview. They have not been sent to the candidate, and no answers have been supplied.
Which health care measure would you ask the Province to adopt first for the Sea to Sky corridor and Bowen Island, and by when? No response has been submitted.
Which cost measure would you bring in first, and what would it cost the Province? No response has been submitted.
What is your plan for jobs in the district in response to the trade war? No response has been submitted.
### Have your own question? Ask Michelle Livaja 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 Michelle Livaja's page itself, answered directly rather than left blank.
Is this an official page for Michelle Livaja? No. This page is researched by voche.me from public sources, listed below, and is separate from Michelle Livaja's own campaign.
What party is Michelle Livaja running with? Michelle Livaja is running for MLA with BC NDP.
Does Michelle Livaja currently hold public office? Not according to this profile. voche.me has not listed a current public office for Michelle Livaja.
How many sources does this Michelle Livaja 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 Michelle Livaja's page show no answer? The "Questions & answers" section on this page lists questions voche.me would put to Michelle Livaja 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 Michelle Livaja 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. ## Sources & transparency - [Elections BC · provincial candidate list ](https://www.elections.bc.ca/docs/fin/GE-2026-10-24-Candidate-Website-Report.PDF)Checked October 3, 2026 - [Elections BC · 2017 statement of votes ](https://elections.bc.ca/docs/rpt/2017-election-report/pdf/2017-provincial-general-election-sov.pdf)Checked October 3, 2026 - [Pique Newsmagazine · Four candidates announced in West Vancouver-Sea to Sky provincial race, October 2, 2026 ](https://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/local-news/four-candidates-announced-in-west-vancouver-sea-to-sky-provincial-race-12848838)Checked October 3, 2026 - [Squamish Chief · Candidates reveal most pressing issues for Squamish in their own words, May 4, 2017 ](https://www.squamishchief.com/local-news/candidates-reveal-most-pressing-issues-for-squamish-in-their-own-words-3346659)Checked October 3, 2026 - [BC NDP · West Vancouver-Sea to Sky page ](https://westvancouverseatosky.bcndp.ca/)Checked October 3, 2026 - [BC NDP · platform page ](https://www.bcndp.ca/action-for-you)Checked October 3, 2026 Missing information does not imply a candidate’s position. [Read our editorial standards.](https://voche.me/bc/provincial-2026/about) Campaign contact ## Campaign links & contact. Find the candidate’s website, social accounts and contact information. [BC NDP West Vancouver-Sea to Sky page](https://westvancouverseatosky.bcndp.ca/) ## View more candidates. [All candidate spaces ](https://voche.me/bc/provincial-2026/candidates) [MLA**A'aliya Warbus**](https://voche.me/bc/provincial-2026/candidates/a-aliya-warbus) [MLA**Abraham Nordine**](https://voche.me/bc/provincial-2026/candidates/abraham-nordine) Candidate Q&A ## Ask Michelle Livaja a question. Give your name, email and question. We send it to the campaign, and publish their answer here if we get one. ## Sitemap See the full [sitemap](/bc/provincial-2026/sitemap.md) for all pages.