Conservative MLA for Langley-Walnut Grove since 2024 and the party’s critic for infrastructure, running again.
Misty Van Popta won Langley-Walnut Grove in 2024 with 49.56% of the vote. In 2026 her member’s bill on health screening for firefighters became law, and she questioned the government on paused hospital and long-term care projects.
A researched record of Misty Van Popta’s 22 commitments, 13 dated actions and 11 public statements from 2026, with 9 news items. Most come from the legislature record and Conservative caucus releases.
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01 / Introduction
About Misty Van Popta
Misty Van Popta is the Conservative Party of BC candidate in Langley-Walnut Grove on Elections BC’s list for the general election of October 24, 2026. She won the district in 2024 with 12,121 votes, 49.56% of the valid vote, defeating the sitting member Megan Dykeman of the BC NDP, according to the Elections BC statement of votes.
The Canadian Press reported that she was elected to Township of Langley council in 2022 and lost that seat in May 2025, when a new law stopped MLAs from also serving on a council.
The Conservative caucus named her critic for Infrastructure, and in August 2026 also deputy whip, the Langley Advance Times reported. In the legislature in 2026 she asked about paused long-term care homes, Burnaby Hospital and health funding for Fraser Health. Her Bill M214, the Firefighters’ Health Act, passed on April 13, 2026, and BC Laws records Royal Assent on April 16.
The party candidate page says she grew up in Langley and works in construction project management, with a project management designation and studies at SFU. Those are the party’s own statements.
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.
22 commitments shown · Checked Sep 30
2026 · Public servicesApproved
Health screening plan for firefighters (Bill M214)
Van Popta moved Bill M214, the Firefighters’ Health Act, her own member’s bill. It requires the Minister of Health to develop a plan for cancer screening, regular physical and mental health checks and exposure data for firefighters. The legislature passed it on April 13, 2026, and BC Laws records Royal Assent on April 16, 2026.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The bill text sets a 12-month deadline for the plan and covers volunteer firefighters after 10 years and forest firefighters after 5 years of service. It names no cost.
What still needs checking
Does the Minister of Health table the screening plan by April 16, 2027?
Restart the paused long-term care projects in Fraser Health
In the Infrastructure estimates debate on March 2, 2026, Van Popta asked the minister to redesign the paused Delta long-term care home and fund it in the 2026 budget year, and said the government cannot stop all of the projects.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
She names the instrument, a budget line in 2026. She gives no total cost and no number of beds to restart.
What still needs checking
Are the seven paused long-term care projects funded in a later budget?
In the Health estimates debate on April 29, 2026, Van Popta said Fraser Health has 40 percent of the province’s population and 22 percent of the health budget, and asked when the funding model for health authorities will be corrected.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
She names the funding model as the instrument. She gives no dollar figure and no date for the change.
What still needs checking
Does a future budget change the share of health funding that goes to Fraser Health?
Monthly public reporting on long-term care wait-lists (Bill M232)
On March 2, 2026, Van Popta spoke for Bill M232, the Long Term Care Access and Transparency Act, a member’s bill from her caucus. She said it would require monthly reports on wait-lists and a ministry plan within one year.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The speech names the bill and its timeline. voche.me did not open a record of the second reading vote, so the outcome is not established here.
In question period on May 4, 2026, Van Popta asked the government to give a start date for phase 2 of the Burnaby Hospital redevelopment. A caucus release on August 18, 2026 quotes her asking where the $61 million still listed for the project will go.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
A demand for a date. She names no cost of her own and no date.
What still needs checking
Does the government publish a new start date for phase 2?
In a member statement on May 25, 2026, Van Popta spoke about a fundraising ride for first responders and veterans with PTSD and said their mental health supports matter.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
A statement of approach. It names no measure, cost or date.
What still needs checking
Does she propose a provincial measure for first responder mental health?
A caucus release on September 15, 2026 quotes Van Popta, as shadow minister for infrastructure, saying the government has left students in portables and in schools waiting years for replacement.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The release names no school, cost or date of her own.
What still needs checking
Does the party name school projects, with costs and dates, in its platform?
A caucus release on August 26, 2026 quotes Van Popta on the three years taken to start rebuilding Hazel Trembath Elementary in Port Coquitlam, saying government must start rebuilding at once when a school is destroyed.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
A statement of approach. It names no measure, cost or timeline.
What still needs checking
Is a rule or policy for replacing destroyed schools proposed?
Open public construction contracts to all qualified contractors
On April 13, 2026, Van Popta spoke for Bill M233, the Public Sector Construction Projects Procurement Act, moved by a caucus colleague. She said public contracts should go to any qualified contractor, union or non-union, on merit, safety, experience and price.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
She names the bill. She cites Ontario savings of 14 to 21 percent as evidence, which voche.me did not check, and gives no target for British Columbia.
In the Bill 15 debate on April 13, 2026, Van Popta said the new dispute process in environmental assessment needs firm timelines and asked the government to put binding timelines in regulation or law.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
She names regulation or statute as the instrument. She proposes no number of days.
What still needs checking
Did Bill 15 or its regulations set timelines for the dispute process?
In the Agriculture estimates debate on April 15, 2026, Van Popta repeated the B.C. brewers’ request to change how beer markups are charged, which she said would cost the treasury nothing, and asked when the review would be done.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
She restates the measure. The revenue figure is the brewers’ claim as she reported it, and she gives no date.
Keep tenant rights for people in supportive housing
In the Bill 11 debate on April 2, 2026, Van Popta said the bill gives tenants in supportive housing weaker protections and leaves too much to regulation.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
A position on the bill. She proposes no amendment text, cost or date.
What still needs checking
What protections for supportive housing tenants did the final regulations set?
In a member statement on March 30, 2026, Van Popta said Langley can build homes and still protect its farmland and horse culture, with more local decision-making.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
A statement of approach. It names no measure.
What still needs checking
Does she propose a change to provincial land rules?
In the Housing estimates debate on March 10, 2026, Van Popta said a shelter she spoke with is allotted $86 per staff member for training that she put at $780 per staff member, and asked for a larger training allowance and faster budget approvals.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The dollar figures describe the problem as the shelter told her. She proposes no amount.
What still needs checking
Does BC Housing raise the training allowance for shelters?
In the Housing estimates debate on March 10, 2026, Van Popta asked the minister to reconsider building code rules that allow a single exit stair in buildings up to six storeys, citing fire chiefs and firefighters.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
She names the building code. She gives no proposed rule or date.
What still needs checking
Does the B.C. building code change on single exit stairs?
Include water in a motion on utility affordability
On May 25, 2026, Van Popta spoke for a caucus colleague’s amendment that added water to a motion on wastewater utility costs, saying utility bills affect affordability for homes.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
A position on a motion. It names no rate, cost or date.
A caucus release on July 7, 2026 quotes Van Popta on the new $8.5 billion cost of the Massey Tunnel replacement, saying the government cannot stay on budget.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
A statement of approach. It names no measure to control costs.
What still needs checking
Does the party name a measure to control capital project costs?
A caucus release on July 6, 2026 quotes Van Popta saying the government cancelled the planned bridge in 2017 and that the project now has no timeline and no cost estimate.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
A criticism of the project. She names no crossing design, cost or date.
What still needs checking
Does she or the party state what crossing they would build?
Keep oversight of public service hiring independent
On March 30, 2026, Van Popta spoke for Motion 203, which opposed moving the Office of the Merit Commissioner under the Minister of Finance. The vote index shows her voting for the motion on March 31.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
A position. It names no bill, cost or date.
What still needs checking
Is the Merit Commissioner’s office restored as an independent office?
Delay the freedom of information bill by six months
On April 21 and May 6, 2026, Van Popta spoke against Bill 9, the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Amendment Act, said access should not depend on what a person can pay, and spoke for an amendment to delay it by six months. The vote index shows her voting for that amendment and against the bill.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The amendment failed on a recorded vote. She proposes no fee level.
What still needs checking
Would a Conservative government change the freedom of information fees?
On May 20, 2026, Van Popta moved an amendment that Bill 20, the K’ómoks Treaty Act, not be read a second time and that its subject go to the Select Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs. She said the treaty’s use of UNDRIP language and the concerns of the Wei Wai Kum Nation needed more review.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The amendment failed by 44 votes to 48. The legislature then passed the bill; the vote index shows her voting against second and third reading.
What still needs checking
Does the committee meet on treaties in a new legislature?
Her member’s bill, the amendment she moved, and recorded votes where the vote index names her. A vote belongs to her alone; party votes are not counted for her.
Law; plan due within 12 months of Royal Assent
Firefighters’ Health Act passed
Van Popta moved report stage and third reading of her Bill M214. The House passed it on April 13, 2026, and BC Laws records Royal Assent on April 16, 2026.
Scope, limits and sources
The Act comes into force on Royal Assent, according to its text. voche.me found no record that the plan had been tabled by 2026-09-30.
Van Popta moved that Bill 20, the K’ómoks Treaty Act, go to the Select Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs. The House defeated the amendment by 44 votes to 48.
Scope, limits and sources
The transcript lists her among the 44 votes for the amendment.
In the sitting that began on May 6, 2026, the vote index lists her as voting yes on the amendment to delay Bill 9 and no on second reading. She also voted no at third reading on May 28.
Told the Vancouver Sun that the extra cost of the new St. Paul’s Hospital could have built three high schools, and that she filed an FOI request in June for the list of approved projects.
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
Held a Township of Langley council seat while serving as MLA
Van Popta was elected to Township of Langley council in 2022 and kept the seat after her 2024 election to the legislature, drawing criticism from the BC NDP, The Canadian Press reported. She lost the council seat when the Eligibility to Hold Public Office Act came into effect in May 2025.
Candidate or party response
She said holding both offices had precedent, was meant to be temporary, and that she planned to resign in 2026 to save the cost of a by-election, according to The Canadian Press.
Verified status and limits
The law removed her from council. No official finding was made against her.
NDP candidate asks her to retract a post on the U.S. trade dispute
Andrew Mercier, the BC NDP candidate in Langley-Willowbrook, asked the Conservative leader to direct three Langley candidates to retract social media posts about the U.S. tariffs, the Langley Advance Times reported. The paper quotes Van Popta’s post as calling on the border to be fixed instead of tariffs.
Candidate or party response
The report gives no response from Van Popta.
Verified status and limits
A claim by an opposing campaign. No retraction found by voche.me on 2026-09-30.
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Reporting
Cloverdale Reporter
Ministry mum on why Delta long-term care project was put on hold
Reports her questions in the Infrastructure estimates on the Delta project and costs per bed.
Sources checked September 30, 2026. Official records establish decisions; campaign material establishes stated positions; reporting adds investigation and context. None alone establishes every claim.
Energeticcity.ca (The Canadian Press) · May 30, 2025
No campaign website of her own was found; the party candidate page is her campaign page. Her Facebook and Instagram pages show only a sign-in page, so nothing from them is used. The party candidate page labels her "Interim Conservative Party Leader"; no other source supports that label, so it is not used. Her education, her professional designation and her past jobs come only from the party page and were not checked with the issuing bodies. The Infrastructure estimates of February 26, 2026 and other estimates sittings in the committee room were not read. Recorded votes are taken from the vote index; most vote transcripts were not opened, and the result of the Bill M232 second reading was not checked. A party statement on the Pattullo Bridge returned HTTP 404. The BC Professional Fire Fighters pages on Bill M214 returned HTTP 404. Whether the Minister of Health has started the firefighter screening plan was not found. No 2026 all-candidates meeting for Langley-Walnut Grove was found; forums found by search were from 2024 or for the municipal election. The party platform page says the platform is coming soon. 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, 25 transcripts where she spoke or voted, the text and progress record of Bill M214, 12 Conservative caucus releases, the party candidate and platform pages, her X profile, and news reports from 2025 and 2026.
Her commitments on this page come from what she said in the legislature and in caucus releases in 2026. The party platform page lists plan titles only. 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 Misty Van Popta?
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What party is Misty Van Popta running with?
Misty Van Popta is running for MLA with Conservative Party of BC.
Does Misty Van Popta currently hold public office?
Yes. Misty Van Popta currently serves as MLA for Langley-Walnut Grove.
How many sources does this Misty Van Popta profile cite?
This profile lists 5 sourced references, each with the date voche.me checked it, in the Sources section below.
Why do some questions on Misty Van Popta's page show no answer?
The "Questions & answers" section on this page lists questions voche.me would put to Misty Van Popta 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 Misty Van Popta 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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