Conservative MLA for Kootenay-Rockies since 2024 and his caucus's critic for mining, running again.
Pete Davis won Kootenay-Rockies for the Conservatives in 2024 with 8,217 votes, 42.71% of the valid vote. In the legislature he has spoken most about mining permits, health care in the East Kootenay, the provincial debt and freedom of information. He stayed with the Conservative caucus in September 2026, when The Free Press reported that nine of its members had left.
A researched record of Pete Davis's 18 commitments, 12 recorded votes and 13 public statements, with 4 news items. Most come from what he said in the legislature in 2025 and 2026.
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01 / Introduction
About Pete Davis
Pete Davis is the Conservative Party of BC candidate in Kootenay-Rockies on Elections BC's candidate list, in the copy stamped October 1, 2026 at 1:00 p.m. The other accepted candidates in the district on that copy are Norma Blissett of the BC NDP and AJ Wolfe of OneBC. Nominations close at 1 p.m. on October 3.
He won the district in 2024 with 8,217 votes, 42.71% of the valid vote, according to the Elections BC statement of votes. The sitting member, Tom Shypitka, ran as an independent and received 5,844 votes (30.37%). Sam Atwal of the BC NDP received 4,184 votes and Kerri Wall of the BC Green Party 996. The legislature's member record lists Davis as a Conservative member for Kootenay-Rockies in the 43rd Parliament.
The party page says he is from Revelstoke, grew up in Cranbrook and worked as a business professional with ties to logging, forestry, heavy equipment and mining. In his first speech in the legislature he called himself a former business owner. In a social media post quoted by e-KNOW in September 2026, he said he volunteered for more than 10 years with a federal Conservative riding association and served as its president. These are his own and his party's statements.
In the legislature he asked about radiation therapy at East Kootenay Regional Hospital, the closed emergency room in Elkford, the provincial rural retention incentive for health workers in Cranbrook and Kimberley, power outages in Elkford, delays on mineral claims and the replacement of Amy Woodland Elementary School. He spoke against the 2025 budget, against Bill 25 of 2025, which he said takes zoning decisions away from towns, and for a six-month delay of the 2026 freedom of information bill.
Conservative caucus releases from March 2025 to July 2026 call him the critic, and later the Shadow Minister, for Mining and Critical Minerals. In September 2026, when nine Conservative members left the caucus, he posted that he would stay with the party, according to e-KNOW and The Free Press. The Free Press reported on September 24, 2026 that he is running again.
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.
18 commitments shown · Checked Oct 1
2026 · GovernanceCampaign pledge
Delay the freedom of information bill by six months
In the debate on Bill 9 on May 6, 2026, Davis spoke for an amendment to delay second reading by six months. He said the time should be used to review the concerns raised and the recommendations of the 2022 special committee report.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
He names the amendment and the six months. He gives no cost. The amendment was defeated, according to the transcript.
In question period on May 28, 2026, Davis said the gym at Amy Woodland Elementary burned down in 2024 and that more than 250 students remain displaced. He asked the minister when the children can return.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
He asks for a date and gives no cost or date of his own. The number of students describes the problem.
What still needs checking
Does a budget or ministry release set a date for the school?
Radiation therapy at East Kootenay Regional Hospital
In question period on February 25, 2025, Davis asked the government to include radiation therapy in the new cancer treatment building at East Kootenay Regional Hospital, so patients do not travel to Kelowna.
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He gives no cost or date. The number of treatments he cites describes the need.
What still needs checking
Does a later budget add radiation therapy to the building?
Extend the rural retention incentive to Cranbrook and Kimberley
In question period on March 13, 2025, Davis asked the Minister of Health to let health workers in Cranbrook and Kimberley receive the provincial rural retention incentive.
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He names the program to change. He gives no cost or date.
What still needs checking
Does the ministry change who can receive the incentive?
In question period on February 27, 2025, Davis asked why the Elkford emergency room had been closed for more than two years. On May 6, 2025, he said the Cranbrook hospital was running at 110 percent of capacity.
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He states a problem and asks for action. He names no measure, cost or date.
In his first speech, on March 6, 2025, Davis asked the government to end the carbon tax. He said the April 1 increase would raise the price of gasoline and groceries.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
He names the tax and says now. He gives no cost to the budget.
What still needs checking
Is a carbon tax still charged in B.C. during the campaign?
In the same speech, Davis said the Province should pay down its debt and raise money from natural resources to pay for health care, schools and infrastructure.
In the debate on Bill M211 on May 5, 2025, Davis spoke for repealing the law that sets targets for sales of zero-emission vehicles. He said rural drivers need to choose their own vehicles.
In the debate on Bill 25 on October 30, 2025, Davis opposed rules that require towns of over 5,000 people to allow up to four homes on lots zoned for one house, and that remove parking requirements. He said rural towns need their own plans.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
He opposes the bill and proposes no measure, number or date of his own.
What still needs checking
Would he change the provincial zoning rules if elected?
In a statement on mining on November 17, 2025, Davis said a mine takes 15 years to approve in B.C. and three to five years elsewhere, and that the permit process should be consistent. He said exploration should be supported.
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The years he gives describe the problem. He names no measure, cost or date.
End cabinet orders that close land to mineral claims
A caucus release of June 4, 2026 quotes Davis asking the government to end the orders under the Environmental Land Use Act that stop new mineral claims in parts of northern B.C.
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He names the orders. The numbers of claimholders and tenures describe the problem. He gives no cost or date.
Process mineral claims within the minister's own target
In question period on December 3, 2025, Davis said the ministry takes 127 days on average to process mineral claims, against its own target of 90 to 100 days, and asked the minister to explain.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The numbers are the ministry's target and its result. He sets no target of his own.
A clearer framework for consultation on mineral claims
A caucus release of March 28, 2025 quotes Davis saying the new framework for consulting First Nations on mineral claims has no firm timelines and does not protect applicants' names. On October 8, 2025, he asked the minister to release its review.
In the debate on Bill 19 on October 22, 2025, Davis supported letting schools offer child care on days without classes. He asked how it would be paid for and staffed, and asked that private daycares not be pushed out.
In a letter of November 12, 2025, reported by e-KNOW, and in question period on November 24, 2025, Davis asked BC Hydro and the Minister of Energy to stop the repeated power outages in Elkford.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
He gives no measure, cost or date. The 28 outages he cites describe the problem.
The party's platform page lists plans with titles such as A Mining Superpower, Expanding Access to Care and Ending Long Wait Times, and a plan to end the housing shortage. It does not name Davis.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
This is party text. The page lists titles and gives no measures, numbers or dates.
What still needs checking
Does the party publish full 2026 platform documents?
The vote index records Davis voting Yea on the amendment to delay second reading of the freedom of information bill by six months. The amendment was defeated.
Scope, limits and sources
The vote index records each member's name on a standing vote. voche.me also found his name in the transcript's list for this division. The division took place after midnight, in the sitting that began on May 6.
Voted against the freedom of information bill (Bill 9) at third reading
The transcript lists Davis among the members voting Nay at third reading.
Scope, limits and sources
The vote index prints this entry under a heading that also names another member, so voche.me checked the transcript, which lists his name among the Nays.
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Statement
Remarks at the founding of the Kootenay-Rockies Conservative riding association
A party release published by e-KNOW quotes Davis, then the party's candidate, saying there would be a Conservative option on the ballot in October 2024.
Davis spoke against the 2025 budget: the deficit and debt, the carbon tax, people leaving B.C., and support for resource industries and small business.
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Reporting
e-KNOW
Davis presses for an end to Elkford power outages
Reports his letter of November 12, 2025 to BC Hydro and the Minister of Energy about 28 outages in Elkford that year.
Sources checked October 1, 2026. Official records establish decisions; campaign material establishes stated positions; reporting adds investigation and context. None alone establishes every claim.
The Free Press · Trevor Crawley · September 24, 2026
His campaign website, petedavis.ca, holds his 2024 campaign pages, including the party's 2024 platform posts; voche.me found no 2026 campaign page on it on 2026-10-01. The X account @ElectPeteDavis, linked from the party and caucus pages, answered with a page saying the account was not found. His Instagram and Facebook pages could not be read without signing in, so no post is used. His September 2026 post about staying with the party is used only as quoted by e-KNOW and The Free Press. His work as a business professional and his roles in a federal Conservative riding association come from his party's page and his own words; voche.me has not checked them with an employer or with that association. His title as critic or Shadow Minister for Mining and Critical Minerals comes from caucus releases; the legislature's member record lists no role for him. The 2026 speech index lists him on three sitting days. Some passages in the legislature record about his private life are left out under voche.me's privacy rule. Votes come from the 2026 vote index; voche.me opened the transcripts for May 6 and May 28, 2026 only. His 2025 estimates questions on energy and mining, and his speeches on Bills 5, 14, 20 and 31 of 2025, were read only through the 2025 index. The party platform page lists plan titles and does not name him. No all-candidates meeting in Kootenay-Rockies was found on this date. Campaign finances and endorsements were not reviewed. The questionnaire has not been sent.
Research status
What voche.me has checked
Evidence reviewed on 2026-10-01: the Elections BC candidate list and 2024 statement of votes, the legislature's member record, its 2026 speech and vote indexes and 2025 speech index, 3 transcripts from 2026 and 12 from 2025, the party candidate and platform pages, his campaign website, the caucus page and 4 caucus releases, and reporting from The Free Press and e-KNOW.
Most commitments on this page come from what he said in the legislature in 2025 and 2026. His campaign website holds pages from his 2024 campaign. Sections with no entry record that voche.me found nothing on this date.
Critic, later Shadow Minister, for Mining and Critical Minerals
Title used for him in Conservative caucus releases from March 2025 to July 2026. It is a caucus role in opposition. The legislature's member record lists no role for him.
Volunteer and president, federal Conservative riding association
He wrote in September 2026 that he served as a director, vice-president and president of a local federal Conservative association. This is his own account.
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05 / About this page
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Is this an official page for Pete Davis?
No. This page is researched by voche.me from public sources, listed below, and is separate from Pete Davis's own campaign.
What party is Pete Davis running with?
Pete Davis is running for MLA with Conservative Party of BC.
Does Pete Davis currently hold public office?
Yes. Pete Davis currently serves as MLA for Kootenay-Rockies.
How many sources does this Pete Davis 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 Pete Davis's page show no answer?
The "Questions & answers" section on this page lists questions voche.me would put to Pete Davis 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 Pete Davis 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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