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MLA in Coquitlam-Burke Mountain · BC provincial 2026
# Ryan Peterson
Conservative Party of BC candidate for MLA in Coquitlam-Burke Mountain. The party says he co-founded the technology firm Finger Food Studios and was elected chair of the Business Council of BC in 2026.
Ryan Peterson is the Conservative Party of BC candidate in Coquitlam-Burke Mountain. He has not held elected office and was not on the 2024 ballot. In 2024 the BC NDP's Jodie Wickens won the district by 368 votes, and Elections BC lists her again in 2026. The party says he co-founded Finger Food Studios in 2011. The Western Standard calls him chair of the Business Council of BC. voche.me found no policy commitment in his own words on 2026-10-03.
Explore the record Public schedule
Researched by voche.me · Not a campaign-authored page
Conservative Party of BC2026
*Ryan PetersonMLAv.*
[Image: Conservative Party of BC](https://conservativebc.ca/candidate/ryan-peterson/)
Candidate research / October 3, 2026
A researched record of Ryan Peterson's 2026 candidacy in Coquitlam-Burke Mountain. voche.me found no elected office in his record, so it found no voting record to review, and no commitment in his own words was found on this date.
**2**Commitments **2**News articles **13**Sources
Public schedule / Through election day
## Where can you hear Ryan Peterson?
No public appearance by the candidate was confirmed on 2026-10-03. The 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 Ryan Peterson
Elections BC lists Ryan Peterson as the Conservative Party of BC candidate in Coquitlam-Burke Mountain. The Western Standard reported on September 29, 2026 that the party introduced him that week, along with four other candidates, and described him as the Business Council of BC chair. In 2024 the BC NDP's Jodie Wickens won the district with 11,020 votes (50.85 percent). The Conservative candidate, Stephen Frolek, received 10,652 votes (49.15 percent), a gap of 368 votes. Elections BC's list on 2026-10-03 shows Wickens as the BC NDP candidate in 2026. Peterson's name is not in the 2024 statement of votes.
The party says Peterson co-founded Finger Food Studios in Port Coquitlam in 2011 and grew it into a technology company with 200 employees. It says the company was named B.C. Exporter of the Year in 2017. voche.me has not checked that award. Techcouver reported on May 7, 2020 that Unity Technologies had bought Finger Food Advanced Technology Group, that Unity would keep all of its 200 or more staff, and that its CEO, Ryan Peterson, would become Unity's VP, Solutions. The party adds that he then led a Unity division of more than 1,000 people. voche.me has not checked that claim.
The Tri-Cities Chamber of Commerce lists Ryan Peterson of Finger Food Advanced Technology Group as the winner of its Business Leader award in its 2019 Business Excellence Awards. The Rick Hansen Foundation says Ryan Peterson is a director of the foundation and a board and executive committee member of the Business Council of British Columbia, and that he and Monica Peterson received the King Charles III Coronation Medal as Community Builders. The Governor General's list of recipients names a Ryan Peterson of Anmore, British Columbia, awarded on June 20, 2025.
The party says B.C. business leaders elected him chair of the Business Council of British Columbia in 2026 and that he has stepped away from that role to seek election. The Business Council's board page, read on 2026-10-03, names no Ryan Peterson. voche.me found no statement from the Business Council about his chair term or his departure.
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.
2 commitments shown · Checked Oct 3
2026 · HousingCampaign pledge
### Party plan: end the housing shortage
The party's platform page lists a housing plan, Get BC Building, described as "A plan to end the housing shortage and make life more affordable."
Evidence & next checks
- Evidence reviewed
- This is a plan title and tagline on the party's platform page, which says the full platform is coming soon. The page names no cost, date or measure, and does not name him. voche.me has not found a statement in which he repeats it.
- What still needs checking
- Which housing measures would he support in Coquitlam-Burke Mountain, and by when?
- [Our Platform page](https://conservativebc.ca/our-platform/)Campaign · Conservative Party of BC
2026 · Public servicesCampaign pledge
### Party plan: expand access to care
The party's platform page lists a health care plan, Putting Patients First, with the line "Expanding Access to Care and Ending Long Wait Times".
Evidence & next checks
- Evidence reviewed
- This is a plan title and tagline on the party's platform page, which says the full platform is coming soon. The page names no cost, date or measure, and does not name him. voche.me has not found a statement in which he repeats it.
- What still needs checking
- Which health care measures would he work on first for his district?
- [Our Platform page](https://conservativebc.ca/our-platform/)Campaign · Conservative Party of BC
City programs / Scope and delivery
## Policies, budgets & programs
His past roles come from the party, from reporting and from the organizations that named him. None is a public office, so none earns a score.
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.
September 29, 2026Reporting
Western Standard · Alex Zoltan
### BC Conservatives introduce five non-incumbents
Reports that the BC Conservatives introduced Business Council of BC chair Ryan Peterson in Coquitlam-Burke Mountain, along with four other non-incumbents, as part of its first-week candidate announcements.
- [Day 8 of the 2026 BC Election: Carney comes to town](https://www.westernstandard.news/bc/day-8-of-the-2026-bc-election-carney-comes-to-town/77389)Reporting · Western Standard · Alex Zoltan
May 7, 2020Reporting
Techcouver · Robert Lewis
### Unity buys Finger Food Advanced Technology Group
Reports the sale of the Port Coquitlam company to Unity Technologies and says its CEO, Ryan Peterson, becomes Unity's VP, Solutions. The price was not disclosed.
- [Finger Food Advanced Technology Acquired by Unity](https://techcouver.com/2020/05/07/finger-food-advanced-technology-acquired-by-unity/)Reporting · Techcouver · Robert Lewis
Research / 13 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 4 sources
- Provincial candidate list
Elections BC
- 2026 provincial election: key dates
Elections BC
- Statement of Votes, 2024 provincial general election
Elections BC
- Ryan Peterson, King Charles III Coronation Medal
Governor General of Canada
Campaign 3 sources
- Candidate page: Ryan Peterson
Conservative Party of BC
- Our Team page
Conservative Party of BC
- Our Platform page
Conservative Party of BC
Reporting 2 sources
- Day 8 of the 2026 BC Election: Carney comes to town
Western Standard · Alex Zoltan · September 29, 2026
- Finger Food Advanced Technology Acquired by Unity
Techcouver · Robert Lewis · May 7, 2020
Event organizer 4 sources
- Rick Hansen Foundation Celebrates 40 Recipients of the King Charles III Coronation Medal
Rick Hansen Foundation · April 7, 2025
- Business Excellence Awards: recipients through the years
Tri-Cities Chamber of Commerce
- Board of Directors
Business Council of British Columbia
- Our Directors and Committees
Rick Hansen Foundation
No campaign website was found by search or on the party page, and the party's candidate page links to the party's own social media accounts. His X, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and LinkedIn pages could not be read without signing in, so nothing from them is used. The party's platform page says the full platform is coming soon, lists plan titles and does not name him; no commitment in his own words was found. No party news release naming him was found; the Western Standard report of September 29, 2026 is the only independent report of his introduction that voche.me opened. The Western Standard gives no date for the introduction itself beyond the week of its report. The party says the company was named B.C. Exporter of the Year in 2017, that he led a Unity division of more than 1,000 people, and that he serves on the Rick Hansen Foundation board. voche.me did not verify the first two. The foundation's 2025 medal page says he is a director, but the foundation's board page read on 2026-10-03 does not list him by name. The party says he was elected chair of the Business Council of BC in 2026 and has stepped away. The Council's board page lists Lisa Sparrow as past chair for 2024 to 2026 and names no Ryan Peterson, and its news page about the new chair returned an error. voche.me has not seen the Council's record of his term or its end. The Governor General's list names a Ryan Peterson of Anmore as a medal recipient. The foundation's page ties the medal to a director who also sits on the Business Council's board, and voche.me treats the two as one person on that basis. A Finger Food, Unity or other company record of his role, and the LinkedIn profile of a Ryan Peterson that shows a headline cut off by a sign-in wall, were not used. The party page describes his spouse and children; voche.me leaves them out. All-candidates meetings in the district, campaign finances and endorsements were not found on this date.
Research status
## What voche.me has checked
Evidence reviewed on 2026-10-03: the Elections BC candidate list and the 2024 statement of votes, the party's candidate page, team page and platform page, the Western Standard report of September 29, 2026, the Rick Hansen Foundation's 2025 medal page and director page, the Governor General's recipient list, the Tri-Cities Chamber's awards list, the Business Council of BC's board page and a 2020 Techcouver report.
No campaign website or statement in his own words was found. The party's platform page says the full platform is coming soon and does not name him. His social media accounts could not be read without signing in. The Business Council's own news page about its new chair returned an error on 2026-10-03, so nothing from it is used. An empty section records what voche.me did not find on this date.
03 / Background
## Experience & community
2011 onward, by the party's account
### Co-founder, Finger Food Studios, Port Coquitlam
The party says he co-founded the firm in 2011 and grew it to 200 employees. Techcouver reported in 2020 that its CEO was Ryan Peterson.
[Party candidate page](https://conservativebc.ca/candidate/ryan-peterson/)
2019
### Business Leader award, Tri-Cities Chamber of Commerce
The Chamber's list of 2019 recipients names Ryan Peterson of Finger Food Advanced Technology Group as the winner of the Business Leader award.
[Tri-Cities Chamber of Commerce](https://www.tricitieschamber.com/2022/05/01/tri-cities-chamber-business-excellence-awards-recipients-through-the-years/)
2020
### VP, Solutions, Unity Technologies
Techcouver reported on May 7, 2020 that Unity bought Finger Food Advanced Technology Group and that its CEO, Ryan Peterson, would become Unity's VP, Solutions. The party says he later led a division of more than 1,000 people.
[Techcouver](https://techcouver.com/2020/05/07/finger-food-advanced-technology-acquired-by-unity/)
2025
### King Charles III Coronation Medal
The Rick Hansen Foundation lists Ryan and Monica Peterson among its Community Builder medal recipients and describes Ryan as a foundation director and a Business Council of British Columbia board and executive committee member. The Governor General's list shows a Ryan Peterson of Anmore, awarded on June 20, 2025.
[Rick Hansen Foundation](https://www.rickhansen.com/news-stories/blog/coronation-medal)
2026
### Chair, Business Council of British Columbia
The Western Standard calls him chair of the Business Council of BC. The party says he was elected chair in 2026 and stepped away to seek election. voche.me has not seen the Council's own record of the term.
[Western Standard](https://www.westernstandard.news/bc/day-8-of-the-2026-bc-election-carney-comes-to-town/77389)
2026
### Conservative Party of BC candidate, Coquitlam-Burke Mountain
Listed by Elections BC with the affiliation Conservative Party. The Western Standard reports that the party introduced him in the week of September 28, 2026.
[Elections BC candidate list](https://www.elections.bc.ca/docs/fin/GE-2026-10-24-Candidate-Website-Report.PDF)
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.
What are your top three commitments for Coquitlam-Burke Mountain, and how would you pay for each?
No response has been submitted.
Which parts of the party's plans for housing, health care and transit would you work on first in your district?
No response has been submitted.
When did you leave the Business Council of BC chair, and who holds the chair now?
No response has been submitted.
### Have your own question?
Ask Ryan Peterson 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 Ryan Peterson's page itself, answered directly rather than left blank.
Is this an official page for Ryan Peterson?
No. This page is researched by voche.me from public sources, listed below, and is separate from Ryan Peterson's own campaign.
What party is Ryan Peterson running with?
Ryan Peterson is running for MLA with Conservative Party of BC.
Does Ryan Peterson currently hold public office?
Not according to this profile. voche.me has not listed a current public office for Ryan Peterson.
How many sources does this Ryan Peterson 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 Ryan Peterson's page show no answer?
The "Questions & answers" section on this page lists questions voche.me would put to Ryan Peterson 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 Ryan Peterson 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 · statement of votes, 2024 ](https://elections.bc.ca/docs/rpt/statement-of-votes-2024-provincial-election.pdf)Checked October 3, 2026
- [Conservative Party of BC · candidate page ](https://conservativebc.ca/candidate/ryan-peterson/)Checked October 3, 2026
- [Western Standard · Day 8 of the 2026 BC Election ](https://www.westernstandard.news/bc/day-8-of-the-2026-bc-election-carney-comes-to-town/77389)Checked October 3, 2026
- [Rick Hansen Foundation · Coronation Medal recipients ](https://www.rickhansen.com/news-stories/blog/coronation-medal)Checked October 3, 2026
- [Governor General of Canada · Ryan Peterson, Coronation Medal ](https://www.gg.ca/en/honours/recipients/5431-156607)Checked October 3, 2026
- [Tri-Cities Chamber of Commerce · Business Excellence Awards recipients ](https://www.tricitieschamber.com/2022/05/01/tri-cities-chamber-business-excellence-awards-recipients-through-the-years/)Checked October 3, 2026
- [Techcouver · Finger Food acquired by Unity ](https://techcouver.com/2020/05/07/finger-food-advanced-technology-acquired-by-unity/)Checked October 3, 2026
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