BC NDP candidate for MLA in Penticton-Summerland, who ran in the district in 2024 and finished second.
Tina Lee is the BC NDP candidate in Penticton-Summerland. She was the party's candidate there in 2024 and finished second, with 11,298 votes (40.24 percent) to Amelia Boultbee's 11,615 (41.37 percent). Boultbee, the sitting MLA, announced she would not run again, and the BC NDP named Lee as its candidate on October 1, 2026. Okanagan College's board records list a Tina Lee as a member of its Board of Governors from 2021 to at least June 2024.
A record of what voche.me could verify about Tina Lee's 2026 candidacy in Penticton-Summerland. She has held no elected office in the records voche.me read, so there is no voting record to review. Her one public role found in an official record is a seat on the Okanagan College Board of Governors.
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01 / Introduction
About Tina Lee
Elections BC lists Tina Lee as the BC NDP candidate in Penticton-Summerland. Four candidates are on the list read on October 3, 2026: Bradley Sean Bartsch (BC Green Party), Warren Hamm (OneBC), Tina Lee (BC NDP) and Tracy St Claire (Conservative Party). Nominations closed at 1 p.m. that day.
Lee ran in the district in 2024. The Elections BC statement of votes gives her 11,298 votes (40.24 percent) and Amelia Boultbee of the Conservative Party 11,615 votes (41.37 percent), a difference of 317 votes.
Penticton Western News reported on October 1, 2026 that the BC NDP announced Lee as its candidate days after Boultbee, who joined the BC NDP earlier in 2026, said she would not seek re-election. The Penticton Herald reported that local BC NDP supporters were told by email that Lee was their acclaimed candidate. In a social media post that Penticton Western News reported, Lee thanked supporters for gathering the 100 signatures she needed in under 48 hours.
Okanagan College's board records list a Tina Lee as a member of its Board of Governors. A board table in the March 22, 2022 agenda package gives an appointment date of July 31, 2021, and the June 18, 2024 minutes list her in attendance. The campaign and the Penticton Herald's 2024 report on her nomination also describe her as a board member. The college's members page of October 3, 2026 does not list her.
Her campaign page says she has worked across six continents, lives in Penticton and volunteers with Penticton Safety Village, the Community Foundation of the South Okanagan and Dragonfly Pond. A BC NDP release of July 28, 2024 says she worked as an executive with the City of Penticton and in an outreach role for MP Richard Cannings. These are the campaign's and the party's descriptions, and voche.me has not checked them against City or federal records.
voche.me has not contacted the campaign. Elections BC lists no occupation, so the background above comes from the campaign, the party and news reports, each named where it appears.
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 · HousingCampaign pledge
Stand up for affordable housing
In a statement issued through the BC NDP on October 1, 2026, Lee said people in Penticton-Summerland deserve a representative who will stand up for affordable housing, and said families need to be able to find a home they can afford.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
Her words, as quoted by Penticton Western News from a BC NDP news release. She names no program, no number of homes, no cost and no date.
What still needs checking
Which housing measure does Lee name for Penticton and Summerland, with a number and a date?
In the same statement Lee said the Province must make sure seniors can age with dignity and people can get the care and support they need, and she named mental health supports and strong public services.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
Her words, as quoted by Penticton Western News from a BC NDP news release. She names no program, no number, no cost and no date.
What still needs checking
Which health or seniors' care measure does Lee name for the district, with a cost and a date?
The BC NDP platform page says the party will keep recruiting and training more doctors, nurses and health care workers of all kinds. The page does not name Lee.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
Party text. The page does not name Lee, and her own statement quoted above names no workforce measure.
What still needs checking
Does Lee say which parts of the BC NDP health plan she would bring to Penticton-Summerland?
The BC NDP platform page says the party is doubling skilled trades training by 2028-29. The page does not name Lee.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
Party text. The page does not name Lee, and voche.me found no statement by her on jobs or training in 2026 beyond the campaign page's line that the party has a plan to create jobs.
What still needs checking
Does Lee speak on jobs or trades training during the campaign?
The Okanagan College board documents below list her as a member from 2021. The 2024 election result comes from Elections BC.
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Statement
Statement on becoming the BC NDP candidate
In a BC NDP news release quoted by Penticton Western News, Lee said the district needs a representative who will stand up for affordable housing, mental health supports and strong public services, and that she stands with the BC NDP for working people and a fair chance to get ahead.
Penticton Western News reported that in a social media post on October 1 Lee thanked supporters for gathering the 100 signatures she needed to be a candidate in under 48 hours. voche.me could not read the post itself.
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Reporting
Penticton Western News · Brennan Phillips
Tina Lee to take second shot at Penticton-Summerland for BC NDP
Reports her return as the BC NDP candidate after Amelia Boultbee announced she would not run, the 2024 result, and the other declared candidates.
Sources checked October 3, 2026. Official records establish decisions; campaign material establishes stated positions; reporting adds investigation and context. None alone establishes every claim.
The campaign and the Penticton Herald's 2024 report call her a member of the Okanagan College Board of Governors. The college's board records list a Tina Lee as a member from July 31, 2021 and in attendance on June 18, 2024. The September 24, 2024 minutes and the college's members page of October 3, 2026 do not list her, and voche.me did not find her end date. The campaign page says she "helped deliver real action on housing" through 101 units of student housing "announced this spring". The college's news item of September 23, 2026 reports the opening of a 101-bed building on the Penticton campus and names neither her nor the board. voche.me did not find the spring announcement or any record of her part in it, so it states no result from that claim. Her work with the City of Penticton, her work for MP Richard Cannings and her work in other countries come only from the BC NDP's 2024 release, the campaign page and her statements to the Penticton Herald, and none was checked against City, federal or other records. No 2026 release naming her was found on the BC NDP releases page on this date. The party's team page loads its candidate names through a script, so a direct read shows none. Her Facebook, Instagram and X accounts, which the campaign page links, showed only an account header, so no posts could be read. Castanet pages on her 2024 and 2026 candidacy answered with an access error. No all-candidates meeting, endorsement or campaign finance record for 2026 was found. The Elections BC list shows nominations to 1 p.m. on October 3, 2026, so the candidate list for the district may still change.
Research status
What voche.me has checked
Evidence reviewed on 2026-10-03: the Elections BC candidate list, key dates page and 2024 statement of votes; her campaign page; the BC NDP platform page, releases page and a July 2024 release; Okanagan College's Board of Governors page, two agenda packages (March and May 2022), the minutes of June 18 and September 24, 2024 and a September 23, 2026 news item; and reports by Penticton Western News, the Penticton Herald and My South Okanagan Now.
The name search was limited: the search tool reached its usage limit, so voche.me read news sites directly and one public search results page that answered once. Castanet pages answered with an access error and none of their content is used. Her Facebook, Instagram and X accounts showed only an account header, and nothing from them is used. An empty section records what voche.me did not find on this date.
Named as the party's candidate after Amelia Boultbee said she would not run, according to Penticton Western News. Elections BC lists her as a candidate on October 3, 2026.
BC NDP candidate, Penticton-Summerland (second place)
Won the BC NDP nomination on July 28, 2024 over Linda Sankey, according to the Penticton Herald. In the October 2024 election she received 11,298 votes (40.24 percent) and finished 317 votes behind the winner, according to the Elections BC statement of votes.
The board's table of members, in the March 22, 2022 agenda package, lists Tina Merrie Lee as appointed on July 31, 2021, with 2024 as the expiry year. The May 24, 2022 agenda lists a Human Resource Committee chair report by T. Lee. The June 18, 2024 minutes list Tina Lee in attendance. The September 24, 2024 minutes and the college's members page of October 3, 2026 do not list her.
Her campaign page says she volunteers with Penticton Safety Village, the Community Foundation of the South Okanagan and Dragonfly Pond. voche.me did not check the three organizations' records.
Proposed questions for a future interview. They have not been sent to the candidate, and no answers have been supplied.
What would you do first as MLA for Penticton-Summerland, and by when?
No response has been submitted.
What would you ask the Province to fund for housing in Penticton and Summerland, and how many homes?
No response has been submitted.
Which parts of the BC NDP platform do you support, and where do you differ from it?
No response has been submitted.
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05 / About this page
Questions about this page
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Is this an official page for Tina Lee?
No. This page is researched by voche.me from public sources, listed below, and is separate from Tina Lee's own campaign.
What party is Tina Lee running with?
Tina Lee is running for MLA with BC NDP.
Does Tina Lee currently hold public office?
Not according to this profile. voche.me has not listed a current public office for Tina Lee.
How many sources does this Tina Lee 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 Tina Lee's page show no answer?
The "Questions & answers" section on this page lists questions voche.me would put to Tina Lee 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 Tina Lee 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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