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# snap election

2 stories, newest first. Times are Pacific.

## Wednesday, October 7

Opinion

### [Opinion: BC votes twice in eight days. Local leaders asked Eby to wait, and 57 per cent of voters disapprove of the early call](https://voche.me/bc/provincial-2026/news/opinion-two-elections-eight-days-local-vote)

Local elections are on October 17 and the provincial election is on October 24. The voche.me editors set out what the overlap has done and ask voters to vote in both.

10:56 pm PT5 min read

## Friday, October 2

Election newsReported

### [Garry Thind named Conservative candidate in Surrey-Guildford, stays on school board ballot](https://voche.me/bc/provincial-2026/news/garry-thind-conservative-surrey-guildford-2026)

The North Delta Reporter reports that Garry Thind is running for the BC Conservatives in Surrey-Guildford while still listed on the Surrey school board trustee ballot for the October 17 civic election, because the provincial snap election call came after the withdrawal deadline.

4:07 pm PT2 min read

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