Ten parties.
93 seats.
On October 24, 2026 British Columbia elects 93 MLAs, one in each district. Ten parties have candidates on the official list so far, along with 15 candidates with no party. Every party here is covered on the same eleven issues.
EVERY PARTY, LARGEST SLATE FIRST
The parties running in 2026
Order here follows how many candidates each party is running, taken from the official Elections BC candidate list. It is not a ranking of anything else.
Conservative Party of BC
Led by interim leader Lorne Doerkson since September 20, 2026, with one detailed plan published by September 30
BC NDP
The governing party, led by Premier David Eby
BC Green Party
BC Green Party: leader, plan and record for the 2026 BC election
Centre BC
Centre BC: leader, positions and history for the 2026 BC election
OneBC
OneBC: leader, plan and record for the 2026 BC election
BC Libertarian Party
BC Libertarian Party: candidates in the BC provincial election 2026
Communist Party of BC
Communist Party of BC: candidates in the BC provincial election 2026
Christian Heritage Party of BC
Christian Heritage Party of BC: candidates in the BC provincial election 2026
CanWest Party
CanWest Party: a new party based in Richmond
Freedom Party of BC
Freedom Party of BC: candidates in the BC provincial election 2026
BY RACE
Who is contesting each race
Not every party runs for every office. Four parties are not running a mayoral candidate at all, and two are contesting a single race.
SIDE BY SIDE
Compare every party on one issue
These pages put all ten parties next to each other on a single subject, with the source beside each position. They are the fastest way to see where the real disagreements are.
Housing
The province sets tenancy law and rent increase limits, funds and runs BC Housing, and passes the laws that decide what cities may zone and permit. Cities approve individual developments.
Health care
The province funds and runs public health care through its health authorities, sets what doctors and nurses are paid and decides where hospitals and clinics are built. Ottawa sets national standards and pays a share of the cost.
Cost of living
The province sets the minimum wage, income assistance rates and provincial tax credits, and decides the rules for public auto insurance and electricity. Ottawa sets federal tax credits and cities set property tax.
Public safety
The province sets policing standards, funds courts, prosecutions and corrections, and regulates local police boards. Criminal law, including bail and sentencing rules, is federal.
Economy
The province sets employment standards and workers’ compensation, collects resource royalties, decides permitting for mines, forestry and energy projects, and supports business through tax and grant programs. Trade rules are shared with Ottawa.
Education
The province funds public schools, sets the curriculum and the framework for teacher bargaining, and funds colleges and universities. School boards run local schools inside that funding.
Climate
The province sets its own emissions targets and climate plan, environmental assessment and permitting for major projects, and rules on land, water and provincial parks. Ottawa regulates areas such as interprovincial pipelines and fisheries.
Reconciliation
The province negotiates treaties and agreements with First Nations alongside Ottawa, and passed the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act in 2019 to align provincial laws with the United Nations Declaration.
Transportation
The province builds and maintains highways and bridges, funds transit and coastal ferry service, and licenses drivers and vehicles through ICBC. Cities run their own streets.
Taxes and budget
The province sets provincial income tax rates, the provincial sales tax, the property transfer tax and the annual budget, and decides how much it transfers to cities and health authorities. Ottawa sets federal taxes and cities set property tax rates.
Governance
The legislature makes provincial law and holds the government to account. The province decides election rules, sets the powers of cities through laws such as the Community Charter, and runs public agencies; only the legislature can change them.
How these pages are built
Every party gets the same pages, so the shape of a page never suggests that one party matters more than another. What differs is how much each party has published. Where a party has published nothing on a subject, the page says so and gives the date we looked, rather than leaving a blank. Pages with nothing sourced on them are kept out of search results until they have something.
A party's own website proves what the party claims, not that the claim is true. Those sources are marked. Candidate affiliations come only from the official Elections BC candidate list.