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3 candidates, one seat. This district elects one MLA. Voters mark one name on Saturday, October 24, 2026, and the candidate with the most votes wins the seat. Powell River-Sunshine Coast is a provincial electoral district on the southwest coast of British Columbia. It takes in Gibsons, Sechelt, Powell River, Lund and Texada Island, and a large part of the mainland coast north of them, including Toba Inlet and Bute Inlet. The 2021 census counted 53,220 people in it, and the Electoral Boundaries Commission gives its area as 21,093 square kilometres. ## The candidates In alphabetical order [MLA · Powell River-Sunshine Coast**BC Green Party**

Griffin Leonard Lea

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John Henderson

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Randene Neill

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People, 2021 census
53,220
Area
21,093 km²
Registered voters, 2024
44,009
Turnout, 2024
66.35%
Median age
55.6
Median household income, 2020
$70,000
THE DISTRICT ## Where Powell River-Sunshine Coast is 21,093 km² · 53,220 people Powell River-Sunshine Coast lies on the mainland coast of British Columbia, along the Strait of Georgia and the inlets that open into it. The Electoral Boundaries Commission's 2023 final report says the district includes the communities of Gibsons, Sechelt, Lund, Powell River and Texada Island. It says the district's boundaries follow the qathet Regional District, the Sunshine Coast Regional District and the Strathcona Regional District. The report gives the area as 21,093 square kilometres. Its table of the earlier districts gives the same population, 53,217, and an area of 21,007 square kilometres. The commission's map draws the district from Port Mellon and Gibsons in the south to Bute Inlet, Toba Inlet and Port Neville in the north. It labels Gambier Island, Halfmoon Bay, Madeira Park, Saltery Bay, Lang Bay, Lund and Gillies Bay inside the boundary, with Highway 101 drawn along the coast and Jervis Inlet reaching inland. It also shows Desolation Sound, Spipiyus and Tetrahedron provincial parks. The report describes the wider region of North Vancouver, West Vancouver, the Sea to Sky corridor and the Sunshine Coast as a place where travel outside the two cities is challenging because of mountain roads and dependence on ferries. BC Geographical Names places the city of Powell River on the east side of the Strait of Georgia, northwest of Jervis Inlet. It places Texada Island south of Powell River, and says the Texada community of Blubber Bay is connected to Powell River by ferry. The Raincoast place names encyclopedia describes the ferry terminal at Langdale, on the west side of Howe Sound, as a BC Ferries terminal. - Gibsons - Langdale - Roberts Creek - Halfmoon Bay - Sechelt - Ch’átlich (shíshálh Nation lands at Sechelt) - Madeira Park - Port Mellon - Gambier Island - Saltery Bay - Lang Bay - Powell River - Townsite - Westview - Cranberry - Wildwood - Sliammon (Tla’amin Nation) - Lund - Texada Island - Van Anda - Gillies Bay - Blubber Bay - Hamalco 1 (Homalco First Nation) - Klahoose 1 (Klahoose First Nation) - Port Neville Sources: [British Columbia Electoral Boundaries Commission (opens in a new tab)](https://elections.bc.ca/docs/rpt/BCEBC-Final-Report-April-3-2023.pdf), [BC Geographical Names Office (opens in a new tab)](https://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/38681.html), [BC Geographical Names Office (opens in a new tab)](https://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/15098.html), [KnowBC (opens in a new tab)](https://knowbc.com/limited/Books/The-Encyclopedia-of-Raincoast-Place-Names/L/Langdale) HISTORY ## The history of the area Checked Thursday, October 8, 2026 ### Nations of the Sunshine Coast and the northern inlets The shíshálh Nation describes its swiya, the territory of the shíshálh people, as lying between Queens Reach in lekw’emin (Jervis Inlet) and Howe Sound. Its website names four main settlements of the past: kalpilin (Pender Harbour), ts’unay (Deserted Bay), xenichen (the head of lekw’emin) and tewankw near alhtulich (Porpoise Bay). The Province of British Columbia gives the swiya as 514,520 hectares, from x̱enichen to kalpilin, reaching kwekwenis (Lang Bay) in the west and xwesam (Roberts Creek) in the southeast. Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada gives the traditional territory of the Tla’amin Nation as 609,000 hectares, including marine areas. The BC Treaty Commission describes it as the area around Powell River, including Lasqueti and Texada islands, and the Province lists a Tla’amin population of 1,248. BC Geographical Names records the word qathet as belonging to the ʔayʔaǰuθəm language. The qathet Museum & Archives says archaeological evidence indicates that the Tla’amin people have occupied the region for at least 7,600 years. On the northern mainland the commission's map labels the reserves Hamalco 1 and Klahoose 1. The Homalco First Nation calls itself χʷɛmaɬkʷu, the people of the fast-running waters, and says its territory goes up Toba Inlet to Brem River and up Bute Inlet. The Klahoose Nation says its traditional territories span from Cortes Island to Toba Inlet. The BC Treaty Commission lists the Homalco and Klahoose treaty tables at Stage 4, the stage of talks toward an agreement in principle. Sources: [shíshálh Nation (opens in a new tab)](https://shishalh.com/), [Province of British Columbia (opens in a new tab)](https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/environment/natural-resource-stewardship/consulting-with-first-nations/first-nations-negotiations/first-nations-a-z-listing/sechelt-sh-sh-lh-first-nation/sh-sh-lh-nation-british-columbia-foundation-agreement), [Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (opens in a new tab)](https://www.rcaanc-cirnac.gc.ca/eng/1397050017650/1542999641532), [BC Treaty Commission (opens in a new tab)](https://www.bctreaty.ca/tlaamin-nation), [Province of British Columbia (opens in a new tab)](https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/environment/natural-resource-stewardship/consulting-with-first-nations/first-nations-negotiations/first-nations-a-z-listing/tla-amin-nation-sliammon-first-nation), [BC Geographical Names Office (opens in a new tab)](https://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/70661.html), [qathet Museum & Archives (opens in a new tab)](https://qathetmuseum.ca/community-history/), [Homalco First Nation (opens in a new tab)](https://www.homalco.com/), [Klahoose First Nation (opens in a new tab)](https://www.klahoose.org/), [BC Treaty Commission (opens in a new tab)](https://bctreaty.ca/homalco-first-nation), [BC Treaty Commission (opens in a new tab)](https://www.bctreaty.ca/klahoose-first-nation), [British Columbia Electoral Boundaries Commission (opens in a new tab)](https://elections.bc.ca/docs/rpt/BCEBC-Final-Report-April-3-2023.pdf) ### Sechelt, Gibsons and Langdale, 1868 to 1982 BC Geographical Names says the shíshálh people live today mostly at Ch’átlich, in the Sechelt Indian Government District, where Paul Durieu established a Roman Catholic Oblate mission in 1868. It says a large church and a residential school were built there later. A separate record gives ch’atlich as the shashishalhem name for the site of Sechelt, meaning the side of land facing the far out water, on advice from the Nation's stewardship division in 2019. The same record says the shíshálh people carried canoes across the narrow strip of land there as a short cut to Sechelt Inlet. The Sechelt post office opened on 1 March 1896, and the settler community began in the 1890s with a hotel and a store. Sechelt was incorporated as a village on 15 February 1956. The Encyclopedia of British Columbia says Gibsons was named for George Gibson, a retired British naval officer who arrived in 1886, and that the place was known as Gibson’s Landing. It says that in 1892, when the post office needed a name, many residents preferred Elphinstone and Gibson, the first postmaster, preferred Georgetown. BC Geographical Names says Gibsons Landing was incorporated as a village on 4 March 1929 and became a town on 17 December 1982. The Encyclopedia places Gibsons in Squamish Nation territory. The Sunshine Coast Regional District says its communities lie in the territories of the shíshálh and Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Nations. The Raincoast place names encyclopedia says Robinson Henry Langdale pre-empted land on the creek at Langdale in 1893 and received a Crown grant, the legal title to the land, in 1908. In 1955 the Black Ball Line moved its ferry dock to Langdale from Gibsons. Sources: [BC Geographical Names Office (opens in a new tab)](https://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/18110.html), [BC Geographical Names Office (opens in a new tab)](https://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/73681.html), [KnowBC (opens in a new tab)](https://knowbc.com/limited/Books/Encyclopedia-of-BC/G/Gibsons), [BC Geographical Names Office (opens in a new tab)](https://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/51909.html), [Sunshine Coast Regional District (opens in a new tab)](https://www.scrd.ca/our-role/), [KnowBC (opens in a new tab)](https://knowbc.com/limited/Books/The-Encyclopedia-of-Raincoast-Place-Names/L/Langdale) ### The mill and the Townsite at Powell River, 1880 to 1930 BC Geographical Names says Powell River and Powell Lake were named in 1880 by Lieutenant Colonel Vere Orlebar of HMS Rocket, for Dr. Israel Wood Powell, who was superintendent of Indian affairs for the province from 1872 to 1889. The qathet Museum & Archives says the river had been known for thousands of years to the local peoples as tiskʷat, and it gives tiskʷat as the name of the Townsite as well. The same BC record says the community formed around one of the first pulp and paper mills in the province, built in 1910 to 1912 by Brooks, Scanlon & O'Brien Co. The mill was later owned by Macmillan, Bloedel & Powell River Co. and was at one time the largest in the world, with 2,000 employees. Canada's Register of Historic Places says the Powell River Company developed the Townsite in 1911. George F. Hardy, a New York engineer, carried out the early plan, and the architect John McIntyre later enlarged it. The register says the boundaries reached their current limit in 1930 and that more than 97 percent of the existing buildings date from before 1940. It records that the Townsite was recognized as a national historic site in 1995, and that the designation refers to the planned housing sector. The museum says the Townsite contains over 400 historic buildings, with homes built by the company for its employees. The Townsite Heritage Society text on the museum's website says the Powell River Company was founded by Dr. Dwight D. Brooks, Anson Brooks and Michael J. Scanlon and incorporated in 1909, and that construction of the mill and a hydroelectric dam began that year. It says the Townsite was complete in 1930, apart from housing for returning veterans of the Second World War. The museum also says Dr. Andrew Henderson and the Powell River Paper Company started the first medical plan in British Columbia in 1910, with mill workers paying $1.00 per month, and that St. Luke's Hospital, the first permanent hospital in Powell River, was completed in 1913. Sources: [BC Geographical Names Office (opens in a new tab)](https://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/16198.html), [qathet Museum & Archives (opens in a new tab)](https://qathetmuseum.ca/community-history/), [qathet Museum & Archives (opens in a new tab)](https://qathetmuseum.ca/tisk%CA%B7at-townsite/), [Canada's Historic Places, Parks Canada (opens in a new tab)](https://www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=10728) ### Tla’amin land and the six reserves, 1878 to 1949 The qathet Museum & Archives page on tiskʷat, the Townsite, draws on research by Colin Osmond published in the Tla’amin Nation's Nehmotl newsletters in February and March 2018. It says tiskʷat was inhabited by the Tla’amin people long before European contact. It says that in 1878 the Government of BC sold a large part of Tla’amin traditional territory, labelled Lot 450, to Robert Paterson Rithet, and that the lot included the village of tiskʷat. Tla’amin chiefs made several trips to Victoria to protest the sale. The museum says the land commissioner Peter O'Reilly met the Tla’amin in 1888 to survey reserves, and that surveyors allotted six reserves for the Tla’amin people, the first of them Sliammon IR 1. It says that by 1895 the Indian Land Commission had used up its funds and could not continue, which left all Tla’amin land outside the six reserves legally open to settlement and resource extraction. The BC government's page on the Nation lists two agreements about tiskʷat, a memorandum of understanding signed in 2023 and a protocol for environmental and archaeological work dated 2024. The museum also says the village at Sliammon was rebuilt after a forest fire in 1918, and that the people were taken to Harwood Island with no casualties. It records that Status Indians in British Columbia gained the right to vote in provincial elections on 1 January 1949. Sources: [qathet Museum & Archives (opens in a new tab)](https://qathetmuseum.ca/tisk%CA%B7at-townsite/), [qathet Museum & Archives (opens in a new tab)](https://qathetmuseum.ca/community-history/), [Province of British Columbia (opens in a new tab)](https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/environment/natural-resource-stewardship/consulting-with-first-nations/first-nations-negotiations/first-nations-a-z-listing/tla-amin-nation-sliammon-first-nation) ### Texada Island: iron, copper, gold and limestone, 1791 to 1976 BC Geographical Names says the Spanish officer Jose Maria Narvaez named Texada Island in 1791, and that it was adopted as an official name on 27 April 1945. It says the island has three small communities, Van Anda, Gillies Bay and Blubber Bay. The Texada Island Heritage Society says that a fisherman and homesteader named Harry Trim examined a rusty red area on a hillside west of Gillies Bay in 1871, and that this began the island's mining period. The Canadian Encyclopedia says American capital started the first of several iron and copper-gold mines near Van Anda in 1883, and that mining was a mainstay until the 1920s and again from the Second World War to 1976. The Heritage Society says Ed Blewett and Harry Treat incorporated the Van Anda Copper and Gold Company by 1896. A smelter at Van Anda ran until 1903, reopened in 1910 and operated until the mines closed in 1919. Later the building held a crushing mill that made white marble limestone for stucco, and the buildings were bulldozed and burned in the 1970s. The Canadian Encyclopedia adds that limestone quarries and lime kilns on the island have supplied material for cement, stucco and kraft pulp since the 1890s, and that the island produces most of the limestone in British Columbia. The encyclopedia gives that last statement without a year. Sources: [BC Geographical Names Office (opens in a new tab)](https://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/15098.html), [Texada Island Heritage Society (opens in a new tab)](https://texadaheritagesociety.com/), [Texada Island Heritage Society (opens in a new tab)](https://www.texadaheritagesociety.com/texada-heritage-society-gallery-mining-smelter.htm), [The Canadian Encyclopedia (opens in a new tab)](https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/texada-island) ### Lund, Wildwood and four villages that became one, 1889 to 2018 The qathet Museum & Archives says Lund, ƛaʔamɛn, was first a village site of the Tla’amin people, and that in 1889 Fred and Charles Thulin settled there and named it Lund. It says Lang Bay, mɛtokomɛn, was the site of logging and shingle-bolt companies from the 1890s, and that Lang Creek has always been important in Tla’amin territory because of its salmon runs. It says homesteaders arrived at Wildwood in 1914 and that the area has become known for agriculture and its Italian culture. The museum says the independent villages of Wildwood, Townsite, Cranberry and Westview were amalgamated in 1955 and together became the Municipality of Powell River. Many street names were changed in 1959 because some names had been used in more than one village. BC Geographical Names says Powell River was incorporated as a district municipality on 15 October 1955 and as a city, effective 15 October 2005. The Sunshine Coast Regional District was incorporated on 4 January 1967, and the Powell River Regional District on 19 December 1967. In June 2017 Elders of the Tla’amin Nation gave the word qathet to the Powell River Regional District. It means working together, and the Province changed the district's name to qathet Regional District by order on 5 July 2018. Sources: [qathet Museum & Archives (opens in a new tab)](https://qathetmuseum.ca/community-history/), [BC Geographical Names Office (opens in a new tab)](https://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/38681.html), [BC Geographical Names Office (opens in a new tab)](https://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/24060.html), [BC Geographical Names Office (opens in a new tab)](https://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/70661.html) ### Self-government and treaty, 1986 to 2026 The members of the Sechelt band approved legislation for self-government in a referendum on March 15, 1986, according to the preamble of the federal shíshálh Nation Self-Government Act. The Act was assented to on 17 June 1986 and, apart from sections 17 to 20, came into force on 9 October 1986, the day lands were transferred to the Sechelt Indian Band. A 2022 amendment continued the band under the name shíshálh Nation and the Sechelt Indian Government District as the shíshálh Nation Government District. BC Geographical Names says the District of Sechelt was re-incorporated as a district municipality on 30 June 1986. The Nation describes its government as a model of self-government since 1986. Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada says the Tla’amin Nation entered the BC treaty process in May 1994, and that Canada, British Columbia and the Nation initialled the Tla’amin Final Agreement on October 21, 2011. Members approved it in a community vote on July 10, 2012. British Columbia's act received royal assent on March 14, 2013, and the federal Tla’amin Final Agreement Act received it on June 19, 2014. The community ratified the Tla’amin Constitution in October 2009, and the agreement took effect on April 5, 2016. The federal page gives the treaty settlement land as 8,323 hectares, made up of 1,917 hectares of former reserves and 6,405 hectares of former provincial Crown land. On 4 October 2018 the shíshálh Nation and British Columbia signed a Foundation Agreement. The Province's news release says it covers land transfers, a land-use planning process and shared decision making, starting with forestry. A provincial fact sheet says the Province has transferred three parcels of land, restored twelve shíshálh place names, among them lekw’emin for Jervis Inlet and kalpilin for Pender Harbour, and renewed the agreement in 2025. The Province's page, updated on 23 March 2026, says negotiations on the Nation's Aboriginal title have not started. Sources: [Department of Justice Canada (opens in a new tab)](https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/S-6.6/FullText.html), [BC Geographical Names Office (opens in a new tab)](https://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/18110.html), [shíshálh Nation (opens in a new tab)](https://shishalh.com/), [Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (opens in a new tab)](https://www.rcaanc-cirnac.gc.ca/eng/1397050017650/1542999641532), [BC Treaty Commission (opens in a new tab)](https://www.bctreaty.ca/tlaamin-nation), [Department of Justice Canada (opens in a new tab)](https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/T-11.2/FullText.html), [Province of British Columbia (opens in a new tab)](https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/environment/natural-resource-stewardship/consulting-with-first-nations/first-nations-negotiations/first-nations-a-z-listing/tla-amin-nation-sliammon-first-nation), [Ministry of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation (opens in a new tab)](https://shishalh.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/NR_Shishalh-Foundation-Agreement_-V5-for-handout.pdf), [Province of British Columbia (opens in a new tab)](https://www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/environment/natural-resource-stewardship/consulting-with-first-nations/agreements/factsheet_shishalh_fa.pdf), [Province of British Columbia (opens in a new tab)](https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/environment/natural-resource-stewardship/consulting-with-first-nations/first-nations-negotiations/first-nations-a-z-listing/sechelt-sh-sh-lh-first-nation/sh-sh-lh-nation-british-columbia-foundation-agreement) THE SEAT ## Who has held the seat Legislative Assembly records, 35th Parliament onward Elections BC's volume for 1987 to 2001 first prints Powell River-Sunshine Coast at the 35th general election, held on 17 October 1991. The Act that set out the 75 single-member districts, the Electoral Districts Act (SBC 1990 c. 39), received assent on 27 July 1990. It took effect on 19 September 1991, when the 35th Parliament was dissolved. Gordon F. Wilson of the Liberal Party won the district in 1991 with 11,486 votes (54.69%), ahead of Howard White of the New Democratic Party with 7,117 (33.88%) and Harold Long of the Social Credit Party with 2,174 (10.35%). Janet E. Calder of the Green Party received 161 votes and Lynwood A. Jacob, an Independent, 66. The volume says Wilson sat as a member of the Progressive Democratic Alliance from 5 December 1993 and as a member of the New Democratic Party from 29 January 1999. He won in 1996 under the Progressive Democratic Alliance label with 10,833 votes (49.05%), ahead of Bill Forst of the New Democratic Party with 6,088 (27.57%) and Cameron Reid of the Liberal Party with 3,911 (17.71%). In 2001 Harold Long of the Liberal Party won with 9,904 votes (42.36%). Gordon Wilson of the New Democratic Party received 6,349 (27.15%), Adriane Carr of the Green Party 6,316 (27.01%) and Dana Larsen of the BC Marijuana Party 812 (3.48%). Nicholas Simons of the BC NDP won the district in 2005, 2009, 2013, 2017 and 2020, with 43.45%, 58.28%, 55.2%, 50.7% and 50.88% of the valid vote. In 2024 Randene Neill of the BC NDP won with 14,474 votes (49.62%). Chris Moore of the Conservative Party received 10,409 (35.68%), Chris Hergesheimer of the BC Green Party 3,932 (13.48%) and Greg Reid, an Independent, 356 (1.22%). Turnout was 66.35% of 44,009 registered voters. The commission's 2023 final report lists the district's area as 21,007 square kilometres in its table of the existing districts and 21,093 in its table of the proposed districts, with the same population of 53,217. Elections BC's conversion table matches the district's 76 voting areas to the 2017 to 2024 districts: 75 with Powell River-Sunshine Coast, 1 with North Island and 1 with Parksville-Qualicum. Sources: [Elections BC (opens in a new tab)](https://elections.bc.ca/docs/rpt/1987-2001-ElectionHistory.pdf), [Elections BC (opens in a new tab)](https://elections.bc.ca/docs/rpt/2002-2013-ElectionHistory.pdf), [Elections BC (opens in a new tab)](https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/44914a35-de9a-4830-ac48-870001ef8935), [Elections BC (opens in a new tab)](https://elections.bc.ca/docs/rpt/statement-of-votes-2024-provincial-election.pdf), [British Columbia Electoral Boundaries Commission (opens in a new tab)](https://elections.bc.ca/docs/rpt/BCEBC-Final-Report-April-3-2023.pdf) Members for Powell River-Sunshine Coast | Parliament | It sat | Member | Elected as | Party on the legislature’s record | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 43rd | 2025 to 2026 | Randene Neill | BC NDP | BC NDP | | 42nd | 2020 to 2024 | Nicholas Simons | BC NDP | BC NDP | | 41st | 2017 to 2020 | Nicholas Simons | BC NDP | BC NDP | | 40th | 2013 to 2017 | Nicholas Simons | BC NDP | BC NDP | | 39th | 2009 to 2013 | Nicholas Simons | BC NDP | BC NDP | | 38th | 2005 to 2009 | Nicholas Simons | BC NDP | BC NDP | | 37th | 2001 to 2005 | Harold Long | | BC Liberal Party | | 36th | 1996 to 2001 | Gordon Wilson | | BC NDP | | 35th | 1992 to 1996 | Gordon Wilson | | BC Liberal Party | “Elected as” is the affiliation Elections BC printed with the winning result. The last column is the party the legislature’s records give for that parliament, which differs when a member changed party while in office. A row with that column empty is a winner Elections BC prints whom the legislature’s records leave out. Source: [Legislative Assembly of British Columbia (opens in a new tab)](https://www.leg.bc.ca/members) ### Boundaries since 2024 Powell River-Sunshine Coast has 76 voting areas. 75 of them overlap the district of the same name used from 2017 to 2024. Others overlap these districts from 2017 to 2024: North Island (1), Parksville-Qualicum (1). The commission that drew the boundaries counted 53,217 people in the district, 1.0% below the average for a district, over 21,093 km². Sources: [British Columbia Electoral Boundaries Commission, Final report, April 3, 2023 (opens in a new tab)](https://elections.bc.ca/docs/rpt/BCEBC-Final-Report-April-3-2023.pdf), [Elections BC, Voting area conversion table, 2017 to 2024 (opens in a new tab)](https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/fb26db04-780c-4229-a147-da4fd5311d36) PAST RESULTS ## Every result since 2005 From Elections BC
**2024 Provincial General Election**Randene Neill, BC NDP, 49.62% | Candidate | Affiliation | Votes | Share | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Randene NeillElected | BC NDP | 14,474 | 49.62% | | Chris Moore | Conservative Party | 10,409 | 35.68% | | Chris Hergesheimer | BC Green Party | 3,932 | 13.48% | | Greg Reid | Independent | 356 | 1.22% | 29,171 valid votes · 27 rejected ballots · 44,009 registered voters · 66.35% voted
**2020 General Election**Nicholas Simons, BC NDP, 50.88% | Candidate | Affiliation | Votes | Share | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Nicholas SimonsElected | BC NDP | 12,701 | 50.88% | | Kim Darwin | BC Green Party | 8,104 | 32.47% | | Sandra Stoddart-Hansen | BC Liberal Party | 4,156 | 16.65% | 24,961 valid votes · 182 rejected ballots
**2017 General Election**Nicholas Simons, BC NDP, 50.70% | Candidate | Affiliation | Votes | Share | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Nicholas SimonsElected | BC NDP | 13,646 | 50.70% | | Mathew Wilson | BC Liberal Party | 6,602 | 24.53% | | Kim Darwin | BC Green Party | 6,505 | 24.17% | | Reuben Richards | BC Cascadia Party | 160 | 0.59% | 26,913 valid votes · 78 rejected ballots
**2013 General Election**Nicholas Simons, BC NDP, 55.20% | Candidate | Affiliation | Votes | Share | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Nicholas SimonsElected | BC NDP | 13,120 | 55.20% | | Patrick Muncaster | BC Liberal Party | 7,792 | 32.78% | | Richard Carl Till | BC Green Party | 2,856 | 12.02% | 23,768 valid votes · 92 rejected ballots
**2009 General Election**Nicholas Simons, BC NDP, 58.28% | Candidate | Affiliation | Votes | Share | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Nicholas SimonsElected | BC NDP | 13,276 | 58.28% | | Dawn Miller | BC Liberal Party | 7,818 | 34.32% | | Jeff Chilton | BC Green Party | 1,436 | 6.30% | | Allen McIntyre | BC Refed | 249 | 1.09% | 22,779 valid votes · 102 rejected ballots
**2005 General Election**Nicholas Simons, BC NDP, 43.45% | Candidate | Affiliation | Votes | Share | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Nicholas SimonsElected | BC NDP | 11,099 | 43.45% | | Maureen Clayton | BC Liberal Party | 7,702 | 30.15% | | Adriane Carr | BC Green Party | 6,585 | 25.78% | | Allen McIntyre | BC Refed | 156 | 0.61% | 25,542 valid votes · 109 rejected ballots
The boundaries changed before the 2009, 2017 and 2024 elections, so a result under the same name can cover a different area. Sources: [Elections BC, Provincial Voting Results (opens in a new tab)](https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/44914a35-de9a-4830-ac48-870001ef8935), [Statement of Votes, 2024 Provincial General Election (opens in a new tab)](https://elections.bc.ca/docs/rpt/statement-of-votes-2024-provincial-election.pdf) PEOPLE · 2021 CENSUS ## Who lives in Powell River-Sunshine Coast 53,220 residents · British Columbia beside each figure ### Age
Median age
55.6BC 42.8
- Under 1512.0%BC 14.3% - 15 to 6455.4%BC 65.3% - 65 and over32.6%BC 20.3% - 85 and over3.3%BC 2.4% ### Households
Households
24,730
People per household
2.1BC 2.4
#### Who lives together - Couples with children15.9%BC 22.7% - Couples without children34.5%BC 26.4% - One-parent families6.3%BC 7.6% - Multigenerational households1.9%BC 3.7% - People living alone33.7%BC 29.4% #### Household size - 1 person33.7%BC 29.4% - 2 persons41.9%BC 35.3% - 3 persons11.3%BC 14.5% - 4 persons8.6%BC 12.6% - 5 or more persons4.5%BC 8.2% ### Homes
Median home value
$650,000BC $785,000
Median monthly rent and utilities
$1,100BC $1,370
Median monthly cost for owners
$770BC $1,320
#### Own or rent - Own their home78.7%BC 66.8% - Rent their home20.7%BC 32.8% - Home provided by a local government or First Nation0.6%BC 0.5% #### Type of home - Single-detached house78.7%BC 42.4% - Semi-detached house2.4%BC 3.1% - Row house2.7%BC 8.3% - Apartment or flat in a duplex3.3%BC 12.2% - Apartment in a building that has fewer than five storeys7.6%BC 20.4% - Apartment in a building that has five or more storeys0.7%BC 10.9% - Other single-attached house0.2%BC 0.2% - Movable dwelling4.4%BC 2.5% #### When the home was built - 1960 or earlier17.5%BC 12.5% - 1961 to 198027.7%BC 27.0% - 1981 to 199014.1%BC 14.2% - 1991 to 200017.5%BC 16.5% - 2001 to 20055.7%BC 6.0% - 2006 to 20106.9%BC 8.0% - 2011 to 20154.5%BC 6.6% - 2016 to 20216.1%BC 9.1% ### Housing costs - Renters paying 30% or more of income on housing39.2%BC 37.8% - Owners paying 30% or more of income on housing16.3%BC 19.3% - Renters in core housing need24.4%BC 24.7% - Owners in core housing need7.1%BC 8.0% - Renters in subsidized housing10.4%BC 11.0% - Owners with a mortgage46.9%BC 57.5% ### Income Income is for the year 2020.
Median household income
$70,000BC $85,000
After tax
$63,600BC $76,000
Median income per person
$37,600BC $40,800
#### Living on a low income (after-tax measure) - All ages13.0%BC 10.8% - Under 1813.2%BC 11.3% - 18 to 6412.3%BC 9.7% - 65 and over14.0%BC 13.8% ### Languages #### First language learned - English87.8%BC 67.1% - French1.9%BC 1.2% - German1.5%BC 1.0% - Dutch0.7%BC 0.4% - Italian0.6%BC 0.4% - Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)0.6%BC 1.7% - Spanish0.5%BC 1.2% - Mandarin0.5%BC 4.1% - Polish0.3%BC 0.3% - Vietnamese0.3%BC 0.7% #### Spoken most often at home - English95.9%BC 78.5% - French0.4%BC 0.3% - Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)0.3%BC 0.9% - Punjabi (Panjabi)0.3%BC 3.8% - Korean0.2%BC 0.9% - Mandarin0.2%BC 3.3% - Vietnamese0.2%BC 0.4% - Spanish0.1%BC 0.6% #### English and French - English only92.3%BC 90.1% - English and French7.4%BC 6.6% - Neither English nor French0.3%BC 3.3% ### Immigration
Born outside Canada (immigrants)
16.3%BC 29.0%
Non-permanent residents
0.7%BC 3.5%
#### Where immigrants were born - United Kingdom28.5%BC 8.2% - United States of America12.5%BC 4.2% - Philippines6.3%BC 9.2% - Germany6.1%BC 2.2% - Netherlands3.6%BC 1.1% - Oceania and other places of birth3.5%BC 2.3% - Italy3.0%BC 0.9% - China2.5%BC 15.3% - India2.3%BC 13.8% - South Africa, Republic of2.2%BC 1.1% #### When immigrants arrived - Arrived before 198050.5%BC 19.7% - 1980 to 199011.9%BC 11.5% - 1991 to 20009.7%BC 21.0% - 2001 to 201012.0%BC 22.2% - 2011 to 202115.9%BC 25.6% #### Generations in Canada - First generation18.5%BC 33.7% - Second generation20.9%BC 21.7% - Third generation or more60.6%BC 44.5% ### Identity and origins
Indigenous identity
7.8%BC 5.9%
Visible minority
7.5%BC 34.4%
#### Visible minority groups - Filipino1.5%BC 3.5% - Chinese1.3%BC 11.2% - South Asian1.1%BC 9.6% - Japanese0.7%BC 0.9% - Southeast Asian0.7%BC 1.5% - Black0.6%BC 1.3% - Latin American0.4%BC 1.3% - Korean0.4%BC 1.5% - Multiple visible minorities0.3%BC 1.2% - Visible minority (other)0.2%BC 0.4% - Arab0.1%BC 0.6% - West Asian0.1%BC 1.4% #### Ethnic or cultural origins reported most often - English33.5%BC 20.7% - Scottish25.7%BC 15.8% - Irish20.2%BC 12.8% - German13.5%BC 11.0% - Canadian10.6%BC 9.3% - French9.8%BC 6.4% - British Isles6.8%BC 3.9% - Dutch4.9%BC 3.9% - Ukrainian4.7%BC 4.3% - Italian4.4%BC 3.3% ### Religion - No religion62.5%BC 52.1% - Christian33.5%BC 34.3% - Other religions1.3%BC 1.0% - Buddhist1.0%BC 1.7% - Jewish0.5%BC 0.5% - Sikh0.4%BC 5.9% - Muslim0.3%BC 2.6% - Hindu0.2%BC 1.7% - Traditional Indigenous spirituality0.2%BC 0.2% ### Education Highest level completed, ages 25 to 64. - No certificate, diploma or degree9.2%BC 8.0% - High school diploma29.5%BC 25.8% - College, trades or other certificate below a bachelor’s degree38.6%BC 31.2% - Bachelor’s degree or higher22.8%BC 35.0% ### Work
In the labour force
52.5%BC 63.3%
Employed
48.2%BC 57.9%
Unemployment rate at the census
8.1%BC 8.4%
#### Industries with the most workers - Health care and social assistance14.2%BC 12.3% - Retail trade12.2%BC 11.6% - Construction11.6%BC 9.0% - Professional, scientific and technical services8.2%BC 9.2% - Accommodation and food services7.4%BC 7.0% - Educational services6.2%BC 7.4% - Manufacturing5.3%BC 5.9% - Transportation and warehousing5.0%BC 5.5% #### Kinds of work - Sales and service occupations25.1%BC 25.6% - Trades, transport and equipment operators and related occupations21.3%BC 18.0% - Business, finance and administration occupations13.1%BC 17.1% - Occupations in education, law and social, community and government services11.8%BC 11.9% - Health occupations8.9%BC 7.7% - Natural and applied sciences and related occupations5.5%BC 8.0% - Occupations in art, culture, recreation and sport5.4%BC 4.2% - Natural resources, agriculture and related production occupations4.4%BC 2.8% - Occupations in manufacturing and utilities3.2%BC 3.4% - Legislative and senior management occupations1.1%BC 1.2% ### Getting to work #### Where people worked - Worked at home19.9%BC 22.6% - Worked outside Canada0.1%BC 0.4% - No fixed workplace address19.9%BC 15.3% - Worked at a usual workplace60.1%BC 61.6% #### How commuters travelled - Car, truck or van85.4%BC 79.9% - Public transit2.9%BC 9.3% - On foot7.1%BC 6.5% - Bicycle1.3%BC 2.0% - Other method3.2%BC 2.3% #### Length of the trip - Less than 15 minutes51.8%BC 31.8% - 15 to 29 minutes28.1%BC 34.0% - 30 to 44 minutes11.8%BC 19.7% - 45 to 59 minutes2.7%BC 7.3% - 60 minutes and over5.5%BC 7.2% ### Moving Where residents lived five years before the census. - Lived at the same address58.3%BC 56.2% - Moved within the same municipality10.8%BC 16.1% - Moved from elsewhere in BC25.4%BC 17.0% - Moved from another province3.6%BC 4.6% - Moved from another country2.0%BC 6.1% Counts in the census are rounded to the nearest 5, and shares are worked out from those counts. Source: [BC Stats, from Statistics Canada tabulations, 2021 Census Profile for BC Provincial Electoral Districts (2023 Redistribution) (opens in a new tab)](https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/census-profiles-for-bc-provincial-electoral-districts) QUESTIONS ## Questions about Powell River-Sunshine Coast 10 answers ### Where is Powell River-Sunshine Coast? Powell River-Sunshine Coast is a provincial electoral district on the southwest coast of British Columbia. The Electoral Boundaries Commission's 2023 final report gives its area as 21,093 square kilometres. It runs from Port Mellon and Gibsons in the south to Powell River, Lund and the inlets of the northern mainland, and it includes Texada Island. ### Which communities are in Powell River-Sunshine Coast? Powell River-Sunshine Coast includes Gibsons, Sechelt, Lund, Powell River and Texada Island, according to the commission's 2023 final report. Its map also labels Halfmoon Bay, Madeira Park, Saltery Bay, Lang Bay, Gillies Bay, Gambier Island and Port Mellon. Elections BC's 2024 results list voting places at Langdale, Roberts Creek and Halfmoon Bay. ### Who won Powell River-Sunshine Coast in the 2024 provincial election? Randene Neill of the BC NDP won Powell River-Sunshine Coast in 2024 with 14,474 votes, 49.62% of the valid vote. Chris Moore of the Conservative Party received 10,409, Chris Hergesheimer of the BC Green Party 3,932 and Greg Reid, an Independent, 356. Turnout was 66.35% of 44,009 registered voters. ### Who represented Powell River-Sunshine Coast before 2024? Nicholas Simons of the BC NDP represented Powell River-Sunshine Coast before 2024. He won the district in 2005, 2009, 2013, 2017 and 2020, taking 50.88% of the valid vote in 2020. Harold Long of the Liberal Party held the seat before him after the 2001 election, and Gordon Wilson held it from 1991 to 2001. ### When was Powell River-Sunshine Coast first created? The name Powell River-Sunshine Coast was first used at the 35th general election on 17 October 1991, under the Electoral Districts Act of 1990, which set out 75 single-member districts. Gordon F. Wilson of the Liberal Party won it that year with 11,486 votes, 54.69%. Elections BC's volume for 1987 to 2001 prints the result. ### How did the boundaries of Powell River-Sunshine Coast change in 2023? The commission's 2023 final report gives Powell River-Sunshine Coast an area of 21,093 square kilometres in the proposed districts, against 21,007 in the existing ones, with the same population of 53,217. Of the district's 76 voting areas, Elections BC's conversion table matches 75 to the earlier Powell River-Sunshine Coast, 1 to North Island and 1 to Parksville-Qualicum. ### How many people live in Powell River-Sunshine Coast? The 2021 census counted 53,220 people in Powell River-Sunshine Coast, with a median age of 55.6 compared with 42.8 across British Columbia. The median household income was $70,000, and 78.7% of homes were owned. Indigenous identity was reported by 7.8% of residents, 4,065 people, of whom 2,545 reported a First Nations identity and 1,355 a Métis identity. ### Whose traditional territory is Powell River-Sunshine Coast on? Powell River-Sunshine Coast takes in the territories of the shíshálh Nation, the Tla’amin Nation, the Homalco First Nation and the Klahoose Nation. The Province gives the shíshálh swiya as 514,520 hectares, and Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada gives the Tla’amin traditional territory as 609,000 hectares. The Homalco and Klahoose Nations describe their territories on their own websites. ### Which treaties and self-government agreements apply in Powell River-Sunshine Coast? In Powell River-Sunshine Coast the Tla’amin Final Agreement took effect on April 5, 2016, and the shíshálh Nation has had self-government legislation since 1986. The shíshálh Nation and British Columbia signed a Foundation Agreement on 4 October 2018 and renewed it in 2025. The Homalco and Klahoose treaty tables are at Stage 4, according to the BC Treaty Commission. ### What does qathet mean in the Powell River area? The word qathet, used by the qathet Regional District inside Powell River-Sunshine Coast, means working together. Elders of the Tla’amin Nation gave it to the regional district in June 2017, and the Province changed the name from Powell River Regional District to qathet Regional District on 5 July 2018. The word is written in lowercase because Tla’amin orthography has no capital letters. SOURCES ## Where this page comes from Figures read Thursday, October 8, 2026 1. [2021 Census Profile for BC Provincial Electoral Districts (2023 Redistribution) (opens in a new tab)](https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/census-profiles-for-bc-provincial-electoral-districts)BC Stats, from Statistics Canada tabulations · read Thursday, October 8, 2026 2. [Provincial Voting Results (opens in a new tab)](https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/44914a35-de9a-4830-ac48-870001ef8935)Elections BC · read Thursday, October 8, 2026 3. [Statement of Votes, 2024 Provincial General Election (opens in a new tab)](https://elections.bc.ca/docs/rpt/statement-of-votes-2024-provincial-election.pdf)Elections BC · read Thursday, October 8, 2026 4. [Voting area conversion table, 2017 to 2024 (opens in a new tab)](https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/fb26db04-780c-4229-a147-da4fd5311d36)Elections BC · read Thursday, October 8, 2026 5. [Final report, April 3, 2023 (opens in a new tab)](https://elections.bc.ca/docs/rpt/BCEBC-Final-Report-April-3-2023.pdf)British Columbia Electoral Boundaries Commission · read Thursday, October 8, 2026 6. [Members of the Legislative Assembly, 35th to 43rd Parliament (opens in a new tab)](https://www.leg.bc.ca/members)Legislative Assembly of British Columbia · read Thursday, October 8, 2026 7. [Final report, April 3, 2023 (opens in a new tab)](https://elections.bc.ca/docs/rpt/BCEBC-Final-Report-April-3-2023.pdf)British Columbia Electoral Boundaries Commission · read Thursday, October 8, 2026 8. [Electoral History of British Columbia, Supplement, 1987 to 2001 (opens in a new tab)](https://elections.bc.ca/docs/rpt/1987-2001-ElectionHistory.pdf)Elections BC · read Thursday, October 8, 2026 9. [Electoral History of British Columbia, Supplement, 2002 to 2013 (opens in a new tab)](https://elections.bc.ca/docs/rpt/2002-2013-ElectionHistory.pdf)Elections BC · read Thursday, October 8, 2026 10. [Provincial Voting Results (opens in a new tab)](https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/44914a35-de9a-4830-ac48-870001ef8935)Elections BC · read Thursday, October 8, 2026 11. [Statement of Votes, 2024 Provincial General Election (opens in a new tab)](https://elections.bc.ca/docs/rpt/statement-of-votes-2024-provincial-election.pdf)Elections BC · read Thursday, October 8, 2026 12. [shíshálh Nation home page (opens in a new tab)](https://shishalh.com/)shíshálh Nation · read Thursday, October 8, 2026 13. [shíshálh Nation Self-Government Act (S.C. 1986, c. 27) (opens in a new tab)](https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/S-6.6/FullText.html)Department of Justice Canada · read Thursday, October 8, 2026 14. [shíshálh Nation: British Columbia Foundation Agreement (opens in a new tab)](https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/environment/natural-resource-stewardship/consulting-with-first-nations/first-nations-negotiations/first-nations-a-z-listing/sechelt-sh-sh-lh-first-nation/sh-sh-lh-nation-british-columbia-foundation-agreement)Province of British Columbia · read Thursday, October 8, 2026 15. [Foundation Agreement Renewal Fact Sheet, January 29, 2025 (opens in a new tab)](https://www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/environment/natural-resource-stewardship/consulting-with-first-nations/agreements/factsheet_shishalh_fa.pdf)Province of British Columbia · read Thursday, October 8, 2026 16. [News release 2018IRR0067-001925, October 4, 2018 (opens in a new tab)](https://shishalh.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/NR_Shishalh-Foundation-Agreement_-V5-for-handout.pdf)Ministry of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation · read Thursday, October 8, 2026 17. [Tla’amin Final Agreement Act (S.C. 2014, c. 11) (opens in a new tab)](https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/T-11.2/FullText.html)Department of Justice Canada · read Thursday, October 8, 2026 18. [Tla'amin Nation (Sliammon First Nation) (opens in a new tab)](https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/environment/natural-resource-stewardship/consulting-with-first-nations/first-nations-negotiations/first-nations-a-z-listing/tla-amin-nation-sliammon-first-nation)Province of British Columbia · read Thursday, October 8, 2026 19. [About the Final Agreement between Tla'amin Nation, Canada and British Columbia (opens in a new tab)](https://www.rcaanc-cirnac.gc.ca/eng/1397050017650/1542999641532)Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada · read Thursday, October 8, 2026 20. [Tla’amin Nation (opens in a new tab)](https://www.bctreaty.ca/tlaamin-nation)BC Treaty Commission · read Thursday, October 8, 2026 21. [tiskʷat / Townsite (opens in a new tab)](https://qathetmuseum.ca/tisk%CA%B7at-townsite/)qathet Museum & Archives · read Thursday, October 8, 2026 22. [Home page (opens in a new tab)](https://www.homalco.com/)Homalco First Nation · read Thursday, October 8, 2026 23. [Home page (opens in a new tab)](https://www.klahoose.org/)Klahoose First Nation · read Thursday, October 8, 2026 24. [Homalco First Nation (opens in a new tab)](https://bctreaty.ca/homalco-first-nation)BC Treaty Commission · read Thursday, October 8, 2026 25. [Klahoose First Nation (opens in a new tab)](https://www.bctreaty.ca/klahoose-first-nation)BC Treaty Commission · read Thursday, October 8, 2026 26. [Community History (opens in a new tab)](https://qathetmuseum.ca/community-history/)qathet Museum & Archives · read Thursday, October 8, 2026 27. [Powell River Townsite Historic District National Historic Site of Canada (opens in a new tab)](https://www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=10728)Canada's Historic Places, Parks Canada · read Thursday, October 8, 2026 28. [Powell River (city), BC Geographical Names record (opens in a new tab)](https://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/38681.html)BC Geographical Names Office · read Thursday, October 8, 2026 29. [Powell River (river), BC Geographical Names record (opens in a new tab)](https://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/16198.html)BC Geographical Names Office · read Thursday, October 8, 2026 30. [Sechelt, BC Geographical Names record (opens in a new tab)](https://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/18110.html)BC Geographical Names Office · read Thursday, October 8, 2026 31. [ch'atlich, BC Geographical Names record (opens in a new tab)](https://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/73681.html)BC Geographical Names Office · read Thursday, October 8, 2026 32. [Gibsons Landing, BC Geographical Names record (opens in a new tab)](https://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/51909.html)BC Geographical Names Office · read Thursday, October 8, 2026 33. [Texada Island, BC Geographical Names record (opens in a new tab)](https://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/15098.html)BC Geographical Names Office · read Thursday, October 8, 2026 34. [qathet Regional District, BC Geographical Names record (opens in a new tab)](https://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/70661.html)BC Geographical Names Office · read Thursday, October 8, 2026 35. [Sunshine Coast Regional District, BC Geographical Names record (opens in a new tab)](https://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/24060.html)BC Geographical Names Office · read Thursday, October 8, 2026 36. [Our Role (opens in a new tab)](https://www.scrd.ca/our-role/)Sunshine Coast Regional District · read Thursday, October 8, 2026 37. [Gibsons, Encyclopedia of British Columbia (opens in a new tab)](https://knowbc.com/limited/Books/Encyclopedia-of-BC/G/Gibsons)KnowBC · read Thursday, October 8, 2026 38. [Langdale, The Encyclopedia of Raincoast Place Names (opens in a new tab)](https://knowbc.com/limited/Books/The-Encyclopedia-of-Raincoast-Place-Names/L/Langdale)KnowBC · read Thursday, October 8, 2026 39. [Texada Island (opens in a new tab)](https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/texada-island)The Canadian Encyclopedia · read Thursday, October 8, 2026 40. [Texada Island Heritage Society (opens in a new tab)](https://texadaheritagesociety.com/)Texada Island Heritage Society · read Thursday, October 8, 2026 41. [Industry - Mining: The Smelter (opens in a new tab)](https://www.texadaheritagesociety.com/texada-heritage-society-gallery-mining-smelter.htm)Texada Island Heritage Society · read Thursday, October 8, 2026 ## Official information From Elections BC Your district ### [Check which district an address is in](https://elections.bc.ca/resources/maps/find-your-district/) Look up your address to be sure this district is yours. [Look it up (opens in a new tab)](https://elections.bc.ca/resources/maps/find-your-district/) Candidates ### [The official candidate list](https://www.elections.bc.ca/docs/fin/GE-2026-10-24-Candidate-Website-Report.PDF) The list this page is built from, published by Elections BC. [Open the list (opens in a new tab)](https://www.elections.bc.ca/docs/fin/GE-2026-10-24-Candidate-Website-Report.PDF) Voting ### [Where and when to vote](https://elections.bc.ca/2026-provincial-election/where-to-vote/) Voting places and hours for general voting day and advance voting. 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