Voters went to the polls in British Columbia on October 19th, 2024.

On October 19, voters elected 93 individuals into office in the 2024 British Columbia Election. Women and gender-diverse individuals won 49 of the 93 seats, accounting for 52.7% of the total elected MLAs. This marks a significant increase from the previous 2020 provincial election, where 37 of the MLAs elected were women or gender-diverse people, resulting in 42.5% of the total elected MLAs being women. Equal Voice is advocating for gender parity – that means at least 50% of nominated candidates and at least 50% of elected MLAs being women or gender-diverse people.

 

 Results:

Political Party
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Total elected (as of October 28, 2024) 47 44 2
Total women elected (as of October 28, 2024) 31 18 0
% of Women or gender-diverse MLAs by caucus 65.9% 40.9% 0%



This tracker uses publicly available information to track women and gender-diverse candidates who put their name on the ballot in the upcoming 2024 Provincial Election in British Columbia. It will be regularly updated by Equal Voice, please report errors or omissions to [email protected] . Please credit “Equal Voice” if using this data.

 

Nominations:

Party
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Total # of Women and Gender-Diverse Candidates 55 24 31
Total Nominations 93 93 69
Percentage of Women and Gender-Diverse Candidates 59.1% 25.8% 44.9%

Nominations as of Tuesday October 1st, 2024.


Number of Individuals Elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in Past Elections:

Election Year 2009 2013 2017 2020 2024
Total Seats 85 85 87 87 93
# Men 60 55 53 50 44

# Women & Gender-Diverse People
25 30 34 37 49
Percentage of Women & Gender-Diverse People 29.4% 35.6% 39.1% 42.5% 52.7%
 

 

British Columbia Election Tracking Sheet:

Confirmed women or gender-diverse candidates are identified by name
Blank spaces identify no candidate
Circles represent a confirmed male candidate
Asterisks represent incumbent candidates

Winning candidates are highlighted

 

Provincial Ridings
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Independent
Abbotsford - Mission Pam Alexis* Reann Gasper    
Abbotsford South Sarah Kooner O*    
Abbotsford West O O    
Boundary - Similkameen O* Donegal Wilson O  
Bulkley Valley - Stikine O* Sharon Hartwell O  
Burnaby Centre Anne Kang* O    
Burnaby East Reah Arora O Tara Shushtarian  
Burnaby - New Westminster O* O    
Burnaby North Janet Routledge* O    
Burnaby South - Metrotown O O Carrie McLaren  
Cariboo - Chilcotin O O*    
Chilliwack - Cultus Lake Kelli Paddon* A'aliya Warbus    
Chilliwack North O* Heather Maahs O  
Columbia River - Revelstoke Andrea Dunlop O O  
Coquitlam - Burke Mountain Jodie Wickens O    
Coquitlam - Maillardville Jennifer Blatherwick O Nicola Spurling  
Courtenay - Comox Ronna-Rae Leonard* O  Arzeena Hamir  
Cowichan Valley Debra Toporowski O Cammy Lockwood  
Delta North O* O O  
Delta South O O*    
Esquimalt - Colwood Darlene Rotchford O Camille Currie  
Fraser - Nicola Francyne Joe O O  
Juan de Fuca - Malahat O  Marina Sapozhnikov O  
Kamloops Centre Kamal Grewal O* O  
Kamloops - North Thompson Maddi Genn O O  
Kelowna Centre O Kristina Loewen O  
Kelowna - Lake Country - Coldstream Anna Warwick Sears Tara Armstrong O  
Kelowna - Mission O O O Ashley Ramsay
Kootenay Central Brittny Anderson* O Nicole Charlwood  
Kootenay - Monashee O O O  
Kootenay - Rockies O O Kerri Wall O*
Ladysmith - Oceanside Stephanie Higginson O Laura Ferreira O*
Langford - Highlands O* O Erin Cassels  
Langley - Abbotsford O O Melissa Snazell  
Langley - Walnut Grove Megan Dykeman* Misty Van Popta Rylee Mac Lean  
Langley - Willowbrook O* Jody Toor Petrina Arnason  
Maple Ridge East O* O Kylee Williams  
Maple Ridge - Pitt Meadows Lisa Beare* O    
Mid Island - Pacific Rim Josie Osborne* O O  
Nanaimo - Gabriola Island Sheila Malcolmson* O Shirley Lambrecht  
Nanaimo - Lantzville O Gwen O'Mahony Lia Versaevel  
Nechako Lakes O O* O  
New Westminster - Coquitlam Jennifer Whiteside* Ndellie Mwanangulu-Massey Maureen Curran  
North Coast - Haida Gwaii Tamara Davidson O    
North Island Michele Babchuk* Anna Kindy Nic Dedeluk  
North Vancouver - Lonsdale Bowinn Ma* O    
North Vancouver - Seymour Susie Chant* O O  
Oak Bay - Gordon Head Diana Gibson O Dr. Lisa Gunderson  
Peace River North O O   O*
Peace River South O O   O*
Penticton - Summerland Tina Lee Amelia Boultbee O Tracy St. Claire
Port Coquitlam O* O O  
Port Moody - Burquitlam O* Kerry van Aswegen Samantha Agtarap  
Powell River - Sunshine Coast Randene Neill O O  
Prince George - Mackenzie Shar McCrory O O Rachael Weber
Prince George - North Cariboo Denice Bardua O O Coralee Oakes*
Prince George - Valemount O Rosalyn Bird Gwen Johansson  
Richmond - Bridgeport Linda Li Teresa Wat* O  
Richmond Centre O* O   Wendy Yuan
Richmond - Queensborough O* O    
Richmond - Steveston Kelly Greene* Michelle Mollineaux Elodie Vaudandaine  
Saanich North and the Islands Sarah Riddell O O Amy Haysom
Saanich South Lana Popham* O O  
Salmon Arm - Shuswap Sylvia Lindgren O O O
Skeena Sarah Zimmerman Claire Rattée Teri Young  
Surrey City Centre Amna Shah O O  
Surrey - Cloverdale O* Elenore Sturko* O  
Surrey - Fleetwood O* O O  
Surrey - Guildford O*  O O  
Surrey - Newton Jessie Sunner O    
Surrey North Rachna Singh* O O  
Surrey - Panorama Jinny Sims* O    Dupinder Saran
Surrey - Serpentine River O Linda Hepner    
Surrey South O O    
Surrey - White Rock O O*    
Vancouver - Fraserview O* O Françoise Raunet  
Vancouver - Hastings Niki Sharma*

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Vancouver - Kensington Mable Elmore* O Amy Fox  
Vancouver - Langara Sunita Dhir  O O  
Vancouver - Little Mountain Christine Boyle O Wendy Hayko  
Vancouver - Point Grey O* O Devyani Singh  
Vancouver - Quilchena Callista Ryan Dallas Brodie O  
Vancouver - Renfrew O* O O  
Vancouver - South Granville Brenda Bailey* O O  
Vancouver - Strathcona Joan Phillip* O O  
Vancouver - West End O* O O  
Vancouver - Yaletown O Melissa De Genova Dana-Lyn Mackenzie  
Vernon - Lumby Harwinder Sandhu* O   O
Victoria - Beacon Hill Grace Lore* O Sonia Furstenau  
Victoria - Swan Lake Nina Krieger O Christina Winter  
West Kelowna - Peachland Krystal Smith O   O
West Vancouver - Capilano Sara Eftekhar Lynne Block O  
West Vancouver - Sea to Sky Jen Ford O O  

Nominations as of Tuesday October 1st, 2024.


This directory tracks the candidates in the major political parties. We also included the candidate’s website or campaign platform if the information was available.

Please credit “Equal Voice” if using this data.

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