MLA Candidate Photos

MLA Candidate Photos

A gallery of photos of MLA candidates as a photo-journalism project.

Added when he or she has been nominated by their Party.

Each photo is copied from the website of the candidate’s Party.
Showing those ridings with a nominated Conservative MLA candidate.

Presented within five areas of British Columbia:
           – Island, Burrard, Fraser, Interior, North

Areas	Conservative photos	NDP Instagram photos	Green photos	Independent names	Photos from closed United Campaign	Sacrificed Conservatives	Incumbent photos and notes	NDP photos	NDP Nomination photos	Freedom photos	CHP photos	Independent photos
Island			Erin Cassels	No Independent candidates      3-way race	Aug 30 - supporting the Mike Harris campaign	> One in the Island Area. See Nanaimo-Gabriola Riding below.		Ravi Parmar	Ravi Parmar 46th NDP nomination
Islandtest			David Evans	No Independent candidates 3-way race	Aug 29 - stuck in the middle		No NDP Incumbent	Dana Ljeunesse	Dana Lajeunesse 58th NDP nomination
Island			Camille Currie	No Independent candidates 3-way race			Mitzi Dean Incumbent Minister of State for Child Care Elected 2017 and 2020 Not funning	Darlene Rotchford	Darlene Rotchford 83rd NDP nomination
Island			Christine Winter	Robert Crooks Communist Party No Independent candidates 4-way race			Rob Fleming Incumbent Minister of Transnportation and Infrastructure Not running
Island			Sonia Furstenau Incumbent from Cowichan Valley	No Independent candidates 3-way race				Grace Lore	Grace Lore  7th NDP nomination
Island			Ned Taylor	No Independent candidates 3-way race				Lana Popham	Lana Popham 28th NDP nomination
Island				No Independent candidates 3-way race			Murray Rankin Incumbent Minister of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation Not running	Diana Gibson	Diana Gibson   60th NDP nomination
Island			Rob Botterell	One Independent candidate 4-way race Amy Haysom Independent			Green Adam Olsen Incumbent Elected 2017 Re-elected 2020 Not running		Sarah Riddell 77th NDP nomination
Island			Cammy Lockwood	Two Independent candidates 5-way race Jon Coleman Former United Candidate Unaffiliated Eden Haythornthwaite Independent	Aug 30 - not enough Aboriginal business owners in politics Sep 28 - on ballot without affiliation		No NDP Incumbent	Debra Toporowski	Debra Toporowski 9th NDP nomination
Island				No Independent candidates 3-way race	Aug 30 - trust Falcon did the right thing for the right reasons	Sacrificed		Sheila Malcolmson	Sheila Malcolmson 48th NDP nomination
Island				No Independent candidates 3-way race			Doug Routley Incumbent Parliamentary Secretary for Forests Not running	George Anderson	George Anderson 63rd NDP nomination
Island				One Independent candidate 4-way race Adam Walker Incumbent MLA Independent			Adam Walker Former NDP Incumbent                            Independent as of September 17, 2023 No NDP Incumbent	Stephanie Higginson	Stephanie Higginson 33rd NDP nominatio			Adam Walker
Island				No Independent candidates 3-way race				Josie Osborne	Josie Osborne 27th NDP nomination
Island			Arzeena Hamir	Two Independent candidates 5-way race John Hedican Independent Devon Howell Independent	Aug 30 - Falcon made decision out of necessity to prevent splitting the vote			Ronna-Rae Leonard	Ronna-Rae Leonard 20th NDP Nomination
Island				No Independent candidates 3-way race		> One in the Island Area. See Nanaimo-Gabriola Riding above.		Michel Babchuk	Michele Babchuck 16th NDP nomination
Island above	Conservative photos	NDP Instagram photos	Green photos	Independent names	Photos from closed United Campaign	Sacrificed Conservatives	Incumbent photos and notes	NDP photos	NDP Nomination photos	Freedom photos	CHP photos
Burrard			Chris Hergesheimer	One Independent candidate 4-way race Greg Reid Independent		> One in the Burrard Area. See North Vancouver-Capilano Riding below.	Nicholas Simons Incumbent Government Caucus Chair Not running	Randene Neill	Randene Neill 30th NDP nomination
Burrard				One Independent candidate 4-way race Karin Kirkpatrick Incumbent MLA Independent	Name on ballot is Karin Kirkpatrick as "Independent".	Name on ballot as "Unaffiliated".	United Liberal Karin Kirkpatrick Incumbernt Opposition Critic for Housing, Childcare, Autism & Accessibility, Gender Equity& Inclusion Running as Imdpendent	Sara Eftekhar	Sara Eftekhar 52nd NDP nomination
Burrard			Jeremy Valeriote	No Independent candidates 3-way race			United Liberal Jordan Sturdy Incumbent Opposition Critic for B.C. Ferries, Fisheries & Aquaculture Not running	Jen Ford	Jen ford 11th NDP nomination
Burrard				No Independent candidates 2-way race				Bowinn Ma	Bowinn Ma 43rd NDP nomination
Burrard				One Independent candidate 4-way race Mitchell Baker Independent				Susie Chant	Susie Chant 47th NDP nomination
Burrard				One Independent candidate 4-way race Zsolt Kiss Independent				Niki Sharma	Niki Sharma 45th NDP nomination
Burrard				No Independent candidates 3-way race				Adrian Dix	Adrian Dix 62nd NDP nomination
Burrard				No Independent candidates 3-way race				George Chow	George Chow 79th NDP nomination
Burrard				Kimball Cariou Communist No Independent candidates 4-way race				Joan Phillip	Joan Philip 73rd NDP nomination
Burrard				No Independent candidates 3-way race	Sep 28 - Took name off ballot			Mable Elmore	Mabel Elmore 64th NDP nomination
Burrard				One Independent candidate 4-way race Carl Turnbull Independent				Spencer Chandra Herbert	Spencer Chandra Herbert 4th NDP nomination
Burrard				No Independent candidates 3-way race				Brenda Bailey	Brenda Bailey 13th NDP nomination
Burrard				No Independent candidates 3-way race			No NDP Incumbent	Terry Yung	Terry Yung 80th NDP nomination
Burrard				No Independent candidates 3-way race			George Heyman Incumbent Minister of Environment and Climate Change Strategy Not running	Christine Boyle	Christine Boyle   1st NDP nomination	Naomi Chocyk
Burrard				No Independent candidates 3-way race			United Liberal Michael Lee Incumbent Opposition Critic for Attorney General, Indegenous Affairs and Reconciliation Not running	Sonita Dhir	Sonita Dhir 21st NDP Nomination
Burrard			Devanyi Singh	No Independent candidates 3-way race				David Eby	David Eby   17th NDP nomination
Burrard				One Independent candidate 4-way race Caroline Ying-Mei Wong Independent	Aug 28 - not running, no job offers		United Liberal Kevin Falcon Incumbent Opposition Leader	Callista Ryan	Calista Ryan 74th NDP nomination
Burrard				One Independent candidate 3-way race Martin Kendall Independent	Will represent Conservative Party.			Janet Routledge	Janet Routledge 50th NDP nomination
Burrard				No Independent candidates 3-way race			Katrina Chen Incumbent Minister of State for Child Care Not running	Reah Arora	Reah Arora   34th NDP nomination
Burrard				No Independent candidates 2-way race				Anne Kang	Anne Kang  3rd NDP nomination
Burrard				Two Independent candidates 3-way race MichaelAngelo Abc Robin Hood Independent Meiling Chia Former United Candidate Unaffiliated	Left name on ballot without affiliation.		No NDP Incumbent	Paaul Choi	Paul Choi 39th NDP nomination
Burrard				One Independent candidate 3-way race Daniel Kofi Among Former United Candidate Independent	Running as Independent.			Raj Chouhan	Raj Chouhan 49th NDP nomination
Burrard				No Independent candidates 3-way race				Jennifer Whiteside	Jennifer Whiteside 14th NDP nomination
Burrard				No Independent candidates 3-way race				Rick Glumac	Rick Glumac 37th NDP nomination
Burrard				One Independent candidate 4-way race Ken Holowanky Independent	nbsp;		Selina Robinson Former Minister of Post-Secondary Education Not running February 5th Independent March 7th                            No NDP Incumbent	Jennifer Blatherwick	Jennifer Blatherwick 29th NDP nomination
Burrard				No Independent candidates 2-way race			Fin Donnelly Incumbent Parliamentary Secretary for Watershed Restoration Not running	Jodie Wickens	Jodie Wikens 38th NDP nomination
Burrard				Lewis Dahlby Libertarian No Independent candidates 4-way race		> One in the Burrard Area. See North Vancouver-Capilano Riding above.		Mike Farnworth	Mike Farnworth 57th NDP nomination
Burrard above	Conservative photos	NDP Instagram photos	Green photos	Independent names	Photos from closed United Campaign	Sacrificed Conservatives	Incumbent photos and notes	NDP photos	NDP Nomination photos	Freedom photos	CHP photos
Fraser				Two Independent candidates 5-way race Glynnis Hoi Sum Chan Independent Charlie Smith Independent		> One in the Fraser Area. See Surrey-Panorama Riding below.	No NDP Incumbent	Linda Li	Linda Li 55th NDP nomination
Fraser				One independent candidate 4-way race Jackie Lee Incumbent Unaffiliated	Left name on ballot without affiliation.			Kelly Greene	Kelly Greene   25th NDP nomination
Fraser				Three Independent candidates 5-way race Dickens Cheung Independent Sunny Ho Independent Wendy Yuan Incumbent Unaffiliated	Removed name from ballot.			Henry Yao	Henry Yao   22nd NDP nomination
Fraser				Two Independent candidates 4-way race Errol E. Povah Independent Cindy Wu Independent				Aman Singh	Aman Singh   24th NDP nomination
Fraser				No Independent candidates 2-way race			Ian Paton   Delta South	Jasn McCormack	Jason McCormack   69th NDP nomination	Manqoosh Khan
Fraser				No Independent candidates 4-way race Manqoosh Kahn Freedom Party				Ravi Kahlon	Ravi Kahlon 4th NDP nomination
Fraser				Ryan Abbott Communist One Independent candidate 5-way race Saeed Naguib Independent			Bruce Rolston Incumbent Minister of Forests Not running	Amna Shaw	Amna Shaw 72nd NDP nomination
Fraser			Manjeet Sahota	One Independent candidate 4-way race Kabir Qurban Independent				Garry Begg	Garry Begg   15th NDP nomination
Fraser				Kiran Hundal Freedom Party One Independent candidate 5-way race Hobby Nijjar Independent	Dropped two days after nomination announced.			Rachna Singh	Rachna Singh   12th NDP nomination	Kiran Hundal
Fraser				No Independent candidates 3-way race				Jagrup Brar	Jagrup Brar 51st NDP nomination
Fraser				Amrit Birring Freedom Party Two Independent candidates 5-way race Japreet Lehal Unafilliated Joginder Singh Randhawa Independent	Left name on ballot without affiliation.		Harry Bains Incumbent Minister of Labour Not running	Jessie Sunner	Jessie Sunner 71st NDP nomination
Fraser				Paramjit Rai Freedom Party No Independent candidates 3-way race		Sep 3 - I did the right thing to make room for the White Rock candidate. Will run as Indepentdent.		Jenny Sims	Jinny Sims   2nd NDP nomination
Fraser				One Independent candidate 3-way race Jim McMurtry Independent			No NDP Incumbent	Baltej Dhillon	Baltej Dhillon 32nd NDP nomination
Fraser			Pat McCutcheon	Judy Meilleur Freedom Party No Independent candidates 4-way race				Mike Starchuk	Mike Starchuk   31st NDP nomination
Fraser				No Independent candidates 2-way race			No NDP Incumbent	Haroon Ghaffar	Haroon Ghaffar 68th NDP nomination
Fraser				Damon Tassie Libertarian No Independent candidates 3-way race	Sep 3 - Will represent the Conservative Party.		Trevor Halford Surrey-White Rock	Darryl Walker	Darryl Walker 67th NDP nomination
Fraser				No Independent candidates 2-way race				Lisa Beare	Lisa Beare 40th NDP nomination
Fraser				No Independent candidates 3-way race				Bob D'Eith	Bob D'Eith 5th NDP nomination
Fraser				One Independent candidate 4-way race Carlos Suarez Rubio Unaffiliated				Megan Dykeman	Megan Dykeman 36th NDP nomination
Fraser			Patricia Arnason	No Independent candidates 3-way race				Andrew Mercier	Andrew Mercier 35th NDP nomination
Fraser				Alex Joel Libertarian Two Independent candidates 6-way race Shelly Jan Unaffiliated Karen Long Independent	Running as Independent.		No NDP Incumbent	John Aldag	John Aldag 59th NDP nomination
Fraser				No Independent candidates 2-way race				Pam Alexis	Pam Aelexis 44th NDP nomination
Fraser				One Independent candidate 3-way race James Davison Independent			United Liberal Mike DeJong Incumbent Elected 1994 Re-elected 7 times Not running	Graeme Hutchison	Graaeme Hutchison 81st NDP nomination	Pierre Barnes
Fraser				One Independent candidate 3-way race Amandeep Singh Independent			Bruce Banman	Sarah Kooner	Sarah Kooner 70th NDP nomination
Fraser				One Independent candidate 4-way race Dan Grice Independent				Dan Coulter	Dan Coulter   19th NDP nomination
Fraser				No Independent candidates 2-way race		> One in the Fraser Area See Surrey-Panorama Riding above.		Kelli Paddon	Kelli Paddon   23rd NDP nomination
Fraser above	Conservative photos	NDP Instagram photos	Green photos	Independent names	Photos from closed United Campaign	Sacrificed Conservatives	Incumbent photos and notes	NDP photos	NDP Nomination photos	Freedom photos	CHP photos
Interior				One Independent candidate 4-way race Kevin Kraft Independent	Former United candidate Pavneet Singh Supporting the Armstrong campaign.	> One in the Interior Area. See Columbia-Revelstoke Riding below.	United Liberal Norm Letnick Incumbernt Opposition Critic for Children and Family Development Not running	Anna Warwick Sears	Anna Warwick Sears 53rd NDP nomination
Interior				One Independent candidate 4-way race Ashley Ramsay Unaffiliated	Left name on ballot without affiliation.		United Liberal Renee Merrifield Opposition Critic for Environment and Climate Change Not running	Harpreet Badohal	Harpreet Badohal   75th NDP nomination
Interior				One Independent candidate 4-way race Michael Humer Unaffiliated	Left name on ballot without affiliation.		No NDP Incumbent	Loyal Wooldbridge	Loyal Wooldbridge 7th NDP nomination
Interior		Krystal Smith		One Independent candidate 3-way race Stephen Johnston Unaffiliated	Left name on ballot without affiliation.		Ben Stuart Incumbent Opposition Critic for Tourism and Trade Not running
Interior				Three Independent candidates 6-way race Roger Harrington Independent Anna Paddon Independent Tracy St Claire Unafiliated	Left name on ballot without affiliation.		United Liberal Dan Ashton Incumbent Oppsition Critic for Municipal Affairs Not running	Tina Lee	Tina Lee 66th NDP nomination
Interior				One Independent candidate 4-way race Sean Taylor Independent				Roly Russell	Roly Russell 26th NDP nomination
Interior				Two Independent candidates 5-way race Greg McCune Independent Sherry Ray Indpendent			United Liberal Greg Kyllo Incumbent Deputy Whip Oppsition Critic for Labour & Skills Training Not running	Sylvia Lindgren	Sylvia Lindgren 82nd NDP nomination
Interior				Robert Johnson Libertarian One Independent candidate 4-way race Kevin Acton Former United Candidate Unaffiliated	Kevin Acton Left name on ballot without affiliation.			Harwinder Sandhu	Harwinder Sandhu 54th NDP nomination
Interior			Jonah Timms	No Independent candidates 3-way race	Sep 3 - It was certainly not what I thought would come out of any negotiations on uniting the right. Will not be running.		Jackie Tegart	Francyne Joe	Francyne Joe 65th NDP nomination
Interior			Randy Sunderson	No Independent candidates 3-way race			Peter Milobar	Kamal Grewal	Kamal Grewal 56th NDP nomination
Interior				No Independent candidates 3-way race	Aug 30 - not seeking re-election. Asking supporters to back Ward Stamer.		Todd Stone
Interior			Calvin Beauchesne	No Independent candidates 3-way race	Sep 3 - Will represent the Conservative Party	Sacrificed	United Liberal Doug Clovechuk Incumbent Opposition Critic for Columbia River Basin Initiatives Not running	Andrea Dunlop	Andrea Dunlop 76th NDP nomination
Interior				One Independent candidate 3-way race Tom Shypitka Incumbent Former United Candidate Independent	Running as Independent		Tom Shypitka	Sam Atwal	Sam Atwal 61st NDP nomination
Interior				One Independent candidate 4-way race Corinne Mori Independent				Brittny Anderson	Brittny Anderson 18th NDP nomination
Interior				No Independent candidates 3-way race		> One in the Interior Area. See Columbia-Revelstoke Riding above.	Katrine Conroy Incumbent Minister of Finance Not running	Steve Morrisette	Steve Morrisette 78th NDP nomination
Interior above	Conservative photos	NDP Instagram photos	Green photos	Independent names	Photos from closed United Campaign	Sacrificed Conservatives	Incumbent photos	NDP photos	NDP Nomination photos	Freedom photos	CHP photos

North				One Independent Candidate 4-way race Rachael Weber Unaffiliated	Sep 28 - Left name on ballot without affiliation.	> One in the North Area. See below.                            Sep 3 - I may run as an independent.	United Liberal Mike Morris Incumbent Opposition Critic for Public Safety and Solicitor General Not running
North				No Independent Candidates 3-way race	Aug 30 - ending my campaign. Falcon's move came as complete surprise. Sep 3 - not running agin		Shirley Bond	Clay Pountney 85th NDP nomination
North		Denise Bardua		One Independent Candidate    4-way race Coralee Oakes Incumbent Former United Candidate Independent	Sep 28 - running as Independent.		Coralee Oakes
North				No Independent Candidates 2-way race			Lorne Doerksen	Michael Moses 10th NDP nomination
North		Ian McMahon		One Independent Candidate 4-way race Dan Davies Incumbent Former United Candidate Independent	Running as Independent		Dan Davies
North		Marshall Bigsby		One Independent Candidate 4-way race Mike Bernier Incumbent Former United Candidate Unaffiliated	Left name on ballot without affiliation.		Mike Bernier
North				No Independent Candidates 2-way race			NDP Jennifer Rice Incumbent Elected 2013, 2017 and 2020 Not running
North				Irwin Jeffrey Christian Heritage No Independent Candidates 4-way race			United Liberal Ellis Ross Incumbent Opposition Critic for Energy & LNG Not running	Sarah Zimmerman 41st NDP nomination
North				Rod Taylor Christian Heritage No Independent Candidates 4-way race			Nathan Cullen	Nathan Cullen 42nd NDP nomination
North				No Independent Candidates 3-way race		> One in the North Area. See the Prince George-Mackenzie riding above.	John Rustad	Murphy Abraham 84th NDP nomination
North photos	Conservative photos	NDP Instagram photos	Green photos	Independent names	United photos	Sacrificed Conservatives	Incumbent photos and notes	NDP Nomination photos	Freedom photos	CHP photos