Official Candidate List for 41st Provincial Election released

Courtesy of Elections BC:

The candidate nomination period for British Columbia’s 41st Provincial General Election closed at 1 p.m. (Pacific time) on Tuesday, April 18, 2017.

There are 371 candidates representing 18 registered political parties.

33 candidates are running as independents, and two candidates are running as neither independent nor as representatives of a registered political party.

PARTY BALLOT NAME	CANDIDATES
4BC	1
BC Action Party	2
BC Cascadia Party	2
BC Citizens First Party	1
BC Conservative Party	10
BC First	1
BC Green Party	83
BC Liberal Party	87
BC NDP	87
BC Refed	3
BC Social Credit Party	2
Christian Heritage Party of B.C.	5
Communist Party of BC	6
Land Air Water-The L.A.W.	1
Libertarian	30
Republican Party	1
The Vancouver Island Party	4
Your Political Party of BC (YPP)	10

UNAFFILIATED	CANDIDATES
Independent	33
Other	2

In the 2013 Provincial General Election, 376 candidates were nominated, representing 19 registered political parties.

Eligible voters can vote at any district electoral office, by mail, at advance voting on April 29 – 30 and May 3 – 6, and on General Voting Day, May 9. All eligible voters can vote at any voting place in B.C.

The full list of candidates for the 87 Provincial Electoral Districts can be viewed here

For Cariboo-North:

Coralee Oakes - BC Liberal Party (incumbent)
Scott Elliott - BC NDP
Tony Goulet - BC Conservative Party
Richard Jacques - BC Green Party

For Cariboo-Chilcotin:

Donna Barnett - BC Liberal Party (incumbent)
Sally Watson - BC NDP
Rita Giesbrecht - BC Green Party