Abbotsford-Mission: candidates in the 2026 BC election
5 candidates are on the ballot in Abbotsford-Mission for the provincial election on Saturday, October 24, 2026. They are listed by last name.
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Pam Alexis
BC NDP
Former Abbotsford-Mission MLA (2020 to 2024) and Minister of Agriculture and Food; former mayor of Mission; lost the seat in 2024.
Sources: BC NDP candidate profiles (bcndp.ca team page), BC NDP release, Aug 29, 2026
Virender Dass
OneBC
Visual effects artist for 18 years before moving to Canada in 2014; founded Abbotsford supplement company Wellness Extract and runs a children's mental-math centre with his wife.
Sources: OneBC candidate page: Virender Dass, Elections BC candidate list, 2026 general election
Lakhwinder Jhaj
CentreBC
Businesswoman and former reporter who runs a construction company and used vehicle dealership; family farm on Huntington Road; has led multicultural and community societies.
Sources: CentreBC candidate page: Lakhwinder Jhaj, Elections BC candidate list, 2026 general election
Darryl Kropp
BC Conservatives
Technology and human services leader at RedMane Technology; 17 years on the Northview Community Church board; elected to the First West Credit Union board in 2018.
Sources: BC Conservatives candidate page: Kropp, Abbotsford News, Oct 5, 2026
Jeff Monds
BC Libertarian
Libertarian candidate who ran once before, in Maple Ridge-Mission in 2017, finishing fifth of five.
Sources: Fraser Valley Today, Oct 4, 2026, Elections BC candidate list, 2026 general election
Candidate list from Elections BC, as of October 18, 2026.
About the riding
Abbotsford-Mission takes in Clayburn and Ridgedale in northeast Abbotsford, the city of Mission including its core, and Hatzic.
In 2024, Reann Gasper (BC Conservatives) won here by 2,629 votes, 10.8 points.
Seat is vacant. Reann Gasper (Conservative) resigned on Aug 22, 2026 so then-leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay could run in a by-election set for Sept 26. The by-election was cancelled when the writ was issued on Sept 22 and its ballots were not counted. Findlay resigned as leader on Sept 20.
Questions for Fraser Valley
Everyone answers 13 province-wide questions. Voters in Fraser Valley also get these 3:
- The province proposed letting food plants use some lower-quality land in the Agricultural Land Reserve. What should happen?
- Highway 1 widening is funded to Highway 11 in Abbotsford by 2031 and only planned to Chilliwack. Where should the next money go?
- Mission Memorial's emergency room cut overnight hours for 51 nights in a row earlier this year for lack of doctors. What should come first?
How and when to vote
- Voting day
- Saturday, October 24, 2026, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Pacific time.
- Advance voting
- Friday October 16 to Wednesday October 21, 2026, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. local time. Not every location is open every day; check yours.
- Where
- Find advance and election-day locations with the voting-place lookup on elections.bc.ca. District electoral offices also take voters until 4 p.m. on October 24. The October 17 municipal election is a separate vote with its own locations.
- Who can vote
- Canadian citizen, 18 or older on October 24, 2026, and a BC resident since April 23, 2026.
- By mail
- Request a vote-by-mail package online or by phone (1-800-661-8683) by October 18. Elections BC must receive it by 8 p.m. Pacific time on October 24 for it to be counted. If you are not registered or your voter information is out of date, prove your identity and address by uploading ID to Elections BC's ID upload system or by including photocopies of your ID with the returned package.
From Elections BC: ways to vote, vote by mail, 2026 provincial election key dates, who can vote, voter ID, Elections BC home.