Boundary-Similkameen: candidates in the 2026 BC election
3 candidates are on the ballot in Boundary-Similkameen for the provincial election on Saturday, October 24, 2026. They are listed by last name.
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Keith Pomeroy
OneBC
Retired oil and gas supervisor after 35 years; now runs a ranch, gravel pit and small construction business. Raised in the Peace Country.
Sources: Similkameen Spotlight candidate profile, Elections BC 2026 candidate list (CSV)
Roly Russell
BC NDP
Farmer near Grand Forks with a PhD in ecology; Boundary-Similkameen MLA from 2020 to 2024 and former Regional District of Kootenay Boundary chair.
Sources: Similkameen Spotlight candidate profile, Elections BC 2026 candidate list (CSV)
Donegal WilsonIncumbent
BC Conservatives
MLA since 2024 and former executive director of the BC Snowmobile Federation; raised near Tulameen, lives in Keremeos and runs a small engine business with her husband.
Sources: Wikipedia: Donegal Wilson, Similkameen Spotlight: who is running
Candidate list from Elections BC, as of October 18, 2026.
About the riding
Boundary-Similkameen takes in Grand Forks, Greenwood, Midway, Rock Creek, Keremeos, Cawston, Princeton, Okanagan Falls, Oliver, Osoyoos.
In 2024, Donegal Wilson (BC Conservatives) won here by 1,438 votes, 5.8 points.
Wilson left the Conservative caucus on Sept 2, 2026 to sit as an independent, joined CentreBC on Sept 18, and returned to the Conservatives after the Sept 22 election call. She is on the ballot as a Conservative.
Questions for Southern Interior
Everyone answers 13 province-wide questions. Voters in Southern Interior also get these 3:
- After the Bald Range fire near Summerland, where should the province put its main wildfire money and effort before next summer?
- Kelowna's council wants a regional involuntary care facility and its downtown consumption site closed. What should be done?
- Budget 2026 paused seven care home builds including Kelowna's, and a private 250-bed Vernon project was pulled. What now?
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.