Chilliwack North: candidates in the 2026 BC election

3 candidates are on the ballot in Chilliwack North for the provincial election on Saturday, October 24, 2026. They are listed by last name.

Answer 16 short questions to see which party, and which of these candidates, is closest to your views. Available in 9 languages.

Candidates

Dan Grice
CentreBC
Real estate and estate planning lawyer with 12 years of practice, living in North Chilliwack since 2013; ran as an independent in Chilliwack North in 2024.
Sources: CentreBC candidate page: Dan Grice, Elections BC candidate list, 2026 general election
Heather MaahsIncumbent
BC Conservatives
Chilliwack school trustee from 2008 to 2024; ran a construction company with her late husband; MLA since 2024 and interim Leader of the Opposition June to September 2026.
Sources: BC Conservatives candidate page: Maahs, Wikipedia: Heather Maahs
Adila Shaukat
BC NDP
Scientist with a PhD in evolutionary biology from Imperial College London and mother of three; worked as a constituency assistant to the late NDP MLA Dan Coulter.
Sources: BC NDP candidate profiles (bcndp.ca team page), Chilliwack Progress, Oct 5, 2026

Candidate list from Elections BC, as of October 18, 2026.

Chilliwack North takes in Northern Chilliwack including the city centre, Fairfield Island, Greendale, Rosedale and Popkum, plus surrounding farmland.

In 2024, Heather Maahs (BC Conservatives) won here by 3,651 votes, 16.9 points.

No change of MLA or party. Heather Maahs served as interim Leader of the Opposition from June 29 to Sept 20, 2026.

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?

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.