Courtenay-Comox: candidates in the 2026 BC election
4 candidates are on the ballot in Courtenay-Comox 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.
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Will Cole-Hamilton
BC NDP
Courtenay city councillor (two terms) and chair of the Comox Valley Regional District. Has a background in law and a former small business.
Sources: Elections BC candidate list (2026), CHEK News: All Vancouver Island candidates for the 2026 B.C. election
Jason Cook
CentreBC
Courtenay resident with over 20 years in foreign exchange, capital markets and banking. Volunteers with Habitat for Humanity.
Sources: Elections BC candidate list (2026), CHEK News: All Vancouver Island candidates for the 2026 B.C. election
Brennan DayIncumbent
BC Conservatives
MLA for Courtenay-Comox since 2024. Former executive director of the Eureka Support Society; founded an industrial supply, manpower and training firm.
Sources: Elections BC candidate list (2026), CHEK News: All Vancouver Island candidates for the 2026 B.C. election
Jay Van Oostdam
BC Greens
Veterinarian and public health professional. Spent 25 years with Health Canada and BC Environment researching how environmental contaminants affect human health.
Sources: Elections BC candidate list (2026), CHEK News: All Vancouver Island candidates for the 2026 B.C. election
Candidate list from Elections BC, as of October 18, 2026.
About the riding
Courtenay-Comox takes in Courtenay, Comox, Little River, Merville, Black Creek, Mount Washington, Oyster River.
In 2024, Brennan Day (BC Conservatives) won here by 93 votes, 0.2 points.
Brennan Day (elected 2024 as Conservative) left the Conservative caucus on Aug 26, 2026 to sit as an independent, then rejoined the Conservatives before the election; Elections BC lists him as Conservative. Wikipedia is the source for the rejoin; exact date not confirmed.
Questions for Vancouver Island and the Coast
Everyone answers 13 province-wide questions. Voters in Vancouver Island and the Coast also get these 3:
- BC Ferries has cancelled sailings, long waits, rising demand and a dispute over where ships are built. What should come first?
- The Crofton pulp mill has closed, and old-growth logging is still argued over on the Island. What should be done with Island forests?
- Nanaimo's hospital tower and cardiac lab are funded for planning, not construction, and a Campbell River care home was paused. 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.