Kelowna-Lake Country-Coldstream: candidates in the 2026 BC election
4 candidates are on the ballot in Kelowna-Lake Country-Coldstream 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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Binny Boparai
BC NDP
Co-founder and president of Farming Karma, a Kelowna beverage company; served on the Kelowna Chamber of Commerce board and the city's agricultural advisory committee.
Sources: BC NDP release: more candidates, Elections BC 2026 candidate list (CSV)
Carter Mochinski
BC Greens
UBC Okanagan student and youth climate advocate; research director with the BC Youth Council and a Canadian delegate at COP30. Grew up in Lake Country.
Sources: BC Greens candidate page, Elections BC 2026 candidate list (CSV)
Pavneet Singh
BC Conservatives
Okanagan entrepreneur and vice-president of the Conservative Party of BC; stepped aside as the BC United nominee in this riding in 2024.
Sources: Conservative Party of BC candidate page, Castanet Vernon: North Okanagan candidate lists
Alexandra Wright
OneBC
Lawyer and legal advisor in the energy sector; was the Conservative nominee in Kelowna-Mission in 2024 until the party removed her, then sued the party.
Sources: Kelowna Capital News, Castanet Vernon: North Okanagan candidate lists
Candidate list from Elections BC, as of October 18, 2026.
About the riding
Kelowna-Lake Country-Coldstream takes in Lake Country, Coldstream, north Rutland and the northern lakeside areas of Kelowna, part of Vernon.
In 2024, Tara Armstrong (BC Conservatives) won here by 4,953 votes, 18.7 points.
Tara Armstrong left the Conservative caucus on Mar 7, 2025, co-founded OneBC in June 2025, left OneBC on Dec 16, 2025 and sat as an independent. She is not running; no incumbent is on the ballot.
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.