Maple Ridge East: candidates in the 2026 BC election

4 candidates are on the ballot in Maple Ridge East 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

Hudson Campbell
BC NDP
Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows school trustee since 2022, age 24; former constituency advisor to Lisa Beare; past president of the Maple Ridge Climate Hub.
Sources: BC NDP candidate profiles (bcndp.ca team page), Maple Ridge News, Sept 29, 2026
Chris Hatchwell
Independent
Sources: Elections BC candidate list, 2026 general election, BC Ballot (aggregator of the Elections BC list): Chris Hatchwell
Daniel Kite
BC Greens
Social studies and English teacher in School District 42 and union advocate; Maple Ridge resident since 2023; previously taught for seven years in China, Egypt and Russia.
Sources: BC Greens candidate page: Kite, Elections BC candidate list, 2026 general election
Lawrence MokIncumbent
BC Conservatives
Worked over 30 years in the overhead crane industry; moved from Singapore to Maple Ridge in 1988; part-time preacher; MLA for Maple Ridge East since 2024.
Sources: BC Conservatives candidate page: Mok, Wikipedia: Lawrence Mok

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

Maple Ridge East takes in Stave Falls, Silverhill, Ruskin, Whonnock, Webster's Corners, Albion, Yennadon (eastern Maple Ridge).

In 2024, Lawrence Mok (BC Conservatives) won here by 97 votes, 0.4 points.

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.