Penticton-Summerland: candidates in the 2026 BC election
4 candidates are on the ballot in Penticton-Summerland 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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Bradley Sean Bartsch
BC Greens
Nonprofit and education worker who moved to Penticton in 2021; BC Greens provincial council regional representative and board member of Penticton Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts.
Sources: BC Greens candidate page, Elections BC 2026 candidate list (CSV)
Tracy St Claire
BC Conservatives
Executive director of the South Okanagan Similkameen Division of Family Practice for nine years and former school trustee; ran here as unaffiliated in 2024.
Warren Hamm
OneBC
Contractor and licensed aircraft maintenance engineer; sought the BC Conservative leadership before joining OneBC; lived more than 25 years in the West Kootenay.
Sources: OneBC candidate page, Castanet Kamloops
Tina Lee
BC NDP
Human rights advocate and former City of Penticton executive; worked for the Ministry of Forests and MP Richard Cannings; ran here in 2024.
Sources: BC NDP release: Penticton-Summerland and Kamloops candidates, Summerland Review
Candidate list from Elections BC, as of October 18, 2026.
About the riding
Penticton-Summerland takes in Penticton, Summerland, Naramata.
In 2024, Amelia Boultbee (BC Conservatives) won here by 317 votes, 1.2 points.
Amelia Boultbee left the Conservative caucus on Oct 20, 2025 to sit as an independent and crossed to the NDP caucus on Jul 3, 2026. She is not seeking re-election; 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.