Vancouver-Hastings: candidates in the 2026 BC election

6 candidates are on the ballot in Vancouver-Hastings for the provincial election on Saturday, October 24, 2026. They are listed by last name.

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Candidates

Christian Bosio
CentreBC
Mechanical engineer and clean hydrogen entrepreneur who co-founded a company with over 300 employees; Commercial Drive resident for 12 years and youth soccer volunteer coach.
Sources: CentreBC candidate page
Kimball Cariou
Communist Party of BC
Longtime Communist Party candidate; ran in Vancouver-Strathcona in 2024 and Vancouver-Hastings in 2020, per Elections BC results.
Sources: Elections BC: Statement of Votes, 2024 (PDF), Elections BC: Statement of Votes, 2020 (PDF)
Kyra Philbert
BC Greens
Registered nurse with over a decade in healthcare; holds a UBC nursing master's degree and a bachelor's in gender, race, sexuality and social justice.
Sources: BC Greens candidate page
Niki SharmaIncumbent
BC NDP
Lawyer whose practice represented Indigenous people, including residential school survivors; Vancouver-Hastings MLA since 2020; Deputy Premier and Attorney General.
Sources: BC Government: Attorney General Niki Sharma biography
Phyllis Tang
BC Conservatives
Piano teacher for 25 years and community outreach worker; former constituency assistant to a Richmond-Queensborough MLA; ran for Vancouver city council in 2018.
Sources: Conservative Party of BC candidate page
Phil Webb
BC Libertarian
Sources: Elections BC: 2026 candidate list

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

About the riding

Vancouver-Hastings takes in Hastings-Sunrise and half of Grandview-Woodland (per a BIV 2024 riding brief seen via search summary; boundaries unchanged for 2024)..

In 2024, Niki Sharma (BC NDP) won here by 8,846 votes, 39.8 points.

None found. Niki Sharma is Deputy Premier and Attorney General (gov.bc.ca).

Questions for Metro Vancouver

Everyone answers 13 province-wide questions. Voters in Metro Vancouver also get these 3:

TransLink says it needs at least $112 million a year in new money from 2028. What should the province do about transit in Metro Vancouver?
A 2025 ruling recognized Cowichan title over Richmond land with private homes. How should the province handle homeowners and title claims?
Sixteen Metro Vancouver mayors want the 2023 density laws undone. Keep the rules, add to them, or give councils back the say?

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.

Vancouver-Hastings: candidates in the 2026 BC election

Candidates

Christian Bosio

Kimball Cariou

Kyra Philbert

Niki SharmaIncumbent

Phyllis Tang

Phil Webb

About the riding

Questions for Metro Vancouver

How and when to vote

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