Vancouver-Yaletown: candidates in the 2026 BC election

5 candidates are on the ballot in Vancouver-Yaletown 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

Sam Chandola
CentreBC
Tech founder who arrived in Canada in 2012 and started First Fund, a pre-seed investment fund; was the Conservative candidate in North Vancouver-Seymour in 2024.
Sources: CentreBC candidate page, Elections BC Statement of Votes 2024
Margareta Dovgal
BC Conservatives
National economic commentator and policy analyst with a career in economic development advocacy; born in and lives in downtown Vancouver.
Sources: Conservative Party of BC candidate page
Priyan Samarakoone
BC Greens
Housing lawyer called to the BC bar in 2013; spent seven years with Access Pro Bono BC; Yaletown resident for 16 years.
Sources: BC Greens candidate page
Timothy Webster
On the ballot; withdrew Oct 8
Withdrew as a candidate on October 8; Elections BC says the name stays on the ballot because ballots were almost all printed, and voters will be told at voting places.
Sources: Elections BC: candidate withdrawn, Vancouver-Yaletown (Oct 2026)
Terry YungIncumbent
BC NDP
Vancouver Police Department veteran who served as an inspector; Vancouver-Yaletown MLA since 2024 and Minister of State for Community Safety and Integrated Services.
Sources: BC Government: Minister of State Terry Yung biography, BC NDP: our eighteen newest MLAs (party)

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

Vancouver-Yaletown takes in Yaletown and downtown Vancouver east of Burrard Street..

In 2024, Terry Yung (BC NDP) won here by 1,161 votes, 6.5 points.

None found. Terry Yung is Minister of State for Community Safety and Integrated Services since November 2024 (gov.bc.ca).

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?

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.