| Bio | George Anderson is the BC NDP MLA for Nanaimo-Lantzville. Born and raised in Nanaimo, he is a commercial lawyer and the youngest person ever elected to Nanaimo City Council, and has served as Chair of the Vancouver Island University Board of Governors. | Kelsey Pringle is the BC Conservative candidate for Nanaimo-Lantzville. She describes herself as a mom, a small business owner and a proud Central Islander, a co-founder of a Vancouver Island business, a board director of the Vancouver Island Economic Alliance, and a co-founder of Empower Women Canada. | No bio on record. Know something? | Sharleen Weatherley is the BC Greens' candidate in Nanaimo-Lantzville in the 2026 provincial election. She is a high school teacher, former data scientist and outdoor professional with a background in chemical engineering, bioengineering, statistics and environmental education. Originally from Ontario, she previously worked as a data scientist in Toronto and as a whitewater rafting guide in Squamish, and she is running to advocate for climate action, accessible transportation and the protection and expansion of the region's green and blue spaces. |
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| HealthcareWill there be a doctor, a hospital, and care when we need it? | | This candidate has spoken about this issue more than once. Each statement is shown with its own source. Backs a cardiac cath lab at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital, more family doctors, and shorter wait times. - Wants a cardiac cath lab at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital
- Calls for more family doctors
- Wants shorter waits for care
“A cardiac cath lab at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital, more family doctors, and shorter waits for the care you need.” (one sentence) Source: Kelsey Pringle — campaign website Confidence:High Committed to repealing and replacing the HPOA to keep professional oversight free of political interference. - PRE-WINDOW: response dated 2026-10-11 on the tracker; verified absent from all BC baseline files, all prior run JSONs, and all prior imports — never extracted before.
- Asked by the HPOA candidate questionnaire (Psychologists of BC for Ethical Care and Governance): "Will you commit to repealing the Health Professions and Occupations Act (HPOA) and replacing it with legislation, built with the professions and the public, that keeps politics out of health care?"
- Committed to repealing and replacing the Health Professions and Occupations Act
- Says professional oversight should stay independent and free from political interference
“Yes. We support repealing the Health Professions and Occupations Act (HPOA) and working with the professions to keep their oversight independent and free from political interference.” (one sentence) Source: HPOA and the 2026 BC Election | Psychologists of BC for Ethical Care and Governance · October 11, 2026 Confidence:High Think we’ve got this wrong? | | |
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| HousingWill I be able to afford to live here? | | Wants homes built faster by cutting delays and costs so families and seniors can afford to stay. - Wants to cut delays and costs to get homes built faster
- Focuses on young families and seniors being able to afford to stay in the community
Show their words & sourceHide (one sentence)“Get homes built faster by cutting delays and costs, so young families and seniors can afford to stay here.” Source: Kelsey Pringle — campaign website Confidence:High | | |
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| Cost of livingCan I afford groceries, hydro and insurance? | | Wants lower taxes and less government waste so families and seniors keep more of what they earn. - Calls for lower taxes
- Calls for less government waste
Show their words & sourceHide (one sentence)“Lower taxes and less government waste, so families and seniors keep more of what they earn.” Source: Kelsey Pringle — campaign website Confidence:High | | |
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| Economy & jobsWill BC's economy create good jobs where I live? | Wants B.C.'s procurement program to put B.C. businesses first rather than looking to the United States. - Says the B.C. procurement program should make sure B.C. businesses are put first
- Focused on providing more opportunities to train B.C. workers
Show their words & sourceHide (reported remarks)“That's where we need to be looking at our B.C. procurement program to make sure that B.C. businesses are put first, rather than saying, 'Let's look to the United States,' like Conservatives are saying, we should line up with Donald Trump. We need to look at creating the best British Columbia possible by ensuring we're uplifting every single business in British Columbia.” Source: Economy and jobs the focus at Nanaimo provincial candidate forum — The Lounge 99.9 · October 14, 2026 Confidence:High | This candidate has spoken about this issue more than once. Each statement is shown with its own source. Wants less red tape and real support for local businesses and workers. - Calls for less red tape for local businesses
- Wants real support for local workers
“Less red tape and real support for the local businesses and workers who keep our community running.” (one sentence) Source: Kelsey Pringle — campaign website Confidence:High Says taxes raised ~40 times since 2017 plus PST are unsustainable for small businesses. - Argues taxes raised some 40 times since 2017 plus PST make the system unsustainable
- Says 'taxing ourselves to prosperity' is not working for small businesses
“We need to look at why our workforce is unemployed. We need to look at small businesses and how we help them. I'm a small business owner myself, my husband and I, and we work with small businesses across British Columbia, and taxes have been raised, it was something like 40 times since 2017, plus PST. This is unsustainable. This idea of taxing ourselves to prosperity is not working for small businesses.” (reported remarks) Source: Economy and jobs the focus at Nanaimo provincial candidate forum — The Lounge 99.9 · October 14, 2026 Confidence:High Think we’ve got this wrong? | Wants government to act as a major buyer of made-in-B.C. goods and build massive new social housing. - Wants a workers' government to act as a reliable major buyer for made-in-B.C. products and services
- Promises a massive amount of new social housing, which would keep B.C. trades and lumber mills busy
- Opposes the export of raw logs
Show their words & sourceHide (reported remarks)“What a workers' government can do to address business uncertainty is to act as a reliable, major buyer for made-in-B.C. products and services. One example is our promise to build a massive amount of new social housing. This will make us a major buyer for B.C. trades and lumber that will keep mills open, and provide a real alternative to the export of raw logs.” Source: Economy and jobs the focus at Nanaimo provincial candidate forum — The Lounge 99.9 · October 14, 2026 Confidence:High | |
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| EducationWill my kids' schools be properly funded? | | | | |
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| Environment & climateIs the province protecting forests, water and climate? | | | | Pledges to make climate emergency action society's top priority — and hers as MLA for Nanaimo-Lantzville. - Says taking action on the climate emergency needs to be society's top priority.
- Commits that climate action will be her priority as MLA for Nanaimo-Lantzville.
Show their words & sourceHide (one sentence)“Taking action on the climate emergency needs to be our society's top priority, and it will be my priority while I am the MLA for Nanaimo-Lantzville.” Source: Sharleen Weatherley - Nanaimo-Lantzville - BC Green Party Confidence:High |
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| Public safetyWill repeat offenders stay off my street? | | Wants people moved off streets into treatment and care, and safe downtowns and parks for everyone. - Wants to get people off the streets and into treatment and care
- Wants downtowns and parks safe for everyone
Show their words & sourceHide (one sentence)“Get people off the streets and into treatment and care, and make downtowns and parks safe for everyone again.” Source: Kelsey Pringle — campaign website Confidence:High | | |
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| TransportationWill the highways, ferries and transit keep up? | | | | |
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| Mental health & addictionsHow will the province handle the toxic-drug crisis? | Supports complex-care housing pairing stable homes with on-site mental-health and health-care supports. - Says the journey to better health for people in a homelessness/mental-health cycle begins with stable housing
- Backs combining homes with mental-health and health-care supports all in one place
Show their words & sourceHide (reported remarks)“For people who are stuck in a cycle of homelessness while struggling with complex mental-health and health challenges, the journey to better health begins with stable housing. That's exactly what complex-care housing provides, along with the mental-health and health-care supports people need, all in one place. I know people in our community will benefit from this project and I look forward to it moving ahead.” Source: Supportive, complex-care homes planned for Nanaimo — BC Housing · May 16, 2025 Confidence:High | Wants to end the decriminalization experiment and focus on treatment and recovery. - Calls the decriminalization experiment a failure
- Wants focus on treatment and recovery rather than just managing addiction
Show their words & sourceHide (one sentence)“End the failed decriminalization experiment and focus on treatment and recovery, not just managing addiction.” Source: Kelsey Pringle — campaign website Confidence:High | | |
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| Seniors & long-term careCan seniors age with dignity in BC? | | | | |
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| Indigenous relationsHow will the province work with Indigenous peoples? | | | | |
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| Government & taxesIs the province spending my money wisely? | | | | |
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