B.C. ELECTION – Five to run in Kamloops Centre, three in Kamloops-N. Thompson

Posted on October 5, 2026 in 'Loops, Politics // 0 Comments

The lineup is set for the Oct. 24, 2026 provincial election. As the nomination deadline passed on the weekend, five candidates got their papers in for Kamloops Centre but only three for Kamloops-North Thompson.

Running in Kamloops Centre are Annelise Beach (BC Green Party), Rocky McAfee (OneBC), incumbent Peter Milobar (Conservative Party), Thaelo Proctor (Independent) and Mike Wisla (BC NDP). The Kamloops-North Thompson riding will be contested by Kory Clark (BC NDP), Deborah Friesen (OneBC) and incumbent Ward Stamer (Conservative Party).

The Greens had hoped to parachute party co-founder John Kidder in to Kamloops-North Thompson but his name isn’t on the Elections BC list of candidates.

In the nearby riding of Fraser-Nicola are Jason Leboe (BC NDP), Tony Luck (Conservative Party) and Patrick Michell (BC Green Party).

BC Conservative leader Lorne Doerkson will be up against Kathryn Askew (BC NDP) and Douglas Goods (BC Green Party) in Cariboo-Chilcotin.