Candidates
Candidate list, as compiled by Elections BC on April 24, 2009 (PDF copy)
Current MLAs are marked with a (*).
| Electoral District | BC Liberal | BC NDP | BC Green |
| Abbotsford South | John van Dongen* | Bonnie Rai | Daniel Bryce |
| Abbotsford West | Michael de Jong* | Taranjit Purewal | Karen Durant |
| Abbotsford-Mission | Randy Hawes* | Lynn Perrin | Bill Walsh |
| Alberni-Pacific Rim | Dianne St Jacques | Scott Fraser* | Paul Musgrave |
| Boundary-Similkameen | John Slater | Lakhvinder Jhaj | Robert Grieve |
| Burnaby North | Richard Lee* | Mondee Redman | Doug Perry |
| Burnaby-Deer Lake | John Nuraney* | Kathy Corrigan | Bruce Friesen |
| Burnaby-Edmonds | Lee Rankin | Raj Chouhan* | Carrie McLaren |
| Burnaby-Lougheed | Harry Bloy* | Jaynie Clark | Helen Chang |
| Cariboo North | Bruce Ernst | Bob Simpson* | Douglas Gook |
| Cariboo-Chilcotin | Donna Barnett | Charlie Wyse* | Elli Taylor |
| Chilliwack | John Les* | Mason Goulden | Fraea Bolding |
| Chilliwack-Hope | Barry Penner* | Gwen O’Mahoney | Guy Durnin |
| Columbia River-Revelstoke | Mark McKee | Norm MacDonald* | Sarah Svensson |
| Comox Valley | Don McRae | Leslie McNabb | Hazel Lennox |
| Coquitlam-Burke Mountain | Douglas Horne | Heather McRitchie | Jared Evans |
| Coquitlam-Maillardville | Dennis Marsden | Diane Thorne* | Stephen Reid |
| Cowichan Valley | Cathy Basskin | Bill Routley | Simon Lindley |
| Delta North | Jeannie Kanakos | Guy Gentner* | Matthew Laine |
| Delta South | Wally Oppal* | Dileep Athaide | Duane Laird |
| Esquimalt-Royal Roads | Carl Ratsoy | Maurine Karagianis* | Jane Sterk |
| Fort Langley-Aldergrove | Rich Coleman* | Gail Chaddock-Costello | Travis Erbacher |
| Fraser-Nicola | Ella Brown | Harry Lali* | Desiree Maher-Schley |
| Juan de Fuca | Jody Twa | John Horgan* | James Powell |
| Kamloops-North Thompson | Terry Lake | Doug Brown | April Snowe |
| Kamloops-South Thompson | Kevin Krueger* | Thomas Friedman | Bev Markle |
| Kelowna-Lake Country | Norm Letnick | Matthew Reed | Ryan Fugger |
| Kelowna-Mission | Steve Thomson | Tisha Kalmanovich | Crystal Wariach |
| Kootenay East | Bill Bennett* | Troy Sebastian | Jennifer Tsuida |
| Kootenay West | Brenda Binnie | Katrine Conroy* | Andy Morel |
| Langley | Mary Polak* | Kathleen Stephany | Ron Abgrall |
| Maple Ridge-Mission | Marc Dalton | Mike Bocking | Michael Gildersleeve |
| Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows | Ken Stewart | Michael Sather* | Robert Hornsey |
| Nanaimo | Jeet Manhas | Leonard Krog* | Dirk Becker |
| Nanaimo-North Cowichan | Rob Hutchins | Doug Routley* | Ian Gartshore |
| Nechako Lakes | John Rustad* | Byron Goerz | Hondo Arendt |
| Nelson-Creston | Josh Smienk | Michelle Mungall | Sean Kubara |
| New Westminster | Carole Millar | Dawn Black | Matthew Laird |
| North Coast | Herb Pond | Gary Coons* | Lisa Girbav |
| North Island | Marion Wright | Claire Trevena* | Philip Stone |
| North Vancouver-Lonsdale | Naomi Yamamoto | Janice Harris | Michelle Corcos |
| North Vancouver-Seymour | Jane Thornthwaite | Mo Norton | Daniel Quinn |
| Oak Bay-Gordon Head | Ida Chong* | Jessica Van der Veen | Steven Johns |
| Parksville-Qualicum | Ron Cantelon* | Leanne Salter | Wayne Osborne |
| Peace River North | Pat Pimm | Jackie Allen | Liz Logan |
| Peace River South | Blair Lekstrom* | Pat Shaw | Grant Fraser |
| Penticton | Bill Barisoff* | Cameron Phillips | Julius Bloomfield |
| Port Coquitlam | Bernie Hiller | Mike Farnworth* | Cole Bertsch |
| Port Moody-Coquitlam | Iain Black* | Shannon Watkins | Rebecca Helps |
| Powell River-Sunshine Coast | Dawn Miller | Nicholas Simons* | Jeff Chilton |
| Prince George-Mackenzie | Pat Bell* | Tobias Lawrence | Kevin Creamore |
| Prince George-Valemount | Shirley Bond* | Julie Carew | Andrej DeWolf |
| Richmond Centre | Rob Howard | Kam Brar | Michael Wolfe |
| Richmond East | Linda Reid* | Shawkat Hasan | Stephen Rees |
| Richmond-Steveston | John Yap* | Sue Wallis | Jeff Hill |
| Saanich North and the Islands | Murray Coell* | Gary Holman | Tom Bradfield |
| Saanich South | Robin Adair | Lana Popham | Brian Gordon |
| Shuswap | George Abbott* | Steve Gunner | Michel Saab |
| Skeena | Donny van Dyk | Robin Austin* | Anita Norman |
| Stikine | Scott Groves | Doug Donaldson | Roger Benham |
| Surrey-Cloverdale | Kevin Falcon* | Deborah Payment | Kevin Purton |
| Surrey-Fleetwood | Jagmohan Singh | Jagrup Brar* | Christin Geall |
| Surrey-Green Timbers | Rani Mangat | Sue Hammell* | Dan Kashagama |
| Surrey-Newton | Ajay Caleb | Harry Bains* | Trevor Loke |
| Surrey-Panorama | Stephanie Cadieux | Debbie Lawrance | Murray Weisenberger |
| Surrey-Tynehead | Dave Hayer* | Pat Zanon | Gerald Singh |
| Surrey-Whalley | Radhia Benalia | Bruce Ralston* | Bernadette Keenan |
| Surrey-White Rock | Gordon Hogg* | Drina Allen | Don Pitcairn |
| Vancouver-Fairview | Margaret MacDiarmid | Jenn McGinn* | Vanessa Violini |
| Vancouver-False Creek | Mary McNeil | Jordan Parente | Damian Kettlewell |
| Vancouver-Fraserview | Kash Heed | Gabriel Yiu | Jodie Emery |
| Vancouver-Hastings | Haida Lane | Shane Simpson* | Ryan Conroy |
| Vancouver-Kensington | Syrus Lee | Mable Elmore | Doug Warkentin |
| Vancouver-Kingsway | Bill Yuen | Adrian Dix* | Rev Warkentin |
| Vancouver-Langara | Moira Stilwell | Helesia Luke | J-M Toriel |
| Vancouver-Mount Pleasant | Sherry Wiebe | Jenny Kwan* | John Boychuk |
| Vancouver-Point Grey | Gordon Campbell* | Mel Lehan | Stephen Kronstein |
| Vancouver-Quilchena | Colin Hansen* | James Young | Laura-Leah Shaw |
| Vancouver-West End | Laura McDiarmid | Spencer Herbert* | Drina Read |
| Vernon-Monashee | Eric Foster | Mark Olsen | Huguette Allen |
| Victoria-Beacon Hill | Dallas Henault | Carole James* | Adam Saab |
| Victoria-Swan Lake | Jesse McClinton | Rob Fleming* | David Wright |
| West Vancouver-Capilano | Ralph Sultan* | Terry Platt | Ryan Windsor |
| West Vancouver-Sea to Sky | Joan McIntyre* | Juliana Buitenhuis | Jim Stephenson |
| Westside-Kelowna | Ben Stewart | Tish Lakes | Robin McKim |
| Candidate Counts: | 85 | 85 | 85 |
| Electoral District | BC Conservative | BC Refed | Other |
| Abbotsford South | Gurcharan Dhaliwal | Tim Felger (Independent) | |
| Abbotsford West | Dalbir Benipal | ||
| Abbotsford-Mission | |||
| Alberni-Pacific Rim | Dallas Hills | ||
| Boundary-Similkameen | Joe Cardoso | ||
| Burnaby North | |||
| Burnaby-Deer Lake | |||
| Burnaby-Edmonds | Dan Cancade (Libertarian) | ||
| Burnaby-Lougheed | |||
| Cariboo North | |||
| Cariboo-Chilcotin | |||
| Chilliwack | Benjamin Besler | ||
| Chilliwack-Hope | Hans Mulder | Dorothy-Jean O’Donnell (People’s Front) | |
| Columbia River-Revelstoke | |||
| Comox Valley | Paula Berard | Barbara Biley (People’s Front) | |
| Coquitlam-Burke Mountain | Paul Geddes (Libertarian) | ||
| Coquitlam-Maillardville | Doug Stead (Independent) | ||
| Cowichan Valley | Jason Murray | Michial Moore | |
| Delta North | Marc McPherson | ||
| Delta South | Vicki Huntington (Independent) John Shavluk (Independent) |
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| Esquimalt-Royal Roads | |||
| Fort Langley-Aldergrove | Jordan Braun | ||
| Fraser-Nicola | Dian Brooks | ||
| Juan de Fuca | |||
| Kamloops-North Thompson | Wayne Russell | Kesten Broughton (Work Less) | |
| Kamloops-South Thompson | Maria Dobi | ||
| Kelowna-Lake Country | Mary-Ann Graham | Alan Clarke (Independent) | |
| Kelowna-Mission | Mark Thompson | Daniel Thorburn | Silverado Socrates (Independent) |
| Kootenay East | Wilf Hanni | ||
| Kootenay West | Zachary Crispin (Communist) | ||
| Langley | |||
| Maple Ridge-Mission | Ian Vaughan (BC Reform) | ||
| Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows | Jay Ariken | Chum Richardson (Independent) | |
| Nanaimo | Linden Shaw | ||
| Nanaimo-North Cowichan | Ron Fuson | ||
| Nechako Lakes | Mike Summers | ||
| Nelson-Creston | David Duncan | ||
| New Westminster | |||
| North Coast | |||
| North Island | William Mewhort (Independent) | ||
| North Vancouver-Lonsdale | Ian McLeod | Ron Gamble (BC Reform) | |
| North Vancouver-Seymour | Gary Hee | ||
| Oak Bay-Gordon Head | |||
| Parksville-Qualicum | Bruce Ryder | ||
| Peace River North | Sue Arntson | Arthur Hadland (Independent) | |
| Peace River South | Donna Young (Independent) | ||
| Penticton | Chris Delaney | Wendy Dion | |
| Port Coquitlam | Lewis Dahlby (Libertarian) Brent Williams (Your Political Party) |
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| Port Moody-Coquitlam | Donna Vandekerkhove | James Filippelli (Your Political Party) | |
| Powell River-Sunshine Coast | Allen McIntyre | ||
| Prince George-Mackenzie | |||
| Prince George-Valemount | Gordon Dickie | Don Roberts | |
| Richmond Centre | Kang Chen (Nation Alliance) | ||
| Richmond East | Wei Ping Chen (Nation Alliance) | ||
| Richmond-Steveston | Barry Chilton | ||
| Saanich North and the Islands | |||
| Saanich South | Douglas Christie (Western Canada Concept) | ||
| Shuswap | Beryl Ludwig | Chris Emery (Marijuana) | |
| Skeena | Mike Brousseau | ||
| Stikine | |||
| Surrey-Cloverdale | |||
| Surrey-Fleetwood | Cory Sandhu | ||
| Surrey-Green Timbers | |||
| Surrey-Newton | George Gidora (Communist) | ||
| Surrey-Panorama | |||
| Surrey-Tynehead | |||
| Surrey-Whalley | |||
| Surrey-White Rock | David Hawkins (BC Reform) | ||
| Vancouver-Fairview | Alex Frei | Norris Barens (BC Reform) Graham Clark (Independent) |
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| Vancouver-False Creek | David Hutchinson | Otto Grecz | Michael Halliday (Independent) |
| Vancouver-Fraserview | Andrew Stevano | ||
| Vancouver-Hastings | Dietrich Pajonk (Sex) Donna Petersen (People’s Front) Chris Telford (Work Less) |
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| Vancouver-Kensington | |||
| Vancouver-Kingsway | Charles Boylan (People’s Front) Matt Kadioglu (Libertarian) |
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| Vancouver-Langara | |||
| Vancouver-Mount Pleasant | Peter Marcus (Communist) | ||
| Vancouver-Point Grey | John Ince (Sex) | ||
| Vancouver-Quilchena | |||
| Vancouver-West End | Menard Caissy (No Affiliation) John Clarke (Libertarian) Scarlett Lake (Sex) |
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| Vernon-Monashee | Dean Skoreyko | RJ Busch | Gordon Campbell (No Affiliation) |
| Victoria-Beacon Hill | Saul Andersen (Independent) | ||
| Victoria-Swan Lake | Bob Savage | ||
| West Vancouver-Capilano | Eddie Petrossian | Tunya Audain (Libertarian) David Marley (Independent) |
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| West Vancouver-Sea to Sky | |||
| Westside-Kelowna | Peter Neville | ||
| Candidate Counts: | 24 | 22 | 45 |
Candidates Elected in 2005 that are no longer running
BC Liberal: (14 of 46)
Bulkley Valley-Stikine – Dennis MacKay – Retiring
Comox Valley – Stan Hagen – Died at 68
Delta South – Val Roddick – “Personal reasons”
Kamloops – Claude Richmond – Retiring
Kelowna-Lake Country – Al Horning – Retiring
Kelowna-Mission – Sindi Hawkins – Health reasons (leukemia)
North Vancouver-Seymour – Dan Jarvis – Retiring (quintuple bypass heart surgery)
North Vancouver-Lonsdale – Katherine Whittred – Retiring
Okanagan-Vernon – Tom Christensen – Spend time with his three young children
Okanagan-Westside – Rick Thorpe – “Life reasons” (retiring)
Peace River North – Richard Neufeld – Appointment to Senate (Resigned before election)
Richmond Centre – Olga Ilich – No reason
Vancouver Burrard – Lorne Mayencourt- Federal candidate (Vancouver Centre) (Resigned before election)
Vancouver Langara – Carole Taylor – No reason (Resigned before election)
NDP: (5 of 33)
Nelson-Creston – Corky Evans – Retiring
New Westminster – Chuck Puchmayr – Health reasons (liver cancer)
Saanich South – David Cubberley – Retiring, taking care of children
Vancouver-Fairview – Gregor Robertson – Running for Mayor of Vancouver (Resigned before election)
Vancouver-Kensington – David Chudnovsky – Pursuing projects outside of politics
Re: Signage
Recently, I was discussing the subject of recycling the election signs that political parties are using to display their political campaign ambitions.
The customer representative says that there is no current demand for the material after an election is over. And, most likely, the signs and left-over material end up in the land fill.
Hence, I started to use paper signs and building material.
Apparently, some reader on the Blog commented that I should be putting up more signs, just like the big parties are doing. Remember, they mostlikely had ordered the signs a lot earlier than I did.
If I did not care able our planet or spending peoples hard-earned money, then Yes, I might have followed that reader’s suggestion.
But since the Election Day is less than 4 weeks away and I do not see the advantage of excessive waste and spending, I therefore thank the reader for his Freedom Of Speech comment and look forward to see his donation.
Gary B. Hee.