B.C. Election 2026: Tri-Cities, Maple Ridge and Pitt-Meadows voters head to the polls

It’s election day across B.C. and voters in Tri-Cities, Maple Ridge and Pitt-Meadows are headed to the polls.

On this page, you’ll see updates for the following Tri-Cities, Maple Ridge and Pitt-Meadows ridings:

• Maple Ridge: Maple Ridge-East, Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows

• Coquitlam: Coquitlam-Burke Mountain, Coquitlam-Maillardville, New Westminster-Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam

• Port Moody: Port Moody-Burquitlam

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Then follow along our live-blog HERE throughout the day and night for the latest election day news across the Metro Vancouver region, and check back here where we’ll keep this post updated all night with election results and reaction from ridings in Tri-Cities and Pitt-Meadows.

Voters in Tri-Cities, Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows are deciding today on whether to keep their NDP or Conservative MLAs, or switch it up for someone new in B.C.’s 2026 provincial election.

There are seven ridings in this northeastern area of Metro Vancouver: Port Coquitlam; Port Moody-Burquitlam; Coquitlam-Burke Mountain; Coquitlam Maillardville; New Westminster-Coquitlam; Maple Ridge East; and Maple-Ridge Pitt Meadows.

Election issues here mirror a Research Co. poll last week that found the top concerns among B.C. voters are the soaring cost of living, housing, poverty, and health care.

Out of the seven ridings, six B.C. NDP incumbent MLAs are seeking re-election. In the last provincial election in 2024, only three were close.

The question is: Will the NDP dominate again or will there be a shift to Greens or Conservatives?

Despite being an NDP stronghold, Conservatives are hoping to turn some of these ridings given the party’s favourable polling, notably the toss-up riding of Coquitlam-Burke Mountain. Here NDP incumbent Jodie Wickens, also Minister for Children and Family Development, is facing off against Conservative candidate and local tech businessman Ryan Peterson.

It was a close race last election. Wickens won with 50.8 per cent of the vote against the Conservative candidate Stephen Frolek at 49.2 per cent, or a difference of 368 votes.

The battle in Maple Ridge East was even tighter, with the NDP’s Bob D’Eith narrowly losing with 46.6 per cent of the votes to Conservative Lawrence Mok at 47 per cent. Mok is running for re-election this time against the NDP’s Hudson Campbell, a school trustee who served as president of the Maple Ridge Climate Hub.

“I think it’s going to be a real hard race for the NDP to win this back again, though Campbell clearly has some experience in the area,” said Ian Bushfield, a local political commenter for the podcasts PolitiCoast and Cambie Report.

The Green party followed in third in Maple Ridge East with 1,626 votes.

Greens could make ground in Metro Vancouver, if last week’s municipal election is any indication of how voters are leaning after Vancouver voted in its first Green mayor with Pete Fry.

It’s a notable concern for NDP leader David Eby who during the campaign asked voters not to choose Green because it could split the left vote.

Bushfield said he doesn’t think the Greens have a strong presence in these ridings: “It looks more like a mix of first time candidates or perennial candidates to ensure they have the presence.”

One of these ridings where Greens could split the vote is Port Moody-Burquitlam, where incumbent Rick Glumac is hoping to hold on to his seat.

Glumac, who is Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence and New Technologies and the husband of Port Moody’s new mayor-elect Haven Lurbiecki, is popular given he helped establish Port Moody’s Urgent and Primary Care Centre and has been an MLA since 2017.

But he has some new challengers. Conservative John McEwen has served as Anmore’s mayor as well as vice-chair at Metro Vancouver. The Greens’ Wei Chou is a tech entrepreneur who has helped organize climate justice events across Metro Vancouver.

Last election in this riding, which includes the city of Port Moody, the villages of Belcarra and Anmore, and parts of Coquitlam, including the neighbourhood of Burquitlam, Glumac won with 52.1 per cent of the vote compared with 40.5 per cent for the Conservative candidate Kerry van Aswegen.

“(Glumac) only loses if the NDP face a disaster scenario on Saturday,” said Bushfield.

According to 338canada.com, Port Moody-Burquitlam is NDP-leaning, as are the ridings of Port Coquitlam, and Coquitlam-Maillardville where eight-term MLA Mike Farnworth and one-term MLA Jennifer Blatherwick are seeking re-election, respectively.

New Westminster-Coquitlam, where Minister of Labour Jennifer Whiteside is the incumbent, is considered a safe NDP riding, according to the polling site.

While the site has Maple Ridge East leaning Conservative, Maple-Ridge Pitt Meadows is considered a toss-up.

This could be an interesting one to watch given NDP incumbent Lisa Beare had a comfortable lead in the last election with 54.9 per cent compared with the Conservatives’ Mike Morden at 45.1 per cent.

This time Beare will be taking on Conservative Doug Morneau, a businessman who is active in the Maple Ridge church community. Other candidates include Susan Einarsson with OneBC, and Jordan Simmons with CentreBC.

B.C. has 93 seats and 47 are needed for a majority.

With files from Nathan Griffiths

Port Coquitlam:

• Keenan Adams, Conservative Party
• Lee-Ann Bates, Unaffiliated
• Lewis C. Dahlby, Libertarian
• Mike Farnworth, B.C. NDP (incumbent)
• Stephanie Hendy, B.C. Green party

Port Moody-Burquitlam:

• Wei Chou, B.C. Green party
• Rick Glumac, B.C. NDP (incumbent)
• John McEwen, Conservative Party
• Freddy Rawji, CentreBC

Coquitlam-Burke Mountain:

• Kaden Mann, CentreBC
• Valerie Morrison, B.C. Green party
• Ryan Peterson, Conservative Party
• Jodie Wickens, B.C. NDP (incumbent)

Coquitlam Maillardville:

• Jennifer Blatherwick, B.C. NDP (incumbent)
• Matt Liang, Conservative Party
• Nicola Spurling, B.C. Green party

New Westminster-Coquitlam:

•Maureen Curran, B.C. Green party
•Michele Lau, Conservative Party
•Jennifer Whiteside, B.C. NDP (incumbent)

Maple Ridge East:

•Hudson Campbell, B.C. NDP
•Chris Hatchwell, Independent
•Daniel Kite, B.C. Green party
•Lawrence Mok, Conservative Party (incumbent)

Maple-Ridge Pitt Meadows:

•Lisa Beare, B.C. NDP (incumbent)
•Susan Einarsson, OneBC
•Doug Morneau, Conservative Party
•Jordan Simmons, CentreBC