Boundary-Similkameen results, BC election 2026

2026 results

Elections BC, initial count, not verified · 88 of 88 ballot boxes · Nov 5 15:20 PT

Donegal Wilson leading by 2,615 votes (12.0 points) · all ballot boxes counted

Donegal Wilson

Conservative

11,475

52.6%

Roly Russell

BC NDP

8,860

40.6%

Keith Pomeroy

OneBC

1,494

6.8%

2024: Conservative. Preliminary until the final count, November 6 to 10, 2026. All 93 ridings

Past results

5 general elections since 2009

20244348Conservative gain5.862.7%20205037BC NDP gain13.256.8%2017331443BC Liberal hold10.164.8%20133947BC Liberal hold7.661.8%2009333720BC Liberal new seat4.662.3%

2024General election, October 19Conservative gain from BC NDPSwing 22.3 points to Conservative

CandidateVotesShare±Spent

Donegal WilsonConservative · elected · $33,103 spent11,93548.4%+37.2$33,103$2.77 a vote

Roly RussellBC NDP · $60,077 spent10,49742.6%−7.3$60,077$5.72 a vote

Kevin EastwoodBC Green · $575 spent1,4545.9%new$575$0.40 a vote

Sean TaylorIndependent · $1,380 spent7793.2%$1,380$1.77 a vote

Margin1,438votes, 5.8 points

Turnout62.7%+5.9 points

Ballots24,70136 rejected

Registered39,371voters

± and swing against the 2020 election. Spending limit $71,700 a candidate.

2020General election, October 24BC NDP gain from BC LiberalSwing 11.6 points to BC NDP

CandidateVotesShare±Spent

Roly RussellBC NDP · elected · $22,882 spent10,50049.9%+17.2$22,882$2.18 a vote

Petra VeintimillaBC Liberal · $47,873 spent7,73536.7%−6.1$47,873$6.19 a vote

Darryl SeresConservative · $2,932 spent2,35411.2%new$2,932$1.25 a vote

Arlyn GreigWexit · $4 spent4742.3%new$4$0.01 a vote

Margin2,765votes, 13.2 points

Turnout56.8%−8.0 points

Ballots21,271208 rejected

Registered37,421voters

± and swing against the 2017 election.

2017General election, May 9BC Liberal holdSwing 1.2 points to BC Liberal

CandidateVotesShare±Spent

Linda LarsonBC Liberal · elected · $68,560 spent9,51342.8%−3.8$68,560$7.21 a vote

Colleen RossBC NDP · $60,024 spent7,27532.7%−6.3$60,024$8.25 a vote

Peter EntwistleIndependent · $3,653 spent3,16514.2%$3,653$1.15 a vote

Vonnie LaversBC Green · $1,170 spent2,27410.2%+1.4$1,170$0.51 a vote

Margin2,238votes, 10.1 points

Turnout64.8%+3.0 points

Ballots22,32598 rejected

Registered34,450voters

± and swing against the 2013 election.

2013General election, May 14BC Liberal holdSwing 1.5 points to BC Liberal

CandidateVotesShare±Spent

Linda LarsonBC Liberal · elected · $61,031 spent8,49946.6%+9.1$61,031$7.18 a vote

Sam HancheroffBC NDP · $70,135 spent7,11339.0%+6.1$70,135$9.86 a vote

John KwasnicaBC Green · $1,334 spent1,6028.8%−0.7$1,334$0.83 a vote

Mischa PopoffUnaffiliated · $3,725 spent6553.6%$3,725$5.69 a vote

Doug PedersonIndependent3752.1%$0

Margin1,386votes, 7.6 points

Turnout61.8%−0.5 points

Ballots18,357113 rejected

Registered29,682voters

± and swing against the 2009 election.

2009General election, May 12BC Liberal, the seat’s first election

CandidateVotesShare±Spent

John SlaterBC Liberal · elected · $99,832 spent6,68137.5%$99,832$15 a vote

Lakhvinder JhajBC NDP · $52,629 spent5,87032.9%$52,629$8.97 a vote

Joe CardosoConservative · $20,592 spent3,59620.2%$20,592$5.73 a vote

Bob GrieveBC Green · $2,025 spent1,6919.5%$2,025$1.20 a vote

Margin811votes, 4.6 points

Turnout62.3%

Ballots17,960122 rejected

Registered28,822voters

Held by

1966now

6 members since 1966

1966–1975Frank Richter Jr.Social Credit
1975–1986Jim HewittSocial Credit
1986–2009No riding by this name
2009–2013John SlaterBC Liberal
2013–2020Linda LarsonBC Liberal
2020–2024Roly RussellBC NDP
2024–Donegal WilsonConservative · Independent, September 2 to 18, 2026 · CentreBC, September 18 to 22, 2026

Created from Penticton-Okanagan Valley, West Kootenay-Boundary and Yale-Lillooet.

Votes, ballots and registered voters: Elections BC. Spending and members before 2024: Wikipedia’s Boundary-Similkameen article. Members since 2024: the tracker’s record.

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Questions

Who won Boundary-Similkameen in the 2026 BC election?

On Elections BC's initial count (88 of 88 ballot boxes, as of November 5 at 3:20 p.m. Pacific time), Donegal Wilson (Conservative) leads Boundary-Similkameen with 11,475 votes (52.6%), 2,615 ahead of Roly Russell (BC NDP). Preliminary until the final count, November 6 to 10, 2026.

Who won Boundary-Similkameen in 2024?

The Conservative candidate won Boundary-Similkameen in the 2024 BC election with 48.4% of the vote, a margin of 1,438 votes (5.8%).