Courtenay-Comox results, BC election 2026

2026 results

Elections BC, initial count, not verified · 95 of 95 ballot boxes · Nov 5 15:20 PT

Will Cole-Hamilton leading by 679 votes (2.3 points) · all ballot boxes counted

Will Cole-Hamilton

BC NDP

13,342

45.1%

Brennan Day

Conservative

12,663

42.8%

Jay Van Oostdam

BC Green

2,869

9.7%

Jason Cook

CentreBC

738

2.5%

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

Past results

3 general elections since 2017

2024392139Conservative gain0.268.7%2020512030BC NDP hold20.861.5%2017371837BC NDP new seat0.766.9%

2024General election, October 19Conservative gain from BC NDP

CandidateVotesShare±Spent

Brennan DayConservative · elected · $54,804 spent13,48138.8%new$54,804$4.07 a vote

Ronna-Rae LeonardBC NDP · $64,794 spent13,38838.6%−12.0$64,794$4.84 a vote

Arzeena HamirBC Green · $54,310 spent7,20220.7%+1.1$54,310$7.54 a vote

John HedicanIndependent · $7,247 spent5041.5%$7,247$14 a vote

Devin HowellIndependent · $1,098 spent1430.4%$1,098$7.68 a vote

Margin93votes, 0.2 points

Turnout68.7%+7.2 points

Ballots34,75537 rejected

Registered50,583voters

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

2020General election, October 24BC NDP holdSwing 10.0 points to BC NDP

CandidateVotesShare±Spent

Ronna-Rae LeonardBC NDP · elected · $50,104 spent14,66350.6%+13.2$50,104$3.42 a vote

Brennan DayBC Liberal · $34,580 spent8,65529.8%−6.9$34,580$4.00 a vote

Gillian AndersonBC Green · $10,596 spent5,68119.6%+1.2$10,596$1.87 a vote

Margin6,008votes, 20.8 points

Turnout61.5%−5.4 points

Ballots29,186187 rejected

Registered47,485voters

± and swing against the 2017 election.

2017General election, May 9BC NDP, the seat’s first election

CandidateVotesShare±Spent

Ronna-Rae LeonardBC NDP · elected · $55,597 spent10,88637.4%$55,597$5.11 a vote

Jim BenningerBC Liberal · $43,935 spent10,69736.7%$43,935$4.11 a vote

Ernie SellentinBC Green · $8,612 spent5,35118.4%$8,612$1.61 a vote

Leah Catherine McCullochConservative · $14,981 spent2,2017.6%$14,981$6.81 a vote

Margin189votes, 0.7 points

Turnout66.9%

Ballots29,21277 rejected

Registered43,671voters

Held by

2017now

2 members since 2017

2017–2024Ronna-Rae LeonardBC NDP
2024–Brennan DayConservative · Independent, August 26 to September 22, 2026

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

Local news

Last 14 days

Nov 4
06:00

LETTER: Post-election, let’s work together again

Comox Valley Record

Nov 4
06:00

LETTER: Thank you to outgoing MLA Brennan Day

Comox Valley Record

Questions

Who won Courtenay-Comox in the 2026 BC election?

On Elections BC's initial count (95 of 95 ballot boxes, as of November 5 at 3:20 p.m. Pacific time), Will Cole-Hamilton (BC NDP) leads Courtenay-Comox with 13,342 votes (45.1%), 679 ahead of Brennan Day (Conservative). Preliminary until the final count, November 6 to 10, 2026.

Who won Courtenay-Comox in 2024?

The Conservative candidate won Courtenay-Comox in the 2024 BC election with 38.8% of the vote, a margin of 93 votes (0.3%).