Kelowna Centre results, BC election 2026

2026 results

Elections BC, initial count, not verified · 86 of 86 ballot boxes · Nov 5 15:20 PT

Kristina Loewen leading by 137 votes (0.6 points) · all ballot boxes counted

Kristina Loewen

Conservative

10,864

48.4%

Loyal Wooldridge

BC NDP

10,727

47.8%

Bill Desrosiers

OneBC

870

3.9%

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

Past results

First contested in 2024

20244343Conservative gain0.156.5%2020est.321550BC Liberal ahead17.5–

2024General election, October 19Conservative gain from BC United

CandidateVotesShare±Spent

Kristina LoewenConservative · elected · $42,377 spent11,03342.8%new$42,377$3.84 a vote

Loyal WooldridgeBC NDP · $28,338 spent10,99342.7%+10.4$28,338$2.58 a vote

Michael HumerUnaffiliated · $15,531 spent2,61310.1%$15,531$5.94 a vote

Bryce TippeBC Green1,1114.3%−11.1$0

Margin40votes, 0.1 points

Turnout56.5%

Ballots25,78333 rejected

Registered45,642voters

± and swing against 338Canada’s estimate of the 2020 vote on the 2024 boundaries. Spending limit $71,700 a candidate.

2020, on the 2024 boundariesan estimate

PartyShare

BC Liberal49.8%

BC NDP32.3%

BC Green15.4%

Kelowna Centre was first contested in 2024. This is 338Canada’s estimate of how the area voted in 2020, when it was part of Kelowna West, Kelowna-Lake Country and Kelowna-Mission. 338Canada

Held by

2024now

Kristina Loewen, since the seat was created in 2024

2024–Kristina LoewenConservative

Created from Kelowna West, Kelowna-Lake Country and Kelowna-Mission.

Votes, ballots and registered voters: Elections BC. Spending: Wikipedia’s Kelowna Centre article. Members since 2024: the tracker’s record. 2020 on the 2024 boundaries: 338Canada.

Local news

Last 14 days

Nov 6
21:01

all four ridings with less than 200 vote leads on election night could stay close throughout the final count. Conservatives now ahead in Burnaby South-Metrotown by, by 90 in Cowichan Valley and just 44 in Kelowna Centre, NDP lead in Ladysmith-Oceanside is 29 https://t.co/BYE6u2Rh1B

Ben O'Hara-Byrne (@Ben_oharabyrne)

Nov 6
17:31

As of 5pm. NDP back in the lead in Ladysmith-Oceanside by 60 votes, and NDP lead in Burnaby-South Metrotown is 37 votes. Conservatives still ahead in Cowichan Valley (+111) and Kelowna Centre (+45), both those leads just narrowed. https://t.co/UD4HSFRtiy https://t.co/5aI8nP5WIW

Ben O'Hara-Byrne (@Ben_oharabyrne)

Nov 6
16:55

Conservative candidate in Ladysmith-Oceanside now in lead (+91) after trailing by 13 on election night as recount/final vote count (mail-in, etc) continues. Conservatives extend leads in Kelowna Centre (+166) + Cowichan Valley (+229), NDP holding in Burnaby South-Metrotown (+56) https://t.co/MU7RFdshRM

Ben O'Hara-Byrne (@Ben_oharabyrne)

Nov 6
14:00

Kristina Loewen holds lead in Kelowna Centre race during final count (Kelowna)

Castanet

Nov 6
04:00

Final count begins in razor-thin Kelowna Centre race (Kelowna)

Castanet Kamloops

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Nov 5
10:00

Kelowna Centre may have a new MLA by Friday (Kelowna)

Castanet Kamloops

Questions

Who won Kelowna Centre in the 2026 BC election?

On Elections BC's initial count (86 of 86 ballot boxes, as of November 5 at 3:20 p.m. Pacific time), Kristina Loewen (Conservative) leads Kelowna Centre with 10,864 votes (48.4%), 137 ahead of Loyal Wooldridge (BC NDP). Preliminary until the final count, November 6 to 10, 2026.

Who won Kelowna Centre in 2024?

The Conservative candidate won Kelowna Centre in the 2024 BC election with 42.8% of the vote, a margin of 40 votes (0.2%).