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Port Moody, BCProvincial voter guide · October 2026
BC Provincial Election 2026

Meet your candidates.

Four candidates are running for MLA in Port Moody-Burquitlam, and final voting day is Saturday, October 24. Each card below carries the candidate’s photo, party, and bio facts drawn from official sources. The riding covers the entire City of Port Moody, plus Anmore, Belcarra, and part of Coquitlam. Port Moody Pulse doesn’t endorse candidates; this guide is a voter service from your neighbours.

Facts from official sources means each card’s facts are drawn from the candidate’s official biography or campaign page. Cards were not reviewed by the candidates.

Oct 16–21 — Advance voting (8am–8pm)
Oct 18 — Mail ballot request deadline (today)
Oct 24 — Final voting day (8am–8pm)
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Where to vote

Advance voting runs Oct 16–21, 8am–8pm, and you can vote at any advance voting place in BC. Near Port Moody:

  • Klahanie Canoe Club, 501 Klahanie Dr, Port Moody — Oct 16–17 and Oct 19–21 (closed Sun Oct 18)
  • Coquitlam Presbyterian Church, 948 Como Lake Ave, Coquitlam — Oct 16–21

On final voting day (Sat Oct 24, 8am–8pm) vote at your assigned place. Port Moody locations include Aspenwood Elementary, Heritage Woods Secondary, Klahanie Canoe Club, Mountain Meadows Elementary, Seaview Community School, and École Moody Middle.

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What ID to bring

Bring one piece of photo ID (BC driver’s licence, BCID, or photo BC Services Card), or two documents with your name (at least one showing your current address), or have another voter vouch for you. Full list at elections.bc.ca.

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No endorsements

Candidates appear alphabetically by surname: Chou, Glumac, McEwen, Rawji. Facts come from official sources, and nothing here is a recommendation. Port Moody Pulse does not endorse candidates.

What’s at stake for Port Moody

The municipal election decided who runs City Hall. This one decides who fights for Port Moody in Victoria — and the province controls the files that shape daily life here:

Schools

The province funds and builds schools. Several Port Moody schools are over capacity, and the MLA lobbies for capital dollars and new classrooms.

Housing rules

Victoria sets the housing targets and the rules — multiplexes on single-family lots, density near SkyTrain — that determine what Port Moody must allow.

Health care

Hospitals and emergency rooms are provincially run. Eagle Ridge Hospital serves the Tri-Cities, and its funding is a provincial decision.

Getting around

TransLink funding, SkyTrain service levels, and major road investments all run through the provincial budget.

Tap a candidate’s photo to read their full card.

Port Moody-Burquitlam

4 candidates for MLA
Wei Chou
BC Provincial Election 2026 · Candidate Card

Wei Chou

Running for MLA, Port Moody-Burquitlam
BC Green Party
Facts from official sources
About
  • Entrepreneur, supply chain professional and community organizer; came to Canada in 1997 and grew up in Port Moody. [bcgreens.ca]
  • Founded a Vancouver tech startup in 2019, growing it to $1.7M revenue with a 14-person team; wound it down ensuring employees were paid. [bcgreens.ca]
  • Mentors entrepreneurs and researchers through Innovation UBC, Lab2Market and New Ventures BC; focus on social enterprise and clean tech. [bcgreens.ca]
  • During the COVID-19 PPE shortage helped coordinate sourcing and delivery of 20,000 surgical masks, N95 respirators and hospital gowns for frontline healthcare workers. [bcgreens.ca]
Photo: BC Greens official candidates page (courtesy credit).
Official bio: bcgreens.ca/candidates-2026/wei-chou
Rick Glumac
BC Provincial Election 2026 · Candidate Card

Rick Glumac

Running for MLA, Port Moody-Burquitlam
BC NDP
Facts from official sources
About
  • First elected MLA for Port Moody-Coquitlam (renamed Port Moody-Burquitlam for 2024) in 2017; re-elected 2020 and 2024. [news.gov.bc.ca]
  • Appointed Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence and New Technologies in July 2025; previously Minister of State for Trade, Parliamentary Secretary for Technology, and Premier’s Liaison to Washington state and the Pacific Northwest. [news.gov.bc.ca]
  • SFU Bachelor of Applied Science in Electronics Engineering; before politics worked in tech including animation on Shrek 2 and Madagascar, video games (FIFA Soccer), and mobile apps for Fortune 500 companies. [rickglumac.mla.bcndpcaucus.ca]
  • Port Moody city councillor 2011–2017; chaired the city’s Economic Development, Environmental Protection, Heritage, Arts and Culture, and Community Care committees. [rickglumac.mla.bcndpcaucus.ca]
Photo: BC NDP Caucus official portrait (courtesy credit).
Official bio: rickglumac.mla.bcndpcaucus.ca
John McEwen
BC Provincial Election 2026 · Candidate Card

John McEwen

Running for MLA, Port Moody-Burquitlam
Conservative Party of BC
Facts from official sources
About
  • Served 18 years on Anmore Village Council, including 12 years as Mayor; has lived in Anmore for more than 20 years. [conservativebc.ca]
  • Elected by peers as Vice Chair of the Metro Vancouver Board; chaired the Metro Vancouver Parks Committee for eight years; served on the Mayors’ Council on TransLink. [conservativebc.ca]
  • Created and owned two small businesses, both of which he subsequently sold. [conservativebc.ca]
Photo: Official Village of Anmore mayor-and-council page (courtesy credit).
Official bio: conservativebc.ca/candidate/john-mcewen
Freddy Rawji
BC Provincial Election 2026 · Candidate Card

Freddy Rawji

Running for MLA, Port Moody-Burquitlam
CentreBC
Facts from official sources

Update, Oct 21: Rawji announced on Oct 20 that he is stepping back from campaigning to be with his grandmother, who has entered hospice care. He has not withdrawn his candidacy: the deadline to formally withdraw was Oct 14, so his name remains on the ballot for voting day, Saturday Oct 24. [Freshet News]

About
  • Born and raised in Port Moody; Port Moody Secondary School 2010 valedictorian; BSc in Economics from the University of Victoria. [centrebc.ca]
  • Founded Torus Talent (Dec 2020), a recruitment and leadership consulting firm specializing in technical talent; grew it to 20 headcount and $5M annual revenue. [centrebc.ca]
  • Joined RAM Consulting in 2018; helped scale it from 15 to 100 people while delivering a major Metro Vancouver industrial project (aviation fuel supply to YVR). [centrebc.ca]
Photo: CentreBC official candidate page (courtesy credit).
Official bio: centrebc.ca/candidates/freddy-rawji

Don’t miss the provincial result.

Final voting day is Saturday, Oct 24. We’ll cover the Port Moody-Burquitlam result and what it means for the city — plus everything else happening around Port Moody — in the free Friday newsletter.