Oliver: who represents it, and who is running
Oliver — General Local Election votes on 2026-10-17.
Holding office2
the sitting council
On the ballot12
0 sitting members running again
Federal riding: Similkameen—South Okanagan—West Kootenay — Helena Konanz (Conservative)
1
Mayor
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aimee Grice fig | Mayor Running (served different) | Independent | CivicInfo BC | |
| Wayne Anderson f | Mayor Running | Independent | CivicInfo BC |
2
Councillor
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bhupinder Dhaliwal | Councillor Running (incumbent) | Independent | at large | CivicInfo BC |
| Dermott Hutton | Councillor Running | Independent | at large | CivicInfo BC |
| Geoff Nickson | Councillor Running | Independent | at large | CivicInfo BC |
| Jack Bennest f | Councillor Running (served prior to 2022) | Independent | at large | CivicInfo BC |
| Jennifer McConnell f | Councillor Running | Independent | at large | CivicInfo BC |
| Leigh Lougheed | Councillor Running | Independent | at large | CivicInfo BC |
| Rick Machial | Councillor Running (incumbent) | Independent | at large | CivicInfo BC |
| Tom Szalay f | Councillor Running | Independent | at large | CivicInfo BC |
| Vala Jp | Councillor Running | Independent | at large | CivicInfo BC |
| Warren Brown | Councillor Running | Independent | at large | CivicInfo BC |
3
Member of the Legislative Assembly
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donegal Wilson Elected | Member of the Legislative Assembly | Independent | Boundary-Similkameen | Provincial legislature |
4
Member of Parliament
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Helena Konanz ✉️ Elected | Member of Parliament | Conservative | Similkameen—South Okanagan—West Kootenay | House of Commons |
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Notes on this record
How the lists were read, and what could not be.
- Candidates from CivicInfo BC's candidate site (https://bc.localelections.ca/election_candidates/88_2026_candidates.html), which labels itself unofficial; the municipality's Declaration of Candidates is the official list. Phone numbers and the personal emails listed there are not copied, by the public-role rule.
- Sitting council not yet captured from the municipality's own page; CivicInfo's "Previous Office: Incumbent" flag is the only incumbency signal here.
- Candidates from CivicInfo BC's candidate site (https://bc.localelections.ca/election_candidates/88_2026_candidates.html), which labels itself unofficial; the municipality's Declaration of Candidates is the official list. Phone numbers and the personal emails listed there are not copied, by the public-role rule.
- Sitting council not yet captured from the municipality's own page; CivicInfo's "Previous Office: Incumbent" flag is the only incumbency signal here.
- Candidates from CivicInfo BC's candidate site (https://bc.localelections.ca/election_candidates/?ca-oliver), which labels itself unofficial; the municipality's Declaration of Candidates is the official list. Phone numbers and the personal emails listed there are not copied, by the public-role rule.
- Sitting council not yet captured from the municipality's own page; CivicInfo's "Previous Office: Incumbent" flag is the only incumbency signal here.
- Candidates from CivicInfo BC's candidate site (https://bc.localelections.ca/election_candidates/?ca-oliver), which labels itself unofficial; the municipality's Declaration of Candidates is the official list. Phone numbers and the personal emails listed there are not copied, by the public-role rule.
- Sitting council not yet captured from the municipality's own page; CivicInfo's "Previous Office: Incumbent" flag is the only incumbency signal here.
- Candidates from CivicInfo BC's candidate site (https://bc.localelections.ca/election_candidates/?ca-oliver), which labels itself unofficial; the municipality's Declaration of Candidates is the official list. Phone numbers and the personal emails listed there are not copied, by the public-role rule.
- Sitting council not yet captured from the municipality's own page; CivicInfo's "Previous Office: Incumbent" flag is the only incumbency signal here.
- Candidates from CivicInfo BC's candidate site (https://bc.localelections.ca/election_candidates/88_2026_candidates.html), which labels itself unofficial; the municipality's Declaration of Candidates is the official list. Phone numbers and the personal emails listed there are not copied, by the public-role rule.
- Sitting council not yet captured from the municipality's own page; CivicInfo's "Previous Office: Incumbent" flag is the only incumbency signal here.
- Candidates from CivicInfo BC's candidate site (https://bc.localelections.ca/election_candidates/88_2026_candidates.html), which labels itself unofficial; the municipality's Declaration of Candidates is the official list. Phone numbers and the personal emails listed there are not copied, by the public-role rule.
- Sitting council not yet captured from the municipality's own page; CivicInfo's "Previous Office: Incumbent" flag is the only incumbency signal here.
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Sources
Prepared 2026-10-10. Nomination papers are never opened: they carry home addresses. After voting day a candidate list becomes a result; these rows are reconciled, not deleted.