You can beat the crowds on Election Day, Oct. 19, by casting your ballot early in the 2024 provincial race.
Advance voting starts Thursday, Oct. 10, across B.C. and also runs on:
- Friday, Oct. 11
- Saturday, Oct. 12
- Sunday, Oct. 13
- Tuesday, Oct. 15
- Wednesday, Oct. 16
This year, there are five electoral districts in the Tri-Cities:
- Coquitlam–Burke Mountain
- Coquitlam–Maillardville
- New Westminster–Coquitlam
- Port Coquitlam
- Port Moody–Burquitlam
If you are unsure what reorganized constituency you live in, you can type your address into the Elections BC website.
Where to vote early
Coquitlam–Burke Mountain
- Douglas College (Coquitlam campus)
- Evergreen Cultural Centre
- Victoria Community Hall
Coquitlam–Maillardville
- Coquitlam Public Library (Poirier branch)
- Maillardville Community Centre
New Westminster–Coquitlam
- Alderson Elementary School
- Fraser River Middle School
- Riverbend Housing Co-op
- Sapperton Pensioners Hall
- Skwo:wech Elementary School
Port Coquitlam
- PoCo Inn and Suites
- Riverside Community Church
- Royal Canadian Legion (branch 133)
Port Moody–Burquitlam
- Coquitlam Presbyterian Church
- Old Orchard Hall
During the 2020 snap election under then-premier John Horgan, more B.C. residents voted at advance polls than on Election Day — a provincial record likely caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Who's running?
Here’s who is campaigning in the Tri-Cities’ five electoral boundaries (asterisk indicates incumbent):
Coquitlam–Burke Mountain
- Stephen Frolek (Conservative)
- Jodie Wickens (NDP)
Coquitlam–Maillardville
- Jennifer Blatherwick (NDP)
- Ken Holowanky (Independent)
- Hamed Najafi (Conservative)
- Nicola Spurling (Green)
New Westminster–Coquitlam
- Maureen Curran (Green)
- Ndellie Massey (Conservative)
- *Jennifer Whiteside (NDP)
Port Coquitlam
- Keenan Adams (Conservative)
- Adam Bremner-Akins (Green)
- Lewis Dahlby (Libertarian)
- *Mike Farnworth (NDP)
Port Moody–Burquitlam
- Samantha Agtarap (Green)
- *Rick Glumac (NDP)
- Kerry van Aswegen (Conservative)
You can learn more about the candidates and watch their videos via tricitynews.com >> News tab >> BC Votes 2024.
Who can vote?
To make your mark on a ballot, you must be:
- a Canadian citizen
- 18 or older
- a B.C. resident for the past six months
- not disqualified from voting
ID needed to vote
Voters are required to prove their identity and residential address.
Typically, this is done using one of these pieces:
- a B.C. driver’s licence
- a B.C. Identification Card (BCID)
- a B.C. Services Card (with photo)
- another card issued by the Government of B.C. or Canada that shows your name, photo and address
- a certificate of Indian Status
If you don’t have these forms, you can also show any two pieces of ID or documents that show your name (at least one piece must have a current address).
Electronic documents (e.g., eBills) and electronic scans of a paper document are allowed.
Vote by mail
You can request a vote-by-mail package until Sunday, Oct. 13. It can be mailed to you or you can pick it up at a district electoral office.
The completed package must be with Elections BC by 8 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 19 to count.
To order a vote-by-mail package online, you can visit Elections BC.
New voting process
Rather than paper lists, Elections BC will use networked laptops to look up voters before they cast a ballot.
The aim is to shorten line-ups and make the voting process more efficient.
Electronic tabulators will be used to count paper ballots.
As a result of the new technology, about 98 per cent of all ballots — including absentee and mail-in ballots — will be counted on election night, Oct. 19.
For more details about the election, you can call 1-800-661-8683.
