Seven candidates are registered in the Delta North and Delta South provincial races

Nominations have closed for the Oct. 24 provincial election, with seven candidates registered across Delta’s two ridings. Candidates had until 1 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 3, to register with Elections BC; the final list was released at 3 p.m. that day. Advance voting is scheduled for Friday, Oct. 16, through Wednesday, Oct. 21. Final voting day is Saturday, Oct. 24, and all voting places will be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Three candidates are running in Delta North. BC Conservative Party candidate Monica Mohan is a practising lawyer and North Delta resident. Born and raised in Vancouver to an immigrant family with roots in India and Fiji, she speaks Punjabi and Hindi as well as English. She graduated with honours from Pennsylvania State University with a degree in administration of justice, then pursued a law degree in the United States on an academic scholarship. Her party biography says she worked in civilian roles with the Vancouver Police Department and the Guelph Police Service before becoming a victim advocate and sexual assault counsellor. It says her legal, public service and community organization experience shaped her perspective on issues affecting individuals, families and communities. She says she is committed to access to justice, meaningful community engagement, and helping people feel heard and understood when navigating public institutions. Her biography also describes a commitment to public service, accountability and practical solutions for individuals and families.

CentreBC candidate Kuldeep Rangi’s biography says he is closely connected to Delta North and active in local organizations, sports and community activities. His children take part in hockey and soccer, and he regularly plays pickleball and tennis and joins other activities with local residents. Rangi owns a real estate marketing brokerage and has nearly a decade of banking experience with Scotiabank and First West Credit Union. His biography says he is running because he believes Delta North needs a strong local voice and practical leadership focused on community needs.

BC NDP candidate Todd Schierling has worked at Surrey Fire Service since 1996, where he is a suppression fire captain, and is president of the BC Professional Firefighters’ Association. His party biography describes him as a committed community volunteer who helped launch the Surrey Fire Fighters Goodwill Senior Girls High School Basketball Tournament. The event has provided more than $125,000 in bursaries to female student-athletes. He has also served on the BC Municipal Pension Plan board of trustees, the BC Federation of Labour executive council and the BC First Responders Mental Health Committee, and on national academic working groups focused on firefighter cancer research and early detection. His biography says he, David Eby and the BC NDP will stand up for families, protect people and the services they rely on, and work to build a stronger economy and province.

Four candidates are running in Delta South. BC Green Party candidate Skadi Green is a letter carrier with Canada Post in South Vancouver, a union organizer, renter and community advocate. Her party biography says she has lived in Greater Vancouver since 2010. Originally from New Brunswick, she grew up in rural communities and small towns before settling in British Columbia. Before joining Canada Post, she spent 10 years driving packages for UPS throughout the Lower Mainland. She has been a union member throughout her career, first with the Teamsters and now with the Canadian Union of Postal Workers. As a union steward and organizer, she has helped organize rallies, build ties between unions and community groups, and advocate for workers and public services. She has also spoken at labour organizing events, including Labour Notes’ 2025 Troublemakers School. Her biography describes her as a trans woman, renter and environmentalist, and says she is running to advocate for stronger worker protections, greater affordability, environmental stewardship and a meaningful local voice in public decisions.

BC NDP candidate Jason McCormick is a TransLink bus driver and union activist who has advocated for better public and active transportation for more than a decade. His party biography says he is very active in B.C.’s cycling community and the South Delta Basketball Association, which grew to more than 400 youth participants. McCormick and his wife, Shireen, raised their three children in Ladner. His biography says he, David Eby and the BC NDP team are ready to build a strong B.C., with a plan to create good jobs, strengthen health care and protect people from rising costs. McCormick unsuccessfully ran against Conservative incumbent Ian Paton in 2024 and was the federal NDP candidate for Delta in 2025.

OneBC candidate Jim McMurtry is an award-winning teacher. His party biography says he became known for opposing the use of schoolchildren for political advantage. It says the Abbotsford School District suspended him in May 2021 and fired him on Feb. 23, 2023, for “speaking honestly about residential schools.” An excerpt from an investigation report submitted to the Labour Relations Board says the district dismissed McMurtry after he made comments to students about the recent finding of unmarked graves at the former Kamloops Residential School of Indigenous Children. The excerpt describes the comments as inflammatory, inappropriate and insensitive, and contrary to the district’s message of condolences and reconciliation. His OneBC biography says he has since become a nationally recognized voice on the failure of Indigenous policy, the defamation of the dead in Canadian history and the defence of fundamental Canadian values.

McMurtry was born and raised in Toronto, the son of a former chief justice of Ontario and Order of Canada recipient. He holds a PhD in educational theory from the University of Toronto and has worked as a teacher, principal and college lecturer over four decades. His biography says he has served schools as a coach, club supervisor and organizer of events for students with disabilities. He lives in South Delta with his wife, a retired vice-principal; their three children and spouses, all lawyers, and seven grandchildren live nearby. His biography says people who know McMurtry cannot doubt his love for B.C. and Canada, and that he is running to reaffirm what is positive about the province and country and preserve B.C.’s heritage. McMurtry is also running for school trustee in Delta’s municipal election, scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 17, a week before the provincial vote.

BC Conservative Party candidate Ian Paton is a lifelong resident of Delta South and has served as the riding’s MLA since 2017. He has more than 30 years of experience owning and operating a dairy farm and farm auction business, according to his party biography. He was elected to Delta city council in 2010 and chaired key committees, including the Agricultural Advisory Committee and the Dikes and Drainage Committee. As an MLA, he served on the Select Standing Committees on Health and Agriculture, Fish and Food, and was the Shadow Minister for Agriculture and Food. His biography says he was president of the East Delta Community Hall Society and a volunteer firefighter with Hall 4. He has also contributed to the Delta Hospital Foundation, Reach Child and Youth Development Society and Delta Farmland and Wildlife Trust. Paton lives on his family farm in Delta with his wife, Pam.

Paton is running for re-election with the BC Conservatives after a turbulent few months. In late August, he left the party to sit as an independent over the leadership of then-Conservative leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay, who has since resigned. Paton and Kamloops Centre MLA Peter Milobar announced at the time that they would form a new party. On Sept. 18, CentreBC announced that Milobar, Paton and six other former Conservative MLAs were joining, and that Milobar would lead the party. Findlay resigned two days later. Two days after that, the same day Premier David Eby called the snap election, Paton, Milobar and five of the six other MLAs who had joined CentreBC announced they had rejoined their former party to run for re-election. Paton was elected as a BC Liberal in 2017 and 2020. After the Liberals, by then rebranded as BC United, suspended their campaign in 2024, he joined the Conservatives to run.