KAMLOOPS, B.C. - The Conservative Party of BC swept Kamloops on election night, with returning MLA Peter Milobar re-elected in Kamloops Centre by 5,019 votes and Ward Stamer re-elected in Kamloops-North Thompson by 9,616 votes, while Conservative Tony Luck leads Fraser-Nicola with most ballot boxes counted in the Oct. 24, 2026 BC provincial election.
All results are preliminary. Elections BC will hold the final count from November 6 to 10, 2026, when mail-in and absentee ballots are added.
Kamloops Centre: Peter Milobar re-elected
Peter Milobar of the Conservative Party wins re-election in Kamloops Centre with 11,770 votes, defeating BC NDP candidate Mike Wisla by 5,019 votes and taking 53.35 per cent of the valid votes. Milobar, a former Kamloops mayor first elected to the Legislative Assembly in 2017, has represented the city at the legislature since then, first for Kamloops-North Thompson and, since 2024, for Kamloops Centre.
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % of valid votes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Milobar | Conservative Party | 11,770 | 53.35% |
| Mike Wisla | BC NDP | 6,751 | 30.60% |
| Annelise Beach | BC Green Party | 2,482 | 11.25% |
| Rocky McAfee | OneBC | 817 | 3.70% |
| Thaelo Proctor | Independent | 243 | 1.10% |
| Total valid votes | 22,063 | 100% |
Ballot boxes reported: 76 of 76.
Kamloops-North Thompson: Ward Stamer re-elected with the region’s biggest margin
Ward Stamer of the Conservative Party wins re-election in Kamloops-North Thompson with 17,232 votes, defeating BC NDP candidate Kory Clark by 9,616 votes, the largest margin in the Kamloops and Thompson ridings, and taking 64.98 per cent of the valid votes.
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % of valid votes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ward Stamer | Conservative Party | 17,232 | 64.98% |
| Kory Clark | BC NDP | 7,616 | 28.72% |
| Deborah Friesen | OneBC | 1,670 | 6.30% |
| Total valid votes | 26,518 | 100% |
Ballot boxes reported: 116 of 116.
Fraser-Nicola: Tony Luck leads by 4,940 votes
Tony Luck of the Conservative Party leads BC NDP candidate Jason Leboe by 4,940 votes, 9,487 to 4,547, with 76 of 79 ballot boxes reported in Fraser-Nicola, the riding that runs from the Nicola Valley to the Fraser Canyon. The margin makes Luck the projected winner, but the riding result is not final until the remaining boxes are counted and the final count is complete.
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % of valid votes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Luck | Conservative Party | 9,487 | 58.75% |
| Jason Leboe | BC NDP | 4,547 | 28.16% |
| Patrick Michell | BC Green Party | 2,114 | 13.09% |
| Total valid votes | 16,148 | 100% |
Ballot boxes reported: 76 of 79.
What it means for BC
Provincewide, the Conservative Party of BC won 64 of the legislature’s 93 seats to form a majority government, with the BC NDP at 27 seats and the BC Green Party at 2. Conservative leader Lorne Doerkson is the projected premier of British Columbia. BC NDP leader David Eby held his own Vancouver-Point Grey seat and has said he intends to resign as NDP leader once the party chooses an interim leader. All results in this article are preliminary; Elections BC will conduct the final count from November 6 to 10, 2026.
Full results for all 93 ridings: BC Election Results 2026 live updates at Apna News.
Source: Elections BC preliminary results, October 25, 2026.
