BC Election
About
Roly Russell is the BC NDP candidate for Boundary-Similkameen. He represented the riding as MLA from 2020 to 2024 and served as Parliamentary Secretary for Rural Development. Born and raised in Grand Forks, he holds a Ph.D. in ecology focused on biodiversity, sustainability, and decision-making under uncertainty. Before provincial politics he served with the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary and the Association of Kootenay Boundary Local Governments, sat on the Union of BC Municipalities executive, chaired a local credit union board, co-founded an agricultural society, and operated an organic farm. He helped coordinate community recovery after the 2018 Grand Forks floods and the 2021 atmospheric-river damage.