About
Jim McMurtry is the OneBC candidate for Delta South in the October 24, 2026 provincial election. A Tsawwassen resident and longtime teacher of English, French, and history (mainly in Surrey, briefly in Delta), he is a former college lecturer and principal with a Ph.D. in educational theory from the University of Toronto. He ran as an Independent in Surrey-Serpentine River in the 2024 provincial election (554 votes, about 2.8%) and for the People’s Party of Canada in Cloverdale—Langley City in the 2025 federal election. OneBC announced him for Delta South in late 2025; he is also running as an independent for Delta school trustee in the October 17, 2026 municipal election. Public coverage has centred on his 2021–2023 Abbotsford School District dismissal dispute over classroom comments about residential schools.