About
Maureen Curran is the BC Green Party candidate for New Westminster-Coquitlam, announced by the party in late September 2026 and listed on Elections BC’s accepted nominations. A Coquitlam science and mathematics teacher for about 25 years, she also spent four years with Simon Fraser University’s teacher education program mentoring future educators. She holds a BSc from McGill and a master’s in physics from the University of Victoria, with research experience at TRIUMF. While raising two sons in New Westminster she has coached Little League, supported accessibility and cycling advocacy, and worked with New West Environmental Partners and the Climate Action HUB. She helped organize the Climate Safe Cities Coalition and participated in land-defence efforts tied to pipeline expansion (2019–2023).