Boundary-Similkameen

Donegal Wilson is the Conservative Party of BC candidate for Boundary-Similkameen and the sitting MLA, first elected in 2024 when she defeated NDP incumbent Roly Russell. Born in Summerland and raised on a cattle ranch near Tulameen, she worked in administration for small businesses and non-profits, including at Central Mountain Air, before becoming executive director of the B.C. Snowmobile Federation in 2012. In that role she sat on ministerial committees, helped develop the Off-Road Vehicle Act, and worked with government as a stakeholder for about 12 years. She and her husband operate a small-engine business in Keremeos. In the Legislature she has served as Official Opposition critic for water, land, resource stewardship and wildlife management. In September 2026 she briefly left the Conservative caucus amid leadership turmoil, sat as an Independent and with CentreBC, then rejoined the Conservatives under interim leader Lorne Doerkson ahead of the October 24, 2026 election.

Keith Pomeroy is the OneBC candidate for Boundary-Similkameen on Elections BC’s final candidate list for the October 24, 2026 provincial election. Nominations closed at 1 p.m. on October 3, 2026. Party pages and news results checked for this update did not turn up a separate biography.

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.