Burnaby Centre

Anne Kang is the BC NDP candidate for Burnaby Centre and the sitting MLA for the area (first elected in 2017 for Burnaby-Deer Lake, now Burnaby Centre). She was appointed Minister of Tourism, Arts, Culture and Sport in July 2025 and has previously held cabinet portfolios including Municipal Affairs, Advanced Education and Skills Training, Post-Secondary Education and Future Skills, and Citizens’ Services, as well as parliamentary secretary roles for seniors and multiculturalism. She immigrated from Taiwan as a child, has lived in Burnaby for more than 30 years, and served three terms as a Burnaby city councillor. A former Burnaby school-district music teacher, she studied at UBC (music, education, and special education) and received the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal in 2012.

Joshua Domnich is the Conservative Party candidate for Burnaby Centre 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.

Shila Taheri is the BC Green candidate for Burnaby Centre, filed with Elections BC for the October 24, 2026 election. The party describes her as a labour leader, legal researcher, and human rights advocate with an LL.M. in international business law and an LL.B., plus further study in immigration and labour law. She has represented BCGEU members in grievances and workplace disputes and serves as first vice-chair of Local 803, chair of the Component 8 membership committee, and recording secretary of Component 8, roles also listed by the union. She is a wife and mother of two. Stated priorities include affordability, housing, public services, and jobs. No earlier candidacy turned up in records checked for this profile.

Vikas Gautam is the CentreBC candidate for Burnaby Centre on Elections BC’s accepted nominations list for the October 24, 2026 provincial election. Beyond that accepted nomination, little independent biographical coverage of his occupation, community roles, or prior campaigns was found in news or party profiles at the time of research.