Kelowna-Lake Country-Coldstream
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Alexandra Wright
Alexandra Wright is the OneBC candidate for Kelowna-Lake Country-Coldstream, filed with Elections BC for the October 24, 2026 election. OneBC’s candidate profile says she is a first-generation Canadian who earned a BA in Anthropology from the University of Calgary and a Juris Doctor from UCLA School of Law, practised law, then worked as a legal advisor in the energy sector. With her husband she incorporated a supply-chain consulting firm in 2013; they raise a daughter and run a family farm in Ellison. Castanet reported she was briefly the BC Conservative candidate for Kelowna-Mission in early 2024 before the party removed her; she later sued over that decision. OneBC named her for the Coldstream-area riding in 2026.
Binny Boparai
Binny Boparai is the BC NDP candidate for Kelowna-Lake Country-Coldstream in the October 24, 2026 provincial election, listed on Elections BC’s October 2, 2026 candidate report. She is co-founder and president of Farming Karma Fruit Company, a Kelowna-area farm-to-table fruit business (public board listings use the name Binny Boparai-Gill). She serves on the Knowledge Network board and was re-elected as an incumbent director of the Kelowna Chamber of Commerce for 2026–27, and has also served on Kelowna’s Agriculture Advisory Committee. Before farming full-time she studied engineering at UBC and worked in finance as a credit analyst. In 2023 she sought the BC United nomination in this riding; Pavneet Singh won that contest.
Carter Mochinski
Carter Mochinski is the BC Green Party candidate for Kelowna-Lake Country-Coldstream on Elections BC’s accepted nominations list for the 2026 provincial election. Kelowna Capital News reported in February 2026 that he was a Grade 12 student at École George Elliot Secondary in Lake Country. He told Central Okanagan school trustees that an AP Passion to Action class drew him into climate advocacy, and that he and another student represented Canadian youth at the COP30 UN climate conference in Brazil in November 2025, where they interviewed participants and co-hosted a student broadcast. A detailed party biography beyond the Elections BC filing was not found.
Pavneet Singh
Pavneet Singh is the Conservative Party of B.C. candidate for Kelowna-Lake Country-Coldstream. He is a vice-president of the Conservative Party of British Columbia and a Kelowna-area business owner with more than 25 years operating in the Okanagan, including Freshslice, Pita Pit, and gas-station retail locations.
