Kootenay Central

Brittny Anderson is the BC NDP candidate for Kootenay Central and the sitting MLA, first elected in 2020. She was appointed Minister of State for Local Governments and Rural Communities in November 2024. She grew up in the Kootenays, studied at Selkirk College, UBC Okanagan, and Central European University, and previously served on Nelson City Council and the Regional District of Central Kootenay board, with professional work in environmental services and resource recovery.

Gordon Skulnec is the Conservative Party of BC candidate for Kootenay Central. The Western Standard reported that the party introduced him on September 29, 2026 among a group of non-incumbent nominees, and he is on Elections BC’s accepted nominations list for the October 24 election. Independent news profiles of his occupation or earlier public roles were not found at the time of research.

Hunter Corrigal is the OneBC candidate for Kootenay Central on Elections BC’s final candidate list for the October 24, 2026 provincial election. OneBC’s candidate page says he spent about twenty years fighting wildfires, working as a BC Sheriff Service officer, working in mining, and supporting students, and that he runs a small business and is raising two daughters. The page lists work as a plant and equipment operator and union steward at Teck Elkview, as an exploration project manager, as a wildfire initial-attack crew leader and incident commander, and as a search-and-rescue volunteer, plus City of Cranbrook encampment response and the Cranbrook Situation Table. It says he holds a diploma in tourism and recreation management from the College of the Rockies and a sheriff training certificate from the Justice Institute of BC, owns an exploration-logistics and hardscape company, and has been president of the Wildhorse Cycling Club and a Special Olympics ski coach.

Nicole Charlwood is the BC Green Party candidate for Kootenay Central in the October 24, 2026 provincial election, her third provincial campaign for the Greens. In 2020 she ran in Nelson-Creston and finished second with 5,611 votes (about 32%). In 2024 she ran in Kootenay Central and finished third with 4,123 votes (about 18.7%). She has lived in the Nelson area for about 25 years, holds a degree in economics, and was a Nelson city councillor after a 2021 by-election until the 2022 municipal election. She has been a local Green campaign manager for about a decade and has served as executive director of the West Kootenay EcoSociety and of the West Kootenay Watershed Collaborative, and as an Elections Canada finance officer. Her public campaigning has emphasized health-care access, affordability, watershed protection, and forestry reform.