Langley-Abbotsford

Alex Joehl is the Libertarian candidate for Langley-Abbotsford on Elections BC’s final candidate list for the October 24, 2026 provincial election. The BC Libertarian Party’s 2026 candidate page says he has run provincially three times, in Langley East in 2017 and 2020 and in Langley-Abbotsford in 2024, and federally four times, most recently in 2025 in Langley Township–Fraser Heights. It says he finished third in the 2018 Township of Langley mayoral race, ran in a 2021 school-board by-election and for council in 2022, moved to Langley about eleven years ago, and has been meat-department manager at a major grocery store since 2012.

Erin Osborne is the BC NDP candidate for Langley-Abbotsford on Elections BC’s accepted nominations list for the 2026 provincial election. Little additional public biographical detail was available from open web sources at the time of this scan beyond her accepted nomination for the October 24, 2026 vote.

Harman Bhangu is the Conservative Party of B.C. candidate for Langley-Abbotsford and the sitting MLA, elected in 2024. He serves as Shadow Minister for Transportation and Tourism. A first-generation Canadian born in Surrey and based in Langley, he previously ran as a Conservative in the 2022 Surrey South provincial by-election.

Melissa Snazell is the BC Green Party candidate for Langley-Abbotsford on Elections BC’s accepted nominations list for the 2026 provincial election. An Aldergrove resident for more than a decade (Fraser Valley for about 25 years), she is a registered pharmacy technician and a single parent who has been studying public policy and geography with a focus on climate and sustainability. She previously ran for the BC Greens in Langley-Abbotsford in the 2024 provincial election (about 1,434 votes / 5.6%) and for the Green Party of Canada in Abbotsford—South Langley in the 2025 federal election.

Shelly Jan is the OneBC candidate for Langley-Abbotsford, filed with Elections BC for the October 24, 2026 election after OneBC had named her. She ran for the BC Conservatives in Langley in 2020 (1,936 votes); that campaign biography said she had worked in education, health care, and with young people. In June 2024 she was the runner-up, reported as Shelly Jan Semmler, for the Conservative nomination in Langley-Abbotsford (150 votes to Harman Bhangu’s 220). She later filed as an independent and withdrew on October 1, 2024, after ballots were printed, so her name stayed on the ballot while officials told voters she had withdrawn.