North Island

Anna Kindy is the Conservative Party of B.C. candidate for North Island and the sitting MLA, elected in 2024. She serves as Official Opposition health critic/shadow minister for health and seniors. A physician and addiction specialist with more than 35 years in medicine, including work in remote Quebec and Campbell River, she also represented Canada in moguls skiing at the 1992 Albertville Olympics.

Benjamin Olsson is the BC Green Party candidate for North Island 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.

Richard Lambert is an Independent candidate for North Island in the October 24, 2026 provincial election. Elections BC lists his nomination with a Campbell River address. Little additional public biographical information was readily available from news or official profiles at the time of research.

Sara Lopez is the BC NDP candidate for North Island on Elections BC’s accepted nominations list for the 2026 provincial election. A Campbell River resident for more than a decade, she has raised her children close to their Kwakwaka’wakw and Nuu-chah-nulth community and family. Her career has been in non-profits, arts and culture, social justice and community service. As executive director of the Campbell River Art Gallery she successfully opposed a city move to remove the gallery’s tax-exempt status. She has also worked with Habitat for Humanity Vancouver Island North on affordable housing advocacy.