Powell River-Sunshine Coast

Griffin Leonard Lea is the BC Green Party candidate for Powell River-Sunshine Coast, filed with Elections BC for the October 24, 2026 election. Public biographical coverage of his campaign and prior elected office is limited as of filing. No earlier provincial, federal, or local candidacy turned up in election trackers checked for this profile.

John Henderson is the Conservative Party of BC candidate for Powell River-Sunshine Coast and is finishing his second term as mayor of the District of Sechelt. The party’s candidate page says that in his first term he led the team that designed, funded, and built the award-winning Sechelt Water Resource Centre, and that he was re-elected in 2022. He has chaired the Sunshine Coast Community Forest, served on the BC Ferries board from 2004 to 2008, and chaired the Sechelt Sewage Facilities Commission in partnership with the Sechelt Indian Government District. He received the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal in 2012. He earned a UBC Bachelor of Commerce in 1977 and a chartered accountant designation in 1979, later becoming a Fellow, with nearly 50 years in business including about 20 years based in Hong Kong. He told the Powell River Peak he had decided not to seek another municipal term, then agreed to run provincially after the snap election was called.

Randene Neill is the BC NDP candidate for Powell River-Sunshine Coast and the sitting MLA, first elected in 2024. She was appointed Minister of Water, Land and Resource Stewardship in November 2024. A former Global BC journalist and news anchor, she later worked with the BC Parks Foundation and on St. Paul’s Hospital projects, and volunteers with local organizations. She lives in kalpilin/Pender Harbour on the Sunshine Coast.