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Provincial Election

Saturday is General Voting Day for the provincial election

Oct 23, 2026 | 11:50 AM

People have one more opportunity to cast a vote in the provincial election.

General voting day goes Saturday, October 24, with polls set up across the North Okanagan for people to vote for their next MLA.

Voting stations will be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the following locations:

  • Vernon-Lumby
    • Clarence Fulton Secondary School
    • Community Baptist Church
    • Grace Bible Church of Vernon
    • Mabel Lake Community Hall
    • Schubert Centre
    • St. John’s Lutheran Church
    • Vernon Japanese Cultural Centre
    • Vernon Secondary School
    • W. L. Seaton Secondary School
    • White Valley Community Centre
  • Kelowna-Lake Country-Coldstream
    • Davidson Road Elementary School
    • Ellison Elementary School
    • Holiday Park Resort
    • K.F. Centre for Excellence
    • Kalamalka Secondary School
    • Lake Country Alliance Church
    • Lavington Elementary School
    • Oyama Community Hall
    • Pearson Elementary School
    • Rutland Elementary School
  • Salmon Arm-Shuswap
    • Armstrong Centennial Hall
    • Armstrong Odd Fellows Hall
    • Blind Bay Memorial Hall
    • Carlin Elementary School
    • Desert Cove Recreation Centre
    • Falkland Elementary School
    • Grindrod Hall
    • Hillcrest Elementary School
    • J.L. Jackson Secondary School
    • Malakwa Community Learning Centre
    • M.V. Beattie Elementary School
    • North Canoe Elementary School
    • North Shuswap Elementary School
    • Parkview Elementary School
    • Ranchero Elementary School
    • Riverside Community Hall
    • Salmon Arm Secondary School
    • Salmon Arm West Elementary School
    • Seymour Arm Community Hall
    • Silver Creek Community Hall
    • Sorrento Drop-In Society

The provincial election has already seen a large turnout.

During the advance voting period of October 16 to 21, a total of 14,115 ballots were cast early in the Vernon-Lumby riding. That represented 30 per cent of eligible voters in the riding having already voted.

In the riding that includes Coldstream, 11,372 votes were cast early, and in the riding that spans from Armstrong to north of Shuswap Lake there were 13,589 advance votes. Those figures represented an early turnout of almost 24 per cent of eligible voters in Kelowna-Lake Country-Coldstream, and 25 per cent of eligible voters in Salmon Arm-Shuswap casting advance votes.

Vernon Matters will monitor the results of the election after the polls close and will share results when available.

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