Kevin Acton | |
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| Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly for Vernon-Lumby | |
| Assumed office November 2026 | |
| Premier | Lorne Doerkson |
| Preceded by | Harwinder Sandhu |
| Mayor of Lumby | |
| Assumed office April 2009 | |
| Preceded by | Eric Foster |
| Personal details | |
| Party | BC Conservative |
Kevin Acton is a Canadian politician who is the British Columbia MLA for Vernon-Lumby since 2026. He previously served as the mayor of Lumby, British Columbia from 2009 to 2026. He represents the Conservative party for the Vernon-Lumby riding in the 2026 British Columbia general election. He was re-elected to a fifth consecutive term as Mayor in the October 2026 municipal election. He will resign and personally fund a by-election following his win for the MLA seat. He previously ran in the 2024 British Columbia general election but split the Conservative Party vote as an independent. Pundits considered him competitive to win in 2026.
| 2026 British Columbia general election: Vernon-Lumby | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Kevin Acton | 12,700 | 50.8% | +35.4 | ||||
| New Democratic | Harwinder Sandhu | 9,447 | 37.8% | -4.9 | ||||
| Green | Blair Visscher | 1,724 | 6.9% | |||||
| OneBC | Chantel Gibbs | 1,120 | 4.5% | |||||
| Total valid votes | 24,992 | |||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 33 | |||||||
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| Source: Elections BC | ||||||||
| 2024 British Columbia general election: Vernon-Lumby | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Harwinder Sandhu | 11,837 | 42.7% | +6.0 | ||||
| Conservative | Dennis Giesbrecht | 11,361 | 41.0% | +28.0 | ||||
| Unaffiliated | Kevin Acton | 4,266 | 15.4% | |||||
| Libertarian | Robert Johnson | 265 | 1.0% | |||||
| Total valid votes | 27,729 | – | ||||||
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| Registered voters | ||||||||
| Source: Elections BC | ||||||||