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2025 Federal Election

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Election Day: Monday, April 28, 2025

Forum Held on: Wednesday, April 9, 2025

Location: Cleland Theatre, 325 Power Street, Penticton

Doors Opened: 5:30pm

Forum Began at 6:00pm

The Penticton & Wine Country Chamber of Commerce was pleased to host an all-candidates forum for Candidates running in the Federal Election, with general voting day scheduled for Monday, April 28, 2025, to elect the Member of Parliament for the Similkameen - South Okanagan - West Kootenay riding.

The forum focused on key issues that are important to the South Okanagan and the Country including housing, homelessness, healthcare accessibility, climate change versus economic growth, skilled labour shortages and immigration, truth and reconciliation, U.S. tariffs and trade diversification, intergovernmental collaboration, and leadership. The questions were formatted so that every candidate answered each question and in a random order.

2025 Municipal Byelection

Election Day: Saturday, April 5, 2025

Forum held on: Thursday, March 13, 2025

Location: Cleland Theatre, 325 Power Street, Penticton

Doors Opened: 5:30pm

Forum Began at 6:30pm

The Penticton & Wine Country Chamber of Commerce was pleased to host an all-candidates forum for those candidates running in the City of Penticton's Byelection scheduled for Saturday, April 5, 2025, to elect one Councilor to serve the remainder of Council's four year term.

The forum focused on key issues important to the local community and was formatted so that all seven candidates had the opportunity to answer each question. Jason Reynen was declared the winner of the byelection, and was sworn in on April 16th, 2025. No recording was made of this forum.

2024 Provincial Election

On October 3rd, the Penticton & Wine Country Chamber of Commerce hosted an All Candidates forum for those running in the provincial election to become the MLA for the riding of Penticton Summerland, which included:

Bradley Bartsch – BC Green Party
Amelia Boultbee – BC Conservatives
Roger Harrington – Independent
Tina Lee – BC New Democratic Party
Anna Paddon – Independent
Tracy St. Claire – Unaffiliated

View the video on the left to see how the Candidates answered questions centred around the economy, healthcare, housing, climate change, and public safety. Amelia Boultbee of the BC Conservative Party won the election.