Amelia Boultbee

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PartyIndependent (2025–present)

Other political
affiliationsBC Conservative (2024–2025)

Amelia Boultbee MLA

Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia for Penticton-Summerland
Incumbent
Assumed office October 19, 2024
Preceded by	Dan Ashton

Personal details
Party	Independent (2025–present)
Other political affiliations	BC Conservative (2024–2025)

Amelia Boultbee is a Canadian politician who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2024 general election. She represents the electoral district of Penticton-Summerland as an independent after leaving the Conservative Party of British Columbia caucus in October 2025. Prior to her election, she was a Penticton city councillor.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Born and raised in Penticton, Boultbee is a fourth-generation Pentictonite.^[4] She has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from the University of British Columbia, and went on to earn a Juris Doctor degree from Peter A. Allard School of Law also at the University of British Columbia.^[4]

Boultbee has worked as a civil litigator in Downtown Vancouver specializing in personal injury law, real estate law, construction law, insurance law, and family law.^[4] She later transitioned to work for Veterans Affairs Canada, representing Canadian Armed Forces and Royal Canadian Mounted Police members on disability and pension issues.^[5]

Political career

In 2022, Boultbee ran for Penticton City Council, winning a seat and receiving the most votes of any candidate.^[6]

On February 26, 2024, Boultbee was nominated as the Conservative Party of BC's candidate for Penticton-Summerland in the 2024 October provincial election.^[7]^[8] She went on to win a seat in the Legislative Assembly of BC, defeating BC NDP candidate Tina Lee by 317 votes.^[9]^[10] She is the first female MLA to represent the riding, and served in the official opposition's shadow cabinet as the Critic for Children and Family Development.^[9] Her policy priorities include a new healthcare centre for Summerland, tackling the opioid crisis, and opposing the approved gravel pit in Summerland.^[11]

In March 2025, Boultbee advocated for accountability in the Ministry of Children and Family Development after Chantelle Williams, an 18 year old Indigenous child under the care of the ministry was found dead in Port Alberni outside of her group home on January 28, 2025. She has called for the release of a coroner's inquest.^[12]^[13] She has had public disagreements with MLA Dallas Brodie over LGBTQ+ rights.^[14]

On October 20, 2025, Boultbee resigned from the BC Conservative caucus to sit as an independent, shortly after fellow BC Conservative MLA Elenore Sturko was removed from caucus for opposing the leadership of John Rustad.^[15] She called on John Rustad to resign as leader of the BC Conservatives.^[16]

Electoral record

v t e 2024 British Columbia general election: Penticton-Summerland
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Amelia Boultbee	11,615	41.37	–	$56,697.20
	New Democratic	Tina Lee	11,298	40.24	+1.3	$30,293.77
	Unaffiliated	Tracy St. Claire	2,720	9.69	–	$16,157.90
	Green	Bradley Bartsch	1,472	5.24	-6.4	$2,072.42
	Independent	Roger Harrington	827	2.95	–	$0.00
	Independent	Anna Paddon	144	0.51	–	$617.10
Total valid votes/expense limit			28,076	99.90	–	$71,700.08
Total rejected ballots			29	0.10	–
Turnout			28,105	61.49	–
Registered voters			45,707
	Conservative notional gain from BC United		Swing		N/A^{[n 1]}
Source: Elections BC^[17]^[18]

↑ Swing cannot be calculated as BC United did not run a candidate in this riding.

References

↑ "BC election 2024 results: Penticton-Summerland | Globalnews.ca". Global News. Retrieved October 20, 2024.
↑ Lacey, Keith (October 19, 2024). "Boultbee wins Penticton-Summerland". Penticton Herald. Retrieved October 23, 2024.
↑ Powrie, Chelsea (October 21, 2024). "Pentictonites may be back at the polls in a few months when MLA-elect Amelia Boultbee resigns council seat - Penticton News". Castanet. Retrieved October 23, 2024.
1 2 3 "Amelia Boultbee at Conservative Party of BC". Conservative Party of BC. Retrieved April 8, 2025.
↑ "Meet Penticton candidate Amelia Boultbee". Penticton Western News. June 9, 2021. Retrieved April 8, 2025.
↑ "Election results officially declared". City of Penticton. October 18, 2022. Retrieved October 23, 2025.
↑ Fries, Joe (February 26, 2024). "Boultbee running for BC Conservatives". Penticton Herald. Retrieved October 23, 2025.
↑ Amelia Boultbee (February 26, 2024). "Amelia Boultbee Nominated in Penticton-Summerland". Conservative Party of BC. Retrieved April 8, 2025.
1 2 Lacey, Keith (October 19, 2024). "Boultbee wins Penticton-Summerland". Penticton Herald. Retrieved April 8, 2025.
↑ "Statement of Votes – 43rd Provincial General Election – October 19, 2024" (PDF). Elections BC. April 17, 2025. Retrieved October 23, 2025.
↑ Lacey, Keith (February 21, 2025). "Boultbee makes her debut in the Legislature". Penticton Herald. Retrieved April 8, 2025.
↑ Dickson, Courtney; Larsen, Karin; Hamilton, Wawmeesh (April 2, 2025). "Family of Indigenous youth who died in care calls on province for answers, accountability". CBC. Retrieved October 23, 2025.
↑ Amelia Boultbee (March 26, 2025). "Justice for Chantelle Williams: Conservatives issue an urgent call for accountability in the death of an indigenous youth in care". Conservative Party of BC. Retrieved April 8, 2025.
↑ https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/10/27/Amelia-Boultbee-John-Rustad-Yelled/
↑ Lazenby, Alec (October 20, 2025). "Fifth B.C. Conservative MLA leaves party as John Rustad struggles to maintain hold over caucus". Vancouver Sun. Retrieved October 20, 2025.
↑ "Conservative MLA Quits, Citing 'Unravelling' Rustad". The Tyee. Retrieved October 20, 2025.
↑ "Statement of Votes – 43rd Provincial General Election – October 19, 2024" (PDF). Elections BC. April 17, 2025. Retrieved July 4, 2025.
↑ "2024 Provincial General Election Financing Reports Available". Elections BC. Retrieved July 23, 2025.

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