Amelia Boultbee
Canadian politician
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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]
affiliationsBC Conservative (2024–2025)
Amelia Boultbee MLA | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia for Penticton-Summerland | |
| Assumed office October 19, 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Dan Ashton |
| Personal details | |
| Party | Independent (2025–present) |
| Other political affiliations | BC Conservative (2024–2025) |
Early life and career
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
| 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.
