Heather Maahs wins Chilliwack North riding with over 59% of the vote

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CHILLIWACK – Global BC now projects that Chilliwack North incumbent MLA Heather Maahs has won the Chilliwack North riding.

With 76/77 polls reporting at 9:40 p.m., Maahs received 10,416 votes, or 59.5 per cent of the vote, outpacing her NDP opponent, Adila Shaukat, who received 5,768 votes, or 32.9 per cent.

CentreBC candidate Dan Grice received 1,318 votes, or 7.5 per cent.

Maahs, a former Chilliwack school board member of over 15 years, won the riding handily in October 2024 by a nearly 17-point margin. The NDP candidate, the late Dan Coulter, received roughly 37 per cent of the vote two years ago while Grice, as an independent candidate, earned 2.3 per cent of the vote.

According to the BC NDP website, Shaukat is a community advocate, scientist, and a proud mother of three. She holds a Ph.D in evolutionary biology from Imperial College in London.

According to the CentreBC website, Grice is a real estate and estate planning lawyer who has 12 years of legal experience, during which time he has assisted thousands of clients in purchasing homes, establishing businesses and organizing their affairs.

Grice pitched himself as an ideal option for voters who wanted a more moderate government focused on jobs and not necessarily culture wars.