Amelia Boultbee

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 a member of the Conservative Party of British Columbia. Prior to her election, she was a Penticton city councillor.^[1][2][3]

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
Political party	BC Conservative

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] In her role she successfully advocated for veterans to receive their healthcare benefits which had previously been denied.^[4]

Political career

Boultbee ran for Penticton City Council in 2022, winning a seat, and receiving the most votes of any other candidate. As a city councillor, she prioritized responsible housing development, supporting small business, and attracting diverse industries to her city.^[4]

On February 26, 2024, Boultbee was nominated as the Conservative Party of BC's candidate for Penticton-Summerland in the 2024 October provincial election.^{[6][self-published source?]} She went on to win a seat in the Legislative Assembly of BC by 316 votes, celebrating her win at the upper hall at the Barley Mill pub with a large gathering of her family, friends, and supporters.^[7] She is the first female to represent the riding of Penticton-Summerland and currently serves in the official opposition's shadow cabinet as the Critic for Children and Family Development.^[7] Her policy priorities include a new healthcare centre for Summerland, tackling the opioid crisis, and opposing the approved gravel pit in Summerland.^[8]

She recently 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, as well as an investigation into what the Conservative Party of BC deems as broader systemic failures in the childcare system.^[9][10]

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[11][12]

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