Candy Ashdown, School Trustee

Candy Ashdown was re-elected to the Langley Board of Education as a Township trustee on October 17, 2026.

Background

Her Langley Strong profile says she graduated from Langley public schools with a Dual Dogwood Diploma through French Immersion, and spent more than a decade as a volunteer in her children’s schools. It describes her as a second-generation trustee.

Business and community affiliations

As listed on her Langley Strong profile, she was PAC president at Uplands and Wix-Brown Elementary, served on the District Parent Advisory Council executive, and is the board’s representative on the ya:y̓əstəl̕ Indigenous Education Council. No business interests are published on the sources we checked.

For campaign donations and spending, disclosure statements are due 90 days after the election and are published by Elections BC.

Previous service

Her Langley Strong profile says she served as a Langley school trustee from 2011 to 2014, returned in 2022, has been board chair since November 2022 and chairs the Policy Committee. The Langley Advance Times (September 2026) also describes her as the board chair last term.

On the record

Campaign commitments (2026)

• Five pillars: Strong Students, Strong Staff, Strong Schools and Spaces, Strong Community, and Strong and Sustainable Funding (slate platform) — Langley Strong trustee release, Sept 19, 2026
• Restore the joint land acquisition program with the Township, with early talks, joint planning and follow-through — Langley Strong profile, page updated Oct 3, 2026
• Keep listening to and removing barriers for Indigenous students — Langley Strong profile, page updated Oct 3, 2026
• Explain decisions and how family feedback was weighed — Langley Strong profile, page updated Oct 3, 2026
• Keep pushing for more school spaces, classrooms and student supports — Langley Strong profile, page updated Oct 3, 2026

Quoted

• “Families should be able to see what we promised, what we delivered and where more work remains.” — Langley Strong profile, page updated Oct 3, 2026
• “I want a Board and Council that can have honest conversations and work through challenges together.” — Langley Strong profile, page updated Oct 3, 2026
• “When we do that, the Province listens. When we differ, kids wait.” — Langley Strong trustee release, Sept 19, 2026

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Links

• Candy Ashdown on the Langley Strong team page
• Langley Strong
• 2026 Langley school trustee election results
• Langley Board of Education

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