Kathie Dalziel, School Trustee

Kathie Dalziel was elected to the Langley Board of Education as a Township trustee on October 17, 2026. Her Langley Strong profile says it was her first run for office.

Background

Her profile says she lives in Walnut Grove and spent almost twenty years in the financial sector before moving into health care. She campaigned on the “Keep Langley Schools Strong” platform, which the profile says focuses on students, staff, schools and spaces, community engagement and sustainable funding.

Business and community affiliations

As listed on her Langley Strong profile, she works as a medical secretary at BC Cancer, is vice president of the Lower Fraser Valley Aboriginal Society (on its board for five years), was vice president of her daughter’s school Parent Advisory Council and is secretary of the Langley District Parent Advisory Council. The Langley Advance Times (September 2026) reports the same roles. 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.

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
• Classrooms, sites and new schools planned ahead of growth, so families in new neighbourhoods aren’t left waiting — Langley Strong profile, page updated Oct 3, 2026
• Budgets explained in plain language before decisions are made — Langley Strong profile, page updated Oct 3, 2026
• Parents with a clear line to the Board, with PACs and the District PAC treated as partners — Langley Strong profile, page updated Oct 3, 2026

Quoted

• “A school board should look and sound like the community it serves.” — Langley Advance Times, Sept 17, 2026
• “I want families who don’t always see themselves reflected at that table to know someone is listening.” — Langley Advance Times, Sept 17, 2026
• “I’ll read every report, ask the practical question, and vote the way I believe serves our students and families.” — Langley Strong profile, page updated Oct 3, 2026
• “A school is more than a bell. It’s the gym on a Tuesday night, the field on Saturday” — Langley Strong trustee release, Sept 19, 2026

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Links

• Kathie Dalziel on the Langley Strong team page
• Langley Strong
• 2026 Langley school trustee election results
• Langley Board of Education

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