Teresa Townsley: Township of Langley councillor

Teresa Townsley was elected to Township of Langley council on October 17, 2026, with 15,251 votes, as part of the Langley Strong slate. The sources we found for her background are her own slate profile and the Township’s results, so this page leans on what she has published. The Township had no individual page for her when we checked.

Background

Her Langley Strong profile describes her as a South Langley farmer and winery owner, and a former emergency room and trauma nurse at Surrey Memorial and St. Paul’s hospitals. It says she trained as a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner and worked in nursing research. It lists studying English literature at Simon Fraser University.

The profile says she served as vice-chair of the Delta Board of Education and as a member of the Delta Police Board, and was vice-chair of Tourism Langley for six years. It also lists co-founding the Langley Farmers Institute and being a member of the Township’s Agricultural Advisory and Economic Enhancement Committee. It says she moved to Langley in 2010. The Advance Times lists her among the Langley Strong councillors elected in 2026.

Business and community affiliations

As listed on her Langley Strong profile:

• Business ownership: founder and owner of Festina Lente Farm and Estate Winery, which the profile says opened in 2016 on five acres in South Langley.
• Industry roles: vice-chair of the New Wave Wine Society, which the profile says advocates for member wineries in BC.
• Community and board roles: co-founder and former co-chair of the Langley Farmers Institute; former vice-chair of Tourism Langley; the Delta school board and police board roles noted above.

The profile does not list a separate employer.

Official disclosures: Elections BC publishes candidates’ campaign financing disclosure statements for local elections, due 90 days after the election, so the Township 2026 statements should appear there in early 2027. Councillors also file a statement of financial interest with the Township; ask the Township’s corporate office via the Mayor and Council page how to view it.

On the record

Campaign commitments (2026)

• “I’ll go through the budget line by line” and test spending against what households already pay — Langley Strong: Teresa Townsley, page updated Oct 3, 2026
• A “no call too small” standard for police and fire, with “critical response times that keep coming down” — Langley Strong: Teresa Townsley, page updated Oct 3, 2026
• A case manager as “a single point of contact” for residents and businesses — Langley Strong: Teresa Townsley, page updated Oct 3, 2026
• Limit closed sessions to land, labour and legal matters, and release reports before votes, not after (summary) — Langley Strong: Teresa Townsley, page updated Oct 3, 2026
• Protect the Agricultural Land Reserve, and recognize horse boarding and keeping as a legitimate farming activity (summary) — Langley Strong: Teresa Townsley, page updated Oct 3, 2026
• “Low or no cost access to public facilities for young people” — Langley Strong: Teresa Townsley, page updated Oct 3, 2026
• Create peer support programs for first responders (summary) (slate platform) — Langley Strong: safety plan release, Sept 28, 2026

Quoted

• “In the ER you learn that prevention beats response, every time” — Langley Strong: safety plan release, Sept 28, 2026
• “More fire inspectors, safer street design, and someone who checks on our first responders after the hard calls” — Langley Strong: safety plan release, Sept 28, 2026
• “A community that wants young families has to make room for their kids.” — Langley Strong: free rec for kids under 12 and one voice for new schools, Sept 16, 2026

This section exists so readers can check later whether commitments were kept. Know of something on the record we’ve missed? Send us the source.

Related pages

• 2026 Township of Langley election results
• Township of Langley council: who they are and how to reach them

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