Running for Council (incumbent)

Jean Young

Jean Young was elected to Qualicum Beach Council in 2022, on her third try, after running in 2018 and in the 2021 by-election. She is running for re-election on October 17, 2026.

What we fact checked

• Council candidate

  Jean Young Questionnaire

  • Accurate × 2
  • Misleading × 3
  • Inaccurate × 1

  Young’s description of the Town’s wildfire planning and its aging population holds up. Her account of closed meetings doesn’t. Most decisions made in closed meetings have been released months later, not at the next open meeting, and some were final when they were made. She also points to Eaglecrest due diligence that missed extensive irrigation and drainage problems, and says three golf courses can support tourism, which no published study shows.

• Council candidate

  Jean Young Flyer

  • Accurate × 5
  • Misleading × 2

  Young’s flyer holds up on her attendance, her conference work, transparency and the groups she says she has supported. Her healthcare record matches her promises, though Council voted down several of her motions. Her claim to have advocated for responsible financial management leaves out that she backed the Eaglecrest funding plan and moved its budget increase. The “Re-wilding Second Avenue initiative” is an idea she has raised, not a Town initiative.

• Council candidate

  Jean Young “Celebrating Progress” Handout

  • Accurate × 10
  • Misleading × 8

  Most of the work Young’s handout lists is real, and she voted for nearly all of it. Much was done by staff and paid for by grants. But four items were bought or built before this Council took office, including the fire department ladder truck, bought in December 2021. The handout counts tree protection and event sponsorships as progress, though she voted against the tree bylaw at second and third reading and against every sponsorship package. Her Eaglecrest figures are right, but the budget she moved is $21.2 million, not $8.5 million, and most of it is already committed.

Her record in office

• 2022–2025 · Elections BC

  Jean Young’s Elections BC Penalty

  As her own financial agent in 2022, she put $1,778.39 more of her own money into her campaign than the $2,500 limit. In 2025 Elections BC fined her $650. It said she cooperated in fixing it, but that her campaign didn’t answer some of its investigator’s requests.

• 2022–2026 · Council record

  Jean Young on Qualicum Beach Council, 2022–2026

  She won a seat in 2022 on her third try. We found no censure or declared conflict of interest, and she missed 5 of about 168 meetings. She backed the Eaglecrest funding plan and rezoning and moved its budget increase to $21.2 million, but voted against the $1.18 million course contract.