Barb Martens was the Township’s top-polling councillor in 2022. She first came to Langley as a student, settled in Walnut Grove in 1994, and raised her two children there as a single parent.

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Barb served 20 years as a Vancouver Police Department officer and nine years with the Ministry of Social Development and Poverty Reduction, with a focus on crime prevention, homelessness and housing. She was a founding board member of BC Women in Law Enforcement. She is Secretary of the Langley Sunrise Rotary Club, chairs the SASSY Awards youth bursary committee, and delivers Starfish Backpack food packs to North Langley schools.

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HOW I WILL ADVOCATE FOR YOUNG BRITISH COLUMBIANS

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1. Investing directly in students. Barb chairs the SASSY Awards committee, which funds bursaries for local young people, and on Council redirected $10,000 to Dry Grad, $1,500 for each of Langley’s eight secondary schools.

2. Safe routes to school. She pushed for School District consultation throughout the 76 Avenue traffic study to protect students at Smith Middle and Smith Secondary, and for safe crossings and lighting near schools.

3. Prevention that reaches young people. She secured a full-time Fire Life Safety Educator in the 2026 budget for public education in schools and the community.

4. Housing done properly. Drawing on two decades of housing liaison work, Barb supports affordable and supportive housing for young families and renters, with the right operators and real accountability.

5. Answers residents can count on. Decisions made in the open, explained in plain language, from a councillor who returns your call.

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"This community carried my family through some hard years, and I have spent my life trying to give that back, much of it to young people. I want Langley to be a place where the next generation feels safe, supported and able to stay. I am proud to earn YBC4BG’s endorsement because I share their belief that young people deserve a real seat at the table, not just a mention in the plan."