Giddens was previously the BC United candidate for the same riding, however he switched to the BC Conservative Party after the former suspended its campaign to support the latter.[3][4]
Prior to being elected as an MLA, Giddens was employed as Land, Community & Aboriginal Relations Liaison and later Public Affairs Manager for TC Energy's Coastal GasLink pipeline project from 2013 to 2022[5], on behalf of which he met with the Government of British Columbia as a registered lobbyist 29 times.[6]
