Federal Election 2019 Archive

Elizabeth May indicated this would be her last federal election as leader of the Green party, but the opportunities of a minority government have her hitting the pause button on stepping down.

At least the New Democrats can celebrate their version of the Miracle of Dunkirk. Yes, they won fewer seats than in 2015 — a lot fewer — but no, they didn’t get annihilated, as many expected when the campaign began.

New Democrat Alistair MacGregor handily won his second electoral race, trouncing his nearest competitor, Conservative candidate Alana DeLong.

New Democrat incumbent Rachel Blaney will return to the House of Commons for a second term as the member for North Island-Powell River.

After 40 days of campaigning, Vancouver Island’s electoral map looks exactly the same as it did at the start of the federal election.

NDP incumbent Gord Johns scored an easy win over Conservative candidate Byron Horner in the Courtenay-Alberni electoral district. Johns retained his seat in Parliament with 42.

The NDP recaptured the Victoria riding on Monday night, shutting out the Greens.

Elizabeth May had been hoping to expand significantly her caucus in this election, but the Green Party leader will have to settle for just two sets of helping hands, and another landslide win in her own riding.

Voters in Nanaimo-Ladysmith are sending Green candidate Paul Manly back to Ottawa, after electing him in a byelection just five months ago.

Incumbent Randall Garrison, an NDP MP since 2011, held onto his Esquimalt-Saanich-Sooke riding, holding off challenges from David Merner of the Greens, Liberal Jamie Hammond and Conservative Randall Pewarchuk.