Here is the full list of federal election candidates in Vancouver Island’s seven ridings. Nominations for the Sept. 20 vote have now closed.
Victoria
NDP — First-term MP Laurel Collins, a former Victoria city councillor, is the incumbent
Liberals — Oceans and climate researcher Nikki Macdonald, a former Jean Chrétien adviser who also ran in 2019
Greens — UVic law student Nick Loughton
Conservatives — Hannah Hodson, assistant to a Conservative MP in Ottawa
People’s Party of Canada — John Randal Phipps
Animal Protection Party - Jordan Reichert has run as an animal-rights activist at the federal, provincial and municipal levels
Communist — Janis Zroback
Saanich-Gulf Islands
Greens — Elizabeth May has held the seat since 2011
NDP — Sabina Singh, an academic and activist, ran in 2019
Conservatives — David Busch, a Saanich lawyer, also ran in 2019
Liberals — Sherri Moore-Arbour, a communications professional from Galiano Island
PPC — David Hilderman.
Communist — Dock Currie
Esquimalt-Saanich-Sooke
NDP — Randall Garrison has been the MP since 2011
Liberals — Doug Kobayashi, a Colwood councillor and business consultant
Greens — Forest researcher Harley Gordon
PPC — Rob Anderson
Conservatives — Environmental researcher Laura Frost
Communist — Tyson Strandlund has run multiple times
Cowichan-Malahat-Langford
NDP — Incumbent Alistair MacGregor was first elected in 2015
Liberals — Blair Herbert, a realtor, also ran in 2019
Conservatives — Alana DeLong, a Thetis Island resident who served for 14 years as an MLA in Alberta, also ran for this seat in 2019 and ran for the B.C. Liberals in 2017
PPC — Mark Hecht, writer and former university instructor
Greens — Chemainus resident and poverty law advocate Lia Versaevel, who ran twice for the B.C. Greens
Nanaimo-Ladysmith
Greens — Paul Manly, won the seat in a 2019 byelection, then in the general election later that year
NDP — School trustee Lisa Marie Barron
Liberals — Michelle Corfield is back for her third straight attempt
Conservatives — Tamara Kronis, a former Toronto lawyer who turned to the jewelry trade
PPC — Stephen Welton
Courtenay-Alberni
NDP — Gord Johns has been MP since 2015
Liberals — Susan Farlinger, formerly a DFO biologist and manager and Canada’s lead negotiator at the Pacific Salmon Commission
Conservatives — Mary Lee, a communications professional and former major in the Canadian Armed Forces
PPC — Robert Eppich, Denman Island resident who managed a communications department before becoming a software developer
Greens — Susanne Lawson, longtime environmental campaigner
Marxist-Leninists — Barbara Biley has run multiple times
North Island- Powell River
NDP — Incumbent Rachel Blaney has been the MP since 2015
Conservatives — Port McNeill municipal councillor Shelley Downey, who also ran in 2019
Greens — Comox human rights lawyer Jessica Wegg
Liberals — Jennifer Grenz, founder of an invasive-species management, ecological restoration, and food security planning company
PPC — Paul Macknight
Maverick — Comox veterinarian Stacey Gastis
Marxist-Leninists — Carla Neal is a Comox Valley peace activist
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