ELECTION NOTEBOOK Full list of candidates on Island
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 animalrights 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