Dozens of Greater Victoria candidates are kicking off their five-week campaigns after new Prime Minister Mark Carney dissolved Parliament and called a snap election, where Canadians will take to the polls on April 28.
Over the few weeks, electoral ridings will become figurative war zones as candidates vie for one of the 343 seats in the House of Commons that are up for grabs.
Vancouver Island is home to seven of those ridings, four of which are in the Capital Region. The declared candidates in Greater Victoria ridings as of March 25 are:
Cowichan–Malahat–Langford
Kathleen Code – Green Party
Dagmar Goeschick – People’s Party
Jeff Kibble – Conservative Party
Alistair MacGregor (incumbent) – NDP
Esquimalt–Saanich-Sooke
Grant Cool – Conservative Party
Robert Crooks – Communist Party
Nikita Heurier – People’s Party
Maja Tait – NDP
Saanich–Gulf Islands
David Beckham – Liberal Party
Raymon Farmere – People’s Party
Elizabeth May (incumbent) – Green Party
Cathie Ounsted – Conservative Party
Colin Plant – NDP
Victoria
Laurel Collins (Incumbent) – NDP
Michael Doherty – Green Party
Will Greaves – Liberal Party
David Mohr – People’s Party
Angus Ross – Conservative Party
The election will be held on Monday, April 28, with polls open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Advance voting days will be from Friday, April 1 to Monday, April 21, with polls open from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.
