It’s election day across BC—here’s the last-minute information you need to vote

Today’s the day to head to the polls in BC if you haven’t already. If you aren’t sure who’s running in your riding or where to submit your ballot, we’ve put together a list of candidates from each riding with links to their candidate pages and the official list of voting locations from Elections BC.

While some strongholds will persist, tonight could see some major upsets and surprise surges by election underdogs.

Remember to vote for the tomorrow you want and the world you think the next generation deserves. Good luck to all candidates across the CRD and thank you to all the local and BC Elections volunteers helping us to practise democracy.

Stay tuned for our election outcome coverage on Sunday.

Langford-Highlands

Ravi Parmar NDP is the current MLA for Langford-Juan de Fuca—elected last year in a byelection—and the youngest representative in the BC legislature. He is a former chair of the Sooke School Board.

Erin Cassels Green Party is a member of the Kebaowek Algonquin Nation and the general manager of the Huntingdon Hotel and Suites and was co-chair of the Hotel Association of Greater Victoria's Sustainability Committee and a director-at-large for the British Columbia Hotel Association.

Mike Harris Conservatives is a journeyman carpenter and small business owner and has served as regional director for the Conservative Party of BC for two years.

Esquimalt-Colwood

Darlene Rotchford NDP is a councillor in Esquimalt and is a past-president of the Victoria Labour Council.

Camille Currie Green Party is a small business owner and founder of B.C. Health Care Matters to address the family doctor crisis.

John Wilson Conservatives is the president and CEO of The Wilson Group of ground transportation companies and past chair of the Greater Victoria Chamber of Commerce.

Juan de Fuca-Malahat

David Evans Green Party is a longtime Sooke business owner (Stick in the Mud Coffee) and community advocate.

Dana Lajeunesse NDP is a mechanical engineering technologist and former forest industry worker twice elected to Sooke council.

Marina Sapozhnikov Conservatives has served as a family doctor in Cobble Hill and as a locum in remote and underserved communities in BC.

Oak Bay-Gordon Head

Diana Gibson NDP led Greater Victoria’s Community Social Planning Council and co-founded the Firelight Group, Canada’s largest Indigenous-owned consulting firm.

Lisa Gunderson Green Party is the deputy leader for BC Greens and an educator, equity consultant, and founder of One Love Consulting focusing on racialized youth.

Stephen Andrew Conservatives is a former municipal councillor, television journalist, legislative reporter, and radio talk show host; he ran for Victoria mayor in 2022.

Saanich North and the Gulf Islands

Rob Botterell Green Party worked for BC’s finance ministry, led the team that developed BC’s Freedom of Information law, and represented First Nations governments in private law for 25 years.

David Busch Conservatives is a Saanich lawyer who has represented clients from Small Claims to the Court of Appeal in BC and Alberta; taught law at UVic.

Sarah Ridell NDP is a councillor for the District of Central Saanich and has served as director of the Medical Services Plan payment schedule at the ministry of health.

Amy Haysom Independent is a local teacher and yoga entrepreneur who worked at the Centre for Global Studies and specialized in international children’s rights.

Saanich South

Lana Popham NDP has been the MLA for Saanich South since 2009, was the 2017-22 agriculture minister and then the tourism minister at the outset of the election.

Adam Kubel Conservatives is an experienced project manager formerly in construction supporting oil and gas, and is co-owner of You Floral a multinational floral wholesale company.

Ned Taylor Green Party was the youngest-ever elected to the Saanich Council and CRD Director; as councillor he focused on transit, environment, and road safety.

Victoria-Beacon Hill

Grace Lore NDP has been the MLA for Victoria-Beacon Hill since 2020 and is the minister of children and family development. She previously served as the minister of state for child care, and parliamentary secretary for gender equity.

Sonia Furstenau Green Party is the party leader and has served as the MLA for Cowichan Valley since 2017. She was the lead spokesperson for seven different government files, including environmental legislation, childcare, and early childhood education.

Tim Thielmann Conservatives is a lawyer who has served First Nations across BC. He is a former director of the Sierra Club and played a key role in the negotiation of historic LNG pipeline agreements. He is legally blind.

Victoria Swan Lake

Nina Krieger NDP is a community leader dedicated to advancing education and is the executive director of Western Canada’s leading Holocaust museum.

Christina Winter Green Party has a long background in customer and client services and has worked as a constituency assistant.

Tim Taylor Conservatives was a residential and commercial realtor and the founding member and co-chair of the Homeless Action Team for the CRD.

Robert Crooks Communist Party of BC is the party’s principal organizer and worked at a non-profit helping youth in Manitoba and as an English teacher for immigrants and refugees.

Where are you voting?

Voters need to know where to drop their ballots on election day. Click on the list of final voting day voting places to discover where you will be dropping yours on Oct 19.

Promises, promises

Read Part I, Part II, and Part III of our Promises, promise s series, examining promises made by candidates and parties ahead of today's election.