Canadians are headed to the polls after Liberal Party leader Justin Trudeau triggered a federal election on Sunday.
Below is a list of candidates for all seven Vancouver Island ridings. This list will be updated when more candidates are announced. Candidate list is displayed in alphabetical order by party name.
Victoria
Jordan Reichert — Animal Protection Party of Canada
Janis Zroback — Communist Party of Canada
Hannah Hodson — Conservative
Nick Loughton — Green
Nikki Macdonald — Liberal
Laurel Collins — NDP (incumbent)
John Randal Phipps — People’s Party of Canada
Saanich—Gulf Islands
Dock Currie — Communist Party of Canada
David Busch — Conservative
Elizabeth May — Green (incumbent)
Sherri Moore-Arbour — Liberal
Sabina Singh — NDP
David Hilderman — People’s Party of Canada
Esquimalt—Saanich—Sooke
Tyson Riel Strandlund — Communist Party of Canada
Laura Ann Frost — Conservative
Harley Gordon — Green
Doug Kobayashi — Liberal
Randall Garrison — NDP (incumbent)
Rob Anderson — People’s Party of Canada
Cowichan—Malahat—Langford
Alana DeLong — Conservative
Lia Versaevel — Green
Blair Herber — Liberal
Alistair MacGreggor — NDP (incumbent)
Mark Hecht — People’s Party of Canada
Nanaimo—Ladysmith
Tamara Kronis — Conservative
Paul Manly — Green (incumbent)
Michelle Corfield — Liberal
Lisa Marie Barron — NDP
Stephen Welton — People’s Party of Canada
Courtenay—Alberni
Mary Lee — Conservative
Susanne Lawson — Green
Susan Farlinger — Liberal
Barbara Biley — Marxist-Leninist Party of Canada
Gord Johns — NDP (incumbent)
Robert Eppich — People’s Party of Canada
North Island—Powell River
Shelley Downey — Conservative
Jessica Wegg — Green
Jennifer Grenz — Liberal
Carla Neal — Marxist-Leninist Party of Canada
Stacey Gastis — Maverick Party
Rachel Blaney — NDP (incumbent)
Paul Macknight — People’s Party of Canada