It has been almost a week since the writ dropped, marking the start of the 43rd provincial election in British Columbia.
This provincial election also sees new ridings for residents in the central Vancouver Island area. The former Nanaimo electoral district is now called Nanaimo-Gabriola Island which outlines the south half of Nanaimo including Gabriola Island. As well the new Nanaimo-Lantzville electoral district will combine the northern half of Nanaimo and Lantzville together.
In Nanaimo-Gabriola Island, the current candidates on the ballot are Shirley Lambrecht with the BC Green Party, Sheila Malcolmson with the BC NDP, and Dale Parker with the Conservative Party of BC.
For Nanaimo-Lantzville, the current candidates are George Anderson with the BC NDP, Gwen O’Mahony with the Conservative Party of BC, and Lia Versaevel with the BC Green Party.
CHLY reached out to each of the six candidates to see how they were feeling in the first week of the election.
