The polls are open today for byelections in two B.C. ridings, one of which is right here in Vancouver.
Voters on southern Vancouver Island in Langford-Juan de Fuca and in Vancouver-Mount Pleasant will be filling positions vacant since late March following the departures from the legislature of former premier John Horgan and cabinet minister Melanie Mark, both of whom were members of the NDP.
Horgan had held the Langford riding since 2005, while Mark was first elected in Mount Pleasant in 2016.
Everything you need to know
Online voter registration is now closed, but you can still visit the polling stations in person until 8 p.m. (though the electoral offices close at 4 p.m.).
You must be a resident of Langford-Juan de Fuca or Vancouver-Mount Pleasant to vote in the by-election for your district. The Mount Pleasant stretches from Kingsway to the water's edge between Main and Commercial. You can find the electoral boundaries plus a list of voting places on the election website.
There are five candidates running in the Mount Pleasant election.
Who's running
- Kimball Cariou, Communist Party of BC
- Wendy Hayko, BC Green Party
- Jackie Lee, BC United
- Karin Litzcke, Conservative Party
- Joan Phillip, BC NDP
With files from The Canadian Press.
