Results of the 2023 Bencher Election– November 15, 2023
District No. 1 Vancouver (11 to elect) | ||
Eligible voters: 10803 | Valid ballots: 2764 (25.6%) | 2 abstentions | ||
Cheryl D'Sa | 1602 | Re-elected |
Jennifer Chow, KC | 1417 | Re-elected |
Kevin Westell | 1374 | Re-elected |
Gaynor C. Yeung | 1366 | Re-elected |
Aleem Bharmal, KC | 1274 | Elected |
Christina J. Cook | 1267 | Re-elected |
Tanya Chamberlain | 1144 | Re-elected |
Tim Delaney | 1138 | Re-elected |
Nikki Charlton | 1124 | Elected |
Ravi Hira, KC | 982 | Elected |
James Struthers | 852 | Elected |
Marc Kazimirski | 785 |
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Roger S. Watts | 750 |
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John Turner | 579 |
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| Certified results | ||
| District No. 2 Victoria (1 to elect) | ||
Eligible voters: 1753 | Valid ballots:673 (38.4%) | 9 abstentions | ||
| First Count |
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James A.S. Legh | 376 | Elected |
Peter D. Ameerali | 145 |
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Aron Bookman | 143 |
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The election in the County of Victoria was conducted by alternative vote ballot, in accordance with Rule 1-30; however, James A. S. Legh received enough votes in the first count to be elected outright. |
District No. 3 Nanaimo (1 to elect) | |
Brian Dybwad | Re-elected by acclamation |
District No. 4 Westminster (3 to elect) | ||
Eligible voters: 2549 | Valid ballots: 862 (33.8%) | 7 abstentions | ||
Gurminder Sandhu | 637 | Re-elected |
Tom Spraggs | 450 | Re-elected |
Jaspreet Singh Malik | 347 | Elected |
Narindar Singh Kang, KC | 327 |
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Chris Carta | 197 |
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| Certified results |
District No. 5 Kootenay (1 to elect) | ||
Barbara Stanley, KC | Re-elected by acclamation | |
District No. 6 Okanagan (1 to elect) | ||
Eligible voters: 691 | Valid ballots: 261 (37.8%) | 2 abstentions | ||
| First Count |
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Michael F. Welsh, KC | 130 | Re-elected |
Thomas Eaves | 56 |
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Jessica Saris | 36 |
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Tina-Marie Bradford | 19 |
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Leonard H. Marriott | 18 |
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The election in the District of Okanagan was conducted by alternative vote ballot, in accordance with Rule 1-30; however, Michael F. Welsh, KC received enough votes in the first count to be elected outright. | ||
District No. 7 Cariboo (2 to elect) | ||
Eligible voters: 242 | Valid ballots: 148 (61.2%) | 1 abstention | ||
Benjamin Levine | 92 | Elected |
Georges Rivard | 91 | Re-elected |
Geoffrey McDonald | 81 |
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| Certified results |
District No. 8 Prince Rupert (1 to elect) | ||
Eligible voters: 92 | Valid ballots: 56 (60.9%) | 0 abstentions | ||
Jonathan Yuen | 40 | Elected |
Claire Ducluzeau | 16 |
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| Certified results |
District No. 9 Kamloops (1 to elect) | ||
Eligible voters: 345 | Valid ballots: 210 (60.9%) | 0 abstentions | ||
Jay Michi | 131 | Elected |
Kathy Kendall, KC | 79 |
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| Certified results |
Results of the 2023 Vancouver county by-election – July 12, 2023
District No. 1 Vancouver (one to elect)* | |||||
Eligible voters: 10647 | Valid ballots: 1788 (16.8%) | 21 abstentions | |||||
Candidate Information | Votes | ||||
| First count | Second count | Third count | Fourth count |
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Christina Joelle Cook | 582 | 624 | 683 | 886 | Elected |
Roger Stewart Watts | 377 | 386 | 478 | 628 |
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Joyce Johner | 377 | 397 | 476 |
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Timothy Jacob Lack | 322 | 334 |
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| Adam Soliman | 109 | ||||
| Certified results | |||||
*This by-election was conducted by alternative vote ballot in accordance with Rule 1-30.
Results of the 2022 Vancouver county by-election – November 15, 2022
District No. 1 Vancouver (one to elect)* | |||||
Eligible voters: 10,457 / Valid ballots: 1,870 (17.9%) – 16 voters abstained | |||||
Candidates | Votes | ||||
| 1st count | 2nd count | 3rd count | 4th count |
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Tim Delaney | 647 | 692 | 811 | 1,376 | Elected |
Joyce Johner | 548 | 669 | 795 |
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Nikki L. Charlton | 356 | 422 |
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Nazanin Aram | 303 |
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| Certified results | |||||
*This by-election was conducted by alternative vote ballot in accordance with Rule 1-30
Results of the 2021 general election – November 16, 2021
District No. 1 Vancouver (11 to elect) | ||
Eligible voters: 10,082 | Valid ballots: 2,858 (28.3%) | 2 abstentions | ||
Cheryl D’Sa | 1504 | Re-elected |
Brook Greenberg, QC | 1491 | Re-elected |
Jennifer Chow, QC | 1425 | Re-elected |
Kevin B. Westell | 1417 | Re-elected |
Gaynor C. Yeung | 1403 | Re-elected |
Lisa Dumbrell | 1359 | Re-elected |
Jacqueline G. McQueen, QC | 1314 | Re-elected |
Steven McKoen, QC | 1299 | Re-elected |
Katrina Harry | 1202 | Elected |
Kelly Harvey Russ | 1089 | Elected |
Tanya Chamberlain | 1023 | Elected |
Nazanin Aram | 737 |
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Julian R. Porritt | 631 | |
Tara Callan | 579 | |
Kyla Lee | 539 | |
Chase Blair | 493 | |
| Certified results | ||
District No. 2 Victoria (2 to elect) | ||
Eligible voters: 1662 | Valid ballots:677 (40.7%) | 1 abstention | ||
Lindsay R. LeBlanc | 348 | Elected |
Paul Pearson | 330 | Elected |
Michael Mulligan | 251 |
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Peter Ameerali | 180 |
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James A. S. Legh | 133 |
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| Certified results | ||
District No. 3 Nanaimo (1 to elect) | ||
Eligible voters: 534 | Valid ballots: 215 (40.3%) | 1 abstention | ||
Brian Dybwad | 120 | Elected |
Chelsea D. Wilson | 94 |
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| Certified results | ||
District No. 4 Westminster (2 to elect) |
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Eligible voters: 2388 | Valid ballots: 766 (32.1%) | 2 abstentions | |||
Gurminder Sandhu | 370 | Elected |
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Tom Spraggs | 311 | Re-elected |
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Lynett Jung | 247 |
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Paul Janzen | 207 |
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Doug Lester, QC | 161 |
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District No. 5 Kootenay (1 to elect) | |
Barbara Cromarty | Re-elected by acclamation |
District No. 6 Okanagan (1 to elect) | |
Michael F. Welsh, QC | Re-elected by acclamation |
District No. 7 Cariboo (2 to elect) | ||
Eligible voters: 246 | Valid ballots: 144 (58.5%) | 0 abstentions | ||
Georges Rivard | 117 | Elected |
Geoffrey McDonald | 107 | Re-elected |
Jon M. Duncan | 50 |
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| Certified results | ||
District No. 8 Prince Rupert (1 to elect) | |
Sarah Westwood | Elected by acclamation |
District No. 9 Kamloops (1 to elect) | ||||
Eligible voters: 334 | Valid ballots: 205 (61.4%) | 0 abstentions | ||||
| First Count | Second Count | Third Count |
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Kim Carter | 87 | 99 | 148 | Re-elected |
David A. Paul, QC | 89 | 98 |
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Camille Cook | 29 |
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*The election in District No. 9 was conducted by alternative vote ballot in accordance with Rule 1-30.
Results of the 2021 Vancouver county by-election – July 16, 2021
| District No. 1 Vancouver (one to elect) | ||||||
| Eligible voters: 9,942 / Valid ballots: 1,908 (19.2%) – 7 voters abstained | ||||||
| Candidates | Votes | |||||
| 1st count | 2nd count | 3rd count | 4th count | 5th count | ||
| Gaynor C. Yeung | 672 | 696 | 764 | 811 | 1,021 | Elected |
| Julian R. Porritt | 433 | 446 | 472 | 502 | 585 | |
| Tanya Chamberlain | 342 | 358 | 385 | 437 | ||
| Kyla Lee | 201 | 207 | 220 | |||
| Nazanin Aram | 143 | 167 | ||||
| Douglas Chiu | 110 | |||||
| Needed to elect | 951 | 937 | 921 | 875 | 803 | |
Results of the 2021 Kamloops district by-election – June 16, 2021
District No. 9 Kamloops (one to elect) | |||||
Eligible voters: 330 / Valid ballots: 186 (56.4%) | |||||
Candidates | Votes | ||||
1st count | 2nd count | 3rd count | 4th count |
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Kim Carter | 50 | 53 | 58 | 91 | Elected |
Michael Sutherland | 66 | 66 | 68 | 78 |
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Camille J. Cook | 44 | 49 | 54 |
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Daniel McNamee | 16 | 16 |
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Cameron E. Johnson | 10 |
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Needed to elect | 94 | 92 | 90 | 85 |
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Results of the 2020 Vancouver county by-election – November 16, 2020
District No. 1 Vancouver (two to elect) | ||
Candidates | Votes |
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Kevin B. Westell | 665 | Elected |
Lisa Dumbrell | 661 | Elected |
Emily L. Clough | 641 |
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William L. Roberts | 440 |
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K. Michael Stephens | 362 |
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Steve M. Winder | 362 |
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Bahar Hafizi | 356 |
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Jasmeet K. Wahid | 350 |
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Kyla Lee | 289 |
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James D. Kondopulos | 277 |
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Sandra Mandanici | 276 |
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Thomas Arbogast | 229 |
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Ivona-Elena Zegrean | 124 |
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Saravan J. Veylan | 122 |
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Hermann Luitingh | 23 |
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Results of the 2020 Vancouver county by-election – May 20, 2020
District No. 1 Vancouver county (one to elect) | ||||||||
Eligible voters: 9,446 / Valid Ballots: 2,560 (27.1%) | ||||||||
Candidates | Votes | |||||||
| 1st count | 2nd count | 3rd count | 4th count | 5th count | 6th count | 7th count |
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Cheryl D'Sa | 535 | 571 | 608 | 635 | 699 | 788 | 990 | Elected |
Kevin Westell | 588 | 595 | 621 | 646 | 699 | 782 | 950 |
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Lisa Dumbrell | 350 | 366 | 391 | 421 | 469 | 599 |
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Sandra Mandanici | 299 | 325 | 355 | 372 | 401 |
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Roger Watts | 246 | 255 | 266 | 320 |
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Michael Thomas | 215 | 221 | 239 |
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Kyla Lee | 172 | 192 |
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Laxmy R. Nambiar | 146 |
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Needed to elect | 1,276 | 1,263 | 1,241 | 1,198 | 1,135 | 1,085 | 971 |
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Results of the 2019 general election – November 15, 2019
| District No. 1 Vancouver (11 to elect) | ||
| Eligible voters: 9,580 / Valid ballots: 2,925 (30.5%) | ||
| Jamie Maclaren, QC | 1,496 | Re-elected |
| Jennifer Chow, QC | 1,372 | Re-elected |
| Jasmin Z. Ahmad | 1,304 | Re-elected |
| Jeevyn Dhaliwal | 1,283 | Re-elected |
| Julie K. Lamb, QC | 1,276 | Elected |
| Brook Greenberg | 1,217 | Re-elected |
| Elizabeth J. Rowbotham | 1,208 | Re-elected |
| Jeff Campbell, QC | 1,199 | Re-elected |
| Steven McKoen, QC | 1,185 | Re-elected |
| Jacqueline G. McQueen | 1,130 | Re-elected |
| Karen L. Snowshoe | 1,102 | Re-elected |
| Ashley Syer | 907 | |
| Jon Festinger, QC | 820 | |
| Anthony Leoni | 658 | |
| Michael Thomas | 595 | |
| John Turner | 561 | |
| Kyla Lee | 529 | |
| District No. 2 Victoria (one to elect) | |
| Pinder K. Cheema, QC | Re-elected by acclamation |
| District No. 3 Nanaimo (one to elect) | |
| Chelsea Dawn Wilson | Elected by acclamation |
| District No. 4 Westminster (three to elect) | ||
| Eligible voters: 2,228 / Valid ballots: 801 (36%) | ||
| W. Martin Finch, QC | 454 | Re-elected |
| Christopher A. McPherson, QC | 394 | Re-elected |
| Tom Spraggs | 344 | Elected |
| Chandan K. Sabharwal | 253 | |
| Aniz Alani | 176 | |
| Scott Johnston | 142 | |
| Daniel Henderson | 96 | |
| Todd Brayer | 88 | |
| District No. 5 Kootenay (one to elect) | |
| Barbara Cromarty | Re-elected by acclamation |
| District No. 6 Okanagan (one to elect) | |
| Michael F. Welsh, QC | Re-elected by acclamation |
| District No. 7 Cariboo (two to elect) | ||
| Eligible voters: 254 / Valid ballots: 128 (50.4%) | ||
| Geoffrey McDonald | 95 | Re-elect |
| Heidi Zetzsche | 84 | Re-elect |
| Jacqueline R. Reed | 43 | |
| District No. 8 Prince Rupert (one to elect) | ||
| Eligible voters: 93 / Valid ballots: 71 (76.3%) | ||
| Lisa Feinberg | 38 | Elected |
| Sarah Westwood | 33 | |
| District No. 9 Kamloops (one to elect) | |
| Michelle D. Stanford, QC | Re-elected by acclamation |
Pursuant to Law Society Rule 1-5(4) Craig Ferris, QC (District No. 1), Dean P.J. Lawton, QC (District No. 2) and Lisa J. Hamilton, QC (District No. 1) will continue to hold office as Benchers until they complete their respective terms as President.
Results of the 2018 Vancouver county by-election – November 15, 2018
| District No. 1 Vancouver (one to elect) | ||||||
| Eligible voters: 9,534 / Valid ballots: 1,425 (15%) | ||||||
| Candidates | Votes | |||||
| 1st count | 2nd count | 3rd count | 4th count | 5th count | ||
| Jacqueline McQueen | 320 | 371 | 392 | 488 | 554 | Elected |
| Jon Festinger, QC | 278 | 294 | 375 | 420 | 510 | |
| Michael Thomas | 254 | 270 | 300 | 337 | ||
| Kyla Lee | 243 | 254 | 268 | |||
| Raymond Young, QC | 185 | 199 | ||||
| Maria T. Holman | 145 | |||||
| Needed to elect | 714 | 695 | 669 | 624 | 533 | |
Results of the 2018 Vancouver county by-election – May 15, 2018
| District No. 1 Vancouver (one to elect) | ||||||||
| Eligible voters: 9,008 / Valid ballots: 1,625 (18%) | ||||||||
| Candidates | Votes | |||||||
| 1st count | 2nd count | 3rd count | 4th count | 5th count | 6th count | 7th count | ||
| Karen L. Snowshoe | 333 | 334 | 366 | 387 | 434 | 530 | 580 | Elected |
| Jon Festinger, QC | 325 | 326 | 333 | 356 | 387 | 443 | 543 | |
| Michael Thomas | 251 | 252 | 263 | 278 | 310 | 348 | ||
| Ashley Syer | 241 | 245 | 271 | 284 | 304 | |||
| Gurminder Sandhu | 191 | 192 | 197 | 208 | ||||
| John Turner | 158 | 159 | 166 | |||||
| Kyla Lee | 106 | 109 | ||||||
| Graham Lee Zilm | 14 | |||||||
| Needed to elect | 810 | 809 | 799 | 757 | 718 | 661 | 562 | |
Results of the 2017 general election – November 15, 2017
| District No. 1 Vancouver (11 to elect)* | ||
| Eligible voters: 9,080 / Valid ballots: 2,574 (28%) | ||
| Candidates | Votes | |
| Jeevyn Dhaliwal | 1,238 | Re-elected |
| Jamie Maclaren | 1,208 | Re-elected |
| Jasmin Ahmad | 1,172 | Re-elected |
Jennifer Chow, QC | 1,155 | Elected |
| Sharon Matthews, QC | 1,048 | Re-elected |
| Elizabeth Rowbotham | 963 | Re-elected |
| Lisa Hamilton | 924 | Re-elected |
| Brook Greenberg | 899 | Re-elected |
| Tony Wilson, QC | 895 | Re-elected |
| Jeff Campbell, QC | 837 | Re-elected |
| Steven McKoen | 751 | Re-elected |
| Ashley Syer | 742 | |
| Vivienne Stewart | 650 | |
| Arthur Grant | 590 | |
| Rain Henderson | 589 | |
| Edward Wang | 524 | |
| Michael Thomas | 458 | |
| John Turner | 354 | |
| Chilwin Cheng | 346 | |
*At the request of an unelected candidate, a review of the Vancouver election was conducted in accordance with Rule 1-36. Written reasons for the decision to uphold the Vancouver election results may be found here.
| District No. 2 Victoria (two to elect) | |
Pinder K. Cheema, QC | Re-elected by acclamation |
| Dean P.J. Lawton, QC | Re-elected by acclamation |
| District No. 3 Nanaimo (one to elect) | |
Nancy G. Merrill, QC | 2018 First Vice-President |
| District No. 4 Westminster (three to elect) | |||
Eligible voters: 2,123 / Valid ballots: 475 (22%) | |||
| Candidates | Votes | ||
| Phil Riddell | 345 | Re-elected | |
| Martin Finch, QC | 295 | Re-elected | |
| Christopher McPherson | 279 | Re-elected | |
| Laura Holland | 225 | ||
| District No. 5 Kootenay (one to elect) | |
| Barbara Cromarty | Re-elected by acclamation |
| District No. 6 Okanagan (one to elect) | |
| Michael Welsh | Elected by acclamation |
| District No. 7 Cariboo (two to elect) | |
| Geoffrey McDonald | Elected by acclamation |
| Heidi Zetzsche | Elected by acclamation |
| District No. 8 Prince Rupert (one to elect) | |
| Sarah Westwood | Re-elected by acclamation |
| District No. 9 Kamloops (one to elect) | |
| Michelle Stanford | Re-elected by acclamation |
Results of the 2017 Kootenay County by-election – March 15, 2017
Results of the 2016 Vancouver County by-election – November 15, 2016
| District No. 1 Vancouver (two to elect) | ||
| Candidates | Votes | |
| Jeevyn Dhaliwal | 865 | Elected |
| Jasmin Z. Ahmad | 762 | Elected |
| Jean Whittow, QC | 582 | |
| Robert C. Brun, QC | 566 | |
| Ward K. Branch, QC | 440 | |
| Richard B. Lindsay, QC | 434 | |
| Mark R. Slay | 402 | |
| Michael McDonald | 378 | |
| J. Najeeb Hassan | 377 | |
| George Kondor, QC | 318 | |
| Andrea Raso | 230 | |
Results of the 2015 general election – November 16, 2015
| District No. 2 Victoria (two to elect) | ||
| Eligible voters: 1,442 / Valid ballots: 676 (47%) | ||
| Candidates | Votes | |
Pinder K. Cheema, QC | 514 | Re-elected |
| Dean Lawton | 415 | Re-elected |
| Michael T. Mulligan | 313 | |
| District No. 3 Nanaimo (one to elect) | |
Nancy G. Merrill | Re-elected by acclamation |
| District No. 5 Kootenay (one to elect) | |
| Lynal E. Doerksen | Re-elected by acclamation |
| District No. 6 Okanagan (one to elect) | |
| Tom Fellhauer | Re-elected by acclamation |
| District No. 7 Cariboo (two to elect) | |||
Eligible voters: 256 / Valid ballots: 128 (50%) | |||
| Candidates | Votes | ||
| Lee Ongman | 98 | Re-elected | |
| Gregory Petrisor | 77 | Re-elected | |
| Julian T.W. Kenney | 51 | ||
| District No. 8 Prince Rupert (one to elect) | |||
Eligible voters: 91 / Valid ballots: 49 (54%) | |||
| Candidates | Votes | ||
| Sarah Westwood | 33 | Re-elected | |
| Cynthia Marie Joseph | 16 | ||
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