Riding profile

Nanaimo-Gabriola Island

Provincial riding — BC · Vancouver Island & Coast

The question

Nanaimo-Gabriola Island: a safe seat for the NDP?

Current forecast

NDP

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
15.0
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • NDP 47.6%
  • Con 32.6%
  • GP 15.1%
  • OneBC 2.7%
  • CentreBC 2.0%

Watch list

The tightest races

Smallest projected margin. Open one for the numbers.

  1. Surrey-FleetwoodNDP58 %2.0 pt margin
  2. Cowichan ValleyCon54 %2.0 pt margin
  3. Vancouver-LangaraCon62 %2.1 pt margin

In context

How this riding stacks up

NDP Con GP OneBC
HereNanaimo-Gabriola Island 47.6%32.6%15.1%2.7%
Provincial averageBritish Columbia 39.5% +8.0 42.4% −9.8 9.9% +5.1 3.4% −0.7

Provincial averages computed across the 93 riding-level projections (unweighted mean).

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Editorial read

Nanaimo-Gabriola Island, a mixed riding in British Columbia, elected a member with the NDP in the previous cycle, with a 18-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the NDP ahead at 48% vote share, against 33% for the Conservatives, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

Sheila Malcolmson

Sits with NDP

Parliament
43th

Previous election · 2024

Won by
NDP
Margin
18.1 pts
Turnout
60.0%
Margin shift vs current projection
-3.1 pts

Detailed result · BC 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Sheila Malcolmson Elected NDP — 52.8 —
Dale Parker Con — 34.6 —
Shirley Lambrecht GP — 12.6 —
Last model run
Cycle
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