Riding profile

Saanich North and the Islands

Provincial riding — BC · Vancouver Island & Coast

The question

Saanich North and the Islands: a safe seat for the Green Party?

Current forecast

GP

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
10.4
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • GP 39.2%
  • Con 28.1%
  • NDP 27.3%
  • OneBC 2.5%
  • CentreBC 2.1%
  • OTH 0.8%

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

GP Con NDP OneBC
HereSaanich North and the Islands 39.2%28.1%27.3%2.5%
Provincial averageBritish Columbia 9.9% +29.3 42.4% −14.3 39.5% −12.2 3.4% −0.9

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

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Editorial read

Saanich North and the Islands, a mixed riding in British Columbia, elected a member with the Green Party in the previous cycle, with a 4-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the Green Party ahead at 39% vote share, against 28% for the Conservatives, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

Rob Botterell

Sits with GP

Parliament
43th

Previous election · 2024

Won by
GP
Margin
4.0 pts
Turnout
69.0%
Margin shift vs current projection
+6.5 pts

Detailed result · BC 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Rob Botterell Elected GP — 36.1 —
Sarah Riddell NDP — 32.2 —
David Busch Con — 29.8 —
Amy Haysom OTH — 1.9 —
Last model run
Cycle
bc_44