Running in the byelection are Camille Currie (Green), Mike Harris (Conservative), Elena Lawson (BC United, formerly the BC Liberals), Ravi Parmar (NDP), and Tyson Riel Strandlund (Communist).
THE RIDING The June 24 byelection in Langford-Juan de Fuca is being held to fill the seat left vacant when New Democrat John Horgan, the former premier, resigned in March. This is the first election without Horgan is almost two decades: He was first elected in 2005 and dominated the Juan de Fuca riding in 2009, 2013, 2017 and 2020.
I am fairly new to this community, I have been in Langford for 2 years now. However I have always been involved in the Community that I live in whether it is Coaching or collecting food for the food banks.Transportation is one of the main issues in this riding. The highways are jam packed; traffic is unreal. People are sitting in their vehicles for hours when they should be at home spending time with their family. This is the fastest growing community in B.C.
Born in Victoria, lives just outside the riding boundaries. Procurement initiatives co-ordinator with the B.C. Public Service .In 2021, when the NDP announced sweeping changes to autism policies in B.C., I stepped up to elevate the voices of families across the province. I co-founded the Children’s Autism Federation of B.C., organized protests at the legislature, and was a strong advocate in getting the NDP to stop their plan to scrap individualized autism funding — at least for now.
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