— Voters are going to the polls for the third time in eight months in Nanaimo, B.C., with Monday’s byelection contest in the federal riding of Nanaimo-Ladysmith, which comes just six months before October’s federal election. Voters will replace former New Democrat MP Sheila Malcolmson, who resigned in January in a successful run for the British Columbia NDP in the provincial riding. It was 53 per cent in the Jan. 30 provincial byelection and in the October 2015 federal election, Nanaimo-Ladysmith saw 75 per cent of eligible voters cast ballots. He said he expects Monday’s vote to be a four-way contest between the NDP, Conservatives, Greens and the Liberals. Each party polled 20 per cent or more in 2015 with Malcolmson winning for the NDP with 33 per cent of the vote.

Source: National Post May 05, 2019 10:52 UTC