Riding profile

North Island--Powell River

Federal riding — BC · Rural · bc island

The question

North Island--Powell River: who wins this toss-up?

Editorial read

North Island--Powell River, a rural riding in British Columbia, elected a member with the Conservative Party in the previous cycle, with a 6-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the Conservative Party ahead at 34% vote share, against 34% for the NDP, and the race could swing. Linguistic profile: 1% francophone, 98% anglophone.

Sitting member

Aaron Gunn

Sits with Conservative

Since
2025-04-28
Parliament
45th

Current forecast

Conservative

Toss-up

Probability
55%
Mean margin (pts)
1.1
P(close race)
100%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Conservative 33.9%
  • NDP 33.7%
  • Liberal 25.5%
  • Green 1.8%
  • PPC 0.9%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Conservative NDP Liberal Green
HereNorth Island--Powell River 33.9%33.7%25.5%1.8%
Provincial averageBritish Columbia 35.8% −2.0 10.6% +23.1 41.9% −16.5 2.6% −0.8
National averageCanada 34.8% −0.9 14.2% +19.5 41.9% −16.4 2.1% −0.3

Provincial averages computed across the 343 riding-level projections (unweighted mean).

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Previous election · FED 2025

Won by
Conservative
Margin
6.2 pts
Turnout
73.8%
Margin shift vs current projection
-5.0 pts

Detailed result · FED 2025

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Aaron Gunn Elected Conservative 31,356 38.7 Filmmaker
Tanille Johnston NDP 26,357 32.6 Primary Care Regional Manager
Jennifer Lash Liberal 21,218 26.2 Senior Policy Advisor
Jessica Wegg Green 1,505 1.9 Lawyer
Paul Macknight PPC 341 0.4 Painter
Glen Staples Independent 152 0.2 Retired Math Instructor

Demographics

Who lives here

Linguistic profile

  • Francophone 0.6%
  • Anglophone 97.5%
  • Non-francophone (other) 1.9%

Data source : Statistics Canada — 2021 Census

Last model run
Cycle
fed_46