Riding profile

North Island--Powell River

Federal riding — BC · Rural · bc island

The question

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

Current forecast

Conservative

Toss-up

Probability
45%
Mean margin (pts)
1.2
P(close race)
100%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Conservative 31.6%
  • NDP 31.4%
  • Liberal 30.6%
  • Green 2.1%
  • PPC 1.0%

Watch list

The tightest races

Smallest projected margin. Open one for the numbers.

  1. Central NewfoundlandConservative57 %1.4 pt margin
  2. Richmond Hill SouthLiberal55 %1.4 pt margin
  3. Niagara WestConservative61 %1.4 pt margin

In context

How this riding stacks up

Conservative NDP Liberal Green
HereNorth Island--Powell River 31.6%31.4%30.6%2.1%
Provincial averageBritish Columbia 33.6% −2.0 8.4% +23.0 47.6% −17.0 3.0% −0.9
National averageCanada 32.1% −0.5 10.6% +20.8 48.0% −17.4 2.7% −0.6

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

Projection track

How the projection has moved

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 32% vote share, against 31% 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

Previous election · 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
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