Riding profile

Saanich--Gulf Islands

Federal riding — BC · Mixed · bc island

The question

Saanich--Gulf Islands: a safe seat for the Green Party?

Editorial read

Saanich--Gulf Islands, a mixed riding in British Columbia, elected a member with the Green Party in the previous cycle, with a 7-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the Green Party ahead at 39% vote share, against 31% for the Liberal Party, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

Elizabeth May

Sits with Green

Since
2025-04-28
Parliament
45th

Current forecast

Green

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
7.8
P(close race)
8%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Green 38.9%
  • Liberal 31.1%
  • Conservative 20.2%
  • NDP 5.2%
  • PPC 0.6%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Green Liberal Conservative NDP
HereSaanich--Gulf Islands 38.9%31.1%20.2%5.2%
Provincial averageBritish Columbia 2.6% +36.3 41.9% −10.9 35.8% −15.6 10.6% −5.4
National averageCanada 2.1% +36.8 41.9% −10.8 34.8% −14.6 14.2% −9.0

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

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Previous election · FED 2025

Won by
Green
Margin
7.2 pts
Turnout
77.9%
Margin shift vs current projection
+0.6 pts

Detailed result · FED 2025

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Elizabeth May Elected Green 31,199 39.1 Parliamentarian
David Beckham Liberal 25,409 31.8 Renewable Energy Consultant
Cathie Ounsted Conservative 20,015 25.1 Accountant
Colin Plant NDP 3,163 4.0 Teacher

Demographics

Who lives here

Linguistic profile

  • Anglophone 92.9%
  • Non-francophone (other) 7.1%

Data source : Statistics Canada — 2021 Census

Last model run
Cycle
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