OTTAWA / TORONTO -- In the push to elect enough MPs to form government, every seat matters for its own reasons. But there are some that garner notable interest because of the implications they may have for the region, the broader momentum a party is picking up, or because of the big names on the ballot.
Many of the ridings we’ve compiled for you have compelling storylines.
There’s the B.C. riding of West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country where the NDP has put forward a candidate with major star power. Documentary filmmaker and climate activist Avi Lewis, who’s got the backing of U.S. Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, will seek to unseat the Liberals who’ve occupied the region since 2015.
And in Fredericton, N.B., electors will decide whether their loyalty lies more behind Jenica Atwin, voted in as a Green MP in 2019, or the party she once represented. Atwin is running again under the Liberal tent.
This is not an exhaustive list, but a snapshot of some of the more compelling races in what could be a nail-biter of a federal election.
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The only seat the NDP won east of Montreal in 2019, St. John's East went orange in part because of the personal popularity of Jack Harris, who had previously represented the riding in the 1980s, and again from 2008 to 2015. Liberals and Conservatives have both held this seat in the past, and with Harris moving into retirement, the riding is very much up for grabs.
Incumbent: Jack Harris (NDP)
Incumbent Status: Not seeking re-election
2019 Turnout: 45,600 / 66,063 (69.03%)
| LIB | Joanne Thompson | Official site |
| NDP | Mary Shortall | Official site |
| CON | Glenn Etchegary | Official site |
| PPC | Dana Metcalfe | Official site |
| NDP | Jack Harris | 2019 |
| LIB | Nick Whalen | 2015 |
| NDP | Jack Harris | 2011 |
| NDP | Jack Harris | 2008 |
| CON | Norman Doyle | 2006 |
The Malpeque riding has been painted red since 1988. Long-time Liberal MP Wayne Easter has held the seat since 1993 but in June announced he would be stepping away from politics to allow newcomers to “take over the reins.” It’s one of four electoral ridings in Prince Edward Island, each of which have gone to the Liberals over the past several elections. With their new, former MLA candidate, will the Liberals keep their lock on the province? Or will a popular opponent change the game?
Incumbent: Wayne Easter (Liberal)
Incumbent status: Not seeking re-election
2019 Turnout: 23,039 / 30,275 (76.1%)
| LIB | Heath MacDonald | Official site |
| NDP | Mitchell Neill | Official site |
| CON | Jody Sanderson | Official site |
| GRN | Anna Keenan | Official site |
| PPC | Christopher Landry | Official site |
| LIB | Wayne Easter | 2019 |
| LIB | Wayne Easter | 2015 |
| LIB | Wayne Easter | 2011 |
| LIB | Wayne Easter | 2008 |
| LIB | Wayne Easter | 2006 |
Home to a former Green MP and now Liberal, after crossing the floor in June, voters in this riding will be facing an interesting proposition. Do we vote for the MP we elected last time, or is it more about the party she once represented? Expect the stakes to be higher personally for both Jenica Atwin and the Green candidate to get out there and make their case to constituents because of the shakeup Atwin’s defection prompted.
Incumbent: Jenica Atwin (Liberal)
Incumbent Status: Seeking re-election
2019 Turnout: 49,409 / 65,825 (75.1%)
| LIB | Jenica Atwin | Official site |
| NDP | Shawn Oldenburg | Official site |
| CON | Andrea Johnson | Official site |
| GRN | Nicole O'Byrne | Official site |
| GRN | Jenica Atwin | 2019 |
| LIB | Matt DeCourcey | 2015 |
| CON | Keith Ashfield | 2011 |
| CON | Keith Ashfield | 2008 |
| LIB | Andy Scott | 2006 |
This riding is a Liberal stronghold, of course. Justin Trudeau has represented this constituency for more than a decade, after first winning with more than 41 per cent of the popular vote in 2008. Last election, he managed to pull in 51.2 per cent of the vote in Papineau with the NDP candidate in a distant second, but he hasn’t spent much time there since the pandemic kept him in Ottawa. Will that matter?
Incumbent: Justin Trudeau
Status: Seeking re-election
2019 Turnout: 50,781 / 76,995 (66.0%)
| LIB | Justin Trudeau | Official site |
| NDP | Christine Pare | Official site |
| BQ | Nabila Ben Youssef | Official site |
| CON | Julio Rivera | Official site |
| GRN | Alain Lepine | Official site |
| PPC | Christian Boutin | Official site |
| LIB | Justin Trudeau | 2019 |
| LIB | Justin Trudeau | 2015 |
| LIB | Justin Trudeau | 2011 |
| LIB | Justin Trudeau | 2008 |
| BQ | Vivian Barbot | 2006 |
In 2019, Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault reversed a trend that hadn’t seen a Liberal in the Laurier-Sainte-Marie riding since 1988. Guilbeault succeeded NDP MP Hélène Laverdière, who beat out Bloc Québécois Leader Gilles Duceppe in 2011, amid the party’s Orange Wave. It’s a region that is home to artists, students, and lower-income earners as it includes a portion of Montreal’s downtown core. Guilbeault has drawn criticism as of late for his navigation of Bill C-10: An Act to amend the Broadcasting Act. Will that matter in his home riding? And how will a former top Bloc staffer fare?
Incumbent: Steven Guilbeault (Liberal)
Incumbent Status: Seeking re-election
2019 Turnout: 53,409 / 82,524 (64.7%)
| LIB | Steven Guilbeault | Official site |
| NDP | Nima Machouf | Official site |
| BQ | Marie-Ève-Lyne Michel | Official site |
| CON | Ronan Reich | Official site |
| GRN | Jean-Michel Lavarenne | Official site |
| PPC | Daniel Tanguay | Official site |
| LIB | Steven Guilbeault | 2019 |
| NDP | Hélène Laverdière | 2015 |
| NDP | Hélène Laverdière | 2011 |
| BQ | Gilles Duceppe | 2008 |
| BQ | Gilles Duceppe | 2006 |
After outgoing MP Will Amos made headlines for accidentally revealing himself, and then later relieving himself while taking part in virtual House of Commons proceedings, will the Liberal brand withstand? The party won the seat in 2015 and secured it in 2019 by a large margin. After some eyebrows were raised over the quick appointment of a replacement candidate, could the New Democrats make gains in this riding just outside of the Ottawa region with a union representative vying for the seat?
Incumbent: William Amos (Liberal)
Incumbent Status: Not seeking re-election
2019 Turnout: 61,847 / 91,656 (69.03%)
| LIB | Sophie Chatel | Official site |
| NDP | Denise Giroux | Official site |
| BQ | Gabrielle Desjardins | Official site |
| CON | Michel Gauthier | Official site |
| GRN | Shaughn McArthur | Official site |
| PPC | David Bruce Gottfred | Official site |
| LIB | William Amos | 2019 |
| LIB | William Amos | 2015 |
| NDP | Mathieu Ravignat | 2011 |
| CON | Lawrence Cannon | 2008 |
| CON | Lawrence Cannon | 2006 |
A francophone riding in Montreal's boroughs, Hochelaga is one of the closest three-way races in the country. Only 328 votes separated Liberal winner Soraya Martinez Ferrada from Bloc Quebecois challenger Simon Marchand in 2019; the NDP beat the Bloc by 500 votes to capture the riding in 2015.
Incumbent: Soraya Martinez Ferrada (Liberal)
Incumbent Status: Seeking re-election
2019 Turnout: 53,944 / 82,881 (65.09%)
| LIB | Soraya Martinez Ferrada | Official site |
| NDP | Catheryn Roy-Goyette | Official site |
| CON | Aimé Calle Cabrera | |
| BQ | Simon Marchand | Official site |
| GRN | Zachary Lavarenne | Official site |
| PPC | Marc-André Doucet-Beauchamp | Official site |
| LIB | Soraya Martinez Ferrada | 2019 |
| NDP | Marjolaine Boutin-Sweet | 2015 |
| NDP | Marjolaine Boutin-Sweet | 2011 |
| BQ | Daniel Paille | 2008 |
| BQ | Real Menard | 2006 |
South of Quebec City, the Conservatives kept this riding Tory blue in 2019, snatching it away from Maxime Bernier, who first won the riding in 2006. Bernier hoped to hold on but in the last election, his party did not win any seats.
Roughly 10 per cent of the vote separated the Bernier from holding the spot in the House of Commons now belonging to Richard Lehoux, a popular former mayor and grandfather. Will the vote breakdown be different this time for the ardent anti-lockdown libertarian?
Incumbent: Richard Lehoux (Conservative)
Status: Seeking re-election
2019 Turnout: 59,429 / 86,333 (68.8%)
| LIB | Phillipe-Alexandre Langlois | Official site |
| NDP | Francois Jacques-Cote | Official site |
| BQ | Solange Thibodeau | Official site |
| CON | Richard Lehoux | Official site |
| GRN | Andrzej Wisniowski | Official site |
| PPC | Maxime Bernier | Official site |
| CON | Richard Lehoux | 2019 |
| CON | Maxime Bernier | 2015 |
| CON | Maxime Bernier | 2011 |
| CON | Maxime Bernier | 2008 |
| CON | Maxime Bernier | 2006 |
Once the pre-redistribution riding of a former Bloc leader, Yves-Francois Blanchet won this riding in 2019, beating out then-incumbent NDP Matthew Dube. Southeast of Montreal, Que. the riding is home to a range of manufacturing businesses and farmers.
With Quebec set to be a key battleground province, Blanchet will be making the case for why he remains the best representation for his constituents and all Quebecers.
Incumbent: Yves-Francois Blanchet (Bloc Quebecois)
Status: Seeking re-election
2019 Turnout: 69,490/95,723 (72.6%)
| LIB | Marie-Chantal Hamel | Official site |
| NDP | Mariejo Béliveau | Official site |
| BQ | Yves-Francois Blanchet | Official site |
| CON | Stephane Robichaud | |
| GRN | Fabrice Larrain Gelinas | Official site |
| PPC | Danila Ejov | Official site |
| BQ | Yves-Francois Blanchet | 2019 |
| NDP | Matthew Dube | 2015 |
| NDP | Matthew Dube | 2011 |
| BQ | Yves Lassard | 2008 |
| BQ | Yves Lassard | 2006 |
Former Liberal cabinet minister Carolyn Bennett has held the Toronto--St. Paul’s riding and the previous St. Paul’s riding since 1997. Bennett – most recently serving as the Crown-Indigenous relations minister – has been in the spotlight heading into the election following the discovery of hundreds of unmarked graves at former residential schools. It will be up to voters to decide whether she’s still fit to lead Canada’s efforts to reconcile the country’s wrongdoings. Meanwhile, Sidney Coles was one of two NDP candidates who resigned and ended their campaigns—5 days before election day—after accusations of making anti-Semitic comments on social media.
Incumbent: Carolyn Bennett (Liberal)
Incumbent Status: Seeking re-election
2019 Turnout: 59,834/84,110 (71.1%)
| LIB | Carolyn Bennett | Official site |
| NDP | Sidney Coles | Official site |
| CON | Stephanie Osadchuk | Official site |
| GRN | Phil De Luna | Official site |
| PPC | Peter Remedios | Official site |
| LIB | Carolyn Bennett | 2019 |
| LIB | Carolyn Bennett | 2015 |
The boundaries of Toronto Centre have shifted a few times over the past 30 years, but the area's commitment to the Liberals has not. No other party has captured the riding since a Progressive Conservative victory in 1988.
This year's race is virtually identical to the 2020 byelection that sent Marci Ien to Ottawa, as all four major parties are running the same candidates. Green Leader Annamie Paul, who finished second last time out, may well have the best shot at upsetting Ien of anyone.
Incumbent: Marci Ien (Liberal)
Status: Seeking re-election
2019 Turnout: 25,323 / 81,861 (30.9%)
| LIB | Marci Ien | Official site |
| NDP | Brian Chang | Official site |
| CON | Ryan Lester | Official site |
| GRN | Annamie Paul | Official site |
| PPC | Syed Jaffery | Official site |
| LIB | Marci Ien | 2020 |
| LIB | Bill Morneau | 2019 |
| LIB | Bill Morneau | 2015 |
| LIB | Chrystia Freeland | 2013 |
| LIB | Bob Rae | 2011 |
Milton played host to one of the most closely watched races in the country in 2019, as former Olympian Adam van Koeverden ousted popular Conservative incumbent Lisa Raitt. Before van Koeverden's 15-point victory, this suburban riding – and Halton, its pre-2015 predecessor – was often the site of close two-way races between the Liberals and Conservatives.
Incumbent: Adam van Koeverden (Liberal)
Incumbent Status: Seeking re-election
2019 Turnout: 60,058 / 84,806 (70.81%)
| LIB | Adam Van Koeverden | Official site |
| NDP | Muhammad Riaz Sahi | Official site |
| CON | Nadeem Akbar | Official site |
| GRN | Chris Kowalchuk | Official site |
| PPC | Shibli Haddad | Official site |
| LIB | Adam Van Koeverden | 2019 |
| CON | Lisa Raitt | 2015 |
| CON | Lisa Raitt | 2011 |
| CON | Lisa Raitt | 2008 |
| CON | Garth Turner | 2006 |
Many pundits have argued that the path to defeating the Liberals runs through Mississauga—Malton and the other 905-area-code ridings surrounding Toronto. Navdeep Bains, long one of the Liberals' most formidable campaigners, is not running, creating the potential for a seismic shift – or at least a closer race than the one he won by nearly 32 points in 2019.
Incumbent: Navdeep Bains (Liberal)
Incumbent Status:Not seeking re-election
2019 Turnout: 49,037 / 79,034 (62%)
| LIB | Iqwinder Singh Gaheer | Official site |
| NDP | Waseem Ahmed | Official site |
| CON | Clyde Roach | Official site |
| GRN | Mark Davidson | Official site |
| LIB | Navdeep Bains | 2019 |
| LIB | Navdeep Bains | 2015 |
This riding was home to Derek Sloan, the former Conservative leadership contender turned Independent MP, and outspoken social conservative who rallied against lockdowns alongside COVID-19 deniers. Sloan has abandoned the riding to run instead in the Alberta riding of Banff--Airdrie. But his wife, Jennifer Sloan, has entered the race and will run as an Independent. Trying to make a comeback for the Liberals will be Mike Bossio, who lost his seat to Derek Sloan in 2019. Trudeau made a stop on day two of the campaign in and was warmly greeted by pandemic-respecting patrons on a scenic patio.
The Conservatives, meanwhile, have put up the former deputy mayor of Centre Hastings and long-time financial advisor Shelby Kramp-Neuman in hopes to win over votes and return the riding to the Conservative stronghold it was pre-redistribution.
Incumbent: Derek Sloan (Independent)
Incumbent Status:Seeking re-election in another riding
2019 Turnout: 53,094/80,079 (66.3%)
| LIB | Mike Bossio | Official site |
| NDP | Matilda DeBues | Official site |
| CON | Shelby Kramp-Neuman | Official site |
| GRN | Reg Wilson | Official site |
| PPC | James Babcock | Official site |
| LIB | Mike Bossio | 2015 |
| CON | Derek Sloan | 2019 |
The last real bellwether standing. Situated between Ottawa and Toronto, it is one of this country’s most interesting ridings from an electoral perspective. It has a nearly 40-year record as a bellwether riding, meaning the party with the winning candidate locally has been the party that forms government by the end of election night. The riding features an all-female roster of candidates and if voters want change in this mix of an urban and rural riding, could Trudeau be in trouble? Or, will O'Toole's candidate making national news headlines for visiting a seniors home without being fully vaccinated jeopardize her electoral prospects?
Incumbent: Maryam Monsef (Liberal)
Incumbent Status: Seeking re-election
2019 Turnout: 69,801/99,635 (70.1%)
| LIB | Maryam Monsef | Official site |
| NDP | Joy Lachica | Official site |
| CON | Michelle Ferreri | Official site |
| GRN | Chanté White | Official site |
| PPC | Paul Lawton | Official site |
| LIB | Maryam Monsef | 2019 |
| CON | Dean Del Mastro | 2011 |
| CON | Dean Del Mastro | 2008 |
| CON | Dean Del Mastro | 2006 |
Liberal cabinet minister Catherine McKenna took over the Ottawa Centre seat in 2015 from beloved NDP MP Paul Dewar. In late June, McKenna announced she was stepping away from politics to focus her energy on her family and the climate change threat. The riding encompasses most of the downtown Ottawa core including the Parliament buildings. Former Ontario Attorney General Yasir Naqvi, who served in then-premier Kathleen Wynne’s cabinet, is now hoping to take McKenna’s spot, though as always it will be a tight race with the NDP.
Incumbent: Catherine McKenna (Liberal)
Incumbent Status: Not seeking re-election
2019 Turnout: 78,902/99,049 (79.7%)
| LIB | Yasir Naqvi | Official site |
| NDP | Angella MacEwen | Official site |
| CON | Carol Clemenhagen | Official site |
| GRN | Angela Keller-Herzog | Official site |
| PPC | Regina Watteel | Official site |
| LIB | Catherine McKenna | 2019 |
| LIB | Catherine McKenna | 2015 |
| NDP | Paul Dewar | 2011 |
| NDP | Paul Dewar | 2008 |
| NDP | Paul Dewar | 2006 |
The Durham riding has gone solidly blue from the time it was formed in 2006 - first under the leadership of Bev Oda and then Erin O’Toole. O’Toole easily won the seat in a 2012 byelection with the NDP's Larry O’Connor coming in second. In his first federal election, O’Toole captured just over 50 per cent of the vote which fell to about 45 per cent in 2019. This will be his first federal election in which he wears the badge of Conservative leader. Will that help boost his support?
Incumbent: Erin O'Toole
Status: Seeking re-election
2019 Turnout: 73,014 / 107,367 (68.0%)
| LIB | Jonathan Giancroce | Official site |
| NDP | Chris Cameron | Official site |
| CON | Erin O'Toole | Official site |
| PPC | Patricia Conlin | Official site |
| CON | Erin O'Toole | 2019 |
| CON | Erin O'Toole | 2015 |
| CON | Bev Oda | 2011 |
| CON | Bev Oda | 2008 |
| CON | Bev Oda | 2006 |
The Liberals lost this riding by less than 2,000 votes in 2019, after taking over what had traditionally been a Conservative area. Liberal candidate and former MP Doug Eyolfson is looking to get back to Ottawa, after spending the pandemic on the front line of the COVID-19 crisis as an emergency room doctor. This riding is one of two Conservative-held ridings in the otherwise Liberal and NDP-held Winnipeg area. So have the dynamics shifted?
Incumbent: Marty Morantz (Conservative)
Incumbent Status: Seeking re-election
2019 Turnout: 46,228/65,375 (70.7%)
| LIB | Doug Eyolfson | Official site |
| NDP | Madelaine Dwyer | Official site |
| CON | Marty Morantz | Official site |
| GRN | Vanessa Parks | Official site |
| PPC | Angela Van Hussen | Official site |
| CON | Marty Morantz | 2019 |
| LIB | Doug Eyolfson | 2015 |
| CON | Steven Fletcher | 2011 |
| CON | Steven Fletcher | 2008 |
| CON | Steven Fletcher | 2006 |
When Kent Hehr won this riding in 2015, it was viewed as a breakthrough for the Liberals, as they had not held a seat in Calgary since the 1940s. Come 2019, though, the party was shut out of Alberta as a whole, with Hehr losing to Conservative Greg McLean by nearly 30 points. Will a new candidate reverse Liberals' fortunes, or will the Conservatives continue their traditional dominance?
Incumbent: Greg McLean (Conservative)
Incumbent Status: Seeking re-election
2019 Turnout: 66,249 / 95,408 (69.4%)
| LIB | Sabrina Grover | Official site |
| NDP | Juan Estevez | Official site |
| CON | Greg Mclean | Official site |
| GRN | Austin Mullins | Official site |
| CON | Greg Mclean | 2019 |
| LIB | Kent Hehr | 2015 |
| CON | Joan Crockatt | 2012 |
| CON | Lee Richardson | 2011 |
| CON | Lee Richardson | 2008 |
Since 2004, when the Edmonton Centre riding was recreated from Edmonton West, Edmonton Southwest, and Edmonton Centre-East, it’s gone, for the most, part solidly blue. That changed in 2015 when Liberal candidate Randy Boissonnault was voted in, serving as the first openly gay MP elected in Alberta. While he lost in 2019 to Conservative James Cumming, he’s making a comeback this election. The generally well-liked Cumming will be a fierce competitor but if the Liberals are to reclaim some ground in the province, this would be a likely place to do it.
Incumbent: James Cumming (Conservative)
Incumbent Status: Seeking re-election
2019 Turnout: 53,092/81,766 (64.9%)
| LIB | Randy Boissonnault | Official site |
| NDP | Heather MacKenzie | Official site |
| CON | James Cumming | Official site |
| PPC | Brock Crocker | Official site |
| CON | James Cumming | 2019 |
| LIB | Randy Boissonnault | 2015 |
| CON | Laurie Hawn | 2011 |
| CON | Laurie Hawn | 2008 |
| CON | Laurie Hawn | 2006 |
With Jody Wilson-Raybould bowing out, the Liberals are eyeing this riding as a clear pickup. But could the constituent sentiment that saw Wilson-Raybould hold the seat as an independent in 2019—a rare feat— be enough to dissuade voters there from voting for Team Trudeau? Or could the Conservatives or NDP benefit off of the buck-the-status-quo mentality fostered by the previous MP?
Incumbent: Jody Wilson-Raybould (Independent)
Status: Not seeking re-election
2019 Turnout: 53,032/81,952 (64.7%)
| LIB | Taleeb Noormohamed | Official site |
| NDP | Anjali Appadurai | Official site |
| CON | Kailin Che | Official site |
| GRN | Imtiaz Popat | Official site |
| PPC | Damian Jewett | Official site |
| IND | Jody Wilson-Raybould | 2019 |
| LIB | Jody Wilson-Raybould | 2015 |
Currently held by Tamara Jansen, the Conservative who made headlines for speaking about “lesbian activity” during a debate on a bill to outlaw conversion therapy—a bill she did not support—could this be one riding where LGBTQ2s+ rights become a wedge? The Liberals lost by 1,300 votes and candidate John Aldag is back for a rematch.
Trudeau included a stop in this riding as part of his on-the-offence first week on the trail, where the party targeted ridings they once held, and want back. He poured some pints and took a selfie with a woman who had darted out of a nearby salon to say hello.
Incumbent: Tamara Jansen (Conservative)
Incumbent Status: Seeking re-election
2019 Turnout: 55,488/86,045 (64.5%)
| LIB | John Aldag | Official site |
| NDP | Rajesh Jayaprakash | Official site |
| CON | Tamara Jansen | Official site |
| GRN | Caelum Nutbrown | Official site |
| PPC | Ian Kennedy | Official site |
| CON | Tamara Jansen | 2019 |
| LIB | John Aldag | 2015 |
The Nanaimo-Ladysmith riding was created in 2012 and includes more than half of the previous riding of Nanaimo-Cowichan and a portion of Nanaimo-Alberni. Green MP Paul Manly took over the seat from the NDP in 2019. He and Elizabeth May are now the only two remaining Green MPs after Fredericton MP Jenica Atwin crossed the floor to the Liberals over internal disputes with leader Annamie Paul. Will the Greens hold on to this one, or will the internal party turmoil turn voters off?
Incumbent: Paul Manly (Green)
Incumbent Status: Seeking re-election
2019 Turnout: 71,864/103,762 (69.3%)
| LIB | Michelle Corfield | Official site |
| NDP | Lisa Marie Barron | Official site |
| CON | Tamara Kronis | Official site |
| GRN | Paul Manly | Official site |
| PPC | Stephen Welton | Official site |
| GRN | Paul Manly | 2019 |
| NDP | Sheila Malcolmson | 2015 |
No two elections are alike in this riding, which includes everything from West Vancouver up to Whistler. Both the Liberals and Conservatives have picked up landslide wins here since 2011, and before that it featured some of the closest races in the country. Will NDP star candidate Avi Lewis be able to upset the apple cart and build on his party's fourth-place finish from 2019?
Incumbent: Patrick Weiler (Liberal)
Incumbent Status: Seeking re-election
2019 Turnout: 65,315 / 95,395 (68.47%)
| LIB | Patrick Weiler | Official site |
| NDP | Avi Lewis | Official site |
| CON | John Weston | Official site |
| GRN | Mike Simpson | Official site |
| PPC | Doug Bebb | Official site |
| LIB | Patrick Weiler | 2019 |
| LIB | Pamela Goldsmith-Jones | 2015 |
| CON | John Weston | 2011 |
| CON | John Weston | 2008 |
| LIB | Blair Wilson | 2006 |
There aren't many ridings that are as clearly up for grabs as this one in the Lower Mainland. The NDP and Conservatives have both held it since it was reconstituted in 2015. During the last election, only 1,160 votes separated the first-place Conservatives, second-place NDP and third-place Liberals.
Incumbent: Nelly Shin (Conservative)
Incumbent Status: Seeking re-election
2019 Turnout: 54,364 / 82,674 (65.76%)
| LIB | Will Davis | Official site |
| NDP | Bonita Zarrillo | Official site |
| CON | Nelly Shin | Official site |
| PPC | Desta McPherson | Official site |
| CON | Nelly Shin | 2019 |
| NDP | Fin Donnelly | 2015 |
This riding used to be the federal seat held by the now-mayor of Vancouver Kennedy Stewart. Jagmeet Singh, who eyed a run in the GTA after becoming leader, moved west and won it with nearly 39 per cent of the vote over Liberal and Conservative candidates in the 2019 byelection, taking over after Stewart stepped aside to launch his municipal politics career. The margin of victory narrowed for Singh in the 2019 federal election, with the Conservative candidate coming a not-dramatically-distant second. Unlike some other party leaders, Singh has spent a considerable amount of time over the pandemic in his home riding. Will voters reward him for that?
Incumbent: Jagmeet Singh
Status: Seeking re-election
2019 Turnout: 45,006 / 76,849 (56.4%)
| LIB | Brea Sami | Official site |
| NDP | Jagmeet Singh | Official site |
| CON | Likky Lavji | Official site |
| GRN | Maureen Curran | Official site |
| PPC | Marcella Williams | Official site |
| NDP | Jagmeet Singh | 2019 |
| NDP | Kennedy Stewart | 2015 |
In the 2019 election, 25-year-old NDP MP Mumilaaq Qaqqaq – the youngest MP in the country – took over the Nunavut seat from Liberal-turned-Independent MP Hunter Tootoo, making her the first New Democrat to win the riding since the territory’s creation in 1999. While in office, Qaqqaq shined a light on the poor living conditions and high rates of youth suicide in the Northern region. After announcing she wouldn’t be seeking re-election, she has gained new prominence for her strong criticism of the federal government for inaction on Indigenous issues. Bolstered by her record in this campaign, will the NDP hold on to this seat with new candidate Lori Idlout?
Incumbent: Mumilaaq Qaqqaq (NDP)
Incumbent Status: Not seeking re-election
2019 Turnout: 9,454/18,665 (50.7%)
| LIB | Pat Angnakak | Official site | |
| NDP | Lori Idlout | Official site | |
| CON | Laura Mackenzie | Official site | |
| PPC | Nathan Jewett | Official site | |
| NDP | Mumilaaq Qaqqaq | 2019 |
| LIB | Hunter Tootoo | 2015 |
| CON | Leona Aglukkaq | 2011 |
| CON | Leona Aglukkaq | 2008 |
| LIB | Nancy Karetak-Lindell | 2006 |
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