Nanaimo-Gabriola Island

MLA before the election: Sheila Malcolmson, BC NDP
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2026 results

Elections BC, initial count, not verified · 92 of 92 ballot boxes · Nov 5 15:20 PT

Sheila Malcolmson leading by 2,817 votes (12.2 points) · all ballot boxes counted

Sheila Malcolmson
BC NDP
11,079
48.1%
Mark MacDonald
Conservative
8,262
35.9%
Anna Mary McKenzie
BC Green
3,692
16.0%

2024: BC NDP. Preliminary until the final count, November 6 to 10, 2026. All 93 ridings

Past results

First contested in 2024
2024General election, October 19BC NDP hold
CandidateVotesShare±Spent
Sheila MalcolmsonBC NDP · elected · $43,963 spent14,66352.7%−0.4$43,963$3.00 a vote
Dale ParkerConservative · $9,858 spent9,63334.7%new$9,858$1.02 a vote
Shirley LambrechtBC Green · $9,463 spent3,50212.6%−16.1$9,463$2.70 a vote
Margin5,030votes, 18.0 points
Turnout60.0% 
Ballots27,85557 rejected
Registered46,454voters

± and swing against 338Canada’s estimate of the 2020 vote on the 2024 boundaries. Spending limit $71,700 a candidate.

2020, on the 2024 boundariesan estimate
PartyShare
BC NDP53.1%
BC Green28.7%
BC Liberal18.2%

Nanaimo-Gabriola Island was first contested in 2024. This is 338Canada’s estimate of how the area voted in 2020, when it was part of Nanaimo and Nanaimo-North Cowichan. 338Canada

Held by
2024now
Sheila Malcolmson, since the seat was created in 2024
  1. 2024–Sheila MalcolmsonBC NDP

Created from Nanaimo and Nanaimo-North Cowichan.

Votes, ballots and registered voters: Elections BC. Spending: Wikipedia’s Nanaimo-Gabriola Island article. Members since 2024: the tracker’s record. 2020 on the 2024 boundaries: 338Canada.

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Who won Nanaimo-Gabriola Island in the 2026 BC election?

On Elections BC's initial count (92 of 92 ballot boxes, as of November 5 at 3:20 p.m. Pacific time), Sheila Malcolmson (BC NDP) leads Nanaimo-Gabriola Island with 11,079 votes (48.1%), 2,817 ahead of Mark MacDonald (Conservative). Preliminary until the final count, November 6 to 10, 2026.

Who won Nanaimo-Gabriola Island in 2024?

The BC NDP candidate won Nanaimo-Gabriola Island in the 2024 BC election with 52.7% of the vote, a margin of 5,030 votes (18.1%).

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