Saanich—Gulf Islands, BC — 2015 Federal Election Results Map
Saanich—Gulf Islands — 2015 Election Results
📌 The Canadian federal electoral district of Saanich—Gulf Islands was contested in the 2015 election.
🏆 Elizabeth May, the Green Party candidate, won the riding with 37,070 votes (54.4% of the vote).
🥈 The runner-up was Robert Boyd (Conservative) with 13,260 votes (19.5%), defeated by a margin of 23,810 votes.
📊 Other notable candidates: Tim Kane (Liberal, 17%) and Alicia Cormier (NDP-New Democratic Party, 9%).
Riding information
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Saanich—Gulf Islands occupies the northern portion of the Saanich Peninsula on Vancouver Island and extends across the waters of the Strait of Georgia to include the Southern Gulf Islands — Salt Spring, Galiano, Mayne, Pender, and Saturna islands among them. The riding takes in the municipalities of Central Saanich, North Saanich, and Sidney, with the Swartz Bay ferry terminal serving as the primary link between Vancouver Island and the mainland. The riding had a population of approximately 113,000 and one of the oldest median ages of any federal constituency in Canada.
Candidates
Elizabeth May (Green Party) — The leader of the Green Party of Canada since 2006, May made history in 2011 when she became the first Green MP elected to the House of Commons, winning Saanich—Gulf Islands. An environmental lawyer by training, she earned her law degree from Dalhousie University in 1983. She served as senior policy advisor to federal Environment Minister Thomas McMillan in the Mulroney government, where she was involved in negotiating the Montreal Protocol. She later served as executive director of the Sierra Club of Canada from 1989 to 2006 and was named an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2005.
Robert Boyd (Conservative) — Boyd carried the Conservative banner in the riding.
Tim Kane (Liberal) — Kane ran as the Liberal candidate in this traditionally competitive riding.
Alicia Cormier (NDP) — Cormier represented the NDP in Saanich—Gulf Islands.
Meghan Jess Porter (Libertarian) also contested the seat.
About the Riding
The riding blends the suburban communities of the Saanich Peninsula with the island-based rural lifestyle of the Gulf Islands. Sidney, a seaside town of about 11,000, is known for its bookstores and proximity to the BC Ferries terminal and the Victoria International Airport. The Gulf Islands are home to artists, retirees, and small-scale farmers, with Salt Spring Island — population approximately 11,000 — being the largest and most commercially active. The islands face challenges including limited freshwater supplies, housing pressure from vacation rental conversions, and the high cost of ferry-dependent goods. Agriculture on the peninsula includes berry farms and vineyards, while the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory in Saanich is a notable federal research facility. Environmental issues dominated the 2015 campaign, including oil tanker traffic through the Gulf Islands, the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, and protection of the endangered southern resident killer whale population in the Salish Sea.
