BURSTNorth Vancouver residents are headed to the polls today for a federal byelection.
The North Vancouver-Capilano byelection is one of three happening Monday (Aug. 31) across Canada. The two others are Beaches—East York in Ontario and Chicoutimi—Le Fjord in Quebec.
Prime Minister Mark Carney announced the byelections July 26.
Polls are open until 7 p.m., local time.
In North Vancouver, there are six candidates running to be the riding’s next MP: Stephen Curran for the Conservative Party of Canada, Shelley Luce for the Green Party of Canada, Jeff Monds as an Independent, Braeden Caley for the Liberal Party of Canada, Stephen Tweedale for the NDP and Ehsan Arjmand for the People’s Party of Canada.
The North Vancouver-Capilano had been vacant since June after former Liberal MP Jonathan Wilkinson announced April 30 that he accepted Carney’s invitation to serve as Canada’s Ambassador to the European Union.
The riding has been a Liberal stronghold for more than a decade.
Wilkinson was first elected in 2015 when he left the private sector. He was re-elected three more times.
He received 59.8 per cent of the votes in the April 28, 2025 general election.
In the two other byelections, the Beaches—East York riding was held by longtime Liberal MP Nate Erskine-Smith and the Chicoutimi—Le Fjord riding was held by Conservative MP Richard Martel.
Erskine-Smith was first elected in 2015 and re-elected three more times. He delivered his farewell speech in the House on June 17.
Martel was first elected in 2018 during a byelection. He was re-elected in 2018, 2021 and 2025. He was recently appointed to the Senate by Carney.
Carney’s Liberals currently have 170 seats in the House of Commons, followed by 139 seats for the Conservatives, 21 for the Bloc Quebecois, five for the NDP and one for Green Party.
As of Monday, there are seven vacant seats.