Byelections called June 24 for Vancouver-Mount Pleasant, Langford-Juan de Fuca

VICTORIA – Premier David Eby has called two byelections for the electoral districts of Vancouver-Mount Pleasant and Langford-Juan de Fuca.
Final voting day for both electoral districts will be June 24, 2023.
Vancouver-Mount Pleasant and Langford-Juan de Fuca became vacant when Melanie Mark and former premier John Horgan resigned as MLAs earlier this year. Mark was the first First Nations woman to serve in the B.C. legislature and as a cabinet minister.
Mark resigned as cabinet minister and went on medical leave in September 2022. Then in February, Mark said she would be stepping away from politics, citing her recent diagnosis of attention-deficit-hyperactivity disorder
Horgan resigned on March 31, after first making the announcement in 2022 that he would not be running in the next provincial election.
For Vancouver-Mount Pleasant Wendy Hayko is B.C. Green Party candidate, Jackie Lee is running as the BC United candidate and for the NDP, Joan Phillip has been announced as the candidate. Karin Litzcke is the Conservative candidate.
For the Langford-Juan de Fuca riding, the Greens, United, NDP and Conservatives have announced their candidates. Autism advocate Elena Lawson is running for BC United, Ravi Parmar is the NDP candidate, Langford real estate agent and carpenter Mike Harris is the BC Conservative Party candidate.
For information about voting and registering to vote, call Elections BC toll-free at 1 800 661-8683, or visit: https://elections.bc.ca