With a new Nanaimo-Ladysmith MP elected, Nanaimo’s mayor is confident people will continue getting good representation federally.
On the April 28 election, Conservative candidate Tamara Kronis won the riding, defeating NDP incumbent Lisa Marie Barron with over 12,000 votes.
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Mayor Leonard Krog says the riding has a long positive relationship at the federal level and while it was sad to see Barron go, constituents made their choice.
“I think we had very good representation with Barron, and I thank her for her service,” he says. “I expect to have very good representation from Kronis, and I think she’ll work hard on behalf of her new constituents.”
He says locally it’s important Nanaimo stands out and continues to get support through grant funding for municipal projects and services ranging from health care to community safety.
“That means to help secure grants for a new patient tower, and items related to that,” he says. “Also matters around public safety, including street disorder and the opioid crisis that continues to plague our community.”
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Kronis won the election followed by Liberal candidate Michelle Corfield, with Krog adding what shocked him was the spread of votes.
“There was quite a desire among some voters to ‘stop the conservatives’, which led to quite a shift of NDP and Green vote away to the Liberal candidate,” he says.
“It was a surprise in that sense, but Kronis’s win was not surprising in that sense.”
According to Elections Canada, over 72 per cent of registered electors cast their ballot in Nanaimo-Ladysmith this election.
