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Riding description

NDP MLA Claire Trevena is seeking a third term in this riding, after relatively narrow victories in the past two elections.

She’s facing Liberal Nick Facey, a PhD business candidate at Simon Fraser University, who has been working for months on his campaign in the riding.

Bob Bray, a retired businessman, is the B.C. Conservative candidate.

Forestry and raw log exports have been dominant issues in the riding for years, after the closure of Catalyst Paper’s Elk Falls paper mill in 2009.

Candidates

B.C. NDP: Claire Trevena (incumbent)




• Age: 50
• Occupation: Previously, journalist as well as a media spokesperson for the United Nations and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.
• Previous elected experience: I have been an MLA for the North Island for 8 years. I also held elected office in the National Union of Journalists in the UK.
• Community involvement: Before becoming an MLA, I volunteered with Quadra Island's food bank and helped establish the weekly community lunch. I volunteer maintaining public trails on Quadra. I also provide support for North Island food banks, Campbell River Family Services, 91Ô­´´ Island North Women's Resource Society, Greenways Land Trust and the Quadra Conservancy.
• Top three issues: 1. Developing sustainable economies in North Island communities; 2. Affordable ferries under public control; 3. Tackling growing inequality by improving rural education, access to post-secondary training and revitalizing social programs.

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B.C. LIBERALS: Nick Facey



• Age: 26
• Occupation: SFU Business Doctoral Candidate, Resesearcher and Lecturer
• Previous elected experience: None
• Community involvement: Nick Facey loved growing up on the North Island – an experience which impressed upon him the importance of keeping the North Island a place that young people seek out to raise their families. His father, grandfather and great grandfather all worked on the north island in the resource sector, going back 100 years.
• Top three issues: North Island Economy, North Island Jobs, North Island Health Care

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B.C. CONSERVATIVES: Bob Bray




• Age: 68
• Occupation: Retired business manager
• Previous elected experience: Association of Administrative and Professional Staff at UBC – President (1988-1990)
• Community involvement: NIC Elder College – Volunteer Instructor; BC Conservative North Island Constituency Association – Past President; Campbell River Seniors Center Society – Member; and Campbell River Genealogy Society – member; Fleetwood Seniors Computer Club – President (2009-2011).
• Top three issues: Ferry fares, new Campbell River hospital long term maintenance contract, Seniors Advocate

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2009 election results

1. Claire Trevena (NDP) – 11,865 votes, 52.03% of total vote
2. Marion Wright (Liberal) – 8,937 votes, 39.19% of total vote
3. Philip Stone (Green) – 1,670 votes, 7.32% of total vote

2005 election results

1. Claire Trevena (NDP) – 11,464 votes, 45.29% of total vote
2. Rod Visser (Liberal) – 10,804 votes, 42.68% of total vote
3. Philip Stone (Green) – 1,874 votes, 7.40% of total vote

2001 election results

1. Rod Sanderson Visser (Liberal) – 13,781 votes, 57.12% of total vote
2. Glenn Robertson (NDP) – 6,375 votes, 26.42% of total vote
3. Ralph Keller (Green) – 2,871 votes, 11.90% of total vote

Riding statistics

• Population (2011):  54,530
• Median age: 45.5 (B.C. average 41.9)
• Percentage of people younger than 15: 16.4% (B.C. average 14.6%)
• Seniors in private households: 8,185, or 15% of population (B.C. average 14.6%)
• Residents whose mother tongue is an unofficial language: 6.6% (B.C. average 26.2%)
• Top unofficial languages:  German (730), Dutch (225), Spanish (200)
• Average household income, before tax (2006): $57,899 (B.C. average $67,675)
(Source: Statistics Canada)

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