Monday October 7, 2024 | SOOKE, BC
BC ELECTION CAMPAIGN DAY 17 of 28
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Another opportunity for voters in Juan de Fuca-Malahat is coming up tonight, Monday October 7. [Event report & analysis to come]
Tonight’s all candidates debate/presentation will be held in the auditorium at Edward Milne Community School (EMCS), 6218 Sooke Road, Sooke. Starts at 7 pm and runs to 9 pm.
The next MLA for Juan de Fuca-Malahat will be one of these candidates that Sooke-area voters will hear from tonight:
- Dana Lajeunesse (BC NDP)
- Marina Sapozhkinov (BC Conservative)
- David Evans (BC Green)
Attendance for these sorts of events is usually robust and the room fills up fast.
Key issues in the riding include transportation, health-care, education and environment.
With a geographical footprint of 3,116 sq km, Juan de Fuca-Malahat is one of the largest ridings on Vancouver Island. The newly-boundaried riding encompasses a wide swath of the south to central island from west east, including from East Sooke to Port Renfrew to Cobble Hill, Metchosin, and many points in between including Sooke and Otter Point.
Another meeting on Thanksgiving Sunday:
Another All Candidates Debate for the Juan de Fuca-Malahat candidates will be held on Sunday, October 13 at 12 noon at Kerry Park Arena, 1035 Shawnigan Lake Rd, in Mill Bay. Pose questions to the candidates; hosted by Mill Bay Community League.
See BC ELECTION CAMPAIGN CALENDAR for more details about various campaigns and ridings up to October 19.
===== RELATED:
- Juan de Fuca-Malahat candidates face-off in Otter Point (September 30, 2024)
- Greens support Juan de Fuca-Malahat candidate David Evans at fundraiser in Metchosin (September 11, 2024)
- David Evans boosted by BC Green party leader in Sooke (August 24, 2024)
- BC NDP chooses Dana Lajeunesse as Juan de Fuca-Malahat candidate (July 21, 2024)
- Sooke businessman David Evans now BC Green candidate for Juan de Fuca – Malahat (May 11, 2024)
- BC Conservatives launch family doc for MLA in Juan de Fuca-Malahat (February 6, 2024)
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