Esquimalt-Colwood

Now you might say, Adam, 1,200 votes, that's a lot of votes.

If you want to win the riding of Esquimalt-Colwood, and that's the name of the electoral district that Darlene Rochford currently represents, Darlene Rochford won 15,000 votes in 2024.

So Darlene Rochford secured more than 10 times the raw number of votes to become the MLA for Esquimalt-Colwood in 2024.

So while Sid Tobias can rely to at least some degree on the View Royal folks who voted for him in the past, even if there was a perfect one-to-one translation and every single one of those 1,200 supporters translated perfectly into the provincial riding, which we wouldn't expect it to, but that's the maximum, it would still be one-tenth of the distance that he needs to go and We recall this riding.

Darlene Rochford won.

Uh-

And they're trying to, and they're trying to make the case that there was a slim majority, and you had situations like, uh, Darlene Rauchfeld in Esquimalt-Colwood, the, the MLA who had a baby-

Mm-hmm

... and had to come in from, like, just giving birth to vote, otherwise the election would fall.

So I'm going to be well-fed at my in-law's place.

I'll be in the riding of Esquimalt Colwood for Thanksgiving weekend.

So watch out, people.

If you see a podcaster walking past the Esquimalt Lagoon, that might be me.

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We, we've also got the BC Green candidate for Esquimalt-Colwood joining us a little later in the 7:00 hour.

Uh, and we're gonna be dissecting some of the campaign promises we've been hearing from all the parties in the BC election with, uh, a legislative reporter following the election-

Mm-hmm

Ryan and Lisa, mornings on CFAX 1070.

Over to BC election coverage as we continue to meet the candidates here on the South Island.

And in Esquimalt-Colwood, uh, which is currently represented by the NDP's, uh, Darling Rochford, we have a BC Green candidate vying to become the MLA, Sidney Coles, who's joining us in the studio.

Sidney Coles, welcome to the program.

So democracy is alive and well in View Royal, despite the fact that I question its existence.

Um, the outgoing mayor, Sid Tobias, uh, is actually, he's not running again and he is running as the center BC candidate in Esquimalt-Colwood.

So, uh, lots of moving parts in the Western, well, it's not the Western communities technically there.

I don't think, I don't think we count View Royal as a Western community, do we? I don't know.

You know that you're appreciated.

Esquimalt-Colwood, among the more interesting races.

Last time, Darlene Rochford, of course, Esquimalt Council, running and winning that race in 2024.

Again, standing for re-election at this point.

What's the provincial one? It's Esquimalt, Colwood.

And I have a text saying, hey, Adam, the riding for Esquimalt View Royal in Colwood is called Esquimalt Colwood.

The current MLA is Darlene Rochford.

I do believe we'll be running again.