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Nanaimo—Ladysmith

Nanaimo—Ladysmith is a federal riding in British Columbia. Tamara Kronis (Conservative) has represented Nanaimo—Ladysmith since the 2025 election. Tamara Kronis (Conservative) took Nanaimo—Ladysmith from the New Democrats in the 2025 election by 5,725 votes (7.7 points), with 35.5% of the vote. Michelle Corfield (Liberal) was second with 27.8%, on a turnout of 72.6% of 102,856 electors. Member as of .

Courtenay—Alberni · New DemocraticCowichan—Malahat—Langford · ConservativeSaanich—Gulf Islands · GreenWest Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country · LiberalNanaimo—Ladysmith
Fig. 1 — Nanaimo—Ladysmith on the board, 2023 boundaries; the ridings next door as the House holds them on . Open it on the board →

Who represents Nanaimo—Ladysmith

CTamara Kronis
Tamara Kronis's piece from the board. Illustration after the official portrait © House of Commons.

Tamara Kronis

Member of Parliament for Nanaimo—Ladysmith

Conservative

MP since · first term

  • Subcommittee on International Human Rights

302 speeches in the 45th Parliament, most often on Business of Supply — Main Estimates and Supplementary Estimates (A), 2025-26.

Contact and office · House of Commons →

The 2025 result: Conservative gain from the New Democrats

Share of the valid votes by candidate, Nanaimo—Ladysmith, April 28, 2025

Share of the valid votes by candidate, Nanaimo—Ladysmith, April 28, 2025Of the 74,397 valid votes, Tamara Kronis (Conservative) took 35.5%, Michelle Corfield (Liberal) 27.8%, Lisa Marie Barron (New Democratic) 18.3% and Paul Manly (Green) 18.1%; one other candidate took 0.4%.2025Turnout 72.6% of 102,856 electorsTamara KronisConservative35.5% · 26,3815,725 votes ahead · 7.7 ptsMichelle CorfieldLiberal27.8% · 20,656Lisa Marie BarronNew Democratic18.3% · 13,586Paul ManlyGreen18.1% · 13,485Other (1)0.4% · 289050%100%
Share of the valid votes by candidate, Nanaimo—Ladysmith, April 28, 2025Of the 74,397 valid votes, Tamara Kronis (Conservative) took 35.5%, Michelle Corfield (Liberal) 27.8%, Lisa Marie Barron (New Democratic) 18.3% and Paul Manly (Green) 18.1%; one other candidate took 0.4%.2025Turnout 72.6% of 102,856 electorsTamara KronisConservative35.5% · 26,3815,725 votes ahead · 7.7 ptsMichelle CorfieldLiberal27.8% · 20,656Lisa Marie BarronNew Democratic18.3% · 13,586Paul ManlyGreen18.1% · 13,485Other (1)0.4% · 289050%100%
Shares of the 74,397 valid votes; a candidate under 1% is counted with the others. Source: Elections Canada, official voting results, the 2025 general election.
The figures
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Tamara KronisConservative26,38135.5%
Michelle CorfieldLiberal20,65627.8%
Lisa Marie BarronNew Democratic13,58618.3%
Paul ManlyGreen13,48518.1%
Other (1)2890.4%

Tamara Kronis (Conservative) won Nanaimo—Ladysmith on with 26,381 votes, 35.5% of the 74,397 valid votes. Michelle Corfield (Liberal) was second with 20,656 (27.8%), 5,725 votes and 7.7 points behind.

Of the 74,397 valid votes, Tamara Kronis (Conservative) took 35.5%, Michelle Corfield (Liberal) 27.8%, Lisa Marie Barron (New Democratic) 18.3% and Paul Manly (Green) 18.1%; one other candidate took 0.4%. Turnout was 72.6% of 102,856 electors: 74,658 ballots cast, 74,397 of them valid, for 5 candidates.

Since 2021

Against the 2021 result on these boundaries, the Conservatives are up 9.0 (26.5% to 35.5%), the Liberals up 14.7 (13.1% to 27.8%), the New Democrats down 11.0 (29.3% to 18.3%) and the Greens down 7.7 (25.8% to 18.1%), in points of the valid votes.

2021 is Elections Canada's transposition of that election onto the 2023 boundaries, not an election held on these lines.

Since 2004: no party has held it

The party first in Nanaimo—Ladysmith at each general election, 2004 to 2025, on today's boundaries

  1. 2004New Democratic39.3%by 4.1 points over the Conservatives
  2. 2006New Democratic41.1%by 5.4 points over the Conservatives
  3. 2008†changed handsConservative41.1%by 1.1 points over the New Democrats
  4. 2011changed handsNew Democratic44.8%by 3.4 points over the Conservatives
  5. 2015New Democratic33.2%by 9.7 points over the Liberals
  6. 2019changed handsGreen34.6%by 8.7 points over the Conservatives
  7. 2021changed handsNew Democratic29.3%by 2.8 points over the Conservatives
  8. 2025changed handsConservative35.5%by 7.7 points over the Liberals
Each election carried onto today's boundaries by where the riding's 2025 electors lived: our estimate to 2019, Elections Canada's transposition for 2021, the official result for 2025. Parties are counted as they ran. † The first two are within two points, so which party was first is less certain.
The figures
YearFirstShareSecondMargin (pts)Basis
2004New Democratic39.3%Conservative4.1carried, our estimate
2006New Democratic41.1%Conservative5.4carried, our estimate
2008†Conservative41.1%New Democratic1.1carried, our estimate
2011New Democratic44.8%Conservative3.4carried, our estimate
2015New Democratic33.2%Liberal9.7carried, our estimate
2019Green34.6%Conservative8.7carried, our estimate
2021New Democratic29.3%Conservative2.8transposed by Elections Canada
2025Conservative35.5%Liberal7.7official result

The NDP were first at five of the eight general elections from 2004 to 2025, the Conservatives at two and the Greens at one; it changed hands five times. In 2025 the Conservatives took 35.5% of the vote here, 2.7 points above their average of 32.8% at the seven general elections from 2004 to 2021.

On today's boundaries the NDP were first here in 2004 (39.3%), 2006 (41.1%), 2011 (44.8%), 2015 (33.2%) and 2021 (29.3%), the Conservatives in 2008 (41.1%) and 2025 (35.5%) and the Greens in 2019 (34.6%), each with the share of the valid votes shown.

A stronghold is a party first at every general election since 2004, by an average of 20 points or more over the next party; held, first at every one; usually, first at all but one. By-elections are not counted. By this rule 160 of the 343 ridings have no degree. The results before 2021 are carried onto today's boundaries by where the riding's 2025 electors lived: our estimate, from the older boundaries of Taylor, Lucas, Kirby and Hewitt and the results in Sevi's "Who Runs?". 2021 is Elections Canada's transposition, and 2025 the official result. In 2008 the carried top two are within two points, so which party was first is less certain.

Before 2025
  • 2021 New Democratic · Lisa Marie Barron, by 1,199 votes (1.7 pts)
  • 2019 Green · Paul Manly, by 6,210 votes (8.7 pts)
  • 2015 New Democratic · Sheila Malcolmson, by 6,898 votes (9.7 pts)

In the old Nanaimo—Ladysmith on the 2013 boundaries, the riding most of the 2025 electors in today's Nanaimo—Ladysmith lived in; Elections Canada's official results.

What kind of place Nanaimo—Ladysmith is

Population
122,8552021 census
Area
2,745km²
Density
45people per km²
Electors
102,856on the 2025 lists
Distinctions · ranked against all 343 ridings
  • Changed hands in 2025: One of 58 of 343 ridings where the winning party changed from the transposed 2021 result (14 of 43 in British Columbia)58
    Changed hands in 2025
    One of 58 of 343 ridings where the winning party changed from the transposed 2021 result (14 of 43 in British Columbia)
  • Median age is 46.8 — a little higher than the median riding's 41.6.
    highestlowest53rd highest of 343
  • Median total household income is $76,000 — a little lower than the median riding's $84,000.
    highestlowest104th lowest of 343
  • Share with French as a mother tongue is 1.2% — about 75 percent of the median riding's 1.6%.
    highestlowest126th lowest of 343
  • Share of households that own their home is 70.2% — about the same as the median riding's 71.4%.
    highestlowest156th lowest of 343
  • Share aged 25-64 with a bachelor's degree or higher is 26.3% — a little lower than the median riding's 28.2%.
    highestlowest157th lowest of 343
  • Share who are immigrants is 14.5% — about 84 percent of the median riding's 17.3%.
    highestlowest160th lowest of 343

2021 Census on the 2023 boundaries; each rule places this riding among all 343. Density is the census population over the riding's area.

IDid this riding change?

Yes — it shrank. All of today's Nanaimo—Ladysmith, its electors as well as its ground, comes from the old Nanaimo—Ladysmith, but it is only 99% of that riding by area. The rest went elsewhere.

Share of today's electorsFormer riding
100.0%Nanaimo—Ladysmith 100.0% of the area · 99% of it kept
How this is measured. Electors: the share of the current riding's 2025 ordinary-list electors who lived in each former riding, each 2025 polling division placed in the 2013 riding a point inside it falls in. Area: the share of the current riding's area that came from each former riding, by intersecting the 2013 and 2023 boundary files, and how much of the former riding that part was. Area is land, not population. Elections Canada counts 48 of 343 ridings as entirely unchanged.

IIThe 2025 result

CandidatePartyVotes%2021±
Tamara KronisConservative26,38135.5%26.5%+9.0
Michelle CorfieldLiberal20,65627.8%13.1%+14.7
Lisa Marie BarronNew Democratic13,58618.3%29.3%−11.0
Paul ManlyGreen13,48518.1%25.8%−7.7
1 further candidate, under 1% of the vote
Stephen WeltonPeople's2890.4%
The 2021 column is Elections Canada's official transposition of the 2021 result onto these 2023 boundaries. ± is the change in each party's share. It is not "swing": with four or more competitive parties there is no single pair to swing between.

IIIHow close was it, really

Third place vs. the margin
13,586 votes
New Democratic took more than the 5,725-vote margin. True in 100 of 343 ridings in 2025.
Election-day polls won by others
33 of 172
3 polls ended in an exact tie.
Fig. 2 — Each square is one election-day poll: ■ won by the Conservatives (136) · ■ won by another party (33) · ▨ tied (3).
Flip the seatHypothetical

It would have taken 2,863 voters switching from Conservative to Liberal — 3.8% of the 74,397 valid votes, 3.9 points — to change the result. No ballot was cast this way; this only moves votes between the top two.

Conservative26,381
Liberal20,656
Still Conservative by 5,725 votes. Actual margin: 5,725.

IVElection day versus advance

Only 47.7% of this riding's votes were cast at election-day polls. The rest were advance or special ballots.

On election day the Conservatives took 35.4%, the Liberals 22.8%, the New Democrats 19.3% and the Greens 22.0%; in advance and special ballots, 35.5%, 32.3%, 17.3% and 14.6%, in that order.

Share of the valid votes by party, election-day polls against advance and special ballots, Nanaimo—Ladysmith, April 28, 2025

Share of the valid votes by party, election-day polls against advance and special ballots, Nanaimo—Ladysmith, April 28, 2025On election day the Conservatives took 35.4%, the Liberals 22.8%, the New Democrats 19.3% and the Greens 22.0%; in advance and special ballots, 35.5%, 32.3%, 17.3% and 14.6%, in that order.Election dayAdvance and special± pts, the gapConservative35.4%35.5%+0.1 ptsLiberal22.8%32.3%+9.5 ptsNew Democratic19.3%17.3%−2.0 ptsGreen22.0%14.6%−7.4 pts050%100%
Share of the valid votes by party, election-day polls against advance and special ballots, Nanaimo—Ladysmith, April 28, 2025On election day the Conservatives took 35.4%, the Liberals 22.8%, the New Democrats 19.3% and the Greens 22.0%; in advance and special ballots, 35.5%, 32.3%, 17.3% and 14.6%, in that order.Election dayAdvance and special± pts, the gapConservative35.4%35.5%+0.1 ptsLiberal22.8%32.3%+9.5 ptsNew Democratic19.3%17.3%−2.0 ptsGreen22.0%14.6%−7.4 pts050%100%
Shares of the valid votes cast at election-day polls, and of those cast at advance polls, at mobile polls and by special ballot; the gap is the second less the first, in points. Source: Elections Canada, poll-by-poll results, the 2025 general election.
The figures
PartyElection dayAdvance and specialGap
Conservative35.4%35.5%+0.1
Liberal22.8%32.3%+9.5
New Democratic19.3%17.3%−2.0
Green22.0%14.6%−7.4
An association, not a cause. Voters who cast ballots before election day differed from those who turned out on the day. It does not say why. There is no poll-level turnout figure on this page: the elector count on a polling division includes people who voted in advance and were counted elsewhere.

VWhere it is

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Fig. 3 — Nanaimo—Ladysmith and its 4 neighbouring ridings.

Sources and citation

"Nanaimo—Ladysmith — federal riding profile and 2025 results." The Political Record. https://politicalrecord.ca/riding/nanaimo-ladysmith/ Accessed 2026-11-10.

Results and transposition: Elections Canada. Boundaries: Elections Canada / Statistics Canada, Open Government Licence – Canada. Census: Statistics Canada 2021 Census. Member: House of Commons.

Figures reconcile to the certified national total of 19,641,663 votes. The member is as the House of Commons listed them on 2026-11-01. Page built 2026-11-10.