Tony Luck easily wins Fraser-Nicola riding

FRASER-NICOLA – Incumbent Tony Luck of the B.C. Conservatives has won the Fraser-Nicola riding handily with 56.4 per cent of the vote Saturday.

According to results from Global BC Saturday night, Luck received 6,123 votes to NDP candidate Jason Laboe’s 3,241 votes, or 29.8 per cent. The Green Party candidate Patrick Michell finished third with 1,496 votes, or 13.8 per cent.

Leboe, the NDP candidate, works for the District of Hope as a utilities operator. He has served as the secretary-treasurer for the Fraser Valley Labour Council.

Michell, the Green Party candidate, is the retired chief of T’eqt”aqtn’mux (Kanaka Bar Indian Band) and a lifelong resident of the Fraser Canyon. According to the BC Green Party, his career spans law, Indigenous governance, renewable energy, economic development, community safety and climate resilience.

The Fraser-Nicola riding encompasses communities like Hope, Agassiz (District of Kent), Seabird Island, Harrison Hot Springs, Fraser Canyon communities like Yale and Boston Bar, Merritt and Logan Lake.

Luck easily won the riding in October 2024 with 54 per cent of the vote, defeating Francyne Joe of the NDP who secured 36.4 per cent, and Green Party candidate Jonah Timms who received 9.3 per cent.