| 2008 Canadian federal election: Saanich—Gulf Islands | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Conservative | Gary Lunn | 27,988 | 43.43 | +6.28 | ||||
| Liberal | Briony Penn | 25,367 | 39.36 | +13.28 | ||||
| Green | Andrew Lewis | 6,732 | 10.45 | +0.51 | ||||
| New Democratic | Julian West | 3,667 | 5.69 | −20.85 | ||||
| Libertarian | Dale P. Leier | 246 | 0.38 | – | ||||
| Western Block | Patricia O'Brien | 195 | 0.3 | +0.03 | ||||
| Canadian Action | Jeremy Arney | 139 | 0.2 | – | ||||
| Christian Heritage | Dan Moreau | 114 | 0.2 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 64,448 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 179 | 0.27 | ||||||
| Turnout | 64,639 | 70.40 | ||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | −3.50 | ||||||
| Julian West was selected as the New Democratic Party candidate for the 2008 election, but withdrew after the filing deadline following a scandal.[1] Due to the late withdrawal his name remained on the ballot. | ||||||||
- ↑ McCulloch, Sandra (2008-09-24). "NDP candidate who quit over nudity will not be replaced". The Vancouver Sun. Retrieved 2017-09-20.