Roly Russell
Canadian politician
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Roly Russell is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2020 British Columbia general election.[1] He represented the electoral district of Boundary-Similkameen as a member of the British Columbia New Democratic Party.
PremierJohn Horgan
David Eby
David Eby
Preceded byPosition created
Succeeded bySteve Morissette
Preceded byLinda Larson
Roly Russell | |
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| Parliamentary Secretary for Rural Development of British Columbia | |
| In office November 26, 2020 – September 21, 2024 | |
| Premier | John Horgan David Eby |
| Preceded by | Position created |
| Succeeded by | Steve Morissette |
| Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly for Boundary-Similkameen | |
| In office October 24, 2020 – September 21, 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Linda Larson |
| Succeeded by | Donegal Wilson |
| Personal details | |
| Party | New Democratic |
In the 2024 British Columbia general election, he was unseated by Donegal Wilson from the BC Conservative Party.[2]
Electoral record
| 2024 British Columbia general election: Boundary-Similkameen | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Donegal Wilson | 11,935 | 48.39 | +37.21 | $33,102.59 | |||
| New Democratic | Roly Russell | 10,497 | 42.56 | −7.29 | $60,076.63 | |||
| Green | Kevin Eastwood | 1,454 | 5.89 | – | $574.99 | |||
| Independent | Sean Taylor | 779 | 3.16 | – | $1,380.30 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 24,665 | 99.85 | – | $71,700.08 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 36 | 0.15 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 24,701 | 62.74 | +5.90 | |||||
| Registered voters | 39,371 | |||||||
| Conservative gain from New Democratic | Swing | +22.25 | ||||||
| Source: Elections BC[3][4] | ||||||||
| 2020 British Columbia general election: Boundary-Similkameen | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Roly Russell | 10,500 | 49.85 | +17.12 | $22,881.87 | |||
| Liberal | Petra Veintimilla | 7,735 | 36.72 | −6.08 | $47,872.88 | |||
| Conservative | Darryl Seres | 2,354 | 11.18 | – | $2,932.14 | |||
| Wexit | Arlyn Greig | 474 | 2.25 | – | $4.00 | |||
| Total valid votes | 21,063 | 99.02 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 208 | 0.99 | +0.54 | |||||
| Turnout | 21,271 | 56.84 | –7.96 | |||||
| Registered voters | 37,421 | |||||||
| New Democratic gain from Liberal | Swing | +11.60 | ||||||
| Source: Elections BC[5][6] | ||||||||
