Fresh faces: British Columbia

Last Updated: Tuesday, September 30, 2008 | 1:10 PM ET

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Riding: Cariboo-Prince George Drew Adamick
Candidate: Drew Adamick
Party: Liberal
Age: 19
Profession: Third-year political science student at the University of Northern British Columbia.
About: Undergraduate student representative on the University of Northern British Columbia's senate. Volunteer with Ducks Unlimited Canada.

Riding: Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo Donovan Cavers
Candidate: Donovan Cavers
Party: Green party
Age: 23
Profession: Organic farmer
About: Founder of Conscientious Catering, a year-old catering company based around the use of fair trade, local and organic products. Member of the Kamloops chapter of the British Columbia Sustainable Energy Association and co-host of the Willing Workers on Organic Farms Program.

Riding: Vancouver Island North Geoff Fleischer
Candidate: Geoff Fleischer
Party: Liberal party
Age: 26
Profession: Urban planning student at Langara College and lifeguard.
About: Former provincial director of the Young Liberals of Canada, British Columbia chapter. Has worked as a farmer, tree planter and swimming instructor.

Riding: Vancouver Quadra Daniel Grice
Candidate: Daniel Grice
Party: Green party
Age: 28
Profession: Self-employed
About: Ran unsuccessfully in the March 17 byelection. Founder of technology consulting and sales firm, vanalive.ca. In the 2005 provincial election, ran stvforbc.com, a website of the “yes” side of the electorial reform campaign.

Riding: New Westminster-Coquitlam Michelle Hassen
Candidate: Michelle Hassen
Party: Liberal party
Age: 28
Profession: Manager of the humanitarian issues department at the Canadian Red Cross, Lower Mainland Region.
About: Past director of the West Coast LEAF (Women's Legal Education and Action Fund). Has lived, worked and studied in France, Switzerland, Mexico and Benin, Africa.

Riding: Delta-Richmond East Matthew Laine
Candidate: Matthew Laine
Party: Green party
Age: 25
Profession: Shipping and receiving at a shipping company
About: Active member of the Green party’s youth movement.

Riding: North Vancouver Andrew Marshall
Candidate: Andrew Marshall
Party: Canadian Action Party
Age: 20
Profession: Political science, history and economics student at Simon Fraser University
About: Written articles and essays on such political issues as climate change, global warming and terrorism for various online alternative news sources.

Riding: Victoria Adam Saab
Candidate: Adam Saab
Party: Green party
Age: 26
Profession: Carpenter
About: Active Green volunteer. In 2004-05, he held two research internships at the Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute in Toronto, studying the neurophysiology of memory formation

Riding: RichmondMichael Wolfe
Candidate: Michael Wolfe
Party: Green party
Age: 26
Profession: Grade 7 and 8 teacher.
About: Advocate for the preservation of Richmond's Garden City Lands.

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Overall Election Results
Party	Elected	Leading	Total	Vote Share (%)
Updated: Nov. 7, 2008, 5:00 PM EST
CON	143	0	143	37.63
LIB	77	0	77	26.24
BQ	49	0	49	9.97
NDP	37	0	37	18.20
IND	2	0	2	0.65
GRN	0	0	0	6.80
OTH	0	0	0	0.51

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