Sonia Furstenau

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2020 British Columbia general election: Cowichan Valley
Sonia Furstenau
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Sonia Furstenau
Leader of the Green Party of British Columbia
Assumed office
September 14, 2020
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Green Sonia Furstenau 13,05944.21+6.97$64,313.52
New Democratic Rob Douglas11,87540.20+8.57$55,431.43
Liberal Tanya Kaul4,60615.59–12.07$15,360.48
Total valid votes29,540100.00
Total rejected ballots1500.51+0.18
Turnout29,69059.85–7.73
Registered voters49,606
Green hold Swing –0.80
Source: Elections BC [10] [11]
2017 British Columbia general election : Cowichan Valley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Green Sonia Furstenau 11,44937.24+18.09$35,322
New Democratic Lori Lynn Iannidinardo9,72331.63−8.51$54,416
Liberal Steve Housser8,50227.66−7.24$70,112
Independent Ian Morrison5021.63$8,140
Libertarian James Robert Anderson3020.98$398
Independent Samuel Lockhart1450.47$0
Independent Eden Haythornthwaite1190.39$996
Total valid votes30,742100.00
Total rejected ballots1000.33+0.01
Turnout30,84267.58+5.68
Registered voters45,641
Source: Elections BC [12] [13]

Personal life

Sonia is married to Blaise Salmon [14] who works as a financial planner and has been elected as the local director for the Mill Bay/Malahat district of the Cowichan Valley Regional District. [15]

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