Will Greaves
Will Greaves | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Victoria | |
| Assumed office April 28, 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Laurel Collins |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 25, 1984[1] |
| Party | Liberal |
| Children | 1 |
| Education | Bishop's University (B.A.), University of Calgary (M.A.), University of Toronto (Ph.D.) |
| Profession | Associate professor |
| Website | willgreaves |
Wilfrid Greaves MP is a Canadian academic and politician from the Liberal Party of Canada.[2] He was elected Member of Parliament for Victoria in the 2025 Canadian federal election.[3] Prior to his election, Greaves was an associate professor of political science at the University of Victoria.[4] Greaves is the son and grandson of diplomats in Canada's foreign service.[5]
Electoral record
| 2025 Canadian federal election: Victoria | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Will Greaves | 41,128 | 54.28 | +27.02 | $125,500.20 | |||
| New Democratic | Laurel Collins | 18,877 | 24.91 | –18.98 | $113,060.85 | |||
| Conservative | Angus Ross | 12,870 | 16.99 | +3.28 | $73,190.29 | |||
| Green | Michael Doherty | 2,350 | 3.10 | –8.09 | $20,849.60 | |||
| People's | David Mohr | 278 | 0.37 | –2.72 | $1,093.92 | |||
| Rhinoceros | Cody Fraser | 109 | 0.14 | – | none listed | |||
| Christian Heritage | Mary Moreau | 83 | 0.11 | – | $550.00 | |||
| Independent | Steve Filipovic | 73 | 0.10 | – | $279.78 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 75,768 | 99.51 | – | $146,326.64 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 370 | 0.49 | –0.21 | |||||
| Turnout | 76,138 | 74.41 | +7.96 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 102,322 | |||||||
| Liberal gain from New Democratic | Swing | +23.00 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[6][7] | ||||||||
References
- ↑ accessed 2026-08-19, https://willgreaves.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Will-Greaves-Fixes-CV.pdf
- ↑ "Parliament of Canada". Our Commons. Retrieved April 30, 2025.
- ↑ "Liberal candidate Will Greaves dominates in Victoria". Times Colonist. April 29, 2025. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
- ↑ "UVic professor will carry federal Liberal banner in Victoria riding". Victoria News. February 26, 2025. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
- ↑ "It's time for Liberals on Vancouver Island says Victoria candidate Will Greaves". Island Social Trends. April 11, 2025.
- ↑ "Forty-Fifth General Election 2025 — Poll-by-poll Results: Victoria". elections.ca. Elections Canada. 2025.
- ↑ Canada, Chief Electoral Officer (2025). "Candidate Campaign Returns, 2025 General Election: Part 3C – Summary of Electoral Campaign Expenses and Other Outflows – Election expenses subject to the limit – Total". elections.ca. Elections Canada.
Expenses are reported "as amended" where amendments have been filed; otherwise, they are reported "as submitted".
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