Manly has other things on his mind. “We have the largest homelessness per capita in Canada,” Manly said about his Vancouver Island riding. Another issue that he wants to work on is improving ...

brings the riding back to the NDP fold after former MP Sheila Malcolmson stepped down to successfully run for BC NDP in provincial politics — triggering the byelection that Manly won.

Paul Manly was voted in as the new MP for the riding, a seat he'll hold in the lead-up to the federal general election in October. He is the second Green candidate elected to a federal seat.

British Columbia voters sent a message that Canadians ... Voters in Nanaimo elected Paul Manly of the Greens as their new member of Parliament, barely six months before October's federal vote.