Candidate nominations closed at 1 pm on September 28, marking the end of the period in which eligible individuals could apply to be a candidate in the 43rd BC general election. There are 323 candidates in the province with 269 representing seven political parties, and 54 candidates running as independent or unaffiliated.

The New Democrats are campaigning for another term in British Columbia's provincial election but without many of the familiar faces that have grac.

Elections BC says the New Democrats and Conservatives have nominated full slates of candidates for the upcoming Oct. 19 provincial election.

In the last provincial election, the B.C. Conservatives fielded just 19 candidates — and received less than 2 per cent of the vote.