Challengers look to unseat former mayor in Bay of Quinte

The region's southernmost riding features a former Belleville hockey broadcaster among the field of candidates vying to unseat Belleville's former mayor.

Liberal Neil Ellis won the redrawn seat in 2015 by 9,500 votes over the Conservative challenger.

Together, the Liberals and Conservatives earned 85 per cent of the vote in the district, whichincludes Belleville and Prince Edward County.

This time, Ellis is up against Stephanie Bell of the NDP; Paul Bordonaro of the People's Party;tech worker Danny Celovsky of the Greens; and Conservative candidateTimDurkin,a sports broadcaster who's covered the Belleville Bulls and Senators.

Candidates are included in this riding profile once they've beenlisted as a confirmed candidateby Elections Canada, chosenas the winner of a nomination contestor who were the chosen candidate by a party that got at least one per cent of the national popular vote in 2015.

Bay of Quinte in 2015

Candidate questionnaires

CBC Ottawa sent every candidate running in eastern Ontario or western Quebec seven questions via their party or a publicly available email address.

They were asked to stick to 25 to 100 word answers, depending on the questions.

Theiranswers have not been edited by CBC.

Danny Celovsky

Tim Durkin