 For the nomination, Fraser faced three other candidates but won on the third ballot of the preferential vote.The general election was held in June when the 46-year-old Fraser challenged incumbent James Lunney of the Conservative Party, Port Alberni councillor Hira Chopra for the Liberal Party, and retired lawyer David Wright for the Green Party, Michael Mann for the Marijuana Party, retired teacher Diana Lifton for the Canadian Action Party, and Barbara Biley for the Marxist–Leninist Party.While Lunney remained the favourite to win, Fraser was viewed as making the election competitive.