VANCOUVER — Conservative cabinet minister Gary Lunn has been re-elected in the Saanich-Gulf Islands riding despite a campaign to "shun Lunn."

Lunn will serve a fifth term representing the B.C. riding, where vote-splitting has played a role in the past with the Liberals, Greens and NDP combined traditionally receiving more votes than Lunn.

This time around, left-of-centre voters were encouraged to “shun Lunn” and vote Liberal after New Democrat candidate Julian West withdrew early in the election after admitting to inappropriate actions during a skinny-dipping incident years ago.

West’s name remained on the ballot because he withdrew after nominations closed and he received hundreds of votes.

Lunn was first elected to Parliament in 1997 as a member of the Reform Party and became Natural Resources Minister in 2006.