In the Canadian House of Commons, Nanaimo is represented by the ridings of NanaimoCowichan (Jean Crowder, New Democratic Party) and NanaimoAlberni (Dr. James Lunney, Conservative). In the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Nanaimo is represented by the ridings of Nanaimo (Leonard Krog, New Democratic Party of British Columbia) and Nanaimo-Parksville (Ron Cantelon, British Columbia Liberal Party). The mayor of Nanaimo is currently Gary Richard Korpan. The most colourful and famous mayor Nanaimo ever had was Frank J. Ney, who instigated Nanaimo's well-known bathtub races, which he regularly attended dressed as a pirate. There is a statue to commerate Ney - dressed in his pirate costume - and the bathtub races at Swy-lana Lagoon, which is on the Nanaimo waterfront.