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Seven people have thrown their hat in the ring to fill the federal South Surrey-White Rock seat left vacant by the resignation of former Conservative MP Dianne Watts.

Larry Colero (Green), Kerry-Lynne Findlay (Conservative), Gordie Hogg (Liberal), Jonathan Silveira (NDP), Michael Huenefeld (Progressive Canadian), Rod Taylor (Christian Heritage) and Donald Wilson (Libertarian) will all be on the ballot when voters head to the polls Dec. 11.

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Advance voting days are on Dec. 1-4.

Nominations closed Monday. Elections Canada says it will release its final list of confirmed candidates on Wednesday.

Watts, who won the riding in the 2015 federal election with 24,934 votes, narrowly beating Liberal challenger Judy Higginbotham (23,495), announced in September that she was stepping down to pursue the leadership of the B.C. Liberal party.