VANCOUVER — It was a landslide victory in the last election in Abbotsford-Mission when Simon Gibson of the BC Liberal Party took 51.19 per cent of the vote, defeating Andrew Christie of the NDP by a margin of 22.02 percentage points.

Gibson is up for re-election this year. Christie, however, is not running again.

The NDP is running Pam Alexis as its candidate, Stephen Fowler is the candidate for the Green party and Trevor Hamilton is running for the Conservative party.

Also in the race is Aeriol Alderking for the Christian Heritage Party of BC.

The Abbotsford-Mission riding includes the communities of Chilliwack, Mission and Abbotsford.

There are 47,043 registered voters in the riding, compared to 42,724 in the last election.

As of Oct. 20, 8,119 vote-by-mail packages had been issued to registered voters.

The previous voter turnout rate in the riding was 59.2 per cent, compared to 61.18 per cent provincewide.

At dissolution, the NDP held 41 seats, the BC Liberal Party had 41 seats and the Green party two seats. Two seats were held by Independents and one seat was vacant.

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Last election statistics at a glance: 

Previous candidates (in order of rank):

1. Gibson, Simon John

Affiliation: BC Liberal Party

Total valid votes: 12,879

Vote share: 51.19 per cent

2. Christie, Andrew Murray

Affiliation: NDP

Total valid votes: 7,339

Vote share: 29.17 per cent

3. Holmes, Jennifer

Affiliation: Green party

Total valid votes: 4,297

Vote share: 17.08 per cent

4. Cameron, Dan

Affiliation: Christian Heritage Party of BC

Total valid votes: 644

Vote share: 2.56 per cent

Previous riding statistics at a glance: 

Total registered voters: 42,724

Total registered voters who voted: 25,294

Voter turnout: 59.2 per cent

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 21, 2020 and was generated automatically.

Digital Data Desk, The Canadian Press