VANCOUVER — In the last election in Burnaby-Lougheed, Katrina Chen of the NDP took 48.06 per cent of the vote, defeating Steve Darling of the BC Liberal Party by a margin of 11.10 percentage points.
Chen, who served as the minister of state for child care, is up for re-election this year. Darling, however, is not running again.
Andrew Williamson is the candidate for the Green party and Tariq Malik is running for the BC Liberal Party.
Also in the race is Dominique Paynter for the Libertarian party.
The Burnaby-Lougheed riding is located in Metro Vancouver.
There are 39,349 registered voters in the riding, compared to 37,641 in the last election.
As of Oct. 20, 8,530 vote-by-mail packages had been issued to registered voters.
The previous voter turnout rate in the riding was 60.81 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. Chen, Katrina
Affiliation: NDP
Total valid votes: 10,911
Vote share: 48.06 per cent
2. Darling, Steve
Affiliation: BC Liberal Party
Total valid votes: 8,391
Vote share: 36.96 per cent
3. Keithley, Joe
Affiliation: Green party
Total valid votes: 3,127
Vote share: 13.77 per cent
4. Gung, Sylvia
Affiliation: Independent
Total valid votes: 145
Vote share: 0.64 per cent
5. Murarka, Neeraj
Affiliation: Libertarian party
Total valid votes: 129
Vote share: 0.57 per cent
Previous riding statistics at a glance:
Total registered voters: 37,641
Total registered voters who voted: 22,891
Voter turnout: 60.81 per cent
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 21, 2020 and was generated automatically.
Digital Data Desk, The Canadian Press