VANCOUVER — It was a tight race in the last election in Courtenay-Comox when Ronna-Rae Leonard of the NDP took 37.36 per cent of the vote, defeating Jim Benninger of the BC Liberal Party by a margin of 0.64 percentage points.
Leonard is up for re-election this year. Benninger, however, is not running again.
Brennan Day is the candidate for the BC Liberal Party and Gillian Anderson is running for the Green party.
The Courtenay-Comox riding includes the communities of Puntledge and Courtenay.
There are 46,806 registered voters in the riding, compared to 43,671 in the last election.
As of Oct. 20, 12,134 vote-by-mail packages had been issued to registered voters.
The previous voter turnout rate in the riding was 66.89 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. Leonard, Ronna-Rae
Affiliation: NDP
Total valid votes: 10,886
Vote share: 37.36 per cent
2. Benninger, Jim
Affiliation: BC Liberal Party
Total valid votes: 10,697
Vote share: 36.72 per cent
3. Sellentin, Ernie
Affiliation: Green party
Total valid votes: 5,351
Vote share: 18.37 per cent
4. McCulloch, Leah Catherine
Affiliation: Conservative party
Total valid votes: 2,201
Vote share: 7.55 per cent
Previous riding statistics at a glance:
Total registered voters: 43,671
Total registered voters who voted: 29,212
Voter turnout: 66.89 per cent
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 21, 2020 and was generated automatically.
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Digital Data Desk, The Canadian Press