VANCOUVER — It was a landslide victory in the last election in Delta South when Ian Paton of the BC Liberal Party took 44.10 per cent of the vote, defeating Nicholas Wong, who ran as an Independent, by a margin of 18.58 percentage points.
Paton is up for re-election this year. Wong, however, is not running again.
Bruce Reid is the candidate for the NDP and Peter van der Velden is running for the Green party.
The Delta South riding includes the communities of Vancouver, Tsawwassen and Ladner.
There are 37,039 registered voters in the riding, compared to 35,234 in the last election.
As of Oct. 20, 8,673 vote-by-mail packages had been issued to registered voters.
The previous voter turnout rate in the riding was 71.79 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. Paton, Ian
Affiliation: BC Liberal Party
Total valid votes: 11,123
Vote share: 44.10 per cent
2. Wong, Nicholas
Affiliation: Independent
Total valid votes: 6,437
Vote share: 25.52 per cent
3. Reid, Bruce
Affiliation: NDP
Total valid votes: 5,228
Vote share: 20.73 per cent
4. Colero, Larry
Affiliation: Green party
Total valid votes: 2,349
Vote share: 9.31 per cent
5. Sherley, Errol Edmund
Affiliation: BC Action Party
Total valid votes: 88
Vote share: 0.35 per cent
Previous riding statistics at a glance:
Total registered voters: 35,234
Total registered voters who voted: 25,293
Voter turnout: 71.79 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