VANCOUVER — It was a landslide victory in the last election in Esquimalt-Metchosin when Mitzi Dean of the NDP took 46.25 per cent of the vote, defeating Barb Desjardins of the BC Liberal Party by a margin of 18.64 percentage points.

Dean is up for re-election this year. Desjardins, however, is not running again.

Andy MacKinnon is the candidate for the Green party and RJ Senko is running for the BC Liberal Party.

Desta McPherson is running as an Independent.

The Esquimalt-Metchosin riding is located in Victoria.

There are 41,312 registered voters in the riding, compared to 38,909 in the last election.

As of Oct. 20, 12,166 vote-by-mail packages had been issued to registered voters.

The previous voter turnout rate in the riding was 65.88 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. Dean, Mitzi Jayne

Affiliation: NDP

Total valid votes: 11,816

Vote share: 46.25 per cent

2. Desjardins, Barb

Affiliation: BC Liberal Party

Total valid votes: 7,055

Vote share: 27.61 per cent

3. MacKinnon, Andy

Affiliation: Green party

Total valid votes: 6,339

Vote share: 24.81 per cent

4. Steffler, Josh

Affiliation: Libertarian party

Total valid votes: 171

Vote share: 0.67 per cent

5. Martay, Delmar

Affiliation: Independent

Total valid votes: 102

Vote share: 0.40 per cent

6. Strandlund, Tyson Riel

Affiliation: Communist Party of BC

Total valid votes: 65

Vote share: 0.25 per cent

Previous riding statistics at a glance: 

Total registered voters: 38,909

Total registered voters who voted: 25,632

Voter turnout: 65.88 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