VANCOUVER — It was a landslide victory in the last election in Kootenay West when Katrine Conroy of the NDP took 59.64 per cent of the vote, defeating Jim Postnikoff of the BC Liberal Party by a margin of 35.27 percentage points.

Conroy, who served as the Minister of Children and Family Development, is up for re-election this year. Postnikoff, however, is not running again.

The Green party is running Andrew Duncan as its candidate, Corbin Kelley is the candidate for the BC Liberal Party and Glen Byle is running for the Conservative party.

Ed Varney and Fletcher Quince are running as Independents.

The Kootenay West riding includes the communities of Rossland, Trail - Fruitvale, Castlegar and Nakusp.

There are 33,192 registered voters in the riding, compared to 31,318 in the last election.

As of Oct. 20, 4,111 vote-by-mail packages had been issued to registered voters.

The previous voter turnout rate in the riding was 60.78 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. Conroy, Katrine

Affiliation: NDP

Total valid votes: 11,297

Vote share: 59.64 per cent

2. Postnikoff, Jim

Affiliation: BC Liberal Party

Total valid votes: 4,617

Vote share: 24.37 per cent

3. Troy, Sam

Affiliation: Green party

Total valid votes: 3,029

Vote share: 15.99 per cent

Previous riding statistics at a glance: 

Total registered voters: 31,318

Total registered voters who voted: 19,036

Voter turnout: 60.78 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