VANCOUVER — In the last election in Langley, Mary Polak of the BC Liberal Party took 44.40 per cent of the vote, defeating Gail Chaddock-Costello of the NDP by a margin of 9.79 percentage points.
Polak is up for re-election this year. Chaddock-Costello, however, is not running again.
The NDP is running Andrew Mercier as its candidate, Bill Masse is the candidate for the Green party and Shelly Jan is running for the Conservative party.
The Langley riding is located in Metro Vancouver.
There are 44,715 registered voters in the riding, compared to 40,998 in the last election.
As of Oct. 20, 8,944 vote-by-mail packages had been issued to registered voters.
The previous voter turnout rate in the riding was 59.4 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. Polak, Mary
Affiliation: BC Liberal Party
Total valid votes: 10,755
Vote share: 44.40 per cent
2. Chaddock-Costello, Gail
Affiliation: NDP
Total valid votes: 8,384
Vote share: 34.61 per cent
3. Walker, Elizabeth Helen
Affiliation: Green party
Total valid votes: 3,699
Vote share: 15.27 per cent
4. Greenwood, Justin
Affiliation: Conservative party
Total valid votes: 1,221
Vote share: 5.04 per cent
5. Pobran, Robert Kerr
Affiliation: Libertarian party
Total valid votes: 166
Vote share: 0.69 per cent
Previous riding statistics at a glance:
Total registered voters: 40,998
Total registered voters who voted: 24,353
Voter turnout: 59.4 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