VANCOUVER — It was a tight race in the last election in Maple Ridge-Mission when Bob D'Eith of the NDP took 41.94 per cent of the vote, defeating Marc Dalton of the BC Liberal Party by a margin of 1.24 percentage points.

D'Eith is up for re-election this year. Dalton, however, is not running again.

Chelsa Meadus is the candidate for the BC Liberal Party and Matt Trenholm is running for the Green party.

The Maple Ridge-Mission riding includes the communities of Vancouver and Mission.

There are 47,402 registered voters in the riding, compared to 42,678 in the last election.

As of Oct. 20, 9,088 vote-by-mail packages had been issued to registered voters.

The previous voter turnout rate in the riding was 61.69 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. D'Eith, Bob

Affiliation: NDP

Total valid votes: 10,989

Vote share: 41.94 per cent

2. Dalton, Marc

Affiliation: BC Liberal Party

Total valid votes: 10,664

Vote share: 40.70 per cent

3. Tam, Peter Pak Chiu

Affiliation: Green party

Total valid votes: 3,464

Vote share: 13.22 per cent

4. Hamilton, Trevor

Affiliation: Conservative party

Total valid votes: 935

Vote share: 3.57 per cent

5. Monds, Jeff

Affiliation: Libertarian party

Total valid votes: 148

Vote share: 0.56 per cent

Previous riding statistics at a glance: 

Total registered voters: 42,678

Total registered voters who voted: 26,328

Voter turnout: 61.69 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