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