VANCOUVER — It was a landslide victory in the last election in Mid Island-Pacific Rim when Scott Fraser of the NDP took 49.05 per cent of the vote, defeating Darren DeLuca of the BC Liberal Party by a margin of 23.36 percentage points.

Fraser, who served as the minister of Indigenous relations and reconciliation, isn't seeking re-election this year. DeLuca is not running again either.

The Green party is running Evan Jolicoeur as its candidate, Helen Poon is the candidate for the BC Liberal Party and Josie Osborne is running for the NDP.

Also in the race is Robert Alexander Clarke for the Libertarian party.

Graham Hughes is running as an Independent.

The Mid Island-Pacific Rim riding includes the communities of Cumberland, Courtenay, Port Alberni and Ucluelet.

There are 44,869 registered voters in the riding, compared to 40,677 in the last election.

As of Oct. 20, 7,517 vote-by-mail packages had been issued to registered voters.

The previous voter turnout rate in the riding was 63.22 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. Fraser, Scott Kenneth

Affiliation: NDP

Total valid votes: 12,556

Vote share: 49.05 per cent

2. DeLuca, Darren Frank

Affiliation: BC Liberal Party

Total valid votes: 6,576

Vote share: 25.69 per cent

3. La Rue, Alicia

Affiliation: Green party

Total valid votes: 5,208

Vote share: 20.35 per cent

4. Fell, Julian

Affiliation: Conservative party

Total valid votes: 878

Vote share: 3.43 per cent

5. Clarke, Robert Alexander

Affiliation: Libertarian party

Total valid votes: 294

Vote share: 1.15 per cent

6. Cebuliak, Dan

Affiliation: BC Refederation party

Total valid votes: 86

Vote share: 0.34 per cent

Previous riding statistics at a glance: 

Total registered voters: 40,677

Total registered voters who voted: 25,717

Voter turnout: 63.22 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