VANCOUVER — It was a landslide victory in the last election in Nanaimo-North Cowichan when Doug Routley of the NDP took 46.89 per cent of the vote, defeating Alana DeLong of the BC Liberal Party by a margin of 18.71 percentage points.
Routley is up for re-election this year. DeLong, however, is not running again.
Chris Istace is the candidate for the Green party and Duck Paterson is running for the BC Liberal Party.
The Nanaimo-North Cowichan riding includes the communities of Nanaimo, Cedar, Chemainus, Crofton and Ladysmith.
There are 45,841 registered voters in the riding, compared to 41,393 in the last election.
As of Oct. 20, 9,956 vote-by-mail packages had been issued to registered voters.
The previous voter turnout rate in the riding was 63.73 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. Routley, Doug
Affiliation: NDP
Total valid votes: 12,276
Vote share: 46.89 per cent
2. DeLong, Alana
Affiliation: BC Liberal Party
Total valid votes: 7,379
Vote share: 28.18 per cent
3. Versaevel, Lia Marie Constance
Affiliation: Green party
Total valid votes: 6,252
Vote share: 23.88 per cent
4. Paddon, P. Anna
Affiliation: Independent
Total valid votes: 274
Vote share: 1.05 per cent
Previous riding statistics at a glance:
Total registered voters: 41,393
Total registered voters who voted: 26,379
Voter turnout: 63.73 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