VANCOUVER — It was a landslide victory in the last election in New Westminster when Judy Darcy of the NDP took 51.93 per cent of the vote, defeating Jonina Campbell of the Green party by a margin of 26.86 percentage points.

Darcy, who served as the minister of mental health and addictions, isn't seeking re-election this year. Campbell is not running again either.

The Conservative party is running Benny Ogden as its candidate, The Green party is running Cyrus Sy as its candidate, Jennifer Whiteside is the candidate for the NDP and Lorraine Brett is running for the BC Liberal Party.

Also in the race is Donald Wilson for the Libertarian party.

The New Westminster riding is located in Metro Vancouver.

There are 46,822 registered voters in the riding, compared to 43,690 in the last election.

As of Oct. 20, 12,263 vote-by-mail packages had been issued to registered voters.

The previous voter turnout rate in the riding was 63.61 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. Darcy, Judy

Affiliation: NDP

Total valid votes: 14,377

Vote share: 51.93 per cent

2. Campbell, Jonina

Affiliation: Green party

Total valid votes: 6,939

Vote share: 25.07 per cent

3. Brett, Lorraine

Affiliation: BC Liberal Party

Total valid votes: 5,870

Vote share: 21.20 per cent

4. Crosty, James

Affiliation: BC Social Credit Party

Total valid votes: 298

Vote share: 1.08 per cent

5. Brocki, Rex

Affiliation: Libertarian party

Total valid votes: 199

Vote share: 0.72 per cent

Previous riding statistics at a glance: 

Total registered voters: 43,690

Total registered voters who voted: 27,791

Voter turnout: 63.61 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