VANCOUVER — In the last election in North Island, Claire Trevena of the NDP took 47.72 per cent of the vote, defeating Dallas Smith of the BC Liberal Party by a margin of 12.39 percentage points.

Trevena, who served as the minister of transportation and infrastructure, isn't seeking re-election this year. Smith is not running again either.

The Green party is running Alexandra Morton as its candidate, The Conservative party is running John Twigg as its candidate, Michele Babchuk is the candidate for the NDP and Norm Facey is running for the BC Liberal Party.

The North Island riding includes the communities of Port McNeill, Campbell River and Port Hardy.

There are 45,121 registered voters in the riding, compared to 41,570 in the last election.

As of Oct. 20, 8,053 vote-by-mail packages had been issued to registered voters.

The previous voter turnout rate in the riding was 62.49 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. Trevena, Claire Felicity

Affiliation: NDP

Total valid votes: 12,355

Vote share: 47.72 per cent

2. Smith, Dallas William

Affiliation: BC Liberal Party

Total valid votes: 9,148

Vote share: 35.33 per cent

3. Moen, Sue

Affiliation: Green party

Total valid votes: 3,846

Vote share: 14.85 per cent

4. Twigg, John M.

Affiliation: BC First party

Total valid votes: 543

Vote share: 2.10 per cent

Previous riding statistics at a glance: 

Total registered voters: 41,570

Total registered voters who voted: 25,979

Voter turnout: 62.49 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