VANCOUVER — In the last election in North Vancouver-Lonsdale, Bowinn Ma of the NDP took 45.45 per cent of the vote, defeating Naomi Yamamoto of the BC Liberal Party by a margin of 7.31 percentage points.

Ma is up for re-election this year. Yamamoto, however, is not running again.

Lyn Anglin is the candidate for the BC Liberal Party and Christopher Hakes is running for the Green party.

The North Vancouver-Lonsdale riding is located in Metro Vancouver.

There are 45,108 registered voters in the riding, compared to 41,629 in the last election.

As of Oct. 20, 10,577 vote-by-mail packages had been issued to registered voters.

The previous voter turnout rate in the riding was 65.68 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. Ma, Bowinn

Affiliation: NDP

Total valid votes: 12,361

Vote share: 45.45 per cent

2. Yamamoto, Naomi

Affiliation: BC Liberal Party

Total valid votes: 10,373

Vote share: 38.14 per cent

3. Warrington, Richard

Affiliation: Green party

Total valid votes: 4,148

Vote share: 15.25 per cent

4. Wilson, Donald N.S.

Affiliation: Libertarian party

Total valid votes: 316

Vote share: 1.16 per cent

Previous riding statistics at a glance: 

Total registered voters: 41,629

Total registered voters who voted: 27,341

Voter turnout: 65.68 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