VANCOUVER — In the last election in North Vancouver-Seymour, Jane Thornthwaite of the BC Liberal Party took 46.36 per cent of the vote, defeating Michael Rene Charrois of the NDP by a margin of 11.89 percentage points.

Thornthwaite is up for re-election this year. Charrois, however, is not running again.

Harrison Johnston is the candidate for the Green party and Susie Chant is running for the NDP.

Also in the race is Clayton Welwood for the Libertarian party.

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

There are 41,788 registered voters in the riding, compared to 40,650 in the last election.

As of Oct. 20, 11,856 vote-by-mail packages had been issued to registered voters.

The previous voter turnout rate in the riding was 70.33 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. Thornthwaite, Jane Ann

Affiliation: BC Liberal Party

Total valid votes: 13,194

Vote share: 46.36 per cent

2. Charrois, Michael Rene

Affiliation: NDP

Total valid votes: 9,808

Vote share: 34.47 per cent

3. Johnson, Joshua

Affiliation: Green party

Total valid votes: 5,208

Vote share: 18.30 per cent

4. Welwood, Clayton

Affiliation: Libertarian party

Total valid votes: 247

Vote share: 0.87 per cent

Previous riding statistics at a glance: 

Total registered voters: 40,650

Total registered voters who voted: 28,591

Voter turnout: 70.33 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