VANCOUVER — It was a landslide victory in the last election in Parksville-Qualicum when Michelle Stilwell of the BC Liberal Party took 45.13 per cent of the vote, defeating Sue Powell of the NDP by a margin of 16.47 percentage points.
Stilwell is up for re-election this year. Powell, however, is not running again.
The NDP is running Adam Walker as its candidate, Don Purdey is the candidate for the Conservative party and Rob Lyon is running for the Green party.
John St John is running as an Independent.
The Parksville-Qualicum riding includes the communities of Fairwinds, Nanaimo and Parksville.
There are 48,396 registered voters in the riding, compared to 45,891 in the last election.
As of Oct. 20, 14,273 vote-by-mail packages had been issued to registered voters.
The previous voter turnout rate in the riding was 70.21 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. Stilwell, Michelle
Affiliation: BC Liberal Party
Total valid votes: 14,468
Vote share: 45.13 per cent
2. Powell, Sue
Affiliation: NDP
Total valid votes: 9,189
Vote share: 28.66 per cent
3. Sollitt, Glenn
Affiliation: Green party
Total valid votes: 8,157
Vote share: 25.44 per cent
4. Hand, Terry
Affiliation: BC Refederation party
Total valid votes: 245
Vote share: 0.76 per cent
Previous riding statistics at a glance:
Total registered voters: 45,891
Total registered voters who voted: 32,218
Voter turnout: 70.21 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