VANCOUVER — In the last election in Saanich North and the Islands, Adam Olsen of the Green party took 41.95 per cent of the vote, defeating Gary Holman of the NDP by a margin of 11.39 percentage points.

Olsen is up for re-election this year. Holman, however, is not running again.

Stephen P Roberts is the candidate for the BC Liberal Party and Zeb King is running for the NDP.

The Saanich North and the Islands riding is located in the Victoria area.

There are 50,488 registered voters in the riding, compared to 47,615 in the last election.

As of Oct. 20, 16,136 vote-by-mail packages had been issued to registered voters.

The previous voter turnout rate in the riding was 74.14 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. Olsen, Adam

Affiliation: Green party

Total valid votes: 14,775

Vote share: 41.95 per cent

2. Holman, Gary

Affiliation: NDP

Total valid votes: 10,764

Vote share: 30.56 per cent

3. Roberts, Stephen P.

Affiliation: BC Liberal Party

Total valid votes: 9,321

Vote share: 26.46 per cent

4. Templeman, Jordan

Affiliation: Independent

Total valid votes: 364

Vote share: 1.03 per cent

Previous riding statistics at a glance: 

Total registered voters: 47,615

Total registered voters who voted: 35,303

Voter turnout: 74.14 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