VANCOUVER — In the last election in Saanich South, Lana Popham of the NDP took 42.46 per cent of the vote, defeating David Calder of the BC Liberal Party by a margin of 11.41 percentage points.

Popham, who served as the minister of agriculture, is up for re-election this year. Calder, however, is not running again.

Kate O'Connor is the candidate for the Green party and Rishi Sharma is running for the BC Liberal Party.

The Saanich South riding is located in the Victoria area.

There are 41,697 registered voters in the riding, compared to 39,926 in the last election.

As of Oct. 20, 14,230 vote-by-mail packages had been issued to registered voters.

The previous voter turnout rate in the riding was 70.63 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. Popham, Lana

Affiliation: NDP

Total valid votes: 11,921

Vote share: 42.46 per cent

2. Calder, David

Affiliation: BC Liberal Party

Total valid votes: 8,716

Vote share: 31.05 per cent

3. Neufeld, Mark

Affiliation: Green party

Total valid votes: 7,129

Vote share: 25.39 per cent

4. McLean, Andrew Paul

Affiliation: Libertarian party

Total valid votes: 177

Vote share: 0.63 per cent

5. Pattee, Richard Percival

Affiliation: The Vancouver Island Party

Total valid votes: 130

Vote share: 0.46 per cent

Previous riding statistics at a glance: 

Total registered voters: 39,926

Total registered voters who voted: 28,199

Voter turnout: 70.63 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