VANCOUVER — It was a landslide victory in the last election in Shuswap when Greg Kyllo of the BC Liberal Party took 55.80 per cent of the vote, defeating Sylvia Jean Lindgren of the NDP by a margin of 28.85 percentage points.
Kyllo is up for re-election this year. Lindgren is running as well.
Owen Madden is the candidate for the Green party and Sylvia Lindgren is running for the NDP.
The Shuswap riding includes the communities of Blind Bay, Enderby, Armstrong, Salmon Arm, Sicamous and Canoe.
There are 46,886 registered voters in the riding, compared to 42,481 in the last election.
As of Oct. 20, 6,399 vote-by-mail packages had been issued to registered voters.
The previous voter turnout rate in the riding was 62.8 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. Kyllo, Gregory James
Affiliation: BC Liberal Party
Total valid votes: 14,829
Vote share: 55.80 per cent
2. Lindgren, Sylvia Jean
Affiliation: NDP
Total valid votes: 7,161
Vote share: 26.95 per cent
3. Babcock, Kevin
Affiliation: Green party
Total valid votes: 4,175
Vote share: 15.71 per cent
4. McCormack, Kyle
Affiliation: Libertarian party
Total valid votes: 410
Vote share: 1.54 per cent
Previous riding statistics at a glance:
Total registered voters: 42,481
Total registered voters who voted: 26,678
Voter turnout: 62.8 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