VANCOUVER — It was a tight race in the last election in Vancouver-False Creek when Sam Sullivan of the BC Liberal Party took 42.16 per cent of the vote, defeating Morgane Oger of the NDP by a margin of 1.69 percentage points.

Sullivan is up for re-election this year. Oger, however, is not running again.

The NDP is running Brenda Bailey as its candidate, Erik Gretland is the candidate for the Conservative party and Maayan Kreitzman is running for the Green party.

Also in the race is Naomi Chocyk for the Libertarian party.

The Vancouver-False Creek riding is located in Vancouver.

There are 47,916 registered voters in the riding, compared to 44,508 in the last election.

As of Oct. 20, 13,365 vote-by-mail packages had been issued to registered voters.

The previous voter turnout rate in the riding was 55.68 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. Sullivan, Sam

Affiliation: BC Liberal Party

Total valid votes: 10,370

Vote share: 42.16 per cent

2. Oger, Morgane

Affiliation: NDP

Total valid votes: 9,955

Vote share: 40.47 per cent

3. Shende, Bradley Darren

Affiliation: Green party

Total valid votes: 3,880

Vote share: 15.77 per cent

4. Jaluague, Liz

Affiliation: Libertarian party

Total valid votes: 213

Vote share: 0.87 per cent

5. Filippelli, James

Affiliation: Your Political Party of British Columbia

Total valid votes: 91

Vote share: 0.37 per cent

6. Ryan, Phillip James

Affiliation: BC Citizens First Party

Total valid votes: 90

Vote share: 0.37 per cent

Previous riding statistics at a glance: 

Total registered voters: 44,508

Total registered voters who voted: 24,780

Voter turnout: 55.68 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