VANCOUVER — It was a landslide victory in the last election in Vancouver-Point Grey when David Eby of the NDP took 55.94 per cent of the vote, defeating James Lombardi of the BC Liberal Party by a margin of 22.78 percentage points.

Eby, who served as the attorney general, is up for re-election this year. Lombardi, however, is not running again.

Devyani Singh is the candidate for the Green party and Mark Bowen is running for the BC Liberal Party.

The Vancouver-Point Grey riding is located in Vancouver.

There are 40,532 registered voters in the riding, compared to 40,037 in the last election.

As of Oct. 20, 12,228 vote-by-mail packages had been issued to registered voters.

The previous voter turnout rate in the riding was 63.63 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. Eby, David Robert Patrick

Affiliation: NDP

Total valid votes: 14,195

Vote share: 55.94 per cent

2. Lombardi, James

Affiliation: BC Liberal Party

Total valid votes: 8,414

Vote share: 33.16 per cent

3. Konkin, Amanda

Affiliation: Green party

Total valid votes: 2,604

Vote share: 10.26 per cent

4. Taylor, Brian

Affiliation: Independent

Total valid votes: 85

Vote share: 0.33 per cent

5. Stall, David

Affiliation: Your Political Party of British Columbia

Total valid votes: 77

Vote share: 0.30 per cent

Previous riding statistics at a glance: 

Total registered voters: 40,037

Total registered voters who voted: 25,476

Voter turnout: 63.63 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