VANCOUVER — It was a landslide victory in the last election in Kamloops-North Thompson when Peter Milobar of the BC Liberal Party took 48.32 per cent of the vote, defeating Barb Nederpel of the NDP by a margin of 17.97 percentage points.

Milobar is up for re-election this year. Nederpel, however, is not running again.

The Conservative party is running Dennis Giesbrecht as its candidate, Sadie Hunter is the candidate for the NDP and Thomas Martin is running for the Green party.

Brandon Russell is running as an Independent.

The Kamloops-North Thompson riding includes the communities of Kamloops, Rayleigh and Dallas.

There are 44,809 registered voters in the riding, compared to 41,492 in the last election.

As of Oct. 20, 5,744 vote-by-mail packages had been issued to registered voters.

The previous voter turnout rate in the riding was 60.34 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. Milobar, Peter Gordon

Affiliation: BC Liberal Party

Total valid votes: 12,001

Vote share: 48.32 per cent

2. Nederpel, Barb

Affiliation: NDP

Total valid votes: 7,538

Vote share: 30.35 per cent

3. Hines, Dan

Affiliation: Green party

Total valid votes: 5,111

Vote share: 20.58 per cent

4. Kerek, Peter Paul

Affiliation: Communist Party of BC

Total valid votes: 187

Vote share: 0.75 per cent

Previous riding statistics at a glance: 

Total registered voters: 41,492

Total registered voters who voted: 25,037

Voter turnout: 60.34 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