VANCOUVER — It was a tight race in the last election in Coquitlam-Burke Mountain when Joan Isaacs of the BC Liberal Party took 44.28 per cent of the vote, defeating Jodie Wickens of the NDP by a margin of 0.37 percentage points.

Isaacs is up for re-election this year. Wickens, however, is not running again.

Adam Bremner-Akins is the candidate for the Green party and Fin Donnelly is running for the NDP.

The Coquitlam-Burke Mountain riding is located in Vancouver.

There are 45,503 registered voters in the riding, compared to 41,133 in the last election.

As of Oct. 20, 9,572 vote-by-mail packages had been issued to registered voters.

The previous voter turnout rate in the riding was 57.46 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. Isaacs, Joan

Affiliation: BC Liberal Party

Total valid votes: 10,388

Vote share: 44.28 per cent

2. Wickens, Jodie

Affiliation: NDP

Total valid votes: 10,301

Vote share: 43.91 per cent

3. Soutar, Ian Donnelly

Affiliation: Green party

Total valid votes: 2,771

Vote share: 11.81 per cent

Previous riding statistics at a glance: 

Total registered voters: 41,133

Total registered voters who voted: 23,634

Voter turnout: 57.46 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