VANCOUVER — In the last election in Columbia River-Revelstoke, Doug Clovechok of the BC Liberal Party took 45.44 per cent of the vote, defeating Gerry Taft of the NDP by a margin of 9.42 percentage points.

Clovechok is up for re-election this year. Taft, however, is not running again.

Nicole Cherlet is the candidate for the NDP and Samson Boyer is running for the Green party.

The Columbia River-Revelstoke riding includes the communities of Invermere, Revelstoke, Golden and Kimberley.

There are 26,166 registered voters in the riding, compared to 24,478 in the last election.

As of Oct. 20, 3,019 vote-by-mail packages had been issued to registered voters.

The previous voter turnout rate in the riding was 59.79 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. Clovechok, Doug

Affiliation: BC Liberal Party

Total valid votes: 6,620

Vote share: 45.44 per cent

2. Taft, Gerry

Affiliation: NDP

Total valid votes: 5,248

Vote share: 36.02 per cent

3. Boyer, Samson

Affiliation: Green party

Total valid votes: 1,708

Vote share: 11.72 per cent

4. MacLeod, Duncan Boyd

Affiliation: Independent

Total valid votes: 469

Vote share: 3.22 per cent

5. Hooles, Justin James

Affiliation: Independent

Total valid votes: 371

Vote share: 2.55 per cent

6. Kashuba, Rylan

Affiliation: Libertarian party

Total valid votes: 154

Vote share: 1.06 per cent

Previous riding statistics at a glance: 

Total registered voters: 24,478

Total registered voters who voted: 14,636

Voter turnout: 59.79 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