VANCOUVER — It was a landslide victory in the last election in Surrey-White Rock when Tracy Redies of the BC Liberal Party took 49.87 per cent of the vote, defeating Niovi Patsicakis of the NDP by a margin of 19.28 percentage points.

The seat is currently empty following Redies resignation in August 2020. Patsicakis is not running again either.

The Green party is running Beverly (Pixie) Hobby as its candidate, Bryn Smith is the candidate for the NDP and Trevor Halford is running for the BC Liberal Party.

Also in the race is Jason Bax for the Libertarian party.

Megan Knight is running as an Independent.

There are 44,326 registered voters in the riding, compared to 42,303 in the last election.

As of Oct. 20, 11,206 vote-by-mail packages had been issued to registered voters.

The previous voter turnout rate in the riding was 67.13 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. Redies, Tracy

Affiliation: BC Liberal Party

Total valid votes: 14,101

Vote share: 49.87 per cent

2. Patsicakis, Niovi

Affiliation: NDP

Total valid votes: 8,648

Vote share: 30.59 per cent

3. Marshall, Bill

Affiliation: Green party

Total valid votes: 4,574

Vote share: 16.18 per cent

4. Bryant, Tom

Affiliation: Independent

Total valid votes: 950

Vote share: 3.36 per cent

Previous riding statistics at a glance: 

Total registered voters: 42,303

Total registered voters who voted: 28,396

Voter turnout: 67.13 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