VANCOUVER — It was a landslide victory in the last election in Vancouver-West End when Spencer Chandra Herbert of the NDP took 60.97 per cent of the vote, defeating Nigel Elliott of the BC Liberal Party by a margin of 37.96 percentage points.

Chandra Herbert is up for re-election this year. Elliott, however, is not running again.

James Marshall is the candidate for the Green party and Jon Ellacott is running for the BC Liberal Party.

Also in the race is Kim McCann for the Libertarian party.

The Vancouver-West End riding is located in Vancouver.

There are 38,356 registered voters in the riding, compared to 39,094 in the last election.

As of Oct. 20, 9,631 vote-by-mail packages had been issued to registered voters.

The previous voter turnout rate in the riding was 56.53 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. Chandra Herbert, Spencer

Affiliation: NDP

Total valid votes: 13,420

Vote share: 60.97 per cent

2. Elliott, Nigel

Affiliation: BC Liberal Party

Total valid votes: 5,064

Vote share: 23.01 per cent

3. Marshall, James

Affiliation: Green party

Total valid votes: 3,059

Vote share: 13.90 per cent

4. Clarke, John

Affiliation: Libertarian party

Total valid votes: 352

Vote share: 1.60 per cent

5. Dunn, Leon David

Affiliation: Independent

Total valid votes: 116

Vote share: 0.53 per cent

Previous riding statistics at a glance: 

Total registered voters: 39,094

Total registered voters who voted: 22,098

Voter turnout: 56.53 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

VANCOUVER — It was a landslide victory in the last election in Vancouver-West End when Spencer Chandra Herbert of the NDP took 60.97 per cent of the vote, defeating Nigel Elliott of the BC Liberal Party by a margin of 37.96 percentage points.

Chandra Herbert is up for re-election this year. Elliott, however, is not running again.

James Marshall is the candidate for the Green party and Jon Ellacott is running for the BC Liberal Party.

Also in the race is Kim McCann for the Libertarian party.

The Vancouver-West End riding is located in Vancouver.

There are 38,356 registered voters in the riding, compared to 39,094 in the last election.

As of Oct. 20, 9,631 vote-by-mail packages had been issued to registered voters.

The previous voter turnout rate in the riding was 56.53 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. Chandra Herbert, Spencer

Affiliation: NDP

Total valid votes: 13,420

Vote share: 60.97 per cent

2. Elliott, Nigel

Affiliation: BC Liberal Party

Total valid votes: 5,064

Vote share: 23.01 per cent

3. Marshall, James

Affiliation: Green party

Total valid votes: 3,059

Vote share: 13.90 per cent

4. Clarke, John

Affiliation: Libertarian party

Total valid votes: 352

Vote share: 1.60 per cent

5. Dunn, Leon David

Affiliation: Independent

Total valid votes: 116

Vote share: 0.53 per cent

Previous riding statistics at a glance: 

Total registered voters: 39,094

Total registered voters who voted: 22,098

Voter turnout: 56.53 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