VANCOUVER — It was a landslide victory in the last election in Vancouver-Quilchena when Andrew Wilkinson of the BC Liberal Party took 55.96 per cent of the vote, defeating Madeline Lalonde of the NDP by a margin of 27.93 percentage points.

Wilkinson, who is the party's leader, is up for re-election this year. Lalonde, however, is not running again.

Heather McQuillan is the candidate for the NDP and Michael Barkusky is running for the Green party.

The Vancouver-Quilchena riding is located in Vancouver.

There are 38,237 registered voters in the riding, compared to 35,878 in the last election.

As of Oct. 20, 10,981 vote-by-mail packages had been issued to registered voters.

The previous voter turnout rate in the riding was 62.39 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. Wilkinson, Andrew

Affiliation: BC Liberal Party

Total valid votes: 12,464

Vote share: 55.96 per cent

2. Lalonde, Madeline

Affiliation: NDP

Total valid votes: 6,244

Vote share: 28.03 per cent

3. Barkusky, Michael

Affiliation: Green party

Total valid votes: 3,301

Vote share: 14.82 per cent

4. Morrison, William

Affiliation: Libertarian party

Total valid votes: 265

Vote share: 1.19 per cent

Previous riding statistics at a glance: 

Total registered voters: 35,878

Total registered voters who voted: 22,386

Voter turnout: 62.39 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