2016 British Columbia Provincial By-Election

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The 2016 British Columbia Provincial By-Election took place in 2 electoral districts to elect 2 seats. BC NDP secured 2 seats, receiving 53.74% of the popular vote. A total number of 17,673 votes were casted in the election, of which 64 were deemed invalid. The total number of registered voters was 78,954, resulting in a participation rate of 22.38%. There were totally 9 candidates ran for 2 seats across the 2 districts.

Results by Party

There were totally 9 candidates competed for seats. BC NDP won 2 seats, making up 100.00% of the total seats being elected, while receiving 53.74% of the popular vote.

2016 British Columbia Provincial By-Election - Summary by Political Party
Party Votes % Votes Candidates Elected % Seats Seats:
Votes:
BC NDP 9,463 53.74% 2 2 100.00%
BC Liberal Party 4,202 23.86% 2 0 -
BC Green Party 3,647 20.71% 2 0 -
Libertarian 236 1.34% 2 0 -
Your Political Party of BC (YPP) 61 0.35% 1 0 -
Total 17,609 100% 9 2 100%
2016 British Columbia Provincial By-Election - Summary by Party in Districts
Electoral District BC NDP Others Valid Votes Rejected Votes Registered Voters Turnout
Votes % Votes %
Coquitlam-Burke Mountain 3,836 46.48% 4,417 53.52% 8,253 20 38,393 21.55%
Vancouver-Mount Pleasant 5,627 60.14% 3,729 39.86% 9,356 44 40,561 23.17%
Total 9,463 53.74% 8,146 46.26% 17,609 64 78,954 22.38%

Elected Candidates

2016 British Columbia Provincial By-Election - Elected Candidates
Electoral District Elected Candidate Second Candidate Margin
Name Party Votes % Name Party Votes %
Coquitlam-Burke Mountain Jodie Wickens NDP 3,836 46.48% Joan Isaacs Liberal 3,146 38.12% 8.36%
Vancouver-Mount Pleasant Melanie Mark NDP 5,627 60.14% Pete Fry Green 2,533 27.07% 33.07%

Results by Candidates

There are 9 candidates competed for 9 seats, with 6 candidates (66.67%) received at least 5% of votes in their electoral districts.

2016 British Columbia Provincial By-Election - Summary by Candidate
Electoral District Candidate Affiliation Valid Votes %
Coquitlam-Burke Mountain Jodie Wickens BC NDP 3,836 46.48%
Joan Isaacs BC Liberal Party 3,146 38.12%
Joe Keithley BC Green Party 1,114 13.50%
Paul Geddes Libertarian 157 1.90%
Vancouver-Mount Pleasant Melanie Mark BC NDP 5,627 60.14%
Pete Fry BC Green Party 2,533 27.07%
Gavin Dew BC Liberal Party 1,056 11.29%
Bonnie Boya Hu Libertarian 79 0.84%
Jeremy Gustafson Your Political Party of BC (YPP) 61 0.65%

Results by Districts

Coquitlam-Burke Mountain

Jodie Wickens of BC NDP received 46.48% of the votes, totaling 3,836 votes, to win the election, defeated Joan Isaacs of BC Liberal Party by a margin of 8.36%. The total votes casted was 8,273, with 20 (0.24%) of these being rejected. There are totally 38,393 registered voters in the electoral district. The voter participation rate was 21.55%.

2016 British Columbia Provincial By-Election in Coquitlam-Burke Mountain
Candidate Party Votes %
Jodie Wickens BC NDP 3,836 46.48%
Joan Isaacs BC Liberal Party 3,146 38.12%
Joe Keithley BC Green Party 1,114 13.50%
Paul Geddes Libertarian 157 1.90%
Election Date: 2016-02-02, Valid Votes: 8,253, Rejected: 20, Total: 8,273, Margin: 8.36%, Registered Voters: 38,393, Turnout: 21.55%

Across all voting opportunities, 8,273 votes were cast out of 38,393 registered voters, marking a turnout of 21.55%. A total of 2,575 votes were cast in advance voting, accounting for 31.13% of all votes. During the general voting day, 5,202 votes were cast, accounting for 62.88%. The other 496 (6.00%) votes were cast by mail, absentee or other opportunities.

Votes by Poll and Opportunity - Coquitlam-Burke Mountain
Voting Opportunity Jodie Wickens Joan Isaacs Joe Keithley Paul Geddes Rejected All Votes Registered Voters Turnout
Advance Voting 1147 1083 293 50 2 2575 -
Special Voting 229 192 63 12 0 496 -
General Voting 2460 1871 758 95 18 5202 38393 13.55%
Total 3836 3146 1114 157 20 8273 38393 21.55%
Advance Voting - Coquitlam-Burke Mountain
Voting Location Jodie Wickens Joan Isaacs Joe Keithley Paul Geddes Rejected All Votes
Coquitlam River Elem School 250 196 55 9 1 511
Evergreen Cultural Centre 670 520 160 32 1 1383
Panorama Heights Elem School 227 367 78 9 0 681
Subtotal 1147 1083 293 50 2 2575
Special Voting - Coquitlam-Burke Mountain
Voting Opportunity Jodie Wickens Joan Isaacs Joe Keithley Paul Geddes Rejected All Votes
s. 100 Absentee - out of ED 0 0 0 0 0 0
s. 101 Absentee - advance 0 0 0 0 0 0
s. 104 Voting in DEO office 20 19 7 0 0 46
s. 106 Voting by mail 0 0 0 0 0 0
s. 98 Special 29 36 4 3 0 72
s. 99 Absentee - in ED 180 137 52 9 0 378
Subtotal 229 192 63 12 0 496
General Voting - Coquitlam-Burke Mountain
Voting Area Jodie Wickens Joan Isaacs Joe Keithley Paul Geddes Rejected All Votes Registered Voters Turnout
1 12 29 9 1 0 51 388 13.14%
2 43 34 8 2 0 87 543 16.02%
3 29 52 3 2 0 86 597 14.41%
4 28 22 3 0 0 53 529 10.02%
5 27 39 9 2 0 77 515 14.95%
6 18 25 7 1 0 51 573 8.90%
7 18 36 12 1 0 67 533 12.57%
8 12 43 4 3 0 62 550 11.27%
9 20 34 5 0 0 59 508 11.61%
10 23 31 2 3 0 59 435 13.56%
11 17 25 4 1 0 47 445 10.56%
12 20 26 4 3 0 53 483 10.97%
13 25 31 6 3 0 65 580 11.21%
14 22 25 7 0 1 55 578 9.52%
16, 15 27 38 8 1 1 75 528, 342 8.62%
17 34 37 15 1 0 87 600 14.50%
18 7 28 3 0 0 38 571 6.65%
19 10 21 6 0 0 37 603 6.14%
20 22 41 6 1 2 72 505 14.26%
21 28 21 8 1 0 58 570 10.18%
22 25 10 4 0 0 39 275 14.18%
23 23 39 11 2 2 77 473 16.28%
24 19 44 14 1 0 78 451 17.29%
25 73 37 22 4 3 139 498 27.91%
26 25 23 20 0 1 69 400 17.25%
27 28 43 26 2 0 99 543 18.23%
28 56 18 7 0 0 81 534 15.17%
29 36 32 11 3 0 82 428 19.16%
30 35 16 16 1 1 69 546 12.64%
31 16 5 11 1 0 33 534 6.18%
32 14 23 5 0 0 42 506 8.30%
33 23 20 4 0 0 47 598 7.86%
34 44 38 13 4 0 99 535 18.50%
35 11 24 15 2 0 52 544 9.56%
36 61 30 20 2 0 113 592 19.09%
37 42 33 14 1 0 90 504 17.86%
38 43 25 8 1 1 78 599 13.02%
39 38 30 8 0 0 76 585 12.99%
40 25 35 5 1 0 66 596 11.07%
41 29 18 6 0 0 53 570 9.30%
42 63 38 8 0 0 109 606 17.99%
43 28 36 8 0 0 72 592 12.16%
44 68 28 17 1 0 114 565 20.18%
45 94 28 23 1 0 146 553 26.40%
46 62 26 21 0 0 109 496 21.98%
47 67 21 23 0 0 111 560 19.82%
48 24 17 2 0 0 43 493 8.72%
49 22 22 14 1 0 59 505 11.68%
50 63 38 10 3 0 114 551 20.69%
51 40 28 16 0 0 84 492 17.07%
52 48 30 15 3 0 96 590 16.27%
53 39 28 8 0 0 75 522 14.37%
54 41 8 5 3 0 57 575 9.91%
55, 56 45 19 4 1 1 70 485, 535 6.86%
57 36 16 7 0 0 59 554 10.65%
58 28 14 8 5 0 55 516 10.66%
59 30 12 2 0 0 44 471 9.34%
60 48 51 11 1 2 113 562 20.11%
61 43 10 12 2 0 67 559 11.99%
62 39 14 24 2 0 79 587 13.46%
63 22 15 11 0 0 48 570 8.42%
64 34 11 9 0 0 54 512 10.55%
65 16 8 3 2 0 29 591 4.91%
66 17 13 5 4 0 39 576 6.77%
67 13 12 1 2 0 28 535 5.23%
68 20 5 6 0 0 31 229 13.54%
69 56 39 6 3 0 104 676 15.38%
70 57 28 17 0 0 102 436 23.39%
71 74 28 20 3 1 126 529 23.82%
72 67 19 31 0 1 118 531 22.22%
73 40 20 35 4 0 99 494 20.04%
74S 8 8 7 3 1 27 58 46.55%
Subtotal 2460 1871 758 95 18 5202 38393 13.55%

Vancouver-Mount Pleasant

Melanie Mark of BC NDP received 60.14% of the votes, totaling 5,627 votes, to win the election, defeated Pete Fry of BC Green Party by a comfortable margin of 33.07%. The total votes casted was 9,400, with 44 (0.47%) of these being rejected. There are totally 40,561 registered voters in the electoral district. The voter participation rate was 23.17%.

2016 British Columbia Provincial By-Election in Vancouver-Mount Pleasant
Candidate Party Votes %
Melanie Mark BC NDP 5,627 60.14%
Pete Fry BC Green Party 2,533 27.07%
Gavin Dew BC Liberal Party 1,056 11.29%
Bonnie Boya Hu Libertarian 79 0.84%
Jeremy Gustafson Your Political Party of BC (YPP) 61 0.65%
Election Date: 2016-02-02, Valid Votes: 9,356, Rejected: 44, Total: 9,400, Margin: 33.07%, Registered Voters: 40,561, Turnout: 23.17%

Across all voting opportunities, 9,400 votes were cast out of 40,561 registered voters, marking a turnout of 23.17%. A total of 2,148 votes were cast in advance voting, accounting for 22.85% of all votes. During the general voting day, 6,595 votes were cast, accounting for 70.16%. The other 657 (6.99%) votes were cast by mail, absentee or other opportunities.

Votes by Poll and Opportunity - Vancouver-Mount Pleasant
Voting Opportunity Melanie Mark Pete Fry Gavin Dew Bonnie Boya Hu Jeremy Gustafson Rejected All Votes Registered Voters Turnout
Advance Voting 1295 577 244 19 6 7 2148 -
Special Voting 374 208 62 5 6 2 657 -
General Voting 3958 1748 750 55 49 35 6595 40561 16.26%
Total 5627 2533 1056 79 61 44 9400 40561 23.17%
Advance Voting - Vancouver-Mount Pleasant
Voting Location Melanie Mark Pete Fry Gavin Dew Bonnie Boya Hu Jeremy Gustafson Rejected All Votes
Britannia Comm Centre-Gym D 224 71 15 3 0 1 314
Lord Strathcona Elem School 387 241 84 9 0 3 724
Maurice McElrea Place 72 34 14 2 1 0 123
Mt. Pleasant Elem School 612 231 131 5 5 3 987
Subtotal 1295 577 244 19 6 7 2148
Special Voting - Vancouver-Mount Pleasant
Voting Opportunity Melanie Mark Pete Fry Gavin Dew Bonnie Boya Hu Jeremy Gustafson Rejected All Votes
s. 100 Absentee - out of ED 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
s. 101 Absentee - advance 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
s. 104 Voting in DEO office 25 5 12 2 1 0 45
s. 106 Voting by mail 5 5 0 0 0 0 10
s. 98 Special 4 0 2 0 0 0 6
s. 99 Absentee - in ED 340 198 48 3 5 2 596
Subtotal 374 208 62 5 6 2 657
General Voting - Vancouver-Mount Pleasant
Voting Area Melanie Mark Pete Fry Gavin Dew Bonnie Boya Hu Jeremy Gustafson Rejected All Votes Registered Voters Turnout
1 15 20 7 2 0 0 44 460 9.57%
2 35 16 8 0 1 0 60 584 10.27%
3 77 21 3 2 1 3 107 517 20.70%
4 41 20 7 0 0 0 68 531 12.81%
5 65 31 6 0 2 0 104 513 20.27%
6 42 43 12 4 0 0 101 526 19.20%
7 43 55 7 1 0 0 106 562 18.86%
8 66 33 13 0 2 0 114 613 18.60%
9 41 17 6 0 0 0 64 600 10.67%
10 40 8 10 2 2 0 62 629 9.86%
11, 78S 38 16 16 2 0 1 73 672, 16 10.61%
12 77 28 5 0 0 0 110 553 19.89%
13 36 8 12 1 0 0 57 616 9.25%
14 26 22 7 1 0 0 56 602 9.30%
15 30 10 1 0 0 0 41 544 7.54%
16 23 15 5 0 0 0 43 657 6.54%
17 54 9 14 0 0 0 77 644 11.96%
18 18 11 8 0 0 0 37 557 6.64%
19 24 22 4 0 0 0 50 592 8.45%
20 32 25 5 0 0 0 62 640 9.69%
21 42 58 10 2 2 1 115 570 20.18%
22 29 29 11 1 0 0 70 470 14.89%
23 98 35 2 0 1 1 137 576 23.78%
24 80 48 5 1 0 0 134 577 23.22%
25 87 57 3 0 1 1 149 654 22.78%
26 89 39 7 0 2 0 137 682 20.09%
27 114 36 18 0 0 3 171 661 25.87%
28 85 22 6 0 2 0 115 541 21.26%
29 99 37 8 1 0 0 145 684 21.20%
30 98 16 5 1 1 0 121 579 20.90%
31 33 14 3 1 1 0 52 587 8.86%
32 31 27 8 0 0 0 66 580 11.38%
33 42 26 10 0 0 0 78 561 13.90%
34 50 21 17 2 0 0 90 526 17.11%
35 46 41 10 0 2 1 100 553 18.08%
36 62 38 10 0 0 0 110 661 16.64%
37 60 43 8 1 2 0 114 595 19.16%
38 75 22 8 2 0 0 107 608 17.60%
39 64 27 6 0 1 0 98 577 16.98%
40 53 26 10 0 1 0 90 542 16.61%
41 56 31 14 0 0 3 104 668 15.57%
42 57 16 6 1 0 0 80 672 11.90%
43 97 28 5 1 1 0 132 693 19.05%
44 66 17 5 0 1 0 89 654 13.61%
45 82 20 8 1 0 0 111 676 16.42%
46 68 21 25 2 0 0 116 636 18.24%
47 56 33 14 1 0 0 104 700 14.86%
48 64 26 14 0 0 0 104 703 14.79%
49 20 32 12 3 2 1 70 623 11.24%
50 34 29 7 0 1 0 71 511 13.89%
51 38 10 10 1 0 0 59 535 11.03%
52 50 18 15 0 1 0 84 601 13.98%
53, 74S 70 18 12 1 1 0 102 593, 20 16.64%
54 58 20 9 2 0 0 89 602 14.78%
55 95 39 15 0 0 0 149 621 23.99%
56 61 28 7 0 0 0 96 577 16.64%
57 58 33 10 1 1 0 103 659 15.63%
58 79 17 7 0 1 0 104 702 14.81%
59 61 44 10 3 0 0 118 631 18.70%
60 78 25 9 1 3 0 116 547 21.21%
61 63 20 9 1 0 0 93 521 17.85%
62 81 22 29 1 0 3 136 624 21.79%
63 56 17 14 1 0 0 88 691 12.74%
64 112 28 20 0 0 0 160 634 25.24%
65 73 17 31 2 0 0 123 534 23.03%
66 85 12 20 0 0 0 117 621 18.84%
69S, 67S, 68S 22 10 19 0 1 3 55 188, 71, 121 14.47%
70S, 71S, 76S 7 10 16 2 6 1 42 33, 62, 29 33.87%
72S, 77S, 79S 20 4 38 2 5 11 80 132, 43, 37 37.74%
73S, 75S 31 11 19 1 1 2 65 50, 134 35.33%
Subtotal 3958 1748 750 55 49 35 6595 40561 16.26%

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