Jodie Wickens is a Canadian politician, who served in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia as a British Columbia New Democratic Party MLA for the Coquitlam-Burke Mountain electoral district. She was elected on February 2, 2016, in a by-election, defeating BC Liberal Party candidate Joan Isaacs and Green Party of British Columbia candidate Joe Keithley with 46% of the vote.[1] In the 2017 provincial election, she was narrowly defeated by Joan Isaacs, who received 87 more votes.
Jodie Wickens | |
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| Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly for Coquitlam-Burke Mountain | |
| In office February 2, 2016 – May 9, 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Douglas Horne |
| Succeeded by | Joan Isaacs |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 18, 1982 |
| Political party | BC NDP |
| Residence | Coquitlam, British Columbia |
| Profession | Politician |
Prior to being elected, Wickens was executive director of the Autism Support Network.[2]
Electoral record
edit| 2017 British Columbia general election: Coquitlam-Burke Mountain | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Joan Isaacs | 10,388 | 44.28 | +6.20 | $59,630 | |||
| New Democratic | Jodie Wickens | 10,301 | 43.91 | −2.22 | $61,721 | |||
| Green | Ian Donnelly Soutar | 2,771 | 11.81 | −1.74 | $5,251 | |||
| Total valid votes | 23,460 | 100.00 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 174 | 0.74 | +0.50 | |||||
| Turnout | 23,634 | 57.46 | +35.91 | |||||
| Registered voters | 41,133 | |||||||
| Source: Elections BC[3][4] | ||||||||
| British Columbia provincial by-election, February 2, 2016: Coquitlam-Burke Mountain | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Jodie Wickens | 3,836 | 46.48 | +9.13 | $69,695 | |||
| Liberal | Joan Isaacs | 3,146 | 38.12 | −11.81 | $68,690 | |||
| Green | Joe Keithley | 1,114 | 13.50 | +7.70 | $16,337 | |||
| Libertarian | Paul Geddes | 157 | 1.90 | +0.45 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 8,253 | 100.00 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 20 | 0.24 | −0.53 | |||||
| Turnout | 8,273 | 21.55 | −31.68 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 38,393 | |||||||
| New Democratic gain from Liberal | Swing | +10.47 | ||||||
References
edit- ^ "B.C. NDP candidates Jodie Wickens and Melanie Mark win Metro Vancouver byelections". CBC News. February 2, 2016. Retrieved February 3, 2016.
- ^ "Jodie Wickens wins Coquitlam–Burke Mountain by-election for the NDP". The Georgia Straight. February 2, 2016. Retrieved February 3, 2016.
- ^ "Statement of Votes – 41st Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. May 9, 2017. Retrieved December 12, 2018.
- ^ "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
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