Media Advisory: Coquitlam-Burke Mountain and Vancouver-Mount Pleasant By-Election Preliminary Voting Results

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 1, 2016

VICTORIA – Preliminary voting results for the February 2016 Coquitlam-Burke Mountain and Vancouver-Mount Pleasant by-elections will be reported on Tuesday, February 2, 2016 following the close of general voting and the completion of initial count.

Preliminary results will be posted after 8 p.m. (as available) at:

Preliminary voting results for each electoral district will include:

  • number of votes cast by candidate and party
  • number of ballot boxes reported
  • total number of ballot boxes, and
  • percentage of popular vote

General voting locations are open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., Tuesday, February 2, 2016.

A list of general voting locations can be accessed by following the links below (under the heading “Voting Opportunities”)

Final voting results will be available on the Elections BC website (elections.bc.ca) after absentee ballots are counted and final count is concluded. Final count is scheduled to begin on Tuesday, February 9, 2016.

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Contact:
Amie Foster
A/Communications Manager
Elections BC
Phone: 250-387-1709
Email: Amie.Foster@elections.bc.ca
Website: elections.bc.ca

 

Al Olson
District Electoral Officer
Coquitlam-Burke Mountain
#203-2963 Glen Drive, Coquitlam, BC
Phone: 604-927-2914
Peter Walton
District Electoral Officer
Vancouver-Mount Pleasant
191 Alexander Street, Vancouver, BC
Phone: 604-660-1319

 

Elections BC is an independent, non-partisan Office of the Legislature responsible for administering electoral process in British Columbia under the Election Act, Local Elections Campaign Financing Act, Recall and Initiative Act, and Referendum Act.