Almost 34 per cent of registered electors in Delta voted at advance polls this election.
On Friday (April 25), Elections Canada released a preliminary count of electors who voted at advance polls, broken down by riding.
Of the 85,163 registered voters in the riding, 28,667 cast a ballot from April 18 to April 21. That's an increase of 63.6 per cent from the 2021 federal election, when 17,518 vote at advance polls.
This election, “Delta” includes a small portion of Surrey as the Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission for British Columbia adjusted the riding’s borders in 2023 to enclose the area from 64 Street south to the British Columbia Railway adjacent to Colebrook Road, and from 120 Street east to 126 Street above 58 Avenue, to 128 Street between 58 and 56 avenues, and to 125A Street/Station Road from 56 to the rail line.
All told, the newly redefined riding, which as in past elections also includes Tsawwassen First Nation, has an area of around 190 square kilometres and a population of 117,734 based on 2021 census data.
An estimated 7.3 million Canadians voted in the advance federal election polls over Easter weekend, according to Elections Canada.
That "record number" represents a 25 per cent increase from the 5.8 million who voted in advance in the 2021 general election. Province-wide, advance voting was up 37 per cent this election, with 1,104,151 British Columbians casting their ballot. That’s up from 804,116 in 2021.
Voting day is Monday, April 28, with local polls open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Candidates running in Delta are Jason McCormick with the New Democratic Party, Jill McKnight with the Liberal Party of Canada, Jessy Sahota with the Conservative Party of Canada, and Natasa Sirotic with the People's Party of Canada.
— with files from Anna Burns
