Jodie Wickens

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
Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly
for Coquitlam-Burke Mountain
In office
February 2, 2016  May 9, 2017
Preceded byDouglas Horne
Succeeded byJoan Isaacs
Personal details
Born (1982-12-18) December 18, 1982
Political partyBC NDP
ResidenceCoquitlam, British Columbia
ProfessionPolitician

Prior to being elected, Wickens was executive director of the Autism Support Network.[2]

Electoral record

2017 British Columbia general election: Coquitlam-Burke Mountain
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
LiberalJoan Isaacs10,38844.28+6.20$59,630
New DemocraticJodie Wickens10,30143.91−2.22$61,721
GreenIan Donnelly Soutar2,77111.81−1.74$5,251
Total valid votes 23,460100.00
Total rejected ballots 1740.74+0.50
Turnout 23,63457.46+35.91
Registered voters 41,133
Source: Elections BC[3][4]

References

  1. "B.C. NDP candidates Jodie Wickens and Melanie Mark win Metro Vancouver byelections". CBC News. 2 February 2016. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
  2. "Jodie Wickens wins Coquitlam–Burke Mountain by-election for the NDP". The Georgia Straight. February 2, 2016. Retrieved February 3, 2016.
  3. "Statement of Votes – 41st Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. 9 May 2017. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
  4. "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
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