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 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

2017 British Columbia general election: Coquitlam-Burke Mountain
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]

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.