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Elections BC confirms Wickens' win

The final voting results are in for last week's byelection in Coquitlam-Burke Mountain
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Jodie Wickens with her children at a volunteer rally last month.

The final voting results are in for last week's byelection in Coquitlam-Burke Mountain but the count only shifted slightly for those who put their name forward for provincial office.

Newly elect BC NDP MLA Jodie Wickens officially won 46.48% of the vote, according to numbers released by Elections BC on Tuesday, while BC Liberal candidate Joan Isaacs trailed at 38.12%.

Their competitors, Joe Keithley for the BC Green Party and Libertarian Paul Geddes, took 13.50% and 1.90% of the vote respectively at the advance polls and on general election day, Feb. 2.

Wickens, who was at the Legislature Tuesday to hear the Throne Speech, will be sworn in with her Vancouver-Mt. Pleasant counterpart, Melanie Mark, on Feb. 17.

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