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	(1982-12-18) 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	%
	Liberal	Joan Isaacs	10,388	44.28
	New Democratic	Jodie Wickens	10,301	43.91
	Green	Ian Donnelly Soutar	2,771	11.81
Total valid votes			23,460	100.00
Source: Elections BC[3]

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 – May 9, 2017" (PDF). Elections BC. 9 May 2017. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 December 2018. Retrieved 12 December 2018.