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Over 53 per cent of eligible voters in Oak Bay cast a ballot, according to CivicInfo BC B次元官网网址� significantly higher than the provincial average of 36 per cent.

Oak Bay also had the highest voter turnout for the municipality in the past 10 years. Both at the 2014 and 2011 elections, voter turnout in Oak Bay was at 44.3 per cent; and in 2008, it was down at 36.8 per cent.

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To Oak Bay residents Kerry and Brian Copeland, deer and infrastructure are one of the main issues in Oak Bay. They said voting is vital because itB次元官网网址檚 B次元官网网址渢he only way for local residents to have a sayB次元官网网址�

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Oak Bay residents Trevor and Lynne Bennett said that what motivated them to come out to vote today was the quality of local public washrooms and parking issues. As of 7 p.m., 1848 people had cast their ballot at the Monterey Recreation Centre

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Bigger cities saw turnouts largely in line with the provincial average, which has hovered around the mid- to low 30s for the past few elections. In Victoria, where incumbent Mayor Lisa Helps held onto power, 45 per cent of voters turn out.

The total number of votes cast this election in Oak Bay was 7,232, while the number of eligible voters is 13,499.

Attendance was also high at the three all-candidates meetings held in Oak Bay this year. All seating, standing room, and even the corners behind the candidatesB次元官网网址� tables were filled with residents at the Monterey Recreation Centre, where the first meeting was held.

- With files from Katya Slepian and Keri Coles