Final vote count for snap election hands B.C. Conservatives 64 seat majority

The B.C. Conservatives have secured another seat after the final vote results for this fall’s provincial election, flipping a Burnaby riding from the NDP.

Elections B.C. put the final count at 64 seats for the Conservatives, 27 for the NDP, and 2 seats for the Greens.

Conservative David Xie narrowly defeated NDP incumbent Paul Choi in the Burnaby South-Metrotown riding, winning by 64 votes after a recount.

The final count for all 93 ridings was reported Monday, including mail-in and absentee ballots.

Elections B.C. said two other ridings have met the threshold for automatic judicial recounts.

The Conservative’s Kristina Loewen lead by 43 votes in the Kelowna-Centre riding, ahead of the NDP’s Loyal Wooldridge.

In Ladysmith-Oceanside, NDP incumbent Stephanie Higginson won by 50 votes over Conservative candidate Kris McNichol.

The deadline for applications for a judicial recount is Nov. 16.

Emily Joveski
Emily Joveski
Emily Joveski is the provincial news reporter for Vista Radio, based in Victoria B.C. She has worked in radio for more than a decade, and was previously on the airwaves as a broadcaster for The Canadian Press in Toronto. When she's not at her desk, she might be found exploring Vancouver Island or loitering in a local book store.

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