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B.C. Conservatives projected to win majority, ending nine years of NDP rule
On B.C. election night, October 24, CityNews and The Canadian Press projected a Conservative majority government, with interim leader Lorne Doerkson defeating NDP Premier David Eby; the official result is still to be certified by Elections BC.
Why it matters
This is British Columbia's first change of government in nine years: the NDP has governed since 2017 and has now been unseated by the opposition Conservatives. The Conservatives changed interim leader in September, bringing in Lorne Doerkson, and trailed in pre-election polls before turning the race around on voting night.
Full report
British Columbians voted on October 24 to fill all 93 seats in the Legislative Assembly; 47 seats form a majority. Decision desks at CityNews and The Canadian Press projected on election night that the Conservatives would form a majority government, with interim leader Lorne Doerkson defeating NDP Premier David Eby. Doerkson himself was re-elected in Cariboo-Chilcotin.
In the live count as of about 9:49 p.m. Pacific Time, the Conservatives led in 62 ridings, the NDP in 29 and the Greens in 2; with about 70 percent of polls reporting, the popular vote stood at roughly 47.8 percent Conservative, 37.8 percent NDP and 11.0 percent Green. These are election-night leads, not certified final results.
The Conservative platform promises income tax cuts, faster housing approvals, a hybrid auto-insurance model, expanded child care, and repeal of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (DRIPA).
Elections BC has not yet certified the final result: mail-in and absentee ballots still require multi-day verification, and the winner in individual close ridings could still change. We will follow up when the official result is declared.
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