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.

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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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