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B.C.'s Snap Election Held the Day After 2020 Class of MLAs Secured Pensions
Nine New Democratic Party MLAs and three Conservatives vested pensions after David Eby called the snap election one day later, critics said.
- By waiting until October 24 to call the B.C. snap election, NDP Leader David Eby ensured that MLAs first elected in 2020 vested their pensions on October 23, protecting retirement benefits for 12 legislators.
- Kimberley Speers, a public administration professor at the University of Victoria, noted that leaders typically consider pensions when setting election dates, while former B.C. Conservative leader John Rustad speculated the delay likely ensured outgoing members secured their benefits.
- Nine NDP MLAs and three Conservative MLAs secured pensions through this timing, including former finance minister Brenda Bailey and former emergency management minister Kelly Greene, with Niki Sharma, Josie Osborne, and Lorne Doerkson also passing the threshold.
- NDP caucus communications director Edward May denied the timing was strategic, stating that pensions were "not at all a consideration" in the decision, while Eby attributed it to U.S. tariff threats and cost-of-living concerns.
- Exit polls by Research Co. suggest a Findlay-led Conservative Party would have performed worse, indicating the leadership change to Doerkson helped unite the right after Kerry-Lynne Findlay resigned two days before the September 22 snap election call.
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