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Abbotsford, Mission Conservatives Celebrate Blue Wave
Banman captured 62.8% of the vote in preliminary counts and was joined by fellow elected Conservatives at his victory celebration.
- On Saturday, Conservative Bruce Banman won his third term as MLA for Abbotsford South, securing the result amid a province-wide shift toward the Conservative Party.
- Prior to joining the Conservatives in September 2023, Banman served as an MLA for the BC Liberals and BC United, having briefly sat as an independent and with CentreBC earlier this year.
- With 62.8 per cent of the vote, Banman defeated NDP candidate Leah Ballantyne, who received 30.3 per cent, while OneBC's Robin Roy earned 6.5 per cent.
- Joining Banman at a joint election party, Conservative Korky Neufeld and Conservative Darryl Kropp celebrated with more than 100 supporters to mark the newly formed Conservative majority government in British Columbia.
- Before entering provincial politics, Banman served as Abbotsford mayor from 2011 to 2014 and as a city councillor from 2018 to 2021 before joining the Legislature.
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