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B.C. Conservatives Win Majority, with Lorne Doerkson to Be Premier
CityNews projects 63 Conservative seats, enough for a majority and a historic first since 1933.
- The B.C. Conservative Party is projected to form a majority government, with interim leader Lorne Doerkson set to become British Columbia's 38th premier, ending nearly a decade of New Democrats rule.
- NDP Leader David Eby called the snap election two years early, seeking a stronger mandate, but the move backfired as voters moved away from the party amid legislature frustration.
- Conservatives are leading or elected in 63 of 93 legislative seats, securing well over the 47 seats required for a majority, marking Doerkson's rapid ascent after assuming the party's top job five weeks ago.
- Reduced to the role of Official Opposition for the first time since 2017, the New Democrats were rejected by voters who moved away from left-leaning politics.
- With a plan to shrink the deficit to $10.8 billion by 2030, the Conservatives promised to cut income taxes and repeal the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act.
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"B.C. is definitely BLUE!": Lorne Doerkson
THE next premier of British Columbia, B.C. Conservative Leader Lorne Doerkson declared jubilantly on Saturday night: “B.C. is definitley BLUE!” as provincial election results showed that his party had won a gigantic majority with more than 60 seats while the NDP were around 30 seats and the BC Greens had won just two ridings. In […]
·Surrey, Canada
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Change of government in B.C.: Conservative majority projected
REGINA, Sask. - For the second provincial election in a row an incumbent government has been tossed out by the voters as British Columbia has elected a Conservative government. The Conservatives are projected to form a majority government,...
Canadian Press expects British Columbia's Conservative Party to form a majority government in the province
·Montreal, Canada
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Total News Sources38
Leaning Left23Leaning Right0Center11Last UpdatedBias Distribution68% Left
Bias Distribution
- 68% of the sources lean Left
68% Left
L 68%
C 32%
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