2024 BC Election

[Brad Sallows]

Regardless, BC is likely facing years of legislative uncertainty and struggle as no one party will be dominant enough to confidently drive the agenda.

The 2017 NDP minority supported by GP lasted over 3 years, and Horgan is the one that pulled the plug.

If the results stand as they are now, the only interesting question is whether the Greens will formally support one of the other parties (and at what price), or everything will be done case-by-case.

 

[brihard]

Rebellion. I’ve heard Kevin Acton - an independent in Vernon Lumby who had campaign signs everywhere designed to look like he was a Conservative candidate - took so many votes that the NDP again slid in and took the riding. That’s twice in a row the PPC or Liberals (he’s a Liberal- have engaged in fishy conduct).

I spoke about this case above. Respectfully, I think you’re casting an unfair aspersion on Acton. He was elected as the BC United candidate for his riding. He basically refused to completely cave in because the party leader told him to on dissolution of the party. He was selected by his riding association, and simply continued to run as an independent. I think it was reasonable for BCU candidates to feel they were hung out to dry and to not just roll over and take it.

 

[Cloud Cover]

He made his election signs look like Conservative signs and very few if any of those signs indicated he was an independent.

 

[daftandbarmy]

Nail biter...

Les Leyne: A dead-heat election for B.C. thanks to Conservative surge​

The Conservative Party of B.C.’s stunning surge culminated in a dead-heat election that on Saturday night left them just short of the 47-seat majority.

Les Leyne: A dead-heat election for B.C. thanks to Conservative surge

The Conservative Party of B.C.’s stunning surge culminated in a dead-heat election that on Saturday night left them just short of the 47-seat majority.

www.timescolonist.com

 

[Colin Parkinson]

The West Van Green win so far is by 260 votes. considering the disarray on the Conservative side, it means the NDP is not close to voters hearts.

 

[daftandbarmy]

Whew... this is just nuts

When will we know more about B.C.'s tight provincial election?​

Less than 0.3% of results remain to be made official after Saturday, but up to 11 ridings could be in play​

The full results of the 2024 provincial election in B.C. may not be known for up to a week, as officials tally a number of close races and the B.C. NDP and B.C. Conservatives are in a dead heat.

As of 8 a.m. PT on Sunday, the NDP were leading or elected in 46 seats, the Conservatives in 45 seats and the B.C. Greens were elected in two seats. In the B.C. Legislature, 47 seats are required to form a majority government.

However, based on preliminary results, CBC News has not projected the winners of 11 ridings — with the NDP leading in six of those, and the Conservatives in five.

Some of those ridings are likely to be subject to an automatic recount — in any ridings where the margin of victory is 100 votes or less.

The winners of those recounts will be determined during the final counting period between Oct. 26 and 28, according to Elections B.C.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/b-c-election-2024-analysis-division-1.7357488
In addition, Elections B.C. says that it will tally mail-in ballots and out-of-district votes in a number of ridings. As of midnight PT on Sunday, officials said that less than 0.3 per cent of preliminary results remained to be reported.

"Sixteen districts are continuing to count out-of-district ballots. These ballots take longer to count for several reasons," wrote an Elections B.C. spokesperson in a midnight statement.

"With B.C.'s vote anywhere model, some districts are reporting out-of-district results from dozens of other contests. Write-in ballots also take longer to count than ordinary ballots."

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-election-2024-what-happens-now-1.7357615

 

[RangerRay]

There may be a few other seats where “independent United” candidates played spoiler. On the surface though, it doesn’t look like it’s as many as thought before the election.

What had more of an impact was the 4-5% who I am guessing used to support BC Libreral/United but actually went out and voted NDP. Normally, win or lose, the NDP gets +/- 40% of the vote (2001 and 2017 were anomalies). This time they are sitting at ~45% and have more votes than the only electorally viable free-enterprise party, the BC Conservatives. If the BC Conservatives want to win back that ~5% of voters so they can win next time, they may have to professionalize the party and do something about the bozo eruptions. Some of those guys won with healthy majorities in their ridings, but they are also scaring away a small but significant part of the coalition they need to form government.

With a whole bunch of new MLA’s who, probably a year ago, didn’t expect to get elected, this should be interesting!

 

[daftandbarmy]

There may be a few other seats where “independent United” candidates played spoiler. On the surface though, it doesn’t look like it’s as many as thought before the election.

What had more of an impact was the 4-5% who I am guessing used to support BC Libreral/United but actually went out and voted NDP. Normally, win or lose, the NDP gets +/- 40% of the vote (2001 and 2017 were anomalies). This time they are sitting at ~45% and have more votes than the only electorally viable free-enterprise party, the BC Conservatives. If the BC Conservatives want to win back that ~5% of voters so they can win next time, they may have to professionalize the party and do something about the bozo eruptions. Some of those guys won with healthy majorities in their ridings, but they are also scaring away a small but significant part of the coalition they need to form government.

With a whole bunch of new MLA’s who, probably a year ago, didn’t expect to get elected, this should be interesting!

Meanwhile, at Election BC

 

[dapaterson]

Newly elected Conservative MLA may be under investigation for falsely presenting herself as a medical doctor.

Union wants probe of Conservative candidate's use of 'doctor,' MD titles

Langley-Willowbrook candidate Jody Toor's use of a protected title in B.C. misleads the public and may place British Columbians at risk, the Hospital Employees' Union says.

www.vancouverisawesome.com

 

[Remius]

Newly elected Conservative MLA may be under investigation for falsely presenting herself as a medical doctor.

Union wants probe of Conservative candidate's use of 'doctor,' MD titles

Langley-Willowbrook candidate Jody Toor's use of a protected title in B.C. misleads the public and may place British Columbians at risk, the Hospital Employees' Union says.

www.vancouverisawesome.com

At least she didn’t claim she worked at McDonalds without proof…

 

[brihard]

Newly elected Conservative MLA may be under investigation for falsely presenting herself as a medical doctor.

Union wants probe of Conservative candidate's use of 'doctor,' MD titles

Langley-Willowbrook candidate Jody Toor's use of a protected title in B.C. misleads the public and may place British Columbians at risk, the Hospital Employees' Union says.

www.vancouverisawesome.com

Two PhDs from a unaccredited online university? Neat. She’s a classic charlatan.

Great candidate vetting there.

 

[SeaKingTacco]

Two PhDs from a unaccredited online university? Neat. She’s a classic charlatan.

Great candidate vetting there.

She got elected.

Which is the minimum qualification to be an MLA.

 

[RangerRay]

Newly elected Conservative MLA may be under investigation for falsely presenting herself as a medical doctor.

Union wants probe of Conservative candidate's use of 'doctor,' MD titles

Langley-Willowbrook candidate Jody Toor's use of a protected title in B.C. misleads the public and may place British Columbians at risk, the Hospital Employees' Union says.

www.vancouverisawesome.com

Her profile there said her main research interest is in mental and emotional health with a holistic approach.

“Her devotion to this quest has inspired her in pursuit of the rigorous training education she underwent to comprehend what people need to stay healthy with herbs and supplements including medicinal mushrooms, plant medicines and medical cannabis,” the profile said. “As a Quantum Practitioner, Dr. Toor also utilizes elements of quantum physics to help her patients realized [sic] their greatest potential.”

Jesus H Christ. It wasn’t that long ago that these New Age crystal-holistic medicine hippy type “doctors” were associated with the NDP or the Greens, not the Conservatives!

Down is up! Cats are sleeping with dogs!

 

[dapaterson]

This weekend in politics: The BC legislature is hung like Arnold Palmer.

 

[SeaKingTacco]

This weekend in politics: The BC legislature is hung like Arnold Palmer.

It ain’t going to get better, anytime soon.

 

[Cloud Cover]

She’s the one prescribing goat weed to Rustad.

 

[Remius]

Jesus H Christ. It wasn’t that long ago that these New Age crystal-holistic medicine hippy type “doctors” were associated with the NDP or the Greens, not the Conservatives!

Down is up! Cats are sleeping with dogs!

COVID changed a lot of things and orbits.

 

[SeaKingTacco]

She’s the one prescribing goat weed to Rustad.

Probably.

But, he will be Premier, one day.

And he is one of the calmer BCCPers.

Eby mismanaged this into the ground.

He didn’t reign in his crazy wing and let them run amok with drug dens and talk of handing all private property in Rural BC to First Nations.

So, here we are. A crazy impasse.

 

[daftandbarmy]

Probably.

But, he will be Premier, one day.

And he is one of the calmer BCCPers.

Eby mismanaged this into the ground.

He didn’t reign in his crazy wing and let them run amok with drug dens and talk of handing all private property in Rural BC to First Nations.

So, here we are. A crazy impasse.

And Eby led them to a big slide, especially in Surrey, which might not endear him to some in his (more ruthlessly ambitious) party members:

What Now? How the Next BC Government Will Be Decided​

As things stood on election night, the BC NDP won the popular vote, taking 44.6 per cent with the Conservatives close behind at 43.6 per cent. The Greens trailed with just over eight per cent.

That share of the vote was among the NDP’s better results, but short of what it received in the 2020 election held in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic when John Horgan led the party to a large majority. Eby replaced Horgan as leader almost two years ago.

The NDP slide translated into losses in several ridings the party had hoped to win and for 16 NDP incumbents. They included cabinet ministers Nathan Cullen in Bulkley Valley-Stikine, Pam Alexis in Abbotsford-Mission and Rachna Singh in Surrey North.

NDP incumbents also lost in three other seats in Surrey, two in Chilliwack, two in Richmond, two on northern Vancouver Island, two in Langley, one in Maple Ridge and one in the southern Interior.

All of those seats went to the Conservatives, who over the last 18 months built a movement from nothing that overtook the official Opposition, BC United, which responded by suspending its campaign in August.

What Now? How the Next BC Government Will Be Decided | The Tyee

It could take a week before final election results are determined.

thetyee.ca

 

[Brad Sallows]

It sure is easy to take peoples' eyes off the ball.