Tuesday’s election was a nailbiter and the results are something the province hasn’t seen in more than half a century. So what’s changed in four years and which party has seen the most benefit?
Provincially, victory goes to the Greens. In 2013, they had just one candidate elected and took a little over 8% of the vote. This year, three candidates won their seats and the party captured close to 17% of the vote, more than doubling their share.
Either way you look at it – number of seats or percentage of votes won – the Liberals lost. At least 5 fewer Liberals will take a seat in the legislature and the party’s share of the vote dropped nearly 4% province wide.But not all Liberals suffered a drop in popularity. Both Mike Morris and Shirley Bond saw their share of the vote grow by 2% over 2013.
However, both local NDP candidates lost ground. Bobby Deepak won 3% fewer votes than he did in 2013 and Natalie Fletcher was less popular than predecessor Sherry Ogasawara by more than 6%.
Only the local Green candidates saw a similar trend to their counterparts across the province. Hilary Crowley ended up with more than 11% of the votes in Prince George-Mackenzie – about twice the Greens share in 2013. There was no Green candidate in Prince George-Valemount in 2013. This year, Nan Kendy captured 12% of the riding’s votes.
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