2013 British Columbia general election

The 2013 British Columbia general election took place on May 14, 2013, to elect the 85 members of the 40th Parliament of British Columbia to the Legislative Assembly in the Canadian province of British Columbia. The British Columbia Liberal Party (BC Liberals) formed the government during the 39th Parliament prior to this general election, initially under the leadership of Premier Gordon Campbell then after his resignation, Christy Clark. The British Columbia New Democratic Party (BC NDP) under the leadership of Carole James, and then Adrian Dix, formed the Official Opposition. The BC Green Party under the leadership of Jane Sterk and the BC Conservative Party under John Cummins were also included in polling, although neither party had representation at the end of the 39th Parliament.

2013 British Columbia general election
May 14, 2013 (2013-05-14)
85 seats in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
43 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout55.32%[1] 4.33 pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Christy Clark Adrian Dix Jane Sterk
Party Liberal New Democratic Green
Leader since February 26, 2011 April 17, 2011 October 21, 2007
Leader's seat Vancouver-Point Grey (lost re-election) Vancouver-Kingsway Ran in Victoria-Beacon Hill (lost)
Last election 49 seats, 45.82% 35 seats, 42.15% 0 seats, 8.21%
Seats before 45 36 0
Seats won 49 34 1
Seat change 4 2 1
Popular vote 795,946 715,999 146,607
Percentage 44.14% 39.71% 8.13%
Swing 1.68pp 2.44pp 0.08pp
Popular vote by riding. As this is an FPTP election, seat totals are not determined by popular vote, but instead via results by each riding. Click the map for more details.
Premier before election

Christy Clark
Liberal

 Premier after election

Christy Clark
Liberal

The Liberal Party won its fourth straight majority; Clark was defeated in her riding, but she was re-elected to the legislature in a subsequent by-election in Westside-Kelowna on July 10, 2013,[2] after Liberal MLA Ben Stewart stepped down on her behalf.[3] The NDP remained the official opposition, losing two seats, and the Green Party won its first seat.

Despite their victory, the Liberals had been consistently several points behind the opposition New Democrats in every public opinion poll throughout the campaign.[4] Even poll results released on the last day of the campaign suggested that the New Democrats had an eight to nine percentage point margin over the Liberals.[5] Only one pollster, Forum Research, had released a poll which suggested that the Liberals were close enough that a victory was even possible for them, although even that poll had the New Democrats ahead by two percentage points.[5] The Liberals' upset victory led to significant media debate about the quality of opinion polling in Canadian elections.

Timing

Section 23 of British Columbia's Constitution Act provides that general elections occur on the second Tuesday in May of the fourth calendar year after the last election.[6] As an election was held on May 12, 2009, the next election was scheduled for May 14, 2013. The same section, though, makes the fixed election date subject to the Lieutenant Governor's right to dissolve the Legislative Assembly as he or she sees fit.[6]

The writs were dropped April 16, 2013,[7] and the general election was held on May 14, 2013, with advance voting made available on May 8 through 11.[8]

Background

After leading the BC Liberals for 17 years, Gordon Campbell announced he would resign as Premier and party leader in November 2010. This was seen as the result of opposition to the Harmonized Sales Tax, which was very unpopular with voters.[9]

In the ensuing leadership campaign, Christy Clark, the eventual winner, suggested she would prefer to hold an election earlier than 2013 to secure her own mandate.[10] She was believed to be preparing her party for an election as early as autumn 2011.[11] However, due to the unfavourable result from the HST referendum, she decided to rule out an early election.[12]

Political parties

This is a list of political parties who ran candidates in the 2013 election:[13][14]

Party Leader Expenditures[15] Notes
  British Columbia Liberal Party Christy Clark $11,740,241 The BC Liberals have formed a majority government since May 2001. With the resignation of party leader Gordon Campbell, the new party leader Christy Clark was selected on February 26, 2011.[16] The party claims it is independent of the federal Liberals and the federal Conservatives.
  British Columbia New Democratic Party Adrian Dix $9,090,489 Affiliated with the federal NDP, the BC NDP held power from 1972–1975 and 1991–2001. On April 17, 2011, Adrian Dix was chosen as the party leader in their 2011 leadership convention.
  Green Party of British Columbia Jane Sterk $177,660 The party is based on the belief in sustainability[17] and maintains a full policy platform.[18]
  British Columbia Conservative Party John Cummins $154,502 Having last won a seat in 1978, the Conservative Party has re-emerged as a minor party. According to polling in March 2013, the party holds less than one-third of the centre-right vote (shared with the BC Liberals). The party received a temporary boost when, on March 26, 2012, Abbotsford South MLA John van Dongen announced that he was leaving the BC Liberals to join the BC Conservatives, providing the party with its first representative in decades. Van Dongen shortly quit the party to sit as an independent on September 22, 2012.
  Advocational International Democratic Party of British Columbia Michael Yawney $2,780 The party was registered in 2006 and despite accumulating over two million dollars in assets the party did not nominate any candidates in the 2009 election.[19]
  British Columbia Party $0 A right-of-centre party[20] which did not nominate any candidates in the last election and only 2 candidates in the 2005 election.
  Christian Heritage Party of British Columbia Wilfred Hanni $2,111 The party is based in the supremacy of God and rule of law[21] and maintains a full policy platform.[22] It was founded in 2010 as the BC Heritage Party but changed its name to the Christian Heritage Party in 2012 when it developed ties to the federal Christian Heritage Party.
  Communist Party of British Columbia Samuel Hammond $1,375 As a provincial branch of the federal Communist Party of Canada, party advocates a communist ideology, including labour rights and limits to corporate control.[23] Active since 2001, the party nominated four candidates in 2001 and three in both the 2005 and 2009 elections.
  British Columbia Excalibur Party Michael Halliday $901 Founded in 2013, the party has developed an election platform.[24]
  BC First Party Salvatore Vetro $1,768 Founded in 2010, the party advocates for democratic reforms, including the use of referendums, free votes, and at-large elections for the position of Premier.[25] The party nominated a candidate in the 2011 by-election.
  Helping Hand Party Alan Saldanha Founded in 2011. The party is based on the belief "that helping others unconditionally provides for a meaningful existence" and intends to run only a single candidate, Alan Saldanha in Surrey-Newton.[26]
  British Columbia Libertarian Party $1,994 The party advocates for libertarian principles including protecting civil liberties and private property rights, legalizing drugs, and ending government controls on economic activity.[27] Active since the 1980s, the party nominated six candidates in both the 2005 and 2009 elections.
  British Columbia Marijuana Party Marc Emery $751 The party seeks to legalize marijuana. Active since 2000, the party nominated a full slate of candidates in 2001 and 44 candidates in 2005. The party endorsed the Green Party in the 2009 election but nominated one candidate regardless.
  Platinum Party of Employers Who Think and Act to Increase Awareness Espavo Sozo $0 Founded in 2005, the party advocates for government accountability.[28] The party nominated 11 candidates in the 2005 election but none in 2009.
  British Columbia Social Credit Party The once dominant conservative party last formed the government under Bill Vander Zalm and Rita Johnston but has not elected an MLA since 1991.[29] The party did not nominate any candidates in the 2009 election.
  Unparty: The Consensus-Building Party Michael Donovan $0 Founded in 2011, the party promotes consensus government over adversarial party politics.[30]
  B.C. Vision Jagmohan Bhandari $179 Founded in 2013, the party has developed an election platform that includes technology development, environmental conservation, public health, cross-generational communication, senior education, and fiscal responsibility.[31]
  Work Less Party of British Columbia Conrad Schmidt $9,420 The party seeks to legislate a 32-hour or four-day work week.[32] Active since 2003, the party nominated 11 candidate in 2005 and two in 2009.
  Your Political Party of British Columbia James Filippelli $1,884 The party seeks to reduce the influence of political parties on government and increase public review of government operations, inclusive of crown corporations and local governments. They maintain a full platform which includes making all campaign promises legally binding.[33] Active since 2002, the party nominated one candidate in 2005 and two in 2009.

Results
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49 34 1 1
Liberal New Democratic Gr In

Summary of the May 14, 2013,
Legislative Assembly of British Columbia election[34]

Party Party leader Candidates Seats Popular Vote
2009 Dissolution Elected % Change Seats % # % Change (pp)
Liberal Christy Clark 85494549+8.8957.6794,94644.14−1.68
New Democratic Adrian Dix 85353634−5.5640.0715,99939.71−2.44
Green Jane Sterk 61——1*1.2146,6078.13−0.08
  Independent 35141−75.01.242,5652.36+1.31
Conservative John Cummins 56—————85,7834.76+2.66
  No Affiliation 11—————6,7510.37+0.28
Libertarian vacant 8—————2,0490.11+0.02
First Salvatore Vetro 2*————1,2710.07*
Excalibur Michael Halliday 6*————9950.06*
Vision Jagmohan Bhandari 4*————8780.05*
Christian Heritage Wilfred Hanni 2*————8280.05*
Marijuana Marc Emery 2—————7660.04+0.02
Your Political Party James Filippelli 2—————5280.03+0.01
British Columbia Party vacant 3*————4450.02*
Communist Samuel Hammond 4—————3880.02−0.01
Social Credit vacant 1*————3840.02*
Helping Hand Alan Saldanha 1*————2820.02*
Unparty Michael Donovan 2*————2480.01*
Work Less Conrad Schmidt 2—————1450.01−0.01
Advocational Michael Yawney 2*————1370.01*
Platinum Espavo Sozo 2*————560.00*
Total 376858585—100.01,803,051100.00
Popular vote
Liberal
 
 44.14%
NDP
 
 39.71%
Green
 
 8.13%
Conservative
 
 4.76%
Others
 
 3.26%
Seats
Liberal
 
 56.32%
NDP
 
 39.08%
Green
 
 1.15%
Independent
 
 1.15%

Voter turnout

Voter turnout was 57.1%, but varied from riding to riding. 10 of the 85 ridings had less than 50% voter turnout. Richmond and Kelowna were the only major cities with under 50% turnout.

  • Voting Turnout in the BC 2013 General Election

Retiring incumbents

Opinion polls
  • Voting intentions leading up to the 2013 election
  • Voting intentions since the 2009 election
Polling Firm Date of Polling Link Lib. NDP Green Cons. Other type of poll sample size
Election 2013 May 14, 2013 HTML 44.14 39.71 8.13 4.76 3.25 ballot 1,803,051
Ipsos Reid May 13, 2013 HTML 37 45 9 6 3 online 800
Angus Reid Public Opinion May 12–13, 2013 PDF 36 45 9 7 3 online 803
EKOS May 10–12, 2013 PDF 34.5 40.5 13.0 9.3 2.7 IVR 861
Angus Reid Public Opinion May 9–10, 2013 PDF 36 45 9 6 4 online 808
Justason Market Intelligence May 8–9, 2013 HTML 31 45 14 8 3 online 700
Ipsos Reid May 8–9, 2013 HTML 37 43 10 7 3 online 800
Forum Research May 8, 2013 PDF 41 43 8 6 2 IVR 1,147
Hill & Knowlton May 7–8, 2013 PDF 34.6 41.1 13.6 7.5 3.3 online 804
Oraclepoll Research May 5–7, 2013 HTML 37 41 12 10 telephone 1,000
Campaign Research May 2, 2013 PDF 35 38 13 10 5 IVR 1,303
Angus Reid Public Opinion May 1–2, 2013 PDF 34 41 12 10 3 online 808
Ipsos Reid April 30 – May 2, 2013 HTML 35 45 10 7 3 online 1,000
Insights West April 29 – May 2, 2013 HTML 33 41 14 11 1 online 855
Forum Research April 30, 2013 PDF 35 39 12 9 3 IVR 1,055
Abacus Data April 23–26, 2013 PDF 33 43 12 9 3 online 1,042
Angus Reid Public Opinion April 24–25, 2013 PDF 31 45 10 11 3 online 812
Justason Market Intelligence April 15–23, 2013 HTML 27 49 12 11 2 telephone/online 600
Ipsos Reid April 11–14, 2013 HTML 29 48 9 11 3 online 800
Angus Reid Public Opinion April 12–13, 2013 PDF 28 45 13 12 3 online 804
EKOS April 3–10, 2013 PDF 28.4 44.9 11.1 13.0 2.7 IVR 917
Election 2009 May 12, 2009 – 45.82 42.15 8.21 2.10 1.72 ballot 1,640,542

Candidates

The following is a list of candidates, as shown on the list of candidates that have officially registered as noted by Elections BC's List of Standing Nominees for more details.

  • Names in bold indicate party leaders and cabinet ministers.
  • The victorious Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for each district has a coloured bar to the left of his or her name.
  • Incumbents who did not seek re-election are denoted by †
  • Conservative candidates who are listed as "non-affiliated" are denoted by ‡

Northern British Columbia
Electoral District Candidates   Incumbent
 Liberal NDP Green ConservativeOther
Nechako Lakes John Rustad
5,324 – 53.79%		 Sussanne Skidmore-Hewlett
2,737 – 27.65%		 Colin Hamm
510 – 5.15%		 Dan Brooks
1,253 – 12.66%		 Beverly Bird (Advocational)
74 – 0.75%		 John Rustad
North Coast Judy Fraser
2,692 – 33.07%		 Jennifer Rice
4,617 – 56.72%		 Hondo Arendt
821 – 10.21%		 Gary Coons†
Peace River North Pat Pimm
7,905 – 58.94%		 Judy Fox-McGuire
1,319 – 9.84%		 Wyeth Sigurdson
900 – 6.71%		 Arthur Hadland (Ind.)
3,287 – 24.51%		 Pat Pimm
Peace River South Mike Bernier
4,373 – 46.73%		 Darwin Wren
1,988 – 21.24%		 Kurt Peats
2,546 – 27.21%		 Tyrel Pohl (Ind.)
451 – 4.84%		 Blair Lekstrom†
Prince George-Mackenzie Mike Morris
10,689 – 55.19%		 Bobby Deepak
6,725 – 34.73%		 Karen McDowell
1,094 – 5.65%		 Terry Rysz
858 – 4.43%		 Pat Bell†
Prince George-Valemount Shirley Bond
11,291 – 56.95%		 Sherry Ogasawara
7,116 – 35.89%		 Nathan Giede
1,105 – 5.57%		 Donald Roberts (Christian)
314 – 1.58%		 Shirley Bond
Skeena Carol Leclerc
5,087 – 43.27%		 Robin Austin
5,609 – 47.71%		 Mike Brousseau
797 – 6.78%		 Trevor Hendry (BC Party)
263 – 2.24%		 Robin Austin
Stikine Sharon Hartwell
3,167 – 36.61%		 Doug Donaldson
4,074 – 47.10%		 Roger Benham
303 – 3.50%		 Jonathan Dieleman
533 – 6.16%		 Rod Taylor (Christian)
514- 5.94%
Jesse O'Leary (Ind.)
59 – 0.68%		 Doug Donaldson

Kootenays
Electoral District Candidates   Incumbent
 Liberal NDP Green ConservativeOther
Columbia River-Revelstoke Doug Clovechok
4,847 – 36.19%		 Norm Macdonald
6,463 – 48.26%		 Laurel Ralston
921 – 6.88%		 Earl Olsen
1,162 – 8.68%		 Norm Macdonald
Kootenay East Bill Bennett
10,173 – 63.01%		 Norma Blissett
5,973 – 36.99%		 Bill Bennett
Kootenay West Jim Postnikoff
3,831 – 21.28%		 Katrine Conroy
11,349 – 63.04%		 Joseph Hughes (Ind.)
2,391 – 13.28%
Glen Byle (Ind.)
431 – 2.39%		 Katrine Conroy
Nelson-Creston Greg Garbula
4,577 – 28.32%		 Michelle Mungall
8,200 – 50.73%		 Sjeng Derkx[52]
3,387 – 20.95%		 Michelle Mungall

Okanagan, Shuswap and Boundary
Electoral District Candidates   Incumbent
 Liberal NDP Green ConservativeOther
Boundary-Similkameen Linda Larson
8,499 – 46.59%		 Sam Hancheroff
7,113 – 38.99%		 John Kwasnica
1,602 – 8.78%		 Mischa Popoff (N.A.)
655 – 3.59%
Doug Pederson (Ind.)
375 – 2.06%		 John Slater†
Kelowna-Lake Country Norm Letnick
12,149 – 56.78%		 Mike Nuyens
5,306 – 24.80%		 Gary Adams
1,591 – 7.44%		 Graeme James
2,351 – 10.99%		 Norm Letnick
Kelowna-Mission Steve Thomson
13,687 – 56.86%		 Tish Lakes
6,221 – 25.84%		 Mike McLoughlin
3,051 – 12.67%		 Dayleen Van Ryswyk (Ind.)
1,113 – 4.62%		 Steve Thomson
Penticton Dan Ashton
11,551 – 45.90%		 Richard Cannings
10,154 – 40.35%		 Sean Upshaw
2,277 – 9.05%		 Doug Maxwell (BC First)
1,181 – 4.69%		 Bill Barisoff†
Shuswap Greg Kyllo
11,992 – 47.92%		 Steve Gunner
7,398 – 29.56%		 Chris George[52]
2,338 – 9.34%		 Tom Birch
3,232 – 12.92%		 Johanna Zalcik (Advocational)
63 – 0.25%		 George Abbott†
Vernon-Monashee Eric Foster
12,503 – 46.34%		 Marc Olsen
9,233 – 34.22%		 Rebecca Helps
1,905 – 7.06%		 Scott Anderson
3,169 – 11.75%		 Korry Zepik (Ind.)
169 – 0.63%		 Eric Foster
Westside-Kelowna Ben Stewart
12,987 – 58.39%		 Carole Gordon
6,790 – 30.53%		 Brian Guillou
2,466 – 11.09%		 Ben Stewart

Thompson and Cariboo
Electoral District Candidates   Incumbent
 Liberal NDP Green ConservativeOther
Cariboo-Chilcotin Donna Barnett
7,679 – 56.18%		 Charlie Wyse
4,740 – 34.68%		 Dustin Price
747 – 5.46%		 Gary Young (Ind.)
503 – 3.68%		 Donna Barnett
Cariboo North Coralee Oakes
5,867 – 41.41%		 Duncan Barnett
3,036 – 21.43%		 Bob Simpson (Ind.)
5,264 – 37.16%		 Bob Simpson
Fraser-Nicola Jackie Tegart
6,002 – 44.14%		 Harry Lali
5,388 – 39.62%		 John Kidder
1,314 – 9.66%		 Michael Beauclair
895 – 6.58%		 Harry Lali
Kamloops-North Thompson Terry Lake
12,183 – 52.06%		 Kathy Kendall
9,139 – 39.05%		 Ed Klop
1,644 – 7.03%		 John Ford (Ind.)
436 – 1.86%		 Terry Lake
Kamloops-South Thompson Todd Stone
15,092 – 57.09%		 Tom Friedman
9,291 – 35.15%		 Peter Sharp
1,623 – 6.14%		 Brian Alexander (Ind.)
428 – 1.62%		 Kevin Krueger†

Fraser Valley
Electoral District Candidates   Incumbent
 Liberal NDP Green ConservativeOther
Abbotsford-Mission Simon Gibson
10,416 – 50.73%		 Preet Rai
5,574 – 27.15%		 Aird Flavelle[52]
1,864 – 9.07%		 Don Stahl
1,945 – 9.47%		 Wendy Bales (Ind.)
413 – 2.01%
Roman Bojczuk (Ind.)
204 – 0.99%
Marcus Halliday (Excal.)
119 – 0.58%		 Randy Hawes†
Abbotsford South Darryl Plecas
9,564 – 47.74%		 Lakhvinder Jhaj
4,210 – 21.01%		 John van Dongen (Ind.)
5,587 – 27.89%
Steve Finlay (Marijuana)
417 – 2.18%
Patricia Smith (Excal.)
256 – 1.28%		 John van Dongen
Abbotsford West Mike de Jong
9,473 – 50.38%		 Sukhi Dhami
5,530 – 29.41%		 Stephen O'Shea
877 – 4.66%		 Paul Redekopp
1,791 – 9.53%		 Moe Gill (Ind.)
1,082 – 5.75%
Kerry-Lynn Osbourne (Excalibur)
49 – 0.26%		 Mike de Jong
Chilliwack John Martin
9,983 – 47.58%		 Patti MacAhonic
6,548 – 31.21%		 Kim Reimer
1,761 – 8.39%		 Chad Eros
2,510 – 11.96%		 Michael Halliday (Excalibur)
181 – 0.86%		 John Les†
Chilliwack-Hope Laurie Throness
10,053 – 49.15%		 Gwen O'Mahony
7,364 – 36.01%		 Michael Henshall
2,202 – 10.77%		 Ryan Ashley McKinnon (Ind.)
833 – 4.07%		 Gwen O'Mahony
Fort Langley-Aldergrove Rich Coleman
15,989 – 55.10%		 Shane Dyson
7,511 – 25.89%		 Lisa David
2,229 – 7.68%		 Rick Manuel
2,615 – 9.01%		 Kevin Mitchell (Ind.)
672 – 2.32%		 Rich Coleman
Langley Mary Polak
14,039 – 51.44%		 Andrew Mercier
7,403 – 27.13%		 Wally Martin
2,608 – 9.56%		 John Cummins[53]
3,242 – 11.88%		 Mary Polak
Maple Ridge-Mission Marc Dalton
10,327 – 46.59%		 Mike Bocking
8.830 – 39.84%		 Alex Pope
1,818 – 8.20%		 Chad Thompson
1,190 – 5.37%		 Marc Dalton
Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows Doug Bing
10,824 – 45.49%		 Elizabeth Rosenau
10,204 – 42.88%		 Michael Patterson
2,178 – 9.15%		 Manuel Pratas‡
589 – 2.48%		 Michael Sather†

Surrey
Electoral District Candidates   Incumbent
 Liberal NDP Green ConservativeOther
Surrey-Cloverdale Stephanie Cadieux
18,001 – 59.46%		 Harry Kooner
8,777 – 28.99%		 Howard Wu
2,541 – 8.39%		 Matt William Begley (N.A)
953 – 3.15%		 Kevin Falcon†
Surrey-Fleetwood Peter Fassbender
8,974 – 45.43%		 Jagrup Brar
8,774 – 44.41%		 Tim Binnema
1,147 – 5.81%		 Murali Krishnan
801 – 4.05%		 Arvin Kumar (Vision)
59 – 0.30%		 Jagrup Brar
Surrey-Green Timbers Amrik Tung
5,581 – 34.52%		 Sue Hammell
9,386 – 58.06%		 Richard Hosein[52]
655 – 4.05%		 Lisa Maharaj
444 – 2.75%		 Harjit Heir (Vision)
101 – 0.62%		 Sue Hammell
Surrey-Newton Sukhminder Virk
6,604 – 38.07%		 Harry Bains
9,788 – 56.42%		 Satinder Singh
674 – 3.89%		 Alan Saldanha (HHP)
282 – 1.63%		 Harry Bains
Surrey-Panorama Marvin Hunt
14,139 – 54.29%		 Amrik Mahil
9,307 – 35.74%		 Sara Sharma[52]
1,478 – 5.68%		 Kevin Rakhra
1,037 – 3.98%		 Ali Zaidi (N.A)
81 – 0.31%		 Stephanie Cadieux
Surrey-Tynehead Amrik Virk
9,172 – 48.15%		 Avtar Bains
7,539 – 39.58%		 Barry Sikora
2,040 – 10.71%		 Sukhi Gill (Vision)
298 – 1.56%		 Dave Hayer†
Surrey-Whalley Kuljeet Kaur
5,004 – 29.54		 Bruce Ralston
10,405 – 61.43%		 Sunny Chohan
1,110 – 6.55%		 Jag Bhandari (Vision)
420 – 2.48%		 Bruce Ralston
Surrey-White Rock Gordon Hogg
15,092 – 58.09%		 Susan Keeping
7,180 – 27.63%		 Don Pitcairn
2,304 – 8.87%		 Elizabeth Pagtakhan
1,301 – 5.01%		 Jim Laurence (BC Party)
105 – 0.40%		 Gordon Hogg

Richmond and Delta
Electoral District Candidates   Incumbent
 Liberal NDP Green ConservativeOther
Delta North Scott Hamilton
9,613 – 44.53%		 Sylvia Bishop
9,410 – 43.59%		 Bill Marshall
1,312 – 6.08%		 Tinku Parmar
983 – 4.55%		 John Shavluk (Ind.)
210 – 0.97%
George Gidora (Comm.)
58 – 0.27%		 Guy Gentner†
Delta South Bruce McDonald
8,721 – 36.65%		 Nic Slater
3,700 – 15.55%		 Vicki Huntington (Ind.)
11,376 – 47.80%		 Vicki Huntington
Richmond Centre Teresa Wat
9,459 – 49.91%		 Frank Yunrong Huang
4,416 – 23.30%		 Michael Wolfe[52]
1,678 – 8.85%		 Lawrence Chen
961 – 5.07%		 Gary Law (Ind.)
1,604 – 8.46%
Richard Lee (Ind.)
754 – 3.98%
Chanel Donovan (Unparty)
82 – 0.43%		 Rob Howard†
Richmond East Linda Reid
11,592 – 54.66%		 Gian Sihota
6,047 – 28.51%		 Doug Perry
1,178 – 5.55%		 Nathaniel Lim
1,827 – 8.61%		 Lloyd Chen (Ind.)
256 – 1.21%
Ping Chan (Excalibur)
175 – 0.83%
Cliff Wei (Ind.)
133 – 0.63%		 Linda Reid
Richmond-Steveston John Yap
12,063 – 51.67%		 Scott Stewart
6,553 – 28.07%		 Jerome Dickey[52]
1,904 – 8.15%		 Carol Day
2,662 – 11.40%		 Mike Donovan (Unparty)
166 – 0.71%		 John Yap

Vancouver's eastern suburbs
Electoral District Candidates   Incumbent
 Liberal NDP Green ConservativeOther
Burnaby-Deer Lake Shian Gu
7,286 – 43.13%		 Kathy Corrigan
8,189 – 48.48%		 Rick McGowan[52]
1,417 – 8.39%		 Kathy Corrigan
Burnaby-Edmonds Jeff Kuah
6,950 – 39.63%		 Raj Chouhan
9,253 – 51.43%		 Wyatt Tessari[52]
1,573 – 8.74%		 Nicholas Edward D'Amico (Excal.)
215 – 1.20%		 Raj Chouhan
Burnaby-Lougheed Ken Kramer
8,209 – 40.59%		 Jane Shin
8,952 – 44.26%		 Darwin Burns[52]
1,665 – 8.23%		 Christine Clarke‡
1,399 – 6.92%		 Harry Bloy†
Burnaby North Richard T. Lee
10,543 – 46.82%		 Janet Routledge
9,875 – 43.85%		 Carrie McLaren
1,577 – 7.00%		 Wayne Marklund‡
523 – 2.32%		 Richard T. Lee
Coquitlam-Burke Mountain Douglas Horne
9,766 – 49.87%		 Chris Wilson
7,315 – 37.35%		 Ron Peters
1,154 – 5.89%		 Shane Kennedy
1,071 – 5.47		 Paul Geddes (Libertarian)
277 – 1.41%		 Douglas Horne
Coquitlam-Maillardville Steve Kim
9,889 – 45.55%		 Selina Robinson
9,930 – 45.74%		 Edward Stanbrough[52]
1,891 – 8.71%		 Diane Thorne†
New Westminster Hector Bremner
8,944 – 33.44%		 Judy Darcy
13,026% – 48.70%		 Terry Teather[52]
2,241 – 8.38%		 Paul Forseth
1,307 – 4.89%		 James Crosty (Ind.)
1,043 – 3.90%
Lewis Dahlby (Libertarian)
189 – 0.71%		 Dawn Black†
Port Coquitlam Barbara Lu
8,120 – 36.57%		 Mike Farnworth
11,755 – 52.94%		 Ryan Hague
1,525 – 6.87%		 Brent Williams (YPP)
447 – 2.01%
Jogender Dahiya (Libertarian)
358 – 1.61%		 Mike Farnworth
Port Moody-Coquitlam Linda Reimer
9,675 – 46.39%		 Joe Trasolini
9,238 – 44.29%		 Billie Helps
1,708% – 8.19%		 Jeff Monds (Libertarian)
237 – 1.14%		 Joe Trasolini

Vancouver
Electoral District Candidates   Incumbent
 Liberal NDP Green ConservativeOther
Vancouver-Fairview Margaret MacDiarmid
11,298 – 42.26%		 George Heyman
12,649 – 47.32%		 Matthew Pedley[52]
2,785 – 10.42%		 Margaret MacDiarmid
Vancouver-False Creek
 Sam Sullivan
11,328 – 52.43%		 Matt Toner
7,981 – 36.94%		 Daniel Tseghay[52]
1,928 – 8.92%		 Ian James Tootill (Ind.)
199 – 0.92%
Sal Vetro (BC First)
90 – 0.42%
James Filippelli (YPP)
81 – 0.37%		 Mary McNeil†
Vancouver-Fraserview Suzanne Anton
10,118 – 46.74%		 Gabriel Yiu
9,648 – 44.57%		 Stuart Mackinnon
1,230 – 5.68%		 Rajiv Pandey
653 – 3.02%		 Kash Heed†
Vancouver-Hastings Fatima Siddiqui
5,946 – 27.66%		 Shane Simpson
12,782 – 59.46%		 Brennan Wauters[52]
2,386 – 11.10%		 Carrol Woolsey (Socred)
384 – 1.79%		 Shane Simpson
Vancouver-Kensington Gabby Kalaw
7,965 – 38.29%		 Mable Elmore
10,687 – 51.37%		 Chris Fjell
1,578 – 7.59%		 Raj Gupta
572 – 2.75%		 Mable Elmore
Vancouver-Kingsway Gurjit Dhillon
6,600 – 35.98%		 Adrian Dix
10,419 – 56.79%		 Gregory Esau
1,327 – 7.23%		 Adrian Dix
Vancouver-Langara Moira Stilwell
10,234 – 52.60%		 George Chow
7,447 – 38.28%		 Regan Zhang[52]
1,055 – 5.42%		 Gurjinder Bains
674 – 3.46%		 Espavo Sozo (Plat.)
45 – 0.23%		 Moira Stilwell
Vancouver-Mount Pleasant Celyna Sherst
3,942 – 18.74%		 Jenny Kwan
13,845 – 65.83%		 Barinder Hans[52]
2,506 – 11.92%		 William Austin (Marijuana)
349 – 1.66%
Jeremy Gustafson (Ind.)
260 – 1.24%
Peter Marcus (Comm.)
129 – 0.61%		 Jenny Kwan
Vancouver-Point Grey Christy Clark
10,436 – 43.19%		 David Eby
11,499 – 47.35%		 Francoise Raunet[52]
1,636 – 6.77%		 Duane Nickull
392 – 1.62%		 William Gibbens (Ind.)
72 0.30%
Marisa Palmer (Libertarian)
66 – 0.27%
Hollis Linschoten (Work Less)
66 – 0.27%
Bernard Yankson (Plat.)
11 – 0.05%		 Christy Clark
Vancouver-Quilchena Andrew Wilkinson
14,496 – 64.32%		 Nicholas Scapillati
5,705 – 25.31%		 Damian Kettlewell
1,667 – 7.40%		 Bill Clarke‡
671 – 2.98%		 Colin Hansen†
Vancouver-West End Scott Harrison
5,349 – 28.25%		 Spencer Chandra Herbert
10,755 – 56.81%		 Jodie Emery[52]
2,156 – 11.39%		 John Clarke (Libertarian)
446 – 2.36%
Ronald Herbert (N.A.)
132 – 0.70%
Mathew Kagis (Work Less)
94 – 0.50%		 Spencer Chandra Herbert

North Shore and Sunshine Coast
Electoral District Candidates   Incumbent
 Liberal NDP Green ConservativeOther
North Vancouver-Lonsdale Naomi Yamamoto
11,060 – 45.47%		 Craig Keating
9,872 – 40.58%		 Ryan Conroy[52]
2,257 – 9.28%		 Allan Molyneaux
833 – 3.42%		 Laurence Watt (Libertarian)
156 – 0.64%
Carra-Lynn Hodgson (BC Party)
77 – 0.32%
Kimball Cariou (Comm.)
71 – 0.29%		 Naomi Yamamoto
North Vancouver-Seymour Jane Thornthwaite
13,232 – 50.93%		 Jim Hanson
8,555 – 32.93%		 Daniel Smith
1,899 – 7.31%		 Brian Wilson
1,212 – 4.66%		 Jaime Webbe (Ind.)
1,085 – 4.18%		 Jane Thornthwaite
Powell River-Sunshine Coast Patrick Muncaster
7,792 – 32.78%		 Nicholas Simons
13,120 – 55.20%		 Richard Till
2,856 – 12.02%		 Nicholas Simons
West Vancouver-Capilano Ralph Sultan
15,777 – 67.03%		 Terry Platt
5,267 – 22.38%		 David Jones
1,156 – 4.91%		 Michael Markwick (Ind.)
1,018 – 4.32%
Tunya Audain (Libertarian)
320 – 1.36%		 Ralph Sultan
West Vancouver-Sea to Sky Jordan Sturdy
11,252 – 52.47%		 Ana Santos
6,963 – 32.47%		 Richard Warrington
2,349 – 10.95%		 Ian McLeod
657 – 3.06%		 Jon Johnson (Ind.)
224 – 1.04%		 Joan McIntyre†

Vancouver Island
Electoral District Candidates   Incumbent
 Liberal NDP Green ConservativeOther
Alberni-Pacific Rim Darren DeLuca
6,341 – 34.52%		 Scott Fraser
10,570 – 57.55%		 Enid Mary Sangster-Kelly
1,456 – 7.93%		 Scott Fraser
Comox Valley Don McRae
14,248 – 44.27%		 Kassandra Dycke
12,480 – 38.77%		 Chris Aikman
3,718 – 11.55%		 Diane Hoffmann
1,740 – 5.41%		 Don McRae
Cowichan Valley Steve Housser
9,299 – 34.90%		 Bill Routley
10,696 – 40.14%		 Kerry Davis[52]
5,102 – 19.15%		 Damir Wallener
1,223 – 4.59%		 Heather Campbell (Ind.)
326 – 1.22%		 Bill Routley
Nanaimo Walter Anderson
8,568 – 36.62%		 Leonard Krog
10,820 – 46.25%		 Ian Gartshore[52]
2,532 – 10.82%		 Bryce Crigger
1,221 – 5.22%		 Brunie Brunie (Ind.)
253 – 1.08%		 Leonard Krog
Nanaimo-North Cowichan Amanda Jacobson
7,685 – 30.77%		 Doug Routley
11,542 – 46.21%		 Mayo McDonough[52]
3,430 – 13.73%		 John Sherry
1,603 – 6.42%		 Murray McNab (Ind.)
647 – 2.59%
P. Anna Paddon (Ind.)
71 – 0.28%		 Doug Routley
North Island Nick Facey
9,883 – 42.16%		 Claire Trevena
11,885 – 50.70%		 Bob Bray
1,675 – 7.14%		 Claire Trevena
Parksville-Qualicum Michelle Stilwell
14,518 – 50.13%		 Barry Avis
10,732 – 37.06%		 David Coupland
3,710 – 12.81%		 Ron Cantelon†

Greater Victoria
Electoral District Candidates   Incumbent
 Liberal NDP Green ConservativeOther
Esquimalt-Royal Roads Chris Ricketts
6,511 – 28.63%		 Maurine Karagianis
10,963 – 48.20%		 Susan Low[52]
4,928 – 21.67%		 Joshua Steffler (Ind.)
343 – 1.51%		 Maurine Karagianis
Juan de Fuca Kerrie Reay
7,044 – 30.71%		 John Horgan
12,224 – 53.39%		 Carlos Serra
3,646 – 15.90%		 John Horgan
Oak Bay-Gordon Head Ida Chong
7,767 – 29.29%		 Jessica Van der Veen
7,536 – 28.42		 Andrew Weaver[52]
10,722 – 40.43%		 Greg Kazakoff
492 – 1.86%		 Ida Chong
Saanich North and the Islands Stephen Roberts
10,352 – 32.76%		 Gary Holman
10,515 – 33.27%		 Adam Olsen[52]
10,136 – 32.07%		 Scott McEachern (Ind.)
599 – 1.90%		 Murray Coell
Saanich South Rishi Sharma
9,256 – 35.29%		 Lana Popham
11,946 – 45.55%		 Branko Mustafovic[52]
4,011 – 15.29%		 Joshua Galbraith
873 – 3.33%		 Peter Kappel (Ind.)
142 – 0.54%		 Lana Popham
Victoria-Beacon Hill Karen Bill
4,378 – 16.96%		 Carole James
12,560 – 48.65%		 Jane Sterk[52]
8,747 – 33.88%		 John Shaw (Communist)
130 – 0.50%		 Carole James
Victoria-Swan Lake Christina Bates
5,055 – 22.30%		 Rob Fleming
12,350 – 54.49%		 Spencer Malthouse
5,260 – 23.21%		 Rob Fleming

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