One more seat flips to the BC Conservatives as Elections BC completes final election count

BRITISH COLUMBIA – The BC Conservatives have picked up one more seat since election night after Elections BC released the findings of its final count on Sunday afternoon, Nov. 8.

According to the final election results certified on Sunday, Nov. 8 at 4:21 p.m., the BC Conservatives under Lorne Doerkson received 928,019 votes, or 47.7 per cent, of the 1,944,950 valid votes recorded.

The BC NDP, under former leader David Eby, received 730,909 votes, or 37.5 per cent, while the BC Green Party under Emily Lowan received 216,808 votes, or 11.1 per cent.

CentreBC under Elenore Sturko received 31,673 votes, or 1.6 per cent, followed by OneBC with 28,489 votes (1.4 per cent) under leader Dallas Brodie.

The Conservatives picked up an additional seat in Burnaby South-Metrotown after the final count showed the Conservative candidate beat the NDP candidate by 64 votes, 6,570 to 6,506, giving them 64 seats to the NDP’s 27 seats. The Greens have two MLAs in the legislature.

In the Chilliwack North riding, the final count shows Heather Maahs won the riding decisively with 11,149 votes, or 59.08 per cent, beating out NDP candidate Adila Shaukat (6,299 votes, 33.38 per cent) and CentreBC candidate Dan Grice (1,422 votes, 7.53 per cent).

In the Chilliwack-Cultus Lake riding, the final count shows Á’a:líya Warbus received 13,399 votes, or 59.74 per cent, to NDP candidate Kelli Paddon’s 9,028 votes, or 40.25 per cent. She won the riding by 4,371 votes.

In doing so, Warbus doubled her margin of victory from 2024 when she won the riding by 2,290 votes. 9.2 per cent

There were no Green Party or CentreBC candidates in the Chilliwack-Cultus Lake riding.