Timeline set for judicial recounts in two B.C. ridings

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By Chuck Chiang The Canadian Press

Posted October 31, 2024 6:39 pm

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 'B.C. Premier David Eby lays retired adjacent steps pursuing predetermination win'

3:21 B.C. Premier David Eby lays retired adjacent steps pursuing predetermination win

It took days to find retired nan last consequence of nan B.C. provincial predetermination and we now cognize David Eby will stay arsenic premier. Both Eby and BC Conservative Leader John Rustad said astatine nan legislature today. Richard Zussman has more.

Vote counting successful nan British Columbia provincial predetermination will yet reason adjacent week pinch judicial recounts group for 2 ridings.

Elections BC says nan province’s Supreme Court has confirmed recounts successful Kelowna Centre and Surrey-Guildford will return spot connected Nov. 7 and Nov. 8.

Both ridings saw nan separator of triumph wrong nan period to trigger judicial recounts aft nan last tally this week of mail-in and absentee ballots from nan Oct. 19 election.

 'BC NDP clasp first caucus meeting'

1:56 BC NDP clasp first caucus meeting

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The NDP campaigner is starring his Conservative force by 27 votes successful Surrey-Guildford, while nan separator betwixt nan Conservative campaigner successful Kelowna Centre complete her NDP force is 38 votes.

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Surrey-Guildford was nan only riding wherever nan victor changed during last ballot count, giving Premier David Eby’s NDP nan narrowest of majorities pinch 47 seats.

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The B.C. Conservatives, a statement that won little than 2 per cent of nan celebrated ballot successful nan past election, surged to clasp 44 seats successful nan latest vote, while nan Green Party took 2 seats.

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