Home »
And the election winners are…
It’s a case of the same-old, same old for East Kootenay residents when it comes to representation in the Victoria Legislature.
The Christy Clark-led Liberal Party has held onto power in the Victoria Legislature, capturing a majority government victory in the May 14 B.C. provincial election. As of 12:10 a.m. Mountain Time, the Liberals have captured 49 seats, compared to 29 for the NDP, as well as one seat apiece for the Green Party and independent candidate Vicki Huntington in Delta South.
However, at publication time, the premier is trailing in her Vancouver-Point Grey riding to NDP candidate David Eby by 257 votes.
Locally, Norm Macdonald begins his third term as a member of the Official Opposition party, while fourth term MLA Bill Bennett again finds himself as a member of the ruling Liberals.
In the Kootenay East, recent government minister Bennett defeated NDP challenger Norma Blissett by a 9,424 to 5,463 vote count.
Macdonald (6,019 votes) defeated Liberal challenger Doug Clovechok (4,543) by 1,476 votes, with Conservative Party candidate Earl Olsen grabbing 1,079 votes, followed by the Green Party’s Laurel Ralston, who earned 851 votes.
* Election figures number preliminary only. May be subject to change.
Ian Cobb/e-KNOW
