Lorne Doerksen was successfully re-elected in the newly expanded provincial riding of Cariboo-Chilcotin in an vote count of 13,412 vs Micheal Moses of the BC NDP who received 5,731 votes. In terms of percentages: MLA-elect Doerksen received 70.06% of all votes cast vs 29.94% of all votes cast for Micheal Moses. Vote counting has been suspended until later Sunday. At this stage: all Advanced Votes have been counted while 38 of 41 ballot boxes on General Voting Day have been counted
Meanwhile in Prince George-North Cariboo:
Sheldon Clare of the BC Conservatives' was elected vs incumbent Independent candidate Coralee Oakes by a vote count of 11,262 vs 4,296 (Clare/Oakes). All ballots boxes (Advanced/General Voting) have been fully counted. MLA-elect Clare received 57.08% of all votes cast vs 21.78% of all votes cast for Coralee Oakes
All preliminary vote results can be accessed at the Elections BC website at https://electionsbcenr.blob.core.windows.net/electionsbcenr/Results_7097_GE-2024-10-19_Candidate.html
At this stage:
BC NDP have been elected or leading in 46 seats
BC Conservatives have been elected or leading in 45 seats
BC Greens have been elected or leading in 2 seats
Next steps:
* Final count starts on Saturday, October 26th, 2024
* Automatic re-count in ridings where vote different between candidates is 100 or less
* Possibility of judicial recounts (where accepted and ultimately decided by the BC Supreme Court)
* Writs of Election for all 93 BC Legislature seats due to BC's Chief Electoral Officer no later than Tuesday, November 5th, 2024
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