Justin Trudeau after a 40-day election campaign, though hesa国际传媒檒l need the support of at least one party to maintain a minority government.

Incumbents also mostly won our 12 races to watch in B.C., but there were a few upsets too.

Vancouver

Vancouver Granville: Independent candidate Jody Wilson-Raybould won a tight three-way race with Liberal Taleeb Noormohamed and Conservative Zach Segal. The former justice minister quit Trudeausa国际传媒檚 cabinet after she accused the him and his office of inappropriately pressuring her to intervene in the criminal prosecution of SNC-Lavalin on corruption charges.

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Vancouver Kingsway: New Democrat Don Davies was elected for a fourth term, despite the efforts of a star candidate running for the Liberals, former TV anchor Tamara Taggart. The long-serving MP was first elected in 2008.

North Vancouver: Liberal Jonathan Wilkinson held on to his seat. He faced Andrew Saxton, former Conservative MP from 2008-2015, in a re-run of the 2015 vote.

Burnaby Northsa国际传媒揝eymour: Incumbent Liberal Terry Beech bested former NDP MP Svend Robinson, one of Canadasa国际传媒檚 first openly gay MPs. This riding is the endpoint for the Trans Mountain pipeline and put the Liberalssa国际传媒� pipeline policies in the spotlight like no other in the province. The Conservative candidate was kicked out of the party for anti-gay statements.

Lower Mainland

Pitt Meadowssa国际传媒揗aple Ridge: Former BC Liberal MLA Marc Dalton, running for the Conservatives, beat out Liberal Dan Ruimy. Dalton lost his provincial seat to an NDP candidate in the 2017 B.C. election, and couldnsa国际传媒檛 run as a federal Liberal in 2019 because Ruimy was already representing the riding for that party.

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Cloverdalesa国际传媒揕angley City: After staying silent about of performers in blackface at events held at her familysa国际传媒檚 greenhouses in recent years, businesswoman Tamara Jansen was able to wrest back what was once a fairly safe Conservative seat from Liberal incumbent John Aldag. Aldag had won by 10 per cent over the Tories .

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Coquitlamsa国际传媒揚ort Coquitlam: Liberal Ron McKinnon captured this formerly solid Tory seat by fewer than 2,000 votes in 2015. After spending more money in the riding this time sa国际传媒� he was outspent by the Conservatives by more than $170,000 the last time sa国际传媒� he captured Coquitlam again.

South Surreysa国际传媒揥hite Rock: Liberal Gordie Hogg, the popular former mayor of White Rock and Surrey-White Rock MLA, lost to Conservative Kerry-Lynne Findlay. Hoggsa国际传媒檚 defeat comes as a shock to locals not only because of his popularity, but because he had defeated Findlay, a former Delta-Richmond East MP under prime minister Stephen Harper, in a 2017 byelection.

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Vancouver Island

Esquimaltsa国际传媒揝aanichsa国际传媒揝ooke: NDP incumbent Randall Garrison clinched his riding from his 2015 Liberal challenger, David Merner, who was running for the Greens. Garrisonsa国际传媒檚 supporters celebrated with orange soda and Cheesies.

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Courtenaysa国际传媒揂lberni: The NDPsa国际传媒檚 Gord Johns was to his riding, defeating Conservative candidate Byron Horner and Green hopeful Sean Wood. Last year, he received attention for his private membersa国际传媒檚 motion .

Interior

Kamloopssa国际传媒揟hompsonsa国际传媒揅ariboo: Incumbent Conservative MP Cathy McLeod fended off popular former BC Liberal environment minister Terry Lake, who was running for the federal Liberals. McLeod had held on to her seat after suffering a double-digit decline from the previous election. She was first elected in 2008.

Kootenaysa国际传媒揅olumbia: The NDPsa国际传媒檚 Wayne Stetski won here by a razor-thin margin, but he was unable to eke out a win again. The longtime Conservative stronghold, held by former Alliance and Reform Party MP Jim Abbott since 1997, went to Conservative candidate Rob Morrison.

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With files from Bruce Cameron and The Canadian Press

karissa.gall@blackpress.ca
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