Premier-elect John Horgan said he will wait for the final count in Saturdaysa国际传媒檚 provincial election before recalling the B.C. Legislature to get back to work in Victoria.
The BC NDP called a press conference Sunday (Oct. 25) morning to speak about the partysa国际传媒檚 plans for the next four years. While half a million mail-in ballots are yet to be counted, preliminary election night results give the NDP a majority government with 55 seats, a 14-seat gain over 2017. The BC Liberals received 29 seats, a 12-seat drop since 2017, while the BC Greens won three, same as in 2017.
Horgan, whose party won in multiple longtime BC Liberal strongholds such as Richmond and parts of the Fraser Valley, said he credited focusing on issues that mattered to all British Columbians, not just traditional NDP voters.
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Horgan said he wasnsa国际传媒檛 worried about traditional right of centre voters coming over to the NDP in this election.
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But those values did not always resonate outside of Vancouver Island and the Lower Mainland, where ridings such as Skeena, Fraser-Nicola and Columbia River-Revelstoke went to the BC Liberals.
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The NDPsa国际传媒檚 prior minority government, which held onto power and passed legislation only with Green support, required every single vote in order to move forward with its priorities.
Horgan said forestry was among the issues he will tackle for rural B.C. communities.
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In both 2018 and 2019, the B.C. Legislature did sit in November before breaking for the holiday season. This year, Horgan said there were sa国际传媒渁 number of issues,sa国际传媒� stemming from both pre-election matters and those that came up during the campaign, that had to be tackled as well.
Due to the pandemic, more British Columbians have decided to vote by mail-in ballot than ever before. Election results wonsa国际传媒檛 be finalized until mid-November, after those mail-in ballots are counted beginning Nov. 6.
Across B.C., a total of 497,900 mail-in ballots were returned to Election BC, as of Friday (Oct. 23). There are roughly 3.5 million registered voters in the province.
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