Elections BC

• NDP majority holds after recount leaves party with 22-vote win in Surrey riding

  Judicial recounts in B.C. are triggered when the margin of victory is less than 1/500th of the number of votes cast.

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  Nov 8
  
• Judicial recounts underway in B.C.’s historically close provincial election

  This recount is particularly critical because if the BC Conservatives flip the riding, the NDP would be reduced to 46 seats, making it a minority government.

  Politics

  Nov 7
  
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• Premier pitches all-party election committee after ‘human error’ in B.C. vote count

  A provincewide review found several errors in the provincial vote count, many related to out-of-district votes, however none were enough to affect the outcome in any riding.

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  Nov 5
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• NDP extends lead in key ridings with B.C. election final count underway

  B.C. has begun the final tally of last week's razor-thin provincial election, with several ridings that could determine the next government still hanging in the balance.

  Politics

  Oct 26
• B.C. election: NDP, Conservatives nominate full slates of candidates ahead of Oct. 19

  Elections BC says the New Democrats and Conservatives have nominated full slates of candidates for the upcoming Oct. 19 provincial election.

  Politics

  Sep 29
• BC United considers name reminder on fall ballot

  British Columbia's Opposition BC United is looking to put its previous Liberal name on the upcoming fall provincial election ballot after internal polling shows 30 per cent of people didn't know the party was renamed, says a party director.

  Jul 31
• Elections BC probing 12 B.C. municipal parties over financing, advertising

  A dozen municipal political parties in British Columbia, including those that won council majorities in Vancouver and Burnaby in 2022, are under investigation by Elections BC.

  Politics

  Apr 11
• Special prosecutor appointed in probe of West Vancouver mayor’s campaign finances

  In a media release Monday, the prosecution service said lawyer John Gordon, K.C., had been tapped to fill the role.

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  Mar 4
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• West Vancouver mayor facing probe for election ‘spending irregularities’

  Elections BC said it had "identified potential spending irregularities" in West Vancouver Mayor Mark Sager's campaign finance disclosures.

  Politics

  Nov 30, 2023
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• Progress Vancouver barred from 2026 election over campaign finance violations

  The elections body said Tuesday that the party and six of its eight candidates in last year's municipal vote failed to meet the filing deadline for finance reports in January.

  Politics

  Jul 4, 2023