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Incumbent Premier David Eby's New Democratic Party (NDP) is set to form the next government of British Columbia after edging ahead in a final tally of ballots on Monday, more than a week after the ...
The New Democratic Party of British Columbia [a] (BC NDP) is a social democratic [4] political party in British Columbia, Canada.The party sits on the centre-left [5] [6] of the political spectrum and is one of the two major parties in British Columbia; since the 1990s, its rival was the centre-right BC United (formerly known as the BC Liberals) until the Conservative Party of British Columbia ...
A final count triggered automatic recounts in close races, as well the inclusion of approximately 65,000 out-of-district and mail-in ballots. [3] [4] [5] The NDP won a third term in government and second consecutive majority government, but with a net loss of eight seats. It was the first time that the NDP had won three consecutive elections.
The election resulted in an absolute majority for the BC NDP, and after a judicial recount in West Vancouver-Sea to Sky the final results had 57 BC NDP members, 28 BC Liberals, and 2 BC Greens being certified. [24] As leader of the BC NDP, John Horgan continued from the previous parliament as premier.
The 43rd Parliament of British Columbia was chosen in the 2024 British Columbia general election. [1]It is the first Legislature in British Columbia to have a majority of female legislators, with 49 of 93 (52%) female MLAs, and the first in any Canadian province or territory to achieve this through a general election.
The New Democratic Party (NDP; French: Nouveau Parti démocratique; NPD) is a federal political party in Canada.Widely described as social democratic, [5] the party sits at the centre-left [10] to left-wing [17] of the Canadian political spectrum, with the party generally sitting to the left of the Liberal Party. [20]
Horgan led the BC NDP to a decisive victory with 57 seats—the most the party had ever won in a provincial election, and the first time since 1996 that the NDP had won government in its own right. Several campaign issues were focused on, including whether or not to end the monopoly on car insurance held by the province's public insurer ICBC or ...
George Anderson is a Canadian lawyer and politician who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2024 general election.He represents the electoral district of Nanaimo-Lantzville as a member of the British Columbia New Democratic Party. [1]