Elenore Sturko beat out New Democrat candidate Pauline Greaves in a byelection to keep the South Surrey riding for the B.C. Liberals.
It was Greaves’ second attempt to claim the seat after losing to former cabinet minister Stephanie Cadieux in the 2020 provincial election.Start your day with a roundup of B.C.-focused news and opinion delivered straight to your inbox at 7 a.m., Monday to Friday.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. You may unsubscribe any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of our emails. Postmedia Network Inc.
“A lot of times I’ve been into people’s homes, spoken to people who are suffering from addiction and the family and loved ones of other people struggling and even those who lost loved ones,” she said after claiming victory on Saturday, when she planned to celebrate with her family, including her parents from Winnipeg.
“The NDP tried to engineer an upset by timing the byelection in the way it did. But that didn’t work for them. It wasn’t even close,” said Telford. The byelection happened to replace a longtime member of the legislature, ex-Liberal cabinet minister Stephanie Cadieux, who resigned in April to become Canada’s first chief accessibility officer. In the last election Greaves, a teacher at the Langara school of management, lost to Cadieux in the general election in 2020 by just under 1,200 votes.
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