B.C. Premier rules out early election – again – after NDP wins 2 by-elections
Premier David Eby has once more publicly ruled out an early election after New Democrats won both by-elections held June 24.He went on to say that B.C. faces “big challenges,” including health care, housing, mental health and addictions and British Columbians want government to deal with those issues rather than head to the polls.
Parmar won 53.35 per cent of the vote, almost 15 per cent less than Horgan when he last won the riding in 2020. Mike Harris of the Conservative Party of BC won almost 20 per cent while Camille Currie of the BC Green Party won 17.6 per cent. Elena Lawson of BC United won 8.63 per cent while Tyson Riel Strandlund of the Communist Party of BC won 0.55 per cent.“These are candidates who are champions of their communities and have been for a long time,” he said.
This performance comes some 70 days after the BC Liberals had changed their name to BC United, raising questions about the role of the name change. The strong performance of the Conservatives, who did not field a candidate in 2020, also raises other questions, including whether BC United is bleeding votes to the right without picking up support from non-voters and dissatisfied New Democrats.
“When we changed our party name just two months ago, we knew that it would take time for voters to learn who we were and that we’d likely pay a price for having a relatively unknown brand in the pending by-elections,” he said.
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