Surrey and Vancouver reveal the challenges for parties navigating the province’s diverse priorities
As the province awaits the formation of the next provincial government, there are lessons from the campaign that affect all political parties.
Things were different in Vancouver. The BC NDP won eight of 11 ridings in 2017, nine of 11 in 2020 and 10 of 11 in 2024. In Vancouver-Yaletown, which would have gone BC Liberal four years ago if it had existed, voters favoured the New Democrats. In Vancouver-Langara, which voted BC Liberal since its creation in 1991, the BC NDP secured 48 per cent of all cast ballots.
Some British Columbians are open to developing a two-party system. More than a third would like to see a formal merger between the BC Conservatives and BC United, and more than two in five would welcome a union of the BC NDP and the BC Green Party. The Greens will endure a severe reduction of the per-vote subsidy. They will have to decide if the prospect of running candidates in every riding, a feat that has eluded them in the past two provincial elections, is still worth pursuing.
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