2017 British Columbia general election

The 2017 British Columbia general election was held on May 9, 2017, to elect 87 members (MLAs) to the Legislative Assembly to serve in the 41st Parliament of the Canadian province of British Columbia. Several weeks after the election, the BC New Democratic Party (NDP), which had won 41 seats under new leader John Horgan, formed a minority government with the support of the Green Party's three seats under new leader Andrew Weaver. The NDP had won a slightly smaller share of the popular vote than the BC Liberal Party, which had won 43 seats under leader Christy Clark, who had been premier since 2011. Horgan became the new premier, while Weaver and the other Green MLAs did not join the Cabinet or take any official roles in the new government.

2017 British Columbia general election

May 9, 2017 (2017-05-09)
87 seats in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia 44 seats were needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout	61.2%[1][2][3] 5.9 pp
First party Second party Third party   Leader Christy Clark John Horgan Andrew Weaver Party Liberal New Democratic Green Leader since February 26, 2011 May 4, 2014 December 9, 2015 Leader's seat Kelowna West Langford-Juan de Fuca Oak Bay-Gordon Head Last election 49 seats, 44.1% 34 seats, 39.7% 1 seat, 8.1% Seats before 47 35 1 Seats won 43 41 3 Seat change 4 6 2 Popular vote 797,194 795,527 332,331 Percentage 40.37% 40.29% 16.83% Swing 3.8 pp 0.6 pp 8.7 pp
Popular vote by riding. As this is an FPTP election, seat totals are not determined by popular vote, but instead via results by each riding. Click the map for more details.
Premier before election Christy Clark Liberal Premier after election Christy Clark[n 1] Liberal

The election took place soon after Clark formally advised Lieutenant Governor Judith Guichon to dissolve the Legislative Assembly. It was the first election contested on a new electoral map completed in 2015, and the total number of constituencies had increased from 85 to 87. New districts were added in Richmond and Surrey, while the boundaries to 48 existing electoral districts were adjusted.[5]

The election was notable in that it marked the province's first non-majority legislature since the 1952 election, the end of the Liberal majority government that had led the province since the 2001 election, and the first election in Canada at the federal or provincial level that saw more than one member of a Green party elected.[6][7]

Timing

Section 23 of British Columbia's Constitution Act provides that general elections occur on the second Tuesday in May of the fourth calendar year after the last election.[8] As an election was held on May 14, 2013, the subsequent election was conducted on May 9, 2017. The same section, though, makes the fixed election date subject to the Lieutenant Governor's right to dissolve the Legislative Assembly as he or she sees fit (in practice, on the advice of the Premier).[8]

The writ was dropped on April 11, 2017.[9] Advance voter registration ended April 11. Advance voting was from April 29 to 30, then began again May 3 and lasted until May 6 before the general election on May 9.[10]

Background

Main article: 40th Parliament of British Columbia

In the 2013 general election, the BC Liberal Party under the leadership of Premier Christy Clark were re-elected with a majority government. The British Columbia New Democratic Party, under the leadership of Adrian Dix, again formed the Official Opposition with a slightly reduced total of 34 seats. Despite the victory, Clark was defeated by NDP candidate David Eby in her riding of Vancouver-Point Grey but was later elected in the Westside-Kelowna riding by-election in July 2013 following Ben Stewart's resignation of his seat the previous month so that she could return to the Legislature.[11] The BC Green Party, under leader Jane Sterk, won its first seat in the legislature, though Sterk herself was not elected. Dix resigned as NDP leader following the election and was succeeded by Horgan in the NDP 2014 leadership election.[12] On August 13, 2013, Sterk announced she would resign as Green Party leader;[13] Adam Olsen was appointed interim leader on August 25, 2013.[14] The BC Conservative Party, under the leadership of John Cummins, failed to win a seat and Cummins resigned after the Westside-Kelowna by-election. On February 2, 2016, two by-elections occurred in Vancouver-Mount Pleasant and Coquitlam-Burke Mountain to replace Jenny Kwan and Douglas Horne, who had both resigned to seek election in the 2015 Canadian federal election.

In preparation for the 2017 provincial election, the Electoral Boundaries Commission Amendment Act, 2014 increased the number of electoral districts from 85 to 87 and required that the number of electoral districts in the North, Cariboo-Thompson, and the Columbia-Kootenay regions not be decreased despite their lower populations since the last adjustment of electoral boundaries. The Electoral Districts Act was updated in November 2015 to establish the new electoral districts, adding one new electoral district in Surrey and one in Richmond.

The Election Amendment Act, 2015 required the chief electoral officer to provide each party with a copy of the voters list, allowed constituency associations to incur election expenses, limited vouching to amend voter information to only family members of the voter, and eliminated the 60-day pre-campaign period, including its expense limits.[15]

Election spending and fundraising

According to Elections BC, each candidate's campaign may spend a maximum of $77,674 over the 28 day election period and each political party, in addition, may spend $4,882,405. Also, each third party advertiser may spend up to $3,329 in a single electoral district and up to $166,445 overall.[16]

Unlike the Federal government or most provinces, British Columbia has no limits on political donations.[17][18] Wealthy individuals, corporations, unions and even foreigners are allowed to donate large amounts to political parties there.[19] On January 13, 2017, the New York Times published a story calling British Columbia the "Wild West" of Canadian political cash.[19] According to the New York Times, "critics of [Premier Clark] and her party, the conservative British Columbia Liberal Party, say the provincial government has been transformed into a lucrative business, dominated by special interests that trade donations for political favors, undermining Canada's reputation for functional, consensus-driven democracy."[19] The article also explored Premier Clark's practice of taking an additional salary from the BC Liberals, beyond her Premier salary, financed by political contributions.[19] The Globe and Mail also followed up with a special investigation of "British Columbia: The 'wild west' of fundraising".[17] The investigation found that lobbyists are giving tens of thousands of dollars in their own name – and some power brokers are breaking one of the few rules the province has in place.[17] With no limits on political donations in B.C., the provincial Liberals raised $12.4 million last year – $4.5-million from individuals and $7.9-million from corporations.[17][20] On March 5, 2017, Elections BC announced it was launching a probe into Liberal Party fundraising.[21] The official opposition, the BC NDP, has promised to ban corporate and union donation if elected, as well as limits on individual donations, but continues to accept corporate and union donations at the present time.[20] The BC Green Party announced in September 2016 that it would no longer accept donations from corporations or unions.[22]

In terms of election spending, British Columbia currently has no spending limits ahead of the election period. During the 2009 election period, there was a spending limit of $4.4 million.[23] Spending limits for the 2017 election period were adjusted for changes to the consumer price index before being confirmed during the second week in April 2017.[24][16]

Party		Leader	Expenditures[25]	Notes
	British Columbia Liberal Party	Christy Clark	$13,596,359	The BC Liberals had formed a majority government since May 2001.
	British Columbia New Democratic Party	John Horgan	$7,908,697	The BC NDP had formed the official opposition since May 2005.
	Green Party of British Columbia	Andrew Weaver	$904,876
	British Columbia Conservative Party	vacant	$39,043
	Christian Heritage Party of British Columbia	Rod Taylor	$23,133
	British Columbia Libertarian Party	Clayton Welwood	$9,913
	British Columbia Social Credit Party	vacant	$5,940

Opinion polls

Polling firm	Last date of polling	Link	Lib.	NDP	Green	Cons.	Other	Type of poll	Sample size
Forum Research	May 8, 2017	PDF	39	41	17		3	IVR	1,076
Insights West	May 8, 2017	HTML	41	41	17		2	online	801
Justason Market Intelligence	May 7, 2017	HTML	38	36	23		3	IVR/online	1,447
Mainstreet Research	May 6, 2017	HTML	39	40	20			IVR	1,650
Ipsos Reid	May 6, 2017	HTML	39	40	17		4	online/telephone	1,404
Angus Reid	May 3, 2017	PDF	40	41	15		4	online	1,007
Justason Market Intelligence	May 2, 2017	HTML	39	34	23		4	IVR/online	2,116
Mainstreet Research	May 1, 2017	HTML	37	42	21			IVR	1,650
Innovative Research	May 1, 2017	HTML	38	35	17	8	2	online	500
Ipsos Reid	April 30, 2017	HTML	43	41	14		3	online	834
Innovative Research	April 30, 2017	HTML	38	33	20	6	3	telephone	600
Forum Research	April 29, 2017	PDF	29	37	24	7	3	IVR	1,067
Justason Market Intelligence	April 28, 2017	HTML	38	37	21		4	online	1,127
Innovative Research	April 23, 2017	HTML	42	32	16	9	1	online	1,000
Mainstreet Research	April 22, 2017	HTML	34	44	22			IVR	1,650
Justason Market Intelligence	April 20, 2017	HTML	36	39	19		5	online	1,128
Mainstreet Research	April 14, 2017	HTML	37	39	21	3		IVR	1,650
Mainstreet Research	April 10, 2017	HTML	35	39	19	7		IVR	5,506
Ipsos Reid	April 9, 2017	HTML	39	44	12	4	1	online/telephone	1,388
Forum Research	April 8, 2017	PDF	29	39	18	12	3	IVR	1,040
Insights West	April 8, 2017	HTML	38	40	17	3	2	online	801
Mainstreet Research	April 3, 2017	HTML	33	36	19	11		IVR	1,650
Mainstreet Research	March 27, 2017	HTML	34	36	19	11		IVR	1,650
Mainstreet Research	March 20, 2017	HTML	34	38	17	11		IVR	1,500
Mainstreet Research	March 12, 2017	HTML	36	40	13	11		IVR	2,109
Mainstreet Research	March 5, 2017	HTML	35	39	13	13		IVR	2,191
Forum Research	March 1, 2017	PDF	32	36	15	14	3	IVR	1,056
Mainstreet Research	February 26, 2017	HTML	33	38	15	13		IVR	2,352
Insights West	February 26, 2017	HTML	40	41	11	5	3	online	801
Forum Research	February 23, 2017	PDF	28	39	14	15	3	IVR	1,061
Mainstreet Research	February 19, 2017	HTML	37	37	17	10		IVR	2,188
Insights West	November 21, 2016	HTML	39	40	14	5	2	online	806
Mainstreet Research	September 8, 2016	HTML	33	38	16	14		IVR	2,207
Innovative Research	August 14, 2016	PDF	38	29	16	15	1	telephone	600
Ipsos Reid	May 9, 2016	HTML	42	36	10	11	1	online	803
Insights West	May 5, 2016	HTML	34	40	14	10	2	online	801
Insights West	November 14, 2015	HTML	34	39	16	7	4	online	812
Insights West	May 19, 2015	HTML	37	43	10	6	4	online	801
Ipsos Reid	May 12, 2015	HTML	41	44	8	7	2	online	804
Insights West	December 6, 2014	HTML	36	40	14	8	2	online	805
McAllister Opinion Research	July 29, 2014	PDF	36.0	36.3	17.5	9.1	1.0	online	1,704
Insights West	May 10, 2014	HTML	38	39	14	8	1	online	824
Justason Market Intelligence	January 19, 2014	HTML	37	35	19	7	1	telephone/online	600
Insights West	December 3, 2013	HTML	40	36	14	6	3	online	866
Election 2013	May 14, 2013	HTML	44.14	39.71	8.13	4.76	3.25	ballot	1,803,051

Endorsements

BC Greens

• David Suzuki

BC Liberals

• Globe and Mail[26]
• Vancouver Sun[27]

Retiring incumbents

Liberals Bill Bennett, Kootenay East[28] Gordon Hogg, Surrey-White Rock[29] Terry Lake, Kamloops-North Thompson[30] Don McRae, Comox Valley[31] Moira Stilwell, Vancouver-Langara[32] Independent Pat Pimm, Peace River North[33] Vicki Huntington, Delta South[34]

New Democrats Robin Austin, Skeena[35] Kathy Corrigan, Burnaby-Deer Lake[36] Sue Hammell, Surrey-Green Timbers[37] Maurine Karagianis, Esquimalt-Royal Roads[38] Norm Macdonald, Columbia River-Revelstoke[39] Bill Routley, Cowichan Valley[40] Jane Shin, Burnaby-Lougheed[41]

Results

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43	41	3
Liberal	New Democratic	Green

Summary of the 2017 British Columbia Legislative election

Party		Leader[42]	Candidates[43]	Seats			Votes[43]	%	Change (pp)
				2013	Dissol.[n 2]	2017
	Liberal	Christy Clark	87	49	47	43	796,672	40.36	-3.78
	New Democratic	John Horgan	87	34	35	41	795,106	40.28	+0.57
	Green	Andrew Weaver	83	1	1	3	332,387	16.84	+8.71
	Independent		31	1	2	–	20,956	1.06	-1.30
	Conservative	vacant	10	–	–	–	10,402	0.53	-4.23
	Libertarian	Clayton Welwood	30	–	–	–	7,838	0.40	+0.29
	Christian Heritage	Rod Taylor (interim)	5	–	–	–	3,398	0.17	+0.12
	No Affiliation		2	–	–	–	1,151	0.06	-0.31
	Your Political Party	James Filippelli	10	–	–	–	1,137	0.06	+0.03
	Social Credit	vacant	2	–	–	–	896	0.05	+0.03
	Communist	Timothy Gidora	6	–	–	–	802	0.04	+0.02
	Vancouver Island Party	Robin Richardson	4	N/A	–	–	646	0.03	N/A
	Land Air Water	Mervyn Ritchie	1	N/A	–	–	580	0.03	N/A
	BC First	Salvatore Vetro[n 3]	1	–	–	–	543	0.03	-0.04
	Refederation	vacant	3	N/A	–	–	463	0.02	N/A
	New Republican	Wei Chen	1	N/A	–	–	318	0.02	N/A
	Cascadia	Troy Gibbons	2	N/A	–	–	248	0.01	N/A
	Action	vacant	2	N/A	–	–	205	0.01	N/A
	Citizens First	Phillip Ryan	1	N/A	–	–	90	0.00	N/A
	4BC	Erik Deutscher	1	N/A	–	–	58	0.00	N/A
Total			369	85	85	87	1,973,914

Popular vote Liberal   40.36% NDP   40.28% Green   16.84% Others   2.52%

Seats Liberal   49.43% NDP   47.13% Green   3.45%

Aftermath

After May 9, it was not immediately clear what form the government would take, as Elections BC does not count absentee ballots until two weeks after election day. This final count would determine the makeup of the legislature, since several seats were won with margins of a few hundred votes or less, and both the Liberals and NDP hoped to acquire enough seats to secure a majority.[46] No seats changed hands, however, after the counting of absentee ballots concluded on May 24, and the initial count of 43–41–3 was confirmed.[47]

As no single party won a majority of seats, the Green Party was approached by both the BC Liberals and BC NDP to determine whether they would support a minority government or a coalition government headed by either party.[48] No grand coalition or agreement between the two large parties, excluding the Greens, was seriously considered. On May 29, Horgan and Weaver announced that the Greens would provide confidence and supply to an NDP minority government, a position which was endorsed the following day by the members of both caucuses.[49] In response, Clark indicated that she would have the legislature sit in the coming weeks and seek its confidence in a Liberal minority government, while acknowledging that she would likely be unsuccessful.[50] The legislature convened on June 22.[51] On June 29, the Liberals were defeated in a confidence vote; Clark then asked Guichon to dissolve the legislature and call a new election. Guichon refused, Clark resigned, and Guichon invited Horgan to form an NDP minority government.[51][4][52]

Results by riding

• Names in bold are outgoing cabinet ministers, and names in italics are party leaders. The premier is in both.
• denotes incumbent MLAs who did not seek re-election.
• denotes incumbent MLAs who sought re-election in a different riding.
• A riding name in brackets below the name of the incumbent MLA indicates the name of the predecessor riding contested in the last election.
• Candidate names are given as they appeared on the ballot, and may include formal names and middle names that the candidate does not use in day-to-day political life. For example, Greg Kyllo appeared on the ballot as "Gregory James Kyllo".

Northern British Columbia

Electoral District	Candidates									Incumbent
		Liberal		NDP		Green		Other
Nechako Lakes		John Rustad 5,307 - 54.39%		Anne Marie Sam 2,909 - 29.81%		Douglas Norman Gook 878 - 9.00%		Jon Rempel (Ltn.) 438 - 4.49% Al Trampuh (Ind.) 226 - 2.32%		John Rustad
North Coast		Herb Pond 3,079 - 33.66%		Jennifer Rice 5,243 - 57.31%		Hondo Arendt 826 - 9.03%				Jennifer Rice
Peace River North		Dan Davies 9,707 - 66.31%		Rob Dempsey 973 - 6.65%				Bob Fedderly (Ind.) 2,799 - 19.12% Rob Fraser (Ind.) 884 - 6.04% Jeff Richert (Ind.) 275 - 1.88%		Pat Pimm
Peace River South		Mike Bernier 6,634 - 75.94%		Stephanie Goudie 2,102 - 24.06%						Mike Bernier
Prince George-Mackenzie		Mike Morris 10,725 - 57.12%		Bobby Deepak 5,942 - 31.65%		Hilary Crowley 2,109 - 11.23%				Mike Morris
Prince George-Valemount		Shirley Bond 11,189 - 58.20%		Natalie Fletcher 5,683 - 29.56%		Nan Kendy 2,353 - 12.24%				Shirley Bond
Skeena		Ellis Ross 6,772 - 52.23%		Bruce Alan Bidgood 5,613 - 43.29%				Merv Ritchie (LAW) 580 - 4.47%		Robin Austin
Stikine		Wanda Good 3,531 - 38.75%		Doug Donaldson 4,748 - 52.10%				Rod Taylor (CHP) 834 - 9.15%		Doug Donaldson

Kootenays

Electoral District	Candidates									Incumbent
		Liberal		NDP		Green		Other
Columbia River-Revelstoke		Doug Clovechok 6,620 - 45.44%		Gerry Taft 5,248 - 36.02%		Samson Boyer 1,708 - 11.72%		Duncan Boyd MacLeod (Ind.) 469 - 3.22% Justin James Hooles (Ind.) 371 - 2.55% Rylan Kashuba (Ltn.) 154 - 1.06%		Norm Macdonald
Kootenay East		Tom Glenn Shypitka 9,666 - 56.57%		Randal Macnair 5,069 - 29.67%		Yvonne Marie Prest 1,926 - 11.27%		Keith D. Komar (Ltn.) 425 - 2.49%		Bill Bennett
Kootenay West		Jim Postnikoff 4,547 - 24.33%		Katrine Conroy 11,164 - 59.74%		Sam Troy 2,976 - 15.93%				Katrine Conroy
Nelson-Creston		Tanya Rae Wall 5,087 - 27.93%		Michelle Mungall 7,685 - 42.19%		Kim Charlesworth 5,130 - 28.16%		Jesse O'Leary (Ind.) 164 - 0.90% Tom Prior (Ind.) 149 - 0.82%		Michelle Mungall

Okanagan, Shuswap and Boundary

Electoral District	Candidates									Incumbent
		Liberal		NDP		Green		Other
Boundary-Similkameen		Linda Margaret Larson 9,513 - 42.80%		Colleen Ross 7,275 - 32.73%		Vonnie Lavers 2,274 - 10.23%		Peter Entwistle (Ind.) 3,165 - 14.24%		Linda Larson
Kelowna-Lake Country		Norm Letnick 15,286 - 59.75%		Erik Olesen 5,345 - 20.89%		Alison Shaw 4,951 - 19.35%				Norm Letnick
Kelowna-Mission		Steve Thomson 15,399 - 57.18%		Harwinder Kaur Sandhu 5,720 - 21.24%		Rainer Wilkins 3,836 - 14.24%		Charles Hardy (Cons.) 1,976 - 7.34%		Steve Thomson
Kelowna West		Christy Clark 15,674 - 59.05%		Shelley Cook 6,672 - 25.14%		Robert Mellalieu 3,628 - 13.67%		Brian Thiesen (Ind.) 570 - 2.15%		Christy Clark
Penticton		Dan Ashton 14,470 - 52.80%		Tarik Sayeed 7,874 - 28.73%		Connie Sahlmark 5,061 - 18.47%				Dan Ashton
Shuswap		Gregory James Kyllo 14,829 - 55.80%		Sylvia Jean Lindgren 7,161 - 26.95%		Kevin Babcock 4,175 - 15.71%		Kyle McCormack (Ltn.) 410 - 1.54%		Greg Kyllo
Vernon-Monashee		Eric Bailey Foster 13,625 - 47.87%		Barry Charles Dorval 8,355 - 29.36%		Keli Westgate 6,139 - 21.57%		Don Jefcoat (Ltn.) 341 - 1.20%		Eric Foster

Thompson and Cariboo

Electoral District	Candidates									Incumbent
		Liberal		NDP		Green		Other
Cariboo-Chilcotin		Donna Barnett 8,520 - 58.78%		Sally Watson 3,801 - 26.22%		Rita Helen Giesbrecht 2,174 - 15.00%				Donna Barnett
Cariboo North		Coralee Ella Oakes 6,359 - 51.06%		Scott Elliott 4,430 - 35.57%		Richard Edward Jaques 919 - 7.38%		Tony Goulet (Cons.) 747 - 6.00%		Coralee Oakes
Fraser-Nicola		Jackie L. Tegart 6,597 - 41.97%		Harry Lali 6,005 - 38.21%		Arthur Alexander Green 2,517 - 16.01%		Michael Henshall (Social Credit) 598 - 3.80%		Jackie Tegart
Kamloops-North Thompson		Peter Gordon Milobar 12,001 - 48.32%		Barb Nederpel 7,538 - 30.35%		Dan Hines 5,111 - 20.58%		Peter Paul Kerek (Comm.) 187 - 0.75%		Terry Lake
Kamloops-South Thompson		Todd Graham Stone 15,465 - 55.78%		Nancy Bepple 6,072 - 21.90%		Donovan Cavers 5,785 - 20.86%		Jessica Lea Bradshaw (Ltn.) 295 - 1.06% Beat Klossner (Comm.) 109 - 0.39%		Todd Stone

Fraser Valley

Electoral District	Candidates									Incumbent
		Liberal		NDP		Green		Other
Abbotsford-Mission		Simon John Gibson 12,879 - 51.19%		Andrew Murray Christie 7,339 - 29.17%		Jennifer Holmes 4,298 - 17.08%		Dan Cameron (CHP) 644 - 2.56%		Simon Gibson
Abbotsford South		Darryl Plecas 11,673 - 52.46%		Jasleen Arora 6,297 - 28.30%		William Aird Flavelle 3,338 - 15.00%		Ron Gray (CHP) 942 - 4.23%		Darryl Plecas
Abbotsford West		Michael de Jong 11,618 - 55.23%		Preet Rai 6,474 - 30.77%		Kevin Allan Eastwood 2,280 - 10.84%		Lynn Simcox (CHP) 516 - 2.45% Dave Sharkey (Ltn.) 149 - 0.71%		Mike de Jong
Chilliwack		John Martin 9,180 - 48.15%		Tracey Lorrean O'Hara 6,207 - 32.56%		Wayne Froese 3,277 - 17.19%		Ryan McKinnon (Ind.) 402 - 2.11%		John Martin
Chilliwack-Kent		Laurie Throness 11,814 - 52.75%		Patti MacAhonic 7,273 - 32.40%		Josie Bleuer 3,335 - 14.86%				Laurie Throness (Chilliwack-Hope)
Langley		Mary Polak 10,755 - 44.40%		Gail Chaddock-Costello 8,384 - 34.61%		Elizabeth Helen Walker 3,699 - 15.27%		Justin Greenwood (Cons.) 1,221 - 5.04% Robert Kerr Pobran (Ltn.) 166 - 0.69%		Mary Polak
Langley East		Rich Coleman 16,348 - 53.45%		Inder Johal 8,820 - 28.84%		Bill Masse 4,968 - 16.24%		Alex Joehl (Ltn.) 448 - 1.46%		Rich Coleman (Fort Langley-Aldergrove)
Maple Ridge-Mission		Marc Dalton 10,663 - 40.70%		Bob D'Eith 10,988 - 41.94%		Peter Pak Chiu Tam 3,467 - 13.23%		Trevor Hamilton (Cons.) 934 - 3.57% Jeff Monds (Ltn.) 145 - 0.55%		Marc Dalton
Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows		Doug Bing 10,428 - 38.79%		Lisa Marie Beare 12,045 - 44.80%		Alex Pope 3,329 - 12.38%		Gary John O'Driscoll (Cons.) 676 - 2.51% Steve Ranta (Ind.) 408 - 1.52%		Doug Bing

Surrey

Electoral District	Candidates									Incumbent
		Liberal		NDP		Green		Other
Surrey-Cloverdale		Marvin Hunt 11,918 - 47.57%		Rebecca Smith 9,763 - 38.97%		Aleksandra Muniak 3,091 - 12.34%		Peter Poelstra (Ltn.) 279 - 1.11%		Stephanie Cadieux
Surrey-Fleetwood		Peter Fassbender 7,413 - 35.83%		Jagrup Brar 11,085 - 53.58%		Tim Binnema 2,190 - 10.59%				Peter Fassbender
Surrey-Green Timbers		Brenda Joy Locke 5,056 - 32.95%		Rachna Singh 8,945 - 58.29%		Saira Aujla 1,112 - 7.25%		Vikram Bajwa (NA) 163 - 1.06% Kanwaljit Singh Moti (YPP) 69 - 0.45%		Sue Hammell
Surrey-Guildford		Amrik Virk 7,015 - 37.76%		Garry Begg 9,262 - 49.85%		Jodi Murphy 1,840 - 9.90%		Kevin Pielak (CHP) 462 - 2.49%		Amrik Virk (Surrey-Tynehead)
Surrey-Newton		Gurminder Singh Parihar 5,100 - 29.99%		Harry Bains 9,744 - 57.31%		Richard Krieger 1,171 - 6.89%		Balpreet Singh Bal (NA) 988 - 5.81%		Harry Bains
Surrey-Panorama		Puneet Sandhar 10,064 - 41.86%		Jinny Sims 12,226 - 50.85%		Veronica Laurel Greer 1,620 - 6.74%		Liz Galenzoski (Refed) 132 - 0.55%		Marvin Hunt
Surrey South		Stephanie Cadieux 13,509 - 50.94%		Jonathan Silveira 8,718 - 32.87%		Pascal Tremblay 3,141 - 11.84%		Peter Njenga (Ind.) 634 - 2.39% Josh Barrett (Ltn.) 311 - 1.17% Gary Hee (Ind.) 140 - 0.53% Fabiola Cecilia Palomino (YPP) 67 - 0.25%		new district
Surrey-Whalley		Sargy Chima 5,293 - 30.08%		Bruce Ralston 10,315 - 58.62%		Rita Anne Fromholt 1,893 - 10.76%		George Gidora (Comm.) 96 - 0.55%		Bruce Ralston
Surrey-White Rock		Tracy Redies 14,101 - 49.87%		Niovi Patsicakis 8,648 - 30.59%		Bill Marshall 4,574 - 16.18%		Tom Bryant (Ind.) 950 - 3.36%		Gordon Hogg

Richmond and Delta

Electoral District	Candidates									Incumbent
		Liberal		NDP		Green		Other
Delta North		Scott Hamilton 9,319 - 39.69%		Ravi Kahlon 11,465 - 48.83%		Jacquie Miller 2,697 - 11.49%				Scott Hamilton
Delta South		Ian Paton 11,123 - 44.10%		Bruce Reid 5,228 - 20.73%		Larry Colero 2,349 - 9.31%		Nicholas Wong (Ind.) 6,437 - 25.52% Errol Edmund Sherley (Action) 88 - 0.35%		Vicki Huntington
Richmond North Centre		Teresa Wat 7,916 - 52.48%		Lyren Chiu 5,135 - 34.04%		Ryan Kemp Marciniw 1,579 - 10.47%		Dong Pan (Ind.) 336 - 2.23% John Crocock (Action) 117 - 0.78%		Teresa Wat (Richmond Centre)
Richmond-Queensborough		Jas Johal 8,218 - 41.43%		Aman Singh 8,084 - 40.75%		Michael Wolfe 2,524 - 12.72%		Kay Khilvinder Hale (Cons.) 694 - 3.50% Lawrence Chen (New Rep.) 318 - 1.60%		Linda Reid (Richmond East)
Richmond South Centre		Linda Reid 6,914 - 48.89%		Chak Au 5,666 - 40.07%		Greg Powell 1,561 - 11.04%				new district
Richmond-Steveston		John Yap 10,332 - 47.60%		Kelly Greene 8,524 - 39.35%		Roy Sakata 2,833 - 13.05%				John Yap

Burnaby, New Westminster, and Coquitlam

Electoral District	Candidates									Incumbent
		Liberal		NDP		Green		Other
Burnaby-Deer Lake		Karen Xiao Bao Wang 6,491 - 35.54%		Anne Kang 8,747 - 47.89%		Rick McGowan 2,209 - 12.09%		Graham Bowers (Cons.) 589 - 3.22% Elias Ishak (Ind.) 229 - 1.25%		Kathy Corrigan
Burnaby-Edmonds		Garrison Duke 6,404 - 32.09%		Raj Chouhan 10,827 - 54.25%		Valentine Wu 2,728 - 13.67%				Raj Chouhan
Burnaby-Lougheed		Steve Darling 8,391 - 36.91%		Katrina Chen 10,911 - 48.06%		Joe Keithley 3,127 - 13.77%		Sylvia Gung (Ind.) 145 - 0.64% Neeraj Murarka (Ltn.) 129 - 0.57%		Jane Shin
Burnaby North		Richard T. Lee 9,290 - 39.42%		Janet Routledge 11,447 - 48.57%		Peter Hallschmid 2,830 - 12.01%				Richard T. Lee
Coquitlam-Burke Mountain		Joan Isaacs 10,388 - 44.28%		Jodie Wickens 10,301 - 43.91%		Ian Donnelly Soutar 2,771 - 11.81%				Jodie Wickens
Coquitlam-Maillardville		Steve Kim 8,519 - 37.70%		Selina Mae Robinson 11,438 - 50.61%		Nicola Eyton Spurling 2,467 - 10.92%		Jesse Velay-Vitow (Ltn.) 175 - 0.77%		Selina Robinson
New Westminster		Lorraine Brett 5,870 - 21.20%		Judy Darcy 14,377 - 51.93%		Jonina Campbell 6,939 - 25.07%		James Crosty (Social Credit) 298 - 1.08% Rex Brocki (Ltn.) 199 - 0.72%		Judy Darcy
Port Coquitlam		Susan Chambers 7,582 - 30.05%		Mike Farnworth 14,079 - 55.79%		Jason Hanley 3,237 - 12.83%		Lewis Clarke Dahlby (Ltn.) 248 - 0.98% Billy Gibbons (Cascadia) 88 - 0.35%		Mike Farnworth
Port Moody-Coquitlam		Linda Reimer 9,910 - 40.20%		Rick Glumac 11,754 - 47.69%		Don Barthel 2,985 - 12.11%				Linda Reimer

Vancouver

Electoral District	Candidates									Incumbent
		Liberal		NDP		Green		Other
Vancouver-Fairview		Gabe Garfinkel 9,436 - 31.85%		George Heyman 16,035 - 54.12%		Louise Boutin 4,007 - 13.52%		Joey Doyle (YPP) 149 - 0.50%		George Heyman
Vancouver-False Creek		Sam Sullivan 10,370 - 42.16%		Morgane Oger 9,955 - 40.47%		Bradley Darren Shende 3,880 - 15.77%		Liz Jaluague (Ltn.) 213 - 0.87% James Filippelli (YPP) 91 - 0.37% Phillip James Ryan (Citizens First) 90 - 0.37%		Sam Sullivan
Vancouver-Fraserview		Suzanne Anton 9,985 - 42.22%		George Chow 11,487 - 48.57%		Eric Kolotyluk 1,826 - 7.72%		Hiroshi Hyde (Ltn.) 179 - 0.76% Harpreet S. Bajwa (YPP) 174 - 0.74%		Suzanne Anton
Vancouver-Hastings		Jane Spitz 5,160 - 21.56%		Shane Lee Simpson 14,351 - 59.96%		David H.T. Wong 4,222 - 17.64%		Kimball Mark Cariou (Comm.) 203 - 0.85%		Shane Simpson
Vancouver-Kensington		Kim Jee Chan Logan 7,236 - 32.16%		Mable Elmore 12,504 - 55.57%		Simon Alexander Rear 2,580 - 11.47%		Ramanjit Kaur Dhillon (YPP) 181 - 0.80%		Mable Elmore
Vancouver-Kingsway		Trang Nguyen 5,377 - 27.09%		Adrian Dix 12,031 - 60.62%		Ellisa Calder 1,848 - 9.31%		Charles Bae (Cons.) 504 - 2.54% Brette Mullins (YPP) 85 - 0.43%		Adrian Dix
Vancouver-Langara		Michael Lee 10,047 - 47.46%		James Wang 8,057 - 38.06%		Janet Rhoda Fraser 2,894 - 13.67%		Surinder Singh Trehan (YPP) 172 - 0.81%		Moira Stilwell
Vancouver-Mount Pleasant		Conny Lin 3,917 - 16.03%		Melanie Mark 15,962 - 65.31%		Jerry Kroll 4,136 - 16.92%		Mike Hansen (Ind.) 212 - 0.87% Peter Marcus (Comm.) 142 - 0.58% Shai Joseph Mor (YPP) 72 - 0.29%		Melanie Mark
Vancouver-Point Grey		James Lombardi 8,414 - 33.16%		David Robert Patrick Eby 14,195 - 55.94%		Amanda Konkin 2,604 - 10.26%		Brian Taylor (Ind.) 84 - 0.33% David Stall (YPP) 77 - 0.30%		David Eby
Vancouver-Quilchena		Andrew Wilkinson 12,464 - 55.96%		Madeline Lalonde 6,244 - 28.03%		Michael Barkusky 3,301 - 14.82%		William Morrison (Ltn.) 265 - 1.19%		Andrew Wilkinson
Vancouver-West End		Nigel Elliott 5,064 - 23.01%		Spencer Chandra Herbert 13,420 - 60.97%		James Marshall 3,059 - 13.90%		John Clarke (Ltn.) 352 - 1.60% Leon David Dunn (Ind.) 116 - 0.53%		Spencer Chandra Herbert

North Shore and Sunshine Coast

Electoral District	Candidates									Incumbent
		Liberal		NDP		Green		Other
North Vancouver-Lonsdale		Naomi Yamamoto 10,373 - 38.14%		Bowinn Ma 12,361 - 45.45%		Richard Warrington 4,148 - 15.25%		Donald N.S. Wilson (Ltn.) 316 - 1.16%		Naomi Yamamoto
North Vancouver-Seymour		Jane Ann Thornthwaite 13,194 - 46.36%		Michael Rene Charrois 9,808 - 34.47%		Joshua Johnson 5,208 - 18.30%		Clayton Welwood (Ltn.) 247 - 0.87%		Jane Thornthwaite
Powell River-Sunshine Coast		Mathew Wilson 6,602 - 24.53%		Nicholas Simons 13,646 - 50.70%		Kim Darwin 6,505 - 24.17%		Reuben Richards (Cascadia) 160 - 0.59%		Nicholas Simons
West Vancouver-Capilano		Ralph Sultan 13,596 - 57.14%		Mehdi Russel 5,622 - 23.63%		Michael Markwick 4,575 - 19.23%				Ralph Sultan
West Vancouver-Sea to Sky		Jordan Sturdy 10,449 - 43.08%		Michelle Livaja 6,532 - 26.93%		Dana Moore Taylor 6,947 - 28.64%		Michael Cambridge (Ltn.) 186 - 0.77% Tristan Andrew Galbraith (Ind.) 143 - 0.59%		Jordan Sturdy

Vancouver Island

Electoral District	Candidates									Incumbent
		Liberal		NDP		Green		Other
Courtenay-Comox		Jim Benninger 10,697 - 36.72%		Ronna-Rae Leonard 10,886 - 37.36%		Ernie Sellentin 5,351 - 18.37%		Leah Catherine McCulloch (Cons.) 2,201 - 7.55%		Don McRae (Comox Valley)
Cowichan Valley		Steve Housser 8,400 - 27.41%		Lori Lynn Iannidinardo 9,603 - 31.34%		Sonia Furstenau 11,475 - 37.45%		Ian Morrison (Ind.) 502 - 1.64% James Robert Anderson (Ltn.) 393 - 1.28% Samuel Lockhart (Ind.) 145 - 0.47% Eden Haythornthwaite (Ind.) 124 - 0.40%		Bill Routley
Mid Island-Pacific Rim		Darren Frank DeLuca 6,578 - 25.69%		Scott Kenneth Fraser 12,556 - 49.04%		Alicia La Rue 5,206 - 20.33%		Julian Fell (Cons.) 878 - 3.43% Robert Alexander Clarke (Ltn.) 298 - 1.16% Dan Cebuliak (Refed.) 86 - 0.34%		Scott Fraser (Alberni-Pacific Rim)
Nanaimo		Paris Gaudet 8,911 - 32.54%		Leonard Krog 12,746 - 46.54%		Kathleen Harris 5,454 - 19.91%		Bill Walker (Ltn.) 277 - 1.01%		Leonard Krog
Nanaimo-North Cowichan		Alana DeLong 7,380 - 28.20%		Doug Routley 12,275 - 46.90%		Lia Marie Constance Versaevel 6,244 - 23.86%		P. Anna Paddon (Ind.) 274 - 1.05%		Doug Routley
North Island		Dallas William Smith 9,148 - 35.47%		Claire Felicity Trevena 12,255 - 47.51%		Sue Moen 3,846 - 14.91%		John M. Twigg (BC First) 543 - 2.11%		Claire Trevena
Parksville-Qualicum		Michelle Stilwell 14,468 - 45.13%		Sue Powell 9,189 - 28.66%		Glenn Sollitt 8,157 - 25.44%		Terry Hand (Refed.) 245 - 0.76%		Michelle Stilwell

Greater Victoria

Electoral District	Candidates									Incumbent
		Liberal		NDP		Green		Other
Esquimalt-Metchosin		Barb Desjardins 7,055 - 27.61%		Mitzi Jayne Dean 11,816 - 46.25%		Andy MacKinnon 6,339 - 24.81%		Josh Steffler (Ltn.) 171 - 0.67% Delmar Martay (Ind.) 102 - 0.40% Tyson Riel Strandlund (Comm.) 65 - 0.25%		Maurine Karagianis (Esquimalt-Royal Roads)
Langford-Juan de Fuca		Cathy Noel 6,544 - 26.11%		John Horgan 13,224 - 52.75%		Brendan Ralfs 4,795 - 19.13%		Scott Burton (Ltn.) 262 - 1.05% Willie Nelson (VIP) 242 - 0.97%		John Horgan (Juan de Fuca)
Oak Bay-Gordon Head		Alex Dutton 6,952 - 23.77%		Bryce Casavant 6,912 - 23.63%		Andrew John Weaver 15,257 - 52.17%		Jin Dong Yang-Riley (VIP) 67 - 0.23% Xaanja Ganja Free (4BC) 58 - 0.20%		Andrew Weaver
Saanich North and the Islands		Stephen P. Roberts 9,321 - 26.46%		Gary Holman 10,764 - 30.56%		Adam Olsen 14,775 - 41.95%		Jordan Templeman (Ind) 364 - 1.03%		Gary Holman
Saanich South		David Calder 8,716 - 31.05%		Lana Popham 11,912 - 42.46%		Mark Neufeld 7,129 - 25.39%		Andrew Paul McLean (Ltn.) 177 - 0.63% Richard Percival Pattee (VIP) 130 - 0.46%		Lana Popham
Victoria-Beacon Hill		Karen Bill 4,689 - 15.49%		Carole James 16,057 - 53.05%		Kalen Harris 9,194 - 30.38%		Art Lowe (Ltn.) 190 - 0.63% Jordan Reichert (Ind.) 102 - 0.34% David Shebib (Ind.) 35 - 0.12%		Carole James
Victoria-Swan Lake		Stacey Piercey 4,005 - 15.87%		Rob Fleming 13,531 - 53.62%		Christopher Alan Maxwell 7,491 - 29.69%		David Costigane (VIP) 207 - 0.82%		Rob Fleming

Footnotes

1. Following the election, Christy Clark's Liberal minority government was sworn in. On June 29, 2017, Clark's government was defeated in a confidence vote, prompting her resignation. Lieutenant Governor Judith Guichon then invited NDP leader John Horgan to form a minority government with Green support. Clark's resignation was effective July 18, 2017, at which time Horgan was sworn in as premier.[4]
2. This column denotes seats held by parties at the dissolution of the last term of the assembly.
3. John Twigg, BC First's only candidate in this election, was its de facto leader.[44][45] The party failed to provide notice of its leadership change to Elections BC before the dropping of the writ, so the de jure leader remained Salvatore Vetro for the duration of the campaign.

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External links

• Elections BC
• Legislative Assembly Library Election Weblinks