2020 British Columbia general election

2020 British Columbia general election

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87 seats in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia 44 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout	54.50%[1] 6.7 pp
First party Second party Third party   Leader John Horgan Andrew Wilkinson Sonia Furstenau Party New Democratic Liberal Green Leader since May 4, 2014 February 3, 2018 September 14, 2020 Leader's seat Langford-Juan de Fuca Vancouver-Quilchena Cowichan Valley Last election 41 seats, 40.29% 43 seats, 40.37% 3 seats, 16.83% Seats before 41 41 2 Seats won 57 28 2 Seat change 16 13 Popular vote 898,384 636,148 284,151 Percentage 47.69% 33.77% 15.09% Swing 7.32 pp 6.52 pp 1.74 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 John Horgan New Democratic Premier after election John Horgan New Democratic

The 2020 British Columbia general election was held on October 24, 2020, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly to serve in the 42nd parliament of the Canadian province of British Columbia. The incumbent New Democratic Party of British Columbia won a majority government, making John Horgan the first leader in the history of the British Columbia New Democratic Party to win a second consecutive term as Premier.^[3] The incoming Legislature marks the first time the NDP commanded an outright majority government in BC since the 1996 election, as well as the first province-wide popular vote win for the party since 1991.

Horgan called a snap election on September 21, 2020, the first early election in the province since the 1986 election. Horgan portrayed the call for an early election as required for stability given the fact that the BC NDP was governing with a minority of seats in the Legislative Assembly, but his decision was criticized by both the NDP's confidence and supply partner, the British Columbia Green Party, and the province's Official Opposition, the British Columbia Liberal Party, as opportunistic.

Liberal leader Andrew Wilkinson resigned two days after the election, but remained as leader until November 23.^[4]

Background[]

This election took place under first-past-the-post rules, as proportional representation had been rejected with 61.3% voting against it in the 2018 referendum.^[5]

Section 23 of British Columbia's Constitution Act provides that general elections occur on the third Saturday in October of the fourth calendar year after the last election.^[6] The fixed election date was previously set for the second Tuesday in May — tentatively making the next election date May 12, 2021; but the BC NDP passed legislation in 2017 amending the section of the constitution pertaining to the set election day.^[7] The same section, though, makes the fixed election date subject to the Lieutenant Governor's prerogative to dissolve the Legislative Assembly as he or she sees fit (in practice, on the advice of the Premier or following a vote of non-confidence).^[6][8]

This prerogative was exercised on September 21, 2020, when Premier John Horgan called a snap election, thus dissolving the 41st Parliament.^[9] The writ of election was issued the same day, commencing a 32-day campaign. This was the first election in BC in nearly two decades to not have been held on the fixed date, following four successive elections which had adhered to fixed-date legislation under amendments to the Constitution Act introduced by the Liberal government under Gordon Campbell and passed shortly after the Liberals came into power subsequent to the 2001 election. It was also the first time a BC government had gone to the polls before the expiration of its mandate since the Social Credit government under Bill Vander Zalm called an early election in 1986.

This election was the second Canadian provincial election held during the COVID-19 pandemic, after the September 2020 election in New Brunswick – also a snap election. Due to the pandemic, more than 720,000 people requested mail-in ballots. Elections BC expected that 35 to 40 percent of ballots would be sent by mail, compared to 1 percent historically. Advance voting took place between October 15 and 21, with more than 681,000 people voting ahead of the election date.^{[3][10][11][12]}

Due to the significant increase in mail-in voting,^[3][13] the full results of the election were not known until November 8; the results of the judicial recount held in one constituency, West Vancouver–Sea to Sky, were only known on November 17.^[14]

The election occurred only three years and five months after the 2017 election and during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada. By the terms of the confidence and supply agreement that had been struck between the NDP and the Green Party, the NDP had been barred from calling a snap election and from holding an election before the fixed date. The premier defended his decision to call an early election, claiming that the province needed the government to have a strong mandate and stability to deal with the challenges of the pandemic for the coming years; the governing New Democrats did not have a majority of seats in the legislature, relying on confidence and supply from the Greens for a slim combined majority. An Ipsos poll conducted for Global News and radio station CKNW found that 46 percent of people disapproved of the snap election call, while 32 percent approved.^[15] Horgan and the BC NDP had been enjoying popularity in the polls during the summer and throughout the pandemic.^{[16][17][18][19]}

Campaign[]

On September 21, 2020, the BC NDP chose Nathan Cullen, a longtime party member and former member of Parliament for the federal NDP, to be the New Democratic candidate in the riding of Stikine, which is located in northwestern BC and was previously represented by Doug Donaldson. Cullen, a white man, was nominated after the NDP attempted, but failed, to find a person wanting to run who was a person from an "equity-seeking" group, such as a woman or Indigenous person; the party's policy required that a vacancy left by a male MLA not running for re-election must be filled by a person from these groups. Annita McPhee, an Indigenous woman of the Tahltan Nation who had served as president of the Tahltan Central Government, previously declared her intention to become the NDP candidate, but was not considered by the NDP. The NDP said that McPhee's application contained invalid signatures, and Cullen was nominated before the paperwork problem could be resolved. According to a party official, McPhee had indicated that she did not want to be associated with the NDP following the 2019 federal election, which was denied by McPhee.^{[20][21][22][23]}

On September 28, BC Liberal leader Andrew Wilkinson promised a one-year tax holiday on the 7% provincial sales tax, at an estimated cost of $6.9 billion, and to thereafter set it to 3% for the following year, at an estimated cost of $3.9 billion, saying that it would stimulate the economy.^[24][25]

On September 30, NDP leader John Horgan promised to improve conditions at long-term care homes, at a cost of $1.4 billion.^[26]

The NDP filed a complaint to Elections BC against Liberal candidate Garry Thind, accusing him of violating the Elections Act by attempting to collect voters' information in order to provide them with a ballot.^[27]

On October 4, the BC Liberals announced that they would pause the transition in Surrey from an RCMP force to a local police department, and that they would hold a referendum of whether the city's switch to a local police department should be reversed.^[28]

On October 8, the NDP announced that they would commit to building, contingent on contributions from the federal government, the entire 16-kilometre (9.9 mi) SkyTrain Expo Line extension to Langley Centre by 2025.^[29]

Retiring incumbents[]

Liberals[]

New Democrats[]

Independent members[]

Political parties[]

Major parties[]

Liberal[]

The British Columbia Liberal Party, a centre-right party, was led by Andrew Wilkinson. In the previous election, it won 43 seats but was reduced to 41 at dissolution. In the 41st Parliament, the BC Liberals served as the Official Opposition after briefly forming a minority government under then-premier Christy Clark, which was defeated on a confidence vote held 2 months after the 2017 British Columbia general election. The party ran candidates in all 87 ridings.^[45]

New Democratic[]

The British Columbia New Democratic Party (NDP), a social democratic centre-left party, was led by John Horgan. It had 41 seats in the outgoing Legislative Assembly and governed BC with a minority government. The party entered a confidence and supply agreement with the Greens following the previous election, allowing the NDP to form government despite being the party with the second-largest share of seats. It ran candidates in all 87 ridings.^[45]

Green[]

The Green Party of British Columbia, a green centre-left, was led by Sonia Furstenau. It won 3 seats in the previous election but had been reduced to 2 seats by the time the 2020 election was called. The Green Party supported the minority NDP government by providing confidence and supply. It ran candidates in 74 out of the 87 ridings.^[45]

Minor parties[]

Christian Heritage[]

The Christian Heritage Party of British Columbia (CHP) was led by Laura-Lynn Tyler Thompson. It ran candidates in 5 ridings.^[45]

Communist[]

The Communist Party of British Columbia (Comm.) was led by Timothy Gidora.^[46] It ran candidates in 5 ridings.^[45]

Conservative[]

The Conservative Party of British Columbia (Con.) was led by Trevor Bolin. It ran candidates in 19 ridings.^[45]

Libertarian[]

The British Columbia Libertarian Party (Ltn.) was led by Donald Wilson. It ran candidates in 25 ridings.^[45]

Rural[]

The Rural BC Party was led by Jonathan Van Barneveld. It ran a candidate in 1 riding.^[45]

Vision[]

The BC Vision party was led by Jagmohan Bhandari. It ran candidates in 3 ridings.^[45]

Wexit[]

Wexit BC became a registered party with Elections BC in 2020^[47] and was led by Lee Smith.^[48] It ran candidates in 2 ridings.^[45]

Independents[]

Along with the parties above, 24 individuals ran as independent candidates across 22 ridings.^[45]

Debates[]

Results[]

These are the final results, which include mail-in and absentee ballots.

A cartogram showing the popular vote in each constituency.

Detailed analysis[]

Candidates 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 are not seeking re-election.
• denotes incumbent MLAs who are seeking 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		Libertarian		Other
Nechako Lakes		John Rustad[56] 4,611 – 52.24%		Anne Marie Sam[57] 3,031 – 34.34%				Jon Rempel 403 – 4.57%		Dan Stuart (CHP)[45] 413 – 4.68% Margo Maley (ind.) 368 – 4.17%		John Rustad
North Coast		Roy Jones Jr.[56] 1,429 – 22.90%		Jennifer Rice[58] 4,544 – 72.82%				Jody Craven 267 – 4.28%				Jennifer Rice
Peace River North		Dan Davies[56] 6,746 – 55.76%		Danielle Monroe[59] 1,202 – 9.94%						Trevor Bolin (Cons.) 4,150 – 34.30%		Dan Davies
Peace River South		Mike Bernier[56] 3,862 – 51.19%		Cory Grizz Longley[60] 1,180 – 15.64%						Kathleen Connolly (Cons.)[61] 2,303 – 30.53% Dorothy Sharon Smith (Wexit) 199 – 2.64%		Mike Bernier
Prince George-Mackenzie		Mike Morris[56] 8,543 – 50.80%		Joan Atkinson 5,717 – 33.99%		Catharine Kendall[62] 1,935 – 11.51%		Raymond Rodgers[63] 287 – 1.71%		Dee Kranz (CHP) 336 – 2.00%		Mike Morris
Prince George-Valemount		Shirley Bond[56] 9,703 – 55.62%		Laura Parent[64] 4,717 – 27.04%		Mackenzie Kerr[65] 2,597 – 14.89%		Sean Robson[66] 428 – 2.45%				Shirley Bond
Skeena		Ellis Ross[56] 5,810 – 52.06%		Nicole Halbauer[57] 4,961 – 44.45%						Martin Holzbauer (ind.) 389 – 3.49%		Ellis Ross
Stikine		Gordon Sebastian[56] 1,904 – 26.32%		Nathan Cullen[67] 3,745 – 51.77%						Rod Taylor (CHP) 831 – 11.49% Darcy Repen (Rural) 754 – 10.42%		Doug Donaldson

Kootenays[]

Electoral district	Candidates								Incumbent
	Liberal		NDP		Green		Other
Columbia River-Revelstoke		Doug Clovechok[56] 7,034 – 48.03%		Nicole Cherlet[68] 5,708 – 38.97%		Samson Boyer[69] 1,904 – 13.00%				Doug Clovechok
Kootenay East		Tom Shypitka[56] 9,897 – 57.90%		Wayne Stetski[70] 5,499 – 32.17%		Kerri Wall[69] 1,697 – 9.93%				Tom Shypitka
Kootenay West		Corbin Kelley[56] 1,975 – 11.16%		Katrine Conroy[57] 10,822 – 61.15%		Andrew Duncan 3,040 – 17.18%		Glen Byle (Cons.) 1,447 – 8.18% Ed Varney (ind.) 224 – 1.27% Fletcher Quince (ind.) 189 – 1.07%		Katrine Conroy
Nelson-Creston		Tanya Finley[56] 4,171 – 23.89%		Brittny Anderson[57] 7,296 – 41.78%		Nicole Charlwood[71] 5,611 – 32.13%		Terry Tiessen (Ltn.) 384 – 2.20%		Michelle Mungall

Okanagan, Shuswap and Boundary[]

Electoral district	Candidates								Incumbent
	Liberal		NDP		Green		Other
Boundary-Similkameen		Petra Veintimilla[56] 7,735 – 36.72%		Roly Russell[57] 10,500 – 49.85%				Darryl Seres (Cons.) 2,354 – 11.18% Arlyn Greig (Wexit) 474 – 2.25%		Linda Larson
Kelowna-Lake Country		Norm Letnick[56] 14,679 – 55.73%		Justin Kulik[72] 7,121 – 27.04%		John Janmaat[73] 3,833 – 14.55%		Kyle Geronazzo (Ltn.) 515 – 1.96% Silverado Socrates (ind.) 190 – 0.72%		Norm Letnick
Kelowna-Mission		Renee Merrifield[56] 13,483 – 50.76%		Krystal Smith[72] 8,605 – 32.39%		Amanda Poon[73] 4,476 – 16.85%				Steve Thomson
Kelowna West		Ben Stewart[56] 12,991 – 49.89%		Spring Hawes[74] 8,854 – 34.00%		Peter Truch[73] 3,274 – 12.57%		Matt Badura (Ltn.)[75] 474 – 1.82% Magee Mitchell (ind.) 446 – 1.71%		Ben Stewart
Penticton		Dan Ashton[56] 13,217 – 48.19%		Toni Boot[57] 10,343 – 37.71%		Ted Shumaker[73] 3,152 – 11.49%		Keith MacIntyre (Ltn.)[76] 717 – 2.61%		Dan Ashton
Shuswap		Greg Kyllo[56] 13,300 – 51.35%		Sylvia Lindgren[74] 8,816 – 34.04%		Owen Madden[73] 3,784 – 14.61%				Greg Kyllo
Vernon-Monashee		Eric Foster[56] 9,798 – 35.05%		Harwinder Sandhu[74] 10,222 – 36.56%		Keli Westgate[77] 4,464 – 15.97%		Kyle Delfing (Cons.) 3,472 – 12.42%		Eric Foster

Thompson and Cariboo[]

Electoral district	Candidates								Incumbent
	Liberal		NDP		Green		Other
Cariboo-Chilcotin		Lorne Doerkson[56] 6,600 – 51.25%		Scott Andrews[78] 4,180 – 32.46%		David Laing[79] 1,379 – 10.71%		Katya Potekhina (ind.) 457 – 3.55% James Buckley (Ltn.) 263 – 2.04%		Donna Barnett
Cariboo North		Coralee Oakes[56] 5,367 – 48.42%		Scott Elliott[74] 3,809 – 34.36%		Douglas Gook 707 – 6.38%		Kyle Townsend (Cons.) 1,201 – 10.84%		Coralee Oakes
Fraser-Nicola		Jackie Tegart[56] 5,696 – 41.64%		Aaron Sumexheltza[57] 5,414 – 39.58%		Jonah Timms[80] 1,788 – 13.07%		Dennis Adamson (ind.)[81] 438 – 3.20% Mike Bhangu (ind.) 343 – 2.51%		Jackie Tegart
Kamloops-North Thompson		Peter Milobar[56] 9,341 – 40.99%		Sadie Hunter[74] 9,145 – 40.13%		Thomas Martin[77] 2,224 – 9.76%		Dennis Giesbrecht (Cons.)[82] 1,928 – 8.46% Brandon Russell (ind.) 149 – 0.65%		Peter Milobar
Kamloops-South Thompson		Todd Stone[56] 13,453 – 51.14%		Anna Thomas[83] 8,575 – 32.60%		Dan Hines[69] 4,276 – 16.26%				Todd Stone

Fraser Valley[]

Electoral district	Candidates										Incumbent
	Liberal		NDP		Green		Conservative		Other
Abbotsford-Mission		Simon Gibson[56] 9,620 – 38.12%		Pam Alexis[84] 10,364 – 41.07%		Stephen Fowler[62] 2,667 – 10.57%		Trevor Hamilton 1,989 – 7.88%		Aeriol Alderking (CHP) 595 – 2.36%		Simon Gibson
Abbotsford South		Bruce Banman[56] 9,730 – 44.69%		Inder Johal[59] 7,706 – 35.39%		Aird Flavelle[77] 2,617 – 12.02%				Laura-Lynn Thompson (CHP) 1,720 – 7.90%		Darryl Plecas[a]
Abbotsford West		Mike de Jong[56] 8,880 – 45.51%		Preet Rai[74] 7,119 – 36.49%		Kevin Eastwood[62] 1,671 – 8.56%		Michael Henshall 1,766 – 9.05%		Sukhi Gill (Vision) 75 – 0.38%		Mike de Jong
Chilliwack		John Martin[56] 5,102 – 28.85%		Dan Coulter[74] 7,349 – 41.56%		Tim Cooper 1,888 – 10.68%		Diane Janzen[85] 2,910 – 16.46%		Josue Anderson (ind.) 257 – 1.45% Andrew Coombes (Ltn.) 177 – 1.00%		John Martin
Chilliwack-Kent		Laurie Throness[86][b] 6,964 – 30.68%		Kelli Paddon[74] 8,268 – 36.42%		Jeff Hammersmark[69] 1,822 – 8.03%				Jason Lum (ind.) 5,370 – 23.65% Eli Gagne (Ltn.) 278 – 1.22%		Laurie Throness
Langley		Mary Polak[56] 8,014 – 34.09%		Andrew Mercier[94] 11,089 – 47.17%		Bill Masse[95] 2,469 – 10.50%		Shelly Jan[96] 1,936 – 8.24%				Mary Polak
Langley East		Margaret Kunst[56] 10,385 – 33.56%		Megan Dykeman[97] 13,169 – 42.56%		Cheryl Wiens[98] 3,533 – 11.42%		Ryan Warawa[99] 3,428 – 11.08%		Alex Joehl (Ltn.) 231 – 0.75% Tara Reeve (ind.) 195 – 0.63%		Rich Coleman
Maple Ridge-Mission		Chelsa Meadus[56] 9,009 – 33.75%		Bob D'Eith[57] 14,721 – 55.15%		Matt Trenholm[77] 2,962 – 11.10%						Bob D'Eith
Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows		Cheryl Ashlie[56] 9,163 – 36.59%		Lisa Beare[57] 15,877 – 63.41%								Lisa Beare

Surrey[]

Richmond and Delta[]

Electoral district	Candidates								Incumbent
	Liberal		NDP		Green		Other
Delta North		Jet Sunner[56] 7,179 – 33.37%		Ravi Kahlon[57] 12,215 – 56.78%		Neema Manral[69] 2,120 – 9.85%				Ravi Kahlon
Delta South		Ian Paton[56] 12,828 – 51.70%		Bruce Reid[59] 8,404 – 33.87%		Peter van der Velden[73] 3,581 – 14.43%				Ian Paton
Richmond North Centre		Teresa Wat[56] 7,675 – 51.26%		Jaeden Dela Torre[59] 5,964 – 39.83%		Vernon Wang 1,333 – 8.90%				Teresa Wat
Richmond-Queensborough		Jas Johal[56] 7,728 – 39.15%		Aman Singh[57] 9,406 – 47.65%		Earl Einarson[62] 1,496 – 7.58%		Kay Hale (Cons.)[45] 1,108 – 5.61%		Jas Johal
Richmond South Centre		Alexa Loo[56] 6,564 – 49.33%		Henry Yao[102] 6,743 – 50.67%						Linda Reid
Richmond-Steveston		Matt Pitcairn[56] 9,398 – 45.59%		Kelly Greene[103] 10,733 – 52.07%				Vince Li (ind.) 483 – 2.34%		John Yap

Burnaby, New Westminster, and the Tri-Cities[]

Electoral district	Candidates								Incumbent
	Liberal		NDP		Green		Other
Burnaby-Deer Lake		Glynnis Hoi Sum Chan[56] 5,163 – 31.81%		Anne Kang[45] 9,190 – 56.62%		Mehreen Chaudry[104] 1,878 – 11.57%				Anne Kang
Burnaby-Edmonds		Tripat Atwal[56] 4,754 – 26.65%		Raj Chouhan[57] 11,063 – 62.01%		Iqbal Parekh 2,023 – 11.34%				Raj Chouhan
Burnaby-Lougheed		Tariq Malik[56] 5,386 – 25.81%		Katrina Chen[57] 12,574 – 60.25%		Andrew Williamson 2,628 – 12.59%		Dominique Paynter (Ltn.) 281 – 1.35%		Katrina Chen
Burnaby North		Raymond Dong[56] 6,846 – 30.69%		Janet Routledge[57] 12,894 – 57.80%		Norine Shim[69] 2,568 – 11.51%				Janet Routledge
Coquitlam-Burke Mountain		Joan Isaacs[56] 8,324 – 36.22%		Fin Donnelly[57] 12,627 – 54.94%		Adam Bremner-Akins[77] 2,033 – 8.85%				Joan Isaacs
Coquitlam-Maillardville		Will Davis[105] 5,882 – 28.60%		Selina Robinson[57] 12,278 – 59.70%		Nicola Spurling[69][106] 2,405 – 11.69%				Selina Robinson
New Westminster		Lorraine Brett[56] 4,291 – 16.26%		Jennifer Whiteside[57] 15,903 – 60.25%		Cyrus Sy[107] 5,020 – 19.02%		Benny Ogden (Cons.)[45] 912 – 3.46% Donald Wilson (Ltn.) 269 – 1.02%		Judy Darcy
Port Coquitlam		Mehran Zargham[56] 5,009 – 20.90%		Mike Farnworth[57] 15,370 – 64.14%		Erik Minty[69] 3,023 – 12.61%		Lewis Clarke Dahlby (Ltn.) 563 – 2.35%		Mike Farnworth
Port Moody-Coquitlam		James Robertson[56] 7,253 – 30.50%		Rick Glumac[57] 12,783 – 53.75%		John Latimer 2,802 – 11.78%		Brandon Fonseca (Cons.)[45] 800 – 3.36% Logan Smith (Ltn.) 144 – 0.61%		Rick Glumac

Vancouver[]

Electoral district	Candidates										Incumbent
	Liberal		NDP		Green		Libertarian		Other
Vancouver-Fairview		George Affleck[56] 7,570 – 27.32%		George Heyman[57] 15,538 – 56.07%		Ian Goldman[108] 4,368 – 15.76%		Sandra Filosof-Schipper 234 – 0.84%				George Heyman
Vancouver-False Creek		Sam Sullivan[56] 9,217 – 37.54%		Brenda Bailey[109] 11,484 – 46.77%		Maayan Kreitzman 3,108 – 12.66%		Naomi Chocyk 280 – 1.14%		Erik Gretland (Cons.) 465 – 1.89%		Sam Sullivan
Vancouver-Fraserview		David Grewal[56] 7,511 – 34.57%		George Chow 12,247 – 56.37%		Francoise Raunet[110] 1,969 – 9.06%						George Chow
Vancouver-Hastings		Alex Read[56] 3,885 – 17.61%		Niki Sharma[111] 13,362 – 60.56%		Bridget Burns[112] 4,312 – 19.54%		Golok Z. Buday 321 – 1.45%		Kimball Cariou (Comm.)[101] 184 – 0.83%		Shane Simpson
Vancouver-Kensington		Paul Lepage[56] 5,255 – 25.25%		Mable Elmore 12,481 – 59.97%		Nazanin Moghadami 2,874 – 13.81%				Salvatore Vetro (ind.) 202 – 0.97%		Mable Elmore
Vancouver-Kingsway		Cole Anderson[56] 3,919 – 21.61%		Adrian Dix 12,297 – 67.81%		Scott Bernstein 1,662 – 9.16%		Karin Litzcke 257 – 1.42%				Adrian Dix
Vancouver-Langara		Michael Lee[56] 9,888 – 48.51%		Tesicca Chi-Ying Truong[57] 8,431 – 41.26%		Stephanie Hendy 1,840 – 9.03%		Paul Matthews 224 – 1.10%				Michael Lee
Vancouver-Mount Pleasant		George Vassilas[56] 2,816 – 12.98%		Melanie Mark[57] 14,530 – 66.95%		Kelly Tatham[71] 4,356 – 20.07%						Melanie Mark
Vancouver-Point Grey		Mark Bowen[56] 7,712 – 31.41%		David Eby[57] 12,602 – 51.32%		Devyani Singh[113] 4,241 – 17.27%						David Eby
Vancouver-Quilchena		Andrew Wilkinson[56] 12,157 – 56.04%		Heather McQuillan[59] 6,197 – 28.56%		Michael Barkusky[114] 3,341 – 15.40%						Andrew Wilkinson
Vancouver-West End		Jon Ellacott[56] 4,014 – 20.11%		Spencer Chandra Herbert[45] 12,439 – 62.31%		James Marshall 3,250 – 16.28%		Kim McCann 259 – 1.30%				Spencer Chandra Herbert

North Shore[]

Electoral district	Candidates								Incumbent
	Liberal		NDP		Green		Other
North Vancouver-Lonsdale		Lyn Anglin[56] 7,274 – 27.43%		Bowinn Ma[115] 15,878 – 59.87%		Christopher Hakes[116] 3,369 – 12.70%				Bowinn Ma
North Vancouver-Seymour		Jane Thornthwaite[56] 9,827 – 35.70%		Susie Chant[60] 12,891 – 46.84%		Harrison Johnson[117] 4,514 – 16.40%		Clayton Welwood (Ltn.) 291 – 1.06%		Jane Thornthwaite
West Vancouver-Capilano		Karin Kirkpatrick[56] 12,734 – 53.55%		Amelia Hill[59] 7,194 – 30.25%		Rasoul Narimani[118] 3,664 – 15.41%		Anton Shendryk (ind.) 186 – 0.78%		Ralph Sultan
West Vancouver-Sea to Sky		Jordan Sturdy[56] 9,249 – 37.54%		Keith Murdoch[74] 6,194 – 25.16%		Jeremy Valeriote[119] 9,189 – 37.30%				Jordan Sturdy

Vancouver Island and Sunshine Coast[]

Electoral district	Candidates								Incumbent
	Liberal		NDP		Green		Other
Courtenay-Comox		Brennan Day[56] 8,655 – 29.85%		Ronna-Rae Leonard[57] 14,663 – 50.56%		Gillian Anderson[73] 5,681 – 19.59%				Ronna-Rae Leonard
Cowichan Valley		Tanya Kaul[56] 4,606 – 15.59%		Rob Douglas[57] 11,875 – 40.20%		Sonia Furstenau 13,059 – 44.21%				Sonia Furstenau
Mid Island-Pacific Rim		Helen Poon[56] 4,291 – 17.47%		Josie Osborne[57] 14,298 – 58.22%		Evan Jolicoeur[73] 4,991 – 20.32%		Graham Hughes (ind.) 610 – 2.48% Robert Alexander Clarke (Ltn.) 370 – 1.51%		Scott Fraser
Nanaimo		Kathleen Jones[56] 5,903 – 22.42%		Sheila Malcolmson[57] 14,344 – 54.49%		Lia Marie Constance Versaevel[73] 6,078 – 23.09%				Sheila Malcolmson
Nanaimo-North Cowichan		Duck Paterson[56] 5,354 – 20.72%		Doug Routley[57] 12,787 – 49.48%		Chris Istace[120] 7,700 – 29.80%				Doug Routley
North Island		Norm Facey[56] 5,904 – 24.04%		Michele Babchuk[57] 12,467 – 50.75%		Alexandra Morton[121] 4,731 – 19.26%		John Twigg (Cons.) 1,462 – 5.95%		Claire Trevena
Parksville-Qualicum		Michelle Stilwell[56] 11,155 – 35.47%		Adam Walker[59] 13,207 – 42.00%		Rob Lyon[73] 5,227 – 16.62%		Don Purdey (Cons.) 1,404 – 4.46% John St John (ind.) 454 – 1.44%		Michelle Stilwell
Powell River-Sunshine Coast		Sandra Stoddart-Hansen[56] 4,156 – 16.65%		Nicholas Simons[57] 12,701 – 50.88%		Kim Darwin[122] 8,104 – 32.47%				Nicholas Simons

Greater Victoria[]

Electoral district	Candidates								Incumbent
	Liberal		NDP		Green		Other
Esquimalt-Metchosin		RJ Senko[56] 3,940 – 15.51%		Mitzi Dean[57] 15,070 – 59.32%		Andy Mackinnon[104] 6,140 – 24.17%		Desta McPherson (ind.) 254 – 1.00%		Mitzi Dean
Langford-Juan de Fuca		Kelly Darwin[56] 3,980 – 14.95%		John Horgan[57] 18,073 – 67.89%		Gord Baird 4,437 – 16.67%		Tyson Riel Strandlund (Comm.)[101] 130 – 0.49%		John Horgan
Oak Bay-Gordon Head		Roxanne Helme[56] 6,597 – 22.87%		Murray Rankin[57] 14,748 – 51.12%		Nicole Duncan[104] 7,362 – 25.52%		Florian Castle (Comm.)[101] 142 – 0.49%		Andrew Weaver[d]
Saanich North and the Islands		Stephen P. Roberts[56] 6,547 – 19.01%		Zeb King[123] 9,990 – 29.01%		Adam Olsen[45] 17,897 – 51.97%				Adam Olsen
Saanich South		Rishi Sharma[56] 6,608 – 24.22%		Lana Popham[57] 15,190 – 55.67%		Kate O'Connor[104] 5,488 – 20.11%				Lana Popham
Victoria-Beacon Hill		Karen Bill[56] 4,329 – 14.35%		Grace Lore[57] 16,474 – 54.61%		Jenn Neilson[104] 9,031 – 29.93%		Jordan Reichert (ind.) 335 – 1.11%		Carole James
Victoria-Swan Lake		David Somerville[56] 2,743 – 11.35%		Rob Fleming[57] 14,384 – 59.49%		Annemieke Holthuis[104] 6,700 – 27.71%		Jenn Smith (ind.) 244 – 1.01% Walt Parsons (Comm.)[101] 107 – 0.44%		Rob Fleming

Seats changing hands[]

11 incumbent MLAs lost their seats.

Open seats changing hands

Student Vote results[]

Student votes are mock elections that run parallel to actual elections, in which students not of voting age participate. They are administered by Student Vote Canada. Student vote elections are for educational purposes and do not count towards the results. There were ties in two constituencies, Kelowna—Lake Country (BC Green and BC NDP) and Shuswap (BC Liberal and BC NDP), which were both counted twice.^[124]

Opinion polls[]

Voter intention polling[]

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