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.
Summary of the 2020 British Columbia general election
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 (BC NDP) won a majority government, making John Horgan the first leader in the history of the BC NDP to win a second consecutive term as premier. ^[2] The incoming Legislature marked 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. ^[3]

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. ^[4]

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. ^[5] 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. ^[6] 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). ^{[5] [7]}

This prerogative was exercised on September 21, 2020, when Premier John Horgan called a snap election, thus dissolving the 41st Parliament. ^[8] 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. ^{[2] [9] [10] [11]}

Due to the significant increase in mail-in voting, ^{[2] [12]} 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. ^[13]

The election occurred only three years and five months after the 2017 election and during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic in British Columbia. 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. ^[14] Horgan and the BC NDP had been enjoying popularity in the polls during the summer and throughout the pandemic. ^{[15] [16] [17] [18]}

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. ^{[19] [20] [21] [22]}

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. ^{[23] [24]}

On September 30, NDP leader John Horgan promised to improve conditions at long-term care homes, at a cost of $1.4 billion. ^[25]

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. ^[26]

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. ^[27]

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. ^[28]

Retiring incumbents

Liberals

• Donna Barnett, Cariboo-Chilcotin ^[29]
• Rich Coleman, Langley East ^[30]
• Linda Larson, Boundary-Similkameen ^[31]
• Linda Reid, Richmond South Centre ^[32]
• Ralph Sultan, West Vancouver-Capilano ^[33]
• Steve Thomson, Kelowna-Mission ^[34]
• John Yap, Richmond-Steveston ^[35]

New Democrats

• Carole James, Victoria-Beacon Hill, Deputy Premier and Minister of Finance ^[36]
• Shane Simpson, Vancouver-Hastings, Minister of Social Development and Poverty Reduction ^[37]
• Doug Donaldson, Stikine, Minister of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development ^[38]
• Scott Fraser, Mid Island-Pacific Rim, Minister of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation ^[38]
• Michelle Mungall, Nelson-Creston, Minister of Jobs, Economic Development and Competitiveness ^[39]
• Judy Darcy, New Westminster, Minister of Mental Health and Addictions ^[40]
• Claire Trevena, North Island, Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure ^[41]

Independent members

• Andrew Weaver, Oak Bay-Gordon Head, former leader of the Green Party ^[42]
• Darryl Plecas, Abbotsford South, Speaker of the Legislative Assembly ^[43]

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. ^[44]

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. ^[44]

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. ^[44]

Minor parties

Party		Leader	Candidates [44]
	Christian Heritage	Laura-Lynn Tyler Thompson	5
	Communist	Timothy Gidora [45]	5
	Conservative	Trevor Bolin	19
	Libertarian	Donald Wilson	25
	Rural BC	Jonathan Van Barneveld	1
	Vision	Jagmohan Bhandari	3
	Wexit BC [46]	Lee Smith [47]	2

Independents

Along with the parties above, 24 individuals ran as independent candidates across 22 ridings. ^[44]

Debates

Leaders' debates of the 2020 British Columbia general election
No.	Date	Place	Organizer(s)	Topic	Moderator	Language	Participants				References
P  Participant  A  Absent invitee  N  Non-invitee  O  Out of race (exploring, withdrawn or disqualified)							Andrew Wilkinson	John Horgan	Sonia Furstenau	Other leaders
1	October 13, 2020	Chan Centre, University of British Columbia	CBC News CTV News Global News CityNews CHEK CPAC	Various	Shachi Kurl	English	P	P	P	N	[48] [49]
2	October 15, 2020	Radio, by telephone	CKNW	Various	Simi Sara	English	P	P	P	N	[50] [51]

Results

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

Cartogram showing the popular vote in each constituency

Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats
					2017	Dissolution	Elected	Seat change
	New Democratic	898,384	47.69	7.32	41	41	57	16
	Liberal	636,148	33.77	6.52	43	41	28	15
	Green	284,151	15.09	1.74	3	2	2	1
	Conservative	35,902	1.91	1.38	0	0	0
	Independents	13,818	0.73	0.20	0	2	0
	Libertarian	8,360	0.44	0.05	0	0	0
	Christian Heritage	3,895	0.21	0.04	0	0	0
	Communist	786	0.04		0	0	0
	Vision	761	0.04		0	0	0
	Rural	754	0.04		0	0	0
	Wexit	673	0.04		0	0	0
Vacant					–	1	–	–
Total		1,883,632	100.00	–	87	87	87	–
Valid votes		1,883,632	99.21
Invalid/blank votes		14,921	0.79	0.20
Total votes		1,898,553	100.00	–
Registered voters/turnout		3,524,812	53.86	7.34
Source: Elections BC [52]

Popular vote NDP   47.70% Liberal   33.77% Green   15.08% Others   3.44%

Seats NDP   65.52% Liberal   32.18% Green   2.3%

Synopsis of results

2020 British Columbia general election - synopsis of riding results [a 1]
Riding [a 2]	2017		Winning party						Turnout [a 3]	Votes [a 4]
			Party		Votes	Share	Margin #	Margin %		NDP	Lib.	Green	Con.	Ind	Other	Total
Abbotsford-Mission		Lib.		NDP	10,364	41.07%	744	2.95%	53.45%	10,364	9,620	2,667	1,989	–	595	25,235
Abbotsford South		Lib.		Lib.	9,730	44.69%	2,024	9.30%	48.46%	7,706	9,730	2,617	–	–	1,720	21,773
Abbotsford West		Lib.		Lib.	8,880	45.51%	1,761	9.02%	49.96%	7,119	8,880	1,671	1,766	–	75	19,511
Boundary-Similkameen		Lib.		NDP	10,500	49.85%	2,765	13.13%	56.84%	10,500	7,735	–	2,354	–	474	21,063
Burnaby-Deer Lake		NDP		NDP	9,190	56.62%	4,027	24.81%	43.78%	9,190	5,163	1,878	–	–	–	16,231
Burnaby-Edmonds		NDP		NDP	11,063	62.01%	6,309	35.36%	44.36%	11,063	4,754	2,023	–	–	–	17,840
Burnaby-Lougheed		NDP		NDP	12,574	60.25%	7,188	34.44%	53.09%	12,574	5,386	2,628	–	–	281	20,869
Burnaby North		NDP		NDP	12,894	57.80%	6,048	27.11%	51.41%	12,894	6,846	2,568	–	–	–	22,308
Cariboo-Chilcotin		Lib.		Lib.	6,600	51.25%	2,420	18.79%	50.56%	4,180	6,600	1,379	–	457	263	12,879
Cariboo North		Lib.		Lib.	5,367	48.42%	1,558	14.06%	50.19%	3,809	5,367	707	1,201	–	–	11,084
Chilliwack		Lib.		NDP	7,349	41.56%	2,247	12.71%	47.04%	7,349	5,104	1,888	2,910	257	177	17,683
Chilliwack-Kent		Lib.		NDP	8,268	36.42%	1,304	5.74%	52.03%	8,268	6,964	1,822	–	5,370	278	22,702
Columbia River-Revelstoke		Lib.		Lib.	7,034	48.03%	1,326	9.06%	54.79%	5,708	7,034	1,904	–	–	–	14,646
Coquitlam-Burke Mountain		Lib.		NDP	12,627	54.94%	4,303	18.72%	50.43%	12,627	8,324	2,033	–	–	–	22,984
Coquitlam-Maillardville		NDP		NDP	12,278	59.70%	3,954	31.10%	52.48%	12,278	5,882	2,405	–	–	–	20,565
Courtenay-Comox		NDP		NDP	14,663	50.56%	6,008	20.71%	61.46%	14,663	8,655	5,681	–	–	–	28,999
Cowichan Valley		Grn.		Grn.	13,059	44.21%	1,184	4.01%	59.85%	11,875	4,606	13,059	–	–	–	29,540
Delta North		NDP		NDP	12,215	56.78%	5,036	23.41%	56.55%	12,215	7,179	2,120	–	–	–	21,514
Delta South		Lib.		Lib.	12,828	51.70%	4,424	17.83%	66.54%	8,404	12,828	3,581		–	–	24,813
Esquimalt-Metchosin		NDP		NDP	15,070	59.32%	8,930	35.15%	60.98%	15,070	3,940	6,140	–	254	–	25,404
Fraser-Nicola		Lib.		Lib.	5,696	41.64%	282	2.06%	51.16%	5,414	5,696	1,788	–	781	–	13,679
Kamloops-North Thompson		Lib.		Lib.	9,341	40.99%	196	0.86%	50.60%	9,145	9,341	2,224	1,928	149	–	22,787
Kamloops-South Thompson		Lib.		Lib.	13,453	51.14%	4,878	18.54%	56.48%	8,575	13,453	4,276	–	–	–	26,304
Kelowna-Lake Country		Lib.		Lib.	14,679	55.73%	7,558	28.69%	49.01%	7,121	14,679	3,833	–	190	515	26,338
Kelowna-Mission		Lib.		Lib.	13,483	50.76%	4,878	18.37%	52.87%	8,605	13,483	4,476	–	–	–	26,564
Kelowna West		Lib.		Lib.	12,991	49.89%	4,137	15.89%	48.87%	8,854	12,991	3,274	–	446	474	26,039
Kootenay East		Lib.		Lib.	9,897	57.90%	4,398	25.73%	52.66%	5,499	9,897	1,697	–	–	–	17,093
Kootenay West		NDP		NDP	10,822	61.15%	7,782	43.97%	52.87%	10,822	1,975	3,040	1,447	413	–	17,697
Langford-Juan de Fuca		NDP		NDP	18,073	67.89%	13,636	51.22%	55.35%	18,073	3,980	4,437	–	–	130	26,620
Langley		Lib.		NDP	11,089	47.17%	3,075	13.08%	52.40%	11,089	8,014	2,469	1,936	–	–	23,508
Langley East		Lib.		NDP	13,169	42.56%	2,784	9.00%	58.35%	13,169	10,385	3,533	3,428	195	231	30,941
Maple Ridge-Mission		NDP		NDP	13,915	55.27%	5,503	21.86%	53.24%	13,915	8,412	2,849	–	–	–	25,176
Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows		NDP		NDP	15,877	63.41%	6,714	26.82%	56.11%	15,877	9,163	–	–	–	–	25,040
Mid Island-Pacific Rim		NDP		NDP	14,298	58.22%	9,307	37.90%	54.45%	14,298	4,291	4,991	–	610	370	24,560
Nanaimo		NDP		NDP	14,344	54.49%	8,266	31.40%	55.14%	14,344	5,903	6,078	–	–	–	26,325
Nanaimo-North Cowichan		NDP		NDP	12,787	49.48%	5,087	19.68%	56.20%	12,787	5,354	7,700	–	–	–	25,841
Nechako Lakes		Lib.		Lib.	4,611	52.24%	1,580	17.90%	49.91%	3,031	4,611	–	–	368	816	8,826
Nelson-Creston		NDP		NDP	7,296	41.78%	1,685	9.65%	58.39%	7,296	4,171	5,611	–	–	384	17,462
New Westminster		NDP		NDP	15,903	60.25%	10,883	41.23%	56.20%	15,903	4,291	5,020	912	–	269	26,395
North Coast		NDP		NDP	4,544	72.82%	3,115	49.92%	40.45%	4,544	1,429	–	–	–	267	6,240
North Island		NDP		NDP	12,467	50.75%	6,563	26.71%	53.93%	12,467	5,904	4,731	1,462	–	–	24,564
North Vancouver-Lonsdale		NDP		NDP	15,878	59.87%	8,604	32.44%	58.51%	15,878	7,274	3,369	–	–	–	26,521
North Vancouver-Seymour		Lib.		NDP	12,891	46.84%	3,064	11.14%	65.49%	12,891	9,827	4,514	–	–	291	27,523
Oak Bay-Gordon Head		Grn.		NDP	14,748	51.12%	7,386	25.60%	67.79%	14,748	6,597	7,362	–	–	142	28,849
Parksville-Qualicum		Lib.		NDP	13,207	42.00%	2,052	6.53%	64.65%	13,207	11,155	5,227	1,404	454	–	31,447
Peace River North		Lib.		Lib.	6,746	55.76%	2,596	21.46%	46.48%	1,202	6,746	–	4,150	–	–	12,098
Peace River South		Lib.		Lib.	3,862	51.19%	1,559	20.69%	41.66%	1,180	3,862	–	2,303	–	199	7,544
Penticton		Lib.		Lib	13,217	48.19%	2,874	10.48%	56.04%	10,343	13,217	3,152	–	–	717	27,429
Port Coquitlam		NDP		NDP	15,370	64.14%	10,361	43.24%	54.36%	15,370	5,009	3,023	–	–	563	23,965
Port Moody-Coquitlam		NDP		NDP	12,783	53.75%	5,530	23.25%	58.36%	12,783	7,253	2,802	800	–	144	23,782
Powell River-Sunshine Coast		NDP		NDP	12,701	50.88%	4,597	18.41%	59.98%	12,701	4,156	8,104	–	–	–	24,961
Prince George-Mackenzie		Lib.		Lib.	8,543	50.80%	2,826	16.81%	49.06%	5,717	8,543	1,935	–	–	623	16,818
Prince George-Valemount		Lib.		Lib.	9,703	55.62%	4,986	28.58%	47.42%	4,717	9,703	2,597	–	–	428	17,445
Richmond North Centre		Lib.		Lib.	7,675	51.26%	1,711	11.43%	40.36%	5,964	7,675	1,333	–	–	–	14,972
Richmond-Queensborough		Lib.		NDP	9,406	47.65%	1,678	8.50%	49.56%	9,406	7,728	1,496	1,108	–	–	19,738
Richmond South Centre		Lib.		NDP	6,743	50.67%	179	1.34%	40.12%	6,743	6,564	–	–	–	–	13,307
Richmond-Steveston		Lib.		NDP	10,733	52.07%	1,335	6.48%	56.09%	10,733	9,398	–	–	483	–	20,614
Saanich North and the Islands		Grn.		Grn.	17,897	51.97%	7,907	22.96%	67.66%	9,990	6,547	17,897	–	–	–	34,434
Saanich South		NDP		NDP	15,190	55.67%	8,582	31.45%	65.12%	15,190	6,608	5,488	–	–	–	27,286
Shuswap		Lib.		Lib.	13,300	51.35%	4,484	17.31%	54.68%	8,816	13,300	3,784	–	–	–	25,900
Skeena		Lib.		Lib.	5,810	52.06%	849	7.61%	51.89%	4,961	5,810	–	–	389	–	11,160
Stikine		NDP		NDP	3,745	51.77%	1,841	25.45%	50.13%	3,745	1,904	–	–	–	1,585	7,234
Surrey-Cloverdale		Lib.		NDP	12,992	52.10%	4,234	16.98%	55.16%	12,992	8,758	2,169	867	149	–	24,935
Surrey-Fleetwood		NDP		NDP	11,457	60.93%	5,681	30.21%	50.77%	11,457	5,776	1,571	–	–	–	18,804
Surrey-Green Timbers		NDP		NDP	8,171	59.59%	2,631	19.18%	47.20%	8,171	5,540	–	–	–	–	13,711
Surrey-Guildford		NDP		NDP	10,403	60.59%	5,264	30.66%	45.69%	10,403	5,139	1,345	–	282	–	17,169
Surrey-Newton		NDP		NDP	8,893	62.64%	4,982	35.09%	47.91%	8,893	3,911	1,393	–	–	–	14,197
Surrey-Panorama		NDP		NDP	12,336	55.07%	2,729	12.18%	51.65%	12,336	9,607	–	–	–	458	22,401
Surrey South		Lib.		Lib.	12,970	47.36%	1,176	4.30%	52.74%	11,794	12,970	2,623	–	–	–	27,387
Surrey-Whalley		NDP		NDP	10,994	70.94%	6,942	44.79%	40.59%	10,994	4,052	–	–	–	451	15,497
Surrey-White Rock		Lib.		Lib.	10,718	39.51%	224	0.82%	61.23%	10,494	10,718	3,862	–	1,607	443	27,124
Vancouver-Fairview		NDP		NDP	15,538	56.07%	7,968	28.75%	61.08%	15,538	7,570	4,368	–	–	234	27,710
Vancouver-False Creek		Lib.		NDP	11,484	46.77%	2,267	9.23%	51.06%	11,484	9,217	3,108	465	–	280	24,554
Vancouver-Fraserview		NDP		NDP	12,247	56.37%	4,736	21.80%	50.22%	12,247	7,511	1,969	–	–	–	21,727
Vancouver-Hastings		NDP		NDP	13,362	60.56%	9,050	41.02%	51.37%	13,362	3,885	4,312	–	–	505	22,064
Vancouver-Kensington		NDP		NDP	12,481	59.97%	7,226	34.72%	50.89%	12,481	5,255	2,874	–	202	–	20,812
Vancouver-Kingsway		NDP		NDP	12,297	67.81%	8,378	46.20%	44.50%	12,297	3,919	1,662	–	–	257	18,135
Vancouver-Langara		Lib.		Lib.	9,888	48.51%	1,457	7.15%	49.45%	8,431	9,888	1,840	–	–	224	20,383
Vancouver-Mount Pleasant		NDP		NDP	14,530	66.95%	10,174	46.88%	48.01%	14,530	2,816	4,356	–	–	–	21,702
Vancouver-Point Grey		NDP		NDP	12,602	51.32%	4,890	19.91%	59.95%	12,602	7,712	4,241	–	–	–	24,555
Vancouver-Quilchena		Lib.		Lib.	12,157	56.04%	5,960	27.48%	56.52%	6,197	12,157	3,341	–	–	–	21,695
Vancouver-West End		NDP		NDP	12,439	62.31%	8,425	42.20%	51.77%	12,439	4,014	3,250	–	–	259	19,962
Vernon-Monashee		Lib.		NDP	10,222	36.56%	424	1.51%	52.76%	10,222	9,798	4,464	3,472	–	–	27,956
Victoria-Beacon Hill		NDP		NDP	16,474	54.61%	7,443	24.68%	61.46%	16,474	4,329	9,031	–	335	–	30,169
Victoria-Swan Lake		NDP		NDP	14,186	59.35%	7,548	31.58%	59.02%	14,186	2,729	6,638	–	241	107	23,901
West Vancouver-Capilano		Lib.		Lib.	12,734	53.55%	5,540	23.30%	58.10%	7,194	12,734	3,664	–	186	–	23,778
West Vancouver-Sea to Sky		Lib.		Lib.	9,249	37.54%	60	0.24%	56.89%	6,197	9,249	9,189	–	–	–	24,635

1. "Provincial Election Results". elections.bc.ca. Elections BC. January 19, 2017. Retrieved January 11, 2023.
2. Order as given in Elections BC reports
3. including spoilt ballots
4. minor political parties receiving less than 1% of the popular vote in 2020 or 2017

  = open seat

Detailed analysis

Position attained in seats contested

Party		Seats	Second	Third	Fourth	Fifth	Sixth	Stood
	New Democratic	57	27	3	–	–	–	87
	Liberal	28	43	16	–	–	–	87
	Green	2	15	53	4	–	–	74
	Conservative	–	2	4	13	–	–	19
	Independents	–	–	3	10	9	2	24
	Christian Heritage	–	–	2	2	1	–	5
	Vision	–	–	2	–	1	–	3
	Libertarian	–	–	1	14	9	1	25
	Communist	–	–	–	3	2	–	5
	Wexit	–	–	–	2	–	–	2
	Rural	–	–	–	1	–	–	1

Principal races, according to 1st- and 2nd-place results

Parties		Seats
█  New Democratic	█  Liberal	68
█  New Democratic	█  Green	16
█  Liberal	█  Conservative	2
█  Liberal	█  Green	1
Total		87

Resulting composition of the 42nd Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

Source		Party
		NDP	Lib.	Grn.	Total
Seats retained	Incumbents returned	33	25	2	60
	Open seats held	8	3		11
Seats changing hands	Incumbents defeated	11			11
	Open seats gained	5			5
Total		57	28	2	87

Significant results among independent and minor party candidates

Those candidates not belonging to a major party, receiving more than 1,000 votes in the election, are listed below:

Riding	Party	Candidates	Votes	Placed
Abbotsford South	█  Christian Her.	Laura-Lynn Thompson	1,720	4th
Chilliwack-Kent	█  Independent	Jason Lum	5,370	3rd
Surrey-White Rock	█  Independent	Megan Knight	1,607	4th

Results by riding

The following tables present results by riding per Elections BC. ^[13]

• 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 [53] 4,611 – 52.24%		Anne Marie Sam [54] 3,031 – 34.34%				Jon Rempel 403 – 4.57%		Dan Stuart (CHP) [44] 413 – 4.68% Margo Maley (ind.) 368 – 4.17%		John Rustad
North Coast		Roy Jones Jr. [53] 1,429 – 22.90%		Jennifer Rice [55] 4,544 – 72.82%				Jody Craven 267 – 4.28%				Jennifer Rice
Peace River North		Dan Davies [53] 6,746 – 55.76%		Danielle Monroe [56] 1,202 – 9.94%						Trevor Bolin (Cons.) 4,150 – 34.30%		Dan Davies
Peace River South		Mike Bernier [53] 3,862 – 51.19%		Cory Grizz Longley [57] 1,180 – 15.64%						Kathleen Connolly (Cons.) [58] 2,303 – 30.53% Dorothy Sharon Smith (Wexit) 199 – 2.64%		Mike Bernier
Prince George-Mackenzie		Mike Morris [53] 8,543 – 50.80%		Joan Atkinson 5,717 – 33.99%		Catharine Kendall [59] 1,935 – 11.51%		Raymond Rodgers [60] 287 – 1.71%		Dee Kranz (CHP) 336 – 2.00%		Mike Morris
Prince George-Valemount		Shirley Bond [53] 9,703 – 55.62%		Laura Parent [61] 4,717 – 27.04%		Mackenzie Kerr [62] 2,597 – 14.89%		Sean Robson [63] 428 – 2.45%				Shirley Bond
Skeena		Ellis Ross [53] 5,810 – 52.06%		Nicole Halbauer [54] 4,961 – 44.45%						Martin Holzbauer (ind.) 389 – 3.49%		Ellis Ross
Stikine		Gordon Sebastian [53] 1,904 – 26.32%		Nathan Cullen [64] 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 [53] 7,034 – 48.03%		Nicole Cherlet [65] 5,708 – 38.97%		Samson Boyer [66] 1,904 – 13.00%				Doug Clovechok
Kootenay East		Tom Shypitka [53] 9,897 – 57.90%		Wayne Stetski [67] 5,499 – 32.17%		Kerri Wall [66] 1,697 – 9.93%				Tom Shypitka
Kootenay West		Corbin Kelley [53] 1,975 – 11.16%		Katrine Conroy [54] 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 [53] 4,171 – 23.89%		Brittny Anderson [54] 7,296 – 41.78%		Nicole Charlwood [68] 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 [53] 7,735 – 36.72%		Roly Russell [54] 10,500 – 49.85%				Darryl Seres (Cons.) 2,354 – 11.18% Arlyn Greig (Wexit) 474 – 2.25%		†Linda Larson
Kelowna-Lake Country		Norm Letnick [53] 14,679 – 55.73%		Justin Kulik [69] 7,121 – 27.04%		John Janmaat [70] 3,833 – 14.55%		Kyle Geronazzo (Ltn.) 515 – 1.96% Silverado Socrates (ind.) 190 – 0.72%		Norm Letnick
Kelowna-Mission		Renee Merrifield [53] 13,483 – 50.76%		Krystal Smith [69] 8,605 – 32.39%		Amanda Poon [70] 4,476 – 16.85%				†Steve Thomson
Kelowna West		Ben Stewart [53] 12,991 – 49.89%		Spring Hawes [71] 8,854 – 34.00%		Peter Truch [70] 3,274 – 12.57%		Matt Badura (Ltn.) [72] 474 – 1.82% Magee Mitchell (ind.) 446 – 1.71%		Ben Stewart
Penticton		Dan Ashton [53] 13,217 – 48.19%		Toni Boot [54] 10,343 – 37.71%		Ted Shumaker [70] 3,152 – 11.49%		Keith MacIntyre (Ltn.) [73] 717 – 2.61%		Dan Ashton
Shuswap		Greg Kyllo [53] 13,300 – 51.35%		Sylvia Lindgren [71] 8,816 – 34.04%		Owen Madden [70] 3,784 – 14.61%				Greg Kyllo
Vernon-Monashee		Eric Foster [53] 9,798 – 35.05%		Harwinder Sandhu [71] 10,222 – 36.56%		Keli Westgate [74] 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 [53] 6,600 – 51.25%		Scott Andrews [75] 4,180 – 32.46%		David Laing [76] 1,379 – 10.71%		Katya Potekhina (ind.) 457 – 3.55% James Buckley (Ltn.) 263 – 2.04%		†Donna Barnett
Cariboo North		Coralee Oakes [53] 5,367 – 48.42%		Scott Elliott [71] 3,809 – 34.36%		Douglas Gook 707 – 6.38%		Kyle Townsend (Cons.) 1,201 – 10.84%		Coralee Oakes
Fraser-Nicola		Jackie Tegart [53] 5,696 – 41.64%		Aaron Sumexheltza [54] 5,414 – 39.58%		Jonah Timms [77] 1,788 – 13.07%		Dennis Adamson (ind.) [78] 438 – 3.20% Mike Bhangu (ind.) 343 – 2.51%		Jackie Tegart
Kamloops-North Thompson		Peter Milobar [53] 9,341 – 40.99%		Sadie Hunter [71] 9,145 – 40.13%		Thomas Martin [74] 2,224 – 9.76%		Dennis Giesbrecht (Cons.) [79] 1,928 – 8.46% Brandon Russell (ind.) 149 – 0.65%		Peter Milobar
Kamloops-South Thompson		Todd Stone [53] 13,453 – 51.14%		Anna Thomas [80] 8,575 – 32.60%		Dan Hines [66] 4,276 – 16.26%				Todd Stone

Fraser Valley

Electoral district	Candidates										Incumbent
	Liberal		NDP		Green		Conservative		Other
Abbotsford-Mission		Simon Gibson [53] 9,620 – 38.12%		Pam Alexis [81] 10,364 – 41.07%		Stephen Fowler [59] 2,667 – 10.57%		Trevor Hamilton 1,989 – 7.88%		Aeriol Alderking (CHP) 595 – 2.36%		Simon Gibson
Abbotsford South		Bruce Banman [53] 9,730 – 44.69%		Inder Johal [56] 7,706 – 35.39%		Aird Flavelle [74] 2,617 – 12.02%				Laura-Lynn Thompson (CHP) 1,720 – 7.90%		†Darryl Plecas [lower-alpha 1]
Abbotsford West		Mike de Jong [53] 8,880 – 45.51%		Preet Rai [71] 7,119 – 36.49%		Kevin Eastwood [59] 1,671 – 8.56%		Michael Henshall 1,766 – 9.05%		Sukhi Gill (Vision) 75 – 0.38%		Mike de Jong
Chilliwack		John Martin [53] 5,102 – 28.85%		Dan Coulter [71] 7,349 – 41.56%		Tim Cooper 1,888 – 10.68%		Diane Janzen [82] 2,910 – 16.46%		Josue Anderson (ind.) 257 – 1.45% Andrew Coombes (Ltn.) 177 – 1.00%		John Martin
Chilliwack-Kent		Laurie Throness [83] [lower-alpha 2] 6,964 – 30.68%		Kelli Paddon [71] 8,268 – 36.42%		Jeff Hammersmark [66] 1,822 – 8.03%				Jason Lum (ind.) 5,370 – 23.65% Eli Gagne (Ltn.) 278 – 1.22%		Laurie Throness
Langley		Mary Polak [53] 8,014 – 34.09%		Andrew Mercier [91] 11,089 – 47.17%		Bill Masse [92] 2,469 – 10.50%		Shelly Jan [93] 1,936 – 8.24%				Mary Polak
Langley East		Margaret Kunst [53] 10,385 – 33.56%		Megan Dykeman [94] 13,169 – 42.56%		Cheryl Wiens [95] 3,533 – 11.42%		Ryan Warawa [96] 3,428 – 11.08%		Alex Joehl (Ltn.) 231 – 0.75% Tara Reeve (ind.) 195 – 0.63%		†Rich Coleman
Maple Ridge-Mission		Chelsa Meadus [53] 9,009 – 33.75%		Bob D'Eith [54] 14,721 – 55.15%		Matt Trenholm [74] 2,962 – 11.10%						Bob D'Eith
Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows		Cheryl Ashlie [53] 9,163 – 36.59%		Lisa Beare [54] 15,877 – 63.41%								Lisa Beare

Surrey

Electoral district	Candidates								Incumbent
	Liberal		NDP		Green		Other
Surrey-Cloverdale		Marvin Hunt [53] 8,758 – 35.12%		Mike Starchuk 12,992 – 52.10%		Rebecca Smith [70] 2,169 – 8.70%		Aisha Bali (Cons.) [97] 867 – 3.48% Marcella Williams (ind.) 149 – 0.60%		Marvin Hunt
Surrey-Fleetwood		Garry Thind [53] 5,776 – 30.72%		Jagrup Brar [54] 11,457 – 60.93%		Dean McGee [59] 1,571 – 8.35%				Jagrup Brar
Surrey-Green Timbers		Dilraj Atwal [53] 5,540 – 40.41%		Rachna Singh 8,171 – 59.59%						Rachna Singh
Surrey-Guildford		Dave Hans [53] 5,139 – 29.93%		Garry Begg [44] 10,403 – 60.59%		Jodi Murphy 1,345 – 7.83%		Sam Kofalt (ind.) 282 – 1.64%		Garry Begg
Surrey-Newton		Paul Boparai [53] 3,911 – 27.55%		Harry Bains [54] 8,893 – 62.64%		Asad Syed 1,393 – 9.81%				Harry Bains
Surrey-Panorama		Gulzar Cheema [53] 9,607 – 42.89%		Jinny Sims [54] 12,336 – 55.07%				Sophie Shrestha (Vision) 458 – 2.04%		Jinny Sims
Surrey South		Stephanie Cadieux [53] 12,970 – 47.36%		Pauline Greaves [71] 11,794 – 43.06%		Tim Ibbotson 2,623 – 9.58%				Stephanie Cadieux
Surrey-Whalley		Shaukat Khan [53] 4,052 – 26.15%		Bruce Ralston 10,994 – 70.94%				Jag Bhandari (Vision) 228 – 1.47% Ryan Abbott (Comm.) [98] 223 – 1.44%		Bruce Ralston
Surrey-White Rock		Trevor Halford [53] 10,718 – 39.51%		Bryn Smith [71] 10,494 – 38.69%		Beverly Hobby 3,862 – 14.24%		Megan Knight (ind.) 1,607 – 5.92% Jason Bax (Ltn.) 443 – 1.63%		Vacant [lower-alpha 3]

Richmond and Delta

Electoral district	Candidates								Incumbent
	Liberal		NDP		Green		Other
Delta North		Jet Sunner [53] 7,179 – 33.37%		Ravi Kahlon [54] 12,215 – 56.78%		Neema Manral [66] 2,120 – 9.85%				Ravi Kahlon
Delta South		Ian Paton [53] 12,828 – 51.70%		Bruce Reid [56] 8,404 – 33.87%		Peter van der Velden [70] 3,581 – 14.43%				Ian Paton
Richmond North Centre		Teresa Wat [53] 7,675 – 51.26%		Jaeden Dela Torre [56] 5,964 – 39.83%		Vernon Wang 1,333 – 8.90%				Teresa Wat
Richmond-Queensborough		Jas Johal [53] 7,728 – 39.15%		Aman Singh [54] 9,406 – 47.65%		Earl Einarson [59] 1,496 – 7.58%		Kay Hale (Cons.) [44] 1,108 – 5.61%		Jas Johal
Richmond South Centre		Alexa Loo [53] 6,564 – 49.33%		Henry Yao [99] 6,743 – 50.67%						†Linda Reid
Richmond-Steveston		Matt Pitcairn [53] 9,398 – 45.59%		Kelly Greene [100] 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 [53] 5,163 – 31.81%		Anne Kang [44] 9,190 – 56.62%		Mehreen Chaudry [101] 1,878 – 11.57%				Anne Kang
Burnaby-Edmonds		Tripat Atwal [53] 4,754 – 26.65%		Raj Chouhan [54] 11,063 – 62.01%		Iqbal Parekh 2,023 – 11.34%				Raj Chouhan
Burnaby-Lougheed		Tariq Malik [53] 5,386 – 25.81%		Katrina Chen [54] 12,574 – 60.25%		Andrew Williamson 2,628 – 12.59%		Dominique Paynter (Ltn.) 281 – 1.35%		Katrina Chen
Burnaby North		Raymond Dong [53] 6,846 – 30.69%		Janet Routledge [54] 12,894 – 57.80%		Norine Shim [66] 2,568 – 11.51%				Janet Routledge
Coquitlam-Burke Mountain		Joan Isaacs [53] 8,324 – 36.22%		Fin Donnelly [54] 12,627 – 54.94%		Adam Bremner-Akins [74] 2,033 – 8.85%				Joan Isaacs
Coquitlam-Maillardville		Will Davis [102] 5,882 – 28.60%		Selina Robinson [54] 12,278 – 59.70%		Nicola Spurling [66] [103] 2,405 – 11.69%				Selina Robinson
New Westminster		Lorraine Brett [53] 4,291 – 16.26%		Jennifer Whiteside [54] 15,903 – 60.25%		Cyrus Sy [104] 5,020 – 19.02%		Benny Ogden (Cons.) [44] 912 – 3.46% Donald Wilson (Ltn.) 269 – 1.02%		† Judy Darcy
Port Coquitlam		Mehran Zargham [53] 5,009 – 20.90%		Mike Farnworth [54] 15,370 – 64.14%		Erik Minty [66] 3,023 – 12.61%		Lewis Clarke Dahlby (Ltn.) 563 – 2.35%		Mike Farnworth
Port Moody-Coquitlam		James Robertson [53] 7,253 – 30.50%		Rick Glumac [54] 12,783 – 53.75%		John Latimer 2,802 – 11.78%		Brandon Fonseca (Cons.) [44] 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 [53] 7,570 – 27.32%		George Heyman [54] 15,538 – 56.07%		Ian Goldman [105] 4,368 – 15.76%		Sandra Filosof-Schipper 234 – 0.84%				George Heyman
Vancouver-False Creek		Sam Sullivan [53] 9,217 – 37.54%		Brenda Bailey [106] 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 [53] 7,511 – 34.57%		George Chow 12,247 – 56.37%		Francoise Raunet [107] 1,969 – 9.06%						George Chow
Vancouver-Hastings		Alex Read [53] 3,885 – 17.61%		Niki Sharma [108] 13,362 – 60.56%		Bridget Burns [109] 4,312 – 19.54%		Golok Z. Buday 321 – 1.45%		Kimball Cariou (Comm.) [98] 184 – 0.83%		†Shane Simpson
Vancouver-Kensington		Paul Lepage [53] 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 [53] 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 [53] 9,888 – 48.51%		Tesicca Chi-Ying Truong [54] 8,431 – 41.26%		Stephanie Hendy 1,840 – 9.03%		Paul Matthews 224 – 1.10%				Michael Lee
Vancouver-Mount Pleasant		George Vassilas [53] 2,816 – 12.98%		Melanie Mark [54] 14,530 – 66.95%		Kelly Tatham [68] 4,356 – 20.07%						Melanie Mark
Vancouver-Point Grey		Mark Bowen [53] 7,712 – 31.41%		David Eby [54] 12,602 – 51.32%		Devyani Singh [110] 4,241 – 17.27%						David Eby
Vancouver-Quilchena		Andrew Wilkinson [53] 12,157 – 56.04%		Heather McQuillan [56] 6,197 – 28.56%		Michael Barkusky [111] 3,341 – 15.40%						Andrew Wilkinson
Vancouver-West End		Jon Ellacott [53] 4,014 – 20.11%		Spencer Chandra Herbert [44] 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 [53] 7,274 – 27.43%		Bowinn Ma [112] 15,878 – 59.87%		Christopher Hakes [113] 3,369 – 12.70%				Bowinn Ma
North Vancouver-Seymour		Jane Thornthwaite [53] 9,827 – 35.70%		Susie Chant [57] 12,891 – 46.84%		Harrison Johnson [114] 4,514 – 16.40%		Clayton Welwood (Ltn.) 291 – 1.06%		Jane Thornthwaite
West Vancouver-Capilano		Karin Kirkpatrick [53] 12,734 – 53.55%		Amelia Hill [56] 7,194 – 30.25%		Rasoul Narimani [115] 3,664 – 15.41%		Anton Shendryk (ind.) 186 – 0.78%		†Ralph Sultan
West Vancouver-Sea to Sky		Jordan Sturdy [53] 9,249 – 37.54%		Keith Murdoch [71] 6,194 – 25.16%		Jeremy Valeriote [116] 9,189 – 37.30%				Jordan Sturdy

Vancouver Island and Sunshine Coast

Electoral district	Candidates								Incumbent
	Liberal		NDP		Green		Other
Courtenay-Comox		Brennan Day [53] 8,655 – 29.85%		Ronna-Rae Leonard [54] 14,663 – 50.56%		Gillian Anderson [70] 5,681 – 19.59%				Ronna-Rae Leonard
Cowichan Valley		Tanya Kaul [53] 4,606 – 15.59%		Rob Douglas [54] 11,875 – 40.20%		Sonia Furstenau 13,059 – 44.21%				Sonia Furstenau
Mid Island-Pacific Rim		Helen Poon [53] 4,291 – 17.47%		Josie Osborne [54] 14,298 – 58.22%		Evan Jolicoeur [70] 4,991 – 20.32%		Graham Hughes (ind.) 610 – 2.48% Robert Alexander Clarke (Ltn.) 370 – 1.51%		† Scott Fraser
Nanaimo		Kathleen Jones [53] 5,903 – 22.42%		Sheila Malcolmson [54] 14,344 – 54.49%		Lia Marie Constance Versaevel [70] 6,078 – 23.09%				Sheila Malcolmson
Nanaimo-North Cowichan		Duck Paterson [53] 5,354 – 20.72%		Doug Routley [54] 12,787 – 49.48%		Chris Istace [117] 7,700 – 29.80%				Doug Routley
North Island		Norm Facey [53] 5,904 – 24.04%		Michele Babchuk [54] 12,467 – 50.75%		Alexandra Morton [118] 4,731 – 19.26%		John Twigg (Cons.) 1,462 – 5.95%		† Claire Trevena
Parksville-Qualicum		Michelle Stilwell [53] 11,155 – 35.47%		Adam Walker [56] 13,207 – 42.00%		Rob Lyon [70] 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 [53] 4,156 – 16.65%		Nicholas Simons [54] 12,701 – 50.88%		Kim Darwin [119] 8,104 – 32.47%				Nicholas Simons

Greater Victoria

Electoral district	Candidates								Incumbent
	Liberal		NDP		Green		Other
Esquimalt-Metchosin		RJ Senko [53] 3,940 – 15.51%		Mitzi Dean [54] 15,070 – 59.32%		Andy Mackinnon [101] 6,140 – 24.17%		Desta McPherson (ind.) 254 – 1.00%		Mitzi Dean
Langford-Juan de Fuca		Kelly Darwin [53] 3,980 – 14.95%		John Horgan [54] 18,073 – 67.89%		Gord Baird 4,437 – 16.67%		Tyson Riel Strandlund (Comm.) [98] 130 – 0.49%		John Horgan
Oak Bay-Gordon Head		Roxanne Helme [53] 6,597 – 22.87%		Murray Rankin [54] 14,748 – 51.12%		Nicole Duncan [101] 7,362 – 25.52%		Florian Castle (Comm.) [98] 142 – 0.49%		†Andrew Weaver [lower-alpha 4]
Saanich North and the Islands		Stephen P. Roberts [53] 6,547 – 19.01%		Zeb King [120] 9,990 – 29.01%		Adam Olsen [44] 17,897 – 51.97%				Adam Olsen
Saanich South		Rishi Sharma [53] 6,608 – 24.22%		Lana Popham [54] 15,190 – 55.67%		Kate O'Connor [101] 5,488 – 20.11%				Lana Popham
Victoria-Beacon Hill		Karen Bill [53] 4,329 – 14.35%		Grace Lore [54] 16,474 – 54.61%		Jenn Neilson [101] 9,031 – 29.93%		Jordan Reichert (ind.) 335 – 1.11%		†Carole James
Victoria-Swan Lake		David Somerville [53] 2,743 – 11.35%		Rob Fleming [54] 14,384 – 59.49%		Annemieke Holthuis [101] 6,700 – 27.71%		Jenn Smith (ind.) 244 – 1.01% Walt Parsons (Comm.) [98] 107 – 0.44%		Rob Fleming

Seats changing hands

11 incumbent MLAs lost their seats.

Party in 2017		Name	Constituency	Year elected	Seat held by party since	Defeated by	Elected party in 2020
	BC Liberal	Eric Foster	Vernon-Monashee	2009	1996	Harwinder Sandhu		New Democratic
		Simon Gibson	Abbotsford-Mission	2009	2009	Pam Alexis
		John Martin	Chilliwack	2013	2001	Dan Coulter
		Laurie Throness	Chilliwack-Kent	2013	2013	Kelli Paddon
		Mary Polak	Langley	2005	1991	Andrew Mercier
		Marvin Hunt	Surrey-Cloverdale	2017	1991	Mike Starchuk
		Jas Johal	Richmond-Queensborough	2017	2017	Aman Singh
		Joan Isaacs	Coquitlam-Burke Mountain	2017	2017	Fin Donnelly
		Sam Sullivan	Vancouver-False Creek	2013	2009	Brenda Bailey
		Jane Thornthwaite	North Vancouver-Seymour	2009	1991	Susie Chant
		Michelle Stilwell	Parksville-Qualicum	2013	1996	Adam Walker

Open seats changing hands

Party in 2017		Candidate	Retiring incumbent	Constituency	Defeated by	Elected party in 2020
	BC Liberal	Petra Veintimilla	Linda Larson	Boundary-Similkameen	Roly Russell		New Democratic
		Margaret Kunst	Rich Coleman	Langley East	Megan Dykeman
		Alexa Loo	Linda Reid	Richmond South Centre	Henry Yao
		Matt Pitcairn	John Yap	Richmond-Steveston	Kelly Greene
	Green	Nicole Duncan	Andrew Weaver	Oak Bay-Gordon Head	Murray Rankin

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. ^[121]

Summary of the 2020 BC Student Vote

Party		Leader	Seats		Votes
			Elected	%	#	%
	New Democratic	John Horgan	58	65.17	33,655	39.86
	Green	Sonia Furstenau	17	19.10	23,371	27.68
	Liberal	Andrew Wilkinson	12	13.48	21,545	25.52
	Conservative	Trevor Bolin	1	1.12	2,066	2.45
	Christian Heritage	Laura-Lynn Tyler Thompson	1	1.12	336	0.40
	Others		0	0	3,463	4.09
Total			87+2	100.0	84,436	100.0
Source: Student Vote Canada [121]

Opinion polls

Voter intention polling

Opinion polling (2017–2020)
Polling firm	Date of polling	Sample size	Lib.	NDP	Grn.	Con.	Oth.	Lead	Type of poll	Margin of error
2020 election results [122]	Oct 24, 2020	1,885,425	33.77%	47.70%	15.08%	1.90%	1.10%	14.00	N/A	N/A
Mainstreet [123]	Oct 22–23, 2020	704	30.6%	50.5%	15.9%	N/A	3.0%	19.9%	IVR	3.7%
Research Co. [124]	Oct 22–23, 2020	750	35%	50%	13%	2%	1%	15%	Online	3.6%
Forum Research [125]	Oct 22–23, 2020	1,314	33.9%	43.4%	17.9%	N/A	4.8%	9.5%	IVR	3.0%
Ipsos [126]	Oct 19–22, 2020	1,502	34%	51%	13%	N/A	2%	17%	Online/telephone	3.5%
Léger [127]	Oct 18–21, 2020	1,100	36%	47%	14%	N/A	3%	11%	Online	3.0%
Angus Reid [128]	Oct 16–19, 2020	1,201	35%	45%	16%	3%	1%	10%	Online	2.8%
Angus Reid [129]	Oct 14–15, 2020	801	33%	49%	14%	3%	2%	16%	Online	3.5%
Insights West [130]	Oct 13–14, 2020	1,030	33%	47%	14%	6%	1%	14%	Online	3.1%
Ipsos / Global BC, CKNW [131]	Oct 8–11, 2020	1,000	34%	52%	11%	N/A	3%	18%	Online	3.5%
Léger [132]	Oct 6–9, 2020	1,100	35%	50%	12%	N/A	3%	15%	Online	3.0%
Research Co. [133]	Oct 5–7, 2020	750	36%	48%	13%	2%	1%	12%	Online	3.6%
Angus Reid [134]	Oct 1–3, 2020	989	31%	49%	14%	N/A	5%	18%	Online	4%
Mainstreet/338Canada [135]	Sep 26–29, 2020	1,041	34%	45%	16%	2%	N/A	11%	IVR	3.04%
Léger [136]	Sep 24–28, 2020	802	31%	47%	12%	9%	N/A	16%	Online	3.5%
Ipsos [137]	Sep 24–28, 2020	1,251	33%	51%	12%	N/A	4%	18%	Online/telephone	3.2%
Insights West [138]	Sep 22–23, 2020	1,000	29%	42%	16%	12%	1%	13%	Online	3.1%
Research Co. [139]	Sep 21–23, 2020	750	37%	44%	13%	4%	1%	7%	Online	3.6%
	Sep 21, 2020	Premier John Horgan announces a snap election to be held on October 24, 2020.
	Sep 14, 2020	Sonia Furstenau is elected leader of the Green Party.
Angus Reid [140]	Aug 26 – Sep 1, 2020	655	29%	48%	14%	8%	1%	19%	Online	4%
EKOS Research Associates [141]	Jul 18 – Aug 28, 2020	1,984	25%	51%	14%	N/A	11%	26%	Telephone	2.2%
Innovative Research Group [142]	Jul 14–20, 2020	441	36%	38%	12%	13%	1%	2%	Online	N/A
EKOS Research Associates [143]	Jun 16 – Jul 17, 2020	1,504	29%	46%	13%	N/A	12%	17%	Telephone	2.5%
Insight West [144]	Jun 24–28, 2020	830	29%	47%	11%	12%	1%	18%	Online	3.4%
Innovative Research Group [145]	Jun 19–23, 2020	268	32%	42%	12%	13%	0%	10%	Online	N/A
Innovative Research Group [146]	May 29 – Jun 1, 2020	261	34%	43%	10%	12%	1%	9%	Online	N/A
Research Co. [147]	May 23–25, 2020	800	33%	41%	16%	9%	1%	8%	Online	3.5%
Angus Reid [148]	May 19–24, 2020	603	29%	47%	12%	10%	2%	18%	Online	1.4%
Innovative Research Group [149]	May 1–5, 2020	261	36%	42%	10%	12%	3%	6%	Online	N/A
Angus Reid [150]	Feb 24–28, 2020	608	31%	36%	21%	10%	2%	5%	Online	3%–6.6%
	Jan 6, 2020	Adam Olsen is chosen as interim leader of the Green Party.
Insight West [151]	Nov 7–9, 2019	808	32%	35%	14%	17%	2%	3%	Online	3.4%
	Oct 7, 2019	Andrew Weaver announces his resignation as leader of the Green Party.
Insights West [152]	Jun 6–12, 2019	848	30%	35%	18%	14%	3%	5%	Online	4.3%
Research Co. [153]	May 20–22, 2019	800	30%	39%	21%	9%	1%	9%	Online	3.5%
	Apr 8, 2019	Trevor Bolin is elected leader of the BC Conservatives.
Mainstreet [154]	Mar 20–21, 2019	923	32.4%	39.0%	13.3%	12.1%	3.3%	6.6%	Telephone	3.23%
Justason [155]	Feb 26 – Mar 13, 2019	812	31%	30%	16%	19%	3%	1%	Telephone	3.4%
Mainstreet [156]	Jan 13–14, 2019	887	34.9%	37.0%	14.6%	11.2%	2.2%	2.1%	Telephone	3.29%
Insights West [157]	Nov 2–6, 2018	814	32.9%	38.2%	13.2%	11.8%	3.9%	5.3%	N/A	N/A
Mainstreet [158]	Oct 31 – Nov 2, 2018	616	33.9%	32.3%	18.2%	12.6%	3%	1.6%	Telephone	3.92%
Mainstreet [159]	Jul 15–17, 2018	933	33.9%	33.2%	16.0%	14.6%	2.3%	0.7%	Telephone	3.21%
Insights West [160]	Jul 12–15, 2018	1,053	32%	37%	17%	12%	2%	5%	Online	3.0%
Angus Reid [161]	May 4–7, 2018	809	36%	41%	17%	N/A	6%	5%	Online	3.4%
Mainstreet [162]	Apr 16–18, 2018	900	36.8%	34.8%	15.7%	11.4%	1.4%	2.0%	Telephone	3.27%
Mainstreet [163]	Apr 12–15, 2018	1,496	37%	31%	17%	13%	2%	6%	Telephone	2.53%
Mainstreet [164]	Mar 5–6, 2018	1,511	30.7%	36.0%	21.9%	8.9%	2.5%	5.3%	Telephone	2.52%
	Feb 3, 2018	Andrew Wilkinson is elected leader of the BC Liberals and becomes the leader of the Opposition.
Insights West [165]	Jan 15–17, 2018	829	31%	40%	19%	8%	2%	9%	Online	3.4%
Mainstreet [166]	Jan 3–4, 2018	817	33.9%	38.5%	27.6%	N/A	N/A	4.6%	Telephone	3.24%
Mainstreet [167]	Aug 14–15, 2017	2,050	38%	37%	16%	N/A	9%	1%	Telephone	2.16%
	Aug 4, 2017	Christy Clark resigns as leader of the BC Liberals and Rich Coleman is chosen as interim leader.
	Jul 18, 2017	John Horgan becomes premier of British Columbia.
	Jun 29, 2017	Christy Clark resigns as premier; John Horgan is invited to form government.
	Jun 29, 2017	BC Liberal government is defeated in a confidence vote.
Ipsos [168]	Jun 26–28, 2017	800	44%	38%	14%	N/A	4%	6%	Online	3.9%
Insights West [169]	Jun 23–28, 2017	821	36%	41%	19%	N/A	4%	5%	Online	3.4%
Mainstreet/Postmedia [170]	Jun 26–27, 2017	1,650	45%	34%	17%	N/A	4%	11%	N/A	2.41%
Angus Reid [171]	Jun 15–19, 2017	810	39%	38%	20%	N/A	3%	1%	Online	3.4%
Ipsos [172]	Jun 8–11, 2017	802	40%	42%	15%	N/A	2%	2%	Online	3.9%
Mainstreet/Postmedia [173]	May 11–13, 2017	1,650	38%	39%	22%	N/A	N/A	1%	Telephone	3.41%
2017 election results [174]	May 9, 2017	N/A	40.4%	40.3%	16.8%	0.5%	2.5%	0.1%	N/A	N/A

Preferred premier polling

Polling organization / client	Dates	Sample size	Andrew Wilkinson  / Christy Clark	John Horgan	Sonia Furstenau  / Andrew Weaver	Other/undecided	Lead	Polling method	Margin of error
Ipsos / Global BC, CKNW	Oct 8–11, 2020	1,000	16%	45%	6%	33%	29%	Online	3.5%
Research Co.	Oct 5–7, 2020	1,000	27%	47%	6%	19%	20%	Online	3.7%
Ipsos / Global News, CKNW [14] [137]	Sep 24–28, 2020	1,251	14%	44%	6%	36%	30%	Online/Telephone	3.2%
Research Co. [139]	Sep 21–23, 2020	750	27%	44%	7%	33%	17%	Online	3.6%
Ipsos [168]	Jun 26–28, 2017	800	31%	28%	11%	31%	3%	Online	3.9%
Ipsos [172]	Jun 8–11, 2017	802	29%	28%	12%	31%	1%	Online	3.9%

Notes and references

Notes

1. Plecas was elected as a Liberal MLA, but was removed from the party after he was elected Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.
2. Incumbent BC Liberal MLA Laurie Throness previously contested Chilliwack-Kent as the Liberal candidate, until his resignation from the party on October 15 to run as an independent candidate after comparing free contraception to eugenics. However, Throness is still considered by Elections BC to be the Liberal candidate. ^{[84] [85] [86] [87] [88] [89] [90]}
3. Liberal MLA Tracy Redies held this seat before her resignation in 2020.
4. Weaver was formerly the leader of the Green Party.

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Further reading

• "October 24, 2020 Provincial General Election: Report of the Chief Electoral Officer" (PDF). elections.bc.ca. Elections BC. July 27, 2021.

External links

• Elections BC
• Legislative Assembly Library Election Weblinks