By Roy L Hales
The most recent change to Elections BC’s Preliminary Voting Results, at the time of this writing, was made at 2:53 PM on October 28, 2020.
Government side of BC Legislature - Roy L Hales photo
Same winners, different numbers
Though the numbers changed, the list of winners has not.
The NDP appear to have been elected in eleven Vancouver Island ridings, and Green party MLAs were re-elected in the other two.
NDP challenger Adam Walker is still a thousand votes ahead of the Liberal incumbent in Parksville-Qualicum, the closest race on Vancouver Island. The last Liberal riding appears to have gone NDP.
In our North Island riding: Michele Babchuk’s lead has widened, so that she is now close to 4,000 votes ahead of her closest challenger. That is now Liberal candidate Norm Facey, who replaced Alexandra Morton as the runner up.
This increases the number of ridings where the Liberals came in second to four; the Greens are runners up in the remaining seven ridings.
More updates coming
According to Elections BC, “During preparation for final count, district electoral officers will confirm voting results and certification envelope counts from absentee and vote-by-mail voting that was reported during initial count. Adjustments may be made to accurately reflect election night results, and the screening of certification envelopes. Results will not be finalized until final count is completed.”
Preliminary Voting Results
Here is a list of preliminary voting results for each riding, as of yesterday afternoon.
NDP incumbent Ronna-Rae Leonard was re-elected in Courtenay-Comox – photo courtesy BC NDP
Preliminary Results as of Oct 28, using Elections BC data – Roy L Hales
Green party leader Sonia Furstenau was re-elected in Cowichan Valley – photo courtesy BC Green party
Preliminary Results as of Oct 28, using Elections BC data – Roy L Hales
NDP candidate Mitzi Dean was elected Esquimalt-Metchosin – courtesy BC NDP
Preliminary Results as of Oct 28, using Elections BC data – Roy L Hales
NDP candidate Julie Osborne was elected in Mid Island-Pacific Rim – courtesy BC NDP
Preliminary Results as of Oct 28, using Elections BC data – Roy L Hales
NDP incumbent Sheila Malcolmson was re-elected in Nanaimo – courtesy BC NDP
Preliminary Results as of Oct 28, using Elections BC data – Roy L Hales
NDP incumbent Doug Routley was re-elected in Nanaimo-North Cowichan – courtesy BC NDP
Preliminary Results as of Oct 28, using Elections BC data – Roy L Hales
NDP candidate Michele Babchuk was elected in North Island – courtesy BC NDP
Preliminary Results as of Oct 28, using Elections BC data – Roy L Hales
NDP candidate, former MP, Murray Rankin was elected in Oak Bay – Gordon Head – courtesy BC NDP
Preliminary Results as of Oct 28, using Elections BC data – Roy L Hales
NDP candidate Adam Walker appears to have been elected in Parksville-Qualicum, the last riding on the island previously represented by a Liberal MA – courtesy BC NDP
Preliminary Results as of Oct 28, using Elections BC data – Roy L Hales
Green Party incumbent Adam Olsen was re-elected in Saanich North and the
Preliminary Results as of Oct 28, using Elections BC data – Roy L Hales
NDP incumbent Lana Popham was re-elected in Saanich South – courtesy BC NDP
Preliminary Results as of Oct 28, using Elections BC data – Roy L Hales
Preliminary Results as of Oct 28, using Elections BC data – Roy L Hales
Preliminary Results as of Oct 28, using Elections BC data – Roy L Hales
NDP candidate Grace Lore was elected in Victoria-Beacon Hill – courtesy BC NDP
Preliminary Results as of Oct 28, using Elections BC data – Roy L Hales
Note: many riding boundaries, and names, changed over the fifteen years depicted above. I have attempted to preserve the essential results from each area – Roy L Hales
Candidates in North Island riding, from submitted photos