NDP Wins Two By Elections
Thursday, April 19, 2012 @ 8:40 PM
With just a ahndful of votes left to count, it is clear the New Democrats have taken two seats from the Liberals in two provincial by-elections today:
Here are the near final numbers:
The candidates for Port Moody-Coquitlam are:
Electoral District
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Candidate’s Ballot Name
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Affiliation
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Total Valid Votes
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% of Popular Vote
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Christine N. Clarke
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BC Conservative Party
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1,720
|
15.40%
|
|
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Dennis Marsden
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BC Liberal Party
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3,377
|
30.24%
|
Joe Trasolini
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BC NDP
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6,070
|
54.36%
|
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131 of 132 ballot boxes reported
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11,167
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100%
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Candidates for Chilliwack Hope are:
Electoral District
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Candidate’s Ballot Name
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Affiliation
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Total Valid Votes
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% of Popular Vote
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Lewis Clarke Dahlby
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Libertarian
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125
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1.01%
|
|
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John Martin
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BC Conservative Party
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3,188
|
25.73%
|
Gwen O’Mahony
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BC NDP
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5,084
|
41.03%
|
|
Laurie Throness
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BC Liberal Party
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3,993
|
32.23%
|
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117 of 126 ballot boxes reported
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12,390
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100%
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Comments
I have always hoped for a clear NDP majority and by all appearances that is going to finally happen. I have renewed confidence in BC as a Province of Canada. I am sure that Adrian can keep the tiller steady and guide the province to a new prosperity.
Hey Surefire: I don’t think Adrian has any big shoes to fill!! (unless Adrian don’t like photo ops)
I am just glad the the BC liberals didn’t win. It should send a strong signal to them that they do not have a mandate to govern in BC anymore… I don’t think they have had a mandate since they lied last election and announced their HST plans only weeks after the election.
IMO we need to be on the watch now for the multinational give aways they will surely be doing prior to being stripped of their powers by the citizens of BC next election.
In that reguard we as Canadians and BCers will do as we always have done- we’ll kick their asses! You are right Far north, but I’d like to believe who ever follows Adrian will need a bigger set of feet and if he isn’t too buisy I’m sure he could take in a photo op.
It was a foregone conclusion that the Liberals were not going to win either riding. The people of BC are fed up with the corrupt rudderless ship that is the government of Crispy Clark She’s going down in flames, and it will be highly revealing when the full-fledged inquiry into BC Rail comes to pass. Clark and the people who support her and supported Campbell are not fit to run a government. Oh and apparently Clark will not be commenting on the byelection results Friday. No jam. The surprising thing about these two votes is that the Conservatives finished third in both. They were thought to have second spot in Chilliwack at least. Looks like they need some re-working.
Did Adrian ever find his skytrain ticket? Once a fraud always a fraud.
Grim news but hardly surprising. Time to gtfo of Dodge.
The Conservatives need to be something other than the BC Liberals under a different name. They’re too fossilised, same as Christy’s crowd is. The ‘right’ has to have something better to offer than just demonstrating once again they don’t know the difference between policies engendering inflation and those engendering prosperity for all. The NDP will always be around to represent poverty. And extend it, in their quest to reduce us to the lowest common denominator ~ their brand of ‘equality’. Their opponents to the right of center need to show how they can eliminate it.
Wonder how Clark will try to spin this?
YES It is about time. Now to just get the rest of the ridings won is all it will take. Should now be a genenral strike to force the rest of the campbell scum out of office permanently. After that comes the BCR inquiry and the extinquishment of HST. Things are looking up folks. Won’t be long now and NDP is going to take every riding in this province. Congradulations Adrian. We the people support you and now if you can do something to expediate the removal of these LIE berals this province WILL be a much better place to live. Hopefully a little bit cheaper too. AWESOME. Once again
Congradulations Adrian.
Soon the HST will be extinquished and the LIE berals will be exterminated. COMPLETELY
Choooooooo…Choooooooo The train is gonna run you over crusty LOL LOL LOL LOL
Yes we the people are impoverished but now with the lieberals gone we have a province that’s a good place to live in. Thank you Adrian and the NDP. If we could get rid of Harper that would go a long way to securing BC’s natural beauty.
Yes we the people are impoverished but now with the lieberals gone we have a province that’s a good place to live in. Thank you Adrian and the NDP. If we could get rid of Harper that would go a long way to securing BC’s natural beauty.
Adrian lost his Skytrain pass and it will never be found. Word has it Christy uses it as a bookmark in her book, “Making Ethical Decisions”, which we all know has never been and never will be read.
“Adrian lost his Skytrain pass and it will never be found.”
Just like he accidently wrote that memo.
Rejoice dippers. I’m not defending the Libs record of the past few years, but anyone excited about the return to an NDP government clearly has no idea how a functioning economy works.
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