Wally Oppal Now Losing On Recount

Monday, May 25, 2009 04:32 PM

VICTORIA – The interim voting results in Delta South changed following a recount today.

Independent candidate Vicky Huntington now leads Liberal candidate Wally Oppal by 13 votes, with 918 absentee votes still to be counted in Delta South.

Oppal held a three-vote lead on election night May 12, but as a result of calculation errors made by voting officials, the results now stand at Huntington 9,626 votes, Oppal 9,613 votes.

In Cariboo-Chilcotin, the election night result also changed today after a recount. Liberal candidate Donna Barnett leads NDP candidate Charlie Wyse 5,791 votes to 5,732 votes, reversing a 23-vote lead Wyse held on election night.

Final count of absentee votes continues today in Delta South, Cariboo-Chilcotin and the 83 other electoral districts in the province.

Following final count, a judicial recount must be held in an electoral district if the difference between the votes received by the candidate declared elected and the second-place candidate is less than 1/500 or .2% of the total ballots considered.

An application for a judicial recount may also be made by a candidate in any electoral district on the basis that the votes were not properly counted or ballots were not correctly accepted or rejected.

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Comments

Posted by: Harbinger on May 25 2009 5:05 PM

As good old Wally would be apt to say, "Can't talk about this now. It's before the "counts".

Posted by: BCRacer on May 25 2009 5:59 PM

I have no doubt that this will be recounted , and recounted until the Liberals win....

Posted by: Andyfreeze on May 25 2009 7:20 PM

Oppal will not go gracefully.
Next stop,judicial recount.
After that god only knows,but there will be something else!
That's a major one for the Campbell crew if he does in fact lose his seat.

Posted by: BCRacer on May 25 2009 8:11 PM

Oh Wally will get in ...
no influence....wink wink...

Posted by: gus on May 25 2009 8:37 PM

Absentee votes need to be counted which will not happen till Wednesday.

Posted by: caranmacil on May 25 2009 8:58 PM

cynicism is one thing but some of you guys are getting a little out there. If you really figure the fix is in, why would you even vote? For myself, though i voted liberal i will not weep to see Mr Oppal go.

Posted by: supertech on May 25 2009 10:13 PM

Mr Oppal should be retired and enjoying his grandchildren rather than boreing us with his presence.

Posted by: BCRacer on May 26 2009 8:12 AM

Fixing? I think each and every vote should be counted BEFORE the winner is announced....including absentee votes...oterwise doesn't that say the absentee vote means nothing unless the vote is really close? or a recount is needed? I wonder if the advance poll isn't treated the same???? Count them ALL! then make the announcement....if they can't wait that long close shop and go home....

Posted by: Nowicki on May 26 2009 6:08 PM

So we will have a new BC attorney general.
It doesn't make much difference, the BC Liberals are running BC like a fiefdom.
BC politics is doomed with or without
Wall-e.

Posted by: BCRacer on May 26 2009 6:19 PM

We are surely doomed with a criminal at the helm!