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B.C. Conservatives Win Majority; Lorne Doerkson Is Premier-Designate

The upset ends nine years of NDP rule and leaves final results contingent on Elections BC counting outstanding ballots

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B.C. Conservative interim Leader Lorne Doerkson arrives during a provincial election campaign stop in Vancouver, on Friday, Oct. 23, 2026.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns
One BC party leader Dallas Brodie attends a Pierre Poilievre town hall in Vancouver, on Saturday, May 23, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns
B.C. NDP Leader David Eby announces his resignation Saturday night after his party was trounced in the B.C. general election.

Overview

  • Preliminary projections after Oct. 24’s snap election show the Conservative Party on track for a majority with roughly 64 seats while the NDP fell to about 27 seats and the Greens won two.
  • Outgoing premier David Eby conceded defeat on election night and announced he has offered his resignation as leader of the B.C. NDP.
  • Lorne Doerkson was installed as interim Conservative leader on Sept. 20 and quickly reunited disgruntled MLAs, a realignment that transformed the party from internal turmoil into an election-winning coalition.
  • Doerkson’s platform promises tax cuts, regulatory rollbacks and faster resource development and includes pledges to repeal the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act and remove SOGI school guidance.
  • Final confirmation can change in extremely close local races because Elections BC will count mail‑in, absentee and assisted ballots from Nov. 6 to Nov. 10 and turnout was unusually low which magnifies the impact of those outstanding votes.