Overview
- Decision desks projected the Conservatives won a majority on Oct. 24, with interim leader Lorne Doerkson re‑elected in Cariboo‑Chilcotin and set to become premier if results are certified.
- Premier David Eby called a surprise snap election in late September to seek a stronger mandate, a gamble that opponents say backfired when the Conservatives regained momentum.
- The Conservative party reunited quickly after Kerry‑Lynne Findlay’s resignation, as many MLAs who had quit or been removed returned under Doerkson’s leadership to stabilize the caucus before the campaign.
- The Conservatives ran on a platform of income‑tax cuts, deficit reduction, replacing no‑fault auto insurance with a hybrid model, expanding LNG and natural‑gas development, increasing child care capacity, and repealing the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act.
- Elections BC is first tabulating about 900,000 advance ballots electronically and will count election‑day ballots manually then verify mail‑in and absentee votes, so official certified totals and final margins may take days or weeks and the projected majority could change slightly.