NDP MLAs re-elected in Nanaimo, Sunshine Coat as Conservatives set to form majority government

NDP MLA incumbent George Anderson is projected to be re-elected in Nanaimo-Lantzville with 46.7 per cent of the vote and one poll yet to report as of publishing. The Conservative Party of BC candidate candidate Kelsey Pringle got 43.2 per cent of the vote. 

NDP incumbent Sheila Malcolmson is projected to win in Nanaimo-Gabriola with 48.1 per cent of the vote and one poll still to report. Conservative candidate Mark MacDonald got 35.9 per cent of the vote.

In Powell River-Sunshine Coast, NDP incumbent Randene Neill is projected to win with about 49.1 per cent of the vote and one poll yet to report. Conservative candidate John Henderson got 39 per cent of the vote. 

The Conservative Party of BC will form a majority government with 55 MLAs elected at the time of publishing and nine other candidates leading as ballots continue being counted.

The BC NDP has 22 elected MLAs and five others leading in the polls.

Tyler Hay
Tyler Hay
Tyler has been back and forth between Vancouver Island and Alberta during his career in journalism. He first joined Vista Radio in Lethbridge, Alberta after working as an editor in Ladysmith and Parksville. Now he is back on the Island to settle and is based out of Nanaimo writing about local politics. When not writing, he is busy sailing, riding motorcycles and fixing things in his shop.

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