2017 British Columbia general election

Canadian provincial election

2017 British Columbia general election

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87 seats in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
44 seats were needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout| 61.2%[1][2][3] 5.9 pp
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Leader  | Christy Clark | John Horgan | Andrew Weaver
Party  | Liberal | New Democratic | Green
Leader since  | February 26, 2011 | May 4, 2014 | December 9, 2015
Leader's seat  | Kelowna West | Langford-Juan de Fuca | Oak Bay-Gordon Head
Last election  | 49 seats, 44.1%  | 34 seats, 39.7%  | 1 seat, 8.1%
Seats before  | 47  | 35  | 1
Seats won  | 43 | 41  | 3
Seat change  |  4  |  6  |  2
Popular vote  | 797,194 | 795,527  | 332,331
Percentage  | 40.37% | 40.29%  | 16.83%
Swing  |  3.8 pp |  0.6 pp |  8.7 pp

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Popular vote by riding. As this is an FPTP election, seat totals are not determined by popular vote, but instead via results by each riding. Click the map for more details.

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| Premier before election

Christy Clark
Liberal

| Premier after election

Christy Clark[n 1]
Liberal

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The 2017 British Columbia general election was held on May 9, 2017, to elect 87 members (MLAs) to the Legislative Assembly to serve in the 41st Parliament of the Canadian province of British Columbia. In the 40th Parliament prior to this general election, the British Columbia Liberal Party formed the government under the leadership of Christy Clark, while the British Columbia New Democratic Party (NDP), under the leadership of Adrian Dix and then John Horgan, formed the Official Opposition; the Green Party of British Columbia were also represented in the legislature with sole MLA and later leader Andrew Weaver.

It was the first election contested on a new electoral map completed in 2015, and the total number of constituencies had increased from 85 to 87. New districts were added in Richmond and Surrey, while the boundaries of 48 existing electoral districts were adjusted.

The election saw no party win a majority of seats for the first time since the 1952 election: the Liberals won 43 seats, the NDP won 41 seats and the Greens won three seats. From 1952 to 2017, especially in the 2005 to 2017 period, often a single party that had not received a majority of the votes cast had achieved a majority of seats and held power.[5][6]

As no one party held a majority of seats, a working majority had to be forged. After a period of negotiating, on May 29 Green Party leaders agreed to provide confidence and supply to an NDP government. Clark meanwhile indicated she would remain in office and seek the confidence of the legislature. On June 29, the opposition MLAs voted against Clark's speech from the throne, and Lieutenant Governor Judith Guichon invited NDP leader Horgan to form a government. On July 18, Horgan became the new premier. The Greens maintained the NDP government in power, although Weaver and the other Green MLAs did not join the cabinet and were not given any official roles in the government.

The election was notable in that it marked the end of the Liberal majority government that had led the province since the 2001 election, and the first election in Canada at the federal or provincial level that saw more than one member of a Green party elected.[7][8]

## Redistribution of ridings

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Main article: 2015 British Columbia electoral redistribution

An act was passed in 2015 providing for an increase of seats from 85 to 87, upon the next election.[9] The following changes were made:

Abolished ridings | New ridings

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Renamings

* Alberni-Pacific Rim

* Mid Island-Pacific Rim[a 1]

* Chilliwack-Hope[a 2]

* Chilliwack-Kent

* Comox Valley

* Courtenay-Comox

* Esquimalt-Royal Roads

* Esquimalt-Metchosin[a 3]

* Fort Langley-Aldergrove

* Langley East[a 4]

* Juan de Fuca

* Langford-Juan de Fuca

* Surrey-Tynehead

* Surrey-Guildford[a 5]

* Westside-Kelowna

* Kelowna West

Drawn from other ridings

* Surrey South[a 6]

Reorganization of ridings

* Richmond Centre
* Richmond East

* Richmond North Centre
* Richmond-Queensborough[a 7]
* Richmond South Centre[a 8]

1. ^ Also taking in part of Comox Valley.
2. ^ Parts went to Fraser-Nicola and West Vancouver-Sea to Sky.
3. ^ Also taking in part of Juan de Fuca.
4. ^ Also taking in part of Langley.
5. ^ Also taking in part of Surrey-Whalley.
6. ^ From parts of Surrey-Cloverdale and Surrey-Panorama.
7. ^ Also taking in part of New Westminster.
8. ^ Also taking in part of Richmond-Steveston.

## Timing

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Section 23 of British Columbia's Constitution Act provides that general elections occur on the second Tuesday in May of the fourth calendar year after the last election.[10] As an election was held on May 14, 2013, the subsequent election was conducted on May 9, 2017. The same section, though, makes the fixed election date subject to the Lieutenant Governor's right to dissolve the Legislative Assembly as he or she sees fit (in practice, on the advice of the Premier).[10]

The writ was dropped on April 11, 2017.[11] Advance voter registration ended April 11. Advance voting was from April 29 to 30, then began again May 3 and lasted until May 6 before the general election on May 9.[12]

## Background

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Main article: 40th Parliament of British Columbia

In the 2013 general election, the BC Liberal Party under the leadership of Premier Christy Clark were re-elected with a majority government. The British Columbia New Democratic Party, under the leadership of Adrian Dix, again formed the Official Opposition with a slightly reduced total of 34 seats. Despite the victory, Clark was defeated by NDP candidate David Eby in her riding of Vancouver-Point Grey but was later elected in the Westside-Kelowna riding by-election in July 2013 following Ben Stewart's resignation of his seat the previous month so that she could return to the Legislature.[13] The Green Party, under leader Jane Sterk, won its first seat in the legislature, though Sterk herself was not elected. Dix resigned as NDP leader following the election and was succeeded by Horgan in the NDP 2014 leadership election.[14] On August 13, 2013, Sterk announced she would resign as Green Party leader;[15] Adam Olsen was appointed interim leader on August 25, 2013.[16] The Conservative Party, under the leadership of John Cummins, failed to win a seat and Cummins resigned after the Westside-Kelowna by-election. On February 2, 2016, two by-elections occurred in Vancouver-Mount Pleasant and Coquitlam-Burke Mountain to replace Jenny Kwan and Douglas Horne, who had both resigned to seek election in the 2015 Canadian federal election.

In preparation for the 2017 provincial election, the Electoral Boundaries Commission Amendment Act, 2014 increased the number of electoral districts from 85 to 87 and required that the number of electoral districts in the North, Cariboo-Thompson, and the Columbia-Kootenay regions not be decreased despite their lower populations since the last adjustment of electoral boundaries. The Electoral Districts Act was updated in November 2015 to establish the new electoral districts, adding one new electoral district in Surrey and one in Richmond. Additionally, the boundaries of 48 existing electoral districts were adjusted.[17]

The Election Amendment Act, 2015 required the chief electoral officer to provide each party with a copy of the voters list, allowed constituency associations to incur election expenses, limited vouching to amend voter information to only family members of the voter, and eliminated the 60-day pre-campaign period, including its expense limits.[18]

## Election spending and fundraising

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According to Elections BC, each candidate's campaign may spend a maximum of $77,674 over the 28 day election period and each political party, in addition, may spend $4,882,405. Also, each third party advertiser may spend up to $3,329 in a single electoral district and up to $166,445 overall.[19]

Unlike the Federal government or most provinces, British Columbia has no limits on political donations.[20][21] Wealthy individuals, corporations, unions and even foreigners are allowed to donate large amounts to political parties there.[22] On January 13, 2017, the New York Times published a story calling British Columbia the "Wild West" of Canadian political cash.[22] According to the New York Times, "critics of [Premier Clark] and her party, the conservative British Columbia Liberal Party, say the provincial government has been transformed into a lucrative business, dominated by special interests that trade donations for political favors, undermining Canada's reputation for functional, consensus-driven democracy."[22] The article also explored Premier Clark's practice of taking an additional salary from the BC Liberals, beyond her Premier salary, financed by political contributions.[22] The Globe and Mail also followed up with a special investigation of "British Columbia: The 'wild west' of fundraising".[20] The investigation found that lobbyists are giving tens of thousands of dollars in their own name – and some power brokers are breaking one of the few rules the province has in place.[20] With no limits on political donations in BC, the provincial Liberals raised $12.4 million last year – $4.5-million from individuals and $7.9-million from corporations.[20][23]

On March 5, 2017, Elections BC announced it was launching a probe into Liberal Party fundraising.[24] The Official Opposition, the NDP, has promised to ban corporate and union donation if elected, as well as limits on individual donations, but continues to accept corporate and union donations at the present time.[23] The Green Party announced in September 2016 that it would no longer accept donations from corporations or unions.[25]

In terms of election spending, British Columbia currently has no spending limits ahead of the election period. During the 2009 election period, there was a spending limit of $4.4 million.[26] Spending limits for the 2017 election period were adjusted for changes to the consumer price index before being confirmed during the second week in April 2017.[27][19]

Party  | Leader  | Expenditures[28] | Notes

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| British Columbia Liberal Party | Christy Clark | $13,596,359  | The BC Liberals had formed a majority government since May 2001.
| British Columbia New Democratic Party | John Horgan | $7,908,697  | The BC NDP had formed the official opposition since May 2005.
| Green Party of British Columbia | Andrew Weaver | $904,876  |
| British Columbia Conservative Party | (Vacant)  | $39,043  |
| Christian Heritage Party of British Columbia | Rod Taylor  | $23,133  |
| British Columbia Libertarian Party | Clayton Welwood  | $9,913  |
| British Columbia Social Credit Party | (Vacant)  | $5,940  |

## Opinion polls

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Opinion polling (2013–2017)

Polling firm  | Date of polling  | Source  | Lib  | NDP  | Grn  | Con  | Oth  | Type of poll  | Sample size
Forum Research | May 8, 2017  | [29] | 39  | 41 | 17  |  | 3  | IVR  | 1,076
Insights West | May 8, 2017  | [30] | 41 | 41 | 17  |  | 2  | Online  | 801
Justason Market Intelligence | May 7, 2017  | [31] | 38 | 36  | 23  |  | 3  | IVR/online  | 1,447
Mainstreet Research | May 6, 2017  | [32] | 39  | 40 | 20  |  |  | IVR  | 1,650
Ipsos Reid | May 6, 2017  | [33] | 39  | 40 | 17  |  | 4  | Online/telephone  | 1,404
Angus Reid | May 3, 2017  | [34] | 40  | 41 | 15  |  | 4  | Online  | 1,007
Justason Market Intelligence | May 2, 2017  | [35] | 39 | 34  | 23  |  | 4  | IVR/online  | 2,116
Mainstreet Research | May 1, 2017  | [36] | 37  | 42 | 21  |  |  | IVR  | 1,650
Innovative Research  | May 1, 2017  | [37] | 38 | 35  | 17  | 8  | 2  | Online  | 500
Ipsos Reid | April 30, 2017  | [38] | 43 | 41  | 14  |  | 3  | Online  | 834
Innovative Research  | April 30, 2017  | [37] | 38 | 33  | 20  | 6  | 3  | Telephone  | 600
Forum Research | April 29, 2017  | [39] | 29  | 37 | 24  | 7  | 3  | IVR  | 1,067
Justason Market Intelligence | April 28, 2017  | [40] | 38 | 37  | 21  |  | 4  | Online  | 1,127
Innovative Research  | April 23, 2017  | [37] | 42 | 32  | 16  | 9  | 1  | Online  | 1,000
Mainstreet Research | April 22, 2017  | [41] | 34  | 44 | 22  |  |  | IVR  | 1,650
Justason Market Intelligence | April 20, 2017  | [42] | 36  | 39 | 19  |  | 5  | Online  | 1,128
Mainstreet Research | April 14, 2017  | [43] | 37  | 39 | 21  | 3  |  | IVR  | 1,650
Mainstreet Research | April 10, 2017  | [44] | 35  | 39 | 19  | 7  |  | IVR  | 5,506
Ipsos Reid | April 9, 2017  | [45] | 39  | 44 | 12  | 4  | 1  | Online/telephone  | 1,388
Forum Research | April 8, 2017  | [46] | 29  | 39 | 18  | 12  | 3  | IVR  | 1,040
Insights West | April 8, 2017  | [47] | 38  | 40 | 17  | 3  | 2  | Online  | 801
Mainstreet Research | April 3, 2017  | [48] | 33  | 36 | 19  | 11  |  | IVR  | 1,650
Mainstreet Research | March 27, 2017  | [49] | 34  | 36 | 19  | 11  |  | IVR  | 1,650
Mainstreet Research | March 20, 2017  | [50] | 34  | 38 | 17  | 11  |  | IVR  | 1,500
Mainstreet Research | March 12, 2017  | [51] | 36  | 40 | 13  | 11  |  | IVR  | 2,109
Mainstreet Research | March 5, 2017  | [52] | 35  | 39 | 13  | 13  |  | IVR  | 2,191
Forum Research | March 1, 2017  | [46] | 32  | 36 | 15  | 14  | 3  | IVR  | 1,056
Mainstreet Research | February 26, 2017  | [53] | 33  | 38 | 15  | 13  |  | IVR  | 2,352
Insights West | February 26, 2017  | [54] | 40  | 41 | 11  | 5  | 3  | Online  | 801
Forum Research | February 23, 2017  | [46] | 28  | 39 | 14  | 15  | 3  | IVR  | 1,061
Mainstreet Research | February 19, 2017  | [55] | 37 | 37 | 17  | 10  |  | IVR  | 2,188
Insights West | November 21, 2016  | [56] | 39  | 40 | 14  | 5  | 2  | Online  | 806
Mainstreet Research | September 8, 2016  | [57] | 33  | 38 | 16  | 14  |  | IVR  | 2,207
Innovative Research  | August 14, 2016  | [58] | 38 | 29  | 16  | 15  | 1  | Telephone  | 600
Ipsos Reid | May 9, 2016  | [59] | 42 | 36  | 10  | 11  | 1  | Online  | 803
Insights West | May 5, 2016  | [60] | 34  | 40 | 14  | 10  | 2  | Online  | 801
Insights West | November 14, 2015  | [61] | 34  | 39 | 16  | 7  | 4  | Online  | 812
Insights West | May 19, 2015  | [62] | 37  | 43 | 10  | 6  | 4  | Online  | 801
Ipsos Reid | May 12, 2015  | [63] | 41  | 44 | 8  | 7  | 2  | Online  | 804
Insights West | December 6, 2014  | [64] | 36  | 40 | 14  | 8  | 2  | Online  | 805
McAllister Opinion Research  | July 29, 2014  | [65] | 36.0  | 36.3 | 17.5  | 9.1  | 1.0  | Online  | 1,704
Insights West | May 10, 2014  | [66] | 38  | 39 | 14  | 8  | 1  | Online  | 824
Justason Market Intelligence | January 19, 2014  | [67] | 37 | 35  | 19  | 7  | 1  | Telephone/online  | 600
Insights West | December 3, 2013  | [68] | 40 | 36  | 14  | 6  | 3  | Online  | 866
2013 election | May 14, 2013  | [69] | 44.14 | 39.71  | 8.13  | 4.76  | 3.25  | Ballot  | 1,803,051

## Endorsements

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Green Party

* David Suzuki[citation needed]

Liberal Party

* Globe and Mail[70]
* Vancouver Sun[71]

## Retiring incumbents

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Liberals

* Bill Bennett, Kootenay East[72]
* Gordon Hogg, Surrey-White Rock[73]
* Terry Lake, Kamloops-North Thompson[74]
* Don McRae, Comox Valley[75]
* Moira Stilwell, Vancouver-Langara[76]

Independent

* Pat Pimm, Peace River North[77]
* Vicki Huntington, Delta South[78]

New Democrats

* Robin Austin, Skeena[79]
* Kathy Corrigan, Burnaby-Deer Lake[80]
* Sue Hammell, Surrey-Green Timbers[81]
* Maurine Karagianis, Esquimalt-Royal Roads[82]
* Norm Macdonald, Columbia River-Revelstoke[83]
* Bill Routley, Cowichan Valley[84]
* Jane Shin, Burnaby-Lougheed[85]

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## Results

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Elections to the 41st Legislative Assembly of British Columbia (2017)[86] Party  | Leader  | Candidates  | Votes  | Seats

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| Liberal | Christy Clark | 87 | 797,194 | 1,920 | 40.37  | -3.76 |

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43 / 87

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| New Democratic | John Horgan | 87 | 795,527 | 79,672 | 40.29  | 0.56 |  | 0.56

| 34  |

41 / 87

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| Green | Andrew Weaver | 83 | 332,331 | 185,646 | 16.83  | 8.69 |  | 8.69

| 1  |

3 / 87

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| Independent |  | 33 | 22,122 | 27,184 | 1.12  | -1.62 |

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0 / 85

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| Conservative |  | 10 | 10,421 | 75,216 | 0.53  | -4.22 |

| Libertarian | Clayton Welwood  | 30 | 7,743 | 5,693 | 0.39 | 0.28
| Christian Heritage | Rod Taylor  | 5 | 3,398 | 2,570 | 0.17 | 0.13
| Your Political Party | James Filippelli  | 10 | 1,137 | 609 | 0.06 | 0.03
| Social Credit |  | 2 | 894 | 520 | 0.05 | 0.02
| Communist | Timothy Gidora  | 6 | 798 | 409 | 0.04 | 0.02
| Vancouver Island Party | Robin Richardson | 4 | 641 | 641 | 0.03 | New
| Land Air Water  | Mervyn Ritchie  | 1 | 580 | 580 | 0.03 | New
| BC First  | Salvatore Vetro  | 1 | 543 | 732 | 0.03 | -0.04%
| Refederation |  | 3 | 463 | 463 | 0.02% | Returned
| New Republican  | Wei Chen  | 1 | 318 | 318 | 0.02 | New
| Cascadia | Troy Gibbons  | 2 | 248 | 248 | 0.01 | New
| BC Action  |  | 2 | 205 | 205 | 0.01 | Returned
| Citizens First  | Phillip Ryan  | 1 | 90 | 90 | – | New
| 4BC  | Erik Deutscher  | 1 | 59 | 59 | – | New
Total | 369  | 1,974,712  | 100.00%

## MLAs elected

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Abbotsford-Mission: Simon Gibson

Abbotsford South: Darryl Plecas

Abbotsford West: Mike de Jong

Boundary-Similkameen: Linda Larson

Burnaby-Deer Lake: Anne Kang

Burnaby-Edmonds: Raj Chouhan

Burnaby-Lougheed: Katrina Chen

Burnaby North: Janet Routledge

Cariboo-Chilcotin: Donna Barnett

Cariboo North: Coralee Oakes

Chilliwack: John Martin

Chilliwack-Kent: Laurie Throness

Columbia River-Revelstoke: Doug Clovechok

Coquitlam-Burke Mountain: Joan Isaacs

Coquitlam-Maillardville: Selina Robinson

Courtenay-Comox: Ronna-Rae Leonard

Cowichan Valley: Sonia Furstenau

Delta North: Ravi Kahlon

Delta South: Ian Paton

Esquimalt-Metchosin: Mitzi Dean

Fraser-Nicola: Jackie Tegart

Kamloops-North Thompson: Peter Milobar

Kamloops-South Thompson: Todd Stone

Kelowna-Lake Country: Norm Letnick

Kelowna-Mission: Steve Thomson

Kelowna West: Christy Clark

Kootenay East: Tom Shypitka

Kootenay West: Katrine Conroy

Langford-Juan de Fuca: John Horgan

Langley: Mary Polak

Langley East: Rich Coleman

Maple Ridge-Mission: Bob D'Eith

Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows: Lisa Beare

Mid Island-Pacific Rim: Scott Fraser

Nanaimo: Leonard Krog

Nanaimo-North Cowichan: Doug Routley

Nechako Lakes: John Rustad

Nelson-Creston: Michelle Mungall

New Westminster: Judy Darcy

North Coast: Jennifer Rice

North Island: Claire Trevena

North Vancouver-Lonsdale: Bowinn Ma

North Vancouver-Seymour: Jane Thornthwaite

Oak Bay-Gordon Head: Andrew Weaver

Parksville-Qualicum: Michelle Stilwell

Peace River North: Dan Davies

Peace River South: Mike Bernier

Penticton: Dan Ashton

Port Coquitlam: Mike Farnworth

Port Moody-Coquitlam: Rick Glumac

Powell River-Sunshine Coast: Nicholas Simons

Prince George-Mackenzie: Mike Morris

Prince George-Valemount: Shirley Bond

Richmond North Centre: Teresa Wat

Richmond-Queensborough: Jas Johal

Richmond South Centre: Linda Reid

Richmond-Steveston: John Yap

Saanich North and the Islands: Adam Olsen

Saanich South: Lana Popham

Shuswap: Greg Kyllo

Skeena: Ellis Ross

Stikine: Doug Donaldson

Surrey-Cloverdale: Marvin Hunt

Surrey-Fleetwood: Jagrup Brar

Surrey-Green Timbers: Rachna Singh

Surrey-Guildford: Garry Begg

Surrey-Newton: Harry Bains

Surrey-Panorama: Jinny Sims

Surrey South: Stephanie Cadieux

Surrey-Whalley: Bruce Ralston

Surrey-White Rock: Tracy Redies

Vancouver-Fairview: George Heyman

Vancouver-False Creek: Sam Sullivan

Vancouver-Fraserview: George Chow

Vancouver-Hastings: Shane Simpson

Vancouver-Kensington: Mable Elmore

Vancouver-Kingsway: Adrian Dix

Vancouver-Langara: Michael Lee

Vancouver-Mount Pleasant: Melanie Mark

Vancouver-Point Grey: David Eby

Vancouver-Quilchena: Andrew Wilkinson

Vancouver-West End: Spencer Chandra Herbert

Vernon-Monashee: Eric Foster

Victoria-Beacon Hill: Carole James

Victoria-Swan Lake: Rob Fleming

West Vancouver-Capilano: Ralph Sultan

West Vancouver-Sea to Sky: Jordan Sturdy

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### Synopsis of results

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Main article: Results of the 2017 British Columbia general election by riding

Results by riding - 2017 British Columbia general election[87] Riding  | Winning party  | Turnout
[a 1][88] | Votes[a 2]

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Name  | 2013 | Party  | Votes  | Share  | Margin
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%  | Lib  | NDP  | Grn  | Con | Ltn | Ind | Oth | Total
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Abbotsford-Mission |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 12,879 | 51.19% | 5,540 | 22.02% | 59.20% | 12,879 | 7,339 | 4,297 | – | – | – | 644 | 25,159
Abbotsford South |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 11,683 | 52.48% | 5,386 | 24.20% | 54.71% | 11,683 | 6,297 | 3,338 | – | – | – | 942 | 22,260
Abbotsford West |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 11,618 | 55.23% | 5,144 | 24.45% | 57.30% | 11,618 | 6,474 | 2,280 | – | 149 | – | 516 | 21,037
Boundary-Similkameen |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 9,513 | 42.80% | 2,238 | 10.07% | 64.80% | 9,513 | 7,275 | 2,274 | – | – | 3,165 | – | 22,227
Burnaby-Deer Lake |  | NDP  |  | NDP  | 8,747 | 47.89% | 2,256 | 12.35% | 53.00% | 6,491 | 8,747 | 2,209 | 589 | – | 229 | – | 18,265
Burnaby-Edmonds |  | NDP  |  | NDP  | 10,827 | 54.25% | 4,423 | 22.16% | 53.81% | 6,404 | 10,827 | 2,728 | – | – | – | – | 19,959
Burnaby-Lougheed |  | NDP  |  | NDP  | 10,911 | 48.06% | 2,520 | 11.10% | 60.81% | 8,391 | 10,911 | 3,127 | – | 129 | 145 | – | 22,703
Burnaby North |  | Lib  |  | NDP  | 11,448 | 48.57% | 2,158 | 9.16% | 60.39% | 9,290 | 11,448 | 2,831 | – | – | – | – | 23,569
Cariboo-Chilcotin |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 8,517 | 58.77% | 4,716 | 32.54% | 60.79% | 8,517 | 3,801 | 2,175 | – | – | – | – | 14,493
Cariboo North |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 6,359 | 51.06% | 1,929 | 15.49% | 60.94% | 6,359 | 4,430 | 919 | 747 | – | – | – | 12,455
Chilliwack |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 9,280 | 48.42% | 3,073 | 16.03% | 55.43% | 9,280 | 6,207 | 3,277 | – | – | 402 | – | 19,166
Chilliwack-Kent |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 11,841 | 52.75% | 4,568 | 20.35% | 59.55% | 11,841 | 7,273 | 3,335 | – | – | – | – | 22,449
Columbia River-Revelstoke |  | NDP  |  | Lib  | 6,620 | 45.44% | 1,372 | 9.42% | 59.79% | 6,620 | 5,248 | 1,708 | – | 154 | 840 | – | 14,570
Coquitlam-Burke Mountain |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 10,388 | 44.28% | 87 | 0.37% | 57.46% | 10,388 | 10,301 | 2,771 | – | – | – | – | 23,460
Coquitlam-Maillardville |  | NDP  |  | NDP  | 11,438 | 50.61% | 2,919 | 12.92% | 61.57% | 8,519 | 11,438 | 2,467 | – | 175 | – | – | 22,599
Courtenay-Comox |  | Lib  |  | NDP  | 10,886 | 37.36% | 189 | 0.65% | 66.89% | 10,697 | 10,886 | 5,351 | 2,201 | – | – | – | 29,135
Cowichan Valley |  | NDP  |  | Grn  | 11,449 | 37.24% | 1,726 | 5.61% | 67.58% | 8,502 | 9,723 | 11,449 | – | 302 | 766 | – | 30,742
Delta North |  | Lib  |  | NDP  | 11,465 | 48.83% | 2,146 | 9.14% | 64.99% | 9,319 | 11,465 | 2,697 | – | – | – | – | 23,481
Delta South |  | Ind  |  | Lib  | 11,123 | 44.10% | 4,686 | 18.58% | 71.79% | 11,123 | 5,228 | 2,349 | – | – | 6,437 | 88 | 25,225
Esquimalt-Metchosin |  | NDP  |  | NDP  | 11,816 | 46.25% | 4,761 | 18.64% | 65.88% | 7,055 | 11,816 | 6,339 | – | 171 | 102 | 65 | 25,548
Fraser-Nicola |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 6,597 | 41.79% | 524 | 3.32% | 64.04% | 6,597 | 6,073 | 2,519 | – | – | – | 596 | 15,785
Kamloops-North Thompson |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 12,001 | 48.32% | 4,463 | 17.97% | 60.34% | 12,001 | 7,538 | 5,111 | – | – | – | 187 | 24,837
Kamloops-South Thompson |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 15,465 | 55.78% | 9,393 | 33.88% | 64.60% | 15,465 | 6,072 | 5,783 | – | 295 | – | 109 | 27,724
Kelowna-Lake Country |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 15,287 | 59.76% | 9,943 | 38.87% | 54.21% | 15,287 | 5,344 | 4,951 | – | – | – | – | 25,582
Kelowna-Mission |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 15,401 | 57.18% | 9,681 | 35.94% | 57.67% | 15,401 | 5,720 | 3,836 | 1,976 | – | – | – | 26,933
Kelowna West |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 15,674 | 58.96% | 8,962 | 33.71% | 55.46% | 15,674 | 6,712 | 3,628 | – | – | 570 | – | 26,584
Kootenay East |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 9,666 | 56.57% | 4,596 | 26.90% | 55.71% | 9,666 | 5,070 | 1,926 | – | 425 | – | – | 17,087
Kootenay West |  | NDP  |  | NDP  | 11,297 | 59.64% | 6,680 | 35.26% | 60.78% | 4,617 | 11,297 | 3,029 | – | – | – | – | 18,943
Langford-Juan de Fuca |  | NDP  |  | NDP  | 13,224 | 52.75% | 6,680 | 26.65% | 62.11% | 6,544 | 13,224 | 4,795 | – | 262 | – | 242 | 25,067
Langley |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 10,755 | 44.40% | 2,371 | 9.79% | 59.40% | 10,755 | 8,384 | 3,699 | 1,221 | 166 | – | – | 24,225
Langley East |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 16,348 | 53.45% | 7,528 | 24.61% | 64.54% | 16,348 | 8,820 | 4,968 | – | 448 | – | – | 30,584
Maple Ridge-Mission |  | Lib  |  | NDP  | 10,989 | 41.94% | 325 | 1.24% | 61.69% | 10,664 | 10,989 | 3,464 | 935 | 148 | – | – | 26,200
Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows |  | Lib  |  | NDP  | 12,045 | 44.80% | 1,617 | 6.01% | 64.50% | 10,428 | 12,045 | 3,329 | 676 | – | 408 | – | 26,886
Mid Island-Pacific Rim |  | NDP  |  | NDP  | 12,556 | 49.05% | 5,980 | 23.36% | 63.22% | 6,576 | 12,556 | 5,208 | 878 | 294 | – | 86 | 25,598
Nanaimo |  | NDP  |  | NDP  | 12,746 | 46.54% | 3,835 | 14.00% | 62.30% | 8,911 | 12,746 | 5,454 | – | 277 | – | – | 27,388
Nanaimo-North Cowichan |  | NDP  |  | NDP  | 12,276 | 46.89% | 4,897 | 18.70% | 63.73% | 7,379[a 3] | 12,276 | 6,252 | – | – | 274 | – | 26,181
Nechako Lakes |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 5,307 | 54.39% | 2,398 | 24.57% | 59.06% | 5,307 | 2,909 | 878 | – | 438 | 226 | – | 9,758
Nelson-Creston |  | NDP  |  | NDP  | 7,685 | 42.19% | 2,555 | 14.03% | 64.20% | 5,087 | 7,685 | 5,130 | – | – | 313 | – | 18,215
New Westminster |  | NDP  |  | NDP  | 14,377 | 51.93% | 7,438 | 26.87% | 63.61% | 5,870 | 14,377 | 6,939 | – | 199 | – | 298 | 27,683
North Coast |  | NDP  |  | NDP  | 5,242 | 57.30% | 2,161 | 23.62% | 61.16% | 3,081 | 5,242 | 826 | – | – | – | – | 9,149
North Island |  | NDP  |  | NDP  | 12,355 | 47.72% | 3,207 | 12.39% | 62.49% | 9,148 | 12,355 | 3,846 | – | – | – | 543 | 25,892
North Vancouver-Lonsdale |  | Lib  |  | NDP  | 12,361 | 45.45% | 1,988 | 7.31% | 65.68% | 10,373 | 12,361 | 4,148 | – | 316 | – | – | 27,198
North Vancouver-Seymour |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 13,194 | 46.36% | 3,386 | 11.90% | 70.33% | 13,194 | 9,808 | 5,208 | – | 247 | – | – | 28,457
Oak Bay-Gordon Head |  | Grn  |  | Grn  | 15,405 | 52.20% | 8,397 | 28.45% | 71.99% | 7,008 | 6,972 | 15,405 | – | – | – | 125 | 29,510
Parksville-Qualicum |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 14,468 | 45.13% | 5,279 | 16.47% | 70.21% | 14,468 | 9,189 | 8,157 | – | – | – | 245 | 32,059
Peace River North |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 9,707 | 66.28% | 6,922 | 47.26% | 56.74% | 9,707 | 962 | – | – | – | 3,977 | – | 14,646
Peace River South |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 6,637 | 75.97% | 4,538 | 51.95% | 49.97% | 6,637 | 2,099 | – | – | – | – | – | 8,736
Penticton |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 14,470 | 52.80% | 6,596 | 24.07% | 60.79% | 14,470 | 7,874 | 5,061 | – | – | – | – | 27,405
Port Coquitlam |  | NDP  |  | NDP  | 14,079 | 55.79% | 6,497 | 25.75% | 62.44% | 7,582 | 14,079 | 3,237 | – | 248 | – | 88 | 25,234
Port Moody-Coquitlam |  | Lib  |  | NDP  | 11,754 | 47.69% | 1,844 | 7.48% | 65.31% | 9,910 | 11,754 | 2,985 | – | – | – | – | 24,649
Powell River-Sunshine Coast |  | NDP  |  | NDP  | 13,646 | 50.70% | 7,044 | 26.17% | 69.60% | 6,602 | 13,646 | 6,505 | – | – | – | 160 | 26,913
Prince George-Mackenzie |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 10,725 | 57.12% | 4,783 | 25.47% | 57.44% | 10,725 | 5,942 | 2,109 | – | – | – | – | 18,776
Prince George-Valemount |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 11,209 | 58.20% | 5,515 | 28.64% | 56.75% | 11,209 | 5,694 | 2,356 | – | – | – | – | 19,259
Richmond North Centre | New |  | Lib  | 7,916 | 52.48% | 2,781 | 18.44% | 48.06% | 7,916 | 5,135 | 1,579 | – | – | 336 | 117 | 15,083
Richmond-Queensborough | New |  | Lib  | 8,218 | 41.43% | 134 | 0.68% | 55.78% | 8,218 | 8,084 | 2,524 | 694 | – | – | 318 | 19,838
Richmond South Centre | New |  | Lib  | 6,914 | 48.72% | 1,198 | 8.44% | 46.70% | 6,914 | 5,716 | 1,561 | – | – | – | – | 14,191
Richmond-Steveston |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 10,332 | 47.60% | 1,790 | 8.25% | 62.77% | 10,332 | 8,542 | 2,833 | – | – | – | – | 21,707
Saanich North and the Islands |  | NDP  |  | Grn  | 14,775 | 41.95% | 4,011 | 11.39% | 74.14% | 9,321 | 10,764 | 14,775 | – | – | 364 | – | 35,224
Saanich South |  | NDP  |  | NDP  | 11,921 | 42.46% | 3,205 | 11.42% | 70.63% | 8,716 | 11,921 | 7,129 | – | 177 | – | 130 | 28,073
Shuswap |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 14,829 | 55.80% | 7,668 | 28.85% | 62.80% | 14,829 | 7,161 | 4,175 | – | 410 | – | – | 26,575
Skeena |  | NDP  |  | Lib  | 6,772 | 52.23% | 1,159 | 8.94% | 62.76% | 6,772 | 5,613 | – | – | – | – | 580 | 12,965
Stikine |  | NDP  |  | NDP  | 4,748 | 52.10% | 1,217 | 13.35% | 65.61% | 3,531 | 4,748 | – | – | – | – | 834 | 9,113
Surrey-Cloverdale |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 11,948 | 47.67% | 2,210 | 8.82% | 61.84% | 11,948 | 9,738 | 3,100 | – | 276 | – | – | 25,062
Surrey-Fleetwood |  | Lib  |  | NDP  | 11,085 | 53.58% | 3,486 | 16.85% | 59.52% | 7,599 | 11,085 | 2,004 | – | – | – | – | 20,688
Surrey-Green Timbers |  | NDP  |  | NDP  | 8,945 | 58.29% | 3,889 | 25.34% | 54.61% | 5,056 | 8,945 | 1,112 | – | – | 163 | 69 | 15,345
Surrey-Guildford |  | Lib  |  | NDP  | 9,263 | 49.85% | 2,248 | 12.10% | 55.76% | 7,015 | 9,263 | 1,840 | – | – | – | 462 | 18,580
Surrey-Newton |  | NDP  |  | NDP  | 9,744 | 57.31% | 4,645 | 27.32% | 58.14% | 5,099 | 9,744 | 1,172 | – | – | 988 | – | 17,003
Surrey-Panorama |  | Lib  |  | NDP  | 12,227 | 50.85% | 2,163 | 9.00% | 61.04% | 10,064 | 12,227 | 1,620 | – | – | – | 132 | 24,043
Surrey South | New |  | Lib  | 13,509 | 50.94% | 4,791 | 18.07% | 59.91% | 13,509 | 8,718 | 3,141 | – | 311 | 774 | 67 | 26,520
Surrey-Whalley |  | NDP  |  | NDP  | 10,315 | 58.62% | 5,022 | 28.54% | 51.55% | 5,293 | 10,315 | 1,893 | – | – | – | 96 | 17,597
Surrey-White Rock |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 14,101 | 49.87% | 5,453 | 19.29% | 67.13% | 14,101 | 8,648 | 4,574 | – | – | 950 | – | 28,273
Vancouver-Fairview |  | NDP  |  | NDP  | 16,035 | 54.12% | 6,599 | 22.27% | 65.79% | 9,436 | 16,035 | 4,007 | – | – | – | 149 | 29,627
Vancouver-False Creek |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 10,370 | 42.16% | 415 | 1.69% | 55.68% | 10,370 | 9,955 | 3,880 | – | 213 | – | 181 | 24,599
Vancouver-Fraserview |  | Lib  |  | NDP  | 11,487 | 48.57% | 1,502 | 6.35% | 60.55% | 9,985 | 11,487 | 1,826 | – | 179 | – | 174 | 23,651
Vancouver-Hastings |  | NDP  |  | NDP  | 14,382 | 59.98% | 9,230 | 38.49% | 59.59% | 5,152 | 14,382 | 4,238 | – | – | – | 206 | 23,978
Vancouver-Kensington |  | NDP  |  | NDP  | 12,503 | 55.57% | 5,267 | 23.41% | 59.50% | 7,236 | 12,503 | 2,580 | – | – | – | 181 | 22,500
Vancouver-Kingsway |  | NDP  |  | NDP  | 12,031 | 60.62% | 6,654 | 33.53% | 53.35% | 5,377 | 12,031 | 1,848 | 504 | – | – | 85 | 19,845
Vancouver-Langara |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 10,047 | 47.46% | 1,989 | 9.39% | 56.44% | 10,047 | 8,058 | 2,894 | – | – | – | 172 | 21,171
Vancouver-Mount Pleasant |  | NDP  |  | NDP  | 15,962 | 65.33% | 11,826 | 48.40% | 57.62% | 3,917 | 15,962 | 4,136 | – | – | 212 | 207 | 24,434
Vancouver-Point Grey |  | NDP  |  | NDP  | 14,195 | 55.94% | 5,781 | 22.78% | 63.63% | 8,414 | 14,195 | 2,604 | – | – | 85 | 77 | 25,375
Vancouver-Quilchena |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 12,464 | 55.96% | 6,220 | 27.92% | 62.39% | 12,464 | 6,244 | 3,301 | – | 265 | – | – | 22,274
Vancouver-West End |  | NDP  |  | NDP  | 13,420 | 60.97% | 8,356 | 37.96% | 56.53% | 5,064 | 13,420 | 3,059 | – | 352 | 116 | – | 22,011
Vernon-Monashee |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 13,625 | 47.87% | 5,270 | 18.52% | 58.96 % | 13,625 | 8,355 | 6,139 | – | 341 | – | – | 28,460
Victoria-Beacon Hill |  | NDP  |  | NDP  | 16,057 | 53.05% | 6,863 | 22.67% | 64.20% | 4,689 | 16,057 | 9,194 | – | 190 | 137 | – | 30,267
Victoria-Swan Lake |  | NDP  |  | NDP  | 13,374 | 53.60% | 5,961 | 23.89% | 64.33% | 3,960 | 13,374 | 7,413 | – | – | – | 203 | 24,950
West Vancouver-Capilano |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 13,596 | 57.15% | 7,974 | 33.52% | 62.56% | 13,596 | 5,622 | 4,570 | – | – | – | – | 23,788
West Vancouver-Sea to Sky |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 10,449 | 43.08% | 3,502 | 14.44% | 61.09% | 10,449 | 6,532 | 6,947 | – | 186 | 143 | – | 24,257

1. ^ Including spoilt ballots
2. ^ Parties receiving more than 1% of the popular vote, or fielding candidates in at least half of the constituencies, are listed separately. Conservatives are also shown separately, as they had been a significant player in 2013, and Libertarians are noted due to the number of candidates fielded in this election.
3. ^ Alana DeLong was previously a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.

= Open seat
= turnout is above provincial average
= winning candidate was in previous Legislature
= Incumbent had switched allegiance
= Previously incumbent in another riding
= Not incumbent; was previously elected to the Legislature
= Incumbency arose from by-election gain
= other incumbents renominated
= previously an MP in the House of Commons of Canada
= Multiple candidates

### Summary analysis

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Party candidates in 2nd place[89] Party in 1st place | Party in 2nd place | Total

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Lib | NDP | Grn | Ind
| Liberal |  | 40 | 1 | 2 | 43
| New Democratic | 36 |  | 5 |  | 41
| Green | 1 | 2 |  |  | 3
Total  | 37 | 42 | 6 | 2 | 87
Candidates ranked 1st to 5th place, by party[89] Parties | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th

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█ Liberal | 43 | 37 | 7 |  |
█ New Democratic | 41 | 42 | 4 |  |
█ Green | 3 | 6 | 72 | 2 |
█ Independent |  | 2 | 1 | 16 | 10
█ Christian Heritage |  |  | 1 | 4 |
█ Land Air Water  |  |  | 1 |  |
█ Libertarian |  |  |  | 21 | 8
█ Conservative |  |  |  | 10 |
█ Your Political Party |  |  |  | 3 | 5
█ Communist |  |  |  | 3 | 2
█ Vancouver Island Party |  |  |  | 2 | 2
█ Refederation |  |  |  | 2 |
█ Social Credit |  |  |  | 2 |
█ Cascadia |  |  |  | 1 | 1
█ BC First  |  |  |  | 1 |
█ BC Action  |  |  |  |  | 2
█ 4BC  |  |  |  |  | 1
█ New Republican  |  |  |  |  | 1
Resulting composition of the 41st Legislative Assembly of British Columbia Source | Party

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Lib | NDP | Grn | Total
Seats retained | Incumbents returned  | 29 | 26 | 1 | 56
Open seats held - new MLAs  | 5 | 4 |  | 9
Open seats held - taken by MLA previously incumbent in another riding  | 1 |  |  | 1
Byelection losses reversed  | 1 |  |  | 1
Seats changing hands | Incumbents defeated  |  | 9 | 1 | 10
Open seats gained  | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6
New seats | New MLAs  | 1 |  |  | 1
MLAs previously incumbent in another riding  | 3 |  |  | 3
Total | 43 | 41 | 3 | 87

## Aftermath

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Main article: 2017 British Columbian government formation

On May 9, it was not immediately clear what form the government would take, as Elections BC does not count absentee ballots until two weeks after election day. This final count would determine the makeup of the legislature, since several seats were won with margins of a few hundred votes or less, and both the Liberals and NDP hoped to acquire enough seats to secure a majority.[90] No seats changed hands, however, after the counting of absentee ballots concluded on May 24, and the initial count of 43–41–3 was confirmed.[91]

As no single party won a majority of seats, the Green Party was approached by both the Liberals and the NDP to determine whether they would support a minority government or a coalition government headed by either party.[92] No grand coalition or agreement between the two large parties, excluding the Greens, was seriously considered. On May 29, Horgan and Weaver announced that the Greens would provide confidence and supply to an NDP minority government, a position which was endorsed the following day by the members of both caucuses.[93] In response, Clark indicated that she would have the legislature sit in the coming weeks and seek its confidence in a Liberal minority government, while acknowledging that she would likely be unsuccessful.[94] On June 12, Clark appointed a new cabinet that saw new MLAs join cabinet and existing ones take on different portfolios; Clark described the cabinet as being in "caretaker mode" and that it wouldn't pursue any new policies, but added "the team reflects the results of listening to what voters told us in the last election."[95] On June 22, the legislature convened with a throne speech that Clark said contained "the best ideas from all parties"; of the 48 pledges within, 30 were absent from the Liberal Party's election platform.[96] On June 29, the Liberals were defeated in a confidence vote; Clark then asked Lieutenant Governor Judith Guichon to dissolve the legislature and call a new election. Guichon refused and instead invited Horgan to form an NDP minority government.[97][4][98] Horgan was sworn into office on July 18.[99]

## Student vote results

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Student votes are mock elections that run parallel to actual elections, in which students not of voting age participate. They are administered by Student Vote Canada. Student vote elections are for educational purposes and do not count towards the results.

Summary of the 2017 BC Student Vote[100][101] Party  | Leader  | Seats  | Votes  | %

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| New Democratic | John Horgan | 60 | 65,205 | 38.98
| Green | Andrew Weaver | 14 | 47,641 | 28.48
| Liberal | Christy Clark | 12 | 42,651 | 25.5
| Independent | 1 | 3,626 | 2.17
| Others  | 0 | 8,156 | 4.79
Total | 87 | 167,576 | 100.0

## Footnotes

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1. ^ Following the election, Christy Clark's Liberal minority government was sworn in. On June 29, 2017, Clark's government was defeated in a confidence vote, prompting her resignation. Lieutenant Governor Judith Guichon then invited NDP leader John Horgan to form a minority government with Green support. Clark's resignation was effective July 18, 2017, at which time Horgan was sworn in as premier.[4]

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## Further reading

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* Report of the Chief Electoral Officer: Provincial General Election May 9, 2017 (PDF). Victoria: Elections BC. 2018.
* Boynton, Sean (March 22, 2022). "What the Liberals and NDP can learn from B.C.'s 2017 confidence and supply agreement". Global News. Retrieved May 2, 2022.

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