BC Votes 2020

The NDP leader was campaigning at Carbon Engineering in Squamish

Two opposed to election, incumbent in support

Liberal leader pledges to end homeless camps, secure cities’ streets

Former Gibsons councillor Jeremy Valeriote is running for the B.C. Greens in West Vancouver-Sea to Sky, the riding currently held by Liberal Jordan Sturdy.

Never underestimate the power of voter self-interest. The NDP didn’t in 2017 when their bold pledge to remove the tolls on the Port Mann and Golden Ears bridges helped them win enough suburban Vancouver seats to form a minority government. Now the B.

Sandra Stoddart-Hansen of Halfmoon Bay will carry the B.C. Liberal banner during the election campaign that kicked off Sept. 21. Stoddart-Hansen, 70, is a consultant with a long history in the public service and private sectors.

A week after saying publicly that she would not be seeking the nomination, Kim Darwin has been announced as the B.C. Green Party candidate for Powell River-Sunshine Coast.

Announcing a one-year-early provincial election on Monday, John Horgan’s workmanlike insincerity was so raw that veteran legislature scribes could hardly contain their indignation in the scathing commentary that followed.

Elections BC says it’s been planning for a “pandemic election” since April, and chief electoral officer Anton Boegman says he believes all the necessary precautions are in place. The planning included a survey of voters in May and August.

NDP only party with a local candidate confirmed so far