2020 B.C. Election – Voting Results

Below are the 2020 preliminary election results for both the British Columbia Legislature and local East Kootenay, West Kootenay, and Kootenay Boundary ridings.

British Columbia

  • BC NDP – John Horgan
    • Total – 53
      • Elected – 50
      • Leading – 5
    • Legislature
      • Gained – 14
      • Lost – 0
    • Votes
      • Total – 544,083
      • Share – 45.03%
  • BC Liberal Party – Andrew Wilkinson
    • Total – 29
      • Elected – 25
      • Leading – 4
    • Legislature
      • Gained – 0
      • Lost – 14
    • Votes
      • Total – 427,889
      • Share – 35.41%
  • BC Green Party – Sonia Furstenau
    • Total – 3
      • Elected – 3
      • Leading – 0
    • Legislature
      • Gained – 1
      • Lost – 1
    • Votes
      • Total – 184,291
      • Share – 15.30%

* 44 seats needed for a majority

Kootenay East

  • Tom Shypitka – BC Liberal Party
    • 8,270
    • 59.71%
  • Wayne Stetski – BC NDP
    • 4,170
    • 30.11%
  • Kerri Wall – BC Green Party
    • 1,410
    • 10.18%

Total Votes: 13,850

Polls reporting: 86/86

Columbia River-Revelstoke

  • Samson Boyer – BC Green Party
    • 1,546
    • 13.03%
  • Nicole Cherlet – BC NDP
    • 4,551
    • 38.35%
  • Doug Clovechok – BC Liberal Party
    • 5,770
    • 48.62%

Total Votes: 11,867

Polls reporting: 77/77

Nelson-Creston

  • Brittny Anderson – BC NDP
    • 5,377
    • 39.86%
  • Nicole Charlwood – BC Green Party
    • 4,443
    • 32.94%
  • Tanya Finley – BC Liberal Party
    • 3,335
    • 24.72%
  • Terry Tiessen – Libertarian
    • 335
    • 2.48%

Total Votes: 13,490

Polls reporting: 77/77

Kootenay West

  • Glen Byle – Conservative
    • 1,253
    • 9.02%
  • Katrine Conroy – BC NDP
    • 8,234
    • 59.29%
  • Andrew Duncan – BC Green Party
    • 2,440
    • 17.57%
  • Corbin Kelley – BC Liberal Party
    • 1,610
    • 11.59%
  • Fletcher Quince – Independent
    • 153
    • 1.10%
  • Ed Varney – Independent
    • 197
    • 1.42%

Total Votes: 9,938

Polls reporting: 87/87

Boundary Similkameen

  • Arlyn Greig – Wexit BC
    • 423
    • 2.62%
  • Roly Russell – BC NDP
    • 7,772
    • 48.22%
  • Darryl Seres – Conservative
    • 2,011
    • 12.48%
  • Petra Veintimilla – BC Liberal Party
    • 5,913
    • 36.68%

Total Votes: 15,672

Polls reporting: 98/98

MORE: Preliminary Voting Results (Elections BC) 

Bradley Jones
Bradley Jones
Delivering local news and sports in the East Kootenay since April 2016, Bradley now calls Cranbrook home. Born and raised in Airdrie, AB, Bradley graduated from Lethbridge College, and has been a journalist, news anchor and reporter since 2014. Bradley took on local News Director responsibilities when he moved to Cranbrook in 2016. He is now Vista Radio's Kootenay News Director, managing and overseeing all news operations at the company's five regional radio stations in Cranbrook, Creston, Nelson, Castlegar, and Grand Forks.

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