BC elections: All but three NDP cabinet members expected to be re-elected
All but three ministers in the last BC NDP the government should be re-elected on Saturday Election in British Columbia.
The question now is whether they will have the chance to return to their wallets, as the The NDP remains in a tough race with the BC Conservatives.
Former ministers expected to lose their seats to the Conservatives include former Education and Child Care Minister Rachna Singh in Surrey North, former Agriculture Minister Pam Alexis, in Abbotsford-Mission, and the incumbent for Bulkley-Valley-Stikine, Nathan Cullen, who served as Minister of Education. land, water and resource management.
Cullen was a long-time federal MP in the region before being drafted into provincial politics as a star candidate in 2020.
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The remainder of BC NDP Leader David Eby’s last cabinet was re-elected, many of them occupying large seats in safe NDP seats.
Niki Sharma, who served as attorney general in the last government, was the first NDP candidate of the evening expected to win her riding, according to Global News, after winning the race in Vancouver-Hastings.
In one of the most watched contests of the election, former Minister of Children and Family Development Grace Lore defended her riding of Victoria-Beacon Hill against a challenge from BC Green Party Leader Sonia Furstenau.
Former NDP cabinet ministers Mike Farnworth and Adrian Dix handily won their Metro Vancouver ridings, as did former cabinet ministers Bowinn Ma, George Chow, Ravi Kahlon, Jennifer Whiteside, Brenda Bailey, Anne Kang and Lisa Beare .
Another former NDP MP, Sheila Malcolmson, who was previously Minister of Social Development and Poverty Reduction, was re-elected in her new riding of Nanaimo-Gabriola Island.
Former Tourism Minister Lana Popham and Energy Minister Josie Osborne won their respective ridings of Saanich South and Mid Island-Pacific Rim.
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