B.C. virtually split down the middle as Liberals projected to maintain minority government in Ottawa
CBC
While results are still rolling in from across B.C. in Canada's 44th general election, the province seems to be nearly split down the middle, with left-leaning parties dominating the coast and the Conservatives holding onto the Interior.
By 10:45 p.m. PT, the Conservatives were leading or projected to win virtually every B.C. riding from the Fraser Valley east to the Alberta boundary. The only break from Tory blue was a splash of orange in South Okanagan-West Kootenay, where incumbent NDP candidate Richard Cannings was the projected winner.
The Liberals and NDP, meanwhile, were vying for most ridings along the coast, on Vancouver Island and in Metro Vancouver. The CBC is projecting NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh will win his riding of Burnaby South.
In traditionally Conservative-leaning Richmond, the Liberals are projected to snatch at least one riding from the Tories, with Liberal Parm Bains set to upset the incumbent Kenny Chiu in Steveston-Richmond East, and Liberal Wilson Miao leading Richmond Centre over Conservative Alice Wong.
The battleground riding of Port Moody-Coquitlam saw an upset as well, with New Democrat Bonita Zarrillo projected to topple incumbent Conservative Nelly Shin.
Vancouver-Granville, the seat formerly held by Independent Jody Wilson-Raybould, was too close to call. The riding saw swings throughout the evening, with Liberal Taleeb Noormohamed and New Democrat Anjali Appadurai regularly swapping the lead, at times separated by just one or two votes.
Vancouver Island was close to a solid orange, with the majority of ridings projected to go to the NDP. By late Monday night, NDP candidate Lisa Marie Barron was starting to pull ahead of the competition in Nanaimo-Ladysmith after a close fight with the Conservatives, while former Green Party leader Elizabeth May was projected to keep her seat in Saanich-Gulf Islands.
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