Kevin Falcon wins B.C. Liberal leadership in landslide
Global News
The former minister in both the Gordon Campbell and Christy Clark governments has won the contest on the first ballot.
Kevin Falcon has soared to victory in the B.C. Liberal leadership race.
The former minister in both the Gordon Campbell and Christy Clark governments has won the contest on the fifth ballot.
Falcon won 47 per cent of the vote on the first ballot and passed the required 50 per cent threshold after Stan Sipos, Renee Merrifield, Gavin Dew and Val Litwin dropped off the ballot.
MLA Ellis Ross finished a distant second and MLA Michael Lee finished third.
The party uses a point based results systems equally weighing all 87 ridings in the province.
The leadership had received little attention up until the past few days.
Justice Heather MacNaughton ruled earlier Saturday against a petition brought by Liberal member Vikram Bajwa asking the B.C. Supreme Court for an order delaying the release of the race’s results.
The petition was brought forward over concerns about the party’s recent audit of new members it signed up during the leadership campaign.