I'm not sure how many of you guys are Canadians or follow provincial election news but we just had our general election yesterday in British Columbia.
I don't want to share my political views, but this is certainly super fascinating for myself (and maybe others on this forum). There's certainly a geographical divide between parties, but it looks like we're going to have a government that needs to work with each other to pass legislation. The absentee votes haven't been counted yet so we'll have to see if anything changes.
I find the following details rather fascinating:
Thought I'd start a thread about this if anyone wants to discuss or anything.

I don't want to share my political views, but this is certainly super fascinating for myself (and maybe others on this forum). There's certainly a geographical divide between parties, but it looks like we're going to have a government that needs to work with each other to pass legislation. The absentee votes haven't been counted yet so we'll have to see if anything changes.
I find the following details rather fascinating:
- This could be our first minority government since 1952 - about 60 years ago. Wow.
- A party (that doesn't even have official party status yet) with only three elected MLAs may hold the most power in the legislative assembly. Who would've thought?
- The riding Courtnay-Comox had just nine votes separating one party from another. Nine votes made all the difference (but now there's going to be a recount + absentee counts so we'll have to see how that goes in the next few weeks).
- There are still many absentee votes that haven't been counted yet that could swing a minority into a majority depending on some ridings.
- Some high profile Ministers had been unseated, so we'll have to see who replaces them & whether they're going to be better or worse
- Voter turnout was around 56% this time? I think? I need to check the numbers. But I saw a lot of younger folks voting when I went.
- Lots of reoccuring themes and major issues that were highlighted certain regions over the other. Probably a lot to disseminate there.
- The leading party kept flipping ALL NIGHT last night as we watched the news. It was definitely a really exciting election to watch.
Thought I'd start a thread about this if anyone wants to discuss or anything.

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