Last
night’s by-election results were disappointing but not totally unexpected …
especially in Port Moody Coquitlam where BC Conservative candidate, Christine
Clarke, was up against 4 time mayor Joe Trasolini for the NDP.
As
a first time candidate however, in a party building an election campaign team
from scratch, her results were commendable.
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| Chilliwack Hope BC Conservative candidate John Martin |
Chilliwack
Hope however, was a different story, with BC Conservative candidate John Martin
pulling in over a quarter of all votes cast.
That's not the real story though --- the real story is that nearly three
quarters of voters cast ballots for parties OTHER THAN the BC Liberals.
The
BC Liberals experienced a strong bleed of support, compared to results in
the 2009 general election, both to the left and the right.
Looking
at the numbers from last night, nearly eighteen percent of Liberal support went
to the BC Conservative Party … while seven percent of those casting ballots for
the Liberals in 2009, instead cast them from the New Democrats.
