B.C. Greens hold two seats as Lowan wins Saanich North

Updated 11:35 p.m. MT, Oct. 24. Results are preliminary and current as of 11:25 p.m. MT.

The B.C. Greens were on track to keep two seats in Saturday’s provincial election, with Leader Emily Lowan winning Saanich North and the Islands and Jeremy Valeriote leading in West Vancouver-Sea to Sky, according to preliminary Elections BC results and The Canadian Press.

The party had about 11 per cent of the popular vote, 175,083 votes, as of 11:25 p.m. MT, the Elections BC results site showed. That is the same two-seat total the Greens won in 2024, CTV News reported. The Conservatives won a majority, as our main story explains: B.C. Conservatives win majority as Eby resigns as NDP leader.

Lowan wins her seat

The Canadian Press reported that Lowan won her bid for the Vancouver Island riding, and CTV News declared her the winner. She had 9,626 votes to 6,011 for Conservative Ryan Windsor in the preliminary count. CTV noted the riding has now elected a Green in four straight elections.

In his victory speech, Premier-designate Lorne Doerkson thanked Lowan and said British Columbians could be grateful for her passion, The Canadian Press reported. CTV reported that he congratulated her.

West Vancouver-Sea to Sky

Valeriote, who won the riding in 2024, led Conservative Ayla Dumais 10,453 to 8,301 as of 11:25 p.m. MT, according to Elections BC. It was one of only two ridings where the Greens were ahead.

Close seconds in Victoria

The Greens finished second in two Victoria ridings. In Victoria-Beacon Hill, Green candidate Rajinder Sahota had 9,119 votes to 10,330 for the NDP’s Grace Lore. In Victoria-Swan Lake, Green Carolyn Howe had 7,424 to 9,221 for the NDP’s Nina Krieger, whom CTV projected the winner.

How it compares with the polls

The final Angus Reid Institute poll, released Oct. 19, put the Greens at eight per cent among decided voters, while an Ipsos survey conducted Oct. 7 to 11 had them at 11 per cent, as we reported in our look at the final polls. In the last days of the campaign, NDP Leader David Eby urged Green supporters to back the NDP to stop the Conservatives, The Canadian Press reported.

Lowan ran on proposals including a wealth tax on fortunes over $50 million and an arts platform that would raise the BC Arts Council budget to $65 million, as we reported in our advance voting story. In September, she said Eby “called this snap election two years early for nobody but himself,” Global News reported.

Vote-by-mail, telephone-assisted and some absentee ballots will be counted about two weeks after election day, Elections BC says. For results across the province, see our riding-by-riding roundup, and for the new government’s agenda, what the Conservatives promised.

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Sources: Elections BC preliminary results (results.elections.bc.ca), The Canadian Press, CTV News, Global News, Angus Reid Institute, Ipsos.