Results of 2005 British Columbia, Canada General Election
{{date|May 17, 2005}}    
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[[Image:PremierBlue.jpg|thumb|center|[[w:Gordon Campbell|Gordon Campbell]] Leader of the Liberal Party]] 

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* [[w:List of political parties in Canada#British Columbia|British Columbia political parties]]
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* [[w:Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform (British Columbia)|The Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform]]
* [[w:List of British Columbia general elections|Previous British Columbia General Elections]]
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At 8 p.m. local time today (04:00 UTC 18 May), the polls closed in the [[w:British Columbia general election, 2005|British Columbia general election, 2005]].  Results are still coming in, and no party has won an overall majority in the [[w:Legislative Assembly of British Columbia|Legislative Assembly of British Columbia]] yet. At 9:05 p.m. PST (5:05 a.m. UTC 18 May) the [[w:CBC|CBC]] called the election for the BC Liberals.

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== Electoral reform ==
Held in conjunction with the general election was the [[w:British Columbia electoral reform referendum, 2005|British Columbia electoral reform referendum, 2005]], where voters were asked to decide whether to switch from the [[w:First Past the Post electoral system|First Past the Post electoral system]] to the [[w:Single Transferable Vote|Single Transferable Vote]] electoral system.

A 60% Yes vote as well as a simple majority in 48 of the 79 ridings are needed for the measure to pass.

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=== STV referendum results ===
"'''Should British Columbia change to the BC-STV electoral system as recommended by the Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform?'''"

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! rowspan="2" | 
! colspan="2" | Overall
! colspan="2" | Individual district majorities
|- 
! Votes
! Percentage
! Districts
! Percentage
|-
|'''Yes'''
|926,110
|57.38%
|77
|97.5%
|-
|'''No'''
|687,950
|42.62%
|2
|2.5%
|}

=== Total seats for each party ===
{| border="1" style="border-collapse:collapse;" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" width="100%"
|- 
! colspan="2" | Party
!Candidates
!Seats
!Notes
|-
| style="background:lightcoral" | &nbsp;
|[[w:British Columbia Liberal Party|British Columbia Liberal Party]]
|79
|45
|-
| style="background:gold" | &nbsp;
|[[w:New Democratic Party of British Columbia|New Democratic Party of British Columbia]]
|79
|34
|-
| style="background:green" | &nbsp;
| [[w:Green Party of British Columbia|Green Party of British Columbia]]
|79
|
|-
| style="background:palevioletred" | &nbsp;
|[[w:Democratic Reform British Columbia|Democratic Reform Party]]
|32
|
|-
| colspan="4" |
|-
| style="background:rosybrown" | &nbsp;
|British Columbia Youth Coalition
|2
|
|-
| style="background:lightskyblue" | &nbsp;
|Bloc British Columbia Party
|3
|
|-
| style="background:cornflowerblue" | &nbsp;
|[[w:British Columbia Conservative Party|British Columbia Conservative Party]]
|7
|
|-
| style="background:green" | &nbsp;
|[[w:British Columbia Libertarian Party|British Columbia Libertarian Party]]
|6
|
|-
| style="background:tan" | &nbsp;
|[[w:British Columbia Marijuana Party|British Columbia Marijuana Party]]
|44
|
| No candidates fielded in those constituencies where the New Democratic Party or Green Party candidates publicly favour the legalization of marijuana.
|-
| style="background:lightskyblue" | &nbsp;
|[[w:British Columbia Party|British Columbia Party]]
|2
|
|-
| style="background:orchid" | &nbsp;
|[[w:British Columbia Patriot Party|British Columbia Patriot Party]]
|2
|
|-
| style="background:lightblue" | &nbsp;
|[[w:British Columbia Social Credit Party|British Columbia Social Credit Party]]
|2
|
| Nominated the minimum number of candidates necessary to retain party status.
|-
| style="background:mediumturquoise" | &nbsp;
| [[w:British Columbia Unity Party|British Columbia Unity Party]]
|1
|
|-
| style="background:tomato" | &nbsp;
|[[w:Communist Party of British Columbia|Communist Party of British Columbia]]
|3
|
|-
| style="background:#000077" | &nbsp;
|[[w:Emerged Democracy Party of British Columbia|Emerged Democracy Party of British Columbia]]
|1
|
|-
| style="background:#3333CC" | &nbsp;
|[[w:Freedom Party of British Columbia|Freedom Party of British Columbia]]
|2
|
|-
| style="background:#FFFFCC" | &nbsp;
|[[w:British Columbia Moderate Democratic Movement|British Columbia Moderate Democratic Movement]]
|2
|
|-
| style="background:indianred" | &nbsp;
|[[w:People's Front (Canada)|People's Front]]
|5
|
|-
| style="background:#f0f0f0" | &nbsp;
|[[w:Platinum Party of Employers Who Think and Act to Increase Awareness|Platinum Party]]
|11
|
|-
| style="background:#FFFF99" | &nbsp;
|[[w:Western Refederation Party of British Columbia|Western Refederation Party of British Columbia]]
|4
|
|-
| style="background:mediumseagreen" | &nbsp;
|[[w:Reform Party of British Columbia|Reform Party of British Columbia]]
|1
|
|-
| style="background:hotpink" | &nbsp;
|[[w:Sex Party (British Columbia)|Sex Party]]
|3
|
|-
| style="background:khaki" | &nbsp;
|[[w:Western Canada Concept|Western Canada Concept]]
|2
|
|-
| style="background:#FF3366" | &nbsp;
|[[w:Work Less Party of British Columbia|Work Less Party of British Columbia]]
|11
|
| Urban constituencies only
|-
| style="background:#00cc66" | &nbsp;
|[[w:Your Political Party of British Columbia|Your Political Party of British Columbia]]
|1
|
| Sole candidate is the party founder and leader
|-
| style="background:gainsboro" | &nbsp;
|Independents 
|28
|
|}

=== Results by constituency ===
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====Northern British Columbia====
{| border="1" style="border-collapse:collapse;" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2" width="100%"
!width="4%"|ID!!width="24%"|Constituency!!width="24%"|Winner!!width="24%"|Second place!!width="24%"|Notes
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|4||[[w:Bulkley Valley-Stikine|Bulkley Valley-Stikine]]||style="background:lightcoral"|Liberal (48.61%)||style="background:gold"|New Democratic (39.48%)||Dennis Edwin MacKay
|-
|34||[[w:North Coast (electoral district)|North Coast]]||style="background:gold"|New Democratic (50.41%)||style="background:lightcoral"|Liberal (42.14%)|| Gary Earl Coons
|-
|41||[[w:Peace River North|Peace River North]]||style="background:lightcoral"|Liberal (62.18%)||style="background:gold"|New Democratic (25.15%)|| Richard Neufeld
|-
|42||[[w:Peace River South|Peace River South]]||style="background:lightcoral"|Liberal (58.25%)||style="background:gold"|New Democratic (32.53%)|| Blair Lekstrom
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|47||[[w:Prince George-Mount Robson|Prince George-Mount Robson]]||style="background:lightcoral"|Liberal (46.29%)||style="background:gold"|New Democratic (34.18%)|| Shirley Bond
|-
|48||[[w:Prince George North|Prince George North]]||style="background:lightcoral"|Liberal (50.26%)||style="background:gold"|New Democratic (34.19%)|| Pat Bell
|-
|49||[[w:Prince George-Omineca|Prince George-Omineca]]||style="background:lightcoral"|Liberal (51.97%)||style="background:gold"|New Democratic (36.49%)|| John Rustad
|-
|56||[[w:Skeena (provincial electoral district)|Skeena]]||style="background:lightcoral"|Liberal (49.19%)||style="background:gold"|New Democratic (44.17%)|| Robin Austin
|}

====Kootenay, Columbia and Boundary====
{| border="1" style="border-collapse:collapse;" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2" width="100%"
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|13||[[w:Columbia River-Revelstoke|Columbia River-Revelstoke]]||style="background:gold"|New Democratic (49.89%)||style="background:lightcoral"|Liberal (41.44%)|| Norm Macdonald
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|19||[[w:East Kootenay (provincial electoral district)|East Kootenay]]||style="background:lightcoral"|Liberal (47.11%)||style="background:gold"|New Democratic (44.13%)|| Bill Bennett
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|32||[[w:Nelson-Creston|Nelson-Creston]]||style="background:gold"|New Democratic (58.16%)||style="background:lightcoral"|Liberal (27.09%)|| Corky Evans
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|76||[[w:West Kootenay-Boundary|West Kootenay-Boundary]]||style="background:gold"|New Democratic (60.06%)||style="background:lightcoral"|Liberal (28.45%)|| Katrine Conroy
|}

====Okanagan and Shuswap====
{| border="1" style="border-collapse:collapse;" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2" width="100%"
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|24||[[w:Kelowna-Lake Country (provincial electoral district)|Kelowna-Lake Country]]||style="background:lightcoral"|Liberal (50.31%)||style="background:gold"|New Democratic (30.26%)||Al Horning
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|25||[[w:Kelowna-Mission|Kelowna-Mission]]||style="background:lightcoral"|Liberal (53.84%)||style="background:gold"|New Democratic (31.87%)||Sindi Hawkins
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|39||[[w:Okanagan-Vernon|Okanagan-Vernon]]||style="background:lightcoral"|Liberal (45.49%)||style="background:gold"|New Democratic (31.82%)||Tom Christensen
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|40||[[w:Okanagan-Westside|Okanagan-Westside]]||style="background:lightcoral"|Liberal (37.64%)||style="background:gold"|New Democratic (29.88%)||Rick Thorpe
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|43||[[w:Penticton-Okanagan Valley|Penticton-Okanagan Valley]]||style="background:lightcoral"|Liberal (50.31%)||style="background:gold"|New Democratic (37.47%)||Bill Barisoff
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|55||[[w:Shuswap (electoral district)|Shuswap]]||style="background:lightcoral"|Liberal (47.23%)||style="background:gold"|New Democratic (35.11%)||George Abbott
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====Thompson and Cariboo====
{| border="1" style="border-collapse:collapse;" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2" width="100%"
!width="4%"|ID!!width="24%"|Constituency!!width="24%"|Winner!!width="24%"|Second place!!width="24%"|Notes
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|9||[[w:Cariboo North|Cariboo North]]||style="background:gold"|New Democratic (47.15%)||style="background:lightcoral"|Liberal (45.80%)||Bob Simpson
|-
|10||[[w:Cariboo South|Cariboo South]]||style="background:gold"|New Democratic (45.61%)||style="background:lightcoral"|Liberal (45.61%)||Charlie Wyse
|-
|22||[[w:Kamloops (provincial electoral district)|Kamloops]]||style="background:lightcoral"|Liberal (47.88%)||style="background:gold"|New Democratic (41.55%)||Claude Harry Richmond
|-
|23||[[w:Kamloops-North Thompson|Kamloops-North Thompson]]||style="background:lightcoral"|Liberal (48.40%)||style="background:gold"|New Democratic (40.07%)||Kevin Krueger
|-
|79||[[w:Yale-Lillooet|Yale-Lillooet]]||style="background:gold"|New Democratic (48.62%)||style="background:lightcoral"|Liberal (40.45%)||Harry Lali
|}

====Fraser Valley====
{| border="1" style="border-collapse:collapse;" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2" width="100%"
!width="4%"|ID!!width="24%"|Constituency!!width="24%"|Winner!!width="24%"|Second place!!width="24%"|Notes
|-
|-
|1||[[w:Abbotsford-Clayburn|Abbotsford-Clayburn]]||style="background:lightcoral"|Liberal (60.16%)||style="background:gold"|New Democratic (30.06%)|| John van Dongen
|-
|2||[[w:Abbotsford-Mount Lehman|Abbotsford-Mount Lehman]]||style="background:lightcoral"|Liberal (58.09%)||style="background:gold"|New Democratic (30.67%)|| Michael G. de Jong
|-
|11||[[w:Chilliwack-Kent|Chilliwack-Kent]]||style="background:lightcoral"|Liberal (57.16%)||style="background:gold"|New Democratic (32.7%)|| Barry Penner
|-
|12||[[w:Chilliwack-Sumas|Chilliwack-Sumas]]||style="background:lightcoral"|Liberal (57.56%)||style="background:gold"|New Democratic (30.88%)|| John Les
|-
|21||[[w:Fort Langley-Aldergrove|Fort Langley-Aldergrove]]||style="background:lightcoral"|Liberal (59.1%)||style="background:gold"|New Democratic (29.03%)||Rich Coleman<br />[[w:British Columbia Marijuana Party|Marijuana]] leader [[w:Marc Emery|Marc Emery]]'s riding
|-
|26||[[w:Langley (provincial electoral district)|Langley]]||style="background:lightcoral"|Liberal (52.94%)||style="background:gold"|New Democratic (32.82%)||Mary Polak
|-
|28||[[w:Maple Ridge-Mission|Maple Ridge-Mission]]||style="background:lightcoral"|Liberal (44.76%)||style="background:gold"|New Democratic (42.81%)|| Randy Hawes
|-
|29||[[w:Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows|Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows]]||style="background:lightcoral"|Liberal (46.3%)||style="background:gold"|New Democratic (42.96%)|| Michael Sather
|}

====Surrey====
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|57||[[w:Surrey-Cloverdale|Surrey-Cloverdale]]||style="background:lightcoral"|Liberal (64.19%)||style="background:gold"|New Democratic (25.09%)|| Kevin Falcon
|-
|58||[[w:Surrey-Green Timbers|Surrey-Green Timbers]]||style="background:gold"|New Democratic (51.21%)||style="background:lightcoral"|Liberal (39.15%)||Sue Hammell
|-
|59||[[w:Surrey-Newton|Surrey-Newton]]||style="background:gold"|New Democratic (56.32%)||style="background:lightcoral"|Liberal (36.06%)|| Harry Bains
|-
|60||[[w:Surrey-Panorama Ridge|Surrey-Panorama Ridge]]||style="background:gold"|New Democratic (53.16%)||style="background:lightcoral"|Liberal (39.50%)||Jagrup Brar
|-
|61||[[w:Surrey-Tynehead|Surrey-Tynehead]]||style="background:lightcoral"|Liberal (56.22%)||style="background:gold"|New Democratic (36.12%)|| Dave Hayer
|-
|62||[[w:Surrey-Whalley|Surrey-Whalley]]||style="background:gold"|New Democratic (54.01%)||style="background:lightcoral"|Liberal (31.38%)|| Bruce Ralston
|-
|63||[[w:Surrey-White Rock (provincial electoral district)|Surrey-White Rock]]||style="background:lightcoral"|Liberal (57.21%)||style="background:gold"|New Democratic (26.85%)|| Gordon Hogg
|}

====Richmond and Delta====
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!width="4%"|ID!!width="24%"|Constituency!!width="24%"|Winner!!width="24%"|Second place!!width="24%"|Notes
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|17||[[w:Delta North|Delta North]]||style="background:gold"|New Democratic (47.39%)||style="background:lightcoral"|Liberal (43.06%)||Guy Gentner
|-
|18||[[w:Delta South|Delta South]]||style="background:lightcoral"|Liberal (38.78%)||style="background:grey"|Independent (33.81%)|| Valerie Roddick
|-
|50||[[w:Richmond Centre|Richmond Centre]]||style="background:lightcoral"|Liberal (59.76%)||style="background:gold"|New Democratic (31.99%)|| Olga Ilich
|-
|51||[[w:Richmond East|Richmond East]]||style="background:lightcoral"|Liberal (57.28%)||style="background:gold"|New Democratic (32.82%)|| Linda Reid
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|52||[[w:Richmond-Steveston|Richmond-Steveston]]||style="background:lightcoral"|Liberal (58.6%)||style="background:gold"|New Democratic (31.75%)|| John Yap
|}

====Vancouver's Eastern Suburbs====
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!width="4%"|ID!!width="24%"|Constituency!!width="24%"|Winner!!width="24%"|Second place!!width="24%"|Notes
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|5||[[w:Burnaby-Edmonds|Burnaby-Edmonds]]||style="background:gold"|New Democratic (45.93%)||style="background:lightcoral"|Liberal (43.67%)|| Raj Chouhan
|-
|6||[[w:Burnaby North|Burnaby North]]||style="background:lightcoral"|Liberal (46.16%)||style="background:gold"|New Democratic (44.24%)|| Richard T. Lee
|-
|7||[[w:Burnaby-Willingdon|Burnaby-Willingdon]]||style="background:lightcoral"|Liberal (44.86%)||style="background:gold"|New Democratic (41.35%)|| John Nuraney
|-
|8||[[w:Burquitlam|Burquitlam]]||style="background:lightcoral"|Liberal (46.59%)||style="background:gold"|New Democratic (44.60%)||Harry Bloy
|-
|15||[[w:Coquitlam-Maillardville|Coquitlam-Maillardville]]||style="background:gold"|New Democratic (47.09%)||style="background:lightcoral"|Liberal (44.5%)|| Diane Thorne
|-
|33||[[w:New Westminster (provincial electoral district)|New Westminster]]||style="background:gold"|New Democratic (55.99%)||style="background:lightcoral"|Liberal (30.9%)|| Chuck Puchmayr
|-
|44||[[w:Port Coquitlam-Burke Mountain|Port Coquitlam-Burke Mountain]]||style="background:gold"|New Democratic (49.24%)||style="background:lightcoral"|Liberal (41.93%)|| Mike Farnworth
|-
|45||[[w:Port Moody-Westwood|Port Moody-Westwood]]||style="background:lightcoral"|Liberal (53.96%)||style="background:gold"|New Democratic (37.21%)|| Iain Black
|}

====Vancouver====
{| border="1" style="border-collapse:collapse;" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2" width="100%"
!width="4%"|ID!!width="24%"|Constituency!!width="24%"|Winner!!width="24%"|Second place!!width="24%"|Notes
|-
|64||[[w:Vancouver-Burrard (provincial electoral district)|Vancouver-Burrard]]||style="background:gold"|New Democratic (42.27%)||style="background:lightcoral"|Liberal (42.23%)|| Tim Stevenson
|-
|65||[[w:Vancouver-Fairview|Vancouver-Fairview]]||style="background:gold"|New Democratic (46.2%)||style="background:lightcoral"|Liberal (43.56%)|| Gregor Robertson
|-
|66||[[w:Vancouver-Fraserview|Vancouver-Fraserview]]||style="background:lightcoral"|Liberal (47.85%)||style="background:gold"|New Democratic (42.28%)|| Wally Oppal
|-
|67||[[w:Vancouver-Hastings|Vancouver-Hastings]]||style="background:gold"|New Democratic (53.85%)||style="background:lightcoral"|Liberal (33.12%)|| Shane Simpson
|-
|68||[[w:Vancouver-Kensington|Vancouver-Kensington]]||style="background:gold"|New Democratic (50.07%)||style="background:lightcoral"|Liberal (42.47%)|| David Chudnovsky
|-
|69||[[w:Vancouver-Kingsway (provincial electoral district)|Vancouver-Kingsway]]||style="background:gold"|New Democratic (51.05%)||style="background:lightcoral"|Liberal (40.99%)|| Adrian Dix
|-
|70||[[w:Vancouver-Langara|Vancouver-Langara]]||style="background:lightcoral"|Liberal (55.88%)||style="background:gold"|New Democratic (33.34%)|| Carole Taylor
|-
|71||[[w:Vancouver-Mount Pleasant|Vancouver-Mount Pleasant]]||style="background:gold"|New Democratic (64.35%)||style="background:lightcoral"|Liberal (21.65%)|| Jenny Kwan
|-
|72||[[w:Vancouver-Point Grey|Vancouver-Point Grey]]||style="background:lightcoral"|Liberal (47.75%)||# style="background:gold"|New Democratic (36.13%)||Premier [[w:Gordon Campbell|Gordon Campbell]] re-elected.
|-
|73||[[w:Vancouver-Quilchena|Vancouver-Quilchena]]||style="background:lightcoral"|Liberal (69.44%)||style="background:gold"|New Democratic (19.2%)|| Colin Hansen
|}

==== North Shore and Sunshine Coast ====
{| border="1" style="border-collapse:collapse;" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2" width="100%"
!width="4%"|ID!!width="24%"|Constituency!!width="24%"|Winner!!width="24%"|Second place!!width="24%"|Notes
|-
|36||[[w:North Vancouver-Lonsdale|North Vancouver-Lonsdale]]||style="background:lightcoral"|Liberal (44.39%)||style="background:gold"|New Democratic (38.69%)||Katherine Anne Whittred
|-
|37||[[w:North Vancouver-Seymour|North Vancouver-Seymour]]||style="background:lightcoral"|Liberal (57.40%)||style="background:gold"|New Democratic (29.56%)||Daniel Morrison Jarvis
|-
|46||[[w:Powell River-Sunshine Coast|Powell River-Sunshine Coast]]||# style="background:gold"|New Democratic (51.07%)||style="background:lightcoral"|Liberal (21.83%)||Nicholas Simons<br />[[w:Green Party of British Columbia|Green]] leader [[w:Adriane Carr|Adriane Carr]]'s riding
|-
|77||[[w:West Vancouver-Capilano|West Vancouver-Capilano]]||style="background:lightcoral"|Liberal (68.61%)||style="background:gold"|New Democratic (17.84%)|| Ralph Sultan
|-
|78||[[w:West Vancouver-Garibaldi|West Vancouver-Garibaldi]]||style="background:lightcoral"|Liberal (56.01%)||style="background:green"|Green (28.75%)|| Joan McIntyre
|}

====Vancouver Island====
{| border="1" style="border-collapse:collapse;" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2" width="100%"
!width="4%"|ID!!width="24%"|Constituency!!width="24%"|Winner!!width="24%"|Second place!!width="24%"|Notes
|-
|3||[[w:Alberni-Qualicum|Alberni-Qualicum]]||style="background:gold"|New Democratic (55.37%)||style="background:lightcoral"|Liberal (33.69%)|| Scott Fraser
|-
|14||[[w:Comox Valley|Comox Valley]]||style="background:lightcoral"|Liberal (45.78%)||style="background:gold"|New Democratic (43.24%)|| Stan Hagen
|-
|16||[[w:Cowichan-Ladysmith|Cowichan-Ladysmith]]||style="background:gold"|New Democratic (49.51%)||style="background:lightcoral"|Liberal (40.77%)|| Doug Routley
|-
|30||[[w:Nanaimo (provincial electoral district)|Nanaimo]]||style="background:gold"|New Democratic (51.61%)||style="background:lightcoral"|Liberal (34.29%)|| Leonard Krog
|-
|31||[[w:Nanaimo-Parksville|Nanaimo-Parksville]]||style="background:lightcoral"|Liberal (51.4%)||style="background:gold"|New Democratic (38.34%)|| Ron Cantelon
|-
|35||[[w:North Island (provincial electoral district)|North Island]]||style="background:gold"|New Democratic (48.8%)||style="background:lightcoral"|Liberal (36.38%)||Claire Trevena
|}

====Greater Victoria====
{| border="1" style="border-collapse:collapse;" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2" width="100%"
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|20||[[w:Esquimalt-Metchosin|Esquimalt-Metchosin]]||style="background:gold"|New Democratic (49.84%)||style="background:lightcoral"|Liberal (38.19%)|| Maurine Karagianis
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|27||[[w:Malahat-Juan de Fuca|Malahat-Juan de Fuca]]||style="background:gold"|New Democratic (46.12%)||style="background:lightcoral"|Liberal (39.02%)||[[w:Democratic Reform British Columbia|DRBC]] leader [[w:Tom Morino|Tom Morino]]'s riding
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|38||[[w:Oak Bay-Gordon Head|Oak Bay-Gordon Head]]||style="background:lightcoral"|Liberal (47.3%)||style="background:gold"|New Democratic (42.56%)|| Ida Chong
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|53||[[w:Saanich North and the Islands|Saanich North and the Islands]]||    * style="background:lightcoral"|Liberal (43.86%)||style="background:gold"|New Democratic (42.56%)|| Murray Robert Coell
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|54||[[w:Saanich South|Saanich South]]||style="background:gold"|New Democratic (45.99%)||style="background:lightcoral"|Liberal (44.77%)|| David Cubberley
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|74||[[w:Victoria-Beacon Hill|Victoria-Beacon Hill]]||style="background:gold"|New Democratic (56.24%)||style="background:lightcoral"|Liberal (31.78)||[[w:New Democratic Party of British Columbia|NDP]] leader [[w:Carole James|Carole James]] riding
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|75||[[w:Victoria-Hillside|Victoria-Hillside]]||style="background:gold"|New Democratic (58.33%)||style="background:lightcoral"|Liberal (27.72%)|| Rob Fleming
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'The British Columbia General Election'

 
 
Gordon Campbell Leader of the Liberal Party 


 'Election scorecard':

 'Other Wikinews election coverage':

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 'Background':

 Wikipedia

 Wikipedia, Wikinews' sibling project, has in-depth background articles on:

 
* British Columbia political parties
* The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
* British Columbia politics
* The Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform
* Previous British Columbia General Elections

At 8 p.m. local time today (04:00 UTC 18 May), the polls closed in the British Columbia general election, 2005.  Results are still coming in, and no party has won an overall majority in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia yet. At 9:05 p.m. PST (5:05 a.m. UTC 18 May) the CBC called the election for the BC Liberals.

A 60% Yes vote as well as a simple majority in 48 of the 79 ridings are needed for the measure to pass.

 Overall

 Individual district majorities

 Votes

 Percentage

 Districts

 Percentage

'Yes'

926,110

57.38%

77

97.5%

'No'

687,950

42.62%

2

2.5%
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