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Economy resonates as NDP suffers Leafs-like collapse
Congratulations to all who ran for office, winners and losers, and to their families, campaign volunteers and supporters. The Fat Lady has sung. It is over.
The anatomy of a successful campaign
Patrick O'Connor's desk, tucked away in the back of Linda Reimer's campaign office on St. Johns Street, looks like one inhabited by a man who hasn't had much time to organize.
Election 2013: One Liberal left standing in Burnaby
While the Liberals took pundits by surprise, securing another majority in Tuesday's provincial election, they lost a seat in Burnaby, leaving Richard Lee as the sole remaining Liberal in the city.
Sultan's support tops in the province
VETERAN politician Ralph Sultan celebrated his fourth re-election Wednesday afternoon by taking two of his assistants out for lunch and splurging on a pricey bottle of sauvignon blanc at West Vancouver's La Cucina.
Poll-y moly!
THE professional pollsters may have got the election result wrong, but award-winning columnist Trevor Lautens - swimming against the stream as he often does - correctly predicted a win for Christy Clark in this newspaper on May 10 (read it at nsnews.com).
Inquiring Reporter
THE B.C. Liberals handily defeated the NDP on Tuesday while staving off the numerous polls and surveys that pointed to the party's demise. The election gave the Liberals 50 seats, although Vancouver-Point Grey voters declined Premier Christy Clark a place to sit. The Liberal's edge in the popular vote is virtually unchanged from the previous two elections despite polls that gave the NDP a 19-point lead just months before election day. Are the sample pools too small, the respondents too unreliable, or has call display rendered the modern poll obsolete?
Why it's good that polls have failed
The poll that came closest to calling the result right in Tuesday's provincial election was still wildly wrong.
Voting for devil they knew
The people have spoken. Or at least, slightly less than half of them have and less than two in five in Richmond Centre. And therein lies the real tragedy of Tuesday's election results - the apparent lack of caring or understanding of what it has all been about.
Clark has spunk - that's for darn sure
I must confess, I've always had a soft spot for Christy Clark. She reminds me a bit like Demi Moore in that movie, G.I. Jane.
SFU professor wrong on premier
Re: Election 2013: One Liberal left in Burnaby, Burnaby NOW, May 15. (see page 1)
lection's impact greater than 2 previous
So predictions can be a precarious proposition. However, I will offer one prediction: this election will go down as one the most pivotal in B.C. history.
Christy Clark sure has plenty of spunk
I must confess, I've always had a soft spot for Christy Clark. She reminds me a bit like Demi Moore in that movie, G.I. Jane.
DID YOUNGER (NON)VOTERS DECIDE THIS ELECTION?
Fumbling to explain the massive gap between polls predicting an NDP win and the reality of Tuesday night's larger majority for the Christy Clark Liberals, Angus Reid Public Opinion spokesperson Mario Canseco cites the NDP's inability to excite younger British Columbians. He reported that polls gave the NDP a 2: 1 lead over the Liberals among voters 18 to 34.
Dissecting the results
Do pollsters have any credibility? Are attack ads the way to go? Did the Liberals just get more supporters out to the polls than the NDP? These and other questions are being asked as we digest what, for most, was a shocking election night, both in the Tri-Cities and right across B.C. Locally, we started out with three NDP ridings and one Liberal, numbers that are now reversed.
The upset of the night
After spending a year draped in orange, the Port Moody-Coquitlam riding is back in the hands of Liberal blue.
Why it's good that polls failed
The poll that came closest to calling the result right in Tuesday's provincial election was still wildly wrong. A Forum Research poll done six days before the vote showed a mere two-point gap between the Liberals and the NDP. Of course, it still had the NDP out in front, not losing by almost five per cent in the popular vote and 17 seats in the Legislature.
Arrogance was NDP's undoing
See what happens when a political party gets arrogant and assumes it not only knows what's best for the populace, but it also has a divine right to power?
City mayor wins
Langley City will be looking for a new mayor now that Peter Fassbender has won the MLA seat in Surrey-Fleetwood.
