Canadian politics news — B.C. Conservatives Win Majority projections swept British Columbia on election night, Saturday, October 24, 2026, ending David Eby’s NDP government and setting up the province’s first Conservative government in nearly 100 years.
By Maplestime Politics Desk | British Columbia | October 25, 2026
Sources: CTV News, NW Progressive, Wikipedia | Last updated: October 25, 2026
Key Takeaways
- CTV News declared a projected B.C. Conservatives Win Majority on election night, October 24, 2026.
- At interim leader Lorne Doerkson’s victory speech, his party was leading or elected in 62 of the 93 ridings.
- Premier David Eby announced on election night that he would step down as BC NDP leader.
- The result is projected, not final: Elections BC’s final count, including mail-in and absentee ballots, was still pending.
- The BC Greens were projected to hold 2 seats, with leader Emily Lowan re-elected in Saanich North and the Islands.
British Columbians voted for all 93 seats in the Legislative Assembly on Saturday, with 47 seats needed for a majority. By election night, the shape of the result was clear enough for CTV News to call it: a projected majority for the Conservatives, and a rout for the governing NDP.
B.C. Conservatives Win Majority on Election Night
Doerkson, the MLA for Cariboo-Chilcotin, became interim Conservative leader only weeks before the campaign, after Kerry-Lynne Findlay resigned in September 2026. He inherited a party in transition and a short campaign. On election night, he was standing at a victory podium anyway.
In his victory speech, carried by CTV News, Doerkson said: “We are going to super-charge British Columbia.”
That line will now be tested against the hardest part of winning: governing. A B.C. Conservatives Win Majority is a mandate to act, but it is not yet a certified seat count, and the final tally could still move individual ridings when Elections BC completes its final count.
For Doerkson, the B.C. Conservatives Win Majority projection caps a whirlwind few weeks in charge of the party. For Eby, it closes a gamble that was supposed to buy stability and instead cost his government its hold on power.
Why Eby Called the Snap Election
Eby called the snap election on September 22, about two years into his mandate, while the NDP held a slim one-seat majority. He framed the vote around United States trade uncertainty and a stalled legislature, betting that voters would reward a fresh mandate in uncertain times.
That bet failed, decisively, on the night’s projections. For the NDP, the disappointment was plain. Adrian Dix, an NDP MLA, described election night in the CTV recap as “immensely disappointing.”
On the same night, Eby announced he would step down as BC NDP leader, closing the book on a government that had governed with almost no margin for error and then asked voters for more room, only to lose the room it had.
Related: Canada News — What B.C.’s Political Shift Means for the Rest of the Country
What Happens Next in Victoria
First comes the count that matters most for the record books: Elections BC’s final count, including mail-in and absentee ballots. Until that count is complete, every seat number in this story should be read as projected, not final, and the B.C. Conservatives Win Majority should be described exactly that way.
Then comes the transition. If the B.C. Conservatives Win Majority holds through the final count, Doerkson will lead BC’s first Conservative government in nearly 100 years, a historic turn for a province that has spent decades cycling between the NDP and centre-right governments of other names. What that government does first, on trade, housing, and the cost of living, will define whether election night was a protest vote or a realignment.
The Greens, projected to hold 2 seats, will return to the legislature as a small but familiar voice, with Lowan re-elected in Saanich North and the Islands. In a legislature reshaped overnight, even two seats can matter when the debate turns to specific bills.
What to Watch Before the Final Count
Watch the final count for close ridings, watch who Doerkson puts around the cabinet table, and watch whether the NDP’s leadership race becomes a reckoning with the snap-election gamble itself. The B.C. Conservatives Win Majority story is not finished until Elections BC finishes counting, and until then, every claim about the size of the win should carry the word projected. Eby framed this election as a choice about trade uncertainty and a legislature that could not move. Voters answered with a different government entirely.
Maplestime will provide updates from the 2026 British Columbia general election as announcements are made.
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