VICTORIA - Incumbents Wally Oppal and Charlie Wyse have been defeated, according to the most recent announcement from Elections B.C..
Following final counts independent Vicki Huntington is ahead of the B.C. Liberal Party's Oppal by 32 votes in Delta South and the Liberal's Donna Barnett has beaten the New Democratic Party's Wyse by 88 votes in Cariboo-Chilcotin.
The Delta South result is within 0.2 percent of the total ballots cast and is therefore close enough that there will automatically be a judicial recount.
Barnett's victory is by a wide enough margin that election law does not require a recount, though any voter, candidate or district electoral officer may request one if they believe votes were not correctly counted.
Andrew MacLeod is The Tyee’s Legislative Bureau Chief in Victoria. Reach him here.
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Jim Van Rassel
2 years ago
And Then There Were
I believe that Wally Oppal should concede now before the judicial recount. I realize that the recount is automatic, but he has lost all credibility (B.C. Rail-Gate, swapping out the judges etc.). I don't believe British Columbians would accept the results of a judicial review in his favour considering he was the one who paid these judges. So Wally, please do yourself and British Columbians a favour for once, do the right thing and congratulate Vicki Huntington on a job well done by winning your seat. Oh and Wally,, you are aware that there are a few knives in your back eh? Nice friends you have,,,,,had. Now I will do the right thing and congratulate you on your retirement.
Cheers,
JVR
offended
2 years ago
Maple Ridge Mission
Vote difference is 68 votes. Suspect there will be a judicial recount there as well.
Dan the socialist
2 years ago
No matter what happens in
No matter what happens in Delta South a Liberal/Socred wins either way......
Rod Smelser
2 years ago
Very sad to hear the Cariboo-Chilcotin result
I don't give a damn about Oppal or Huntington, but I am very sad to hear the Cariboo-Chilcotin result. I think it's a real loss for everyone.
realisticman
2 years ago
Not quite Everyone, Rod
...and aparently not a loss for the majority of voters up there.
"BC Liberal candidate Donna Barnett says she will provide a strong voice for residents in the Cariboo Chilcotin.
Barnett, a former 100 Mile House mayor, says she can take her 16 years experience in municipal politics to a provincial level."
kl
2 years ago
Math is not a strong point?
Realisticman:
Apparently math is not your strong point. A majority of voters did not vote for Barnett.
More people still voted for Greens and NDP than Liberal. Even with the recount.
Dan the socialist
2 years ago
I am just shocked that
I am just shocked that riding and the two Prince George ridings went Socred, I thought with the forestry in doom and gloom they would of gone NDP..But the NDP ran a poor campaign...
biscotti
2 years ago
Don't write off all Socreds
Although there are definitely many Socreds who vote Liberal, not all do. I know at least one former Socred cabinet minister who voted for Bob Simpson in Cariboo North.
He says Campbell is "in the pocket of the Howe Street Boys" and can't stand to see BC Rail and Hydro sold off. So don't assume that all Socreds are voting Liberal.
There are many nuances and contradictions in hinterland politics and unfortunately I don't think NDP HQ has bothered to learn about the subtleties; too busy with platitudes and slogans.
Anyway, it is indeed a big loss to not have Charlie Wyse in the riding to our south. He was a hard-working MLA.
dirtmeister
2 years ago
Bye Bye Charlie
Yes the useless Charlie Wyse is gone while Dona is no great shake anything is better than the blow hard Charlie. This is a great day for the Cariboo. Hopefully Carol James is next to go if the NDP can not hold the Cariboo in this economic environment than significant change is required. Take the hint Charlie and leave you already have a gold plated teachers pension along with your wife's now safely seated at the BCTF. Why are teachers so incestuous, greedy and useless in public life?
Rod Smelser
2 years ago
dirtmeister: Well chosen name
You make some silly charges about Wyse, but reveal nothing about your own situation. The usual level of courage one gets from anonymous loudmouths on these discussion boards.
If Wyse has a teachers pension, he must have worked 30 or more years for it. How is it "gold-plated"? If Wyse and his wife are both teachers, is there a problem with that?
This is reminding me of the old puke politics of Alan Fotheringham, who joined Socred and Liberal spin doctors in attempting to portray teachers (at least public school teachers) as useless, overpaid wastrels. That was not based on any analysis of their job duties, qualifications and remuneration, but was simply political punishment for not lining up in support of the government.
Skywalker
2 years ago
Useless dirtmeister.
Did some former teacher of yours give you a few detentions you still resent? Or maybe you failed some subject because you were lazy and still resent it. Seems like a normal contribution from you.
Rod Smelser
2 years ago
Skywalker: Good point
Perhaps your resentment theory could be applied to dishonest pundits who circulate this very kind of material. Remember all those old lines in various opinion pieces about all teachers being sandal wearing Volvo drivers?
Fiat lux
2 years ago
Charlie was real fighter,
Charlie was real fighter, something we haven't seen here in the Cariboo for a long time.
Before Charlie the South Cariboo had a Socred/Reform/CRAPP/BCLib/Conservative seat warmer, Walt Cobb, for 4 years, and here in the North the most useless John Wilson, with the same affiliations, who was an MLA for 9 years, elected twice and never heard of again.
Thank goodness we still have Bob Simpson. Both Charlie and Bob have been in the media every week, digging up dirt and fighting for their constituents and for BC.
Now we'll have more push and propaganda for more sellouts, more privatization and more corruption.
Ed Deak, Big Lake.
biscotti
2 years ago
6 point John...
...is what the Quesnel Cariboo Observer paper (Black Press) took to calling John Wilson, Liberal MLA, because he was as visible in the riding as 6 point type. Ed is right; thank goodness for Bob Simpson.
Moonbug
2 years ago
I will miss Charlie when I'm
I will miss Charlie when I'm watching Hansard television.
He was a true gentleman in the house and a tireless advocate for ranchers and food producers in this province, and a real fighter for the people of his riding.
Did you guys know /geek out/ that the very first question Carole asked in the house was about ranchers losing their cattle because of changes caused by the sale of BC Rail?
Was Charlie Wyse behind that?
As he would say: "You betcha."
Moonbug
2 years ago
http://www.leg.bc.ca/hansard/
http://www.leg.bc.ca/hansard/38th1st/H50913p.htm#
here is the link for the very first question period. Notice, it is before Kevin Falcon got his hair plugs.
They have all, both sides gotten much better at gutter sniping since then.
Moonbug
2 years ago
oooh wrong linky here is the
oooh wrong linky here is the linky:
http://www.leg.bc.ca/hansard/video/archive.asp?video=200509131345&time=14:20&toc=archive