B.C. Conservatives win majority; Lorne Doerksen to be premier
If the B.C. election result stings for you tonight, remember that this province once forced a majority government to back down on a tax it had just brought in. A new government still answers to the same people who hired it.
Laura Lee on Lake ONTARIO 🇨🇦🍁🦫26So they looked at Alberta and Ontario underfunding and destroying the public healthcare and said “ooh I want that”. Idiots.
rescanous.bsky.social21So another election where the citizenry cut off its nose out of spite. I am tired of self harm wherever it may be.
Lisa Elbows Up 🇨🇦16I am devastated right now. People have no idea what is coming. Maple MAGA is now in charge of our province!
SharonGordon - Part Owner of Canada10Did the residents of BC not see what Ford has done in Ontario? Healthcare and Education starved of funding to try and force privatization. Corruption beyond imagining. I feel sorry for BC. Please remember you were warned.
[Clever Name Here]7gonna be a bit harder to recruit Americans now though, right? Why come here for more of the same.
Susan Healey 🍁🇨🇦🍁7Disaster. Brought to you by people who just wanted to let their rage out at someone. Never changes. They’d vote in a frog if they got tired of a unicorn.
Dr Karen Pinder 🇨🇦 🔬6Oh yeah, I had forgotten about that. 💙
productofbc.bsky.social3We need to be willing to take a stand if this new government does anything the majority of the population doesn't like. Look to Europe for inspiration on the willingness to take to the streets, but avoid the vandalism and looting. #bcpoli
Difficult & Problematic2I hope Australians can also hold a grudge, & vote both major parties to minority positions, state & federal. We have been betrayed in so many ways - only a few pollies have demonstrated their stance for justice and some kind of sustainable future. You know who they are. #AusPol #VicVotes2026
Well, David Eby did say B.C. needed a strong majority government
“if I had a million dollars” plays at BC NDP HQ as news networks project a Conservative majority #bcpoli
Jen St. Denis41So far it looks like David Eby is holding onto his seat in Vancouver-Point Gray. MAYBE. My guess is that we'll see his resignation tonight.
incredulousbear12David Eby is a nincompoop for calling a snap election
Christy B4I’m so annoyed by the outcome of this dumb snap election.
Totes McGotes 🇨🇦 📎🐾1What a stupid thing to post
janossitar.bsky.social1They could finally afford a clue
hate to see the bc conservatives win, but also david eby got exactly what he deserved for taking such a cynical and opportunistic move when he had two years left on his majority government
Paris Marx54interested to see what emily lowan’s voice will add to the legislature though, she’s a real bright spot in bc and canadian politics
Rou3I blame you @davidebybc.bsky.social . What were you thinking?!!!
Burwicke2I was planning on moving from Quebec to BC for school... I might just stay here a little while...
BREAKING: CBC has projected a BC Conservatives MAJORITY GOVERNMENT in British Columbia. A party in big disarray when the election was called, with an INTERIM leader nobody knew. LESSON: DON’T CALL AN EARLY ELECTION, ESPECIALLY OVERLAPPING WITH A MUNICIPAL ELECTION, WHEN YOUR LEADER IS UNPOPULAR.
Brent Toderian17I’ve never seen this before — A problematic party appoints an interim leader and a surprise election is called, a leader that by many accounts is a decent man in a party with many problematic candidates. He/they win in part because he helps normalize them. But will that party KEEP HIM AS LEADER?
Ntrn Chck2Eby must have been living in a bubble if he thought this was a good idea, ughhhhh ... My hope now is that the Cons will still be in disarray for a while before they get their act together to do too much damage ... But working in health care, I'll basically be holding my breath for the next 4 yrs 😖
Silvie2I agree absolutely. Eby has consistently been in the bottom three in terms of popularity of premiers in Canada.
David Eby has resigned as leader of the B.C. NDP following election of Conservative majority government
We just elected our first majority Conservative government in 98 years. Our new Premier was elected party leader a month ago. I really hate how Canadians vote to punish perceived arrogance. I’m really going to miss $10 a day daycare, catching the bus, and the ability to get into Urgent Care.
Mika McKinnon9Strategic voting or even mythical ranked voting couldn’t have saved us. We just… voted en masse for candidates that literally didn’t show up to campaign because they weren’t the incumbents. Yaaaay.
Emerence 🍁1I’m going to miss DRIPA & the possibility of resistance to the pipeline
ShiftKicker1I thought Doerksen got leadership by default and he wasn't actually elected- he was considered interim leader. It's all such a completely unneccessary situation. I mean, Eby could have been normal and resigned as leader in 2 years and not effed the entire province halfway through his term.
Dr. Alysa Orbits (Obertas)1I'm kind of stunned. I've lived in Ontario for the last decade and haven't followed BC politics very closely, but the last few years have been so strange to me. I posted this (short) thread about it a couple of days ago bsky.app/profile/astr...
Elections BC is reporting the Conservative Party of BC has nearly 50 per cent of the popular vote. The incumbent BC NDP trails with less than 37 per cent. Photo by Kayla Isomura. Reporting by @isaacphannay.bsky.social @jenstden.bsky.social @zoeyunker.bsky.social. #BCPoli thetyee.ca/News/2026/10...
Celeste Trianon25An absolute disaster for trans rights, for Indigenous rights, for immigrant rights in BC (and all across Canada).
akadap.bsky.social4Didn't they learn anything by watching the disaster in the USA?
Lorne3What an incredible own goal by David Eby, that could have effects on every part of British Columbian’s lives for a long time.
Marushka-T1This is what happens when you fail to read the room.
Maria Haskins6I voted NDP (in my riding, it was either Cons or the Other Cons or NDP) but holy freaking crap, I did not want to have to vote. NDP had two years left in their mandate and Eby decided to throw it away. Completely asinine.
The Transmetropolitan Review (Unofficial) 🏴2if people think the U$A is racist, wait till you hear about KKKlanada
Angela M Cowan2Are you fucking kidding me? This is an unmitigated disaster for Indigenous rights, environmental protection, health care, basic human decency. JFC.
idk that it's all that significant that is the first "Conservative" government since 1928, when our last conservative government ended in 2017. we traded one conservative party for another
FuzzyWuzzy in Toronto🇨🇦4All through the 80s, and from 2001 - 2017 (as you noted)...do yeah. But this bunch are going to be in a league of their own.
Dezene Huber 🍁 🌻2I mean yeah. The current conservatives are the SoCreds —> Liberals —> BC United —> Conservatives.
bonbolapti1At the end of the day, the lot of them are pretty conservative anyway. 😬
