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Sunday Noon Update: Looks like mail-ins will most likely result in NDP flipping two from BCL (Vernon-Monashee and Abbotsford-Mission) and BCL flipping one from Greens (WestVan-S2S)...
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Last week we learned that Mr. Andrew Wilkinson's heart had gone out to failed incumbent Ms. Jane Thornthwaite in the wake of the latter's disgraceful comments on that infamous BC Liberal party sanctioned Zoom call that the then party leader failed to call out at the time (or at any reasonable time thereafter).
Anyway.
It would appear that is what is left of the good Mr. Wilkinson's political heart just might be buried at Vernon-Monashee.
The old CP warhorse Dirk Meissner has the call:
...Liberal incumbent Eric Foster started Friday with a lead of almost 200 votes over New Democrat Harwinder Sadhu, but he now trails the newcomer by 50 votes in Vernon-Monashee...
As for the other ridings in play...
Well, here's hoping that Angus Reid and Co's pseudo-predictive pre-election poll from back in the day was/is still right:
OK?
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On the flipside, pretty sure that Mr. Beer 'N Hockey is jumping for joy while he stomps on the Saturday terra out in Abbotsord...
And, yes, have been sitting on that header for a full week now...
And, double-yes, my Sammyfreude, writ wide, has not yet subsided...
Update: Saturday afternoon...Two-thirds of they way through the mail-ins it looks like the AReid poll was/is pretty much bang-on...As a result, Dipper lead in Chilliwack-Kent increased by a thousand votes...One bit of weirdness now has fellow Zoom call member, Jason Sturdy, who at least kinda/sorta tried to do the right thing right after, is now up slightly over the Greeniac in WestVan.
Updatier: Saturday night...It now looks like Kamloops-North Thompson just might be in play...BCLer Milobar's lead on Dipper Hunter down to 400+ votes with 1,300+ left to count.
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5 comments:
Eric Foster BC Liberal Party 9,286 35.09%
Harwinder Sandhu BC NDP 9,568 36.16%
As of November 07, 2020 7:23 p.m.
It would be very nice to see the end of Eric Foster as an M.L.A. Do recall that "questionable" office reno. Don't know why the people of Vernon voted for him all those years, but if there is a new MLA in office it would be grand. So at this point I'd have to say, Congrats to Harwinder Sandhu. Might be a good week for people of South Asian descent here and in the U.S.A.
Sometimes first past the post works really well?
The headline "NDP Win In Abbotsford" has been gathering dust in a print shop for quite some time. This time the election win was assisted by the good people of neighbouring Mission. Perhaps in four years time my city in the country shall have NDP MLAs all our very own. Anything is possible after all, might well be the sub-header to the above headline.
Beer--
Here's hoping!
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