Its about time: Record-breaking number of women elected in B.C. election [Video]

British Columbia reached a milestone for the number of women elected.

According to Research Co., 48 of 93 MLA elects were women, which is nearly 52 per cent. In comparison, the previous election in 2020 had 42.5 per cent.

On Tuesday, BC Conservative leader John Rustad said that 41 per cent of the party’s elected MLAs were women, including the party’s first Black MLA since 1972.

The BC NDP is now comprised of 68 per cent women as they form government in Victoria.

“We have never had a number like this, and you have to go back to the last three or four elections,” said Mario Canseco, the president of Research Co.

Canseco explained that Christy Clark’s election as the first elected female B.C. premier potentially sparked a movement, although her caucus didn’t have a large female representation.

In 2016, the province made history again when Melanie Mark became the …