The B.C. Conservatives are ratcheting up claims there were “voting irregularities” in a pivotal riding – demanding an “urgent RCMP investigation” into the party’s allegations.
The Surrey-Guildford riding was decided by a razor-thin margin of 22 votes after a judicial recount, giving the B.C. NDP the bare minimum number of seats needed for a majority government.
“We must have public confidence in our election system,” said Steve Kooner, the B.C. Conservatives’ critic for the attorney general.
“Surrey-Guildford was the path for the NDP to get to government,” Kooner added.
RCMP Staff Sgt. Kris Clark said anyone with a complaint about a provincial election should report it to Elections B.C.
The B.C. Conservatives’ allegations centre on mail-in votes the party says came from Argyll Lodge, an addictions recovery facility in the riding.
Twenty-one residents of the facility voted by mail. The lodge – home to 25 residents – is across the …