The B.C. Green Party’s leader has lost her seat in the legislature, according to preliminary results in Saturday’s provincial election — but the party will still send two MLAs to Victoria.
Sonia Furstenau’s loss in the Victoria-Beacon Hill riding was confirmed around 8:40 p.m. PT.
The Greens ran 69 candidates in this election. At 12:05 a.m. PT on Sunday, Rob Botterell was declared elected in Saanich North and the Islands, and Jeremy Valeriote was declared elected in West Vancouver-Sea to Sky.
Though the Greens were the first of B.C.’s three major parties to release their platform, on Oct. 1, Furstenau acknowledged after a televised debate on Oct. 8 that her party would not form government after Saturday’s election.
The Greens consistently polled around the 10 to 11 per cent mark during the election campaign.
Still, she had requested that voters send Greens to the Legislature to keep the other two parties, the …