How proportional representation would have changed B.C.’s election results [Video]

British Columbians are still waiting to find out who their next provincial leader will be, five days after the election, as several tight races make it difficult to project a clear winner.

As it stands, the B.C. NDP has about 44.6 per cent of the vote, the B.C. Conservative Party 43.6 per cent, and the B.C. Green Party 8.2 per cent. Under B.C.’s first-past-the-post electoral system, that translates to a projected 46, 45 and two seats, respectively, out of the 93-seat total. 

But if the province had a different electoral system, the breakdown of representatives in the legislature might have been a little different, according to political science professor Chris Beach. 

“Proportional [representation] means if a party gets 25 per cent of the vote, they get 25 per cent of the seats,” he told Daybreak North host Carolina de Ryk. 

That means under proportional representation, the Green Party, with about eight per cent of the vote, would be …