What people are saying about the B.C. election campaign

VANCOUVER – The snap election in British Columbia is over and Lorne Deorkson has led his Conservatives to victory. 

Here’s what some notable people are saying about the election. 

Stockwell Day, a former federal Conservative cabinet minister, at the B.C. Conservative’s postelection party:

“It’s been a great campaign, I think the strategy was right. I think people just want back to normal. I think the other part of the strategy was just to stand back and let Mr. Eby keep talking and it seems to have worked.” 

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Former Green Party MLA Rob Botterell at the Green Party’s postelection party on Leader Emily Lowan:

“I am so proud of Emily and the campaign she’s run. And what I see when I talk to folks in Sidney and in the riding is they’re equally just totally impressed by Emily and her poise and her advocacy and her passion and her vision.”

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Brian Gardiner, former NDP provincial director at the New Democrat postelection party:

“There’s no question Lorne Doerkson was a better opponent than John Rustad was and ran a much better campaign that was run two short years ago,” he said. “I think I would have said that it would have been worth waiting a couple of weeks to understand what was going to shake out in terms of both municipal campaigns and the Conservative leadership. But at the same time, the campaign was ready to go and its hard when you are ready to go and not go forward with the plans you have.” 

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 24, 2026.