Sharon Hartwell has won the Bulkley Valley-Stikine seat for the B.C. Conservatives with 51 per cent of the vote.
“I’m pretty excited and thankful,” said Hartwell.
“Calling a snap election certainly had turned up the heat a little bit with everything that was going on but I guess the public got the message that they wanted a Conservative government and a change,” she said.
As of 12 a.m. Sunday, the Conservatives were elected or leading in 64 ridings with the BC NDP in 27.
The number of seats required to form a majority government is 47.
Voter turnout across the province was over 47 per cent.
Results are below:
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- Sharon Hartwell, BC Conservatives (Incumbent) – 4,333 | 50.74%
- Frankie Abel, BC NDP – 3,872 | 45.34%
- Ed Ewald, BC Christian Heritage Party – 284 | 3.33%
