Saturday - Oct. 19, 2024 - Conservatives triumph in the Fraser Valley

Good evening!

It’s just about 10pm on election night. We have most of the results in. And yet, we not only don’t really know who will form the next government—we don’t even really know when we will know who will form the next government. And yet, we know enough to tell you who will be representing the Fraser Valley in the legislature. Consider this our decision-desk declaration that the Conservatives have swept the valley.

– Tyler

NEWS

Fraser Valley election results

It turns out the Fraser Valley is still pretty darn conservative. Across all nine Fraser Valley ridings, the votes have almost all been counted, and the Conservatives have an insurmountable lead in each electoral district.

You can find the vote tally for each of the Fraser Valley’s nine ridings below.

Langley-Willowbrook

49% - Judy Toor (BC Conservatives)

44% - Andrew Mercier (BC NDP)

7% - Petrina Arnason (BC Greens)

Toor faced questions and scrutiny about her professional past, with the NDP saying she inappropriately called herself a medical doctor. It didn’t matter: she defeated NDP incumbent Andrew Mercier in a riding that should have been even friendlier than in 2020. It’s the closest valley riding as of 10pm, but only one poll has yet to be reported and Mercier is down by nearly 1,000 votes.

Langley-Walnut Grove

50% - Misty Van Popta (BC Conservatives)

45% - Megan Dykeman (BC NDP)

5% - Rylee Mac Lean (BC Greens)

0.5% - Carlos Suarez Rubio (Independent)

Langley Township is set for a by-election with Van Popta, a Township councillor, having ousted incumbent Megan Dykeman. Only one poll has yet to be reported and Van Popta has a 1,100-vote lead

Langley-Abbotsford

56% - Harman Bhangu (BC Conservatives)

34% - John Aldag (BC NDP)

6% - Melissa Snazell (BC Greens)

4% - Karen Long (Independent)

1% - Alex Joehl (BC Libertarians)

John Aldag resigned his seat in Ottawa with the federal Liberals to run for the NDP in the brand new Langley-Abbotsford riding. At the time, it seemed possible that BC United and the Conservatives would split the right-of-centre vote. Then events happened.

Abbotsford West

59% - Korky Neufeld (BC Conservatives)

36% - Graeme Hutchison (BC NDP)

5% - James Davison (Independent)

Abbotsford will also get a by-election after school trustee Neufeld triumphed in Mike de Jong’s old seat.

Abbotsford South

62% - Bruce Banman (BC Conservatives)

35% - Sarah Kooner (BC NDP)

3% - Amandeep Singh (Independent)

The BC Conservative incumbent handily kept his seat in Abbotsford South, taking more than 60% of the vote. Banman was the first BC United MLA to voluntarily swap the party to join John Rustad. The bet paid off.

Abbotsford-Mission

56% - Reann Gasper (BC Conservatives)

44% - Pam Alexis (BC NDP)

Agriculture minister (and former Mission mayor) Pam Alexis loses even though electoral boundary changes seemed to have made the electoral district friendlier. In 2022, Gasper ran for Abbotsford council and placed 17th of 21 candidates. Two years later, she is headed to Victoria.

Chilliwack North

55% - Heather Maahs (BC Conservatives)

37% - Dan Coulter (BC NDP)

5% - Tim Cooper (BC Greens)

2% - Dan Grice (Independent)

Conservative School school board trustee Maahs defeats Coulter who, before being elected in 2020, had led the Chilliwack school board’s progressive faction. A school board by-election is also coming in Chilliwack, but the balance of power on the board won’t be changed.

Chilliwack-Cultus Lake

55% - Á’a:líya Warbus (BC Conservatives)

45% - Kelli Paddon (BC NDP)

Warbus becomes Chilliwack’s first Indigenous federal or provincial representative.

Fraser-Nicola

55% - Tony Luck (BC Conservatives)

36% - Francyne Joe (BC NDP)

9% - Jonah Timms (BC Greens)

Luck, a Merritt councillor—and former Mission councillor—becomes the new member of the legislature for the Fraser Canyon, as well as Kent, Harrison Hot Springs, and Hope.

🗳 Election 2024

The 2024 BC Election is over, although some counting is still left to go. You can find our real-time results pages below.

Chilliwack, Hope, and the Eastern Fraser Valley | Abbotsford and Mission | Langley

As it happens

👉 BC Election’s live results page is here

👉 CBC’s interactive map is here

👉 You can watch live coverage online here: CBC | Global | CTV

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