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Updated: 25 October 2026, 5:57 p.m. EDT B.C. premier-designate Lorne Doerkson pledged an independent review of the province’s finances at a post-election news conference on Sunday, 25 October, setting out priorities for the incoming Conservative government after Saturday’s victory. Doerkson said he wanted a full picture of the province’s financial position before presenting his first budget. CTV News reported that he repeated his campaign promise to begin the review on his first day in office, citing the provincial deficit and credit-rating downgrades. He also outlined plans for a commission aimed at keeping emergency rooms open and a lower-tax plan when the legislature returns, according to The Canadian Press . These are commitments for the incoming administration; the review has not yet been completed and the tax changes have not been enacted. Doerkson said he had spoken with the lieutenant-governor and appointed former senior provincial official Kim Henderson to lead the government...

Updated: October 24, 2026 at 11:27 p.m. EDT (Toronto) British Columbia’s Conservatives are projected to win a majority government after Saturday’s provincial election, CTV News reported on election night . The network said interim leader Lorne Doerkson’s party had secured enough seats to send David Eby’s NDP into Opposition, although some ridings remained undeclared. The projection follows an early Conservative lead after polls closed at 8 p.m. Pacific time on October 24. CityNews reported that the Conservatives were leading in 65 ridings at 8:45 p.m., compared with 27 for the NDP. Those were early leads, rather than a final seat tally, in the 93-seat legislature. Eby called the snap election two years into his mandate. Housing, health care, affordability and the provincial deficit were central campaign issues. CTV also declared Doerkson re-elected in Cariboo–Chilcotin. Counting continues. CityNews, citing Elections BC, said advance ballots were being tabulated electronically first, w...