The BC NDP appear to be the trusted party for most future voters living in the Tri-Cities.
Results from Student Vote BC 2024 show four orange party MLAs were elected to the Victoria legislature in the mock exercise, while the Conservatives flipped one of the five districts that represent Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam, Port Moody, Anmore and Belcarra.
The purpose of the vote, according to project organizer CIVIX, is to get young people involved early in the electoral process.
The non-partisan Canadian charity added students learned about government and democracy, researched parties and platforms, and discussed the future of the B.C. before heading to the polls.
Who was elected?
Rick Glumac (Port Moody-Burquitlam) and Jennifer Whiteside (New Westminster-Coquitlam) won third and second terms in their respective ridings, as they did following Monday's, Oct. 28, final count.
Jennifer Blatherwick (Coquitlam-Maillardville) and Jodie Wickens (Coquitlam-Burke Mountain) also won the vote of elementary, middle and secondary students in their districts. They were both elected in the main event on Oct. 19.
Conservative Keenan Adams dethroned long-time NDP MLA Mike Farnworth in Port Coquitlam, earning a 6.03 per cent marginal victory from the student vote (see list below).
Farnworth, however, earned an eighth term in office from the general election.
A look at the Tri-Cities' final numbers from the 2024 B.C. election https://t.co/jHHhF1kA5t
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By the numbers
A total of 10,835 eligible votes were counted from 60 local schools out of 17,510 ballots that were requested by CIVIX — in association with Elections BC.
That equates to a 62 per cent voter turnout; 51 schools were successful in returning ballots.
Coquitlam-Burke Mountain recorded the best voter turnout of the Tri-City ridings at 74 per cent.
Province-wide, 172,003 valid votes were counted from more than 1,034 B.C. schools across all 93 electoral districts.
The NDP earned a minority government with 44 seats in the legislature, 40 for the Conservatives and nine for the Greens.
Final counts in the Tri-Cities were as follows:
*indicates incumbent
Coquitlam-Burke Mountain
- Jodie Wickens, BC NDP - 866 votes (56.60 per cent)
- Stephen Frolek, BC Conservatives - 664 votes (43.40 per cent)
- Detailed results here
Coquitlam-Maillardville
- Jennifer Blatherwick, BC NDP - 801 votes (37.59 per cent)
- Hamed Najafi, BC Conservatives - 672 votes (31.53 per cent)
- Nicola Spurling, BC Greens - 507 votes (23.79 per cent)
- Ken Holowanky, Independent - 151 votes (7.09 per cent)
- Detailed results here
New Westminster-Coquitlam
- *Jennifer Whiteside, BC NDP - 150 votes (48.86 per cent)
- Maureen Curran, BC Greens - 92 votes (29.97 per cent)
- Ndellie Massey, BC Conservatives - 65 votes (21.17 per cent)
- Detailed results here
Port Coquitlam
- Keenan Adams, BC Conservatives - 1,456 votes (37.49 per cent)
- *Mike Farnworth, BC NDP - 1,222 votes (31.46 per cent)
- Adam Bremner-Akins, BC Greens - 977 votes (25.15 per cent)
- Lewis Dahlby, Libertarian - 229 votes (5.90 per cent)
- Detailed results here
Port Moody-Burquitlam
- *Rick Glumac, BC NDP - 1,204 votes (40.36 per cent)
- Kerry van Aswegen, BC Conservatives - 1,013 votes (33.96 per cent)
- Samantha Agtarap, BC Greens - 766 votes (25.68 per cent)
- Detailed results here
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