B.C. Conservatives gain a seat in final election count

VICTORIA — The B.C. Conservatives have gained another seat after the final count of votes in the October provincial election.

Conservative candidate David Xie reeled in NDP incumbent Paul Choi in Burnaby South-Metrotown, overcoming Choi’s 66-vote lead heading into the final count to win by 64 votes.

The final count across for the 93 ridings in the province included about 150,000 mail-in, phone and absentee ballots, while the narrowness of Choi’s previous lead also required a recount in Burnaby South-Metrotown.

The final tally extends the Conservatives’ majority, giving them 64 seats, the NDP 27 and the Greens two.