As more races in B.C. are called, a picture is emerging of what the distribution of seats will look like in the province, with significant losses for the NDP. Here are the latest developments. 11:50 p.m. PDT: These are the ridings that are too close to call As midnight approaches on the West Coast, there are still eight ridings in B.C. that the CTV News Decision Desk has not yet called. More results may trickle in overnight, and will be reflected in the interactive map on CTVNews.ca. At the time of writing, none of the uncalled ridings meet the criteria for triggering an automatic recount under Elections Canada rules. 10:55 p.m. PDT: Metro Vancouver mostly red The Liberals are leading or elected in the majority of districts in the province’s most populous region. Liberal candidates have been elected in eight of the 22 ridings in Metro Vancouver, and are leading in seven others. One NDP candidate has been elected in the region and another is leading. The Conservatives are leading in three ridings. 10:45 p.m. PDT: NDP hangs on to single seat on Vancouver Island Only one of five NDP incumbents running on Vancouver Island has won re-election. Gord Johns held on to the Courtenay-Alberni riding, securing 38.9 per cent of the votes with 90.9 per cent of polls reporting. The NDP’s loss is largely the Conservatives’ gain. Three New Democrat incumbents were ousted by Tories. Last election, the Island had six ridings. This year there are seven. The Conservatives have won three seats, the Liberals two, the NDP one, and the Greens one. 10:25 p.m. PDT: Watch Jagmeet Singh’s concession speech 10:15 p.m. PDT: Nailbiter of a night for veteran B.C. NDP candidates Don Davies and Peter Julian – two veteran NDP MPs seeking re-election in Metro Vancouver ridings – are facing the potential of being unseated in their ridings. Davies was first elected as an MP in 2008 and is locked in a tight race with Liberal candidate Amy Gill. Julian, who was first elected in 2004, is in a close three-way contest with Conservative candidate Indy Panchi and Liberal candidate Jake Sawatzky. In what has been a catastrophic night for the New Democrats, Jenny Kwan has held onto her seat in Vancouver East, where she was first elected a decade ago. 10 p.m. PDT: Former Vancouver mayor Gregor Robertson wins seat for Liberals Former mayor of Vancouver Gregor Robertson has been elected in the Vancouver Fraserview-South Burnaby riding. The CTV News Decision Desk declared his victory with 47.6 per cent of the vote and 85 per cent of polls reporting. Robertson eked out Conservative contender Avi Nayyar (39 per cent) and the NDP’s Manoj Bhangu (10.8 per cent). 9:50 p.m. PDT: Controversial candidate Aaron Gunn wins seat on Vancouver Island Aaron Gunn, the Conservative candidate who courted controversy with comments about Canada’s residential schools, has been elected in the British Columbia riding of North Island-Powell River. CTV News has declared Gunn the winner in the Vancouver Island riding, defeating New Democrat incumbent Tanille Johnston, Liberal challenger Jennifer Lash and Green candidate Jessica Wegg. During the election campaign, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre rejected calls to remove Gunn as a candidate after several Indigenous and municipal leaders demanded his removal from the ballot. 9:45 p.m. PDT: NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh to step down Jagmeet Singh says he will step down as the leader of the NDP as soon as new interim leader is chosen. Singh conceded defeat in his British Columbia riding of Burnaby Central and the party is at risk of losing official party status. The Canadian Press 9:33 p.m. PDT: Gregor Robertson leads in Vancouver riding Gregor Robertson, the former mayor of Vancouver, appears poised to make a triumphant return to politics. The first-time federal candidate has a strong lead in the Vancouver Fraserview-South Burnaby riding with 47.5 per cent of the vote versus Conservative challenger Avi Nayyar’s 39.5 per cent. When he announced his candidacy Robertson said he was personally invited to run by Liberal Leader Mark Carney. Robertson was an MLA with the B.C. NDP for three years before serving as Vancouver mayor between 2008 and 2018. 9:20 p.m. PDT: It’s not looking good for Singh While a winner has not yet been declared in the new riding of Burnaby Central, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh appears headed for defeat. With 40 per cent of polls reporting, Singh was running a distant third in the riding, more than 4,000 votes behind Liberal candidate Wade Chang. Chang was leading Conservative candidate James Yan by nearly 900 votes. Singh first won the former Burnaby South riding in a 2019 byelection and held the seat in 2021, but he was unable to overcome his party’s poor performance across the country this year. 9:10 p.m. PDT: Conservative gains in the Okanagan The Conservatives are set to pick up two ridings in the Okanagan, CTV News declares. Helena Konanz has been elected in Similkameen—South Okanagan—West Kootenay, which has been redrawn since the NDP carried it in 2021, when it was known as South Okanagan—West Kootenay. NDP candidate Linda Sankey was a distant third in the riding with 75 per cent of polls reporting. Konanz was leading runner-up Liberal candidate Gloria Morgan by more than 2,000 votes. Elsewhere in the region, CTV News has declared that Conservative Scott Anderson will win the new riding of Vernon—Lake Country—Monashee. Anderson was leading Liberal Anna Warwick Sears by more than 3,000 votes with 58 per cent of polls counted. 9:10 p.m. PDT: NDP suffers first loss in B.C. For the first time in more than 20 years, a Liberal has been elected in Victoria, CTV News declared. Will Greaves has taken 48.3 per cent of the vote with 55 per cent of polls reporting, defeating NDP incumbent Laurel Collins. Collins won in 2021 with 43.9 per cent of the vote. Vancouver Island is expected to play a crucial role in determining the fate of the NDP in B.C. When Parliament dissolved, the NDP held five ridings on the Island, five on the Lower Mainland and two elsewhere in the province. 8:52 p.m. PDT: Green Party’s Elizabeth May re-elected in B.C. Elizabeth May, co-leader of the Green Party of Canada, will return to the House of Commons after winning re-election in her British Columbia riding. CTV News declares May will serve a fifth term representing Saanich-Gulf Islands after defeating Conservative challenger Cathie Ounsted, Liberal candidate David Beckham and New Democrat Colin Plant. Read more: Green Party co-leader Elizabeth May re-elected in B.C. 8:50 p.m. PDT: Former MLA Mike de Jong fails to win election as Independent Mike de Jong has lost his bid for election as an Independent, CTV News has declared. The longtime B.C. MLA – who was rejected by the Conservatives during the nomination period – failed to capture the seat in his riding of Abbotsford-South Langley. CTV News has declared the riding for Conservative Sukhman Gill, a 25-year-old businessman and blueberry farmer. Read more: Former B.C. MLA Mike de Jong fails election bid as Independent 8:30 p.m. PDT: Liberal Taleeb Noormohamed first MP elected in Metro Vancouver The CTV News Decision Desk declares Liberal Taleeb Noormohamed re-elected in Vancouver-Granville. Noormohamed was first elected in 2021 to the seat vacated by Jody-Wilson Raybould. He won that election with 37.2 per cent of the vote. With 30.2 per cent of polls reporting, Noormohamed has 53.6 per cent of the vote. 8:20 p.m. PDT: Conservatives win Kamloops riding CTV News declares Conservative MP Frank Caputo has been re-elected in his Kamloops-Thompson-Nicola riding. Caputo had garnered 43.5 per cent of the vote by 8:20 p.m., enough to defeat Liberal challenger Iain Currie who had earned 17.7 per cent of the counted ballots Caputo was first elected in the riding in 2021. 8:10 p.m. PDT: First B.C. MP declared elected The CTV News Decision Desk declares Bob Zimmer re-elected in Prince George—Peace River—Northern Rockies. The incumbent Conservative is the first MP elected in British Columbia in 2025. With only a handful of polls reporting, Zimmer was receiving more than 75 per cent of the vote. In 2021, he received 59.3 per cent of votes in the riding. Ian Holliday, CTVNewsVancouver.ca reporter 8:05 p.m. PDT: Elizabeth May says Greens ‘more needed than ever’ It’s been a rough road to election day for the Green Party after they were excluded from leaders debates, denying them a crucial national audience. But co-leader Elizabeth May remains optimistic, saying the Greens are “more needed than ever” as she brushes aside national polling that “has never accurately predicted” whether and where the party wins seats. The Greens are trying to hold onto two ridings, one being May’s B.C. seat of Saanich-Gulf Islands that she’s held since 2011. May is facing a stiff challenge as her share of the vote has dropped from almost 55 per cent in 2015 to just under 38 per cent last election. She says she has never taken anything for granted, but adds the outcome in her riding was more uncertain in 2011, and she’s “hopeful” the Greens will return to Ottawa with a bigger caucus. The Canadian Press 7:52 p.m. PDT: CTV News declares a Liberal minority The Liberal Party’s path to a majority government has closed. The CTV News Decision Desk has declared Canada’s next government will be a Liberal minority. This will be the third consecutive federal election to end with the Liberals claiming the most seats but falling short of majority territory. The Conservative Party of Canada will remain the Official Opposition. Ian Holliday, CTVNewsVancouver.ca reporter 7: 10 p.m. PDT: CTV News declares a Liberal win minutes after polls close in B.C. The results in B.C. won’t impact who forms government after all. “Can I just say how exciting it is that we could be deciding the election here in B.C.?” former premier Christy Clark asked a CTV News panel just after 7 p.m. Less than a minute later, CTV News declared a Liberal win. Lisa Steacy, CTVNewsVancouver.ca reporter 7 p.m. PDT: Polls close in B.C. as results flood in from Ontario, Quebec The polls have closed in British Columbia. Advance voting in B.C. saw long lineups and high turnout as more than 1.1 million cast their ballots early – an increase of roughly 35 per cent from 2021. Overall turnout in B.C. in 2021 was 61.2 per cent and it remains to be seen if a surge in early voters will translate to higher overall turnout in this election. Lisa Steacy, CTVNewsVancouver.ca reporter 6:23 p.m. PDT: Green Party Co-Leader arrives at headquarters Elizabeth May – one of two B.C.-based party leaders whose seats are at risk – has arrived at her party’s headquarters on Vancouver Island with polls set to close in just over half an hour. May was the first Green Party MP elected in Canada in 2011 and the race in the Saanich-Gulf Islands riding is one of the B.C. battlegrounds CTV News will be watching closely tonight. Reporter Robert Buffam will be live with the Green Party throughout the evening to see if May will hang on to her seat. 6:07 p.m. PDT: B.C. results expected as polls close in less than an hour Polls in British Columbia are set to close in just under an hour, when CTV News will begin providing live results from the province’s 43 federal ridings. There are 35 incumbents running for re-election in B.C., opening the door to a potential wave of western newcomers in the next government. Among the incumbents whose seats may be in jeopardy are those of Green Party Co-Leader Elizabeth May, who cast her ballot Monday in Sidney, B.C., and Jagmeet Singh, the New Democrat leader who is facing a serious challenge from both the Conservative and Liberal candidates in the Burnaby Central riding. Elections Canada has warned that some electors are having difficulties accessing the agency’s website to check their polling station or voter information. Anyone still having trouble accessing the site is urged to call Elections Canada at 1-800-463-6868. Preliminary results from Atlantic Canada are showing a tight race between the Liberals and Conservatives, with the governing Liberals leading in 22 ridings and the Conservatives leading in 10, according to the latest CTV News projections. Todd Coyne, CTVNewsVancouver.ca reporter 6:05 p.m. PDT: Vancouver Island, Lower Mainland crucial to NDP’s fate in B.C. Pollster Nik Nanos says the Liberals look like they could gain ground on the Lower Mainland while the Conservatives could pick up seats on Vancouver Island, saying the outcomes in these two regions could “make or break” the NDP. At dissolution, the New Democrats held 12 seats in the province and many of those are considered up for grabs. Lisa Steacy, CTVNewsVancouver.ca reporter 5:17 p.m. PDT: How are votes counted and when will results be known? The first polls closed in Canada’s 45th federal election at 4 p.m. PT, which is 8:30 p.m. in Newfoundland. Over the coming hours, as polls close in Ontario and Quebec at 6:30 p.m. PT and in B.C. at 7 p.m. PT, poll workers across the country will begin opening ballot boxes to count, by hand, the accumulated votes. While provincial and municipal elections in B.C. use electronic tabulators to perform the initial count, Elections Canada continues to perform analog counts. The process involves the election officer inspecting the vote and reading aloud the name that’s marked on it, while being observed by the candidates or their representatives. For those who have already voted at advance polls, sealed ballot boxes containing their votes have been securely stored at local Elections Canada offices. Normally, those ballots may be counted up to an hour before polling stations close - but due to the record advance voting turnout this year, they will be counted two hours early in most ridings. Once counted, the results will be posted onto the Elections Canada website before being announced by the media. Ian Holliday, CTVNewsVancouver.ca reporter, with files from CTV News Vancouver’s Mina Kerr-Lazenby 5:05 p.m. PDT: Vancouver Islanders enthusiastic on election day After five weeks of campaigning, eligible voters on Vancouver Island are turning out in droves to join a record 7.3 million people who took part in advance polls and have their say in Canada’s federal election. “Every desk had somebody at it,” says Esquimalt-Saanich-Sooke voter Wendy Jones. “I think everybody really wants to vote in this election, so I hope everybody does come out.” Folks at island-based polls in Victoria, Saanich and Nanaimo found the process of voting quick and smooth at their respective stations. Federal party leaders made multiple stops on the island during the 35-day campaign period, with the Liberals and Conservatives each hoping to take advantage of poor polling for the New Democratic Party in an area that has been their stronghold in recent years. At dissolution, the NDP held 24 seats in Parliament, and 12 of them were located in B.C. Five of the six seats on Vancouver Island in the 2021 election were won by New Democrats, with the sixth going to Green Party Co-Leader Elizabeth May. Ian Holliday, CTVNewsVancouver.ca reporter, with files from CTV News Vancouver Island’s Yvonne Raymond 5 p.m. PDT: Many B.C. seats far from safe There are 43 seats up for grabs in British Columbia in Monday’s federal election, which polls and pundits have overwhelmingly painted as two-way race between the Liberals and the Conservatives. When Parliament dissolved, the Conservatives and Liberals each held 14 seats, the NDP had 12, the Green Party held one and one was vacant. Cratering poll numbers for the New Democrats mean many B.C. seats are considered far from safe, and two federal party leaders could be out of a job by the end of the night. NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh will fight to hold onto a seat in Parliament while the party’s status hangs in the balance. In 2021, he won Burnaby South with 40.3 per cent of the vote; second place went to the Liberals with 30.4 per cent. Singh is running in the newly constituted Burnaby Central riding. Green Party Co-Leader Elizabeth May will be battling to keep her seat in Saanich-Gulf Islands and is the only incumbent member of her party running in 2025. In 2021, May won with 37.6 per cent of the vote; second place went to the Conservative candidate who got 22.5 per cent. The Greens were excluded from the debates this election after the commissioner determined the party did not meet the criteria. Advance voter turnout was strong in British Columbia, where more than 1.1 million people cast ballots, up about 35 per cent from 2021 when 813,000 people voted in advance. Voters headed to the polls Monday did so in the wake of a devastating attack on a Filipino community festival where 11 people were killed and dozens more were injured. The tragedy prompted responses from all federal leaders, who offered condolences and adjusted their campaign plans. Lisa Steacy, CTVNewsVancouver.ca reporter, with files from The Canadian Press
