CASTLEGAR, B.C – UPDATED 12:00 AM PDT
The Liberals will head back to Parliament Hill with a minority government. The party has been elected or is leading in 156 ridings. Justin Trudeau has been re-elected in his home riding. The Conservatives have 122 ridings with leader Andrew Scheer re-elected. Jagmeet Singh won his seat and the NDP has 24 ridings. The Bloc Quebecois took 32 ridings. The People’s Party of Canada is not reporting and leader Maxime Bernier did not get re-elected in his riding. The only independent to take a seat tonight was Jody Wilson-Raybould in her Vancouver-Granville riding. Wilson-Raybould made the decision to run as an independent after being booted from the Liberal party over the SNC-Lavalin affair.
South Okanagan-West Kootenay Polls Reporting: 276/280
UNOFFICIAL RESULTS
Richard Cannings (NDP) 36.4%
Helena Konanz (Conservative) 35.3%
Connie Denesiuk (Liberal) 17.2%
Tara Howse (Green) 8.3%
Sean Taylor (People’s) 2.4%
Carolina Hopkins (IND) 0.5%
