Incumbent NDP MLA Bowinn Ma claims 46 per cent of the vote as her party goes from a majority to opposition status<\/p>\n
Bowinn Ma has been re-elected as MLA for North Vancouver-Lonsdale, earning fourth term in office.\u00a0<\/p>\n
With all ballot boxes\u00a0counted, Ma\u00a0finished with 10,221\u00a0votes (or 46.92\u00a0per cent). The Conservative Party of B.C.’s Trevor Withers finished with 9,044 votes (41.52 per cent), while BC Green Party’s Joshua A Singer Johnson raked in 2,477 votes (11.37 per cent).<\/p>\n
Ma watched the results come in from BC NDP watch party at the Marriot Pinnacle\u00a0Hotel in downtown Vancouver Saturday night with supporters and other NDP candidates.\u00a0<\/p>\n
It was a tight race between Ma and challenger Withers\u00a0as ballots were counted Saturday night.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ma has been the MLA for North Vancouver-Lonsdale since 2017, serving\u00a0as Minister of Emergency Management and Climate Readiness and, in her most recent term, Minister of Infrastructure.<\/p>\n
More to come…<\/p>\n
Abby Luciano is the Indigenous and civic affairs reporter for the North Shore News. This reporting beat is made possible by the Local Journalism Initiative<\/a>.<\/p>\n