BC Conservatives Win Majority in 2026 Election, Doerkson Ends Nine Years of NDP Government

The Conservative Party of British Columbia won a majority government in the provincial election on Saturday, October 24, 2026, ending nine years of NDP government in the province. The party, led by Lorne Doerkson, took control of the Legislative Assembly for the first time since the 1928 election, according to the results reported on election night.

Doerkson went into the vote as interim leader. He took the role on September 20, 2026, after the previous leader, Kerry-Lynne Findlay, resigned, and the party fought the campaign weeks after a leadership crisis that had engulfed it. Wikipedia lists David Eby as premier before the election and Doerkson as premier-designate after it.

Leading in 61 ridings on election night

As of 9:19 PM Pacific Time on October 24, BC Ballot, reporting results sourced to Elections BC, had the Conservatives ahead in 61 ridings, the BC NDP ahead in 30 and the BC Green Party ahead in 2, with results in all 93 of 93 ridings. A majority in the Legislative Assembly requires 47 seats, so the leading count put the Conservatives well past the line they needed. Those figures are leading counts from election night, not final elected seat totals, and the final totals will come from Elections BC as the calls are completed.

The popular vote pointed the same way. A Wikipedia reporting snapshot at 9:29 PM Pacific Time, with 54.05 percent reporting, listed the Conservatives at 510,551 votes, or 47.97 percent, the NDP at 400,737 votes, or 37.65 percent, and the Greens at 116,573 votes, or 10.95 percent.

A snap election called two years early

Premier David Eby called the election on September 22, 2026, two years early. Lieutenant Governor Wendy Lisogar-Cocchia dropped the writs that day after Eby advised dissolution, and voters elected all 93 seats in the Legislative Assembly on October 24. The campaign took place amid instability inside the opposition Conservative Party, which stood in the election with Doerkson as interim leader and still won.

The deficit waits for the new government

The new government takes office with a hard fiscal problem in front of it. British Columbia is forecasting a deficit of 13.8 billion dollars for the 2026-27 fiscal year, according to the province September financial update. The Conservatives promised more than 11 billion dollars in tax relief during the campaign, and their own plan still projects a deficit of approximately 10.8 billion dollars in 2029-30. How Doerkson handles that gap, between tax relief on one side and a large deficit on the other, is the first test of the majority he won on Saturday night.