CP NewsAlert: Elections BC looks into vote complaint in riding that gave NDP majority

By The Canadian Press on January 9, 2025.

B.C. Conservative Leader John Rustad holds a media availability following election results at the legislature in Victoria, Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito

VICTORIA – Elections BC says it is looking into a complaint of voting irregularities from a B.C. Conservative candidate in a riding narrowly won by the NDP, giving the government a one-seat majority in October’s provincial election.

It says the complaint was lodged by B.C. Conservative Honveer Singh Randhawa last Friday and it is “under review.”

Elections BC declared the NDP’s Garry Begg winner of the Surrey-Guildford riding by 22 votes over Randhawa after a judicial recount conducted by hand.

BC Conservative Leader John Rustad and Randhawa are scheduled to address a news conference this morning about “concerns emerging from the 2024 provincial election.”

More coming.