As of midnight on Sunday, October 20th, 2024 --  Lorne Doerksen was successfully re-elected in the newly expanded provincial riding of Cariboo-Chilcotin in an vote count of 13,412 vs Micheal Moses of the BC NDP who received 5,731 votes.  In terms of percentages: MLA-elect Doerksen received 70.06% of all votes cast vs 29.94% of all votes cast for Micheal Moses.  Vote counting has been suspended until later Sunday.  At this stage: all Advanced Votes have been counted while 38 of 41 ballot boxes on General Voting Day have been counted Meanwhile in Prince George-North Cariboo: Sheldon Clare of the BC Conservatives' was elected vs incumbent Independent candidate Coralee Oakes by a vote count of 11,262 vs 4,296 (Clare/Oakes).  All ballots boxes (Advanced/General Voting) have been fully counted.  MLA-elect Clare received 57.08% of all votes cast vs 21.78% of all votes cast for Coralee Oakes  All preliminary vote results can be accessed at the Elections BC website at https://electionsbcenr.blob.core.windows.net/electionsbcenr/Results_7097_GE-2024-10-19_Candidate.html At this stage:    BC NDP have been elected or leading in 46 seats  BC Conservatives have been elected or leading in 45 seats BC Greens have been elected or leading in 2 seats  Next steps: * Final count starts on Saturday, October 26th, 2024  * Automatic re-count in ridings where vote different between candidates is 100 or less * Possibility of judicial recounts (where accepted and ultimately decided by the BC Supreme Court)  * Writs of Election for all 93 BC Legislature seats due to BC's Chief Electoral Officer no later than Tuesday, November 5th, 2024  

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