B.C. election: All but 3 NDP cabinet members projected to win re-election

All but 3 furniture ministers successful the past BC NDP authorities are projected to triumph re-election successful Saturday’s B.C. election.

The question present is whether they’ll get the accidental to instrumentality to their portfolios, arsenic the NDP stay successful a nail-biting contention with the BC Conservatives.

The erstwhile ministers projected to suffer their seats to Conservatives are ex-education and kid attraction curate Rachna Singh successful Surrey North, ex-agriculture curate Pam Alexis successful Abbotsford-Mission, and Bulkley-Valley-Stikine incumbent Nathan Cullen, who served arsenic curate of land, h2o and assets stewardship.

Cullen was a longtime national MP successful the country earlier helium was drafted into provincial authorities arsenic a prima campaigner successful 2020.

The remainder of BC NDP Leader David Eby’s past furniture was re-elected, galore of them by wide margins successful harmless NDP seats.

Niki Sharma, who served arsenic lawyer wide successful the past government, was the archetypal NDP campaigner of the nighttime projected to triumph her riding by Global News aft sweeping the contention successful Vancouver-Hastings.

In 1 of the most-watched races of the election, ex-children and household improvement curate Grace Lore defended her Victoria-Beacon Hill riding from a situation by BC Green Party Leader Sonia Furstenau.

Longtime fixtures of past NDP governments Mike Farnworth and Adrian Dix handedly won their Metro Vancouver ridings, arsenic did past ministers Bowinn Ma, George Chow, Ravi Kahlon, Jennifer Whiteside, Brenda Bailey, Anne Kang and Lisa Beare.

Another onetime NDP MP, Sheila Malcolmson, who antecedently served arsenic curate of societal improvement and poorness reduction, won re-election successful her caller riding of Nanaimo-Gabriola Island.

Former tourism curate Lana Popham and vigor curate Josie Osborne won their respective ridings of Saanich South and Mid Island-Pacific Rim.