New Democratic candidates won both seats in Wednesday's provincial byelections in Vancouver-CBC NEWS
Burrard and Vancouver-Fairview, according to initial counts by Elections B.C. The NDP's Spencer Herbert, a former park board commissioner, beat Liberal Arthur Griffiths in the formerly Liberal riding of Vancouver-Burrard after all polls had reported. Herbert received 6,516 votes while Griffiths received 4,841 votes after all 195 polls had reported. Drina Alicia Read of the Green Party of B.C. got 686 votes.
The Vancouver-Fairview riding will remain in NDP hands after NDP candidate Jenn McGinn trumped the Liberal party's Margaret MacDiarmid, as of the initial count in that riding. McGinn got 5,487 votes while MacDiarmid got 4,779 votes after all 149 polls had reported. Jane Sterk of the Green Party of B.C. got 856 votes. Elections B.C. officials said voter turnout for each riding was low, reaching only 22 per cent in Vancouver-Burrard and 26 per cent in Vancouver-Fairview.
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