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BC Liberal Larson takes riding
as we have, other than the fact that I did make an effort to be in every riding more than once,â Larson said. Linda Larson of the BC Liberals When asked what issues were at has taken the Boundary-Similkathe top of her agenda, Larson said meen and will be the ridingâs new it was hard to pick one as every area MLA. she visited had concerns, however Larson received 7,853 votes out she did say that she was aware of of 16,947 preliminary votes and some concerns in the area. took 46.34 per cent of the popular âIâve got quite a lot from the vote. She became the BC Liberal (local) area. Certainly by talking candidate earlier in the year, after to people, there are a couple of really good documents that have been put together on rural British Columbia and lots of people in the Grand Forks and Christina Lake area that were involved in those,â Larson said. âI spoke to the people who are looking at the community forest and woodlots and there seems to be some potential there provided that they can get some of the regulations shifted in their direction. Iâm hopeful there is something I can move forward for everybody,â she said. BC NDP Sam Hancheroff, like Larson, came onto the scene late and took 6,656 total votes, or 39.28 per Linda Larson (left) of the BC Liberals is the new MLA for the Boundary-Similkameen. cent of the popular Larson is pictured here at a cafe in Grand Forks during her campaign. vote. it was announced that former MLA John Slater would not be seeking reelection. âIt was difficult because months ago, we started, I would say, behind considerably. With one thing or another, this riding had some real upheaval and we started with nothing and with a small team of volunteers to begin with, we were able to make contact and I canât nail down one particular reason why we did as well
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Hancheroff conceded to Larson late Tuesday night and said it was a learning experience. âIâd like to thank all the people who took the time to listen to me and talk to me throughout the month of the campaign,â Hancheroff said. âI felt there were a lot of important things I learned from this scenario from talking to people.â âI felt I did the best I possibly could with the folks that I work with. They did a fantastic job,â he said.
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John Kwasnica of the Green Party of BC received 1,481 total votes as of press time (8.74 per cent of popular vote) while Independents Mischa Popoff received 608 votes (3.59 per cent) and Doug Pederson received 349 (2.06 per cent). Final voting results will not be available until after the conclusion of the final count, which begins on May 27 according to Elections BC.