Surrey North Delta Leader, May 16, 2013

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Thursday May 16, 2013

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by Kevin Diakiw and Jeff Nagel A CROWD of about 200 B.C. NDP supporters at the

India Banquet Hall in Newton remained subdued throughout the night as early numbers pointing to their party’s defeat never let up. B.C. voters headed to the polls Tuesday in a much-anticipated contest that surprised pundits and pollsters with a B.C. Liberal majority government. In Surrey and North Delta, it wasn’t an “Orange Crush” – more like an “Orange Crash.” All early polling indicated the election would result in a huge NDP victory, showing at some points that the Liberals were as much as 19 points behind the New Democrats. However, the election – often called the only poll that matters – had other things in mind. The Liberals thundered through Surrey and North Delta, taking all but three seats in Surrey. Those included SurreyWhalley, which remained in Bruce Ralston’s care, Surrey-Green Timbers, DEFEATED: NDP’s which stayed with Sue Jagrup Brar in Hammell, and SurreySurrey-Fleetwood Newton which went to incumbent Harry Bains. Incumbent Jagrup Brar, the NDP MLA for Surrey-Fleetwood, lost to Langley City Mayor Peter Fassbender, who ran as a Liberal. Like a mismatched hockey game, where the home team is several goals behind, the crowd at the banquet hall became quiDEFEATED: NDP’s eter as the night went on. Sylvia Bishop in For most of the evening, Delta-North the only NDP candidate who showed up was Ralston, who early on looked like he was holding on to his riding. Ralston said a half-an-hour after the polls closed he expected the NDP to “do very well” in Surrey. He felt the party had a “very good chance” in Tynehead, Panorama and Cloverdale, saying, “Those would be pick-ups for us.” Those all went Liberal by the end of the night. It wasn’t until well after 9 p.m. that the remaining local NDP candidates trickled into the banquet hall.

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‘Orange Crash’ in Surrey, North Delta

B.C. Liberals sweep in to snatch 2 NDP seats

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Langley City Mayor Peter Fassbender celebrates at Eaglequest golf course after winning the riding of SurreyFleetwood for the B.C. Liberals, defeating the incumbent B.C. NDP MLA Jagrup Brar.

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