Here’s the latest on British Columbia’s wet and wild election

By The Canadian Press, The Canadian Press on October 19, 2024.

British Columbians have gone to the polls on an election day marked by torrential rain and high winds across much of the province.

Here’s the latest on the race to form the next provincial government between the New Democrats, led by David Eby, and John Rustad’s B.C. Conservatives, with Green Leader Sonia Furstenau hoping her party can maintain a presence in the legislature:

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5:45 p.m.

An election-day storm stalled voting in several areas of the province.

Torrential rain and high winds knocked out power to voting places in more than half a dozen locations.

Voters on Haida Gwaii, on Denman, Hornby and Mayne islands, in Kamloops, the Bulkley Valley, Langley and Port Moody had to delay their votes because of power outages.

The lights remain out at Alexander Robinson Elementary school in the riding of Maple Ridge East and election officials are on site to direct voters to other polling stations.

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This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 19, 2024.

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