British Columbia's polarity shift: an election that changed the face of provincial politics

Although Premier David Eby's NDP eked out the narrowest of wins, the 2024 election saw the elimination of the existing 'free enterprise' option in favour of an insurgent BC Conservative party

Premier David Eby campaigning on the day before the election. The torrential rain was a good fit for an election that washed away long-held truths about BC politics.

• This election report first appeared December 18 in Inroads, a Montreal-based journal of opinion.

Torrential rains lashed British Columbia’s Lower Mainland on election day, October 19. The atm…