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British Columbia’s next premier is Christy Clark.

Liberal party members, who spent the day casting ballots by telephone and on the party’s website, selected Clark by a slim margin — she received 4,420 points compared to 4,080 for Kevin Falcon on the third ballot.

Mike de Jong was dropped on the first ballot; George Abbot was dropped on the second ballot. Their supporters’ second choices were then distributed to the remaining candidates.

First round results were 3,209 points for Clark, 2,411 points for Falcon, 2,091 points for Abbott, and 789 points for de Jong.

Second round results were 3,575 points for Clark, 2,564 points for Falcon and 2,361 points for Abbott.

Clark needed 4,251 points to declare victory. Points are calculated out of 100 in each riding and then added up provincially.

B.C. Liberal members voted from 5 a.m. to 5 p.m. today.

The results were announced just after 6 p.m to an assembled room of party...See More


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