VICTORIA — Elections BC says the New Democrats and Conservatives have nominated full slates of candidates for the upcoming Oct. 19 provincial election.
Elections BC says in a statement the two main parties will field candidates for each of the province's 93 ridings, while the Green Party nominated 69 candidates.
Nominations closed Saturday afternoon with 323 total candidates, of which 269 represent seven different political parties and 54 who are contesting the election as Independents or unaffiliated candidates.
Elections BC says the official list includes five Freedom Party of sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ hopefuls, four Libertarians, three representing the Communist Party of sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ and two candidates from the Christian Heritage Party of sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½
There are no BC United candidates.
BC United officials said earlier they might run some candidates in the election to preserve the party entity for the future after Leader Kevin Falcon announced the suspension of BC United's election campaign in late August to prevent a centre-right vote split.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 28, 2024.
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