What kind of moment: Politics·, Parliamentary election
2026 British Columbia general election: Conservative Party of British Columbia wins a majority
Voters went to the polls on 24 October 2026. Lorne Doerkson became Premier. Lorne Doerkson's Conservative Party of British Columbia won a majority, 63 of 93 seats. David Eby came second with 28.
Seats: 93 seats in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
Turnout: 48.14%
47 for a majority
63Conservative Party of British Columbia
The result
Seats, change and vote share as the results table of 2026 British Columbia general election gives them; the change is against the seats it lists for the previous election.
Readers: each leader's busiest day around the vote, against their own usual readership. A leader the record names whose busiest day falls in the vote's days was read for the vote.
Party and leaderChangeVoteReaders vs usualSeats
The small line: each leader's readers over these days. The figure: their busiest day against usual.
1Conservative Party of British ColumbiaLorne Doerkson (interim)▲ +19 seats19 more than last time48.06%63 seats
2David Eby▼ −19 seats19 fewer than last time37.37%32× usual28 seats
David Eby: readers a day, peak 52.2K on 25 Oct · 32× usual
The 2026 British Columbia general election was held on October 24, 2026, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of 44th Parliament of the Canadian province of British Columbia.
