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THURSDAY MAY 11, 2017
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N E W S P A P E R
ELECTION 2017
Darcy wins with a commanding lead While the NDP and Liberals are caught in a close provincial race, NewWest is steadfastly orange By Theresa McManus
tmcmanus@newwestrecord.ca
While many pundits predicted a horse race in New Westminster, NDP candidate Judy Darcy cruised to victory on election night. Elections B.C.’s preliminary results showed Darcy won with 12,923 votes (51.55 per cent) – nearly double the votes of her nearest challenger, Green candidate Jonina Campbell (6,358) and Liberal Lorraine Brett (5,333). Trailing behind were Social Credit candidate James Crosty with 280 votes and Libertarian Rex Brocki with 174 votes. “This is a victory for everybody who worked on this campaign and it’s a victory for the people we are fighting for,” Darcy told a jubilant crowd at her victory party. “It’s about the seniors in the care homes we visited who said, ‘I am being treated like dirt by this Christy Clark government, and I need a government that is going to stand up for me.’ It’s about those parents whose children who have been robbed for 16 years of quality public education and said, ‘We need a champion for public education.’ It’s about the renters and the people whose doors we would knock on and said, ‘I am going to be evicted, and I don’t know what is going to happen to me.’ With this victory, we are going to keep fighting for them.” Darcy credited her win to her record of working on issues that matter to the community, such as better health care, a rent bank and affordability issues. “I work hard every single day. I have never taken the seat for granted. Never. Not for one moment,” she said. “I work hard when I am in the legislature. I work hard when I am in the community. I work hard on the campaign.That’s who I am. It’s my responsibility to the community.” Darcy’s win continues New Westminster’s longstanding tradition of voting NDP representatives to Victoria.While the Liberals garnered 8,997 votes and the Greens had 2,252
TRIUMPHANT: At left, Judy Darcy celebrates a win with supporters at her campaign’s victory party on Tuesday night. Darcy cruised to victory - doubling the votes of her nearest challenger. Below, Green party candidate Jonina Campbell speaks to her supporters gathered at El Santo. According to preliminary results, Campbell finished the election in second place with 6,358 votes. B.C. Liberal candidate Lorraine Brett came in third with 5,333 votes. PHOTOS KEVIN HILL
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votes? /Pg. 3 " New West voter turnout stays steady /Pg. 3 " It was a squeaker in the ’Boro /Pg. 5 " Our view: What does the future hold? /Pg. 6
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