Monday, October 21, 2019 ~ ESQUIMALT-SAANICH-SOOKE
by Mary P Brooke ~ West Shore Voice News
With a good chunk of preliminary results now in (9:42 pm), NDP incument Randall Garrison has been re-elected in Esquimalt-Saanich-Sooke.
More to come. We’re heading out to interview Randall in person tonight.
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh has won in Burnaby South. The NDP have achieved 25 seats (down from 39 at the dissolution of the 42nd parliament). Singh wants to “play a positive and productive role in the new parliament”, he said in his victory speech tonight.
Esquimalt-Saanich-Sooke was hotly contested. David Merner (Green) has come in second, third place taken by Randall Pewarchuk (Conservative), and fourth place by Jamie Hammond (Liberal).NL