B.C. Conservatives, NDP have full candidate slates, as vote count helps determine party finances
In the last provincial election, the B.C. Conservatives fielded just 19 candidates — and received less than 2 per cent of the vote.
“This is a party that a year and a half ago was in the low single digits for popular support and has not fielded a full slate of candidates in decades,” said Black, a political communications expert. The Official Opposition B.C. United, whose Leader Kevin Falcon last month ended the party’s campaign to avoid vote-splitting with the Conservatives, does not have any candidates listed by Elections BC, but said it planned to run some candidates to leave open a door to the party being resurrected for future elections.
Running a big slate of candidates is important for any major party, but not just for receiving votes this election — the total number of votes cast for a party’s candidates across the province helps determine its finances for the next election.
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