Naomi wins!! Final count results

Much has been written by NDP apologists on why they did not win their heavily predicted victory in the BC election and locally why Craig Keating lost to Naomi Yamamoto.  The turnout was down, the Green Party stole the NDP votes or the NDP vote stayed home.

As the final count shows, this is all nonsense.

In 2009

10,323 BC Libs

7,789   NDP

1791    GP

862      CP

232      RP

20,994 Total

In 2013

11,060 BC Libs

9,872   NDP

2,257   GP

833      CP

156      Libertarian

77        BCP

71        Communist

23,326 Total

Voter turnout was up 2,362.  Naomi increased 737 and Craig by 2083.  Janice Harris who was the NDP 2009 candidate dropped Craig total of 2005 by about 1000 but still he got over 1100 more votes than last time.

The Green Party vote comes from both sides and Ryan increased 466 votes in an election where resource development was the big issue.  If there was no Green candidate, most would have stayed home having no trust in a union party that despite their promises, would go for the high paying union jobs.

The Conservatives actually went down in votes, more if you count Ron and Reform Party vote and the Libertarian and BC Party vote.   Craig did lose the 71 Communist Party votes, I wonder if Ron Sostad kept his promise to vote for Craig held when he was faced with a real Communist candidate.

If the NDP can't win an election like this in NVL, it's all over here for them.   Craig should think long and hard that all the people he packed into the City into rich condos he and his Vision North Van Party had built, didn't vote for him.  He created his own defeat.