NDP bucks byelection trends to win big in Nanaimo

The BC NDP have retained their slender hold on power as their candidate easily won last night's provincial byelection in Nanaimo. It means the NDP-Green alliance still controls 44 seats in the legislature to the 42 seats held by the BC Liberals . But the victory comes at high cost to the BC Greens as that party fell to about seven per cent of the vote from the 20 per cent it captured in the last general election.

Guest: Andrew Wilkinson

Leader of the British Columbia Liberal Party

Guest: Keith Baldrey

Global BC Legislative Bureau Chief

Guest: Alise Mills

Media commentator and political analyst

The BC NDP have retained their slender hold on power as their candidate easily won last night's provincial byelection in Nanaimo. It means the NDP-Green alliance still controls 44 seats in the legislature to the 42 seats held by the BC Liberals . But the victory comes at high cost to the BC Greens as that party fell to about seven per cent of the vote from the 20 per cent it captured in the last general election.

Guest: Andrew Wilkinson

Leader of the British Columbia Liberal Party

Guest: Keith Baldrey

Global BC Legislative Bureau Chief

Guest: Alise Mills

Media commentator and political analyst