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B.C.’s large parties on track to field candidates in all ridings as deadline looms

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As British Columbia's election nomination deadline approaches on October 3, major parties like the New Democrats and Conservatives are poised to field candidates in all 93 ridings. As of September 30, Elections BC lists 43 official NDP candidates and 32 for the Conservatives, although both parties claim higher numbers online. In contrast, smaller parties such as CentreBC and OneBC have only one candidate each registered with Elections BC, while the Green Party has seven. These small parties emerged recently from a splintering of the B.C. Conservative Party, which narrowly missed forming government in the last election.

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As the October 3 nomination deadline for British Columbia’s election approaches, 93 ridings are expected to have candidates from major parties, though smaller parties are lagging behind. According to Elections BC, as of September 30, the B.C. New Democrats had 43 official candidates, while the Conservatives listed 32. Both parties claim their actual candidate counts are higher but did not provide specifics. Meanwhile, new parties CentreBC and OneBC have only one official candidate each, and the Green Party has registered seven candidates. Neither CentreBC nor OneBC existed during the last election in 2024; they emerged from a splintering of the B.C. Conservative Party which had come close to forming government but fell short by just a few seats.

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British Columbia’s CentreBC Elections BC OneBC the B.C. New Democrats

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CentreBC ORG · 2× Elections BC ORG · 2× OneBC ORG · 2× B.C. Conservative Party ORG · 1× British Columbia’s GPE · 1× Conservatives NORP · 1× Greens ORG · 1× the B.C. New Democrats ORG · 1×

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Neither CentreBC nor OneBC existed during the last election in 2024, but emerged as the fledgling B.C. Conservative Party splintered amid disagreements shortly after coming within a few seats of forming government.

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B.C.’s large parties on track to field candidates in all ridings as deadline looms · assertive framing

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The major parties running in British Columbia’s election appear to be on track to fill each of the 93 ridings, but smaller parties are struggling ahead of the Oct. 3 nomination deadline. asserted

parties → run → deadline

Elections BC lists 43 official candidates for the B.C. New Democrats, while there are 32 on the list for the Conservatives as of Sept. 30. asserted

BC → list → Sept.

Get breaking National news Both parties say on their websites that those numbers are much higher, but candidate figures for those running in the smaller parties remain in the single digits. asserted

figures → get → digits

CentreBC and OneBC have one official candidate each, while seven Greens candidates have been registered with Elections BC. asserted

candidates → have → BC

All three parties say their candidate count is higher than that, but all are under 20 each. asserted

all → say → 20

Party → exist → government