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“In the months leading up to David Eby’s snap election call, chaos reigned in the BC Conservative Party.”

“British Columbia voters elected a Conservative majority government on Saturday, after a snap election called by the NDP backfired.”

“Ontario Premier Doug Ford called a snap election last year on the basis he also needed a mandate to respond to economic threats posed by the Trump administration.”

“As is NDP Leader David Eby calling a snap election two years before a vote was expected, leaving her party scrambling, Ms.”

“Mike Hager: Scholars have told us that, though it could be seen as craven, calling the snap election two days after Kerry-Lynne Findlay was turfed as the Opposition leader and replaced on an interim basis by Lorne Doerkson is constitutional.”

“NDP Leader David Eby’s decision to call a snap election two years early and in the middle of the planned municipal election period has been denounced by local and opposition politicians.”

“The final list, published Sunday by Elections BC, consists of 355 candidates vying for seats in the Oct. 24 vote, with 340 representing 10 political parties and 15 candidates running as independents or unaffiliated.”

“In total, voters in the Vancouver suburb and B.C.’s second biggest city will have to sift through nearly 100 candidates for the municipal elections.”

““I knew the seriousness of the situation, of course, with rumours of a snap election being called, so at that point, I said yes.””

“Findlay called the prospect of a snap election a “cynical move” by a premier who knew she would win a Sept. 26 by-election in Abbotsford-Mission.”