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CP NewsAlert: Eby loses B.C. election, quits as NDP leader

By Brenna Owen and Wolfgang Depner | The Canadian Press
October 24 2026 09:45 PM

CP NewsAlert: Eby loses B.C. election, quits as NDP leader | iNFOnews.ca — B.C. Conservative interim Leader Lorne Doerkson arrives during a provincial election campaign stop in Vancouver, on Friday, Oct. 23, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns

VANCOUVER — David Eby says he has offered his resignation as the leader of British Columbia’s NDP after his decision to call a snap provincial election backfired and the B.C. Conservatives led by Lorne Doerkson won a majority government.

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