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   From: doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca   
      
   In article <3ipa8dlkedv5lr41qhk2pebgapd2f6uqn9@4ax.com>,   
   Greg Carr   wrote:   
   >Ben Stewart celebrates his Kelowna West byelection victory with   
   >supporters.   
   >Ben Stewart celebrates his Kelowna West byelection victory with   
   >supporters. (Brady Strachan / CBC)   
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   >B.C. Liberal Ben Stewart has easily won the Kelowna-West byelection,   
   >securing 7,692 votes, or just over 56 per cent of total votes cast.   
   >   
   >"I'm humbled by the fact that the people of Kelowna West ... saw fit   
   >to elect me as MLA to represent them in the coming years, and I look   
   >forward to doing it with the same effort that I put into it in the   
   >past," said Stewart at his victory party.   
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   >"I'll be in there like the rest of the MLAs, making certain that we   
   >hold [the government] accountable for every dollar they spend because   
   >they're going to spend lots."   
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   >Shelley Cook of the B.C. NDP finished second with 3,197 votes,   
   >followed by the Green Party's Robert Stupka in third with 1,727.   
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   >Mark Thompson of the B.C. Conservative Party received 898 votes ahead   
   >of Libertarian Kyle Geronazzo with 110.   
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   >Stewart gave up the seat for then-premier Christy Clark after she lost   
   >her Vancouver riding to the NDP in the 2013 provincial election.   
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   >Clark resigned as MLA for Kelowna-West on Aug. 4, just over a month   
   >after Premier John Horgan was sworn in. He took office after forming a   
   >historic alliance with the B.C. Green Party that followed a tumultuous   
   >provincial election.   
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   >Clark also resigned as leader of the B.C. Liberal party last summer,   
   >saying she was leaving politics and public life for good.   
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   >Horgan called for the byelection last month.   
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   >The Liberals have won the seat all five times it's been contested.   
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   >The win gives the Liberals the most seats in the Legislature with 42.   
   >The New Democrats have 41 seats along with the Greens who hold three.   
   >There is one independent member, former Liberal and current Speaker   
   >Darryl Plecas.   
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   >The Greens and NDP have an agreement of support in the Legislature and   
   >together hold 44 of 87 seats.   
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   >http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/b-c-liberals-ben   
   stewart-wins-kelowna-west-byelection-1.4535984   
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