The NDP won one riding by only nine votes, making a recount a certainty that will determine the difference between a minority and majority if it were to flip to the Liberals.
Political fundraising was a thorny campaign issue in the province The New York Times has called the "Wild West of Canadian political cash" because of "unabashedly cozy relationships between private interests and government officials".
It was the margin of victory - for now - for NDP candidate Ronna-Rae Leonard, who topped the Courtenay-Comox polls in Tuesday's provincial election with 37.15 per cent of the vote, edging Jim Benninger of the Liberals.
"This change can now be realized", May said in a statement Wednesday morning.
Clark said British Columbians sent a very strong message to all sides of the provincial legislature.
"Tonight, we won the popular vote, and we have also won the most seats", Ms. Clark told supporters at a BC Liberal Party gathering in Vancouver.
Clark noted that her party won the largest share of the popular vote as well as the most seats.
NDP leader John Horgan, meanwhile, is holding out hope that he will be premier once all ballots are counted, and recounted, by May 24.
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Ransoms paid so far amount to only tens of thousands of dollars, one analyst said, but he predicted they would rise. The attack froze computers at hospitals across the country, with some cancelling all routine procedures.
Weaver pegged the Green's historic breakthrough to his party giving something for British Columbians to vote for, not against - getting votes from both traditional Liberals and NDP supporters, and people who usually did not vote. "They voted for change". The Liberals haven't said yes to every pipeline, but they have said yes to the easiest one to approve: the expansion of the existing Trans Mountain line.
The Liberals would be able to pick a Speaker from their own ranks and still pass legislation without depending on support from the other parties.
But they will probably win 43 seats in the B.C. legislature, down from 47 when the election was called.
Canadian province British Columbia hasn't seen a party govern with a minority of the seats in parliament in more than 60 years, Kallanish Energy learns. The Liberals only need one more seat for a majority. "We knew breaking through that would be hard, and it was just insurmountable", said Macnair.
The final outcome of British Columbia's election will not be known until absentee ballots are counted.
Political newcomer Mitzi Dean, while clearly helped by the electoral track record of NDP predecessor Maurine Karagianis, has to be given full credit for handily defeating well-known Liberal candidate Barb Desjardins for the Esquimalt-Metchosin seat.
Liberal Leader Christy Clark claimed that she had won and that, as the party with the most seats - Liberals lead in 43 out of 87 ridings, one shy of a majority - she meant to govern. He also noted he was likely part of an election first, as the former conservation officer (who came to media fame for losing his job when he refused to exterminate two bear cubs) included the picture of a bear on his election signs. Horgan said the NDP would balance the budget by raising taxes on the top two per cent of earners and by using a $500-million "LNG prosperity fund" that Clark created out of general revenue.
Peter Fassbender, the Minister of Community, Sport and Cultural Development and the Minister Responsible for TransLink, has lost his seat, as has Suzanne Anton, the Minister of Justice.
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