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Langley candidates

Last Updated: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 | 12:27 PM PT

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Ron Abgrall

Ron AbgrallParty: Green Party of BC

Professional Background: Car Mechanic

Contact Information:

ronabgrall@hotmail.com

Mary Polak

polakParty: BC Liberals

Education: Langley Community Music School

Professional Background: Director of Operations for a small polling and research firm

Community Activity: Representative to the Lower Mainland Consortium of School Districts for Successful Settlement; Served as chair of the Council of British Columbia School Districts; Elected to the board of directors of the British Columbia School Trustees Association

Electoral/Political History: Elected to the Legislature in 2005 to represent Langley; Appointed to Cabinet as the Minister of Healthy Living and Sports in June 2008; Served as a trustee and former chair of the Surrey School Board

Contact Information:

778-278-2009

www.marypolak.ca

Kathleen Stephany

stephanyParty: BC NDP

Education: Diploma in Nursing (BCIT); BSN Degree (UVIC); BA in Psychology (SFU); MA in Psychology (SFU); PhD in Psychology (BSU)

Professional Background: Currently a Professor at Douglas College, teaching courses in Mental Health, Addictions and Applied Professional Ethics to 3rd year BSN students; Practicing RN in BC and a Certified Canadian Counsellor with the Canadian Counselling Association & Psychologists

Community Activity: Developed a program for Langley Family Services to assist Pregnant and Parenting teens in 1994-1995; provided counselling for Langley, Youth & Family Services 2002 – 2003

Electoral/Political History: Green Party Candidate in the 2005 Provincial election - Came in 7th overall in the 79 ridings for the Greens.

Contact Information:

604-534-6360

kabs@shaw.ca

www.kathleenstephany@bcndp.ca

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Overall Results

Overall Election Results
Party Elected Leading Total
Updated: May. 13, 2009, 1:16 AM PDT
LIB 49 0 49
NDP 36 0 36
GRN 0 0 0
CON 0 0 0
OTH 0 0 0

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All results are unofficial until final ballot counts are verified by Elections B.C.

STV referendum overall results

Question: Which electoral system should British Columbia use to elect members to the provinical Legislative Assembly?

  • The existing system (First-Past-the-Post)
  • The single transferable vote electorial system (BC-STV) proposed by the Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform

Electoral District Vote

BC-STV

First-Past-the-Post

51 RIDINGS

 
 
 

Ridings 7/85

Ridings 78/85

Updated: May. 13, 2009, 1:16 AM PDT

85/85 ridings reporting

Total Popular Vote

BC-STV

First-Past-the-Post

MAJORITY 60%

 
 
 

560,430 votes | 38.82%

883,259 votes | 61.18%

Updated: May. 13, 2009, 1:16 AM PDT

What it needs to win:

For the referendum to be binding, the approval level must be:

  1. more than 50% of the votes in at least 51 of the province's 85 electoral districts, AND
  2. at least 60% of the total popular vote, province-wide.

If the two thresholds are met, government is required to introduce legislation to implement BC-STV in sufficient time for it to be in place for the May 2013 General Election.

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