Robbie wrote: ↑Thu Oct 27, 2022 2:45 pm
With John Horgan stepping down, David Eby will be the next BC Premier on November 18, 2022. David Eby was essentially uncontested as the only other candidate in the 2022 BC NDP leadership election, Anjali Appadurai, was disqualified.
I wonder if Eby will call for a BC General Election soon and we'll see how it will affect the image of NDP party.
If Anjali Appadurai had won, she'd have put the gov't in a major bind. Her stated public policies were not NDP policy and if they changed course they'd have to call an election. The other way, would be to have an MLA give up their seat and that's hard these days with the rules so tight they can be prosecuted if they then appoint that person to a nice role.
The disqualification of Anjali Appadurai will be a key Kevin Falcon point of attack (that's his style). Doubt it will get many votes but will reinforce his base.
While it looks bad on the NDP, it appears that Appadurai was getting Greens and other climate organization members to sign up in large numbers to take over the NDP in violation of their rules. Those have been her words even after - join and take over the riding associations.
Three reasons we'll not likely see an early election:
1. The public didn't like Premier Horgan's early call (even though he won majority).
PM Trudeau federally lost majority gov't on his early call.
2. The NDP are in the same boat as the fed Lib gov't last time before they called our last fed election. Why risk losing seats when you still have a mandate.
3. David Eby has been a key minister in the Horgan government that has a clear mandate. He'd risk losing seats unnecessarily.