British Columbia Conservatives on course for first outright win since 1928

British Columbia’s Conservatives are projected to form a majority government after the 24 October 2026 election — their first outright provincial election victory since 1928. That 98-year gap supports the “almost 100 years” description in a news headline shared by Donald Trump.

Elections BC’s preliminary figures on 25 October put the Conservatives ahead in 64 of the province’s 93 constituencies, comfortably above the 47 needed for a majority. The New Democratic Party (NDP) led in 27 and the Greens in two. The Conservatives had 48.1% of valid votes counted, against 37.4% for the NDP.

The Canadian Press projected a Conservative majority and reported that Premier David Eby had conceded defeat and announced his resignation as NDP leader. Interim Conservative leader Lorne Doerkson is set to succeed him as premier, ending nine years of NDP government.

The official totals remain preliminary. Postal votes and some absentee ballots are counted later, with Elections BC’s final count planned for 6–10 November.

Trump repeated the Just the News headline, “Conservative Party wins in British Columbia for first time in almost 100 years”, in a 25 October Truth Social post, according to the Trump’s Truth archive. His post consisted of the headline and a link, without further commentary.

The linked article itself makes a separate error: it identifies the winner as the “Conservative Party of Canada”. Elections BC’s register names Doerkson’s provincial party as the Conservative Party of British Columbia. The mistaken name appears in the article, not the headline Trump shared.

Eby called the early election on 22 September. He initially said it was needed to tackle the challenge posed by Trump, but later emphasised the frustrations of governing with a one-seat majority, The Canadian Press reported. Doerkson had taken over the Conservatives’ interim leadership just two days before the election call and brought several defecting legislators back to the party.

The result also puts a change in energy policy on the horizon. Reuters reported that the Conservatives had pledged to double natural gas production by 2032, end emissions limits and replace the province’s carbon-tax framework. Those are campaign promises, not measures already enacted.

The nearly century-long comparison concerns an outright provincial election victory, rather than coalition participation or individual seat wins. The Conservatives had already won 44 of 93 seats in the 2024 election, when the NDP took 47. What the projected result changes is their ability to form a majority government on their own — the milestone that makes the 98-year comparison valid.