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Conservatives flip three seats on Vancouver Island (cheknews.ca)

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 19 hours ago

I wouldn't quite put it as "Flip"

They managed to squeak in via vote splitting, their highest vote percentage was only 38.8%, with the lowest being 35.25%

In Nanaimo, the 3rd (NDP) and 4th(Green) candidate vote percentages together added up to more than the Conservatives, even if you ignore the Liberals in 2nd.

Every non-Conservative seat on the island won with a higher vote percentage than even the best Conservative seat.

The two Liberal wins on the island were 49.4% and 54.3% Elizabeth May(Green) got 39.1% And Gord Johns (NDP) got 39.6%