B.C. Green Leader Sonia Furstenau loses seat after changing ridings
Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 19 Oct, 2024 08:43 PM
Green Party Leader Sonia Furstenau has lost her seat in the legislature after changing ridings to Victoria-Beacon Hill.
Furstenau lost to Grace Lore, the minister of children and family development in the previous NDP government.
The Green leader was first elected 2017, when her party played a key roll in helping the New Democrats form government with a confidence and supply agreement between the two parties.
McCallum is being challenged for the top job by seven contenders, including three former members of Parliament and a once-loyal councillor who defected from McCallum's Safe Surrey Coalition to challenge the policies she'd initially supported. Voters will cast their ballots on Saturday to elect a mayor, eight councillors and six school trustees.
“ABC is proud to be running the most qualified team of candidates in this election. Our team has the skill and experience needed to address the major challenges we see at City Hall today”-Ken Sim, ABC Mayoral Candidate
In Uttarakhand, the BJP is leading in 41 seats with 44 per cent vote share while the principal opposition party Congress is leading in 26 constituencies with 39.3 per cent vote share. The BSP is leading in one seat with 4.08 per cent vote share while two independents are also leading there.
In a major embarrassment for two-time Punjab Chief Minister and Congress rebel Capt Amarinder Singh in a fag-end of his political career, he faced a humiliating defeat from AAP's greenhorn Ajit Pal Kohli with over 13,000 votes on Thursday from his stronghold Patiala (Urban), the seat that he has won for four consecutive terms since 2002 when he first contested.
New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) As trends show that the BJP is set to regain all the four states it was ruling and the Congress is on the verge of losing Punjab, the spotlight now shifts to leadership and the team which was operating behind the scenes, whether for Rahul Gandhi or Priyanka Gandhi Vadra. Fingers will be pointed at the teams and leadership of Rahul and Priyanka.