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B.C. Green Leader Sonia Furstenau loses seat after changing ridings

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 19 Oct, 2024 08:43 PM
  • B.C. Green Leader Sonia Furstenau loses seat after changing ridings

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. 

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