WATCH: MEET RANDEEP SARAI LIBERAL CANDIDATE FOR SURREY CENTRE
Darpan News Desk Darpan, 16 Sep, 2021 10:22 AM
WATCH: With the federal election in its homestretch, local politicians are seeking re-election. Election night is Monday, Sept 20th. Darpan caught up with Liberal party MP for Surrey Centre Randeep Sarai on why he should be re-elected.
Wilkinson resigned as leader of the BC Liberals two days after the party's utterly disappointing performance in decades on election night but said he would step down once a replacement is found. It's not clear whether he is resigning right away.
While final figures won't be known until post-election processing has been completed, Elections BC says more than 1.9 million voters cast their ballots.
On election night, the riding went to the B.C. Green party, giving the party its first seat on the mainland, but an unprecedented number of mail-in ballots saw Sturdy win by just 41 votes.
The GOP appears poised to claim Alaska and North Carolina, the two other seats still up in the air, but would remain one shy of the 51 needed for a majority.
A huge barrier has been broken with gates of opportunities flooded open for young girls and women who have dreams of making it big in politics with Kamala Harris a woman and a woman of color elected as Vice President of the United States.
