The 2017 provincial election will be remembered as a great night for the BC Green Party.
Party leader in his Oak Bay-Gordon Head riding with more than half the votes, which led to a loud celebration at party headquarters in Victoria.
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After losing the 2013 provincial election by roughly 300 votes, Olsen came out on top by roughly 3,000 this time.
It was a slightly tighter race in the , where a winner was not declared until after 10:30 p.m. But Furstenau still comfortably won the riding by 1,500 votes over her nearest challenger from the NDP.
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