{"id":186389,"date":"2018-10-22T02:31:45","date_gmt":"2018-10-22T06:31:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=186389"},"modified":"2018-10-22T02:31:45","modified_gmt":"2018-10-22T06:31:45","slug":"leonard-krog-gives-victory-speech-nanaimo-weaken-ndps-grasp-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/10\/22\/leonard-krog-gives-victory-speech-nanaimo-weaken-ndps-grasp-power\/","title":{"rendered":"Leonard Krog gives victory speech in Nanaimo, could weaken NDP’s grasp on power"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Krog’s win will trigger a provincial byelection when he gives up his provincial seat. (File Photo<\/a>: BC NDP\/Flickr<\/a>, CC BY 2.0<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

VANCOUVER \u2013 New Democrat legislator Leonard Krog has given a mayoral victory speech in Nanaimo, B.C., putting the provincial government’s precarious hold on power into question.<\/p>\n

Krog’s win will trigger a provincial byelection when he gives up his provincial seat.<\/p>\n

It won’t be enough to tip the balance of power to the Liberals’ favour against an NDP minority government that’s propped up by the Greens, but it would bring it to the brink.<\/p>\n

The Liberals have 42 seats in the house, the New Democrats 41, including Krog, the Greens have three seats and there is one Independent.<\/p>\n

Results continue to come in from local elections held across\u00a0British\u00a0Columbia\u00a0Saturday.<\/p>\n

In Vancouver, former NDP MP Kennedy Stewart and local entrepreneur Ken Sim have been in a neck-and-neck race to fill a void left by Mayor Gregor Robertson, who did not seek re-election.<\/p>\n

Former firefighter Mike Hurley has unseated five-term Mayor Derek Corrigan in Burnaby, while former Surrey mayor Doug McCallum succeeded in making a comeback to replace Linda Heppner, who did not run. McCallum campaigned on a platform to replace the RCMP with a local police force and nix plans for a light rail transit line that recently received federal funding.<\/p>\n

Victoria Mayor Lisa Helps won a second term despite facing nine challengers and some controversies during the campaign, including her government’s decision to remove a sculpture of John A. Macdonald from the entrance of city hall.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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