2017 British Columbia general election

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/2017_British_Columbia_general_election
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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:politics
gptkbp:chief_electoral_officer Keith Archer
gptkbp:coalition_or_agreement NDP-Green agreement
gptkbp:country gptkb:Canada
gptkbp:date 2017-05-09
gptkbp:dissolution_of_parliament 2017-04-11
gptkbp:elects gptkb:Elections_BC
gptkbp:Green_leader gptkb:Andrew_Weaver
gptkbp:Green_popular_vote 332,387
gptkbp:Green_seats_won 3
gptkbp:Green_vote_percentage 16.84%
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 2017 British Columbia general election
gptkbp:hung_parliament true
gptkbp:incumbent gptkb:Christy_Clark
gptkbp:legislature gptkb:Legislative_Assembly_of_British_Columbia
gptkbp:Liberal_leader gptkb:Christy_Clark
gptkbp:Liberal_popular_vote 796,672
gptkbp:Liberal_vote_percentage 40.36%
gptkbp:LiberalSeatsWon 43
gptkbp:NDP_leader gptkb:John_Horgan
gptkbp:NDP_popular_vote 795,106
gptkbp:NDP_vote_percentage 40.28%
gptkbp:NDPSeatsWon 41
gptkbp:nextEdition gptkb:2020_British_Columbia_general_election
gptkbp:notableEvent Christy Clark government lost confidence vote
John Horgan became premier after confidence vote
NDP-Green confidence and supply agreement
first minority government in BC since 1952
gptkbp:party gptkb:British_Columbia_New_Democratic_Party
gptkb:Green_Party_of_British_Columbia
gptkb:British_Columbia_Liberal_Party
gptkbp:presidentAfterElection gptkb:Christy_Clark
gptkbp:previousEdition gptkb:2013_British_Columbia_general_election
gptkbp:resulted_in_minority_government true
gptkbp:seatingCapacity 87
gptkbp:subdivision gptkb:British_Columbia
gptkbp:swearing-in_of_new_government 2017-07-18
gptkbp:total_votes_cast 1,986,374
gptkbp:type parliamentary
gptkbp:voterTurnout 61.18%
gptkbp:votingSystem first-past-the-post
gptkbp:winner gptkb:British_Columbia_Liberal_Party
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:41st_Parliament_of_British_Columbia
gptkb:2020_British_Columbia_general_election
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6