2018 British Columbia Liberal Party leadership election

2018 British Columbia Liberal Party leadership election
February 3, 2018
 
Candidate Andrew Wilkinson Dianne Watts Michael Lee
Riding Vancouver-Quilchena none Vancouver-Langara
Last ballot points 4621.29
(53.12%) 		4078.71
(46.88%) 		Eliminated
First ballot points 1591.46
(18.29%) 		2135.13
(24.54%) 		1916.68
(22.03%)
Leader before election

Christy Clark

 Elected Leader

Andrew Wilkinson

2018 British Columbia Liberal Party leadership election
DateFebruary 3, 2018
ConventionVancouver
Resigning leaderChristy Clark
Won byAndrew Wilkinson
Ballots5
Candidates6
Entrance fee$60,000
Spending limit$600,000

A British Columbia Liberal Party leadership election was held on February 3, 2018, due to the resignation of Christy Clark as Liberal leader on August 4, 2017. Rich Coleman was elected interim leader.

Former Attorney General Andrew Wilkinson was elected over former federal Conservative Party MP Dianne Watts on the fifth ballot by 6.24 %. Wilkinson had come in fifth on the first ballot and trailed Watts on all but the final ballot.


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