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Valeriote & Greens prevail in West Van - Sea to Sky VALERIOTE OVERCAME TWO-PARTY ‘BINARY NARRATIVE’ TO EARN HISTORIC WIN IN BC ELECTION BRANDON BARRETT Pique Newsmagazine
SEEING GREEN It wasn’t one of the first races called, but by the end of election night Jeremy Valeriote knew he’d be heading to Victoria as MLA for West Vancouver - Sea to Sky. Valeriote, seen here doing his best to manifest enough votes, will be one of two Green Party MLA’s headed to the capital, and given how tight the election was we are likely to hear plenty from them in the near future. Read on for more on how Valeriote’s successful campaign came together. / David Buzzard photo, davidbuzzard.com
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Jeremy Valeriote is certainly familiar with close calls; he’s less familiar with coming out on the winning end of one. Four years after coming within 60 votes of toppling incumbent Liberal MLA Jordan Sturdy, Valeriote won a tight race of his own Oct. 19, beating the upstart Conservatives’ Yuri Fulmer by less than three percentage points. Valeriote garnered 10,221 votes, representing 38.15 per cent of the count. Fulmer, meanwhile, had earned 9,554 votes, 35.66 per cent of the vote, while the BC NDP’s Jen Ford garnered 7,017 votes and 26.19 per cent. CONTINUED ON PAGE 6