Round five results
Cheers went up in the Wall Centre hotel as Vancouver-Quilchena MLA Andrew Wilkinson reaped enough points from second and third choices to win the B.C. Liberal leadership with 4,621 points.
Wilkinson thanked the other candidates and reminded party members of the come-from-behind election win by Christy Clark in 2013 and the landslide victory led by Gordon Campell in 2001.
鈥淭hink about fiscal responsibility, that we are the party that does not spend our children鈥檚 money,鈥� Wilkinson told a boisterous crowd. 鈥淎ll of us have to come together now.鈥�
Dianne Watts finished with 4,075 points.
Round four results
Dianne Watts held onto the lead, but with 3,006 points, a fifth round is required to decide the contest.
Andrew Wilkinson jumped into second place with 2,862 points, narrowly beating out fellow Vancouver MLA Michael Lee with 2,832. That means Lee drops from the ballot and the fifth round decides the leadership.
Results coming in faster than before.. ROUND 4:
鈥� Ashley Wadhwani (@ashwadhwani)
Andrew Wilkinson now in front of Michael Lee, who鈥檚 officially out. Dianne Watts still in lead.
Crowd is abuzz, many shocked!
Round three results
Dianne Watts鈥� point total grew to 2,469 in the third round, still not enough to clinch the leadership.
Todd Stone drops off the ballot for round four, with a third-round total of 1,766 points.
Michael Lee remained in second with 2,264 points, with Andrew Wilkinson close behind at 2,201.
Round two results
Dianne Watts remained in the lead, but gained little with 2,169 points in round two of B.C. Liberal leadership votes.
Micheal Lee held on to second with 1,960 points, followed by Andrew Wilkinson in third with 1,631.
Todd Stone was fourth with 1,505, and Mike de Jong reached 1,436, not enough to stay in the contest.
The redistribution of de Jong鈥檚 total is a key turning point as the results go to a third round.
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Round one results
Outsider Dianne Watts leads after the first round of results in the B.C. Liberal leadership, with 2,135 first-choice points.
Rookie Vancouver MLA Michael Lee was second with 1,917 votes, followed by Vancouver-Quilchena MLA Andrew Wilkinson with 1,591.
Kamloops-South Thompson MLA Todd Stone was fourth at 1,483, followed by Abbotsford West MLA Mike de Jong with 1,415.
Vancouver-False Creek MLA Sam Sullivan dropped off the ballot after collecting only 158 first-round points.
Sam Sullivan - first out in tonights results. He鈥檚 beside me, from and centre in the crowd, closest to the podium. Looking happy, chatting with people.
鈥� Ashley Wadhwani (@ashwadhwani)
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Each of B.C.鈥檚 87 constituencies has 100 points in the party voting system, to remove the advantage of heavily populated urban regions with more members. The candidate with the lowest total drops off in each round, with the winner needing 4,351 points.
