Punishing night for NDP in B.C. as Jagmeet Singh loses seat and exits as leader

VANCOUVER — New Democrats have suffered a punishing election night in British Columbia and are poised to lose most of their seats in the province, including that of Jagmeet Singh who says he'll be stepping down as leader.

The province had been home to half of the party's 24 seats going into the election that was won by Mark Carney's Liberals, but the NDP was set to retain just a handful and was on its way to losing official party status.

Singh says it's been the honour of his life to represent Burnaby Central.

Another federal party leader in B.C., Elizabeth May of the Greens, is meanwhile celebrating after comfortably retaining her seat of Saanich-Gulf Islands.

Among the few NDP incumbents who have held their B.C. seats is Jenny Kwan in her longtime riding of Vancouver East, and Gord Johns in Courtenay-Alberni on Vancouver Island.



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