卑诗第40届省选司法验票结束，「Coquitlam-Maillardville 高贵林–梅拉维」选区新民主党(NDP)候选人罗品珍(Selina Robinson)在选举日开票以105票之差落败，但重新计票後翻盘，反以41票胜出。总计本届省选，自由党49席，NDP34席，独立及绿党各一席。
卑诗省5月14日省选结束至今已逾三周，但部分选区因胜负差距过小，自动启动司法验票程序，最终计票结果4日公布，其中「高贵林–梅拉维」选区翻盘，NDP候选人罗品珍在清点不在籍投票票数後，反以35票胜出。经最终司法验票确认，罗品珍以41票险胜自由党韩裔候选人金亨东(Steve Kim)。
根据卑诗选务局最後公布的票数，罗品珍获得9930票，金亨东为9889票，双方差距仅0.19%。
由于金亨东已透过推特(Twitter)祝贺罗品珍，显示自由党无意就司法验票结果进行复核，第40省选结果底定。
VICTORIA - A judicial recount has confirmed the NDP's Selina Mae Robinson as the winner of the provincial election in Coquitlam-Maillardville.
Robinson unofficially announced the result Tuesday night around 8 p.m., posting a photo via Twitter of herself enjoying a glass of Okanagan Crush Pad sparkling wine.
Soon after, her opponent Liberal Steve Kim tweeted, "Congrats (Selina Robinson)! The people of #Coquitlam-Maillardville have spoken."
In a news release Wednesday, Elections BC confirmed the result.
"Mr. Justice Barry M. Davies conducted a judicial recount of the ballots cast in the electoral district for the 40th Provincial General Election, confirming the election of BC NDP candidate Selina Mae Robinson with a 41-vote lead over BC Liberal Party candidate Steve Kim," said the news release.
The judicial recount - ordered after Robinson first won by a margin of 35 votes - means the B.C. Liberals have 49 seats in the legislature, the NDP 34, and the Greens and independent Vicki Huntington one each.
The result is almost identical to 2009, when the B.C. Liberals won 49 seats, the NDP 35, and Huntington won in Delta South.
The final popular vote breakdown was: B.C. Liberals 44.14 per cent; NDP 39.71 per cent; Greens 8.13 per cent and Conservatives 4.76 per cent.
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VANCOUVER – Three weeks after B.C.’s provincial election, a victor has officially been declared in the Metro Vancouver riding of Coquitlam-Maillardville.
A judicial recount conducted Tuesday confirms New Democrat Selina Robinson has squeaked by Liberal Steve Kim to take the seat.
Robinson says Kim called her on Tuesday evening to concede the riding.
Kim was declared the winner as election night wrapped up on May 14, but a final count last week, including absentee and mail-in ballots, pushed Robinson ahead by 35 votes.
The narrow margin triggered a mandatory judicial recount, confirming Robinson’s victory, and Elections BC expects to release the official figures today.
Of the 85 seats in the B.C. legislature, the Liberals hold 49, the NDP have 34, and the Green party and an Independent candidate occupy the remaining two seats. (CKNW)
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COQUITLAM — It took a few extra weeks, but residents in Coquitlam-Maillardville finally have an MLA.
Following a judicial recount Tuesday, Coquitlam city councillor and NDP candidate Selina Robinson held the lead over Liberal Steve Kim she had amassed after absentee votes and mail-in ballots were tabulated on May 27 by Elections BC.
“It’s a rollercoaster,” she told the Tri-Cities NOW, a day after learning she would be joining her NDP colleagues in Victoria for the next four years.
“I do think the residents of Coquitlam-Maillardville made the right choice.”
She added the hard work by her and her team during the campaign paid off given the small margin of victory.
Robinson said she always felt Coquitlam-Maillardville was a swing riding and the results show just how tight the riding turned out to be.
“You have to earn every vote,” she said.
The vote tally on election night saw Kim with 9,044 votes, compared to the 8,939 votes for Robinson, a difference of 105 votes.
But the results swung the other way after Elections BC held its final count.
That put the NDP candidate up by 35 votes.
When it was all said and done, Robinson won the riding by 41 votes.
Kim called the entire ordeal an “interesting process” but added he was happy with the experience, despite falling short of winning.
He suggested the results are proof every vote counts.
“If it can be a case that can be used for the future for people to get out there to vote, then the job was done,” Kim said.
He also hinted that he might not be done with politics and would consider another run at provincial politics in the future.
While the previous two votes in the riding weren't decided by less than 100 ballots, they were close nonetheless.
The 2009 race saw then-incumbent Diane Thorne edge out Liberal contender Dennis Marsden by 668 votes. In 2005, Thorne narrowly defeated now-Coquitlam Mayor Richard Stewart by 531 votes.
As for Robinson, she said she has to catch up and get ready to meet her caucus, noting she’s about three weeks behind the rest of her colleagues.
The new MLA also said she still has to determine what she’ll do with her council seat.
Outgoing Coquitlam Coun. Linda Reimer has asked her council colleagues to approve her request for an unpaid leave of absence as a way to avoid having the city pay for a byelection.
A byelection could cost the city more than $200,000.
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NDP Leader Adrian Dix and Port Coquitlam NDP MLA Mike Farnworth have each tweeted that their party's candidate has won a closely fought contest in Coquitlam-Maillardville.
According to them, Coquitlam councillor Selina Robinson has a 35-vote margin of victory after a final count of ballots by Elections B.C.
After the preliminary count on May 14, Robinson, former director of development with SHARE Family and Community Services, was 105 votes behind B.C. Liberal Steve Kim.
The seat was formerly held by the NDP's Diane Thorne, who didn't seek reelection.
Robinson's victory gives the NDP 34 seats in the legislature and a second MLA in the Lower Mainland's northeast sector.
She has a master's degree in counselling psychology, been an organizer for Tri-Cities Homelessness Action Week, and participated in the Coquitlam River Watershed Roundtable.
Kim, a small-business owner and past chair of C3 Korean Canadian Society, appeared ready to join the NDP's Jane Shin as the first B.C. MLAs of Korean descent.
But Robinson's victory means that Shin—who was elected in Burnaby-Lougheed—is the only provincial politician who can claim this distinction.