Conservatives Take Seat From Liberals in BC Byelection as Trudeau Faces Pressure From Caucus

An election sign outside the polling station at George Greenaway Elementary School in Surrey, B.C., on Dec. 16, 2024. Jeff Sandes/The Epoch Times

SURREY, B.C.—The Conservatives have taken another riding from the Liberals, winning the byelection in Cloverdale-Langley City in B.C. on Dec. 16, the same day that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau lost two senior cabinet ministers.

Conservative candidate Tamara Jansen won 66.3 percent of the vote, while the Liberal and NDP candidates were a distant second and third with 16 percent and 12.5 percent of the votes respectively.