British Columbia woke up to a political earthquake on Saturday as CTV News and CBC projected a majority government for the provincial Conservatives — the first since 1928, nearly a century after the party last held the province's top office. Premier David Eby's decision to call a snap election, which he framed as a bid to seek a fresh mandate, instead handed his opponents the opening they needed. The result marks one of the most dramatic reversals in Canadian provincial politics in living memory.

Leading the victorious Conservatives is Kerry-Lynne Findlay, a former federal cabinet minister who won the provincial party's leadership in May 2026 after a turbulent period that saw founder John Rustad resign amid a caucus revolt. Pre-election polls had shown the Conservatives opening up a five-point lead in the final stretch, with Leger tracking them at 44 percent to the NDP's 39 percent — but the scale of the eventual majority still surprised many analysts. Conservative leader Lorne Doerkson also secured his own seat in Cariboo-Chilcotin for a third term, CBC projected.

The win will reshape the political conversation in Canada's westernmost province, where the NDP had governed since 2017. Housing affordability, resource policy, and cost-of-living concerns dominated the campaign. For Findlay and her caucus, the hard work now begins: managing expectations, building a governing apparatus, and uniting a party that was, just months ago, nearly torn apart from the inside.