Record number of Indigenous MLAs heading to Victoria

The number of Indigenous candidates elected to B.C.'s legislative assembly doubled on electionnight, from two to four.

The Green Party's Adam Olsen was victorious in SaanichNorth andthe Islands, turning the tables on NDP incumbent Gary Holman,who beat him in the last provincial election by 379 votes.

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Olsen isTsartlip/WSNEand a former Central Saanich city councillor.

ElissRoss won by a comfortable marginin Skeena, which includes both Kitimat and Terrace, turning the ridingfrom NDP orange to Liberal red.

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Ross is a former electedHaislaNation chiefcouncillorand was considered a star candidate for the Liberal Party. He ran on a platform of jobs and LNG development.

Melanie Markhad no problem holding her seat in the NDP strongholdVancouver-Mount Pleasant. The Gitxsan,Nisga'a,Cree, andOjibwaysingle mother was first elected in a by-election last February.

And the NDP'sCarole James won for the fourth straight time in Victoria-Beacon Hill.James is of Metis ancestry.