Roly Russell appears on his way to victory in the riding of Boundary Similkameen.
Russell, a director with the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary, beat out Oliver town councillor Aimee Grice to run for the NDP in the riding, and held a sizeable lead over Liberal Petra Veintimilla, also an Oliver town councillor, with 80 of 98 polls reporting.
As of 10:40 pm, Russell, from Grand Forks, has garnered 5,468 votes, or 48.9% of the vote.
Veintimilla had 3,959 votes, or 35.4% of the vote.
Conservative Daryl Seres had 13.1% of the vote, while Wexit BC candidate Arlyn Greig had 2.6%.
The seat had been held by Liberal Linda Larsen, who announced she would not seek re-election, the past two terms.
- Roly Russell (NDP): 5,468 votes
- Petra Veintimilla (Liberal): 3,959 votes
- Daryl Seres (Conservative): 1,459 votes
- Arlyn Greig (BC Wexit): 291 votes
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