Scott McInnis of the Conservative Party has been elected MLA for Columbia River-Revelstoke, following a neck-and-neck race in the 2024 B.C. Election. 

Results were finalized just after 12 a.m. MST on Oct. 19 as the race came down to the very last final day voting box, with McInnis receiving 8,614 votes to B.C. NDP candidate Andrea Dunlop with 7,901.

McInnis received 48.1 per cent of the 17,908 votes cast in the riding.

McInnis is the fifth MLA for this riding since it was first created in 1991, replacing Doug Clovechok, who served two terms as a B.C. Liberal and then as B.C. United, before announcing he would not seek re-election in this election. 

A record-breaking number of voters cast their ballots during advanced voting this election B次元官网网址� more than one million British Columbians showed up to the polls during the six days of advanced voting that ended Wednesday, compared to 671,231 in the 2020 snap election.

In Columbia River-Revelstoke, 8,336 votes were cast in advance polling, with 30,596 registered voters as of Oct. 7. In the 2020 B.C. election, 7,326 total ballots were cast in advance voting.

The p ended too close to call, with no clear winner between  B.C. NDP Leader David Eby and Conservative Leader John Rustad.

The final count will begin on Oct. 26.

Black Press Media reached out to McInnis for comment following his electoral win, however, he was not available. 

More to come.