There is no possible way to sugarcoat this one. In the 2001 election, the BC Liberals won over 57% of the popular vote, and an unprecedented 77 of the 79 seats in the provincial legislature—the largest victory in the province’s electoral history. The NDP went from 39 seats to two. That said… despite not having official party status (four seats were needed for that), Joy MacPhail (Vancouver-Hastings) and Jenny Kwan (Vancouver-Mount Pleasant) managed to keep the government’s feet to the fire. Brilliantly! And through doing so shifted the question from could the party recover… to how quickly!
Wipeout
