Failed MLA drops court challenge of B.C. election results 14 months later

The 2024 election of MLA Garry Begg in Surrey-Guildford is no longer challenged in court, more than 14 months after the very close provincial vote.
Begg’s 22-vote win in the North Surrey riding — a key victory for the NDP in October 2024 — was subject of legal challenge by Conservative candidate Honveer Singh Randhawa, who alleged potential violations of the Election Act.
Randhawa’s case in B.C. Supreme Court, which focused on how mail-in ballots from the Argyll Lodge car