BC Conservative Mike Hicks has been elected in Juan de Fuca-Malahat after defeating BC NDP incumbent Dana Lajeunesse.
With all ballot boxes reporting, preliminary results show Hicks with 9,246 votes or 41.58%. Lajeunesse finished second with 8,478 votes or 38.13% giving Hicks a 768-vote victory.
BC Green candidate David Evans received 3,880 votes, followed by OneBC candidate Shane Friesen with 553 and Christian Heritage Party candidate Jeff Brown with 60.
The result flips a riding the BC NDP narrowly held in 2024. Lajeunesse won that election by just 141 votes over Conservative candidate Marina Sapozhnikov following the final count.
Hicks is well known in the region after serving for 13 years as the elected Capital Regional District director for the Juan de Fuca Electoral Area. He represented communities including East Sooke, Otter Point, Shirley, Jordan River, Port Renfrew, Malahat and Willis Point.
His professional background includes forestry, tourism, hospitality and recreational fishing. He and his wife also operate a guesthouse in Sooke.
Lajeunesse had represented Juan de Fuca-Malahat since 2024 and served as parliamentary secretary for accessibility.
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