Josie Osborne has been re-elected in the Mid Island-Pacific Rim riding for the 2024 provincial election.

With 32 of 33 ballot boxes counted, Osborne has received 48.88% of the votes. Conservative candidate Adam Hayduk has received 39.46% of votes and Green Party candidate Ross Reid has received 11.68% of votes.

Hayduk watched the results roll in from a watch party at Port Alberni鈥檚 Boston Pizza. He said he began his journey into politics two and a half years ago.

鈥淚 started to notice a rise in homelessness and open drug use (in Port Alberni),鈥� he said. 鈥淚 know some of the people working on the ground and they were frustrated.鈥�

Hayduk lived in the Alberni Valley for nearly seven years working with the BCHL鈥檚 Alberni Valley Bulldogs. He still has friends and family here.

The 2024 Student Vote this year elected a BC NDP minority government, with the BC Conservative Party forming the official opposition. In Mid Island-Pacific Rim, students re-elected Osborne.

But at Alberni District Secondary School in Port Alberni, the 2024 Student Vote was won by the Conservatives, with Hayduk receiving 262 votes compared to Osborne鈥檚 168 votes. BC Green Party candidate Ross Reid received 111 votes from ADSS students.

More to come...