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We knew it was an uphill battle, Polak told CTV News, but added there are still many mail-in ballots to count. There is a lot of dust still to settle.

And next door in Langley East, which belonged for years to Liberal Rich Coleman, his controversial replacement, Margaret Kunst, was in a tough fight to keep the riding in her party.

NDP star candidate Fin Donnelly was ahead of the Liberal incumbent in Coquitlam-Burke Mountain.

The NDP had early leads in three of the four Richmond ridings, including Richmond-Queensborough where star Liberal incumbent Jas Johal looks to be unseated.

Most of the Fraser Valley has long been reliable Liberal country. But at press time, both Chilliwack ridings were leaning orange and there was a see-saw battle in Abbotsford-Mission.

In North Vancouver-Seymour, three-term incumbent Jane Thornthwaite, who was caught making sexist comments on a party zoom call, was 1,500 votes behind her NDP competitor.

Former Liberal cabinet minister and opposition critic Michelle Stilwell was 1,000 votes behind in her Parksville-Qualicum riding.

The NDP is also significantly ahead in Boundary-Similkameen, previously a safe Liberal seat.

And the Liberal incumbent in West Vancouver-Sea to Sky appears to have lost to the Green candidate.

There were predictions the Greens would be wiped out this election, but Leader Sonia Furstenau appeared re-elected in Cowichan Valley, as was teammate Adam Olsen in Saanich North and the Islands.

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B.C. election results: What now for the Liberals and Wilkinson after a disappointing finish? - Vancouver Sun