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Conservatives win Canada's British Columbia for the first time in nearly 100 years, vowing to scrap emissions limits

New Democrat Premier David Eby called a snap election that backfired, and he resigned as leader on Saturday night. Lorne Doerkson's Conservatives took 64 of the 93 seats, leaving the New Democrats on 27. The result ends nine years of left-of-centre rule and is the party's first provincial win since 1928. Doerkson, 58, will become premier and has pledged to double natural gas output by 2032.

Doerkson told supporters: 'We will cut red tape like it's never been cut before.'

He plans to replace the carbon tax framework and woo back ExxonMobil, Chevron and Woodside.

According to polls, voters' chief concerns were cost of living, healthcare and Trump's trade war.

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