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Originally Posted by MarchHare
The Conservatives currently have a nine (9!!) vote lead in Surrey-Guildford with many absentee ballots remaining to be counted. If the NDP flip that seat and hold the others in which they currently have a narrow lead, then they'll have won 47 seats and have a majority...
...Except they'll still need to appoint a Speaker, which would reduce them to 46. At that point, they would either need one of the Green Party MLAs to vote with them or the Speaker to get to 47 or the Speaker will cast the tie-breaking vote in 46-46 scenarios.
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Could also appoint someone from the opposition as speaker to maintain the full majority in that situation. Not sure if there's anyone highly moderate/respected from either the greens or conservatives that might be a reasonable choice.