B.C. Liberals select Andrew Wilkinson as new leader

VANCOUVER — Longtime Liberal organizer and former party president Andrew Wilkinson won his party’s leadership contest Saturday, leveraging his strong ties with existing MLAs and a co-operative deal with rival candidate Mike de Jong to pull off victory.
Wilkinson, 60, won the race on the fifth counting round, squeaking out a narrow victory over outsider candidate Dianne Watts, a former Surrey mayor and MP, who had promised to reform the party. Instead, members tilted back toward Wilki