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The B.C. riding of Oak Bay-Gordon Head is old, rich and its well-groomed, winding streets are no stranger to lines of gas-guzzling trucks, SUVs and luxury cars.

“This would be a very conservative riding in Ontario,” said Andrew Weaver, the riding’s Green Party candidate.

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But this is coastal British Columbia, where yoga instructors follow Ayn Rand and bank executives tend backyard pot gardens. On Tuesday, this riding in the Victoria suburbs could well make Mr. Weaver Canada’s first Green provincial representative.

A renowned University of Victoria climate modeller and lead author for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Mr. Weaver brings an uncanny level of star power to the B.C. Greens.

It is why the party has focused their attention around the B.C. capital with an eye to getting their first seat and, in their wildest dreams, securing the four MLAs necessary for official party status.