VICTORIA — Elections BC has rejected four of the six requests for recounts in ridings where the outcome in the provincial election was determined by less than 600 votes. Two requests were submitted for the riding of Vancouver-False Creek, and one for Coquitlam-Burke Mountain, Courtenay-Comox, Maple Ridge-Mission, and Richmond-Queensborough. Recounts will go ahead for Vancouver-False Creek and Courtenay-Comox and are to take place between May 22 and 24, Elections BC said in a news release Saturday.

NDP candidate Morgane Oger speaks to constituents during the campaign. Oger's riding of Vancouver-False Creek will go ahead between May 22 and 24, according to Elections BC. (Photo: Morgane Oger/Facebook) Recount requests are accepted if the difference between the top two candidates is 100 votes or less, or if there were errors with accepting votes, rejecting ballots or discrepancies between the ballot count and number of votes for a candidate. Elections BC said not all requests met the 100 vote or less criteria or provided enough evidence that ballots were improperly accepted or recorded. For Vancouver-False Creek, Liberal incumbent Sam Sullivan was elected by 560 votes ahead of New Democrat Morgane Oger. Although Oger's request for a recount was denied, Elections BC said it accepted a request from BC Citizens First Party candidate Phillip James Ryan because of evidence of discrepancies in counting. An advanced voting ballot account recorded 403 votes for one candidate but the tally sheet and parcel envelope containing ballots for that candidate lists 399. The Courtenay-Comox recount was accepted because the difference between the top two candidates was a mere nine votes. Liberal candidate Jim Benninger, who lost the riding to New Democrat Ronna-Rae Leonard, submitted the request.