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VICTORIA — While the results are still being finalized from the 2017 provincial election, there’s speculation about Greens and New Democrats combining forces to impose a new electoral system on British Columbians.

Both parties have expressed support for a system of proportional representation where the seat count in the legislature would more closely match each party’s share of the popular vote.

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Based on last week’s preliminary count, the B.C. Liberals would have ended up with 37 seats (or thereabouts — as opposed to 43), the New Democrats 35 seats (41) and the Greens 15 (3).

As the most obvious beneficiary of such a shift in voting systems, the Greens were unequivocal in their support for it.

“Introduce proportional representation,” was one of more than 160 promises in the election platform Green Leader Andrew Weaver tabled at mid-campaign.

Weaver did not specify which system of proportional representation would be implemented by a Green government, nor how the selection would be determined.